scholarly journals Occlusion Detection with Edge Extraction Algorithm in Terrestrial Laser Scanner Point Cloud Data

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Heidari Mozaffar ◽  
Masood Varshosaz ◽  
Mohammad Saadatseresht ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Edge Extraction ◽  
Occlusion Detection ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Extraction Algorithm

scholarly journals An Automatic Tree Skeleton Extracting Method Based on Point Cloud of Terrestrial Laser Scanner

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronghao Li ◽  
Guochao Bu ◽  
Pei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Topological Structure ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
Peach Tree ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Breadth First Search ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Real Tree

Tree skeleton could describe the shape and topological structure of a tree, which are useful to forest researchers. Terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) can scan trees with high accuracy and speed to acquire the point cloud data, which could be used to extract tree skeletons. An adaptive extracting method of tree skeleton based on the point cloud data of TLS was proposed in this paper. The point cloud data were segmented by artificial filtration and k-means clustering, and the point cloud data of trunk and branches remained to extract skeleton. Then the skeleton nodes were calculated by using breadth first search (BFS) method, quantifying method, and clustering method. Based on their connectivity, the skeleton nodes were connected to generate the tree skeleton, which would be smoothed by using Laplace smoothing method. In this paper, the point cloud data of a toona tree and peach tree were used to test the proposed method and for comparing the proposed method with the shortest path method to illustrate the robustness and superiority of the method. The experimental results showed that the shape of tree skeleton extracted was consistent with the real tree, which showed the method proposed in the paper is effective and feasible.

scholarly journals DRAWING AND LANDSCAPE SIMULATION FOR JAPANESE GARDEN BY USING TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER

2015 ◽  
Vol XL-4/W5 ◽  
pp. 233-238
Author(s):  
R. Kumazaki ◽  
Y. Kunii
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
3D Point Cloud ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Contour Lines ◽  
Japanese Garden ◽  
Laser Scanners

Recently, many laser scanners are applied for various measurement fields. This paper investigates that it was useful to use the terrestrial laser scanner in the field of landscape architecture and examined a usage in Japanese garden. As for the use of 3D point cloud data in the Japanese garden, it is the visual use such as the animations. Therefore, some applications of the 3D point cloud data was investigated that are as follows. Firstly, ortho image of the Japanese garden could be outputted for the 3D point cloud data. Secondly, contour lines of the Japanese garden also could be extracted, and drawing was became possible. Consequently, drawing of Japanese garden was realized more efficiency due to achievement of laborsaving. Moreover, operation of the measurement and drawing could be performed without technical skills, and any observers can be operated. Furthermore, 3D point cloud data could be edited, and some landscape simulations that extraction and placement of tree or some objects were became possible. As a result, it can be said that the terrestrial laser scanner will be applied in landscape architecture field more widely.

scholarly journals Methods and considerations to determine sphere center from terrestrial laser scanner point cloud data

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 105001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem Rachakonda ◽  
Bala Muralikrishnan ◽  
Luc Cournoyer ◽  
Geraldine Cheok ◽  
Vincent Lee ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Sphere Center

scholarly journals BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING OF A MULTI STOREY BUILDING USING TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER AND VISUALISATION USING POTREE: AN OPEN SOURCE POINT CLOUD RENDERER

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W17 ◽  
pp. 421-426
Author(s):  
A. Yeshwanth Kumar ◽  
M. A. Noufia ◽  
K. A. Shahira ◽  
A. M. Ramiya
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Storey Building

