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Mrs Xiaoye Liu


Name : Mrs Xiaoye Liu
Position : Lecturer (Spatial Science)
Section : Faculty of Engineering and Surveying
Surveying and Spatial Science
Office : Z317D
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : 61 7 4631 5343
Extension : 5343
E-mail :
Qualifications : BEng, MEng Wuhan
MAppIT Monash


Professional Memberships
Member of Spatial Science Institute (SSI), Australia
Member of the International Global Navigation Satellite Systems (IGNSS)

Research Interests
GIS and remote sensing
Digital terrain modelling and feature extraction from LiDAR and other spatial data
Surveying and Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Spatial database and programming

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Liu, Xiaoye (2008), Airborne LiDAR for DEM generation: some critical issues, Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 32 (1), 31-49.

Liu, X., and Zhang, Z., (2008) LiDAR data reduction for efficient and high quality DEM generation, The XXI Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS 2008), 3-11 July 2008, Beijing, China, Published in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. 37(B3b):173 - 178.

Liu, X., and Zhang, Z., (2008) Ground truth extraction from LiDAR data for image orthorectification, International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications, 30 June-2 July 2008, Beijing, China.IEEE Catalog Number: CFP0839E-CDR, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2394-1
Most notable :
Liu, Xiaoye (2008), Airborne LiDAR for DEM generation: some critical issues, Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 32 (1), 31-49.

Liu, X., and Zhang, Z., (2008) LiDAR data reduction for efficient and high quality DEM generation, The XXI Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS 2008), 3-11 July 2008, Beijing, China, Published in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. 37(B3b):173 - 178.

Liu, X., and Zhang, Z., (2008) Ground truth extraction from LiDAR data for image orthorectification, International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications, 30 June-2 July 2008, Beijing, China.IEEE Catalog Number: CFP0839E-CDR, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2394-1

Liu, X., Zhang, Z., Peterson, J. & Chandra, S. (2008). Large Area DEM generation Using Airborne LiDAR Data and Quality Control. In: Li, Deren and Ge, Yong and Foody, Giles M, (eds.) Accuracy in geomatics. World Academic Press, Liverpool, England. ISBN 1-84626-171-6.

McDougall, K., Liu, X., Basnet, B. & Apan, A. (2008). ‘Digital Elevation Model Accuracy Requirements for Catchment Management’, Proceedings of the Queensland Spatial Conference 2008, 17-19 July 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 1-9.

McDougall, K., Liu, X., Basnet, B. B. & Apan, A. (2008). Evaluation of current DEM accuracy for Condamine Catchment. In: Li, Deren and Ge, Yong and Foody, Giles M, (eds.) Accuracy in geomatics. World Academic Press, Liverpool, England. ISBN 1-84626-171-6.

Liu, X., Zhang, Z., Peterson, J. and Chandra, S. (2007), LiDAR-derived high quality ground control information and DEM for image orthorectification, GeoInformatica: An International Journal on Advances of Computer Science for Geographic Information Systems, Vol. 11 (1), 37-53.

Liu, X., Peterson, J., and Zhang, Z. (2005), High-resolution DEM generated from LiDAR data for water resource management, in Proceedings of International Congress on Modelling and Simulation 'MODSIM05', 12 - 15 December 2005, Melbourne, Australia, 1402-1408.

Liu, X., Peterson, J., Zhang, Z. and Chandra, S. (2005), Improving soil salinity prediction with high resolution DEM derived from LiDAR data, presented in The 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, 17-19 October 2005, Beijing, China, published in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. 36(7/W20): 41-43.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
SVY3202 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
SVY4203 Urban and Regional Planning
SVY1101 Geology and Surveying
SVY2105 Survey Computation B
GIS2403 Land Management Systems
GIS1402 Geographic Information Systems
GIS2901 GIS Practice 1

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 14 years