OPALS bibliography

This section contains a list of OPALS related references. In case you are using OPALS in a scientific environment, please cite the appropriate reference listed below in your publication.

OPALS software concept

• N. Pfeifer, G. Mandlburger, J. Otepka, W. Karel: OPALS - A framework for Airborne Laser Scanning data analysis. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 45 (2014), 125 - 136.

• G. Mandlburger, J. Otepka, W. Karel, W. Wagner, N. Pfeifer: Orientation And Processing Of Airborne Laser Scanning Data (OPALS) - Concept And First Results Of A Comprehensive Als Software. in: IAPRS, Vol. XXXVIII, Part 3/W8 (2009), ISSN: 1682-1750; 55 - 60.

• J. Otepka, G. Mandlburger, W. Karel: The OPALS Data Manager - Efficient Data Management for Processing Large Airborne Laser Scanning Projects; in: ISPRS Annals, Comm. III, Volume 1-3 (2012), ISSN: 2194-9042; 153 - 159.

OPALS related papers

• Briese, C., 2004. Three-dimensional modelling of breaklines from airborne laser scanner data. In: IAPRS, Vol.XXXV, B3, Istanbul, Turky.

• Doneus, M. and Briese, C., 2006. Digital terrain modelling for archaeological interpretation within forested areas using fullwaveform laserscanning. In: The 7th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage VAST, Cyprus.

• M. Doneus, N. Doneus, C. Briese, M. Pregesbauer, G. Mandlburger, G. Verhoeven: Airborne laser bathymetry - detecting and recording submerged archaeological sites from the air. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40 (2013), 4; 2136 - 2151.

• Dorninger, P. and Pfeifer, N., 2008. A comprehensive automated 3d approach for building extraction, reconstruction, and regularization from airborne laser scanning point clouds. Sensors 8(11), pp. 7323-7343.

• Eysn, L.; Hollaus, M.; Schadauer, K.; Pfeifer, N. Forest Delineation Based on Airborne LIDAR Data. Remote Sens. 2012, 4, 762-783.

• Eysn L., Pfeifer, N., Ressl, C., Hollaus, M., Grafl, A., and Morsdorf F., 2013. A Practical Approach for Extracting Tree Models in Forest Environments Based on Equirectangular Projections of Terrestrial Laser Scans. Remote Sensing, 5, 11; 5424 - 5448.

• Hollaus, M., Wagner, W., Maier, B. and Schadauer, K., 2007. Airborne laser scanning of forest stem volume in a mountainous environment. Sensors 7(8), pp. 1559-1577.

• Hollaus, M., Mandlburger, G., Pfeifer, N., Mücke, W., 2010. Land cover dependent derivation of digital surface models from airborne laser scanning data. PCV 2010, Paris; in: "IAPRS Volume XXXVIII Part 3A", ISSN: 1682-1750; 221

• Kager, H., 2004. Discrepancies between overlapping laser scanning strips - simultaneous fitting of aerial laser scanner strips. In: IAPRS, XXXV, B/1, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 555-560.

• Kraus, K. and Pfeifer, N., 1998. Determination of terrain models in wooded areas with airborne laser scanner data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 53, pp. 193-203.

• Kraus, K. and Pfeifer, N., 2001. Advanced DTM generation from LIDAR data. In: IAPRS, XXXIV, 3/W4, Annapolis, MD, USA, pp. 23-30.

• Mandlburger, G., Briese, C. and Pfeifer, N., 2007. Progress in LiDAR sensor technology - chance and challenge for DTM generation and data administration. In: Proceedings of the 51th Photogrammetric Week, D. Fritsch (ed.), Herbert Wichmann Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 159-169.

• Mandlburger, G., Hauer, C., Höfle, B., Habersack, H. and Pfeifer, N., 2008. Optimisation of lidar derived terrain models for river flow modelling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 5(6), pp. 3605-3638.

• G. Mandlburger, J. Otepka, W. Karel, M. Hollaus, C. Ressl, A. Haring, C. Briese, G. Molnár, B. Höfle: OPALS - a comprehensive laser scanning software for geomorphological analysis. in: "Geophysical Research Abstracts", 13 (2011), Paper ID EGU2011-7933

• Mandlburger, G., Pfennigbauer, M., & Pfeifer, N. (2013). Analyzing near water surface penetration in laser bathymetry – A case study at the River Pielach. ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, II-5/W2, 175-180.

• Mandlburger, G., Hauer, C., Wieser, M., Pfeifer, N. (2015). Topo-Bathymetric LiDAR for Monitoring River Morphodynamics and Instream Habitats – A Case Study at the Pielach River. Remote Sens. 2015, 7, 6160-6195.

• Otepka, J., Briese, C. and Nothegger, C., 2006. First steps to a topographic information system of the next generation. In: Symposium of ISPRS Commission IV - Geo Spatial Databases for Sustainable Development, Goa, India.

• J. Otepka, G. Mandlburger, W. Karel, B. Wöhrer: Verteilte Prozessierung von ALS-Daten mittels Cloud-Computing - Erste Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie. in: "16. Internationale geodätische Woche Obergurgl 2011", Herbert Wichmann, 2011.

• J. Otepka, S. Ghuffar, C. Waldhauser, R. Hochreiter, N. Pfeifer: Georeferenced Point Clouds: A Survey of Features and Point Cloud Management. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2 (2013), 4; 1038 - 1065.

• Pfeifer, N., Stadler, P. and Briese, C., 2001. Derivation of digital terrain models in the SCOP++ environment. In: Proceedings of OEEPE Workshop on Airborne Laserscanning and Interferometric SAR for Detailed Digital Terrain Models, Stockholm, Sweden.

• Ressl, C., Kager, H. and Mandlburger, G., 2008. Quality checking of als projects using statistics of strip differences. In: IAPRS, XXXVII, pp. 253-260.

• Rottensteiner, F. and Briese, C., 2002. A new method for building extraction in urban areas from high-resolution LIDAR data. In: IAPRS, XXXIV, 3A, Graz, Austria, pp. 295-301.

• Szekely, B., Hollaus, M., Zamolyi, A., Draganits, E., Roncat, A. and Pfeifer, N., 2008. Some geoscientific applications of airborne laser scanning dtms in austria. Journal of Alpine Geology 49, pp. 109-110.

• Wagner, W., Ullrich, A., Ducic, V., Melzer, T. and Studnicka, N., 2006. Gaussian decomposition and calibration of a novel smallfootprint full-waveform digitising airborne laser scanner. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 60(2), pp. 100-112.

• W. Wagner, A. Ullrich, T. Melzer, C. Briese, K. Kraus: From Single-pulse to Full-waveform Airborne Laser Scanners: Potential and Practical Challenges. in: "Proceedings of the XXth Congress, Istanbul", Vol XXXV, Part B/3 (2004), ISSN: 1682-1750; 201 - 206

• A. Zlinszky, A. Schroiff, J. Otepka, G. Mandlburger, N. Pfeifer: Simultaneous colour visualizations of multiple ALS point cloud attributes for land cover and vegetation analysis. in: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16 (2014), 6680.