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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">We've had a couple licenses of LP360 for about five years now and really like it.<br>
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While there is a standalone product, our use is exclusively through the ArcGIS toolset. The high integration was a large part of the initial draw for us. We've found QCoherent (GeoCue) to provide pretty good support and a regular stream of improvements/enhancements.
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We really like the visualization performance with LP360 but this is due to the option of pyramiding the LAS files which creates additional storage requirements (an average sized 350Mb LAS file has a pyramid file of ~22Mb using the default 6.25% pyramid factor).
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We thought we might drop a license after the inclusion of the native ArcGIS LAS Dataset visualization tools but found them too limiting compared to LP360. The ability to rapidly switch the display of point cloud data based on elevation, intensity, RGB, source,
returns, or a combination of intensity and another attribute is really helpful. We've found that the on-the-fly TIN display works really well too when combined with the elevation masking functions to be able to pick out under canopy infrastructure. Having
the custom display options available in plan, profile, or 3D view also makes information extraction much quicker.<br>
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The classification tools have lots of options and the ability to save custom parameters that you find work well in a given case. The tools for manual classification (highlight points via selection) are easily mastered and become productive with.<br>
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There are a bunch of functions that allow interaction with existing GIS features either as classification masks or as containers for Z values via conflation. We haven't used many of these but only because they aren't part of our workflow.<br>
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I'd be happy to try and answer specific questions based on our experience if anyone is interested let me know.<br>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Brady Callahan, GISP</font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF478806"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> gpl_list [gpl_list-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] on behalf of MATHER David * DAS [David.MATHER@oregon.gov]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 08, 2014 4:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'gpl_list@listsmart.osl.state.or.us'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> EDWARDS Jacob; dtaylor@beavertonoregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gpl_list] City of Beaverton seeking input on Lidar Software<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Doug Taylor at the City of Beaverton was informed that someone with the State had purchased LP360 software for Lidar.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">He would like to get some feedback on the software if anyone is willing to provide it. Please forward to appropriate people who may be using this product.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">He can be contacted at dtaylor@beavertonoregon.gov</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks,</span></p>
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David Mather, GISP<br>
Geospatial Data Administrator<br>
Geospatial Enterprise Office<br>
155 Cottage Street NE<br>
Salem, OR 97301<br>
503-378-2166<br>
gis.oregon.gov<br>
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Data Classification: Level 1 - Published<br>
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