Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys

Powerline inspection and modelization using airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data have been widely studied through the years. However, to the best of our knowledge, the proposed methods rely on intentional flights carried out along the high-voltage powerline. Thus, the state-of-the-art s...

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Autores: Yermo, Miguel, Laso Rodríguez, Rubén, García Lorenzo, Óscar, Fernández Pena, Anselmo Tomás, Cabaleiro Domínguez, José Carlos, Fernández Rivera, Francisco, López Vilariño, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/38899
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38899
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Airborne point cloud
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) point clouds
Parallel computing
Powerlines
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spelling Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR SurveysYermo, MiguelLaso Rodríguez, RubénGarcía Lorenzo, ÓscarFernández Pena, Anselmo TomásCabaleiro Domínguez, José CarlosFernández Rivera, FranciscoLópez Vilariño, DavidAirborne point cloudLight detection and ranging (LiDAR) point cloudsParallel computingPowerlinesPowerline inspection and modelization using airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data have been widely studied through the years. However, to the best of our knowledge, the proposed methods rely on intentional flights carried out along the high-voltage powerline. Thus, the state-of-the-art studies focus on detecting and characterizing a single powerline whose presence and location are known beforehand. We propose a method to detect and model powerlines of any voltage from airborne LiDAR point clouds not necessarily acquired for this purpose. Also, the method is suitable to be applied to those point clouds whose density is usually lower than that obtained using specific purpose flights over the powerlines. Our solution starts filtering out most of the points that do not belong to electric conductors. Then, the Hough transform is used to detect straight lines. Its output is then used to cluster the electric conductors. Also, we propose a solution to bypass a common issue regarding the nonmaxima suppression often used in object detection algorithms. Furthermore, a robust method for clustering conductors sharing the same vertical plane is presented, being able to return good results even in the absence of parts of any electrical conductor. The algorithm is tested in several datasets containing high-voltage powerlines and others, comprising mid- and low-voltage electric conductors. Finally, a study of the computational performance shows that the algorithm can efficiently take advantage of manycore systems, which is essential to determine the feasibility of our approach on massive LiDAR point clouds.Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Electrónica e ComputaciónUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías Intelixentes da USC (CiTIUS)20242024-01-0120242024-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/38899reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/388992026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
title Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
spellingShingle Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
Yermo, Miguel
Airborne point cloud
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) point clouds
Parallel computing
Powerlines
title_short Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
title_full Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
title_fullStr Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
title_full_unstemmed Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
title_sort Powerline Detection and Characterization in General-Purpose Airborne LiDAR Surveys
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Yermo, Miguel
Laso Rodríguez, Rubén
García Lorenzo, Óscar
Fernández Pena, Anselmo Tomás
Cabaleiro Domínguez, José Carlos
Fernández Rivera, Francisco
López Vilariño, David
author Yermo, Miguel
author_facet Yermo, Miguel
Laso Rodríguez, Rubén
García Lorenzo, Óscar
Fernández Pena, Anselmo Tomás
Cabaleiro Domínguez, José Carlos
Fernández Rivera, Francisco
López Vilariño, David
author_role author
author2 Laso Rodríguez, Rubén
García Lorenzo, Óscar
Fernández Pena, Anselmo Tomás
Cabaleiro Domínguez, José Carlos
Fernández Rivera, Francisco
López Vilariño, David
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Electrónica e Computación
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías Intelixentes da USC (CiTIUS)

dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Airborne point cloud
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) point clouds
Parallel computing
Powerlines
topic Airborne point cloud
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) point clouds
Parallel computing
Powerlines
description Powerline inspection and modelization using airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data have been widely studied through the years. However, to the best of our knowledge, the proposed methods rely on intentional flights carried out along the high-voltage powerline. Thus, the state-of-the-art studies focus on detecting and characterizing a single powerline whose presence and location are known beforehand. We propose a method to detect and model powerlines of any voltage from airborne LiDAR point clouds not necessarily acquired for this purpose. Also, the method is suitable to be applied to those point clouds whose density is usually lower than that obtained using specific purpose flights over the powerlines. Our solution starts filtering out most of the points that do not belong to electric conductors. Then, the Hough transform is used to detect straight lines. Its output is then used to cluster the electric conductors. Also, we propose a solution to bypass a common issue regarding the nonmaxima suppression often used in object detection algorithms. Furthermore, a robust method for clustering conductors sharing the same vertical plane is presented, being able to return good results even in the absence of parts of any electrical conductor. The algorithm is tested in several datasets containing high-voltage powerlines and others, comprising mid- and low-voltage electric conductors. Finally, a study of the computational performance shows that the algorithm can efficiently take advantage of manycore systems, which is essential to determine the feasibility of our approach on massive LiDAR point clouds.
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