PDAL 2.8.2-foss-2023a

PDAL is Point Data Abstraction Library. It is a C/C++ open source library and applications for translating and processing point cloud data. It is not limited to LiDAR data, although the focus and impetus for many of the tools in the library have their origins in LiDAR.

Accessing PDAL 2.8.2-foss-2023a

To load the module for PDAL 2.8.2-foss-2023a please use this command on the BEAR systems (BlueBEAR and BEAR Cloud VMs):

📋 module load bear-apps/2023a
module load PDAL/2.8.2-foss-2023a

BEAR Apps Version

2023a

Architectures

EL8-emeraldrapids — EL8-icelake — EL8-sapphirerapids

The listed architectures consist of two parts: OS-CPU. The OS used is represented by EL and there are several different processor (CPU) types available on BlueBEAR. More information about the processor types on BlueBEAR is available on the BlueBEAR Job Submission page.

PDAL Plugin Support

PDAL has been installed with the following plugin support:

• Reading from/Writing to E57 format files
• Reading from files in HDF5 format
• Reading data stored in ESRI I3S format
• Icebridge
• OpenSceneGraph
• LZMA compression/decompression

PDAL Test Data

The PDAL test data has been stored in the PDAL install directory and is defined with the environment variable $PDAL_TEST_DATA

More Information

For more information visit the PDAL website.

Dependencies

This version of PDAL has a direct dependency on: foss/2023a GDAL/3.7.1-foss-2023a libgeotiff/1.7.1-GCCcore-12.3.0 zlib/1.2.13-GCCcore-12.3.0 zstd/1.5.5-GCCcore-12.3.0

Required By

This version of PDAL is a direct dependent of: GRASS/8.4.0-foss-2023a QGIS/3.40.2-foss-2023a

Other Versions

These versions of PDAL are available on the BEAR systems (BlueBEAR and BEAR Cloud VMs). These will be retained in accordance with our Applications Support and Retention Policy.

Last modified on 1st August 2025