RayCloudTools: A Concise Interface for Analysis and Manipulation of Ray Clouds

We describe a new toolset for the manipulation and analysis of <italic>ray clouds</italic> (3D maps defined by a set of rays from a moving lidar to the scanned surfaces). Unlike point clouds, ray clouds contain information on free-space (air) as well as surface geometry. This allows the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas D. Lowe, Kazys Stepanas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9444433/