The document discusses how to leverage FME (Feature Manipulation Engine) for effective lidar and point cloud data processing. It highlights various solutions for transforming, integrating, and managing point cloud data, as well as provides insights into using different formats and performing various operations. Additionally, it mentions upcoming webinars and free training options for users interested in enhancing their skills with FME.

1. Gain Total Control of Your
LiDAR and Point Cloud Data
How to quickly transform LiDAR data
to meet your requirements with FME
February 28, 2013

2. Who Are We?
Dale Lutz
Co-Founder and
Vice President of Development
Safe Software
Dmitri Bagh
Scenario Creation and
Testing Analyst
Safe Software

3. Questions are Encouraged!
 This morning’s Q&A Support:
Dave Campanas,
Product Specialist
Safe Software
 Dean Hintz
Senior Analyst
Safe Software

5. FME – Feature Manipulation Engine
Powering The Flow of Spatial Data

6. Poll: Do you currently use
FME for LiDAR/Point cloud
processing?

7. FME Capabilities
Transform Data to Use and Share
 Convert spatial data between
hundreds of formats
 Transform spatial data into the
precise data model you need
 Integrate multiple different data
types into a single data model
 Share spatial data with people
where, when and how they need it

8. Workbench:
Graphical Data Flow Authoring

9. Demo 1

10. LiDAR & Point Clouds:
The Heartache

11. Raster Review

12. Point Clouds Are…
RASTERS
gone
WILD

14. Poll: Which point cloud formats
are you interested in?

15. Point Cloud Solution 1: Translate
Raster Formats
Vector Formats ASTM E57
LAS
Oracle Spatial Point Cloud
Pointools POD
Point Cloud XYZ
RIEGL Laser Scan Database
Terrasolid TerraScan
Z+F LaserControl ZFS

16. Point Cloud Solution 1: LAS/LAZ
 LAS Reader/Writer support for versions 1.0–
1.2
 LAS Reader and Writer Compression
 Using Open Source German-Written LASZip
technology (http://laszip.org)

17. Point Cloud Solution 1: LAS/LAZ
 LAS Reader/Writer support for versions 1.0–
1.2
 LAS Reader and Writer Compression
 Using Open Source German-Written LASZip
technology (http://laszip.org)

18. Point Cloud Solution 2: Inspect

19. Poll: What are the typical
operations you need to perform
on point clouds?

20. Point Cloud Solution 3: Reproject

21. Point Cloud Solution 3: Reproject
 Geocentric coordinates support
 Orthometric heights support

22. Demo 2

23. Point Cloud Solution 3: Reproject
 BMGReprojector

24. Point Cloud Solution 4: Tile

25. Point Cloud Solution 5: Clip

26. Point Cloud Solution 5: Clip
 One Billion Point Tiling / Clipping

27. Point Cloud Solution 5:
Cubic Clip

28. Point Cloud Solution 5:
Cubic Clip

29. Point Cloud Solution 6: Thin

30. Point Cloud Solution 7:
Surface Model

31. Point Cloud Solution 8: Combine

32. Point Cloud Solution 8: Combine

33. Point Cloud Solution 9: Split

34. Point Cloud Solution 9: Split
 Split by Color & Intensity Ranges

35. Demo 3

36. Point Cloud Solution 9: Split

37. Point Cloud Solution 10:
Colorization
 PointCloudOnRasterComponentSetter

38. Point Cloud Solution 10:
Colorization

39. Point Cloud Solution 11:
Extents Calculation & Update

40. Point Cloud Solution 12:
ArcGIS 10.1
 Create .lasd files for quick LAS use in ArcGIS

41. Point Cloud Solution 12:
ArcGIS 10.1
 Create .lasd files for quick LAS use in ArcGIS

42. Point Cloud Solution 13:
Profiling and Slicing

43. Point Cloud Solution 14:
Per Point Calculations

44. Demo 4
16/07/12

45. Point Cloud Solution 15:
Per Point Filtering

46. Demo 5

47. Point Cloud Solution 16:
Performance
 One Billion Points:
 Tiling: 4h 45 m
 Clipping: 10h 30 m
 One Quarter Billion Points:
 Surface Modelling: 2h
 Parallel Processing:
 Visit http://fme.ly/parallel

48. Demo 6

49. Unconventional Point Cloud Uses
 Raster Histograms  Polygon Splitting

50. Summary
 FME can help you put your Point Cloud
tiger in its cage!

51. Upcoming webinars
 How to Automatically Create Beautiful
Cartographic Labels Using FME's New
MapTextLabeller – March 6
 How to Efficiently Transform Non-Spatial Data
using FME – March 13
Recorded Webinars:
 http://fme.ly/webinars

52. Poll: Would you like more
information on our free
training options?
 View the offerings at:
 http://fme.ly/online

53. We’ll Be Following Up

54. Thank You!
 For more information, contact:
 Sales
 info@safe.com
 Support
 support@safe.com
 (604)501-9985 ext. 278
 Dmitri
 dmitri.bagh@safe.com
 Dale
 dal@safe.com