Utilities to work with LiDAR Data and Vegetation
Create a mesh (OBJ file) from a LAS dataset using alpha shapes. Based on a script by Matthew Parkan - EPFL LASIG and his Digital Forestry Toolbox Implementation in the following works:
- Peronato, G., Rastogi, P., Rey, E., & Andersen, M. (2018). A toolkit for multi-scale mapping of the solar energy-generation potential of buildings in urban environments under uncertainty. Solar Energy, 173, 861–874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.08.017 Preprint
- Peronato, G. (2019). Urban planning support based on the photovoltaic potential of buildings: a multi-scenario ranking system [PhD Thesis, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne]. Full text
Create a mesh (OFF file) from a XYZ file using the CGAL's implementation of alpha shapes. The compiled executable for Windows is available here. Usage:
alphashape.exe alpha infile.xyz