filters.dem

filters.dem uses a raster to keep data within a range of the raster cell. For example, atmospheric or MTA noise in a scene can be quickly removed by keeping all data within 100m above and 20m below a pre-existing elevation model.

Default Embedded Stage

This stage is enabled by default

Example #1

{
  "pipeline":[
    {
      "type":"filters.dem",
      "raster":"dem.tif",
      "limits":"Z[20:100]"
    }
  ]
}

Options

limits

A Range that defines the dimension and the magnitude above and below the value of the given dimension to filter.

The following example would keep all Z point cloud values that are within 100 units above and 20 units below the elevation model value at the given X and Y value.

Z[20:100]

raster

GDAL readable raster data to use for filtering.

band

GDAL Band number to read (count from 1) [Default: 1]