A review of mobile mapping systems: From sensors to applications

M Elhashash, H Albanwan, R Qin - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The evolution of mobile mapping systems (MMSs) has gained more attention in the past few
decades. MMSs have been widely used to provide valuable assets in different applications …

Semantic point cloud interpretation based on optimal neighborhoods, relevant features and efficient classifiers

M Weinmann, B Jutzi, S Hinz, C Mallet - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D scene analysis in terms of automatically assigning 3D points a respective
semantic label has become a topic of great importance in photogrammetry, remote sensing …

Fast semantic segmentation of 3D point clouds with strongly varying density

T Hackel, JD Wegner… - ISPRS annals of the …, 2016 - research-collection.ethz.ch
We describe an effective and efficient method for point-wise semantic classification of 3D
point clouds. The method can handle unstructured and inhomogeneous point clouds such …

Random forest machine learning technique for automatic vegetation detection and modelling in LiDAR data

F Tarsha Kurdi, W Amakhchan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - research.usq.edu.au
Machine learning techniques have gained a distinguished position in the automatic
processing of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data area. They represent the actual …

Hierarchical extraction of urban objects from mobile laser scanning data

B Yang, Z Dong, G Zhao, W Dai - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Point clouds collected in urban scenes contain a huge number of points (eg, billions),
numerous objects with significant size variability, complex and incomplete structures, and …

Feature relevance assessment for the semantic interpretation of 3D point cloud data

M Weinmann, B Jutzi, C Mallet - ISPRS Annals of the …, 2013 - isprs-annals.copernicus.org
The automatic analysis of large 3D point clouds represents a crucial task in photogrammetry,
remote sensing and computer vision. In this paper, we propose a new methodology for the …

From Google Maps to a fine-grained catalog of street trees

S Branson, JD Wegner, D Hall, N Lang… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Up-to-date catalogs of the urban tree population are of importance for municipalities to
monitor and improve quality of life in cities. Despite much research on automation of tree …

A shape-based segmentation method for mobile laser scanning point clouds

B Yang, Z Dong - ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 2013 - Elsevier
Segmentation of mobile laser point clouds of urban scenes into objects is an important step
for post-processing (eg, interpretation) of point clouds. Point clouds of urban scenes contain …

Distinctive 2D and 3D features for automated large-scale scene analysis in urban areas

M Weinmann, S Urban, S Hinz, B Jutzi, C Mallet - Computers & Graphics, 2015 - Elsevier
We propose a new methodology for large-scale urban 3D scene analysis in terms of
automatically assigning 3D points the respective semantic labels. The methodology focuses …

Object classification and recognition from mobile laser scanning point clouds in a road environment

M Lehtomäki, A Jaakkola, J Hyyppä… - … on Geoscience and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic methods are needed to efficiently process the large point clouds collected using a
mobile laser scanning (MLS) system for surveying applications. Machine-learning-based …