# **qLidar - QGIS**

## A plugin to use in QGIS point clouds from LIDAR or Photogrammetry

[https://github.com/UCLM-PAFyC/qLidar](https://github.com/UCLM-PAFyC/qLidar)

## **David Hernández López**

Professor of Geomatics

University of Castilla-La Mancha - UCLM, 
david.hernandez@uclm.es

University of Salamanca - USAL, 
dhernand@usal.es

ORCID, [https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9874-5243](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9874-5243)

**Research groups:**

UCLM - PAFyC, [http://pafyc.uclm.es](http://pafyc.uclm.es)

USAL - TIDOP, [http://tidop.usal.es](http://tidop.usal.es)


Beta version: 0.6, Minimum QGIS version: 3.4. Tested 3.4 - 3.22.3. 

This version works for standalone installers: MSI and dependencies from old osgeo

Operating system: Windows 10

3D viewer is based on PcdViewer:
https://3d.bk.tudelft.nl/liangliang/software.html

Any use of this version is allowed without 
responsibility for the author

Video tutorial (with different icon): https://youtu.be/ni-rUau5jBw

Please report any bugs and enhancement ideas by email: david.hernandez@uclm.es

Contact the author to request any custom development or migration to other operating systems 

Current funcionalities:
- Create Project
- Import point cloud files (LAS/LAZ) selecting attributes
- Edit point classes using 2D/3D tools or values for attribute class_new changed with any QGIS' tool
- Delete points
- Export changes to original point cloud files
- Perform some LAStools processes in an optimized way

To do ...
- Create a user manual
- Improve 3D viewer
- Automate processes with other vector data sources
- Automate processes with raster data sources

