Processing and using the point cloud
Terrestrial Laser Scanners. Some Clouds for the Geomatic
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Processing and using the point cloud
Terrestrial Laser Scanners. Some Clouds for the Geomatic

Author : Vincent BARRAS

Publication date: September 10, 2018 | Lire en français

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4. Processing and using the point cloud

The following section is dedicated to the various steps involved in working with point clouds. For the most part, they can be repeated whatever the origin of the point cloud: whether it has been obtained via airborne lidars, whether it is the result of dense correlations via digital photogrammetry or any other system enabling the generation of 3D pixelated data.

4.1 Cleaning

To obtain a usable point cloud of an object or scene, you need to start by cleaning up unnecessary impacts. This is particularly important when :

  • scanning took place in a very noisy, busy environment;

  • wet, snowy or dusty weather;

  • to obtain a cloud assembly, each station was...

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