The New Lidar Classification Format: The Lal Format and Its Applications

Applications that require the use of LiDAR data and more generally of point clouds need, as well as powerful hardware to handle the massive amount of information, efficient software that can classify quickly and correct information geometry. After the downstream of classification operations, it is then necessary that the classified elements can be stored in formats able to retain the levels of information generated at the classification stage, in view of further analysis and technical applications. The present study intends to present an innovative storage format of classifications of LiDAR data, which allows to extend the possibilities offered by the usual LAS data, useful in the engineering nature applications.