Gunho Sohn
I am Dr. Gunho Sohn, an Associate Professor of Geomatics Engineering at the Lassonde School of Engineering, York University. Currently, I serve as the Chair of the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
My research focuses on 3D urban space modeling and augmentation, photogrammetric computer vision, geometric remote sensing, web and wireless GIS, and building information modeling. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} I lead the Applied Urban Spatial Modelling (AUSM) Lab, where we develop innovative solutions to represent, describe, and understand urban environments through visual and spatial data. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
I have been instrumental in projects like the 3D Mobile Mapping AI (3DMMAI) Project, a collaborative research program supported by Teledyne Optech, aimed at advancing 3D semantic mapping and SLAM using mobile lidar point clouds and images. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
Areas of Expertise
- 3D Urban Space Modeling and Augmentation
- Photogrammetric Computer Vision
- Geometric Remote Sensing
- Web and Wireless GIS
- Building Information Modeling
Contact
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 416-650-8011
- Website: https://gunhosohn.me
Research Projects

3D Town
ISSUM Project Description

Landmine detection using polarized camera
This research leverages polarized imaging for landmine detection, capturing light at multiple angles (0°, 45°, 90°, 135°) and full-light images. Polarization features reveal surface anomalies and material differences, which are analyzed using advanced computer vision techniques. This approach improves detection rates, reduces false positives, and enhances safety in demining operations.
Publications
Fusion-SUNet: Spatial Layout Consistency for 3D Semantic Segmentation
CVPR workshop • 2023
A SEMANTIC GRAPH DATABASE FOR BIM-GIS INTEGRATED INFORMATION MODEL FOR AN INTELLIGENT URBAN MOBILITY WEB APPLICATION
ISPRS 2018 • 2018
Deep Adaptive Network for WiFi-Based Indoor Localization
3D GeoInfo 2023 • 2023
Public Transit Service Reliability Assessment using Two-Fluid Model
TRR 2020 • 2020
INDOOR POSITIONING USING WLAN FINGERPRINT MATCHING AND PATH ASSESSMENT WITH RETROACTIVE ADJUSTMENT ON MOBILE DEVICES.
ISPRS 2018 • 2018
YUTO Semantic: a Large Scale Aerial LIDAR Dataset for Semantic Segmentation
ISPRS Geospatial Week • 2023
Extraction of buildings from high resolution satellite data
Automated Extraction of Man-made Objects From Aerial and Space Images (iii). Balkema Publishers, Lisse • 2001
Terrain surface reconstruction by the use of tetrahedron model with the MDL criterion
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2002
Building extraction using Lidar DEMs and Ikonos images
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2003
Using a binary space partitioning tree for reconstructing polyhedral building models from airborne lidar data
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing • 2008
A model-based approach for reconstructing a terrain surface from airborne LIDAR data
The Photogrammetric Record • 2008
Automatic 3d powerline reconstruction using airborne lidar data
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2009
An implicit geometric regularization of 3d building shape using airborne lidar data
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2008
The environmental applications of wireless sensor networks
International Journal of Contents • 2007
Classification for deciduous and coniferous trees using airborne LiDAR and internal structure reconstructions
Proceedings of Silvilaser • 2009
Individual tree species classification using structure features from high density airborne lidar data
Remote Sensing • 2010
A data-driven method for modeling 3D building objects using a binary space partitioning tree
Topographic Laser Ranging and Scanning • 2017
Classification of SHOALS 3000 bathymetric LiDAR signals using decision tree and ensemble techniques
2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference Science and Technology for Humanity (tic-sth) • 2009
A Markov Random Field Model for individual tree detection from airborne laser scanning data
Proceedings of Photogrammetric Computer Vision (PCV) • 2010
iCampus: 3D modeling of York University campus
ASPRS 2009 Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland • 2009
