Course - Terrestrial Laser Scanning - GEOM2210
Terrestrial Laser Scanning
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About the course
Course content
- Different types of terrestrial laser scanners (TLS)
- TLS instruments' components and mode of operation
- Data acquisition with TLS instruments
- Different types of mobile terrestrial laser scanners (MTLS)
- Different types of airborne laser scanners (ALS)
- Handling point clouds
- Point cloud registration
- Georeferencing of point clouds
- General feature extraction and basic 3D modeling from point clouds
- Commonly used data formats
- Reporting and documentation of fieldwork and post-processing
Learning outcome
By the end of the semester students will gain the following knowledge which are the fundamentals of digitalization in construction business:
- Fundamentals of the scanning mechanism of the latest TLS instruments
- Different georeferencing methods
- The relevant industry standards
- Statistical methods for quality analysis of an acquired dataset.
By the end of the semester students will gain the following skills:
- Setting up, operating and calibrating TLS instruments
- Matching overlapping scanned datasets (registration and georeferencing)
- Basics of feature extraction and 3D modeling
- Detection of systematic and gross error in the dataset; statistical analysis and tests against given criteria
General competence:
- Hazard assessment of using TLS instruments
Learning methods and activities
- Lectures
- Project work
- Supervision
The course can be given as a guided self-study if less than 6 students are registered.
Compulsory assignments
- Compulsory assignments
Further on evaluation
There will be 4 assignments to be turned in. Some will be handed in as groupwork, while others as individual work. All assignments must be passed.
The evaluation is based on oral exam (100%), with a specific focus on the student's ability to present and explain the method used for his/her projects, including explaining the theoretical underpinnings. A detailed description of the requirements for choosing a project will be given at the start of the course. A project description must be approved by the instructor before work gets underway.
A re-sit examination is held in March.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Geomatics - Engineering (BIGEOMAT)
Recommended previous knowledge
- GEOM1110 - Introduction to engineering geomatics
Course materials
There is no obligatory textbook. Suggested reading list:
- Handout materials (Blackboard)
- Topographic Laser Ranging and Scanning, Principles and Processing, Seconf Edition, Edited by Jie Shan and Charles K. Toth, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-4987-7227-3
- Instrument and software manuals (regularly updated on the relevant website or in help menu)
- Material in Norwegian (non-Norwegian-speaking students will get help in translation from the instructor):
- Skogseth, T. (2014). Grunnleggende landmåling. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (ISBN: 978-82-05-44934-3). (in Norwegian)
Subject areas
- Geomatics