Pointools POD POD Quick Facts

Format Type Identifier

POD

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Operating System Restrictions

Available on:

  • Windows 32-bit
  • Windows 64-bit

Dependencies

Reader: Requires an installed, licensed Pointools application (version 1.x, 2.x).

Writer: None

Dataset Type

Reader: File

Writer: Folder

Feature Type

POD or <source_dataset_filename>

Typical File Extensions

.pod

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

No

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

No

Geometry Type

pod_type

Pointools POD Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

no

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

no

none

no

point

no

point cloud

yes

polygon

no

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

yes

Pointools POD Raster Support

Point Cloud Component

Data Type

Notes

x

Real64

 

y

Real64

 

z

Real64

 

color_red

UInt8

 

color_green

UInt8

 

color_blue

UInt8

 

intensity

UInt8

 

selection

UInt8

Specifies whether the point is selected.

classification

UInt8