Point cloud

BIM for Heritage, Developing the Asset Information Model, published by Historic England in 2019, defines a point cloud as: ‘A collection of XYZ coordinates in a common co-ordinate system, that may also include additional information such as an intensity or RGB value, that portrays to the viewer an understanding of the spatial distribution of the surface of a subject.’

For more information see: Laser scanning.

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