Exploring the use of Data Analytics tools for LiDAR data
Suggested mini experiments:
- Load LAS file into Data Frame (laspy & pandas)
- Save point cloud to Parquet (pandas or Arrow)
- Save point cloud to HDF5
- Benchmark load / save against PDAL
- Benchmark compression rate (vs specialized laszip)
- Interface with Open3D
More complex experiments
- Indexing schemata (Z-order, Hilbert, Hashing, …)
- Interface to SparkML or MxNet (Deep Learning)