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  • Vegetation analysis
Software name Licence System Programming language Ideal dataset Download link Functions User guide Installation
rLiDAR free linux/windows R ALS https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rLiDAR/index.html
lidR free linux/windows R ALS https://github.com/Jean-Romain/lidR https://github.com/Jean-Romain/lidR/blob/master/R/lastrees.r fftwtool install https://support.bioconductor.org/p/88581/
itcSegment free linux/windows R ALS https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/itcSegment/index.html
FUSION free windows interface exist ALS http://forsys.cfr.washington.edu/fusion/fusionlatest.html
Computree free linux/windows interface exist TLS http://computree.onf.fr/?lang=en
3DForest free windows interface exist TLS http://www.3dforest.eu/
LiForest http://greenvalleyintl.com/software/liforest/
  • Visualization
Software name Licence System Programming language Ideal dataset Download link Functions User guide Installation
FugroViewer free linux/windows interface exist - https://www.fugro.com/about-fugro/our-expertise/technology/fugroviewer
Cloud Compare free linux/windows interface exist / C++ ALS/TLS http://www.danielgm.net/cc/
PCL library free linux/Windows C++/Python(partly) TLS http://pointclouds.org/documentation/tutorials/cloud_viewer.php
potree free linux/Windows https://github.com/potree/potree
plas.io free LAS http://neondataskills.org/lidar-data/online-data-viewer/
  • General point cloud data processing
Software name Licence System Programming language Ideal dataset Download link Functions User guide Installation
SAGA GIS free linux/windows ALS http://www.saga-gis.org/en/index.html
GRASS GIS free linux/windows ALS https://grass.osgeo.org/
Cloud Compare free linux/windows interface exist / C++ ALS/TLS http://www.danielgm.net/cc/
LAStools not free windows interface exist / command line (batch) ALS https://rapidlasso.com/lastools/
OPALS not free windows command line (batch) + Python/C++ ALS/TLS http://geo.tuwien.ac.at/opals/html/index.html
LP360 not free windows interface exist
TerraScan not free windows interface exist
LIS not free linux/windows
  • Database management
Software name Licence System Programming language Ideal dataset Download link Functions User guide Installation
PostgreSQL free linux/windows SQL - https://www.postgresql.org/
Oracle not free
MonetDB https://www.monetdb.org/Home
  • Data handling
Software name Licence System Programming language Ideal dataset Download link Functions User guide Installation
PCL library free linux/Windows C++/Python(partly) TLS/low cost equipment (kinect) http://pointclouds.org/ The pcl_io library contains classes and functions for reading and writing point cloud data (PCD) files, as well as capturing point clouds from a variety of sensing devices http://robotica.unileon.es/index.php/PhD-3D-Object-Tracking
liblas free linux/windows C++/Python (...) - https://www.liblas.org/ reading las files
pdal free linux/windows C++ https://www.pdal.io/
pylas free linux/windows Python http://pythonhosted.org/laspy/tutorial.html http://pythonhosted.org/laspy/tutorial.html
  • Segmentation
Software name Licence System Programming language Ideal dataset Download link Functions User guide Installation
PCL library free linux/Windows C++/Python(partly) TLS/low cost equipment (kinect) http://pointclouds.org/
PattyAnalitics free https://github.com/NLeSC/PattyAnalytics
  • Useful packages
Software name Licence System Programming language Ideal dataset Download link Functions User guide Installation
gdal free linux/windows C++/Python/R (...) -
ogr free linux/windows C++/Python/R (...) -
cgal free linux/windows C++ - http://www.cgal.org/
opencv free linux/windows C++ http://opencv.org/
shapely free linux/windows Python https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely
pyflann free linux/windows Python https://github.com/primetang/pyflann http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mariusm/uploads/FLANN/manual.pdf
scikit-image free linux/windows Python http://scikit-image.org/
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