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Zsófia Koma edited this page Sep 17, 2017 · 25 revisions

Handling LiDAR data through existing software solutions

This tutorial is focusing on getting an overview on how to derive additional attributes for LiDAR data using already existing software solutions. This can be an input for segmentation/classification tasks within the e-EcoLiDAR project.

List of recommended software

  • FugroViewer
  • Cloud Compare
  • OPALS – you should register on the download page and download opals_2.2.0_win64.exe and opals_2.2.0._win_PythonAddons.exe. After you downloaded it you should extract into a directory (firstly run the *win64.exe than *PythonAddons.exe). If you get the error message “If the Redistributable Packages for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, 2010 and/or 2015 have not already been installed on your machine, then it is necessary to install them by runnning" you should run the exe files within [path name of the directory where you extracted your opals]\addons\vcredist 2008, 2010, 2015 directories.
  • LAStools – you should download and extract it into a directory
  • QGIS (with GRASS GIS)
  • R
  • Python