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Filter Selected Lidar Points

The advanced filtering of Lidar Data can be applied from the Digitizer tool, or when using the Lidar Toolbars Automatic Classification and Feature Extraction tools.

To access this option from the Digitizer, select a set of Lidar Points, then right-click with the digitizer and under Advanced Selection Options choose the option to Filter Selected Lidar Points By Elev/Color/Class etc...
The advanced lidar filtering options are also available while running lidar tools, including Create Elevation Grid, Automatic Classification tools, Extract Vector Features and Lidar LAS/LAZ Export Options by choosing the Filter Points..., Filter Points by Elev/Class/etc..., or Filter Lidar Points to Use by Elevation/Class/Color/Etc... buttons.

The Filter Lidar Points dialog (below) contains options to filter lidar points by elevation, height above ground, color, classification, return type, point source ID, scan angle, and NDVI or NDWI if colored by raster calculation results.

The dialog provides various options to selectively keep or to remove (unselect) points based on their properties.

Elevation Filtering

These options allow filtering or unselecting Lidar points based on elevation.

Height Above Ground Filtering

These options allow filtering or unselecting Lidar points based on Height Above Ground.

Color Filtering

This option allows for selecting Lidar Points based on RGB values. Add a color and use the slider to determine how similar colors must be to be included in the Filter.

Classification Filtering

Filter or unselect Lidar points by unchecking Classes.

Point Source ID Filtering

Select Lidar points based on Point Source ID. Point Source IDs identify the flight used when collecting the Data.

Return Type Filtering

Filter or unselect Lidar points by unchecking Return Types.

Filtering on Other Values

Scan Angle

Filter by the acceptable scan angle specified in the point attributes.

Intensity

Filter by the intensity value of the point features. The intensity value comes from the strength of the return signal, and helps to identify differences in surface textures similar to bands of color imagery.

Point Density

Filter data based on the calculated point density. This is calculated on load based on other points in the layer.

NDVI

If the points have Red and IR (Infrared) values associated with them, they may be filtered by NDVI value. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index values range from -1 to 1. For more information see NDVI

NDWI

Filter by NDWI values. This uses the Green and NIR channels to identify water in water bodies. For more information see NDWI

*Some filtering options will only be available to users with the Lidar Module registered.