• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 58, Issue 24, 2401003 (2021)
Zilong Yu* and Youjian Hu
Author Affiliations
  • School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202158.2401003 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zilong Yu, Youjian Hu. Initial Road Extraction of Airborne LiDAR Point Cloud[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(24): 2401003 Copy Citation Text show less
    Technical route
    Fig. 1. Technical route
    Grid division diagram
    Fig. 2. Grid division diagram
    Schematic diagram of road and non-road grid
    Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of road and non-road grid
    Central grid and its neighborhood grid
    Fig. 4. Central grid and its neighborhood grid
    Experimental data area. (a) Data1; (b) Vaihingen_Strip_05 bands; (c) data2; (d) Toronto_Strip_02 bands
    Fig. 5. Experimental data area. (a) Data1; (b) Vaihingen_Strip_05 bands; (c) data2; (d) Toronto_Strip_02 bands
    Filtering results. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    Fig. 6. Filtering results. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    Histogram of the intensity distribution of ground points. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    Fig. 7. Histogram of the intensity distribution of ground points. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    Initial road obtained by this method. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    Fig. 8. Initial road obtained by this method. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    Initial road obtained by the traditional method. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    Fig. 9. Initial road obtained by the traditional method. (a) Data1; (b) data2
    StepMethodNumber of total pointsNumber of road points
    After filtering4139212632
    After extractingOur method2863910620
    Direct intensity method259234120
    Table 1. Number of road points extracted from data1 by two methods
    StepMethodNumber of total pointsNumber of road points
    After filtering5819632847
    After extractingOur method3362822042
    Direct intensity method3408922485
    Table 2. Number of road points extracted from data2 by two methods
    Zilong Yu, Youjian Hu. Initial Road Extraction of Airborne LiDAR Point Cloud[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(24): 2401003
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