point cloud

A point cloud is a (usually) large collection of points in 3D space representing locations of points on real-world surfaces and objects, collected with a 3D scanning device such as lidar. Locations of points on the ground, buildings, forest canopy, highway overpasses, and anything else encountered during the 3D scan survey make up the point cloud.

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