This document discusses point clouds and components in FME. It introduces user-defined components that allow adding, removing, or modifying custom components in FME 2014. It provides examples of extracting data from a geonames database and comparing a CSV reader to a point cloud XYZ reader. Finally, it lists new and updated transformers in FME for handling point cloud components and supporting the LAS 1.4 format.

1. CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Point Clouds: The Power of
Components

2. Eye-pleasing Demos of Point Clouds?
 NOT THIS YEAR!
(some serious stuff is coming)

3. Components for Beginners
 If you don’t know what components are
Point clouds have attributes Points have components

4. 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

5. User-defined Components in FME 2014
Now FME can:
 Add/remove/modify
user components
 Set their data type
 Save them to
supporting format

6. Example 1
 Extract populated places from geonames database
(8.7 Mln records, http://www.geonames.org/)

7. CSV Reader VS Point Cloud XYZ Reader
 Same input, same output, where is the difference?

8. New Transformers for
Component Handling
 PointCloudComponentAdder
 PointCloudComponentCopier
 PointCloudComponentKeeper
 PointCloudComponentRemover
 PointCloudComponentRenamer
 PointCloudComponentTypeCoercer

9. Updated Transformers
 PointCloudCoercer
 PointCloudCombiner
 PointCloudCreator
 PointCloudExpressionEvaluator
 PointCloudFilter
 PointCloudOnRasterComponentSetter
 PointCloudPropertyExtractor
 PointCloudSplitter

10. LAS 1.4 Support - Example 2
 User components
 1.4 Legacy Compatible mode

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