Abstract. With the rapid development in infrastructure, the need to document man-made structures is in increasing demand and inevitable. Such a process of digital documentation of buildings is called Building Information Modelling (BIM). Conventional techniques of BIM involve manual drafting & modelling using computer aided design, drafting & modelling software. Although these techniques are more accurate, given the increase in the size and complexity of modern structures, it would be tedious and time consuming for such manual work. It is in this context LiDAR shows great potential to simplify this task. Laser scanning enables rapid mapping of a building with a high degree of spatial accuracy. Since the spatial point sampling distance of any LiDAR scanner is usually in the order of centimetres or millimetres, this has potential not only to generate high density scans of the building but also to identify even the smallest defects in a structure. This facilitates using LiDAR to study the serviceability of a building. In this project, the feasibility of using a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) to scan a multi-storey building was investigated. Additionally, the reliability of Potree for visualising point cloud data was tested. Potree is an open-source WebGL based point cloud renderer. Potree enables us to render point clouds and visualise in a portable web application. This application is also capable of making measurements of high accuracy on the 3D model of the library. This could serve to be of great utility in surveying applications. The object of study was chosen as a six-storey building, each floor having differing layouts. Two of these storeys were below ground surface level which also proved to be a test for the reliability of TLS in challenging terrain. The building has a towering height and large footprint which made it a perfect candidate for this project. A total of 54 scans (44 interior scans and 10 exterior scans of the library) were acquired with each subsequent scan station not more than 10m apart from the previous one. This data was brought to the lab for further processing. The processing was carried out using open-source software packages (LAStools, CloudCompare, etc). After processing, the complete point cloud data had 483,292,994 points. In order to make the data easier to handle, spatial sub-sampling of the data was done after which the final point cloud had 87,789,548 points. Finally, this sub-sampled point cloud was published using the open source Potree Converter into an interactive web application.

Development of the 3D dome model based on a terrestrial laser scanner

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Fatah Firdaus Abu Hanipah ◽  
Khairul Nizam Tahar
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cloud Data

Purpose Laser scanning technique is used to measure and model objects using point cloud data generated laser pulses. Conventional techniques to construct 3D models are time consuming, costly and need more manpower. The purpose of this paper is to assess the 3D model of the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque’s main dome using a terrestrial laser scanner. Design/methodology/approach A laser scanner works through line of sight, which indicates that multiple scans need to be taken from a different view to ensure a complete data set. Targets must spread in all directions, and targets should be placed on fixed structures and flat surfaces for the normal scan and fine scan. After the scanning operation, point cloud data from the laser scanner were cleaned and registered before a 3D model could be developed. Findings As a result, the reconstruction of the 3D model was successfully developed. The samples are based on the triangle dimension, curve line, horizontal dimension and vertical dimension at the dome. The standard deviation and accuracy are calculated based on the comparison of the 21 samples taken between the high-resolution and low-resolution scanning data. Originality/value There are many ways to develop the 3D model and based on this study, the less complex ways also produce the best result. The authors implement the different types of dimensions for the 3D model assessment, which have not yet been considered in the past.

scholarly journals Precision Evaluation and Fusion of Topographic Data Based on UAVs and TLS Surveys of a Loess Landslide

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonglei Mao ◽  
Sheng Hu ◽  
Ninglian Wang ◽  
Yongqing Long
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Loess Landslide ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Topographic Data ◽  
Blind Area ◽  
Precision Evaluation

In recent years, low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) techniques have become very important non-contact measurement methods for obtaining topographic data about landslides. However, owing to the differences in the types of UAVs and whether the ground control points (GCPs) are set in the measurement, the obtained topographic data for landslides often have large precision differences. In this study, two types of UAVs (DJI Mavic Pro and DJI Phantom 4 RTK) with and without GCPs were used to survey a loess landslide. UAVs point clouds and digital surface model (DSM) data for the landslide were obtained. Based on this, we used the Geomorphic Change Detection software (GCD 7.0) and the Multiscale Model-To-Model Cloud Comparison (M3C2) algorithm in the Cloud Compare software for comparative analysis and accuracy evaluation of the different point clouds and DSM data obtained using the same and different UAVs. The experimental results show that the DJI Phantom 4 RTK obtained the highest accuracy landslide terrain data when the GCPs were set. In addition, we also used the Maptek I-Site 8,820 terrestrial laser scanner to obtain higher precision topographic point cloud data for the Beiguo landslide. However, owing to the terrain limitations, some of the point cloud data were missing in the blind area of the TLS measurement. To make up for the scanning defect of the TLS, we used the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm in the Cloud Compare software to conduct data fusion between the point clouds obtained using the DJI Phantom 4 RTK with GCPs and the point clouds obtained using TLS. The results demonstrate that after the data fusion, the point clouds not only retained the high-precision characteristics of the original point clouds of the TLS, but also filled in the blind area of the TLS data. This study introduces a novel perspective and technical scheme for the precision evaluation of UAVs surveys and the fusion of point clouds data based on different sensors in geological hazard surveys.

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