[Qgis-developer] Lidar data into QGIS

[Stefan Keller]

Hi,

Since LIDAR data 1. has a special data structure 2. is huge and 3.
needs index, using a database with QGIS as client seems to me a
natural architectural decision.
As you may know, PostgreSQL has a pointcloud extension made by the
"father" of PostGIS, Paul.
See e.g. my wiki notes and presentation here: http://giswiki.hsr.ch/PointCloud

-- Stefan


2014/1/29 Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>:
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> Il 29/01/2014 19:04, Larry Shaffer ha scritto:
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>> I contacted Howard Butler, one of the developers of PDAL, about possibly providing
>> some input on questions we have in this thread, and believe he is now subscribed to
>> the list.
>>
>> Howard, any ideas on a strategy for using PDAL in QGIS, e.g. via proposed GDAL
>> support, as a separate data provider, and/or utilizing its command line utilities via
>> a Processing plugin provider?
>
> IMVHO we need a data provider rather (before) than processing tools.
> I believe this would be easier with a dedicated provider rather than through GDAL,
> but I leave the question to Howard or others.
> All the best.
>
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> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
> Corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html
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