{"repo":"ahuarte47/duckdb-pdal","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/ahuarte47/duckdb-pdal","clone":"git clone https://github.com/ahuarte47/duckdb-pdal.git","description":"DuckDB extension for manipulating point cloud data using SQL","language":"C++","stars":27,"topics":["duckdb","duckdb-extension","earth-observation","pdal","raster"],"license":"MIT","category":"databases-storage","readme_excerpt":"DuckDB Point Cloud Extension What is this? This is an extension for DuckDB for manipulating point cloud data using SQL. The extension is built on top of PDAL (Point Data Abstraction Library), a C++ library that enables users to read, write, and process point cloud data and, with this extension, load the data directly into DuckDB using SQL queries. How do I get it? Loading from community The DuckDB Point Cloud Extension is available as a signed community extension. See more details on its DuckDB CE web page. To install and load it, you can run the following SQL commands in DuckDB: Building from source This extension is based on the DuckDB extension template. Example Usage First, make sure to load the extension in your DuckDB session. Then you can use the extension to read point cloud data from various formats (e.g., LAS, LAZ) and perform transformations on them. This is the list of available functions: + ### PDAL Drivers Returns the list of supported stage types of a PDAL Pipeline. The stages of a PDAL Pipeline are divided into Readers, Filters and Writers: https://pdal.io/en/stable/stages/stages.html + ### PDAL Read You can read point cloud data from a file with: Setting options is also possible. For example, to read a subset of points starting from index 10: PDAL supports to load raster files, then: PDAL supports to read remote files (eg. HTTP/HTTPS, AWS S3), so you can read point cloud data from a remote location: Set first the necessary credentials for accessing the remote","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/ahuarte47","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/ahuarte47/duckdb-pdal/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}