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Accurate georeferencing of TLS point clouds with short GNSS observation durations even under challenging measurement conditions / Florian Zimmermann in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 12 n° 4 (October 2018)  

Public [article]  inJournal of applied geodesy > vol 12 n° 4 (October 2018) . - pp. 289 - 302 Titre : Accurate georeferencing of TLS point clouds with short GNSS observation durations even under challenging measurement conditions Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Florian Zimmermann, Auteur ; Christoph Holst, Auteur ; Lasse Klingbeil, Auteur ; Heiner Kuhlmann, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp. 289 - 302 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] altitude [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] géoréférencement [Termes IGN] paramètre de temps [Termes IGN] point d'appui [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] précision des mesures [Termes IGN] semis de points Résumé : (auteur) The accuracy of georeferenced TLS point clouds is directly influenced by site-dependent GNSS effects, deteriorating the accuracy of the ground control point coordinate estimation. Especially under challenging GNSS conditions, this is a crucial problem. One common approach is to minimize these effects by longer observation durations, which in turn increases the effort in time and cost. In this paper, an algorithm is proposed that provides accurate georeferencing results, even under challenging measurement conditions and short observation durations. It iteratively improves the georeferencing accuracy by determining and applying obstruction adaptive elevation masks to the GNSS observations. The algorithm is tested and assessed using the data of a field test. It is demonstrated that after only 5 minutes observation duration, the ground control point coordinates can be estimated with an accuracy of 1 to 2 cm, independent from the GNSS measurement conditions. Initial states of the elevation masks are determined from a point cloud that is georeferenced using coordinates from a single point positioning solution, enhanced by a RAIM-FDE approach. Afterwards, the coordinates are estimated in a weighted least-squares baseline solution and both, the elevation masks and the coordinate estimation, are iteratively improved. Besides the significant reduction of measurement time, the proposed algorithm allows for increasing the amount of ground control points and can be applied to other direct or indirect GNSS-based georeferencing approaches. Numéro de notice : A2018-433 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE/POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1515/jag-2018-0013 Date de publication en ligne : 29/08/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1515/jag-2018-0013 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91000 [article]

Investigations on the influence of antenna near-field effects and satellite obstruction on the uncertainty of GNSS-based distance measurements / Florian Zimmermann in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 10 n° 1 (March 2016)  

Public [article]  inJournal of applied geodesy > vol 10 n° 1 (March 2016) . - pp 53 - 60 Titre : Investigations on the influence of antenna near-field effects and satellite obstruction on the uncertainty of GNSS-based distance measurements Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Florian Zimmermann, Auteur ; Christian Eling, Auteur ; Heiner Kuhlmann, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 53 - 60 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] antenne GNSS [Termes IGN] distancemètre [Termes IGN] distorsion du signal [Termes IGN] double différence [Termes IGN] étalonnage d'instrument [Termes IGN] trajet multiple [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement de données GNSS Résumé : (auteur) Antenna near-field effects are one of the accuracy limiting factors on GNSS-based distance measurements. In order to analyse these influences, a measurement campaign at an EDM calibration baseline site with optimum GNSS conditions was performed. To vary the distance between the antenna mount and the absolutely calibrated antennas, spacers with different lengths were used. Due to the comparison of the resulting GNSS-based distance measurements to a reference solution, the influences of the antenna near-field could be analyzed. The standard deviations of the differences to the reference solution, i. e., 0.31 mm for the distance and 0.46 mm for the height component, indicate that equal spacer and antenna combinations at both stations lead to a very high accuracy level. In contrast, different spacer and antenna combinations decrease the accuracy level. Thus, an identical set-up at both antenna stations and the usage of individually calibrated antennas minimize the near-field effects during the double-differencing process. Hence, these aspects can be identified as a prerequisite for highly accurate GNSS-measurements. In addition to near-field effects, the influence of satellite obstructions is investigated. Four realistic shadowing scenarios are numerically simulated on the basis of the observations, which were collected in the optimum surrounding of the EDM calibration baseline site. The comparison to nominal values indicates that a shadowing leads only to a slight decreasing of the accuracy. Consequently, there is a strong suspicion that multipath effects and signal distortions seem to have a greater influence on the accuracy of GNSS-based distance measurements than the satellite constellation. Numéro de notice : A2016-554 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1515/jag-2015-0026 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jag-2015-0026 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=81704 [article]