Designing and Implementing a Dynamic System for Static Objects Acquisition (Case Study: parts of Golestan)

The continuous improvement and application of computer technology is rapid changing the way the people manage their environments. With the sophisticated software in use, data acquisition is becoming the most expensive part of establishing a road network database. For this challenge, the mobile mapping systems have been developed to quickly and accurately collect road infrastructures. One of these systems is what we proposed in this research which integrates the Global Positioning System (GPS), an Inertial Navigation System (INS) and stereo cameras into a moving platform. This system captures the images of road environment while its position and orientation are provided by the GPS/INS. After the system is calibrated, every visible feature which is seen from two images can be located in a global coordinate system. This system has been implemented in parts of Golestan roads and also a software provided for managing outputs in an optimal way. The capabilities of the system could be developed by using other sensors like Laser.