Adequacy of pseudo-direct georeferencing of terrestrial laser scanning data for coastal landscape surveying against indirect georeferencing

The georeferencing process is crucial to the accuracy of terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) data, in particular in the context of diachronic studies relying on multi-temporal surveys. The use of Ground Control Points in the georeferencing process can however be complex when confronted with the practical constraints of coastal surveying. A simple and quick alternative method called "pseudo-direct georeferencing" is proposed in the present paper. This method involves internal inclinometers to measure roll and pitch angles and a centimetric GPS to measure the position of the TLS center and the position of one backsight target. When assessing the transformational uncertainty by using a set of independent ground validation points for both classical indirect and proposed pseudo-direct methods, we respectively obtain root mean square errors of 4.4 cm for the indirect method and 3.8 cm for the pseudo-direct method.

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Terrestrial laser scanning, coastal monitoring, direct georeferencing, indirect georeferencing, multi-temporal surveys, geomorphological evolution

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Jaud Marion, Letortu Pauline, Augereau Emmanuel, Le Dantec Nicolas, Beauverger Mickael, Cuq Veronique, Prunier Christophe, Le Bivic Rejanne, Delacourt Christophe (2017). Adequacy of pseudo-direct georeferencing of terrestrial laser scanning data for coastal landscape surveying against indirect georeferencing. European Journal Of Remote Sensing. 50 (1). 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2017.1300047, https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00638/75050/

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