Point Cloud ad hoc 95th OGC Technical Committee Boulder, Colorado USA Scott Simmons 1 June 2015 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Agenda Scott Simmons, OGC: Introduction to Point Cloud discussion and summary of standards efforts Jeff Young, ASPRS: ASPRS activities with LiDAR data Chris Little, UK Met Office: What (where and when) is the Point in Meteorology Keith Ryden, Esri: Enterprise community requirements for point clouds Jason Smith, Exelis (NGA): Sensor Independent Point Cloud (SIPC) data format, a profile of HDF5 Michael Gerlek, RadiantBlue: Current situation and future work for point clouds Peter Baumann: Point clouds in coverages Martin Isenburg, OSGeo: Open Source community drivers for point cloud standards Doug O’Brien, IDON Technologies: ISO and point cloud standards Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Introduction There is no need for me to tell you what you already know: there are a number of point cloud formats in different technical domains… there are more than you probably realize; point clouds can be really difficult to access and analyze in their “raw” state or even encoded in an interchange format; and there are a lot of interested parties in this conversation. So, the goal for today is to identify the most pressing needs in the point cloud community where the OGC can assist. The rules… Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium