The WG will focus on spatio-temporal monitoring of artificial and natural objects with the aid of 3D point clouds acquired by means of multi-sensor-systems (MSS). The emphasis will primarily be placed on laser scanning technology and to certain extend on digital cameras. In general, monitoring applications over a certain period of time require a geo-referencing of the acquired data with respect to a known datum. Also, a kinematic MSS requires for a referencing to determine the time-dependent seven degrees of freedom (translation, rotation and scale).
Specific objectives of the Working Group are:
Specific projects to be undertaken include: