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The OpenTopography Tool Registry provides a community populated clearinghouse of software, utilities, and tools oriented towards high-resolution topography data (e.g. collected with lidar technology) handling, processing, and analysis. Tools registered below range from source code to full-featured software applications. We welcome contributions to the registry via the Contribute a Tool page.
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| Date | Tool Name | Tool Type | Keywords | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 2014 | ToPCAT = Topographic Analysis Toolkit Description: Topographic Point Cloud Analysis Toolkit (ToPCAT) is a software package developed by Brasington et al. (2012) used to decimate (or thin) a point cloud and calculate meaningful statistics for grid defined areas. The process of decimation can reduce computation time and produce meaningful summary outputs (e.g. zMin for modeling bare earth elevations; and detrended standard deviation for modelling surface roughness). |
Point Cloud Analysis | TLS, SFM, point cloud statistics, point cloud decimation |  (0 rating) |