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ICSF: An Improved Cloth Simulation Filtering Algorithm for Airborne LiDAR Data Based on Morphological Operations
Ground filtering is an essential step in airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data processing in various applications. The cloth simulation filtering (CSF) algorithm has gained popularity because of its ease of use advantage. However, CSF has limitations in topographically and environmentally complex areas. Therefore, an improved CSF (ICSF) algorithm was developed in this study. ICSF uses morphological closing operations to initialize the cloth, and estimates the cloth rigidness for providing a more accurate reference terrain in various terrain characteristics. Moreover, terrain-adaptive height difference thresholds are developed for better filtering of airborne LiDAR point clouds. The performance of ICSF was assessed using International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing urban and rural samples and Open Topography forested samples. Results showed that ICSF can improve the filtering accuracy of CSF in the samples with various terrain and non-ground object characteristics, while maintaining the ease of use advantage of CSF. In urban and rural samples, ICSF obtained an average total error of 4.03% and outperformed another eight reference algorithms in terms of accuracy and robustness. In forested samples, ICSF produced more accuracy than the well-known filtering algorithms (including the maximum slope, progressive morphology, and cloth simulation filtering algorithms), and performed better with respect to the preservation of steep slopes and discontinuities and vegetation removal. Thus, the proposed algorithm can be used as an efficient tool for LiDAR data processing.
ICSF: An Improved Cloth Simulation Filtering Algorithm for Airborne LiDAR Data Based on Morphological Operations
Ground filtering is an essential step in airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data processing in various applications. The cloth simulation filtering (CSF) algorithm has gained popularity because of its ease of use advantage. However, CSF has limitations in topographically and environmentally complex areas. Therefore, an improved CSF (ICSF) algorithm was developed in this study. ICSF uses morphological closing operations to initialize the cloth, and estimates the cloth rigidness for providing a more accurate reference terrain in various terrain characteristics. Moreover, terrain-adaptive height difference thresholds are developed for better filtering of airborne LiDAR point clouds. The performance of ICSF was assessed using International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing urban and rural samples and Open Topography forested samples. Results showed that ICSF can improve the filtering accuracy of CSF in the samples with various terrain and non-ground object characteristics, while maintaining the ease of use advantage of CSF. In urban and rural samples, ICSF obtained an average total error of 4.03% and outperformed another eight reference algorithms in terms of accuracy and robustness. In forested samples, ICSF produced more accuracy than the well-known filtering algorithms (including the maximum slope, progressive morphology, and cloth simulation filtering algorithms), and performed better with respect to the preservation of steep slopes and discontinuities and vegetation removal. Thus, the proposed algorithm can be used as an efficient tool for LiDAR data processing.
ICSF: An Improved Cloth Simulation Filtering Algorithm for Airborne LiDAR Data Based on Morphological Operations
Shangshu Cai (author) / Sisi Yu (author) / Zhenyang Hui (author) / Zhanzhong Tang (author)
2023
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