Last year, three open source companies and dozens of funders joined the forces to add support for point cloud data in QGIS. Thanks to that, starting from QGIS 3.18 users can display LAS/LAZ datasets in both 2D and 3D map views. In this talk, we will introduce the new functionality, provide tips how to get the most from your lidar data and discuss the future improvements.

The talk should introduce the point cloud support in QGIS to ordinary users, without going too much into detail of how things work internally.

The crowdfunding campaign: https://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/crowdfunding/pointcloud-qgis/

Relevant blog posts introducing point clouds in QGIS:

• https://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/blog/2021/02/18/qgis-3-18-point-cloud/
• https://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/blog/2021/04/06/qgis-pointcloud-tips/

Authors and Affiliations – Martin Dobias, Lutra Consulting

Track – Software

Topic – Software status / state of the art

Level – 2 - Basic. General basic knowledge is required.

Language of the Presentation – English