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Geometric Modeling and Data Simulation of an Airborne LIDAR System  

Kim, Seong-Joon (서울시립대학교 대학원 공간정보공학과)
Min, Seong-Hong (서울시립대학교 대학원 공간정보공학과)
Lee, Im-Pyeong (서울시립대학교 도시과학대학 공간정보공학과)
Choi, Kyung-Ah (서울시립대학교 대학원 공간정보공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography / v.26, no.3, 2008 , pp. 311-320 More about this Journal
Abstract
A LIDAR can rapidly generate 3D points by densely sampling the surfaces of targets using laser pulses, which has been efficiently utilized to reconstruct 3D models of the targets automatically. Due to this advantage, LIDARs are increasingly applied to the fields of Defense and Security, for examples, being employed to intelligently guided missiles and manned/unmanned reconnaissance planes. For the prior verification of the LIDAR applicability, this study aims at generating simulated LIDAR data. Here, we derived the sensor equation by modelling the geometric relationships between the LIDAR sub-modules, such as GPS, IMU, LS and the systematic errors associated with them. Based on this equation, we developed a program to generate simulated data with the system parameters, the systematic errors, the flight trajectories and attitudes, and the reference terrain model given. This program had been applied to generating simulated LIDAR data for urban areas. By analyzing these simulated data, we verified the accuracy and usefulness of the simulation. The simulator developed in this study will provide economically various test data required for the development of application algorithms and contribute to the optimal establishment of the flight and system parameters.
Keywords
LIDAR; LADAR; Simulation; Sensor Model; Geometric Modeling; Ray-tracing;
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