TerrainAnalysis

Steps to reproduce the work:

Install the latest version of postgresql with postgis extension for your system}

apt install postgresql-9.3-postgis-2.1 postgis postgresql-server-9.3-dev

Create the tables and the extensions in the postgis db:

CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION pointcloud;
CREATE EXTENSION pointcloud_postgis;
CREATE TABLE lidar_toscana (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    pa PCPATCH(1)
);
CREATE INDEX lidar_toscana_index ON lidar_toscana USING GIST(PC_EnvelopeGeometry(pa));
CREATE TABLE lidar_lyon (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    pa PCPATCH(1)
);

Install pdal and it's dependencies (laszip support mandatory for certain dataset. eg: lyon)
Download the lidar files for your zone (for tuscany and lyon you can use the list of url provided in this repository)

for i in `cat tiles_piana_url.txt`
do 
  wget $i -P ~/lidar/centro_italy/zip
done

for i in `cat tiles_lyon_url.txt`
do 
  wget $i -P ~/lidar/lyon/zip
done

Download the osm building files from an osm mirror
Insert the osm building using the shp2pgsql command

shp2pgsql -s 4326 -I ~/osm/lyon/gis.osm_buildings_a_free_1.shp  lyon_buildings | sudo -u postgres psql
shp2pgsql -s 4326 -I ~/osm/centro_italy/gis.osm_buildings_a_free_1.shp  centro_buildings | sudo -u postgres psql

Use the provided pipeline to insert the .asc or .laz lidar files into the postgis db If you are using different lidar files rembember to fix the SRID in the pipeline json definition

for i in `ls ~/lidar/centro_italy/*.asc`
do 
  pdal pipeline toscana.json --readers.gdal.filename=$i
done
#laz
for i in `ls ~/lidar/rhone/*.laz`
do 
  pdal pipeline lyon.json --readers.las.filename=$i
done