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Background
Information about the current state of and recent changes in landscape-creating elements and scenery (such as
forests, lakes, meadows, etc.) are important basics for environmental assessment on different administrative levels.
During the last few years airborne as well as terrestrial laser scanning techniques have developed tremendously and
now play an important role in landscape assessment. In addition to airborne laser scanning which has been successfully
introduced as a means of collecting information on a regional level, terrestrial laser scanners can be used on a smaller
scale to derive higher precision information.
Recent instruments, processing methods and their possibilities for use in forest and landscape assessment will be
presented at this international conference.
The conference is regarded as a follow-up of the ScanLaser meeting held in Umeå, September 2003. It is aspired that terrestrial and airborne
laser scanning are considered in a balanced way.
The aims of the conference are to
- present results in assessing forests and
landscapes by use of laser scanning techniques.
- generate an active discussion on the
status quo and future needs.
- explore links between producers, researchers and users of laser technology.
Scientific board
Emmanuel Baltsavias (Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, ETH Zürich)
James B. Blair (Lab. for Terrestrial Physics, NASA)
Dieter Fritsch (Institute for Photogrammetry, University of Stuttgart)
Klaus von Gadow (Institute of Forest Management, University of Göttingen)
Juha Hyyppa (Finnish Geodetic Institute)
Alfred Kleusberg (Institute for Navigation, University of Stuttgart)
Barbara Koch (Dep. Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems, University of Freiburg)
Michael A. Lefsky (Dep. of Forest, Rangeland and Watership Stewardship, Colorado State University)
Steen Magnussen (Pacific Forestry Center, Natural Resources Canada)
Erik Næsset (Agricultural University of Norway)
Håkan Olsson (Dep. of Forest Resource Management and Geomatics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Risto T. M. Päivinen (European Forest Institute)
Mathias Schardt (Joanneum Research, Graz)
Stephen Sheppard (Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia)
Heinrich Spiecker (Institute for Forest Growth, University of Freiburg)
George Vosselman (ITC Enschede)
Alyosius Wehr (Institute for Navigation, University of Stuttgart)
last update 19.10.2004 by S. Schlatter
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