Geometric Regualrization of Irregular Building Polygons: A Comparative Study
Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography • 2007
Full waveform-based analysis for forest type information derivation from large footprint spaceborne lidar data
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing • 2011
基于带权点法向量的 LiDAR 数据屋顶检测方法
武汉大学学报 (信息科学版) • 2009
An integrated framework for reconstructing full 3d building models
Advances in 3D Geo-information Sciences • 2011
Statistical classification methodology of SHOALS 3000 backscatter to mapping coastal benthic habitats
Remote Sensing • 2007
Derivation of forest type information from large-footprint spaceborne LiDAR waveforms
Silvalaser • 2009
Experimental investigation of geometric features extracted from airborne LiDAR for tree
Unknown • 2000
Soft classification of mixed seabed objects based on fuzzy clustering analysis using airborne LIDAR bathymetry data
Remote Sensing • 2011
The ISPRS benchmark on urban object classification and 3D building reconstruction
ISPRS • 2012
3D Object Reconstruction from Non-georeferenced Monocular Imagery
ASPRS Annual Conference, May • 2006
Practices and trends in geospatial change determination
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2010
Crowdsourcing, citizen sensing and sensor web technologies for public and environmental health surveillance and crisis management: trends, OGC standards and application examples
International Journal of Health Geographics • 2011
3D town: the automatic urban awareness project
2012 Ninth Conference on Computer and Robot Vision • 2012
Semi-automatic co-registration of photogrammetric and LiDAR data using buildings
ISPRS • 2012
Workflow Analysis of Effective Risk Management of Powerline Systems
Unknown • 2000
Automatic co-registration of terrestrial laser scanning data and 2D floor plan
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2010
Mapping tree genera using discrete LiDAR and geometric tree metrics
Bosque • 2012
A piecewise catenary curve model growing for 3D power line reconstruction
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing • 2012
Co-registration of aerial photogrammetric and LiDAR point clouds in urban environments using automatic plane correspondence
Applied Geomatics • 2013
A multi-level span analysis for improving 3D power-line reconstruction performance using airborne laser scanning data
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2010
3D classification of power-line scene from airborne laser scanning data using random forests
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2010
A case study: workflow analysis of powerline systems for risk management
Remote Sensing • 2008
A knowledge based hierarchical classification tree for 3D facade modeling using terrestrial laser scanning data
ISPRS • 2010
Remote Sensing Image Classification Using the Random Forests Classifier
Proceedings the Prairie Summit • 2010
A statistical partitioning of vegetated airborne laser scanning data towards understory and canopy separation
Proceedings the Prairie Summit • 2010
Tree genera classification with geometric features from high-density airborne LiDAR
Remote Sensing • 2013
Results of the ISPRS benchmark on urban object detection and 3D building reconstruction
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2014
Dynamic WIFI-Based Indoor Positioning in 3D Virtual World
Remote Sensing • 2013
Co-registration of lidar and photogrammetric data for updating building databases
ISPRS • 2010
Indoor localization using wi-fi based fingerprinting and trilateration techiques for lbs applications
Remote Sensing • 2012
Calibration of a PTZ surveillance camera using 3D indoor model
ISPRS • 2010
RELATIVE ORIENTATION ESTIMATION OF VIDEO STREAMS FROM A SINGLE PAN-TILT-ZOOM CAMERA
In Proceedings of Canadian Geomatics Conference and Symposium of Commission I • 2010
CO-REGISTRATION OF TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING POINTS AND 2D FLOOR PLANS BASED ON MAXIMUM SEQUENTIAL SIMILARITY REASONING
Remote Sensing • 2011
Automatic powerline scene classification and reconstruction using airborne lidar data
ISPRS • 2012
Integration of Video Images and CAD Wireframes for 3d Object Localization
ISPRS • 2012
A Comparitive Study Using Geometric and Vertical Profile Features Derived from Airborne LIDAR for Classifying Tree Genera
ISPRS • 2012
