Study of visibility analysis taking into account vegetation: An approach based on 3D airborne point clouds

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    Abstract

    The visual environment is very essential for forming an urban image, therefore, it is necessary for authorities and urban researchers to quantify the visibility of urban spaces. To date, many traditional visibility analyses fail to take vegetation into account. With the development of LiDAR technology, there is an opportunity to use LiDAR point cloud data directly for visibility analysis. Point cloud-based visibility analysis can compensate for many disadvantages of traditional modelling and analysis methods. Such as a better inclusion of vegetation, which is used to be ignored in traditional GIS-based visibility analysis, can be implemented in point cloud-based analysis. This paper gives a brief review of related work and demonstrates the advantages of using LiDAR data for analysis, and also proposes an approach based on airborne point clouds taking in account the vegetation, then performs the proposed visibility analysis on a study case.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 24th International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF 2017)
    Subtitle of host publicationCity and Territory in the Globalization Age
    Number of pages13
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    EventISUF 2017: 24th International Seminar on Urban Form "City and Territory in the Globalization Age" - Valencia, Spain
    Duration: 27 Sept 201729 Sept 2017

    Seminar

    SeminarISUF 2017: 24th International Seminar on Urban Form "City and Territory in the Globalization Age"
    Country/TerritorySpain
    CityValencia
    Period27/09/1729/09/17

    Keywords

    • point clouds
    • visibility analysis
    • airborne point clouds
    • urban spaces
    • visual environment

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