Airborne LiDAR scans a terrain surface to obtain a laser point cloud
which is used to reconstruct a 3-D image of the surveyed terrain. During the measurement procedure of airborne LiDAR
the attitude angles of the airborne platform always fluctuate
which has a significant influence on the point density distribution of the laser point cloud and on the accuracy of the reconstructed digital surface model (DSM). In order to compensate for the adverse effects of attitude fluctuations
an attitude compensation prototype was designed that includes the mechanical structure and control system design. To verify the influence of attitude fluctuations on LiDAR measurements and to validate the compensation effectiveness of the designed attitude compensation prototype
a semi-physical simulation system was set up. The total control software was programmed to realize the time-synchronization control and data acquisition of all sub-systems. Using the semi-physical simulation system
the imaging procedure of airborne LiDAR and the attitude compensation principle were simulated and verified
and the RMSE of the post-compensation DSM was reduced to 3.28 mm from the original that was over 3.50 mm. Experimental results show that the working process simulation for airborne LiDAR and the compensation principle of the designed attitude compensation prototype are correct
and that the attitude compensation prototype has significant compensation effectiveness for airborne LiDAR.
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