Sequential modelling of building rooftops by integrating airborne LiDAR data and optical imagery: preliminary results
ISPRS • 2013
Random forests based multiple classifier system for power-line scene classification
Remote Sensing • 2012
Classification of airborne laser scanning data using JointBoost
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2015
Single tree detection from airborne laser scanning data using a marked point process based method
ISPRS • 2013
An implicit regularization for 3D building rooftop modeling using airborne lidar data
ISPRS • 2012
The impact of LiDAR point density on classifying tree genus: using geometric features and vertical profile features
Proceedings of the Silvilaser • 2012
Point-based classification of power line corridor scene using random forests
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing • 2013
TREE GENERA CLASSIFICATION WITH UNKNOWN CLASS USING HIGH DENSITY LIDAR DATA BY ENSEMBLE CLASSIFICATION MODELS
Unknown • 2000
Scene-layout compatible conditional random field for classifying terrestrial laser point clouds
ISPRS • 2014
A hybrid framework for single tree detection from airborne laser scanning data: A case study in temperate mature coniferous forests in Ontario, Canada
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2014
Context based multiple railway object recognition from mobile laser scanning data
Remote Sensing • 2014
Hybrid ensemble classification of tree genera using airborne LiDAR data
Remote Sensing • 2014
A decidious-coniferous single tree classification and internal structure derivation using airborne LiDAR data
Laser Scanning 2009, IAPRS • 2009
The way forward: Advances in maintaining right-of-way of transmission lines
Geomatica • 2010
Robust sparse matching and motion estimation using genetic algorithms
Remote Sensing • 2015
Automatic Co-registration of Existing Building Models and Digital Image
Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography • 2010
Edge Based 3d Indoor Corridor Modeling Using A Single Image
ISPRS • 2015
Thermal infrared inspection of roof insulation using unmanned aerial vehicles
Remote Sensing • 2015
UAV-based point cloud generation for open-pit mine modelling
Remote Sensing • 2015
Development and evaluation of a UAV-photogrammetry system for precise 3D environmental modeling
Sensors • 2015
Automatic co-registration of pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) video images with 3D wireframe models
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing • 2015
Railway Object Recognition Using Mobile Laser Scanning Data
Journal of the Korea Industrial Information Systems Research • 2014
Towards object driven floor plan extraction from laser point cloud
Remote Sensing • 2016
Matching aerial images to 3D building models based on context-based geometric hashing
ISPRS • 2016
Revisiting intrinsic curves for efficient dense stereo matching
ISPRS • 2016
BIM-GIS Integrated Geospatial Information Model Using Semantic Web and Rdf Graphs
ISPRS • 2016
Integration of building knowledge into binary space partitioning for the reconstruction of regularized building models
ISPRS • 2015
Matching aerial images to 3d building models using context-based geometric hashing
Sensors • 2016
Maximizing the diversity of ensemble random forests for tree genera classification using high density LiDAR data
Remote Sensing • 2016
Geometric context and orientation map combination for indoor corridor modeling using a single image
Remote Sensing • 2016
Tree genera classification using airborne LiDAR data by ensemble methods
Unknown • 2000
Multi-range conditional random field for classifying railway electrification system objects using mobile laser scanning data
Remote Sensing • 2016
Wind adaptive modeling of transmission lines using minimum description length
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2017
Implicit regularization for reconstructing 3D building rooftop models using airborne LiDAR data
Sensors • 2017
Robust structure-from-motion computation: Application to open-pit mine surveying from unmanned aerial images
Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems • 2017
Mapping from high-resolution satellite imagery
Remote Sensing • 2006
Evolutionary optimization for robust epipolar-geometry estimation and outlier detection
Algorithms • 2017
A Preliminary Work on Layout Slam for Reconstruction of Indoor Corridor Environments
ISPRS • 2017
