3D indoor building environment reconstruction using calibration of rangefinder data

Jamali, Ali; Anton, Francois; Abdul Rahman, Alias; Boguslawski, Pawel; Gold, Christopher

Abstract

Nowadays, municipalities intend to have 3D city models for facility management, disaster management and architectural planning. 3D data acquisition can be done by laser scanning for indoor environment which is a costly and time consuming process. Currently, for indoor surveying, Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) and Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) are mostly used. In this paper, several techniques for indoor 3D building data acquisition have been investigated. For reducing the time and cost of indoor building data acquisition process, the Trimble LaserAce 1000 range finder is used. The accuracy of the rangefinder is evaluated and a simple spatial model is reconstructed from real data. This technique is rapid (it requires a shorter time as compared to others), but the results show inconsistencies in horizontal angles for short distances in indoor environments. The range finder was calibrated using a least square adjustment algorithm. To control the uncertainty of the calibration and of the reconstruction of the building from the measurements, interval analysis and homotopy continuation are used.

Citation

Jamali, A., Anton, F., Abdul Rahman, A., Boguslawski, P., & Gold, C. (2015, October). 3D indoor building environment reconstruction using calibration of rangefinder data. Paper presented at Joint International Geoinformation Conference 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Joint International Geoinformation Conference 2015
• Conference Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Start Date: Oct 28, 2015
• End Date: Oct 30, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Aug 9, 2015
• Publication Date: Oct 28, 2015
• Deposit Date: Nov 16, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 21, 2016
• Journal: International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling
• Print ISSN: 2156-1710
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 29-34
• Keywords: indoor surveying, least square adjustment, interval analysis, laser scanning, calibration, homotopy continuation
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1434047
• Publisher URL: http://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/II-2-W2/29/2015/isprsannals-II-2-W2-29-2015.html
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume II-2/W2, 2015