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Integration, Processing and Dissemination of LiDAR Data in a 3D Web-GIS

Abstract

The rapid increase in applications of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanners, followed by the development of various methods that are dedicated for survey data processing, visualization, and dissemination constituted the need of new open standards for storage and online distribution of collected three-dimensional data. However, over a decade of research in the area has resulted in a number of incompatible solutions that offer their own ways of disseminating results of LiDAR surveys (be it point clouds or reconstructed three-dimensional (3D) models) over the web. The article presents a unified system for remote processing, storage, visualization, and dissemination of 3D LiDAR survey data, including 3D model reconstruction. It is built with the use of open source technologies and employs open standards, such as 3D Tiles, LASer (LAS), and Object (OBJ) for data distribution. The system has been deployed for automatic organization, processing, and dissemination of LiDAR surveys that were performed in the city of Gdansk. The performance of the system has been measured using a selection of LiDAR datasets of various sizes. The system has shown to considerably simplify the process of data organization and integration, while also delivering tools for easy discovery, inspection, and acquisition of desired datasets.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information no. 8, edition 3,
ISSN: 2220-9964
Language:
English
Publication year:
2019
Bibliographic description:
Kulawiak M., Kulawiak M., Łubniewski Z.: Integration, Processing and Dissemination of LiDAR Data in a 3D Web-GIS// ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. -Vol. 8, iss. 3 (2019), s.144-
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/ijgi8030144
Sources of funding:
  • Free publication
Verified by:
Gdańsk University of Technology

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