JURSE 2015

Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event
30 March - 1 April 2015, Lausanne, Switzerland

Conference program

Monday, 30 March 2015

08:30 - 09:00

Welcome to JURSE 2015

  • M. Andersen, dean of the ENAC Faculty, EPFL
  • P. Gamba, Uni. Pavia, C. Juergens, Uni. Bochum
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 10:50

Sponsor presentation: Trimble (Room A)

10:50 - 12:30

Room A, Session 1
Urban Feature Extraction

Room B, Session 1
Urban environmental monitoring

12:30 - 13:40

Lunch break

13:40 - 15:20

Room A, Session 2
Student paper competition 1

Room B, Session 2
Interferometric SAR

15:20 - 15:50

Coffee break

15:50 - 16:20

Sponsor presentation: Leica (Room A)

16:20 - 18:00

Room A, Session 3
Student paper competition 2

Room B, Session 3
Applications of urban remote sensing

18:00 - 20:00

Welcome reception, Poster hall

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

10:00 - 11:00

Coffee break
Poster session 1 (including posters of papers presented in Sessions 1-2-3)

11:00 - 12:40

Room A, Session 4
3D and building reconstruction

Room B, Session 4
Global urban observation and information (SB-04)

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 - 15:00

Pix4D live demo: how to map, from the mobile phone to output results

15:00 - 16:00

Coffee break
Poster session 1 (including posters of papers presented in Sessions 1-2-3)

16:00 - 17:40

Room A, Session 5
Structured prediction in urban remote sensing

Room B, Session 5
Urban mapping and monitoring

20:00 - 23:30

Gala dinner cruise on Lake Geneva

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

09:00 - 10:00

Keynote
Andrew J. Tatem, University of South Hampton
«Urban remote sensing in spatial epidemiology»

10:00 - 11:00

Coffee break
Poster session 2 (including posters of papers presented in Sessions 4-5-6-7)

11:00 - 12:40

Room A, Session 6
Monitoring and modelling of urban heat islands

Room B, Session 6
SAR, InSAR and DInSAR applications

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 - 15:20

Coffee break
Poster session 2 (including posters of papers presented in Sessions 4-5-6-7)

15:20 - 17:00

Room A, Session 7
Urban remote sensing in the spectral domain

Room B, Session 7
Urban remote sensing for new frontiers in urban geography

Oral session 1
Monday 30, 10:50 - 12:30

Room A: Urban feature extraction

Chairs: G. Moser, Uni. Genoa, F. Dell'Acqua, Uni. Pavia

[1a.1]

Palubinskas Gintautas, Reinartz Peter
Template Based Matching Of Optical And SAR Imagery

[1a.2]

De Vecchi Daniele, Harb Mostapha, Iannelli Gianni Cristian, Gamba Paolo, Dell'Acqua Fabio, Queiroz Feitosa Raul
A Feature-Based Approach To Register CBERS CCD And HRC Imagery For Built-Up Area Extraction Purposes

[1a.3]

França David, Lotte Rodolfo, Almeida Cláudia, Siani Sacha, Körting Thales, Fonseca Leila, Silva Tadeu
Object-Based Image Analysis For Urban Land Cover Classification In The City Of Campinas - SP, Brazil

[1a.4]

Iwaszczuk Dorota, Hoegner Ludwig, Stilla Uwe
Quality-Based Building-Texture Selection From Different Sensors

[1a.5]

Wentz Elizabeth, Zhao Qunshan
Assessing Validation Methods For Building Identification And Extraction

Room B: Urban environmental monitoring

Chairs: M. Netzband, Ruhr-Uni. Bochum, J. Li, Uni. Waterloo

[1b.1]

Sanfourche Martial, Le Saux Bertrand , Plyer Aurélien, Le Besnerais Guy
Environment Mapping And Interpretation By Drone

[1b.2]

Luo Jieqiong, Du Peijun, Alim Samat, Feng Li
Evaluation On The Natural Suitability Of Urban Human Settlements Environment Using Multisource Data

[1b.3]

Mitraka Zina, Chrysoulakis Nektarios, Del Frate Fabio, Gastellu-Etchegorry Jean-Philippe
Exploiting Earth Observation Data Products For Mapping Local Climate Zones

[1b.4]

Bonafoni Stefania, Anniballe Roberta, Pichierri Manuele
Comparison Between Surface And Canopy Layer Urban Heat Island Using MODIS Data

[1b.5]

Dumitru Corneliu Octavian, Cui Shiyong, Datcu Mihai
A Study of Multi-Sensor Satellite Image Indexing

