GeoCue’s repository of articles covering tools, tips, and workflows for processing point clouds in LP360 Geospatial.
Note: While the Arctoolbox tools are still an option within the product, the introduction of LAS File Analyst in v2018.1 and the ReProject/Shift LAS PCT in v2017.1, the new tools provide more efficient and robust tools and are now the recommended tools to use. LP360 has a set of four tools that can be accessed…
KBA-01009-G8L3T4 Purpose & Scope Modify LP360 Settings to Avoid Large Surface Voids Procedure Surface exports with large void areas such as lakes or other water bodies may require changes to the default export settings. LP360 makes inspections of the neighborhood adjacent to small processing blocks in order to correctly identify the right set of points…
See the 2018 updated version of this article here. One of the more powerful capabilities within LP360 is breakline capture and enforcement. In fact, many LIDAR production shops use LP360 as their tool of choice for supplementing point cloud data (derived from LIDAR or correlated imagery) with breaklines. But what are breaklines and how should…
Hillshading is a way to determine the hypothetical illumination of a surface based on a given light source position in the sky. Positions on the terrain that are most exposed to the light source have high illumination or brightness values, whereas terrain positions that are hidden or protected from the light source have low to…
A useful visualization tool is Drape Profile, available in the Profile Window. With this tool, you can draw a profile line that is draped to your surface. The draped line is the result of overlaying/draping the center of the profile extent on a triangulated irregular network (TIN) created from the LIDAR points. The result is…
We often think of using LIDAR data either in simple operations for generating derived products, such as creating gridded elevation files, or for more esoteric operations, such as automatic extraction of building footprints. However, LIDAR data included as a standard layer in your ArcGIS® project (using LP360 for ArcGIS®, of course) can prove very useful,…
Information about the latest LP360 software version, links to the Installation and Update guides, registration history and maintenance dates can be obtained using the CD key information for both new and current customers. Current customers may directly access this information in three different ways: within LP360 for Windows®, LP360 for ArcGIS® or by using the…
Do you ever get irritated that you have to enter your symbology information/settings into each view window? The Copy Legends dialog (Figure 1) is the answer you are looking for. The LP360 Copy Legends dialog allows you to quickly copy the LIDAR display and symbology settings such as elevation, classification, point source, and return combinations…
LP360 is a family of tools for exploiting point clouds. The fundamental difference between an image and a point cloud is that the point cloud is a three dimensional representation of an environment whereas an image is a two dimensional representation (or, at best, a “two and a half” dimensional representation). A second major difference…
In a visual world an image is easily recognizable to viewers when compared to a monochrome point cloud and can be one of the biggest challenges when a new person attempts to interpret LIDAR data sets for the first time. The LAS format (v1.2 and later) supports the storage of point color values directly within…
