Laser scanning is one of the modern and actively-developing remote sensing techniques, resulting in a point cloud, containing a set of different attributes for each point. One of the positive features of laser scanning is the high accuracy of the results; this is achieved by obtaining a large number of points describing the scanned object. In some circumstances, point clouds may contain billions of points, which require hundreds of gigabytes to be stored. Loading and processing of such huge data require large time and computational resources. The first problem is such massive point clouds initial downloading and pre-processing. The standard approach is the sequential processing of laser scanning results, which requires a significant amount of time. In this paper, we have conducted research and testing of various approaches for loading and processing of point clouds, one of the proposed approaches is the use of multithreading to significantly reduce time. The guideline for improvement of processing of laser scanning point clouds with use of multithreading is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2019 - 19th International Conference, 2019, Proceedings
EditorsSanjay Misra, Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Elena Stankova, Vladimir Korkhov, Carmelo Torre, Eufemia Tarantino, Ana Maria A.C. Rocha, David Taniar, Bernady O. Apduhan
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages289-305
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9783030242886
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019 - Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 1 Jul 20194 Jul 2019
Conference number: 19

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11619 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019
Abbreviated titleICCSA 2019
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySaint Petersburg
Period1/07/194/07/19

    Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

    Research areas

  • Algorithm, Laser scanning data, Multithreading, Parallel processing, Point cloud

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