NTL Record

Title Geo-Referenced Digital Data Acquisition and Processing System Using LiDAR Technology [Final Report]
Record ID 32384
Personal Name
Creator
Toth, Charles K.; Grejner-Brzezinska, Dorota A.
Corporate Creator Ohio State University. Center for Mapping
Corporate
Contributor
Ohio. Office of Aerial Engineering; Ohio. Dept. of Transportation; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher Ohio State University. Center for Mapping
Publication Date 20060200
Language English
Abstract LiDAR technology, introduced in the late 1990s, has received wide acceptance in airborne surveying as a leading tool for obtaining high-quality surface data at decimeter-level vertical accuracy in an unprecedentedly short turnaround time. State-of-the-art LiDAR systems can easily achieve 2-3 cm ranging accuracy, which is certainly the accuracy range required by engineering-scale mapping. However, this is also the accuracy range that cannot be realized by routine navigation-based direct sensor platform orientation. The main objective of the project was to achieve this accuracy as closely as possible and then introduce it into the daily operation of ODOT Office of Aerial Engineering. Several tests confirmed that by using LiDAR specific ground targets, engineering-scale mapping accuracy can be achieved in normal production. The final report presents surface modeling studies, sensor calibration developments, the concept and design of LiDAR specific ground targets; followed by performance validation results, based on test flights performed by the OAE staff and preliminary investigation of image fusion with LiDAR data.
Rosap ID dot:5724
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5724
TRT Terms Data collection; Detection and identification systems; Optical scanners; Optical radar; Remote sensing
General Subjects Highway engineering--Ohio--Remote sensing; Radar in surveying; Optical radar--Ohio
Classification NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Construction and Maintenance
Geographical
Coverage
Ohio
OCLC 665172572
Contract Number 147990
Report Number FHWA/OH-2006/5
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/32000/32300/32384/14799-FR.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository