EuroSDR Commission 1 Special Interest Group workshop: Data acquisition, processing and distribution within NMCA

29 - 30 January 2025 (het Waterschapshuis, Stationsplein 89, 3818 LE, Amersfoort)

From 29 to 30 January 2025, a EuroSDR Special Interest Group-Data Acquisition (SIG-DA)  workshop Data-acquisition -processing and distribution within NMCA’s will be held in Amersfoort (het Waterschapshuis, Stationsplein 89, 3818 LE, Amersfoort).

Following the previous announcement during the BOD145 in Copenhagen, EuroSDR, Commission 1: Data Acquisition, brings together NMCA experts involved in data acquisition for large-scale LiDAR and Imagery programs. The aim is to present and discuss different data-acquisition, -processing and -distribution related topics to discuss the state of the art and the challenges NMCA’s are currently facing. Furthermore, we would like to set up a research agenda for the next 2-5 years and discuss how to effectuate that. The organising committee consists of the EuroSDR Commission 1 as well as NMCA delegates from Belgium and the Netherlands.

Topics that will be discussed are:

        Data-acquisition (Developments in systems, Effects of Data programs, Possibility for future large scale drone acquisitions);

        Data processing (AI/ML/DL for classification of LiDAR data, Aero triangulation on Oblique Imagery, Bayer pattern);

        Data Distribution (Effectively sharing large open data sets, Strategic choices on sharing multiple nation-wide datasets);

        European collaboration (Standardized specifications for acquisition (LiDAR, Nadir, Oblique), Open QC software, Website showing all nationwide data acquisition initiatives and links to tender documents, How do we keep the industry healthy? (Quite a few suppliers stopped their business over the past few years), Which European organizations are relevant for us to cooperate with? What would be a good way of working together? Frequency, live vs digital meetings, smaller groups vs complete group, etc.)

Location

The workshop will be hosted at het Waterschapshuis in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, 29 – 30 January 2025. Address: stationsplein 89 3818 LE Amersfoort

Programme Schedule

The programme will start on Wednesday 29 January at 11:30 and finishes on Thursday 30 November at 14:00 to accommodate travel for participants most optimally. The agenda also includes a shared dinner on Wednesday.

Preliminary Programme (v 08.01.2024) (pdf)

 

 

 

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

 

12:30 - 14:00

EuroSDR questionnaires

 

13:00 - 13:15

The current state of (national) point cloud datasets in Europe and the potential for national-level point cloud data harmonisation, Results of EuroSDR Questionnaire

Daan van der Heide, Rijkswaterstaat, NL

13:15 - 13:30

Research needs of NMAs, Results of EuroSDR Questionnaire

Eija Honkavaara, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland

13:30 - 13:45

Aerial Image Specifications in NMCAs - results of a short eMail-survey

Christine Ressl, BEV - Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying, Austria

13:45 - 14:00

Discussion

 

14:00 – 14:40

Standardisation of quality control

 

14:00 - 14:20

Open QC software for LiDAR point clouds,

Martin Kodde, Geodelta

14:20 - 14:40

QC of airborne imaging systems and data acquisition

Ivar Oveland, Kartverket, Norway

14:40 – 15:30

Data distribution

 

14:40 - 15:00

From the Real World to Data-Driven Insights

Arkadiusz  (Arek)  Szadkowski, ESRI

15:00 - 15:20

Point cloud streaming in QGIS

Adriaan van Natijne, het Waterschapshuis, NL

15:20 - 15:30

Discussion

 

16:00 – 18:00

Data Acquisition and Data Programs

 

16:00 – 16:20

Riegl products

Peter Rieger, Riegl

16:20 – 16:40

Sensors from Vexcel and their use in large-scale mapping

Bernhard Schachinger, Vexcel

16:40 – 17:00

Hexagon products

Layton Hobbs, Hexagon

17:00 - 17:20

Wide area drone surveys using hydrogen-powered airships

Janne Hietala, Kelluu Ltd.

17:20 – 18:00

Discussion

 

 

Thursday, 30th January

 

9:00 – 11:00

Data processing

 

9:00 – 9:30

A star to guide us: Moving from GSD to GRD 

Andrew Flatman, Klimadatastyrelsen, Denmark

9:30 – 9:50

Feasibility analysis of implementing a nationwide point cloud classification system using AI

Jesús María Garrido Sáenz de Tejada, National Geographic Institute, Spain

10:00 – 10:10

Aero Triangulation on Oblique Imagery and Future Mapping Strategies (Denmark, Netherlands)

Jeroen Leusink, het Waterschapshuis

10:10 - 10:30

Airborne laser scanning in GNSS-denied areas

George Vosselman, University of Twente, NL

10:30 – 10:50

The scope and the distribution of the remote sensing data in Slovenia

Boštjan Pucelj, Survey and Mapping Authority of Slovenia

11:20 – 13:00

Discussion and Standardisation of NMCA data acquisition

 

   

 

Frequency webinars

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participation and Registration

Participation is aimed at experts working on programs for large scale data-acquisition in NMCAs. It is open to a limited number of 35 participants.  Please register before Friday 15th January 2025

Call for Presentations

We invite NMCAs to present topics, research or experience related to the above-mentioned theme’s. A presentation slot cannot be guaranteed since this depends on the number of registrations. However, we hope many of you are interested and willing to share your thoughts, either by presenting or through discussion. Please contact Jeroen Leusink (j.leusink@hetwaterschapshuis.nl) if you are interested in giving such a presentation or if you have any questions.

We hope to see you in Amersfoort,

The Organizing Committee

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