Oral session 2
Monday 30, 13:40 - 15:20

Room A: student paper competition 1

Chairs: P. Gamba, Uni. Pavia and C. Juergens, Uni. Bochum

[2a.1]

Shen Huanfeng, Huang Liwen
Relationships Analysis Of Land Surface Temperature With Vegetation Indicators And Impervious Surface Fraction By Fusing Multi-Temporal And Multi-Sensor Remotely Sensed Data

[2a.2]

Nazeer Majid, Nichol Janet Elizabeth
Modeling Of Chlorophyll-A Concentration For The Coastal Waters Of Hong Kong

[2a.3]

Plowright Andrew, Coops Nicholas, Aven Neal
Evaluating The Health Of Urban Forests Using Airborne Lidar

[2a.4]

Voltersen Michael, Berger Christian, Hese Sören, Schmullius Christiane
Expanding An Urban Structure Type Mapping Approach From A Subarea To The Entire City Of Berlin

[2a.5]

Mitraka Zina, Del Frate Fabio
Spectral Unmixing Of Urban Landsat Imagery By Means Of Neural Networks

Room B: Interferometric SAR

Chairs: G. Ferraioli, Uni. Naples Parthenope, D. Reale, IREA

[2b.1]

Diego Reale, Walter Franzè, Antonio Pauciullo, Francescopaolo Sica, Simona Verde, Gianfranco Fornaro
Detection of Single Scatterers in Multilook SAR Tomography

[2b.2]

Gernhardt Stefan, Bamler Richard
Structural Deformation And Non-Seasonal Motion Of Single Buildings In Urban Areas Revealed By PSI

[2b.3]

Wang Yuanyuan, Zhu Xiao Xiang
The Robust InSAR Optimization Framework With Application To Monitoring Cities On Volcanoes

[2b.4]

Dubois Clémence, Thiele Antje, Welte Amelie, Hinz Stefan
Parameterisation Of Layover Detector For Urban Analysis In InSAR Data

[2b.5]

Ambrosino Roberto, Baselice Fabio, Ferraioli Giampaolo, Pascazio Vito, Schirinzi Gilda
A Novel Application Of Kalman Filter: 3D Reconstruction Of Urban Areas From Insar Data

Oral session 3
Monday 30, 16:20 - 18:00

Room A: Student paper competition 2

Chairs: D. Maktav, TU Istanbul and D. Tuia, Uni. Zurich

[3a.1]

Krehbiel Cole, Jackson Trisha, Henebry Geoffrey
Using Web-Enabled Landsat Data Time Series To Analyze The Impacts Of Urban Areas On Remotely Sensed Vegetation Dynamics

[3a.2]

Ribeiro Bárbara
Mapping Informal Settlements Using Worldview-2 Imagery And C4.5 Decision Tree Classifier

[3a.3]

Hasan Sharif, Jansa Josef, Pfeifer Norbert
BRDF-Based Correction Of Colorized Aerial Lidar Point Clouds

[3a.4]

Moranduzzo Thomas, Zeggada Abdallah, Melgani Farid
A Fast Screening Method For Detecting Cars In UAV Images Over Urban Areas

[3a.5]

Fu Anqi, Li Jonathan, Zhou Menglan, Piraseh Saied
A Comparative Study Of Three Machine Leaning Classifiers For Urban LULC Classification

Room B: Applications of urban remote sensing

Chairs: Bertrand le Saux, ONERA, Q. Zhao, Arizona State University

[3b.1]

Gueguen Lionel
Mapping People Distribution At Very High Resolution From Remote Sensing Imagery And A Priori Coarse People Counts

[3b.2]

Villa Paolo, Fontanelli Giacomo, Crema Alberto
Integration Of Multi-Seasonal Landsat 8 And TerraSAR-X Data For Urban Mapping: An Assessment

[3b.3]

Harb Mostapha, Devecchi Daniele, Dell'Acqua Fabio
An Automatic, Hybrid Method For Built-Up Area Extraction From Landsat 5, 7, And 8 Data Sets

[3b.4]

Lefebvre Antoine, Corpetti Thomas
Monitoring Beijing Inner City Transformation From 1966 To 2010

[3b.5]

Feng Li
Urban Vegetation Classification Based On Phenology Using HJ-1A/B Time Series Imagery

Oral session 4
Tuesday 31, 11:00 - 12:40

3D and building reconstruction

Chairs: P. Reinartz, DLR

[4a.1]

Schmitt Michael
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Of Urban Areas By Multi-Aspect TomoSAR Data Fusion

