Creating virtual models of Arhyz region

Designing mountain tourism clusters requires a significant amount of effort from different specialists from different organizations and regions. The free exchange of high-precision data can be difficult; the data itself, as a rule, cannot be obtained from funds, which requires high-precision surveys using the latest technologies. The paper describes an approach to providing information to diverse specialists with high-precision information, through surveying using the airborne laser scanning method, digital aerial photography. Information support is achieved by cartographic products derived from these materials, including a virtual model with closed spatial data. In addition to the use of open data for less important regions, the work separately examines aspects of surveying in different seasons and the opportunities that this approach provides (calculation of the depth layer of snow cover, the ability to decipher hazardous processes associated with snow). An approach to filling virtual models not only with traditional two-dimensional and three-dimensional cartographic materials, but also with points of laser reflections from above-ground objects is also described. This approach not only improves the visual quality of the 3D model rendering, providing a high level of realism, but also allows users to make accurate measurements based on the original survey information. The paper discusses approaches to optimizing data storage and visualization, allowing you to work with a large amount of spatial information without the use of specialized computers. Various approaches to visualizing laser reflection points in model space are considered.