Development of LiDAR Database Management System using Open Source Software

This study is focused on the development of a LiDAR database management system for the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) to facilitate user authentication, retrieval of LiDAR datasets, storage, scheduling of LiDAR flight sessions and generation of new data products. Additionally, the design goal of the data management system is to support managers-vendors relationship, as well as new data generation out of the results. In this study, we described the structure development of LiDAR database management system and how the system collaborated with data production and data acquisition. The architecture of such application in WebGIS, providing map interactivity in displaying a simple dataset of LiDAR data by using Open Layers integration via GeoJSON format as the spatial data were used to show the implementation of such feature. We also used the Open Source Software (OSS) in the development of the LiDAR Database Management System for JUPEM. This was because many countries, especially in the public sector, were slowly transferring from using proprietary software to OSS.