[4a.2]

Haala Norbert, Rothermel Mathias, Cavegn Stefan
Extracting 3D Urban Models From Oblique Aerial Images

[4a.3]

Shahzad Muhammad, Zhu Xiao Xiang
Detection Of Buildings In Spaceborne TomoSAR Point Clouds Via Hybrid Region Growing And Energy Minimization Technique

[4a.4]

Fraundorfer Friedrich
Building And Site Reconstruction From Small Scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's)

[4a.5]

Tian Jiaojiao, Reinartz Peter, Dezert Jean
Building Change Detection In Satellite Stereo Imagery Based On Belief Functions

Room B: Global urban observation and information (SB-04)

Chairs: P. Du, Nanjing Uni., Y. Ban, RIT

[4b.1]

Zhang Hongsheng
Feature Selection For Urban Impervious Surfaces Estimation Using Optical And SAR Images

[4b.2]

Marinoni Andrea, Gamba Paolo
On The Effect Of Nonlinear Mixing In Hyperspectral Images Of Human Settlements

[4b.3]

Alavipanah Sadroddin, Qureshi Salman
Does Vegetation Mitigate The Temperature In Urban Area Or It Follows The Temperature Of Its Surrounding?

[4b.4]

Çavur Mahmut, Nabdel Leili, Kemeç Serkan, Düzgün H.Şebnem
An Evaluation Of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) For Urban Applications With QuickBird And WorldView2 Data

[4b.5]

Lisini Gianni, Gamba Paolo, Du Peijun
Improved Extraction Of Urban Extents From ASAR Wide Swath Data

Oral session 5
Tuesday 31, 16:00 - 17:40

Room A: Structured prediction in urban remote sensing

Chairs: C. Mallet, IGN, J. D. Wegner, ETH Zurich

[5a.1]

Lafarge Florent
Some New Research Directions To Explore In Urban Reconstruction

[5a.2]

Poncet-Montanges Arnaud, Moser Gabriele, Taubenboeck Hannes, Wurm Michael, Tuia Devis
Classification Of Urban Structural Types With Multisource Data And Structured Models

[5a.3]

Volpi Michele, Ferrari Vittorio
Structured Prediction For Urban Scene Semantic Segmentation With Geographic Context

[5a.4]

Cavallaro Gabriele, Dalla Mura Mauro, Benediktsson Jon Atli
Processing High Resolution Images Of Urban Areas With Self-Dual Attribute Filters

[5a.5]

Montoya-Zegarra Javier Alexander, Wegner Jan Dirk, Ladický Ľubor, Schindler Konrad
On The Evaluation Of Higher-Order Cliques For Road Network Extraction

Room B: Urban mapping and monitoring

Chairs: T. Rashed, Uni. South California, M. Marconcini, DLR

[5b.1]

Marconcini Mattia, Metz Annekatrin, Zeidler Julian, Esch Thomas
Urban Monitoring In Support Of Sustainable Cities

[5b.2]

Engstrom Ryan, Sandborn Avery, Yu Qin, Burgdorfer Jason, Stow Douglas, Weeks John, Graesser Jordan
Mapping Slums Using Spatial Features In Accra, Ghana

[5b.3]

Stow Douglas, Shih Hsiao-Chien Coulter Llloyd
Identification Of Urbanization In Ghana Based On A Discrete Approach To Analyzing Dense Landsat Image Stacks

[5b.4]

Henebry Geoffrey, Zhang Xiaoyang, de Beurs Kirsten, Kimball John, Small Christopher
Change In Our MIDST: Toward Detection And Analysis Of Urban Land Dynamics In North And South America

Oral session 6
Wednesday 1, 11:00 - 12:40

Room A: Monitoring and modelling of urban heat islands

Chairs: B. Bechtel, Uni. Hamburg, I. Keramitsoglou, National Observatory of Athens

[6a.1]

Skarbit Nóra, Gál Tamás, Unger János
Airborne Surface Temperature Differences Of The Different Local Climate Zones In The Urban Area Of A Medium Sized City

[6a.2]

Sismanidis Panagiotis, Keramitsoglou Iphigenia, Kiranoudis Chris
Diurnal Analysis Of Surface Urban Heat Island Using Spatially Enhanced Satellite Derived LST Data

[6a.3]

Zakšek Klemen, Bechtel Benjamin
Source Area Estimation Of Urban Air Temperatures

[6a.4]

Alexander Paul, Fealy Rowan, Mills Gerald
Spatial Validation Of An Urban Energy Balance Model Using Multi-Temporal RS Surface Temperature

