Lidar Analysis

Global Mapper's "Lidar" tools are compatible with any point cloud data, and are not explicitly limited to lidar. For information on Global Mapper's capabilities with point cloud data, see Point Cloud Support in Global Mapper

The Lidar Analysis Menu includes:

• Filter Lidar Data

• Selection

  • Select by Class

  • Select Lidar by Distance

  • Find Duplicate Lidar

  • Select Lidar Segments

• Create Mesh from Selected Lidar

• Spatially Thin Lidar Layers

• Apply Color to Lidar Points

• QC Tools

• Create Swath Separation Image

• Pixels to Points

• Manual Classification options

• Switch Lidar Classes

• Automated Point Cloud Analysis Tool
  • Segmentation
  • Automatic Ground Classification
  • Automatic Building Classification
  • Powerline Classification
  • Vegitation
  • Pole Classification
  • Automatic Noise Classification
  • Extract Vector Features

Some of the available tools for working with lidar and other 3D point clouds include:

• Lidar Toolbars
• Filter Selected Lidar Points
• Lidar Class Properties
• Using the Path Profile Tool with Lidar Data
• Custom Feature Extraction
• Create Elevation Grid from 3D Vector Data
• Delete Duplicate Lidar Points