pdal

Point Data Abstraction Library

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pdal.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install pdal
Ubuntu
apt-get install pdal
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S pdal
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install pdal
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pdal
OS X
brew install pdal
Raspbian
apt-get install pdal

pdal

Point Data Abstraction Library

PDAL is a BSD licensed library for translating and manipulating point cloud data of various formats. PDAL can be used to read, write and translate point cloud data in many formats. Support is included for input files of LAS, LAZ, SBET, BPF, QFIT and others. PDAL can also read from and write to databases that support point cloud storage, including Oracle, Postgres and SQLite. PDAL should not be confused with PCL (Point Cloud Library). PCL is a library specifically designed to provide algorithmic analysis and modification of point clouds. PDAL provides a limited interface to the facilities of PCL, but does not in general attempt to duplicate its capabilities. This package contains the PDAL utilities.