Terrasolid TerraScan Quick Facts

Format Type Identifier TERRASCAN
Reader/Writer Both
Licensing Level Professional
Dependencies None
Dataset Type File base name
Feature Type Feature Name
Typical File Extensions .bin; *.ts
Automated Translation Support Yes
User-Defined Attributes No
Coordinate System Support No
Generic Color Support No
Spatial Index Never
Schema Required Not Applicable
Transaction Support No
Geometry Type Attribute terrascan_type
Encoding Support No

 

Geometry Support
Geometry Supported?   Geometry Supported?
aggregate no   point no
circles no   point cloud yes
circular arc no   polygon no
donut polygon no   raster no
elliptical arc no   solid no
ellipses no   surface no
line no   text no
none no   z values no

 

Point Cloud Component Data Type Notes
x Int32  
y Int32  
z Int32  
classification UInt8  
returns UInt8  
number_of_returns UInt8  
view_visibility UInt8

Runtime flag (view visibility).

Only present in version 20020715.

mark UInt8

Runtime flag.

Only present in version 20020715.

flight_line UInt8 (version 20010712) or UInt16 (version 20020715)  
intensity UInt16  
gps_time UInt32  
color_red UInt8  
color_green UInt8  
color_blue UInt8