Semantic segmentation of indoor point clouds using convolutional neural network
ISPRS • 2017
ISPRS semantic labeling contest
ISPRS • 2014
Power-line Scene Classification From LIDAR Using Multiple Classifier System
Unknown • 2000
Deep multi-task learning for tree genera classification
ISPRS • 2018
Layout slam with model based loop closure for 3d indoor corridor reconstruction
ISPRS • 2018
Building extraction from satellite images using mask R-CNN with building boundary regularization
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops • 2018
Progressive modeling of 3D building rooftops from airborne Lidar and imagery
Topographic Laser Ranging and Scanning • 2018
BIM-GIS oriented intelligent knowledge discovery
Remote Sensing • 2018
High-density stereo image matching using intrinsic curves
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2018
A SEMANTIC GRAPH DATABASE FOR BIM-GIS INTEGRATED INFORMATION MODEL FOR AN INTELLIGENT URBAN MOBILITY WEB APPLICATION
ISPRS • 2018
Towards dynamic virtual 3D world: bringing dynamics into integrated 3D indoor and outdoor virtual world
ISPRS • 2011
A line-based progressive refinement of 3D rooftop models using airborne LiDAR data with single view imagery
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2019
Unmanned aerial image dataset: Ready for 3D reconstruction
Data in Brief • 2019
Multi-scale hierarchical CRF for railway electrification asset classification from mobile laser scanning data
Remote Sensing • 2019
Data driven alignment of 3D building models and digital aerial images
na • 2010
Public Transit Service Reliability Assessment using Two-Fluid Model
Transportation Research Record • 2020
Development of a computer-vision based on real-time pedestrian comfort estimation system (poster)
Transportation Association of Canada and ITS Canada 2019 Joint Conference and Exhibition • 2019
Advanced Rail Infrastructure Mapping Technologies for Train Derailment Mitigation (Poster)
Transportation Association of Canada and ITS Canada 2019 Joint Conference and Exhibition • 2019
Boundary regularized building footprint extraction from satellite images using deep neural network
Arxiv Preprint Arxiv:2006.13176 • 2020
PARTICIPATORY IMAGE-BASED MODELS’ALIGNMENT FOR RECONSTRUCTING A LARGE-SCALE INDOOR MAPPING
ISPRS • 2020
WI-FI RSS fingerprinting for indoor localization using augmented reality
ISPRS • 2020
An Unsupervised Registration of 3D Point Clouds to 2D CAD Model: a Case Study of Floor Plan
ISPRS • 2020
Multilateration under flip ambiguity for UAV positioning using ultrawide-band
ISPRS • 2020
Simulation-based data augmentation using physical priors for noise filtering deep neural network
Remote Sensing • 2020
Automatic ontology generation of BIM and GIS data
Remote Sensing • 2020
Ultra-wideband aided UAV positioning using incremental smoothing with ranges and multilateration
2020 Ieee/rsj International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (iros) • 2020
Benchmark dataset of ultra-wideband radio based UAV positioning
2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (itsc) • 2020
Line-based classification of terrestrial laser scanning data using conditional random field
Remote Sensing • 2013
Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
한국측량학회지 • 2015
Roof detection using LiDAR data based on points' normal with weight
Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University • 2009
Railway track extraction from mobile laser scanning data
Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography • 2015
Data fusion of high-resolution satellite imagery and LiDAR data for automatic building extraction
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2007
Advances in 3D geo-information sciences
Springer Science & Business Media • 2011
확장 칼만 필터를 이용한 LEO 위성의 궤도결정 방법
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences • 1995
항공라이다 데이터로부터 MDL 원리를 이용한 수목의 위치 추정
한국측량학회 학술대회자료집 • 2011
The ISPRS labelling challenge
ISPRS • 2017
The ISPRS 2d labelling challenge
ISPRS • 2016
Towards the automatic ontology generation and alignment of BIM and GIS data formats
ISPRS • 2021
Design and evaluation of a BIM-GIS integrated information model using RDF graph database
ISPRS • 2021
ROOM-BASED energy demand classification of BIM data using graph supervised learning
Remote Sensing • 2021
Determination of Regions Suitable for Agriculture in the Gordon Cosens Forest of Ontario by Means of Analytical Hierarchy Process with Fuzzy Logic Inference
