The modern global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technique is one of the most effective
geoscience and remote sensing tool to observe crustal motions and quantify plate tectonics …

Point cloud fitting plays an important role in various applications of laser scanning
technology. Currently, the most dominant algorithms are the linear least-squares (LS) …

Robust estimation techniques are an important tool in the adjustment of geodetic data, as
even a single undetected gross error can render parameters estimates meaningless. In this …

Although centralized coordinates are applied in geodetic coordinate transformations
implicitly or explicitly, the centering strategy has not been comprehensively investigated from …

Although the least-squares (LS) adjustment within the Gauss–Markoff model (GMM) and the
model with condition equations as dual problem have been geometrically interpreted, no …

Precise localisation of the Yutu‐2 moon rover plays an important role in path planning,
obstacle avoidance and navigating to target features. To provide high‐precision localisation …

The registration of 3-D point clouds is an important procedure during the terrestrial laser
scanning data processing. Recently, due to their high flexibility and the powerful …

The essence of point cloud registration is to estimate the seven similarity transformation
parameters of the Bursa-Wolf model which describes the relative position of the two …

Registration of point clouds is vital in point cloud data processing. By registering, the point
cloud data from different views are transformed into a common coordinate system. In the …

Recently, the 3-D symmetric transformation, which can simultaneously consider the
measurement errors of the source and target coordinates, has become a hot research topic …