Semi-Automatic Modeling of Buildings from Digital Surface Models

Semi-automatic building detection and extraction is a topic of growing interest due to its potential application in such areas as cadastral information systems, cartographic revision, and GIS. One of the existing strategies for building extraction is to use a digital surface model (DSM) represented by a cloud of known points on a visible surface, and comprising features such as trees or buildings. Conventional surface modeling using stereo-matching techniques has its drawbacks, the most obvious being the effect of building height on perspective, shadows, and occlusions. The laser scanner, a recently developed technological tool, can collect accurate DSMs with high spatial frequency. This paper presents a methodology for semi-automatic modeling of buildings which combines a region-growing algorithm with line-detection methods applied over the DSM.     

基于栅格的点云数据的边界探测方法

分析三维激光扫描点云的数据特征,得到一种将三维点云数据转换为深度图像形式后提取边界的方法。通过原始点云数据扫描线分组分行使点云数据实现X,Y方向数据的规格化,以Z方向代表深度,将规则的点云数据转换为图像形式。采用图像边界提取方法——Canny算子来提取边缘信息,并将其转换到三维空间中显示出来。实验表明,基于栅格的点云数据的边界探测方法能快速实现三维点云边界的提取与显示,可应用在基于边界特征的点云配准、点云的角点检测、点云的三维建模等后续处理工作中。