Loss of Significance and Its Effect on Point Normal Orientation and Cloud Registration

Point normal calculation and cloud registration are two of the most common operations in point cloud processing. However, both are vulnerable to issues of numerical precision and loss of significance. This paper documents how loss of significance in the open-source Point Cloud Library can create err...

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Main Authors: Matthew Young, Chris Pretty, Sérgio Agostinho, Richard Green, Xiaoqi Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/11/1329