Combinations of range data and panoramic images - new opportunities in 3D scene modeling

The paper informs about rotating line cameras (which capture images of several 100 megapixel), their use for creating (stereo) panoramas, and how they can be used for texturing clouds of 3D points representing range data captured with a laser range finder (with distance errors of less than 5cm at about 50m distance to the view point). Problems occur at geometry and photometry level, and there are interesting challenges in algorithm design.