Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0230563

Funded Activity Summary

Automated Vector Extraction from Airborne Laser Scan Data. This project considers the problem of automatically extracting and vectorising the outlines of objects from Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) data. The industry partner, AAM GeoScan, is a leading user of ALS systems in Australia, and has a need to develop automated solutions to this problem. ALS data is typically a dense cloud of 3D point data which represents the local terrain, as well as any trees, buildings or vehicles which may be in the field of view. Spatial data is a very important resource, widely used in many types of urban and rural planning operations. Planning software packages require vectorised descriptions of building outlines and other spatial data, however this is not presently available from raw ALS data. The project will investigate this problem and develop new and effective means for producing it automatically from raw ALS data. Expected outcomes include a successful research masters studentship, the development of novel solutions to the problem which are directly applicable to the industry partner's core business, peer reviewed publications, and an strengthened link between the universities and the industry partner.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $45,090.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Geography | Geometry | Image Processing | Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Telecommunications | Land and water management | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing | Geometry | Image Processing | Land and water management | Physical Geography | Telecommunications

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