Distance-limited filter for extracting ground points

The extraction of points on the bare earth from point clouds acquired by airborne laser scanning is one of the most important steps for the generation of digital terrain models (DTM). This process is called “filtering”. However, most of the current filters erode the bare earth in steep sloped landscapes and at discontinuities, and they retain low vegetation. Therefore, a new filtering method for extracting ground points based on a distance limit is proposed in this paper. The angle criterion is used to assure the robustness of the algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed filtering method can effectively derive the ground points from point clouds in complex urban areas.     

基于距离限制的地面点提取滤波器(英文)

The extraction of points on the bare earth from point clouds acquired by airborne laser scanning is one of the most important steps for the generation of digital terrain models (DTM). This process is called “filtering”. However, most of the current filters erode the bare earth in steep sloped landscapes and at discontinuities, and they retain low vegetation. Therefore, a new filtering method for extracting ground points based on a distance limit is proposed in this paper. The angle criterion is used to assure the robustness of the algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed filtering method can effectively derive the ground points from point clouds in complex urban areas. Supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No.0438), the National 863 Program of China (No. 2006AA12Z151).     

基于距离限制的机载激光数据滤波方法

提出了基于距离限制的滤波算法，利用地物在三维空间的距离特性提取地面信息，并对可能影响算法稳健性的侧面信息提出角度判决的概念。试验表明，本文方法在处理复杂城市地形时，能很好地保留地面的细节信息，剔除低矮植被等非地面信息。