Investigating the Potential of SfM, MVS, and Monocular Depth Estimation for Water Surface Reconstruction

Günthner, Anatol; Brezovsky, Markus; Schulte, Frederik; Winiwarter, Lukas; Mandlburger, Gottfried; Jutzi, Boris

doi:10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-2-2026-585-2026

Novel View Synthesis Under Rainy Conditions with Neural Radiance Fields and Gaussian Splatting

Ivana Petrovska and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XI-1-2026, 17–24, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-1-2026-17-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-1-2026-17-2026, 2026

Transferability and Generalization Investigation of Multiclass Cloud Masking Networks for unseen Biomes and Sensors - A Study on PlanetScope, Platero and Sentinel-2

Michael Greza, Tianyi You, and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-3-W4-2025, 185–190, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-3-W4-2025-185-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-3-W4-2025-185-2026, 2026

Evaluating bathymetric LiDAR accuracy with different sources of reference data

Jan Rhomberg-Kauert, Lucas Dammert, Laure-Anne Gueguen, Tomasz Kogut, Florian Pöppl, Roland Schwarz, Martin Pfennigbauer, Małgorzata Jarząbek-Rychard, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-1-W6-2025, 191–197, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W6-2025-191-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W6-2025-191-2025, 2025

To Glue or Not to Glue? Classical vs Learned Image Matching for Mobile Mapping Cameras to Textured Semantic 3D Building Models

Simone Gaisbauer, Prabin Gyawali, Qilin Zhang, Olaf Wysocki, and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-1-W2-2025, 35–42, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-1-W2-2025-35-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-1-W2-2025-35-2025, 2025

CM2LoD3: Reconstructing LoD3 Building Models Using Semantic Conflict Maps

Franz Hanke, Antonia Bieringer, Olaf Wysocki, and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 81–88, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-81-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-81-2025, 2025

Impact of Rain on 3D Reconstruction with Multi-View Stereo, Neural Radiance Fields and Gaussian Splatting

Ivana Petrovska and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 169–176, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-169-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-169-2025, 2025

GS4Buildings: Prior-Guided Gaussian Splatting for 3D Building Reconstruction

Qilin Zhang, Olaf Wysocki, and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 249–256, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-249-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-249-2025, 2025

GNSS-based Time synchronisation of Stereo Images

Laure-Anne Gueguen, Martin Wieser, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-G-2025, 535–540, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-G-2025-535-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-G-2025-535-2025, 2025

Enhancing bathymetric LiDAR by applying fractal dimensions to signal processing

Jan Rhomberg-Kauert, Lucas Dammert, and Gottfried Mandlburger

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-G-2025, 721–728, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-721-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-721-2025, 2025

3D Gaussian Splatting Methods for Real-World Scenarios

Ivana Petrovska and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-G-2025, 641–648, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-641-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-641-2025, 2025

High-precision geo-referencing of UAS data with robotic total stations

Lucas Dammert, Tomas Thalmann, Florian Pöppl, David Monetti, Hans-Berndt Neuner, and Gottfried Mandlburger

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-G-2025, 213–220, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-213-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-213-2025, 2025

Accurate reference for shallow water bathymetry using a tilt-compensating dual-prism pole and time-synchronized robotic total stations

Lucas Dammert, Jan Rhomberg-Kauert, Tomas Thalmann, Laure-Anne Gueguen, David Monetti, Hans-Berndt Neuner, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 55–62, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-55-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-55-2025, 2025

Simulation and validation of underwater scenes for two-media optical 3D reconstruction

Frederik Schulte, Markus Brezovsky, Anatol Günthner, Boris Jutzi, Gottfried Mandlburger, and Lukas Winiwarter

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 271–278, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-271-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-271-2025, 2025

Detection and documentation of a submerged neolithic pile dwelling settlement using airborne laser bathymetry and multimedia photogrammetry - A case study at lake Mondsee

Katharina Riederer, David Simböck, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 247–254, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-247-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-247-2025, 2025

Optical hydrography for seasonal and flood-induced changes in aquatic vegetation

Jan Rhomberg-Kauert, Lucas Dammert, Michael Grömer, Martin Pfennigbauer, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 239–246, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-239-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-239-2025, 2025

New Approaches in Photo-Bathymetry

Hans-Gerd Maas, Hannes Sardemann, Christian Mulsow, Laure-Anne Gueguen, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 185–190, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-185-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-185-2025, 2025

