Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lidar scan of Folsom and Dore St, San Francisco

Lidar scan of Folsom and Dore St, San Francisco
Voting period ends on 26 Dec 2019  at 05:41:36 (UTC)
 * Reason:This is a representation of a point cloud accumulated using an automotive lidar from a moving vehicle. This type of lidar may be used on autonomous cars, which is a popular topic recently. As a striking image that is the first and (so far) only example of this type of data on Wikimedia Commons, it provides encyclopaedic value for lidar, as well as articles on the algorithmic techniques of aligning such data (SLAM and point set registration).
 * Articles in which this image appears:Point set registration; lidar; Simultaneous localization and mapping
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
 * Creator:user:dllu


 * Support as nominator – dllu (t,c) 05:41, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support - even though I'd much prefer a viewpoint from the car's position, but I realize that might be much more cluttered... I guess this was recorded at night - no people visible (unless that's a drunken person leaning against the light pole at 2 o'clock from center... ;-) --Janke | Talk 09:27, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose – Visual information in this type of image is not readily accessible to the general reader/viewer, therefore it lacks EV. – Sca (talk) 15:45, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Really? I beg to differ very strongly, I found this image very interesting indeed, and the info in it very accessible and of high EV. In context of the articles, it really explains how a Lidar "sees" the world around it. Did you look at it in full size? --Janke | Talk 21:47, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * It's interesting to compare this Lidar image with Google Maps Street View: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7732761,-122.4122636,3a,90y,174.21h,93.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJJoU3lJFhDtmVcA02AaFlA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 ... Note how the Lidar "sees" inside the buildings, through the windows and open doors. --Janke | Talk 08:43, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. MER-C 10:39, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:28, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Geoffroi  08:22, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. Malikxan  talk 00:56, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 09:25, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Added image to Engineering and technology/Others instead. Armbrust The Homunculus 09:25, 26 December 2019 (UTC)