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Sometimes when troubleshooting it can help us if we can get a system information dump for your machine. We need the information to comb through your settings and installed programs to look for anything that may be at odds with other machines or our test machines. Follow these instructions to complete a dump. To bring up…
In the LIDAR industry the generally accepted definition for Nominal Pulse Spacing (NPS) is the one detailed in the USGS base LIDAR Specification. That is the spacing between points in the collection when in reference to single instrument, single swath, first return only LIDAR point data. The NPS is a value that is usually predicted by…
The Global Encoding Bytes in an LAS file is a bit field used to indicate certain global properties about the file. In LAS 1.2 (the version in which this field was introduced), only the low bit is defined (this is the bit, that if set, would have the unsigned integer yield a value of 1).…
ASPRS (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) LAS Specification defines the attributed that can be stored in each point data record format (0 through 10). The chart below provides a summary as to which attributes can be stored in which format. Attribute 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 X…
Several months ago I signed up for the automatic update to Windows 10 that was to occur on July 29 (2015). Sure enough, early in the morning on July 29, my Windows Updates interface informed me that I could download the 2.5 GB Windows 10 update. I was pretty excited about this. Like many folks,…
The LIDAR community has been gradually adopting the terminology “Quality Level” to categorize airborne LIDAR data. The idea is to use a simple scheme to characterize the more important features of a LIDAR data set into a few broad groups designated QLn where n is the quality level. LIDAR Quality Levels – Part 1
May we suggest the following: Airborne Topographic Lidar Manual by Michael Renslow, Editor https://eserv.asprs.org/web/staticcontent/staticpages/4587.htm Topographic Laser Ranging & Scanning Principles & Process by Jie Shan and Charles Toth https://eserv.asprs.org/web/staticcontent/staticpages/4583.htm Digital Elevation Model Technologies & Applications, 2nd Ed. by David F. Maune, Editor https://eserv.asprs.org/web/staticcontent/staticpages/1069.htm
The GeoCue Group Knowledge Base is a one stop shop for information and support for all GeoCue Group products (Figure 1). Product information is available for AirGon, GeoCue, LP360 and Terrasolid. This searchable site makes finding information easy and fast. Search for product specific workflows, installation and licensing information, case studies or investigate the Frequently…
In the previous articles we provided an introduction to coordinate systems, geoids, datums and projections. This background information was needed in order to delve into more details on transformations and changing projections in the various software packages to help you do more with LIDAR data. This article will provide the information into transformations and changing…
In the previous article, we briefly mentioned coordinate systems while looking at how they played a role when defining the MicroStation design cube and setting up the Terrasolid software. A brief mention was fine for that setup, but if we wish to delve into more details on transformations and changing projections in the various software…