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Utilisation of sensor developments for efficient topographic mapping (TOPMAP)

Up-to-date and reliable geo-information is indispensable for a wide variety of tasks such as land administration, water management and the management of natural resources and urban areas. All these tasks require the availability of digital elevation models and/or core spatial data such as the outlines of buildings and roads. This research theme focuses on the development of methods to improve the cost-effectiveness of this kind of topographic mapping, making use of the latest sensor technology. Considering applications in urban areas, the emphasis is on large-scale geo-information and data acquisition from airborne and sometimes terrestrial platforms.

Research theme Utilisation of sensor developments for efficient topographic mapping (TOPMAP)
Research group leader George Vosselman, Professor of Geo-Information Extraction with Sensor Systems
Keywords Large scale mapping, sensor technology, core topographic data
ITC theme code 3 310 020

 

  TOPMAP - Annual report 2007 (15 kB)

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