Recent Advances in Automated Measuring Systems

Dear Colleagues,

In the last decade, the automatic mapping of complex scenarios has become an objective in the context of mobile mapping systems (MMS). For this reason, the companies and research studies have been forced to develop systems integrating different sensors (like digital cameras, LiDAR, GNSS-INS systems, optical encoders, etc.), managed using complex algorithms, to automatically detect and survey the geometry and texture of the measured elements, providing fast and complete data, with the least and easiest possible intervention by the user. As a result, we can find a wide range of instruments, with different formats, mainly with the configurations of vehicle-based surveys, backpacks (or trollies) MMS, or the most simple, handheld instruments, which survey middle/big scenarios accurately and automatically.

This Special Issue aims to provide a forum about recent advancements in automated measuring systems for mobile mapping solutions, with high/middle definition and accurate detail, including both the description and validation of new data capture devices, the development of new algorithms for the management and exploitation of the information obtained, the improvement of standard working procedures, as well as the integration of the results in civil, architectural and archaeological applications.

Dr. Alonso Sanchez
Dr. Pedro Ortiz Coder
Guest Editors

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