Advances in Mobile Mapping Technology

<p>The growing market penetration of Internet mapping satellite imaging and personal navigation has opened up great research and business opportunities to geospatial communities. Multi-platform and multi-sensor integrated mapping technology has clearly established a trend towards fast geospatial data acquisition. Sensors can be mounted on various platforms such as satellites aircrafts or helicopters terrestrial vehicles water-based vessels and may even be hand-carried by individuals. Mobile mapping refers to a means of collecting geospatial data using mapping sensors mounted on a mobile platform. Its development was primarily driven by the advances in digital imaging and direct-georeferencing technologies. With the escalating use of telecommunication networks and the increasing availability of low-cost and portable sensors mobile mapping has become more dynamic and even pervasive. The book addresses a wide variety of research issues in the mobile mapping community ranging from system development to sensor integration imaging algorithms and mobile GIS applications. This book will provide researchers and practitioners a good overall view of what is being developed in this topical area. </p>