[6a.5]

See Linda, Bechtel Benjamin, Mills Gerald, Ching Jason et al.
Developing A Community-Based Worldwide Urban Morphology And Materials Database (WUDAPT) Using Remote Sensing And Crowdsourcing For Improved Urban Climate Modelling

Room B: SAR, InSAR and DInSAR applications

Chairs: D. Riccio, Uni. Naples Federico II, Uwe Stilla, TUM Munich

[6b.1]

Yousif Osama, Ban Yifang
Object-Based Urban Change Detection Using High Resolution SAR Images

[6b.2]

Di Martino Gerardo, Di Simone Alessio, Iodice Antonio, Riccio Daniele, Ruello Giuseppe
SAR Shape From Shading In Suburban Areas

[6b.3]

Siddique Muhammad Adnan, Hajnsek Irena, Wegmueller Urs, Frey Othmar
Investigating The Combined Use Of Differential SAR Tomography And PSI For Spatio-Temporal Inversion

[6b.4]

Wegmüller Urs, Werner Charles
Mitigation Of Thermal Expansion Phase In Persistent Scatterer Interferometry In An Urban Environment

[6b.5]

Lazecky Milan, Perissin Daniele, Bakon Matus, Sousa Joaquim J. M. de, Hlavacova Ivana
Potential Of Satellite InSAR Techniques For Monitoring Of Bridge Deformations

Oral session 7
Wednesday 1, 15:20 - 17:00

Room A: Urban remote sensing in the spectral domain

Chairs: Mauro Dalla Mura, INP Grenoble, F. del Frate, Uni. Tor Vergata

[7a.1]

Tomaszewska Monika, Henebry Geoffrey M, Kovalskyy Valeriy
MODIS 4 µm Radiance in Global Megacities Depends on Seasonality, Land Cover, and View Zenith Angle

[7a.2]

Luo Renbo, Liao Wenzhi, Philips Wilfried, Pi Youguo
An Improved Semi-supervised Local Discriminant Analysis for Feature Extraction of Hyperspectral Image

[7a.3]

Oltra-Carrio Rosa, Briottet Xavier, Bonhomme Marion
Impact of spatial and spectral resolutions on the classification of urban areas

[7a.4]

Khodadadzadeh Mahdi, Li Jun, Plaza Antonio, Bioucas-Dias Jose M.
Hyperspectral Image Classification Based on Union of Subspaces

[7a.5]

Lefebvre Antoine, Picand Pierre-Antoine, Sannier Christophe
Mapping tree cover in European cities: comparison of classification algorithms for an operational production framework

Room B: Urban remote sensing for new frontiers in urban geography

Chairs: M. Wurm, DLR, F. Yamazaki, Chiba University

[7b.1]

Aubrecht Christoph, Gunasekera Rashmin, Ishizawa Oscar
The flipside of 'urban': A novel model for built-up-adjusted rural-urban pattern identification and population reallocation

[7b.2]

Wurm Michael, Taubenböck Hannes, Goebel Jan, Wagner Gert G.
At the edge of the city center Discrimination of the physical city center by subjective perception and satellite data.

[7b.3]

Hofmann Peter, Taubenböck Hannes, Werthmann Christian
Monitoring and Modelling of Informal Settlements - Recent Developments and Challenges

[7b.4]

Kuffer Monika, Sliuzas Richard, Pfeffer Karin, Baud Isa
The Utility of the Co-occurrence Matrix to extract Slums from VHR Imagery

[7b.5]

Bechtel Benjamin
Recent advances in thermal remote sensing for urban planning and management

Poster session 1
Tuesday 31, 10:00 - 11:00 and 15:00 - 16:00
(also includes all oral papers of sessions 1-2-3)

Chair: M. Volpi, Uni. Edinbugh

[P1]

Salentinig Andreas, Gamba Paolo
A fuzzy fusion approach for improved urban area detection in multi-resolution SAR data

[P2]

Kumar Brajesh, Dikshit Onkar
Integrating Spectral and Textural Features for Urban Land Cover Classification with Hyperspectral Data

[P3]

Tanhuanpää Topi, Kankare Ville, Vastaranta Mikko, Saarinen Ninni, Holopainen Markus, Raisio Juha
Deriving canopy metrics of urban trees from airborne laser scanning data

[P4]

Liao Wentong, Tang Jun, Rosenhahn Bodo, Yang Micheal Ying
Integration of Gaussian Process and MRF for Hyperspectral Image Classification

[P5]

Kux Hermann, Meneghetti Graziela
Urban land cover of a coastal town in NE-Brazil using WorldView-2 satellite data, OBIA and Data Mining techniques

[P6]

Bartoli Olivier, Chahinian Nanée, Allard Aude, Bailly Jean-Stéphane et al.
Manhole cover detection using a geometrical filter on very high resolution aerial and satellite images.

[P7]

Thirion-Lefevre Laetitia, Guinvarc'h Régis
Low Frequency Radar Signatures of Shadow Areas In Cities

[P8]

Luoma Ville, Tanhuanpää Topi, Holopainen Markus, Vastaranta Mikko, Saarinen Ninni, Kankare Ville, Hyyppä Juha
Allocating Tree Crown Pruning with ALS-data – A Case Study in the City of Helsinki

[P9]

Pasquet Jérôme, Desert Thibault, Bartoli Olivier, Chaumont Marc et al.
Detection of manhole covers in high-resolution aerial images of urban areas by combining two methods

[P10]

Zeng Chuiqing, Bird Stephen, Luce James, Wang Jinfei, Huang Xiaodong
Urban water body detection from the combination of high-resolution optical and SAR images

[P11]

Schreyer Johannes, Lakes Tobia
TanDEM-X & UAV data for modeling 3D vegetation information in urban areas

[P12]

Wu Rosen, Yiping Chen
Delineation of Individual Tree Crowns for Mobile Laser Scanning Data

[P13]

Casanova José Luis, Salvador Pablo, Sanz Julia, Molina Victor et al.
A New Eye for Urban Remote Sensing: Deimos-2

[P14]

Amitrano Donato, Di Martino Gerardo, Iodice Antonio, Riccio Daniele, Ruello Giuseppe
Urban Areas Enhancement in Multitemporal SAR RGB Images Through a Feedback System

[P15]

Diallo-Dudek Julita
Land Surface Temperature in the urban area of Lyon metropolis: a comparative study of remote sensing data and MesoNH model simulation

[P16]

Lefebvre Antoine, Cheval Jérémy
Monitoring urban transformation in the old city of Shanghai and its former foreign settlements from 1985 to 2014

[P17]

Liu Wen, Suzuki Kentaro, Yamazaki Fumio
Height Estimation for High-rise Buildings based on InSAR Analysis

[P18]

Aguayo Paula, Li Jonathan, Pirasteh Saied, Mollaee Somayeh
Mapping Solar Energy Potential at Building Scale

[P19]

Zhu Lingli
Traffic queue length measurement by using combined methods of Photogrammetry and digital image processing

[P20]

Moser Gabriele, Krylov Vladimir, Michaela De Martino, Serpico Sebastiano
The URBIS Project: Vacant Urban Area Classification and Detection of Changes

[P21]

Philipp Heinz Conrad
Australian Urban Heat Island investigation based on mono window algorithm by using Landsat 7

[P22]

Gandor Florian
Three dimensional modelization of aerial elements of the Geneva public transport network using mobile scanning systems

[P23]

Mao Ting
Fusion of Panchromatic and Multispectral Images for Classification Using the Chinese Restaurant Franchise With Shaped Tables

Poster session 2
Wednesday 1, 10:00 - 11:00 and 14:00 - 15:20
(also includes all oral papers of sessions 4-5-6-7)

Chair: J. Li, Uni. Waterloo

[P31]

Steinnocher Klaus, Walangitang Daiva, Filipczak Dominik
Earth observation for Low Carbon Action plan development – a concept for EO supported energy planning

[P32]

Boori Mukesh, Netzband Maik, Voženílek Vít
Urban growth in last three decades in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[P33]

Tan Kun
Human settlement analysis based on multi-temporal remote sensing data-a case study of Xuzhou, China

[P34]

Dwivedi Ramji, Varshney Prabal, Tiwari Ashutosh, Narayan Avadh Bihari, Singh Ajai Kumar, Dikshit Onkar
Monitoring of landslides in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India: Validation of PS-InSAR results

[P35]

Mohd Noor Norzailawati
Sustainable urban Planning mapping using remote sensing and GIS in Malaysia

[P36]

Lucena Andrews José, Peres Leonardo F., Rotunno Filho Otto, França José Ricardo
Estimation of the urban heat island in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

[P37]

Pavanelli João, Neves Bruna, Camphora Vanessa, Körting Thales
Remote sensing image processing to identify spatial units of human occupation along Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), Brazil

[P38]

Rochat Estelle, Duruz Solange, Widmer Ivo et al.
Relationship between land cover type and Body Mass Index in Geneva