55 lidar

LiDAR data analysis and visualization with whitebox and leafmap

Create a new conda env to install required packages:

conda create -n geo python
conda activate geo
conda install -c conda-forge mamba
mamba install -c conda-forge pygis
pip install laspy[lazrs]

Uncomment the following line to install packages in Google Colab.

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# !pip install leafmap

# !pip install leafmap

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# !pip install laspy[lazrs]

# !pip install laspy[lazrs]

Import libraries¶

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import os
import leafmap
import whitebox

import os import leafmap import whitebox

Set up whitebox¶

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wbt = whitebox.WhiteboxTools()
wbt.set_working_dir(os.getcwd())
wbt.set_verbose_mode(False)

wbt = whitebox.WhiteboxTools() wbt.set_working_dir(os.getcwd()) wbt.set_verbose_mode(False)

Downloading WhiteboxTools pre-compiled binary for first time use ...

Downloading WhiteboxTools binary from https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/WBT_Linux/WhiteboxTools_linux_amd64.zip

Decompressing WhiteboxTools_linux_amd64.zip ...

WhiteboxTools package directory: /home/runner/work/leafmap/leafmap/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/whitebox
Downloading testdata ...

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Download sample data¶

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url = "https://open.gishub.org/data/lidar/madison.zip"
filename = "madison.las"

url = "https://open.gishub.org/data/lidar/madison.zip" filename = "madison.las"

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leafmap.download_file(url, "madison.zip", unzip=True)

leafmap.download_file(url, "madison.zip", unzip=True)

madison.zip already exists. Skip downloading. Set overwrite=True to overwrite.

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'/home/runner/work/leafmap/leafmap/docs/notebooks/madison.zip'

Read LAS/LAZ data¶

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laz = leafmap.read_lidar(filename)

laz = leafmap.read_lidar(filename)

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laz

laz

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<LasData(1.3, point fmt: <PointFormat(1, 0 bytes of extra dims)>, 4068294 points, 2 vlrs)>

In [9]:

str(laz.header.version)

str(laz.header.version)

Out[9]:

'1.3'

Upgrade file version¶

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las = leafmap.convert_lidar(laz, file_version="1.4")

las = leafmap.convert_lidar(laz, file_version="1.4")

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str(las.header.version)

str(las.header.version)

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'1.4'

Write LAS data¶

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leafmap.write_lidar(las, "madison.las")

leafmap.write_lidar(las, "madison.las")

Histogram analysis¶

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wbt.lidar_histogram("madison.las", "histogram.html")

wbt.lidar_histogram("madison.las", "histogram.html")

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Visualize LiDAR data¶

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leafmap.view_lidar("madison.las")

leafmap.view_lidar("madison.las")

Remove outliers¶

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wbt.lidar_elevation_slice("madison.las", "madison_rm.las", minz=0, maxz=450)

wbt.lidar_elevation_slice("madison.las", "madison_rm.las", minz=0, maxz=450)

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Visualize LiDAR data after removing outliers¶

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leafmap.view_lidar("madison_rm.las", cmap="terrain")

leafmap.view_lidar("madison_rm.las", cmap="terrain")

Create DSM¶

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wbt.lidar_digital_surface_model(
    "madison_rm.las", "dsm.tif", resolution=1.0, minz=0, maxz=450
)

wbt.lidar_digital_surface_model( "madison_rm.las", "dsm.tif", resolution=1.0, minz=0, maxz=450 )

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leafmap.add_crs("dsm.tif", epsg=2255)

leafmap.add_crs("dsm.tif", epsg=2255)

Visualize DSM¶

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m = leafmap.Map()
m.add_raster("dsm.tif", palette="terrain", layer_name="DSM")
m

m = leafmap.Map() m.add_raster("dsm.tif", palette="terrain", layer_name="DSM") m

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Create DEM¶

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wbt.remove_off_terrain_objects("dsm.tif", "dem.tif", filter=25, slope=15.0)

wbt.remove_off_terrain_objects("dsm.tif", "dem.tif", filter=25, slope=15.0)

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Visualize DEM¶

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m.add_raster("dem.tif", palette="terrain", layer_name="DEM")
m

m.add_raster("dem.tif", palette="terrain", layer_name="DEM") m

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Create CHM¶

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chm = wbt.subtract("dsm.tif", "dem.tif", "chm.tif")

chm = wbt.subtract("dsm.tif", "dem.tif", "chm.tif")

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m.add_raster("chm.tif", palette="gist_earth", layer_name="CHM")
m

m.add_raster("chm.tif", palette="gist_earth", layer_name="CHM") m

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