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Point Clouds: The Power of Components

Eye-pleasing Demos of Point Clouds?

NOT THIS YEAR!

(some serious stuff is coming)

Components for Beginners

If you don’t know what components are

Point clouds have attributes Points have components

Components Before FME 2014

Based on LAS1.2 x y z intensity color classification return number_of_returns gps_time

gps_week angle flight_ line flight_line_edge scan_ direction point_source_id posix_time user_data

User-defined Components in FME 2014

Now FME can:

Add/remove/modify user

components

Set their data type

Save them to

supporting format

Example 1

Extract populated places from geonames database (8.7 Mln records, http://www.geonames.org/)

CSV Reader VS Point Cloud XYZ Reader

Same input, same output, where is the difference?

New Transformers for Component Handling

PointCloudComponentAdder PointCloudComponentCopier PointCloudComponentKeeper PointCloudComponentRemover PointCloudComponentRenamer PointCloudComponentTypeCoercer

Updated Transformers

PointCloudCoercer PointCloudCombiner PointCloudCreator PointCloudExpressionEvaluator PointCloudFilter PointCloudOnRasterComponentSetter PointCloudPropertyExtractor PointCloudSplitter

LAS 1.4 Support - Example 2

User components 1.4 Legacy Compatible mode

Thank You!

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