An Easy-to-Use Airborne LiDAR Data Filtering Method Based on Cloth Simulation

作者:Zhang, WM (Zhang, Wuming)[ 1 ] ; Qi, JB (Qi, Jianbo)[ 1 ] ; Wan, P (Wan, Peng)[ 1 ] ; Wang, HT (Wang, Hongtao)[ 2 ] ; Xie, DH (Xie, Donghui)[ 1 ] ; Wang, XY (Wang, Xiaoyan)[ 1 ] ; Yan, GJ (Yan, Guangjian)[ 1 ]

REMOTE SENSING

卷: 8  期: 6

文献号: 501

DOI: 10.3390/rs8060501

出版年: JUN 2016

摘要

Separating point clouds into ground and non-ground measurements is an essential step to generate digital terrain models (DTMs) from airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) data. However, most filtering algorithms need to carefully set up a number of complicated parameters to achieve high accuracy. In this paper, we present a new filtering method which only needs a few easy-to-set integer and Boolean parameters. Within the proposed approach, a LiDAR point cloud is inverted, and then a rigid cloth is used to cover the inverted surface. By analyzing the interactions between the cloth nodes and the corresponding LiDAR points, the locations of the cloth nodes can be determined to generate an approximation of the ground surface. Finally, the ground points can be extracted from the LiDAR point cloud by comparing the original LiDAR points and the generated surface. Benchmark datasets provided by ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) working Group III/3 are used to validate the proposed filtering method, and the experimental results yield an average total error of 4.58%, which is comparable with most of the state-of-the-art filtering algorithms. The proposed easy-to-use filtering method may help the users without much experience to use LiDAR data and related technology in their own applications more easily.

通讯作者地址: Qi, JB (通讯作者)

Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Geog, State Key Lab Remote Sensing Sci, Beijing Key Lab Environm Remote Sensing & Digital, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China.

地址:

[ 1 ] Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Geog, State Key Lab Remote Sensing Sci, Beijing Key Lab Environm Remote Sensing & Digital, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

[ 2 ] Henan Polytech Univ, Sch Surveying & Land Informat Engn, Jiaozuo 454003, Peoples R China