Applications of Lidar Data Exploitation for Displacement Measurements and Change Detection

The denser the Lidar data, the more faithfully it models the terrain. This property of dense Lidar data allows a detection of changes but also their quantification at a level of precision that can highlight even displacements of objects in all three spatial directions. The point cloud has different densities and accuracies depending on the platform on which the scanning system is installed (manned aircraft, drones or ground stations). Density and precision parameters drive different approaches in change detection algorithms. For completing these tasks, two independent applications were developed to highlight both major landscape changes and smaller changes such as displacement of objects, construction settlements, landslides.