The invention discloses a method of filtering an airborne 
LiDAR (
Light Detection and 
Ranging) 
point cloud. The method comprises the following steps of firstly, carrying out gross error 
elimination and 
regular grid transformation on 
LiDAR point cloud data so as to generate a depth image; secondly, computing a segmented elevation threshold through an Otsu 
algorithm in an image threshold segmentation technology, and carrying out iterative rough classification of ground points and non-ground points on the 
point cloud data, which are obtained before 
regular grid transformation and 
resampling, through the threshold; lastly, respectively carrying out progressive 
triangulation network filtering on the classified ground points and non-ground points through the two different thresholds, and outputting 
network construction point 
cloud data, namely, ground 
point data. According to the method, the point 
cloud data, which participate in a filtering process, are data, which are obtained before 
regular grid transformation and 
resampling, so that the problem of accuracy loss of the point cloud due to regular grid transformation can be effectively avoided; a categorical attribute guidance is provided for the progressive 
triangulation network filtering, a filtering strategy is correspondingly adjusted for different 
terrain conditions, so that a better filtering effect is obtained.