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Articles | Volume XLII-2/W5
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W5-49-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W5-49-2017
18 Aug 2017
 | 18 Aug 2017

CHARACTERISATION OF INTENSITY VALUES ON TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING FOR RECORDING ENHANCEMENT

M. Balaguer-Puig, A. Molada-Tebar, A. Marqués-Mateu, and J. L. Lerma

Keywords: Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS), Calibration, Colour, CIE colour spaces, Documentation, Archaeology, Rock Art

Abstract. Mapping surveys based on terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) are common nowadays for different purposes such as documentation of cultural heritage assets. The chance to extract relevant information from TLS surveys depends not only on the fast acquisition of XYZ coordinates, but also on the meaningful intensity values of the fired objects. TLS behaviour depends on several known factors such as distance, texture, roughness, colour and albedo. This paper seeks to find out the mathematical relationship between the TLS intensity values and the colorimetric data using a colour chart. In order to do so, objective colour specification based on well-known colour spaces is needed. The approach used here started with scanning a colour chart containing a number of colour patches with known chromatic and reflection characteristics. After several transformations, the results allowed us to characterise the intensity behaviour of a time-of-flight laser scanner. The characterisation of the intensity values are tested indoor on the colour chart and outdoor on an archaeological shelter. Promising results are obtained to enhance the behaviour of the intensity values coming from the TLS.