Utilizing a Discrete Global Grid System For Handling Point Clouds With Varying Locations, Times, and Levels of Detail
N. Sirdeshmukh (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) have emerged in recent years as a new specification for working with global heterogeneous datasets of different types, such as vector, raster, and quantitative datasets. There exists no research on using point clouds with a DGGS. This research aims to analyse the extent to which a DGGS can be used to handle LIDAR point clouds having varying coordinate systems, acquired at different levels of detail, and at different times in the creation of a global ‘map’ of point clouds. Various ways of mapping and modelling the Earth, indexing strategies for creating a continuous index of the surface of the Earth (including what is above and below it), performing analysis of 2D, 3D or 4D point clouds using DGGS, and the querying and visualization of massive point clouds is discussed. A DGGS is compared and contrasted with conventional coordinate systems. The advantages, opportunities, challenges, and limitations of point cloud integration in a DGGS are presented.