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Bryce Frank edited this page Feb 9, 2017 · 7 revisions

pyfor - LiDAR Analysis for Forest Resources

Introduction

Pyfor is a project intended to provide an open source Python module for processing and analyzing LiDAR data in the context of forest resources. Although many software tools exist that do this task, such as the US Forest Service published FUSION, none exist in the Python language and in the open source realm. Since Python and a large number of its relevant packages (or modules) are free and open source, development of pyfor will allow for broad access and development of LiDAR analysis tools, and bring LiDAR analytics of forest resources to a larger audience.

Functionality

  1. Bare earth model (BEM) generation from raw LiDAR point clouds (LAS support only).
  2. Point cloud height normalization.
  3. Shapefile (shp) clipping of point clouds.
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