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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B2-2026-569-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Mobile Multi-camera System Performance for Photogrammetric Road Surface 3D Measurements – Assessment the Effect of Driving Speed</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vaaja</surname>
<given-names>Matti T.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sarlin</surname>
<given-names>Markus</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Waldén</surname>
<given-names>Eino</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Rönnholm</surname>
<given-names>Petri</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hyyppä</surname>
<given-names>Hannu</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hyyppä</surname>
<given-names>Juha</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vastaranta</surname>
<given-names>Mikko</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kurkela</surname>
<given-names>Matti</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Finnish Geospatial Institute FGI, Vuorimiehentie 5, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>23</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B2-2026</volume>
<fpage>569</fpage>
<lpage>575</lpage>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Matti T. Vaaja et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access">
<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Mobile mapping systems usually include cameras designed for 360&amp;deg; imaging and laser scanning point cloud coloring. However, the multi-camera systems are rarely optimized for producing photogrammetric image-based point clouds in road environments. In this study, we built a mobile 5-camera system and assessed its performance in determining the 3D geometry of road surfaces. The evaluation was carried out in two parts: First, we examined how driving speed ranging from 3 to 20 km/h affect the quality of the point cloud produced by the mobile multi-camera system. We compared this data to reference measurements of road surface samples obtained using a laboratory-grade structured-light scanner. Second, we compared the point cloud produced by the mobile multicamera system to that generated by a terrestrial laser scanner from a 10-meter single lane road section. In the case of the driving speed tests, the point cloud comparisons resulted an average 3D distance from 0.09 mm to 0.31 mm, and a standard deviation from 0.29 mm to 0.50 mm. On the road section, the average 3D distance between the points clouds was 0.97 mm, with a standard deviation of 0.59 mm. These results demonstrate the capability of the mobile multi-camera system in 3D reconstruction of road surfaces and encourage further research into the feasibility of multi-camera system configurations for studying road surface quality parameters and identifying the dimensions of road damages.</p>
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