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Visualizing LiDAR data in 3D with only one line of code

Uncomment the following line to install leafmap if needed.

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# !pip install leafmap

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# !pip install leafmap[lidar] open3d

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import os
import leafmap

Download a sample LiDAR dataset from Google Drive. The zip file is 52.1 MB and the uncompressed LAS file is 109 MB.

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url = "https://opengeos.org/data/lidar/madison.zip"
filename = "madison.las"

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leafmap.download_file(url, "madison.zip", unzip=True)

Read the LiDAR data

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las = leafmap.read_lidar(filename)

The LAS header.

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las.header

The number of points.

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las.header.point_count

The list of features.

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list(las.point_format.dimension_names)

Inspect data.

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las.X

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las.Y

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las.Z

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las.intensity

Visualize LiDAR data using the pyvista backend.

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leafmap.view_lidar(filename, cmap="terrain", backend="pyvista")

Visualize LiDAR data using the ipygany backend.

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leafmap.view_lidar(filename, backend="ipygany", background="white")

Visualize LiDAR data using the panel backend.

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leafmap.view_lidar(filename, cmap="terrain", backend="panel", background="white")

Visualize LiDAR data using the open3d backend.

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leafmap.view_lidar(filename, backend="open3d")