A New Point Cloud Simplification Algorithm

C. Moenning and N.A. Dodgson (UK)

Keywords

Point cloud simplification, farthest point sampling, Fast Marching.

Abstract

We present a new technique for the simplification of point sampled geometry without any prior surface reconstruc tion. Using Fast Marching farthest point sampling for im plicit surfaces and point clouds [1], we devise a coarse-to fine uniform or feature-sensitive simplification algorithm with user-controlled density guarantee. The algorithm is computationally and memory efficient, easy to implement and inherently allows for the generation of progressive and multiresolution representations of the input point set.

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