Remote Sensing • 2021
RPV-SLAM: Range-augmented panoramic visual SLAM for mobile mapping system with panoramic camera and tilted LiDAR
2021 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (icar) • 2021
BIM-3DGIS Integrated Geospatial Information Model Using Semantic Web and RDF bipartite Graphs
Remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci. Net • 2018
An Adaptive Refinement Scheme for Depth Estimation Networks
Sensors • 2022
An automated space-based graph generation framework for building energy consumption estimation
Buildings • 2023
HDPV-SLAM: Hybrid depth-augmented panoramic visual SLAM for mobile mapping system with tilted LiDAR and panoramic visual camera
2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (case) • 2023
Improving Cyclists’ Safety Using Intelligent Situational Awareness System
Sustainability • 2023
TPE-Net: Track Point Extraction and Association Network for Rail Path Proposal Generation
Arxiv Preprint Arxiv:2302.05803 • 2023
NSANet: Noise Seeking Attention Network
Remote Sensing • 2024
Fusion-SUNet: Spatial Layout Consistency for 3D Semantic Segmentation
Proceedings of the Ieee/cvf Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition • 2023
Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Plume Rise Measurements in Industrial Environments
Remote Sensing • 2023
Human Vision Based 3DPoint Cloud Semantic Segmentation of Large-Scale Outdoor Scenes
Ieee/cvf Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern • 2023
Integration of terrestrial laser scanning points and 2D floor plans based on maximum sequential similarity
Remote Sensing • 2012
PVL-Cartographer: Panoramic Vision-Aided LiDAR Cartographer-Based SLAM for Maverick Mobile Mapping System
Remote Sensing • 2023
A Novel Method for Extracting and Analyzing the Geometry Properties of the Shortest Pedestrian Paths Focusing on Open Geospatial Data
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2023
YUTO Tree5000: A Large-Scale Airborne LiDAR Dataset for Single Tree Detection
Unknown • 2000
Spatial Layout Consistency for 3D Semantic Segmentation
Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, and Image Processing. ICPR 2022 International Workshops and Challenges • 2023
Yuto Semantic: a Large Scale Aerial LIDAR Dataset for Semantic Segmentation
Remote Sensing • 2023
PAN-SUNET: UTILITY CORRIDOR UNDERSTANDING USING SPATIAL LAYOUT CONSISTENCY
ISPRS • 2023
Deep Adaptive Network for WiFi-Based Indoor Localization
International 3D Geoinfo Conference • 2023
Digital Twins: Simulating Robot-Human Sidewalk Interactions
International 3D Geoinfo Conference • 2023
Comparison of one-handed and two-handed text entry in virtual reality using handheld controllers
Human Factors in Virtual Environments and Game Design • 2023
Advancing Physically Informed Autoencoders for DTM Generation
Remote Sensing • 2024
An Explainable \& Prescriptive Solution for Space-based Energy Consumption Optimization Using BIM Data \& Genetic Algorithm
Journal of Building Engineering • 2024
Assessing Data Quality and Performance of Openstreetmap Road Networks in Navigation Applications: The Case of a Large-Scale Dataset in Australia
Available At SSRN 4848423 • 2000
YUTO MMS: A comprehensive SLAM dataset for urban mobile mapping with tilted LiDAR and panoramic camera integration
The International Journal of Robotics Research • 2024
Enhancing Polygonal Building Segmentation via Oriented Corners
Arxiv E-prints • 2024
CornerRegNet: Building Segmentation from Overhead Imagery Using Oriented Corners in Deep Networks
Remote Sensing • 2024
Ressub-Net: Residual Subtraction Network For DTM Extraction From DSM
Remote Sensing • 2024
A specialized inclusive road dataset with elevation profiles for realistic pedestrian navigation using open geospatial data and deep learning
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems • 2024
DeepCovPG: Deep-Learning-based Dynamic Covariance Prediction in Pose Graphs for Ultra-Wideband-Aided UAV Positioning
2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (case) • 2024
A Unified Multi-Task Learning Framework for Dtm Generation Using Surface Differencing
Available At SSRN 5045901 • 2000
Mapping tree genera using discrete LiDAR and geometric tree metrics
Bosque (valdivia) • 2012
Urban object detection and 3D building reconstruction
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • 2014