GlobalMatch: Registration of forest terrestrial point clouds by global matching of relative stem positions

Registering point clouds of forest environments is an essential prerequisite for LiDAR applications in precision forestry. State-of-the-art methods for forest point cloud registration require the extraction of individual tree attributes, and they have an efficiency bottleneck when dealing with point clouds of real-world forests with dense...

IFC models for semi-automating common planning checks for building permits

To support building permit issuing with automatic digital tools, the reuse of models produced by designers would make the process quicker and more objective. However, current studies and pilots often leave a gap with respect to the models as actually provided by architects, having varying quality and content. In this study, rather than taking...

Gebruik van BIM in Geo in de praktijk: voorbij de hype

Gedetailleerde modellen van gebouwen (BIM) worden als waardevol gezien in combinatie met geo-data. Met behulp van virtuele modellen van nieuwe gebouwen (of delen ervan) kan de impact van scenario’s worden doorgerekend op bijvoorbeeld energie, geluid of wind. Al tijdens de ontwerpfase kan rekening worden gehouden met planologische beperkingen,...

Generating, storing, updating and disseminating a countrywide 3D model

As in many countries, in The Netherlands governmental organisations are acquiring 3D city models to support their public tasks. However, this is still being done within individual organisation, resulting in differences in 3D city models within one country and sometimes covering the same area: i.e. differences in data structure, height...

Geobim for digital building permit process: Learning from a case study in Rotterdam

Among the digitalization processes which are being raised in Europe and in the world, the building permit process is seen as one of the priorities by municipalities, governmental institutions and standardization organizations. However, in current practice, the building permit issuing as well as the integration of geoinformation with BIM ...