Airborne and UAV-borne Laser Bathymetry applied to a mountain river reach

Theresa Himmelsbach, Jan Rhomberg-Kauert, Gottfried Mandlburger, Wolfgang Dobler, Bernhard Gems, and Markus Aufleger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 131–138, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-131-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-131-2025, 2025

Evaluation of ULS Bathymetry for Hydrodynamic Modelling

Joseph C. Haines, Maria V. Peppa, Christos Iliadis, Jon P. Mills, Vassilis Glenis, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 115–122, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-115-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-115-2025, 2025

Exploring the Potential of Refractive NeRFs for Photogrammetric Bathymetry - First Application to UAV-based Data from the Pielach River

Anatol Günthner, Markus Brezovsky, Frederik Schulte, Lukas Winiwarter, Gottfried Mandlburger, and Boris Jutzi

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 107–114, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-107-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-107-2025, 2025

Combining imaging sonar and photogrammetry for underwater object localization and mapping

Michael Grömer, Benjamin Wild, Camillo Ressl, Johannes Otepka, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 95–100, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-95-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-95-2025, 2025

Analysis of refraction aware Neural Radiance Fields for 3D reconstruction of through the water scenes

Markus Brezovsky, Anatol Günthner, Frederik Schulte, Lukas Winiwarter, Boris Jutzi, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W10-2025, 39–45, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-39-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W10-2025-39-2025, 2025

CDGS: Confidence-Aware Depth Regularization for 3D Gaussian Splatting

Qilin Zhang, Olaf Wysocki, Steffen Urban, and Boris Jutzi

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-W7-2024, 189–196, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W7-2024-189-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W7-2024-189-2024, 2024

GAN-Based Dual Image Super Resolution for Satellite Imagery Decreasing Radiometric Uncertainty

Michael Greza, Indraditya Bhattacharya, Ludwig Hoegner, and Boris Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-3-2024, 155–162, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-3-2024-155-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-3-2024-155-2024, 2024

Multimedia Photogrammetry with non-planar Water Surfaces – Accuracy Analysis on Simulation Basis

Hannes Sardemann, Christian Mulsow, Laure-Anne Gueguen, Gottfried Mandlburger, and Hans-Gerd Maas

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-2024, 363–369, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-363-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-363-2024, 2024

Concepts for compensation of wave effects when measuring through water surfaces in photogrammetric applications

Christian Mulsow, Hannes Sardemann, Laure-Anne Gueguen, Gottfried Mandelburger, and Hans-Gerd Maas

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-2024, 289–295, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-289-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-289-2024, 2024

HoloGS: Instant Depth-based 3D Gaussian Splatting with Microsoft HoloLens 2

Miriam Jäger, Theodor Kapler, Michael Feßenbecker, Felix Birkelbach, Markus Hillemann, and Boris Jutzi

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-2024, 159–166, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-159-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-159-2024, 2024

High-detail and low-cost underwater inspection of large-scale hydropower dams

Michael Grömer, Erica Nocerino, Alessio Calantropio, Fabio Menna, Ansgar Dreier, Lukas Winiwarter, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-2024, 115–120, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-115-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-115-2024, 2024

Evaluation of Active and Passive UAV-Based Surveying Systems for Eulittoral Zone Mapping

Reuma Arav, Camillo Ressl, Robert Weiss, Thomas Artz, and Gottfried Mandlburger

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-2024, 9–16, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-9-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-9-2024, 2024

Under and Through Water Datasets for Geospatial Studies: the 2023 ISPRS Scientific Initiative “NAUTILUS”

Alessio Calantropio, Fabio Menna, Dimitrios Skarlatos, Caterina Balletti, Gottfried Mandlburger, Panagiotis Agrafiotis, Filiberto Chiabrando, Andrea Maria Lingua, Alessia Giaquinto, and Erica Nocerino

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-2-2024, 33–40, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-2-2024-33-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-2-2024-33-2024, 2024

A DECADE OF PROGRESS IN TOPO-BATHYMETRIC LASER SCANNING EXEMPLIFIED BY THE PIELACH RIVER DATASET

G. Mandlburger, M. Pfennigbauer, R. Schwarz, and F. Pöppl

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-1-W1-2023, 1123–1130, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-1-W1-2023-1123-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-1-W1-2023-1123-2023, 2023

