Project

GeoPrint

Transforming Danish LiDAR data into detailed, printable 3D environments.

Status
Active

Disciplines

  • 3D Printing
  • Development
  • GIS

Technologies

  • LiDAR
  • Python

Problem

Turning Danish LiDAR point-cloud data into something suitable for
3D printing requires considerably more than simply converting points
into an STL file.

Solution

GeoPrint processes geographic data for a selected area and transforms
the relevant terrain, buildings and other features into geometry that
can eventually be manufactured on a 3D printer.

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LiDAR point-cloud data used during early GeoPrint processing.

Process

The pipeline retrieves point-cloud data, crops it to the requested
area and analyses classifications such as terrain, vegetation and
buildings before generating printable geometry.

Result

The project is developing into a pipeline capable of turning a Danish
address into a physical representation of its surroundings.