Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners

A method for edge detection in unorganised point clouds from terrestrial laser scanners without preprocessed triangle meshes is proposed. The method is based on geometric primitives such as change of geometric curvature and surface normal vector. As an application of the proposed edge detection, we...

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Main Authors: Bae, Kwang-Ho, Lichti, Derek
Other Authors: Richard Smith
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Spatial Sciences Institute 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14908
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author Bae, Kwang-Ho
Lichti, Derek
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description A method for edge detection in unorganised point clouds from terrestrial laser scanners without preprocessed triangle meshes is proposed. The method is based on geometric primitives such as change of geometric curvature and surface normal vector. As an application of the proposed edge detection, we introduce an algorithm for tree detection. Using the fact that trees have higher curvature points than human-made structures, e.g. buildings, they can be extracted from the point cloud. Higher curvature points are used as seeds for a region-growing method to detect whole trees with the aid of a reasonable termination condition.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-149082022-10-06T07:15:24Z Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners Bae, Kwang-Ho Lichti, Derek Richard Smith Ken Dawbin A method for edge detection in unorganised point clouds from terrestrial laser scanners without preprocessed triangle meshes is proposed. The method is based on geometric primitives such as change of geometric curvature and surface normal vector. As an application of the proposed edge detection, we introduce an algorithm for tree detection. Using the fact that trees have higher curvature points than human-made structures, e.g. buildings, they can be extracted from the point cloud. Higher curvature points are used as seeds for a region-growing method to detect whole trees with the aid of a reasonable termination condition. 2004 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14908 Spatial Sciences Institute restricted
spellingShingle Bae, Kwang-Ho
Lichti, Derek
Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners
title Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners
title_full Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners
title_fullStr Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners
title_full_unstemmed Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners
title_short Edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners
title_sort edge and tree detection from three-dimensional unorganised point clouds from terretrial laser scanners
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14908