Point Clouds and Smart Cities

The Need for 3D Geodata and Geomatics Specialists

Journal article (2018)

Authors

M.J.P.M. Lemmens OLD Department of GIS Technology
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OLD Department of GIS Technology
Copyright: © 2018 M.J.P.M. Lemmens
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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OLD Department of GIS Technology

Abstract

The ‘smart city’ concept entirely relies on a permanent stream of massive amounts of data acquired by a great variety of sensors distributed throughout the city. Smart use of all this data requires integration with 3D city maps for which point clouds, acquired by laser scanning or photogrammetry, are the main sources. The author
of this article identifies the abilities of point clouds to support the smart city concept.