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In this section, the table summarizes the available useful packages, software solutions which can be useful during LiDAR data processing.
- Vegetation analysis
| Software name | Licence | System | Programming language | Ideal dataset | Download link | Functions | User guide | Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rLiDAR | free | linux/windows | R | ALS | https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rLiDAR/index.html | |||
| lidR | free | linux/windows | R | ALS | https://github.com/Jean-Romain/lidR | https://github.com/Jean-Romain/lidR/blob/master/R/lastrees.r | fftwtool install https://support.bioconductor.org/p/88581/ | |
| itcSegment | free | linux/windows | R | ALS | https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/itcSegment/index.html | |||
| FUSION | free | windows | interface exist | ALS | http://forsys.cfr.washington.edu/fusion/fusionlatest.html | |||
| Computree | free | linux/windows | interface exist | TLS | http://computree.onf.fr/?lang=en | |||
| 3DForest | free | windows | interface exist | TLS | http://www.3dforest.eu/ | |||
| LiForest | http://greenvalleyintl.com/software/liforest/ |
- Visualization
| Software name | Licence | System | Programming language | Ideal dataset | Download link | Functions | User guide | Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FugroViewer | free | linux/windows | interface exist | - | https://www.fugro.com/about-fugro/our-expertise/technology/fugroviewer | |||
| Cloud Compare | free | linux/windows | interface exist / C++ | ALS/TLS | http://www.danielgm.net/cc/ | |||
| PCL library | free | linux/Windows | C++/Python(partly) | TLS | http://pointclouds.org/documentation/tutorials/cloud_viewer.php | |||
| potree | free | linux/Windows | https://github.com/potree/potree | |||||
| plas.io | free | LAS | http://neondataskills.org/lidar-data/online-data-viewer/ |
- General point cloud data processing
| Software name | Licence | System | Programming language | Ideal dataset | Download link | Functions | User guide | Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAGA GIS | free | linux/windows | ALS | http://www.saga-gis.org/en/index.html | ||||
| GRASS GIS | free | linux/windows | ALS | https://grass.osgeo.org/ | ||||
| Cloud Compare | free | linux/windows | interface exist / C++ | ALS/TLS | http://www.danielgm.net/cc/ | |||
| LAStools | not free | windows | interface exist / command line (batch) | ALS | https://rapidlasso.com/lastools/ | |||
| OPALS | not free | windows | command line (batch) + Python/C++ | ALS/TLS | http://geo.tuwien.ac.at/opals/html/index.html | |||
| LP360 | not free | windows | interface exist | |||||
| TerraScan | not free | windows | interface exist | |||||
| LIS | not free | linux/windows |
- Database management
| Software name | Licence | System | Programming language | Ideal dataset | Download link | Functions | User guide | Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL | free | linux/windows | SQL | - | https://www.postgresql.org/ | |||
| Oracle | not free | |||||||
| MonetDB | https://www.monetdb.org/Home |
- Data handling
| Software name | Licence | System | Programming language | Ideal dataset | Download link | Functions | User guide | Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCL library | free | linux/Windows | C++/Python(partly) | TLS/low cost equipment (kinect) | http://pointclouds.org/ | pcd fileformat, kdtree/octree data handling | http://robotica.unileon.es/index.php/PhD-3D-Object-Tracking | |
| liblas | free | linux/windows | C++/Python (...) | - | https://www.liblas.org/ | reading las files | ||
| pdal | free | linux/windows | C++ | https://www.pdal.io/ | ||||
| pylas | free | linux/windows | Python | http://pythonhosted.org/laspy/tutorial.html | http://pythonhosted.org/laspy/tutorial.html |
- Segmentation
| Software name | Licence | System | Programming language | Ideal dataset | Download link | Functions | User guide | Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCL library | free | linux/Windows | C++/Python(partly) | TLS/low cost equipment (kinect) | http://pointclouds.org/ | |||
| PattyAnalitics | free | https://github.com/NLeSC/PattyAnalytics |
- Useful packages
| Software name | Licence | System | Programming language | Ideal dataset | Download link | Functions | User guide | Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gdal | free | linux/windows | C++/Python/R (...) | - | ||||
| ogr | free | linux/windows | C++/Python/R (...) | - | ||||
| cgal | free | linux/windows | C++ | - | http://www.cgal.org/ | |||
| opencv | free | linux/windows | C++ | http://opencv.org/ | ||||
| shapely | free | linux/windows | Python | https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely | ||||
| pyflann | free | linux/windows | Python | https://github.com/primetang/pyflann | http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mariusm/uploads/FLANN/manual.pdf | |||
| scikit-image | free | linux/windows | Python | http://scikit-image.org/ |