Tag: pdal

All the articles with the tag "pdal".

• COPC: Cloud Optimized Point Clouds for Streaming LiDAR

  Published:Aug 16, 2026 |  at 10:00 AM

  A practical guide to COPC (Cloud Optimized Point Cloud), the LAZ 1.4 based format that lets you stream massive LiDAR datasets over HTTP without downloading them. Learn its internal structure, how to create COPC files with PDAL and Untwine, how to query them remotely from Python, and how it compares to Entwine's EPT format.

• Processing Point Clouds with PDAL

  Published:Jun 1, 2026 |  at 10:00 AM

  A practical introduction to PDAL (Point Data Abstraction Library) for processing LiDAR point clouds. Learn the pipeline model, run filters from the command line and JSON, and integrate PDAL with Python and NumPy.