Image Matching Workshop

XVIth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

“…The remaining WG W 4 , concerned with mathematical aspects of image analysis and pattern recognition, also had two sessions controlled by the respective co-chairmen. Forstner (FRGermany) chaired a meeting on image matching which continued the approach of his successful symposium in Stuttgart in September 1987 on which I have already reported (Proctor, 1988) and all I would add to this is that Gulch (FRGermany) updated the results of the trial. Mikhail took the chair for the meeting on image analysis in which various aspects were reviewed but it is clear that linear features are generally being more successfully recognised in digital imagery than are areal features.…”

“…To summarise I found the overall programme an interesting and stimulating one. The trend for Commission I11 to become more and more mathematical may make it less appealing to the majority of practising photogrammetrists but, on the other hand, it has already been reported (Proctor, 1988) that image matching is an area where we meet scientists from other disciplines. However, it is not the only one; some of the mathematical and statistical approaches, the computer programming problems, databases and information systems are others.…”