GEOMETRIC ACCURACY ANALYSIS BETWEEN NEURAL RADIANCE FIELDS (NERFS) AND TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING (TLS)

I. Petrovska, M. Jäger, D. Haitz, and B. Jutzi

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-1-W3-2023, 153–159, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-153-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-153-2023, 2023

3D DENSITY-GRADIENT BASED EDGE DETECTION ON NEURAL RADIANCE FIELDS (NERFS) FOR GEOMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION

M. Jäger and B. Jutzi

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-1-W3-2023, 71–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-71-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-71-2023, 2023

EVALUATION OF CONSUMER-GRADE AND SURVEY-GRADE UAV-LIDAR

G. Mandlburger, M. Kölle, F. Pöppl, and M. Cramer

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-1-W3-2023, 99–106, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-99-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-99-2023, 2023

EVALUATION OF A GNSS/IMU/LIDAR-INTEGRATION FOR AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING USING RTKLIB PPK AND PPP GNSS SOLUTIONS

F. Pöppl, G. Mandlburger, and N. Pfeifer

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-1-W3-2023, 161–166, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-161-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W3-2023-161-2023, 2023

Full four-dimensional change analysis of topographic point cloud time series using Kalman filtering

Lukas Winiwarter, Katharina Anders, Daniel Czerwonka-Schröder, and Bernhard Höfle

Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 593–613, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-593-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-593-2023, 2023

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A COMPARATIVE NEURAL RADIANCE FIELD (NERF) 3D ANALYSIS OF CAMERA POSES FROM HOLOLENS TRAJECTORIES AND STRUCTURE FROM MOTION

M. Jäger, P. Hübner, D. Haitz, and B. Jutzi

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-1-W1-2023, 207–213, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W1-2023-207-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W1-2023-207-2023, 2023

COMBINING HOLOLENS WITH INSTANT-NERFS: ADVANCED REAL-TIME 3D MOBILE MAPPING

D. Haitz, B. Jutzi, M. Ulrich, M. Jäger, and P. Hübner

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-1-W1-2023, 167–174, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W1-2023-167-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W1-2023-167-2023, 2023

Individual tree point clouds and tree measurements from multi-platform laser scanning in German forests

Hannah Weiser, Jannika Schäfer, Lukas Winiwarter, Nina Krašovec, Fabian E. Fassnacht, and Bernhard Höfle

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 2989–3012, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2989-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2989-2022, 2022

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EVALUATION OF UAV-BORNE PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND LASER SCANNING FOR 3D TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGE ANALYSIS AT AN ACTIVE ROCK GLACIER

V. Zahs, L. Winiwarter, K. Anders, M. Bremer, M. Rutzinger, M. Potůčková, and B. Höfle

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIII-B2-2022, 1109–1116, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-1109-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-1109-2022, 2022

INTEGRATION OF KALMAN FILTERING OF NEAR-CONTINUOUS SURFACE CHANGE TIME SERIES INTO THE EXTRACTION OF 4D OBJECTS-BY-CHANGE

K. Anders, L. Winiwarter, D. Schröder, and B. Höfle

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIII-B2-2022, 973–980, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-973-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-973-2022, 2022

CORROSION DETECTION FOR INDUSTRIAL OBJECTS: FROM MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM TO 5D FEATURE SPACE

D. Haitz, B. Jutzi, P. Hübner, and M. Ulrich

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIII-B1-2022, 143–150, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B1-2022-143-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B1-2022-143-2022, 2022

PREFACE: TECHNICAL COMMISSION I

S. Hinz, R. Q. Feitosa, M. Weinmann, and B. Jutzi

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIII-B1-2022, 7–7, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B1-2022-7-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B1-2022-7-2022, 2022

VIRTUAL LASER SCANNING OF DYNAMIC SCENES CREATED FROM REAL 4D TOPOGRAPHIC POINT CLOUD DATA

L. Winiwarter, K. Anders, D. Schröder, and B. Höfle

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., V-2-2022, 79–86, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-V-2-2022-79-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-V-2-2022-79-2022, 2022

PREFACE: TECHNICAL COMMISSION I

S. Hinz, R. Q. Feitosa, M. Weinmann, and B. Jutzi

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., V-1-2022, 7–7, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-V-1-2022-7-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-V-1-2022-7-2022, 2022

Investigating the Potential of SfM, MVS, and Monocular Depth Estimation for Water Surface Reconstruction

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