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Ortho & LiDAR. Accuracy Assessment. Mike Tully President & CEO, Aerial Services, Inc. Cedar Falls, Iowa. FAIL. George Washington Bridge, NY. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. Now What? . Take Away: Why you should care about positional accuracy !. “Intended Use”. What do you mean by
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Ortho & LiDAR Accuracy Assessment Mike Tully President & CEO, Aerial Services, Inc. Cedar Falls, Iowa
Take Away: Why you should care about positional accuracy!
What do you mean by “accuracy”? Accuracy Consistency Others Precision Completeness Currency
Accuracy Defined Simple & Sweet
How Tall Are You? “Measurement Error is InEscapable
Measuring Error Surveyed XYZ ∆R ∆Y Image XYZ ∆X
Probability & Confidence ±2 SD 95% ±1 SD 68% Mean Below Mean Above Mean
NMAS 2’ Contours to NSSDA Standards Mean NMAS 2’ Contours requires ½ Contour Interval = 1.0’ Accuracy. NSSDA with 95% Confidence requires 1 RMSE of 0.61’ 2 SD Frequency 95% Confidence Observed Error in Z Actual Data
Non-”Normal” Skewed “Peakedness” “Normal”
Changing Technology … Evolving Standards Orthos (GSD) Lidar (points/sq m)
Next-Gen Standards ASPRS [Draft] Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data, 2012 Includes a new high accuracy level “X” Class IIA = USGS minimum vertical accuracy (unclassified lidar)
Assessing Accuracy Ortho & Lidar
Advanced Visual Metrics Visual inspection of hydro-flattening seems to be predominant quality metric. There are BETTER ways!
Error Reporting: Lidar & Orthos SIS Topo Analyst™ Co-Registered LiDAR and Ortho accuracies are reported.
LiDAR Accuracy Metrics COVERAGE OVERLAPS
LiDAR Accuracy Metrics Point Density Plots Water Voids / Holes
LiDAR Accuracy Metrics Relative Accuracy (RMSD) Z-diff Rasters
LiDAR Accuracy Control Point Errors Metadata Errors Classification Errors Error Distribution Rigorous Statistics Automated QA / Verification