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1 Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry Mattia Crespi Francesca Fratarcangeli, Augusto Mazzoni,, Martina Di Rita, Marco Di Tullio, Roberta Ravanelli, Giorgio Savastano Geodesy and Geomatics Division Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy Progetto Fabspace Roma 09/03/2017 Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 1 / 16

2 The Research Team The Geodesy and Geomatics Division is part of the University of Rome La Sapienza The team is composed by young engineers specialized in Geomatics and Positioning: we are professional group engaged in university Research&Development our vision is to encourage technology transfer from university to industry we want to apply scientific knowledge of our country in innovative projects and services we have recently founded Kuaternion, an innovative start-up ( Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 2 / 16

3 Research Topics In the last years the following main fields of research were developed: Applications of low-cost range cameras for 3D close range modeling Sensor calibration Accuracy assessment Advanced software solutions Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 3 / 16

4 Research Topics In the last years the following main fields of research were developed: Applications of low-cost range cameras for 3D close range modeling Sensor calibration Accuracy assessment Advanced software solutions Applications of optical and radar High Resolution Imagery Sensor orientation models Matching strategy DSM generation & validation Imagery orthorectification Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 3 / 16

5 Research Topics In the last years the following main fields of research were developed: Applications of low-cost range cameras for 3D close range modeling Sensor calibration Accuracy assessment Advanced software solutions Applications of optical and radar High Resolution Imagery Sensor orientation models Matching strategy DSM generation & validation Imagery orthorectification Real-time applications of the GNSS, low-cost oriented GNSS seismology & tsunami early warning system and structural monitoring GNSS permanent networks for real-time positioning services kinematic parameters retrieval in GNSS navigation Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 3 / 16

6 Research Topics In the last years the following main fields of research were developed: Applications of optical and radar High Resolution Imagery Sensor orientation models Matching strategy and offset tracking DSM generation & validation Imagery orthorectification Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 4 / 16

7 SISAR software SISAR is a complete photogrammetric software able to produce Digital Surface Models (DSMs) and Orthoimagery from the most common optical and SAR imagery Main characteristics: Rigorous orientation models for imagery acquired by several optical sensors (EROS A, Ikonos, QuickBird, Cartosat-1, WorldView-1/2, GeoEye-1) and SAR sensors (COSMO-SkyMed, TerraSAR-X, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1) Rational Polynomial Coefficients - RPCs generation tools based on a terrain independent approach Image matching algorithm (patented) specially designed both for SAR and optical high resolution imagery Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 5 / 16

8 SISAR Patent MATCHING (Authors: A. Nascetti, P. Capaldo, M. Crespi, F. Fratarcangeli, F. Pieralice) 2013 patent: Matching strategy for optical and SAR high resolution satellite imagery (Matching procedure and device for the digital modelling of objects by stereoscopic images) Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 6 / 16

9 DATE - Digital Automatic Terrain Extractor Software DATE is a software for Digital Surface Model generation from: high resolution optical satellite imagery high resolution SAR satellite imagery overcome the issues related to the epipolar resampling of satellite images DATE features Images ground projection (GrEI) Coarse-to-fine pyramidal strategy Modular structure to manage upcoming sensors Multi-view approach Computer vision state of the art algorithms Totally automatic (intensity production capabilities) Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 7 / 16

10 DSM Generation Example of Trento dataset: I extracted DSM compared with LiDAR reference I RMSE range from 4 to 6 meter Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 8 / 16

11 Aerial and UAV photogrammetry Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 9 / 16

12 Aerial and UAV photogrammetry Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 9 / 16

13 SAR Intensity Offset Tracking Glacier surface velocity field with Sentinel-1 data: San Quintin (Chile) Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 10 / 16

14 Research Topics Real-time applications of the GNSS, low-cost oriented GNSS seismology & tsunami early warning system and structural monitoring GNSS permanent networks for real-time positioning services kinematic parameters retrieval in GNSS navigation Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 11 / 16

15 GNSS available receivers Mass Market (10 e) Raw observations will soon be available for the user By now, coordinates estimation performed on board (Black box) Low-cost (1000 e) One frequency (L1) code and phase raw observations available Research activities in progress High impact on applications Geodetic (10K e) All raw observations available, are now the benchmark Used in surveys and geodetic applications Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 12 / 16

16 Which is our vision for GNSS market evolution? Exploiting low-cost GNSS receivers potentialities GNSS monitoring: Fast displacements detection through real-time VADASE Slow displacements detection through post-processing Real-time low-cost and fast surveys (NTRK) Civil Engineering and Cadastral Survey Close-Range Photogrammetry UAV precise navigation Atmospheric GNSS real-time remote sensing Contribution to tsunami early warning systems - VARION Contribution to meteo forecasting and nowcasting models Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 13 / 16

17 VADASE (Authors: G. Colosimo, M. Crespi, A. Mazzoni) 2010 patent: VADASE (System for measuring coseismic movements or vibrations of structures based on global navigation satellite systems-gnss and/or pseudolites) Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 14 / 16

18 The vision: VADASE onboard a commercial GNSS receiver an autonomous, real-time monitoring solution Leica Geosystems key market player providing reliable, robust, precise GNSS solutions (HW/SW) tens of years of experience, open to innovation, interested in new technologies large existing network of customers and receivers, blue world-wide Win-Win situation combine the innovative algorithm from Academia and the experience and resources from Leica Geosystems to turn VADASE into an accessible, usable, customer-oriented product Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 15 / 16

19 Thank you for your attention Advanced Geomatics solutions: from Academy to Industry 16 / 16

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