LiDAR in ArcGIS Trish Merz GIS Technical Solutions Consultant South Pacific GIS/RS User Conference November 18-21, 2013 | Lami Bay, Fiji

LiDAR in ArcGIS: The big Picture Visualisation - Las Dataset & Las Dataset Toolbar Analysis - Surface creation - Line of Site & Profile views Management - Mosaic Dataset Sharing - Via Image Service

LAS Dataset Demo

Management and sharing Manage LiDAR like imagery via Mosaic Datasets - Add / remove LAS files - Add / remove LAS datasets Share the data as Image services - Easy for others to see available LiDAR - Easy to download for project work

Best Practices for working with LAS in ArcGIS LAS Data - Tiled LAS, v1.1 or higher - If no.lasx present mb file size limit (preferably around 50mb) - Keep file I/O local, avoid network - If.lasx present - File size and network location considerations mitigated - Projected coordinate system Airborne - Classified (bare earth, non-ground) - Breaklines for hydro enforcement - Study area boundary included as constraint Terrestrial - RGB, intensity

LiDAR Resources UC 2012 Technical Workshop Videos Overview of LiDAR support in arcgis Working with las datasets LiDARsolutions Resource Center Help > Using LiDAR in ArcGIS 3D Resource Center Tools & Add-Ins3D Resource Center LAS Dataset Custom Tool Data Interoperability Extension Preparing LiDAR for use in ArcGIS LASTools

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