Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Full-waveform ALS workshop - OPALS

Third Presentation

Gottfried Mandlburger, Johannes Otepka, Wilfried Karel: OPALS Software – Orientation and Processing of Airborne Laser Scanning data

new software concept, very great research!!!


Software Concept:

• Modular structure composed of small, well defined units (modules)
• Availability of modules as:
- Command line programs
- Python modules
- C++ classes via DLL linkage
• Individual process control via scripts
- Shell scripts (Unix/Linux), Batch (MS Win2000/XP/Vista)
- Python
• Management of point cloud data based on the OPALS Data Manager (ODM)
• Interfaces for efficient data interchange with DTM-, CAD-,GIS- and
Visualisation/Modelling-Software
- SCOP++, …
- AutoCAD, MicroStation, …
- ArcGIS, Grass-GIS, Quantum-GIS, …
- 3D-Studio, GeoMagic, Deep Exploration, SMS (Surface Modelling System)
• Use of standard and open-source libraries (boost, GDAL/OGR, CGAL, ...)
• Abdication of interactivity

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