How to efficiently determine the range precision of 3D terrestrial laser scanners

B Schmitz, C Holst, T Medic, DD Lichti, H Kuhlmann - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
As laser scanning technology has improved a lot in recent years, terrestrial laser scanners
(TLS) have become popular devices for surveying tasks with high accuracy demands, such …

The variance inflation factor to account for correlations in likelihood ratio tests: deformation analysis with terrestrial laser scanners

G Kermarrec, M Lösler, S Guerrier, S Schön - Journal of Geodesy, 2022 - Springer
The measurement noise of a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) is correlated. Neglecting those
correlations affects the dispersion of the parameters when the TLS point clouds are …

Deformation analysis using b-spline surface with correlated terrestrial laser scanner observations—A bridge under load

G Kermarrec, B Kargoll, H Alkhatib - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The choice of an appropriate metric is mandatory to perform deformation analysis between
two point clouds (PC)—the distance has to be trustworthy and, simultaneously, robust …

Terrestrial laser scanner two-face measurements for analyzing the elevation-dependent deformation of the onsala space observatory 20-m radio telescope's main …

C Holst, D Schunck, A Nothnagel, R Haas… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
For accurate astronomic and geodetic observations based on radio telescopes, the
elevation-dependent deformation of the radio telescopes' main reflectors should be known …

Target-based terrestrial laser scan registration extended by target orientation

J Janßen, H Kuhlmann, C Holst - Journal of Applied Geodesy, 2022 - degruyter.com
In almost all projects, in which terrestrial laser scanning is used, the scans must be
registered after the data acquisition. Despite more and more new and automated methods …

Investigating the resolution capability of terrestrial laser scanners and its impact on the effective number of measurements

B Schmitz, H Kuhlmann, C Holst - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The resolution capability of terrestrial laser scanners does not necessarily equal the
scanning resolution. Laser scanners can acquire the surrounding with a point distance of …

Towards the empirical determination of correlations in terrestrial laser scanner range observations and the comparison of the correlation structure of different scanners

B Schmitz, H Kuhlmann, C Holst - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The determination of a fully populated variance-covariance matrix (VCM) of a point cloud
acquired with a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) is not straightforward as physical correlations …

Influence of the simplified stochastic model of TLS measurements on geometry-based deformation analysis

X Zhao, G Kermarrec, B Kargoll, H Alkhatib… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) are powerful instruments that can be employed for
deformation monitoring due to their high precision and spatial resolution in capturing 3D …

On the sensitivity of the parameters of the intensity-based stochastic model for terrestrial laser scanner. Case study: B-spline approximation

G Kermarrec, H Alkhatib, I Neumann - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
For a trustworthy least-squares (LS) solution, a good description of the stochastic properties
of the measurements is indispensable. For a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), the range …

Automatic in-situ self-calibration of a panoramic TLS from a single station using 2D keypoints

T Medić, H Kuhlmann, C Holst - ISPRS Annals of the …, 2019 - isprs-annals.copernicus.org
Terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) measurements are unavoidably affected by systematic
influences due to internal misalignments. The magnitude of the resulting errors can exceed …