Links

Nearest-Neighbourhood search:

- ANN (Approximate Nearest Neighbor Searching) by David M. Mount (University of Maryland, USA) and Sunil Arya (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HongKong)
- GML LidarK library by Alexander Velizhev (Moscow State University, Russia)


Commercial - Systems:

- 3rd Tech
- Callidus
- Faro (iQvolution)
- I-SiTE 4400
- Leica HDS Series
- MDL
- Optech ILRIS-3D
- Riegl Series
- Trimble (Mensi)
- Visi Image
- Zoller+Frohlich
- Surphaser


Academic Institutions:

- Curtin University (Dept. of Spatial Sciences)
- Delft University of Technology (Delft Institute of Earth Observation and Space Systems)
- Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, University of (School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences)


Related Groups/Organisations:

- ISPRS Commission V - "Close-Range Sensing: Analysis and Applications"
- FIG Task Force Group 6.1.5 - "Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Deformation Monitoring"
- Heritage3D.org (English heritage)
- IAEG TLS commission C19
- ISPRS Working Group III / 3 - "Processing of point clouds from laser scanners and other sensors"
- ASTM Committee E57 on 3D Imaging Systems


Free Data Sources:

- Additional data for testing can be sourced at the Institut für Kartographie und Geoinformatik Universität Hannover website. These data are managed by Dr Claus Brenner.


Upcoming Conferences of Relevance:

- ISPRS Commission V Symposium, Dresden, Germany, 25 - 27 September 2006


Past Conferences of Relevance:

- ISPRS XXth Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 12 - 23 July 2004 [Proceedings on-line]
- ISPRS Workshop on Laser Scanning, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands, 12 - 14 September 2005 [Proceedings on-line]
- The 3rd IAG/12th FIG Symposium, Baden, Austria, May 22-24, 2006 [Proceedings on-line]
- The 3rd NIST Workshop on the Performance Evaluation of 3D Imaging Systems, March 2-3, 2006 [Proceedings on-line]


Miscellaneous:

- Review of 20 Years of Range Sensor Development, NRC (PDF document)