Digital 3D Reconstruction of Ancient Chinese Great Wild Goose Pagoda by TLS Point Clouds Hierarchical Registration

Abstract

Digital reconstruction of ancient buildings is very challenging due to its architectural complexity and structural delicacy. Therefore, how to apply new Earth Observation (EO) technology to digitally reconstruct the complete and real model of ancient buildings without damage has become an urgent issue. This paper proposed a multi-scan point cloud hierarchical registration method for 3D reconstruction of ancient Chinese Great Wild Goose Pagoda based on Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) data. First, a multi-scan point cloud hierarchical registration method is elaborate designed for 3D reconstruction. Then, the outline feature of ancient Chinese Great Wild Goose Pagoda is automatically extracted by point cloud slicing. Finally, fine modeling is carried out according to the outline feature extracted from the reconstructed point cloud, after that block combination and texture mapping are conducted for 3D digitalization and documentation. The experiments indicate that the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of multi-scan hierarchical registration of the translation and rotation are less than 3 cm and 0.862° respectively, and the complete and real model of the Great Wild Goose Pagoda is obtained by fine modeling and texture mapping, which provides an important reference for 3D digital protection of ancient buildings.