Using simulated Terrestrial Laser Scanning to analyse errors in high-resolution scan data of irregular surfaces

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-240

  Hodge, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error; Geomorphology; Laser scanning; Model

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; COMPLEX SURFACE; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; ERROR QUANTIFICATION; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; IRREGULAR SURFACE; LASER SCANNING; NEW APPROACHES; POINT CLOUD; REGULAR ARRAY; REGULAR SURFACES; SCAN DATA; SEMIVARIANCES; SPHERE DIAMETER; SURFACE DATA; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER CRIME; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING; SEEBECK EFFECT; SPHERES; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LASER METHOD; MODEL TEST; PRECISION; RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 77649192331     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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