User requirements Massive Point Clouds for eSciences (WP1)

This report is a milestone in work package 1 (WP1) of the project Massive point clouds for eSciences. In WP1 the basic functionalities needed for a new Point Cloud Spatial Database Management System are identified. This is achieved by (1) literature research, (2) discussions with the project members, and (3) customer surveys. In this work package three organizations TU Delft, Rijkswaterstaat and Fugro have worked together to assemble the user requirements for a new Point Cloud Spatial Database Management System. The following persons were involved in this work package. A.E. Nonhebel (Ardi) TU Delft, TU Delft Library/3TU.Datacentrum (work package manager) Ir. I. Alkemade (Ingrid) Rijkswaterstaat, Centrale Informatievoorziening Ir. M.P. Kodde (Martin) Fugro GeoServices B.V. Drs. T.P.M. Tijssen (Theo) TU Delft, Onderzoeksinstituut OTB, department of GIS Technology Prof.dr.ir. P.J.M. van Oosterom (Peter) TU Delft, Onderzoeksinstituut OTB, department of GIS Technology Drs. P.M. Suijker (Paul) TU Delft, TU Delft Library, section Research support During the investigation the Up-to-date Height Model of the Netherlands1 (AHN) datasets have been used as an example of the type of data that will be included in the new point cloud spatial DBMS. The AHN data consists of raster data and point cloud data. Both data types have been considered.LibraryDelft University of Technolog