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conducted since 1990 as a cooperative effort between the
Chairs of Architecture and Design (Prof. F. Oswald),
Architecture and CAAD (Prof. G. Schmitt), and
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Prof. A. Gruen) and
in 1994 successfully completed. The aim was to
computerize the task of urban development and to provide
the students in architecture with the respective computer-
based tools for analysis and design.
Commission V:
Research and development in close range photogrammetry
in Switzerland covered a wide range of topics:
* Commercial digital photogrammetric systems for high
precision 3-D coordinate measurements have been
developed and are sold by the companies Imetric and
Leica.
Several pilot studies on the application of digital close
range photogrammetry for precise 3-D coordinate
measurement have been conducted at IGP (at a shipyard,
deformation measurement of a dam, biomechanics and
animation, etc.).
* At the Communications Technology Lab of ETH Zurich a
research project on control feedback for a nano-robot
system was started January 1994. This involves new
techniques for the calibration of stereo microscopes,
solving the stereo correspondence problem for
microscope imagery and image analysis of dynamic
scenes.
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Techniques for the measurement of dense 3-D velocity
fields in flows (3-D Particle Tracking Velocimetry and 3-D
Least Squares Matching) have been developed at IGP.
Digital photogrammetry and CAD techniques have been
combined into a semi-automatic system for architectural
photogrammetry at IGP.
The Pattern Recognition Group at the Institute for Micro-
technology, University of Neuchatel works on the
recognition of arbitrary 3-D objects in range sensor data.
Commission VI:
* Major curriculum revisions are underway at ETH Zurich,
Faculty of Rural Engineering and Geodesy. Currently, the
Faculty is responsible for the curricula in Environmental
Engineering, Rural Engineering and Geodesy. It is
planned to reunite Rural Engineering and Geodesy into a
joint track ,Geomatics Engineering“. In parallel, a credit
system from 5.-8. semester will be introduced together
with a major revision of the subjects of study. This is
supposed to prepare the students better for the
requirements of modern science, technology and
applications.
Commission VII:
* At IGP research is performed on modelling of SPOT,
MOMS-02/D2 and KFA-1000 imagery. Different accuracy
investigations have been performed, as well as automatic
derivation of DTMs and ortho-images from these sensors.
* IGP together with other international partners have been
awarded an EU project on processing and synergistic
integration of optical and microwave imagery.
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* IKT is performing research on scene understanding by
model-based interpretation techniques, snowmelt runoff
modelling and derivation of high resolution. DTMs from
satellite ^ imagery (more details ^ under http:;//
www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/).
The Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, has
broad activities on remote sensing grouped unser Remote
Sensing and Natural Resources, and Remote Sensing
Applications. Topics of research include: SAR data
processing and SAR interferometry, landscape
visualisation, snow hydrology and hazard studies, natural
resources studies, airborne imaging spectrometry, land
use estimation, and spectroradiometry (more details
under http://www.geo.unizh.ch/).
‘5. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
In Journals
Department of Geodetic Sciences, ETH Zurich.
Vermessung, Photogrammetrie, Kulturtechnik (VPK),
Vol.93, April 1995, pp. 171-308
* Optics in Switzerland, Part 1, 2, 3. Optical Engineering,
Vol. 34, Nos. 7, 8, 9, July, August, September 1995
Conference Proceedings
* Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (edited
by R. Bless). 2 volumes, 22 October 1993, Technopark
Zurich, and 29 September 1994, EPF Lausanne, Swiss
National Science Foundation
* From Pixels to Sequences; ISPRS Intercommission
Workshop. Int. Arch. of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing, Vol. 30, 5W1, ETH Zurich, 2-24 March 1995,
396 pages
* International Workshop on Automated Face- and
Gesture-Recognition. MultiMedia Laboratory, University
of Zurich, 26-28 June 1995, 379 pages
Books
* Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques || (edited by
A.Gruen, H. Kahmen). Papers presented to the
Conference at ETH Zurich, 4-7 October 1993, Wichmann
Verlag, 624 pages
* Automatic Extraction of Man-Made Objects from Aerial
and Space Images (edited by A. Gruen, O Kübler, P.
Agouris). Proceedings of the Workshop at Monte Verita,
Ascona, 24-28 April 1995, Birkháuser Verlag, Basel, 321
pages
Some relevant Homepages
ISPRS: http://www.geod.ethz.ch/isprs/isprs.html
SSPIRS: http:;//www.giub.unibe.ch/remsen/sgpbf/
Interuniversity Partnership:
http://nobi.ethz.ch/ipeg/ipeg. html
Department of Geodetic Sciences, ETH Zurich:
http://www.geod.ethz.ch/
Institute of Communications, Image Science Group, ETH
Zurich: http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/
Département de Génie Rural, EPF Lausanne:
http://dgrwww.epfl.ch/
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXI, Part B6. Vienna 1996
