Multidirectional Shift Rasterization (MDSR) Algorithm for Effective Identification of Ground in Dense Point Clouds

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F22%3A00360273" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/22:00360273 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194916" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194916</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14194916" target="_blank" >10.3390/rs14194916</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Multidirectional Shift Rasterization (MDSR) Algorithm for Effective Identification of Ground in Dense Point Clouds

Original language description

With the ever-increasing popularity of unmanned aerial vehicles and other platforms providing dense point clouds, filters for the identification of ground points in such dense clouds are needed. Many filters have been proposed and are widely used, usually based on the determination of an original surface approximation and subsequent identification of points within a predefined distance from such surface. We presented a new filter, the multidirectional shift rasterization (MDSR) algorithm, which is based on a different principle, i.e., on the identification of just the lowest points in individual grid cells, shifting the grid along both the planar axis and subsequent tilting of the entire grid. The principle was presented in detail and both visually and numerically compared with other commonly used ground filters (PMF, SMRF, CSF, and ATIN) on three sites with different ruggedness and vegetation density. Visually, the MDSR filter showed the smoothest and thinnest ground profiles, with the ATIN the only filter comparably performing. The same was confirmed when comparing the ground filtered by other filters with the MDSR-based surface. The goodness of fit with the original cloud is demonstrated by the root mean square deviations (RMSDs) of the points from the original cloud found below the MDSR-generated surface (ranging, depending on the site, between 0.6 and 2.5 cm). In conclusion, this paper introduced a newly developed MDSR filter that outstandingly performed at all sites, identifying the ground points with great accuracy while filtering out the maximum of vegetation and above-ground points and outperforming the aforementioned widely used filters. The filter dilutes the cloud somewhat; in such dense point clouds, however, this can be perceived as a benefit rather than as a disadvantage.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/CK03000168" target="_blank" >CK03000168: Intelligent methods of digital data acquisition and analysis for bridge inspections</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Remote Sensing

ISSN

2072-4292

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000867909400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85139913998