EuroSDR benchmarkings of Laser Scanning data processing methods and mobile laser scanning systems
FGI has coordinated international benchmarkings of laser scanning data processing methods and mobile laser scanning systems, such as ISPRS/EuroSDR Tree Extraction comparison, EuroSDR Building Extraction, EuroSDR Towards integration of Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry...
International building extraction comparison
Under the EuroSDR Commission III “Production Systems and Processes”, a joint test was undertaken in order to compare various methods of building extraction using airborne image and laser scanning data. The study was initiated due to the fast development of sensors and...
International tree extraction comparison
The Finnish Geodetic Institute coordinated the EuroSDR/ISPRS Tree Extraction project comparing various methods of tree extraction using airborne image and laser scanning data. 12 partners from Germany, Sweden, Canada, Austria, Finland, Norway, Taiwan, USA,...
International mobile laser scanning system benchmarking
The objective of the EuroSDR Mobile Mapping - Road Environment Mapping using Mobile Laser Scanning project was to evaluate the quality, accuracy, and feasibility of mobile laser scanning (MLS) systems and methods. Prior to this study, there have been only a few...
New research areas in the field of Laser Scanning
We have been active in initiating several new research areas in the field of laser scanning, such as individual tree inventory (Hyyppä and Inkinen, 1999), forest change detection (Hyyppä, et al. 2003, Yu et al. 2004), and densification of LS point clouds with...
Forester of the year 2012: Dr. Mikko Vastaranta
Dr. Mikko Vastaranta received his M. Sc. and PhD in Forestry from University of Helsinki (UH) in 2007 and 2012, respectively. Since 2007 he has been part of 4D GeoScientists crew at UH. In five years, he has published more than 50 peer reviewed scientific articles and...
New miniature laser scanner technology opened ADAS markets for small and medium sized cars
Research utilizing the circuit techniques developed at the University of Oulu has been carried out i.e. in the EU-funded Minifaros project, which aimed at opening up the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) market to small and medium-sized...
Academy Professorship to Juha Kostamovaara (OU)
CoE Oulu group director Juha Kostamovaara has been granted an Academy professorship, as a few in Finland, due to his expertise in accurate pulsed time-of-flight circuits and devices with applications in laser ranging. He has been nominated to an academy professor...
3D Navigation on Smartphone: Shanghai Expo and Cover stories in GPS World
The Ubiquitous Positioning (UbiPos) group of FGI has developed indoor/outdoor seamless positioning solutions for smartphone-based 3D personal navigation. The 3D-city model brings new 3D navigation experience to mobile users, while the ubiquitous positioning technology...