[Qgis-user] Point cloud vertical profiles and measurements (QGIS version 3.22)

Andreas Neumann a.neumann at carto.net
Tue Feb 1 01:12:00 PST 2022


Hi Ranjith,

This is not (yet) available in QGIS. But there is a recent successful 
crowd funding 
https://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/crowdfunding/elevation-pointcloud-enhancements-qgis/

You can probably expect this functionality with either QGIS 3.26 or 
3.28.

Andreas

On 2022-02-01 10:01, Ranjith Gopalakrishnan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using QGIS version 3.22.3 (QGIS 3.18+ supports point cloud 
> visualisation natively, see here [1]). I have some point cloud data 
> generated from LiDAR instruments. I would like to generate several 
> vertical profiles at various locations of the point cloud extents. And 
> I would like to make vertical measurements, to determine vertical 
> height differences.
> 
> For example, in ArcMAP 10.5, after I have loaded the LiDAR data, I can 
> use the "profile view" tool. In that tool, I can make vertical 
> measurements. Please see the screenshot below; blue points are from one 
> point cloud source and red one are from another. Is there any way to do 
> the same thing in QGIS?
> 
> [2]
> 
> I have also posted the same question in gis.stackexchange.com [3], here 
> [4].
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ranjith.
> 
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Links:
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[1] https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelog318/
[2] https://i.stack.imgur.com/d1suG.png
[3] http://gis.stackexchange.com
[4] 
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/422531/point-cloud-vertical-profiles-and-measurements-qgis-version-3-22
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