We create new knowledge, science, openings and breakthroughs in the emerging field of laser scanning at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI.
The Centre of Excellence in Laser Scanning Research CoE-LaSR existed between 2014-2019 and was funded from Academy of Finland Centres of Excellence programme. The laser scanning research and development work is ongoing in our new projects.
We are continuously looking for new academic partnerships and business collaboration
Interested in a career in developing laser scanning technology?
On this video Dr Mariana Campos sets up a permanent laser scanning station in the premises of the Finnish geospatial research institute FGI, to monitor small phenological changes in the forest.
Results Available for International Benchmarking of Terrestrial Laser Scanning Methods
The potential of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in forest applications, both in industry and in national forest inventories (NFIs), has gained increasing awareness in the last two decades. Boosting this development, there has been tremendous research efforts and...
Research to advance precision forestry
3D precision forestry is one of the main tasks in CoE-LaSR, which the partners have strongly focused on since 2007. During 2014-2016 all major players in forest sector in Finland have taken 3D precision forestry as one of their core development tasks....
Intensity calibration has led to Multispectral Laser Scanning
In laser scanning, intensity value is often recorded for each point – in addition to point cloud x,y,z information. The need for radiometric calibration of the laser scanning intensity stems from the possibility of using calibrated intensity as additional feature for...
Junttila’s Dissertation published as a music video
Our researcher Samuli Junttila’s dissertation Utilizing multispectral lidar in the detection of declined trees has been published and popularized as a music video. The main objective of Junttila’s thesis was to investigate the capabilities of multispectral terrestrial...
Backpack LiDAR surveying to prepare for planet exploration in cooperation with NASA
Laser scanning technology and expertise are needed in space. In recent American Surveyor article FINESSE Exploration Strategies using High-Resolution LiDAR Surveying LiDAR instruments and surveying techniques are considered integral tools in the future exploration of...
Results Available for International Benchmarking of Terrestrial Laser Scanning Methods
The potential of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in forest applications, both in industry and in national forest inventories (NFIs), has gained increasing awareness in the last two decades. Boosting this development, there has been tremendous research efforts and...
laser scanning network
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