src.inout.point_cloud_io

Classes

PointCloudIO()

class src.inout.point_cloud_io.PointCloudIO
Author:

Alberto M. Esmoris Pena

Class with util static methods for input/output operations related to point clouds.

static read(path)

Read a LAS/LAZ point cloud.

Parameters:

path – Path pointing to a LAS/LAZ point cloud.

Returns:

The read point cloud.

Return type:

PointCloud

static read_path(path)

Read a LAS/LAZ point cloud file.

Parameters:

path (str) – Path pointing to a LAS/LAZ point cloud file.

Returns:

The read point cloud.

Return type:

PointCloud

static read_url(url, chunk_size=67108864)

Read a LAS/LAZ point cloud file from a given URL.

See npu.io_utils.IOUtils.download_from_url().

Parameters:

  • url (str) – The URL corresponding to a LAS/LAZ point cloud.

  • chunk_size (float) – The chunk size for each reading operation on the input stream (in Bytes, def. 64 MiB).

Returns:

PointCloud

static write(pcloud, path)

Write a LAS/LAZ point cloud file.

Parameters:

  • pcloud – The point cloud to be written.

  • path – Path where the LAS/LAZ file must be written.

Returns:

Nothing.