About the Authors

Xiang Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

xiang.zhang@whu.edu.cn (XZ); jianweiyu@whu.edu.cn (JY)

Affiliations School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Weijun Yin

Roles Software, Validation

Affiliation School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Shouqian Huang

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Jianwei Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

xiang.zhang@whu.edu.cn (XZ); jianweiyu@whu.edu.cn (JY)

Affiliations Hi-Target Surveying Instrument Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China, Wuhan Hi-Target Digital Cloud Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China

Zhongheng Wu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation NavInfo Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China

Tinghua Ai

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Jianwei Yu is affiliated to Hi-Target Surveying Instrument Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Hi-Target Digital Cloud Technology Co., Ltd, and Zhongheng Wu to NavInfo Co., Ltd. These authors are research collaborators. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.