Challenge
Hernando County Florida needed to create a 3-D model of the City of Brooksville and turned to the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) office for help in getting the estimated building heights.
Solution
Because of LIDAR’s 3-dimensional qualities it is the perfect data source to extract building elevation information. This point cloud characteristic plus the building extraction tools in LP360 also serve to provide valuable input for floodplain analysis. SWFWMD solution workflow:
