FACA v1 – Fully Automated Co-Alignment of UAV point clouds

Schüßler, Nick; Torizin, Jewgenij; Gunkel, Claudia; Schütze, Karsten; Tiepolt, Lars; Kuhn, Dirk; Fuchs, Michael; Prüfer, Steffen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-5913-2025

Articles | Volume 18, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-5913-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-5913-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 17

Model description paper

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11 Sep 2025

Model description paper |

| 11 Sep 2025

FACA v1 – Fully Automated Co-Alignment of UAV point clouds

Nick Schüßler, Jewgenij Torizin, Claudia Gunkel, Karsten Schütze, Lars Tiepolt, Dirk Kuhn, Michael Fuchs, and Steffen Prüfer

Data sets

Wustrow bunker Nick Schüßler et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14002501

Wustrow coastal erosion Nick Schüßler et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14655290

Sellin sand cliff Nick Schüßler et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14655548

Model code and software

FACA v1 BGR - Engineering Geological Hazard Assessment https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14067821

Scripts for FACA article Nick Schüßler https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14065302

Short summary

FACA – Fully Automated Co-Alignment – is a tool designed to generate co-aligned point clouds. We aim to accelerate the application of the co-alignment method and achieve fast results with evolving temporal data and minimal site-specific preparation. FACA offers multiple ways to interact with the workflow, enabling new users to quickly generate initial results through the custom interface, as well as integration into larger automated workflows via the command line. Test datasets are provided.