Since 1972, Hansa Luftbild has been awarding the Hansa Luftbild Prize as part of the anniversaries of the "German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation" (DGPF).
The prize is awarded for outstanding scientific achievements, especially by young scientists, whose achievements are also characterized by a high level of practical relevance. The selection is made by evaluating the articles in the PFG magazine of the previous year and is made jointly by a committee of the DGPF and Hansa Luftbild.
This year - the 50th year of the award - the award was presented on October 5th in Dresden for an article on the subject of mobile mapping. The article deals with the acquisition of a digital twin using mobile mapping, but goes beyond that. Digital twins are currently on everyone's lips, but often only the one-time capture of reality is considered. However, it is of great importance to consider the dynamics of the constant changes in urban space. This is the only way to include the problem of 3D urban space for autonomous driving. The jury was very impressed by the study of the static and dynamic classes carried out by the authors and the processing of the voxels.
The Hansa Luftbild Award 2022 goes to the authors Ms. Mirjana Voelsen, Ms. Julia Schachtschneider and Mr. Claus Brenner for their work "Classification and Change Detection in Mobile Mapping Lidar Point Clouds" published in PFG issue 3/2021. Ms. Voelsen accepted the award.