Aviation and Aerial Photography

Aviation and Aerial Photography

The research and studies of the department include

• Applications of Airborne LIDAR to produce digital elevation  and surface models
• Feature extraction from LIDAR data and RGB image
• Building extraction from lidar data and multicue
• Road extraction  from lidar data and RGB images
• Applications of  laser point clouds
• Feature extraction from Hyperspectral images
• Designing executive plans for aviation, imaging and air survey work Continuous updating and development of air surveying systems
• Examining and reviewing the photos, aerial films and digital data of the laser sensor and ensuring that they meet the specifications
   

Ground Surveying Department

The research and studies of the department include

• Applications of Terrestrial LIDAR Scanner to produce digital elevation and surface models
• Geoid determination
• 3D CITY MODEL
• Documentation of archeological and touristic sites
• Survey Studies

Digital mapping

The research and studies of the department include

• Slums Detections( Informal Settlements Detection)
• Automatic DEM generation and orthorectification of stereo images such as Worldview-  ZY3 image and base map production
• Photogrammetric point cloud extraction from stereo satellite images.
• Assessment of image fusion for improvement of base map production.
• Monitoring and Assessment of urban sprawl and Urban Heat Islands
• Urban Growth / urban expansion / urban sprawl  / Modeling
• Building detection/extraction
• Road detection/extraction
• Thermal remote sensing
• Application of Radar technology&Texture analysis
• 3 D city models applications( Telecommunication, urban planning, City portals, location based services, Tourism
• Applications of Solar Energy
• Evaluations and integration of Digital elevation models from different sources