Watch the webinar video on demand at: www.safe.com/webinars Find out how to quickly prepare LiDAR data to meet your requirements with FME, the leading technology for spatial data transformation. Through demonstrations, you'll see how you can easily perform coordinate system re-projection, format translation, and integration with GIS, CAD and raster data on millions or billions of points in seconds. We'll also share how the enhancements in FME 2012 make it even easier to get the most out of LiDAR data.

1. Preparing LiDAR Data
To Use and Share
Solving LiDAR Integration and
Transformation Headaches with FME 2012
March 8, 2012

2. Who Are We?

3. Questions are Encouraged!

4. Questions are Encouraged!

6. Powering The Flow of Spatial Data

7. Poll: Have You Used FME?

8. FME Capabilities
Transform Data to Use and Share
onvert spatial data between
hundreds of formats
ransform spatial data into the
precise data model you need
ntegrate multiple different data
types into a single data model
hare spatial data with people

9. Work with all Data Types
Point
Database Raster Web 3D/BIM
XML/GML
GIS
Clouds CAD

10. FME Workbench:
Graphical Data Flow Authoring

11. Demo

12. Poll: Your End Goals

13. LiDAR & Point Clouds:
The Heartache

14. Raster Review

15. LiDAR & Point Clouds Are…
R
RASTERS
gone
W
WILD

16. Misbehaviour #1:
Huge Data Volumes

17. Misbehaviour #2:
Irregular Spacing

18. Misbehaviour #3:
Multiple Returns At Same
Point
Nanoseconds Meters
First Return
Second Return
Third Return
Fourth Return
Fifth/Last Return

19. Misbehaviour #4:
Many measurements per return

20. Misbehaviour #4:
Many measurements per return

21. Misbehaviour #5:
Sometimes captured on ground

23. Poll: Your LiDAR Workflows

24. Point Cloud Solution 1: Translate

25. Point Cloud Solution 1: LAS/LASZ
 LAS Reader/Writer support for versions 1.0–
1.2
 LAS Reader and Writer Compression
 Using Open Source German-Written LASZip
technology (http://laszip.org)

26. Point Cloud Solution 1: LAS/LASZ
 LAS Reader/Writer support for versions 1.0–
1.2
 LAS Reader and Writer Compression
 Using Open Source German-Written LASZip
technology (http://laszip.org)

27. Point Cloud Solution 1: LAS/LASZ
 LAS Reader/Writer support for versions 1.0–
1.2
 LAS Reader and Writer Compression
 Using Open Source German-Written LASZip
technology

28. Poll: LiDAR Format Usage

29. Point Cloud Solution 2: Inspect

30. Point Cloud Solution 3: Reproject

31. Point Cloud Solution 3: Reproject
 Geocentric coordinates support
 Orthometric heights support

32. Point Cloud Solution 3: Reproject
 Geocentric coordinates support
 Orthometric heights support

34. Blue Marble Reprojection!

35. Point Cloud Solution 4: Tile

36. Point Cloud Solution 4: Tile

37. Point Cloud Solution 5: Clip

38. Point Cloud Solution 5: Clip

39. Point Cloud Solution 5: Clip
 One Billion Point Tiling / Clipping

40. Point Cloud Solution 5: Clip
 One Billion Point Tiling / Clipping

41. Point Cloud Solution 5a:
Cubic Clip

42. Point Cloud Solution 5a:
Cubic Clip

43. Point Cloud Solution 5a:
Cubic Clip

44. Point Cloud Solution 6: Thin

45. Point Cloud Solution 6: Thin

46. Point Cloud Solution 7:
Surface Model

47. Point Cloud Solution 7:
Surface Model

48. Point Cloud Solution 7:
Surface Model

49. Point Cloud Solution 8: Combine

50. Point Cloud Solution 8: Combine

51. Point Cloud Solution 8a: Combine

52. Point Cloud Solution 8b: Combine
 3D Model with Textures -> Color Point Cloud

53. Point Cloud Solution 9: Split

54. Point Cloud Solution 9: Split

55. Point Cloud Solution 9a: Split
 Split by Color & Intensity Ranges

56. Point Cloud Solution 9a: Split

57. Point Cloud Solution 9a: Split

58. Point Cloud Solution 10:
Colorization
 PointCloudOnRasterComponentSetter

59. Point Cloud Solution 10:
Colorization

60. Point Cloud Solution 10:
Colorization

61. Point Cloud Solution 10:
Colorization

62. Point Cloud Solution 11:
Extents Calculation & Update

63. Point Cloud Solution 12

64. Point Cloud Solution 12:
ArcGIS 10.1
 Create .lasd files for quick LAS use in ArcGIS

65. Point Cloud Solution 12:
ArcGIS 10.1
 Create .lasd files for quick LAS use in ArcGIS

66. Point Cloud Solution 13:
Profiling and Slicing

67. Point Cloud Solution 13:
Profiling and Slicing

68. Point Cloud Solution 14:
Performance
 One Billion Points:
 Tiling: 4h 45 m
 Clipping: 10h 30 m
 One Quarter Billion Points:
 Surface Modelling: 2h
 FME Parallel Processing:
 Point Coercion Done 5x Faster
 Visit http://fme.ly/parallel

69. Server

70. FME Server
 Your transformation workflows:
 Automated,
 Centralized,
 Scheduled,
 Triggered
 Send an email, right now, to:
lidar@dondemo.safe.com

71. FME Server

72. Summary
 FME can help you Prepare to Use and
Share your LiDAR Data Quickly!

73. Poll: Your LiDAR Solutions

74. Learn More About FME
 Get Acquainted:
 FME Desktop Intro Webinar
 http://fme.ly/intro
 Browse FMEpedia
 http://fme.ly/lidar
 FME Free Evaluation
 Upcoming webinars http://fme.ly/webinars
 FME & Fusion Tables – Mar 29
 FME World Tour Live Stream - April 27
 Master Geospatial Metadata with FME - May 10
 3D & FME - May 31

75. FME Training

76. Time Limited Offer!
 Winners Will Have Until March 31
to register for any online course
 View the offerings at:
 http://fme.ly/online
MARCH
31

77. Question & Answer
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80. Thank You!
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