Blaž Vidmar
FLAI D.O.O.
About the Speaker
Blaž Vidmar is Head of Business Development at Flai, where he works with national mapping agencies and large-scale Lidar production teams across Europe to deploy AI-powered point cloud classification. He holds an MSc in Geodesy and Geoinformatics and brings decades of point cloud experience, including a commercial background at Pix4D and earlier research in photogrammetry for cultural heritage.
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Date
Exhibitor event
Smart City
Thursday, Sep 17, 2026
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Europe/Berlin
Vortrag // Presentation
C5 | Application Dome | C5L133
English
AI-Powered Lidar Classification at National Scale: Inside the Digital Twin Germany Programme
Germany is running one of the largest coordinated LiDAR campaigns in Europe. The Digital Twin Germany (DigiZ-DE) program, led by the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), is surveying 356,794 km² of the country at a point density of 40 pts/m², roughly four to eight times higher than typical national LiDAR surveys. The result is a unified 3D model of the entire country, supporting urban planning, crisis management, and long-term sustainability.
At this scale, automation isn't a convenience. It's a necessity. In this session, Flai shares how AI-powered LiDAR point cloud classification is being applied across the DigiZ-DE program: classifying ground, vegetation, buildings, water, bridges, power lines, wind turbines, and project-specific object classes in a single automated run.
Key takeaways:
- How AI-driven LiDAR classification scales to country-level point cloud volumes
- Strip-level noise classification, granular power line categorization, and dedicated handling of project-specific classes like wind turbines
- Why a 12-class ASPRS-based scheme, extended with custom classes, works at national scale
- Local vs. cloud processing trade-offs for large LiDAR programs
This talk is aimed at national mapping agencies, regional surveying authorities, and geospatial production teams running large LiDAR programs. It offers a concrete look at what AI-supported classification makes possible today.
Background: an independent overview was published in GIM International, "Processing nationwide data for Germany's digital twin": https://www.gim-international.com/content/article/processing-nationwide-data-for-germany-s-digital-twin

