In memory processing of massive point clouds for multi-core systems
Kostis Kyzirakos, Foteini Alvanaki, Martin L. Kersten · 2016
LIDAR is a popular remote sensing method used to examine the surface of the Earth. LIDAR instruments use light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) and generate vast amounts of precise three dimensional point data describing the shape of the Earth. Processing large collections of point cloud data and combining them with auxiliary GIS data remain an open research problem.