The use of multisensor platforms plays a key role in Geodesy especially in Engineering Geodesy. These multisensor platforms are mainly used for the mapping and monitoring of the environment. Examples are mobile mapping systems with applications in building, street and track surveying. Due to the complexity of these tasks, usually (kinematic) multisensor systems are used. The multisensor system usually consists of two sensor types, one responsible for the navigation solution, the other one for the optical 3D mapping of the environment. In order to combine the navigation solution with the mapping component, the relative position and orientation of each sensor in the coordinate system of the multisensor platform has to be exactly known. Within this contribution, a new possibility for the determination of the 6 DOF (3 translations and 3 rotations) of the optical sensors which are responsible for the mapping of the environment is introduced. The presented approach is generally applicable and allows the 6 DOF determination of profile laserscanners. The 6 DOF are estimated within an adjustment model by utilizing known reference geometries. This also allows to determine accuracy information for the estimated 6 DOF. The new approach is especially of interest in case of not physically available and measurable origin points of the sensors and in the case of profile laserscanners.    «

The use of multisensor platforms plays a key role in Geodesy especially in Engineering Geodesy. These multisensor platforms are mainly used for the mapping and monitoring of the environment. Examples are mobile mapping systems with applications in building, street and track surveying. Due to the complexity of these tasks, usually (kinematic) multisensor systems are used. The multisensor system usually consists of two sensor types, one responsible for the navigation solution, the other one for th...    »