One of the areas in which QGIS has developed the most in recent years is the support of point cloud data. There are now many options for displaying point clouds in both 2D and 3D and in the elevation profile panel. There are also many tools for processing point clouds. It is now even possible to edit point cloud attributes.
This comprehensive workshop will teach you how to work with point cloud data in QGIS. You will learn how to style point clouds to highlight important features, and process and edit them to extract meaningful information. The workshop you’ll learn to:
* Load and display point clouds in 2D.
* Explore point clouds using Elevation profiles.
* View point clouds in 3D.
* Create Virtual Point Clouds (VPCs).
* Use Point Cloud Processing Tools to filter, convert and analyze point cloud datasets.
* Edit Point Cloud attributes.
* Use PDAL Wrench

Software:
To get the most out of this workshop you are encouraged to install QGIS (v 4.x). There are several important enhancements and new processing tools for working with point clouds which are included with the release of QGIS 4.

Note 1: If you will be using a corporate laptop where permissions can be problematic, consider getting these installations completed with IT before you travel to the conference.

Note 2: It is recommended that you also bring a tablet. There is an accompanying step-by-step tutorial. Having a tablet will allow you to read the tutorial on your tablet while working on your laptop.

Data
We will provide the data for the workshop.