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ISPRS, EARSeL & DGPF Joint Istanbul Workshop
Topographic Mapping from Space
Dedicated to Dr. Karsten Jacobsen’s 80th Birthday
29-31 January 2025
Yıldız Technical University
Davutpaşa Congress Centre

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Overview

Objectives

Earth imaging from air and space has undergone major changes over the last years. Examples of new and significant developments comprise a growing use of digital aerial cameras, an increasing number of high-resolution and also hyperspectral satellite sensors, of LiDAR/laser scanning, SAR/InSAR and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies.

Geometric/radiometric calibration including laboratory (including long-term stability) and in-flight calibration issues are important for every sensor. Direct sensor orientation and correct handling of optical satellite images with/without ground control points (GCPs) are also essential. Based on the determined sensor orientation, the optimal method for generating, analyzing and improving Digital Elevation or Surface Models (DEM/DSMs) can be achieved. Extensive use of global DEMs (ALOS AW3D30, TanDEM-X EDEM, ICESat-2, ASTER GDEM, SRTM, Satellite-Derived-Bathymetry (SDB), Radarsat DEM etc.) is given.  In addition, evaluation of large format airborne digital and linear array cameras, LiDAR sensors, cube satellites and UAVs for 3D mapping and ortho-image generation will be in the scope of this event. In addition, evaluation of large format airborne digital and linear arrays cameras, LiDAR sensors, cube satellites and UAVs for 3D mapping and ortho-image generation will be in the scope of this event. Next generation techniques such as virtual and augmented reality, robotic and autonomous mapping will also be included. Last, but not least, we also focus on the new data processing techniques for information extraction, including machine learning and deep learning.

These developments form the background for the ISPRS, EARSeL & DGPF Joint Istanbul Workshop – Topographic Mapping from Space dedicated to Dr. Karsten Jacobsen for his 80th Birthday. As known, Dr. Jacobsen is one of the leading scientists in the field of mapping and a very valuable person known for his human characteristics. He has contributed to the development of researchers from many countries of the world.

Creating a collaborative environment for scientists working with remote sensing data

Bringing together scientific and commercial remote sensing users

Share information about new airborne and space-borne remote sensing platforms and devices

To provide information sharing on new remote sensing methods and applications

Encouraging young researchers

To prepare a base for international cooperation projects about remote sensing

To evaluate global warming and the disasters around the world

 

 

Topics

2D and 3D mapping utilizing different space-borne missions and constellations

Airborne and terrestrial LiDAR applications, LiDAR-Bathymetry and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)

RGB, Multi-spectral, Hyperspectral, Thermal and LiDAR UAV applications

Digital Photogrammetric cameras, sensors and stereo-modelling

InSAR, DInSAR, MT-DInSAR and Radargrammetry applications

Sensor benchmarking – concepts and examples

Generation and validation of DEM/DSM/DTM/CHM

Thematic Mapping by machine learning and deep learning

Geometric and radiometric calibration of remote sensing data

Data fusion (space-borne, airborne, and terrestrial)

3D city modelling and geospatial databases

Digital twin applications

Virtual reality and augmented reality applications

Utilization of remote sensing data in smart agriculture and forestry

Cube satellite applications

Mapping with robotic technologies and autonomous systems

Local Organising Committee

Mehmet Alkan – Yıldız Technical University (Chair)

Gürcan Büyüksalih – Istanbul University (Co-Chair)

Umut Güneş Sefercik – Gebze Technical University (Co-Chair)

Naci Yastıklı – Yıldız Technical University

Mertcan Nazar – Gebze Technical University

İlyas Aydın – Gebze Technical University

Okan Yılmaz – Yıldız Technical University

Atakan Bilgili – Yıldız Technical University

Tümay Arda – Yıldız Technical University

İsmail Büyüksalih – Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality


Scientific Committee (Ordered by Surname)

Özgün Akçay – Çanakkale 18 Mart University

Hakan Akçın – Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University

Mehmet Alkan – Yıldız Technical University

Abdalla Alobeid – Vision Intelligence

Can Atalay – Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University

Nur Yağmur Aydın – Gebze Technical University

Süha Berberoğlu – Çukurova University

Gürcan Büyüksalih – Istanbul University

Mattia Crespi – Sapienza University of Rome

Zehra Çetin – Yıldız Technical University

İsmail Çölkesen – Gebze Technical University

Nusret Demir – Akdeniz University

Gholam Reza Dini – University of Tronto

Cem Gazioğlu – Istanbul University

Markus Gerke – Technical University of Braunschweig

José Alberto Gonçalves – University of Porto

Mahmut Görken – Yozgat Bozok University

Christian Heipke – Leibniz University of Hannover

Eija Honkavaara – Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

Dorota Iwaszczuk – Technical University of Darmstadt  

Karsten Jacobsen – Leibniz University of Hannover

Boris Jutzi – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Hakan Karabörk – Konya Technical University

Fevzi Karslı – Karadeniz Technical University

Taşkın Kavzoğlu – Gebze Technical University

Thomas Kersten – Hafencity University Hamburg

Mila Koeva – University of Twente

Thomas Krauss – German Aerospace Center

Iulia Dana Negula – Romanian Space Agency

Roland Perko – Joanneum Research

Alias Abdul Rahman – University of Technology Malaysia

Peter Reinartz – German Aerospace Center

Franz Rottensteiner – Leibniz University of Hannover

Umut Güneş Sefercik – Gebze Technical University

Uwe Soergel – University of Stuttgart

Ali İhsan Şekertekin – Igdır University

Jiaojiao Tian – German Aerospace Center

Hüseyin Topan – Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University

Melis Uzar – Yıldız Technical University

Mustafa Üstüner – Artvin Çoruh University

Stewart Walker – Photogrammetry4u

Jan Dirk Wegner – University of Zurich

Naci Yastıklı – Yıldız Technical University

Mohammad Javad Valadan Zoej – K. N. Toosi Uni. of Technology


Venue

Yıldız Technical University, Davutpaşa Congress Centre

29-31 January 2025

Publications

 

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science

 
 

 

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