Rigorous approach to bore-sight self-calibration in airborne laser scanning

• Published in: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, vol. 61, num. 1, p. 47-59
• Publication date: 2006

We present a rigorous method for estimating some of the calibration parameters in airborne laser scanning (ALS), namely the three bore-sight angles and the range-finder offset. The technique is based on expressing the system calibration parameters within the direct-georeferencing equation separately for each target point, and conditioning a group of points to lie on a common surface of a known form such as plane.

Keywords: LIDAR ; Calibration ; Georeferencing ; GPS/INS ; Laser scanning ; Accuracy ; iQual

Reference

• TOPO-ARTICLE-2006-005
• doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2006.07.003
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Record created on 2006-10-18, modified on 2012-03-21