Terrasolid TerraScan Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

TERRASCAN

Reader/Writer

Both

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

Terrasolid TerraScan 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

no

Terrasolid TerraScan Point Cloud Support

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