Contents 
Workshop Organization 
Preface 
OPENING SESSION 
  
  
13 
SESSION 1 
Photogrammetry and laser altimetry 
Schenk, T. 
Commercial development of airborne laser altimetry - A review of the commercial 
instrument market and its projected growth 
Flood, M. 
FOREST TOPOGRAPHY AND CANOPY MAPPING I 
  
23 
31 
SESSION 2 
Progress in LIDAR altimeter remote sensing of stand structure in deciduous 
and coniferous forests using SLICER data 
Lefsky, M., D.J. Harding, G. Parker, W.B. Cohen and S.A. Acker 
Interpolation of high quality ground models from laser scanner data 
in forested areas 
Pfeifer, N., T. Reiter, C. Briese and W. Rieger 
GEOLOCATION OF LASER FOOTPRINT 
  
39 
47 
55 
SESSION 3 
Analysis of satellite laser altimetry range measurements over land topography 
using generalized attitude parameter extraction 
Ridgway, J. R. and J. B. Minster 
A novel approach for calibrating satellite laser altimeter systems 
Filin, S. and B. Csatho 
A new approach for matching surfaces from laser scanners and optical sensors 
Habib, A. and T. Schenk 
SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION BY USING RETURN WAVEFORMS 
  
65 
73 
81 
SESSION 4 
Processing of shuttle laser altimeter range and return pulse data 
in support of SLA-02 
Carabajal, C.C., D.J. Harding, S.B. Luthcke, W. Fong, S.C. Rowton and J.J. Frawley 
Segmentation of laser surfaces 
Csatho, B., K.L. Boyer and S. Filin 
Application of the Shuttle Laser Altimeter in an accuracy assessment of 
GTOPO30, a global 1-kilometer Digital Elevation Model 
Harding, D.J., D.B. Gesch, C.C. Carabajal and S.B. Luthcke 
COMBINED APPLICATION OF LASER SCANNING & PHOTOGRAMMETRY 
  
89 
101 
Utilizing airborne laser altimetry for the improvement of automatically generated 
DEMSs over urban areas 
McIntosh, K., A. Krupnik and T. Schenk 
Registration of airborne laser data to surfaces generated by 
photogrammetric means 
Postolov, Y., A. Krupnik and K. McIntosh 
Quality control issues of airborne laser ranging data and accuracy study 
in an urban area 
Schenk, T., B. Csatho and D.C. Lee