POD Quick Facts

Format Type Identifier

POD

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

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

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

 

point

no

circles

no

 

polygon

no

circular arc

no

 

raster

no

donut polygon

no

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

no

 

z values

yes

None

no

 

point cloud

yes

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