Cornelis Stal

Profile

Cornelis Stal (°1985, Waalre, the Netherlands) is a PhD student working on the combination of airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for 3D city modeling. His special interest is in the (automatic) generation of geometric, radiometric and semantic rich 3D models, derived from irregular point sets and other spatial datasets. This means that both laser scanning as a discipline in the land survey and geo-IT (GI-systems, GI-programming, GI-management,...) are important pillars of his research.

Education

  • 2009 - present : Doctoral Training Program (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), with courses on Academic English: Conference Skills, Statistical Inference, Analysis of Variance, Linear Interpolation.
  • 2007 - 2009 : Master in Geomatics and Surveying (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium); Thesis: "LiDAR: Basics and Applications" (in Dutch)
  • 2004 - 2008 Bachelor in Geography and Geomatics (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)
  • 1998 - 2004 VWO – N&T (S.G. Augustinianum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

Research experience

  • 2009 - present : PhD student (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium) on airborne and terrestrial laser scanning and 3D city modeling

Field work experience

  • 2008 : Land surveying on the archaeological site of Thorikos (Velatouri, Greece)
  • 2008 : Land surveying in favor of dredging projects in Dubai (Dubai, UAE)

Skills

Software:

  • GIS: ArcGIS, Idrisi, MapWindow, GRASS
  • CAD: AutoCAD (Map / Civil 3D), TerraModel
  • Programming: VB(A/.Net), Java, Python

Language:

  • Dutch: Mother tongue
  • English: Very good knowledge
  • German: Good knowledge
  • French: Basic knowledge

Publication

First author:

  • Cornelis Stal, Timothy Nuttens, Jean Bourgeois, Leen Carlier, Philippe De Maeyer, Alain De Wulf (2011), Accuracy assessment of a LiDAR Digital Terrain Model by using RTK GPS and total station. EARSeL eProceedings, Volume 10, Issue 8, pp. 1-8
  • Cornelis Stal, Philippe De Maeyer, Alain De Wulf, Timothy Nuttens, Ann Vanclooster, Nico Van De Weghe (2010), An Optimized Workflow for Processing Airborne Laserscan Data in a GIS-Based Environment, In: Thomas Kolbe, Gerhard König, Claus Nages (Eds.) (2010) International Conference on 3D GeoInformation (ISPRS Conference, Vol XXXVIII-4, Part W15), November 3 – 4, 2010, Berlin, Germany, pp. 163-167
  • Cornelis Stal, Jean Bourgeois, Philippe De Maeyer, Guy De Mulder, Alain De Wulf, Rudi Goossens, Timothy Nuttens, Birger Stichelbaut (2010), Kemmelberg (Belgium) case study: comparison of DTM analysis methods for the detection of relicts from the First World War. Proceedings of ‘30th EARSeL Symposium, Remote Sensing for Science, Education, and Natural And Cultural Heritage’. 31 May – 3 June 2010, pp. 65 – 72, UNESCO, Paris (France)

Co-author:

  • Alain De Wulf, Timothy Nuttens, Cornelis Stal, Philippe De Maeyer (2011), Evaluation and Reformation (2011) of the Geomatics Education Programs at Belgium Academic Universities. 5th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 7 – 9 March, Valencia, Spain, pp. 3183 – 3192
  • Ilke Werbrouck, Marc Antrop, Veerle Van Eetvelde, Cornelis Stal, Philippe De Maeyer, Machteld Bats, Jean Bourgeois, Mona Court-Picon, Philippe Crombé, Jeroen De Reu, Philippe De Smedt, Peter Finke, Marc Van Meirvenne, Jacques Verniers, Ann Zwertvaegher (2011), Digital elevation model generation for historical landscape analysis based on LiDAR data : a case study in Flanders (Belgium). EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS 38 (7), 8178-8185
  • Timothy Nuttens, Alain De Wulf, Lander Bral, Bart De Wit, Leen Carlier, Marijke De Ryck, Cornelis Stal, Denis Constales, Hans De Backer (2010), High Resolution Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Tunnel Deformation Measurements, The XXIV FIG International Congress 2010, Sidney, Australia (on CD ROM)

Additional experience

  • 2002 – 2003: Board student- and general counsel, S.G. Augustinianum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  • 2006 – 2011: Board student council (one year as chairman), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  • 2007 – 2010: Collaborator safety prevention Ghent University, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium