Airborne LiDAR Point Cloud Building Reconstruction Based on Planar Optimal Combination and Feature Line Constraints

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Authors: Zhao Hai, Cailin Li, Baoyun Guo, Xianlong Wei, Zhuo Yang, Jinhui Zheng
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Abstract

This paper proposes a building reconstruction framework for airborne LiDAR data to address the challenge of automated modeling under conditions of uneven point cloud density and missing vertical walls, generating high-precision and structurally compact 3D building models. The method first combines adaptive resolution hypervoxels with a global graph cut optimization strategy to extract precise roof plane primitives from sparse point clouds of buildings. Subsequently, it infers building facades and internal vertical walls based on point cloud projection contours and height change detection, thereby completing the wall structures commonly missing in airborne LiDAR data. Finally, a feature line constraint term is introduced into the hypothesis-and-selection-based reconstruction framework to guide the structural optimization of candidate planes, ensuring the reconstructed model closely matches the actual building geometry. The proposed method was evaluated on multiple public airborne LiDAR datasets, demonstrating its effectiveness through qualitative and quantitative comparisons with various state-of-the-art approaches.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization

Publication details

Journal / source
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
92–92
Publication date
20 February 2026
Language
EN