Supported point file formats
TerraScan has built-in support for the following point file formats:
T = text file format |
R = read files |
B = binary file format |
W = write files |
NAME |
TYPE |
CONTENT |
|
|---|---|---|---|
FASTBINARY |
B |
R/W |
TerraScan FastBinary (FBI). |
SCAN8 |
B |
R/W |
TerraScan binary with 8 bit line numbers (BIN). |
SCAN16 |
B |
R/W |
TerraScan binary with 16 bit line numbers (BIN). |
TOPEYE |
B |
R |
TopEye binary (DTE) with geocentric coordinates. |
EARTHDATA |
B |
R/W |
EarthData binary (EBN or EEBN). |
LEICA |
B |
R |
Leica-Helava binary (LDI). |
LAS |
B |
R/W |
Industry standard format, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4. See more details below. |
LAS |
B |
R |
Industry standard format, version 1.3. See more details below. |
LAZ |
B |
R/W |
Compressed LAS format, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 |
PTS |
T |
R |
Leica PTS format. |
XYZ |
T |
R/W |
Easting Northing Elevation |
CXYZ |
T |
R/W |
Class Easting Northing Elevation |
XYZI |
T |
R/W |
Easting Northing Elevation Intensity |
CXYZI |
T |
R/W |
Class Easting Northing Elevation Intensity |
PXYZI |
T |
R |
Pulse number Easting Northing Elevation Intensity |
XYZXYZII |
T |
R |
East1 North1 Elev1 East2 North2 Elev2 Intensity1 Intensity2 |
TXYZXYZII |
T |
R |
Time East1 North1 Elev1 East2 North2 Elev2 Intensity1 Intensity2 |
TXYZI |
T |
R |
Time Easting Northing Elevation Intensity |
XYZIXYZI |
T |
R |
East1 North1 Elev1 Intensity1 East2 North2 Elev2 Intensity2 |
TXYZIXYZI |
T |
R |
Time East1 North1 Elev1 Intensity1 East2 North2 Elev2 Intensity2 |
Grass Sites |
T |
W |
|
XYZdZ |
T |
W |
Easting Northing Elevation Elevation difference to a surface |
IdXYZ |
T |
W |
Index Easting Northing Elevation |
IdXYZP |
T |
W |
Index Easting Northing Elevation Pulse number |
In some dialogs, E is used instead of X and N is used instead of Y in order to refer to the easting and northing coordinates, respectively.
More information: formats and their capabilities of storing attributes for points
The table below lists the Point Data Record Formats (PDRF) of LAS format versions as they are handled by TerraScan.
las format version |
Reading capabilities by PDRF |
writing capabilities by PDRF |
|---|---|---|
LAS 1.0 - 1.2 |
0-5 |
0 - by default 1 - if there is time attribute 2 - if there is RGB attribute but no time attribute 3 - if there are time and RGB attributes 4 - no writing capability 5 - no writing capability |
LAS 1.3 |
0-5 |
no writing capability |
LAS 1.4 |
6-10 |
6 - by default 7 - if there is RGB attribute 8 - if there is RGBN attribute 9 - no writing capability 10 - no writing capability |
