Normally, my blog is a bit of a monologue.  It’s not a bad thing, but can be a little lonely.  Every now and then I get a great (and often doubtful) comments, which enhances things considerably. What follows is some dialog about the LiDAR shootout series, largely between Etienne and Pierre, posted with their permission: Pierre: “Etienne, Stephen, “I really appreciate the benchmark work you … Continue reading Dialog– What qualifies as a benchmark? Part 1

In reviewing the final numbers and charts from Etienne and Pierre, above are the results we see.  The only revision is a moderate increase in speed for the PG Raster query. Final results in speed for lastools– ~350,000 points per second.  In other words– off-the-charts fast.  And the initial RMSE of ~25 feet was a mistake– it is probably closer to 0.2 feet. Stay tuned … Continue reading LiDAR Shootout! — New Chart, Final Results