Facilities

Equipment & facilities

A multi-purpose imaging-metrology laboratory supporting research and teaching across diverse sensors.

Geo-Spatial Vision Metrology (GeoVM) Laboratory
Core facility

Geo-Spatial Vision Metrology (GeoVM) Laboratory

The walls and ceiling contain some 500 signalized targets of different sizes used for instrument calibration, orientation, and performance evaluation. Several sizes of targets have been placed throughout the room to allow experiments to be performed with a wide range of imaging sensors such as passive cameras, time-of-flight range cameras, gaming sensors, laser scanners, and thermal cameras, and sensors with different fields of view, frame imaging cameras, and panoramic sensors. The constant temperature control in the room and the ability to control ambient light with light switches and blinds allow us to conduct high-precision metrology experiments.

Inside the lab

A corner of the laboratory, showing the labelled target field across two walls and the ceiling.
The GeoVM laboratory, with roughly 500 signalized targets across the walls and ceiling.
Dense signalized targets covering the laboratory walls and ceiling.
Instrument stands and a calibration board set up among the reference targets.
Setting up a multi-instrument experiment in the laboratory.
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A corner of the laboratory, showing the labelled target field across two walls and the ceiling.
Constant temperature control for high-precision metrology
Controllable ambient lighting (switches and blinds)
Roughly 500 signalized targets at multiple scales
Open space for multi-instrument experiments

Instrumentation

Terrestrial Laser Scanners

  • Survey-grade TLS
  • Time-of-flight long-range scanner
  • Reference target sets & tribrachs

Cameras & Imaging Sensors

  • Passive and metric cameras
  • Time-of-flight range cameras
  • Thermal & panoramic sensors

Mobile & Smartphone Capture

  • LiDAR-equipped smartphones
  • Handheld SLAM scanner
  • Multi-camera optical rigs

Software & Compute

  • MATLAB, Python, C++ (Eigen)
  • CloudCompare, Cyclone, RealWorks
  • Bundle-adjustment & ML toolchains

Engineering Building, University of Calgary. Inventory is representative; contact the group for current equipment availability.