scholarly journals A comparison of terrestrial laser scanning and structure-from-motion photogrammetry as methods for digital outcrop acquisition

Geosphere ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1865-1880 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.W. Wilkinson ◽  
R.R. Jones ◽  
C.E. Woods ◽  
S.R. Gilment ◽  
K.J.W. McCaffrey ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J Neverman ◽  
Ian C Fuller ◽  
Jon N Procter ◽  
Russell G Death

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and structure-from-motion photogrammetry (SfMp) offer rapid, non-invasive surveying of in situ gravels. Numerous studies have used the point clouds derived from TLS or SfMp to quantify surface layer characteristics, but direct comparison of the methods for grain-scale analysis has received relatively little attention to date. Comparing equivalent products of different data capture methods is critical as differences in errors and sampling biases between the two methods may produce different outputs, effecting further analysis. The sampling biases and errors related to SfMp and TLS lead to differences in the point clouds produced by each method. The metrics derived from the point clouds are therefore likely to differ, potentially leading to different inputs for entrainment threshold models, different trends in surface layer development being identified and different trajectories for physical processes and habitat quality being predicted. This paper provides a direct comparison between TLS and SfMp surveys of an exposed gravel bar for three different survey periods following inundation and reworking of the bar surface during high flow events. The point clouds derived from the two methods are used to describe changes in the character of the surface layer between bar inundation events, and comparisons are made with descriptions derived from conventional pebble counts. The results found differences in the metrics derived using each method do exist, but the grid resolution used to detrend the surfaces and identify spatial variations in surface layer characteristics had a greater impact than survey method. Further research is required to understand the significance of these variations for quantifying surface texture and structure and for predicting entrainment thresholds and transport rates.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1492-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Martínez-Espejo Zaragoza ◽  
Gabriella Caroti ◽  
Andrea Piemonte ◽  
Björn Riedel ◽  
Dieter Tengen ◽  
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Author(s):  
Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos ◽  
Antonis Antonakakis ◽  
Aggeliki Kyriou ◽  
Ioannis K. Koukouvelas ◽  
Panagiotis Stefanopoulos

Drones ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angus D. Warfield ◽  
Javier X. Leon

Mangroves provide a variety of ecosystem services, which can be related to their structuralcomplexity and ability to store carbon in the above ground biomass (AGB). Quantifying AGB inmangroves has traditionally been conducted using destructive, time-consuming, and costlymethods, however, Structure-from-Motion Multi-View Stereo (SfM-MVS) combined withunmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery may provide an alternative. Here, we compared the abilityof SfM-MVS with terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to capture forest structure and volume in threemangrove sites of differing stand age and species composition. We describe forest structure in termsof point density, while forest volume is estimated as a proxy for AGB using the surface differencingmethod. In general, SfM-MVS poorly captured mangrove forest structure, but was efficient incapturing the canopy height for volume estimations. The differences in volume estimations betweenTLS and SfM-MVS were higher in the juvenile age site (42.95%) than the mixed (28.23%) or mature(12.72%) age sites, with a higher stem density affecting point capture in both methods. These resultscan be used to inform non-destructive, cost-effective, and timely assessments of forest structure orAGB in mangroves in the future.


Geomorphology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 356 ◽  
pp. 107069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Guerin ◽  
Greg M. Stock ◽  
Mariah J. Radue ◽  
Michel Jaboyedoff ◽  
Brian D. Collins ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Marcin Winowski

This paper presents the evaluation of three remote sensing methods used in geomorphological mapping of cliff coasts. The basic parameters of point clouds obtained in the process of airborne laser scanning (ALS), terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and digital processing of photos obtained with UAV (Structure from Motion – UAV-SfM) were analysed. The obtained results allowed to state that the models with the highest resolution and accuracy can be obtained using the TLS and UAV-SfM methods. These two techniques provide the greatest possibilities in detailed relief analyses and estimation of the sediment budget in small research sites. Images of ALS are less accurate, but for studies carried out in larger areas they seem to be the most optimal solution.


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