State-of-the-Art LIDAR Technologies
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing Image Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 425
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geomatics; metric survey techniques for cultural heritage assets; digital representation for cultural heritage assets
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Interests: 3D digitization for cultural heritage; digital photogrammetry; laser scanning; 3D surveying and modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban environments are complex and dynamic, presenting numerous challenges for remote sensing technologies. Remote sensing and LIDAR (light detection and ranging) technologies have emerged as powerful tools for capturing high-resolution 3D data of urban areas, enabling a range of applications in fields such as urban planning, architecture, and cultural heritage preservation. As techniques, laser scanning and digital photogrammetry find widespread use in various fields to acquire three-dimensional data. In combination, these technologies offer significant benefits for the documentation and conservation of cultural heritage in urban environments, including improved accuracy, efficiency, and safety.
In this Special Issue, we will overview the current state of the art in LIDAR technologies for urban applications, including airborne and terrestrial LIDAR systems. We aim to focus on the latest advances in LIDAR data processing, visualization, and analysis, and discuss their potential for application in urban monitoring, management, and modeling. Recent studies that showcase the use of LIDAR in urban environments via exercises such as creating 3D models of buildings are of particular interest to this Special Issue.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The acquisition of three-dimensional data through laser scanning or digital photogrammetry;
- Data processing;
- Mapping urban areas and creating 3D models;
- Mapping cultural heritage and creating digital maps.
Dr. Caterina Balletti
Dr. Valentina Alena Girelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- LiDAR
- digital photogrammetry
- laser scanning
- cultural heritage
- 3D models
- urban mapping
- digital maps
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