FME 2015 has notably added functionality for working with point clouds, there are two new formats (Caris Spatial Archive and Minecraft), and three transformers - PointCloudStatisticsCalculator, PointCloudSorter, and PointCloudMerger. This presentation concentrates on using these transformers in four scenarios: Classification, Rasterization for biomass calculation, Vectorization (feature extraction) and Building Height Calculation.

1. Point clouds: Sort and Merge

2. Formats
 NEW Formats:
 CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) Point Cloud
 Mojang Minecraft
 Updated Format:
 LAS 1.3 and 1.4 support

3. New Transformers
 PointCloudSorter
 PointCloudMerger
 PointCloudStatisticsCalculator

4. Usage example
 Several scenarios in a single workspace:
 Classification
 Biomass calculation
 Feature Extraction

5. Usage example
 Classification

6. Usage example
 Raster Output (Biomass calculation)

7. Usage example
 Vector Output (Feature extraction)

8. PointCloudStatisticsCalculator
 Port Coquitlam building example

9. PointCloudStatisticsCalculator
 Port Coquitlam Output

10. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 gbambrick@imgs.ie