=== versions === python 3.12.0 | laspy 2.7.0 | lazrs 0.8.2 | numpy 2.5.4 | scipy 1.18.1 | rasterio 1.5.2 === STAC search === area of interest: 1000 m x 800 m centred on the Washington Monument USGS_LPC_MD_VA_Sandy_NCR_2014_18SUJ324306_LAS_2015 points=18,237,018 USGS_LPC_MD_VA_Sandy_NCR_2014_18SUJ324305_LAS_2015 points=13,976,445 USGS_LPC_MD_VA_Sandy_NCR_2014_18SUJ322306_LAS_2015 points=16,107,898 USGS_LPC_MD_VA_Sandy_NCR_2014_18SUJ322305_LAS_2015 points=13,997,484 === streaming COPC === LAS 1.4, point format 6, CRS: NAD83 / UTM zone 18N + NAVD88 height 18SUJ324306_LAS_2015: 0 points in the area of interest 18SUJ324305_LAS_2015: 0 points in the area of interest 18SUJ322306_LAS_2015: 2,705,087 points in the area of interest 18SUJ322305_LAS_2015: 3,449,342 points in the area of interest streamed in 15.0 s wrote data/national_mall.laz (27.3 MB) === laspy.read === points: 6,154,429 dimensions: ['X', 'Y', 'Z', 'intensity', 'return_number', 'number_of_returns', 'synthetic', 'key_point', 'withheld', 'overlap', 'scanner_channel', 'scan_direction_flag', 'edge_of_flight_line', 'classification', 'user_data', 'scan_angle', 'point_source_id', 'gps_time'] x 322978.06..323978.06 y 4306083.24..4306883.24 z -24.99..665.98 density: 7.7 points/m² class points share z p1..p99 (m) name 1 766,610 12.5% -0.1.. 39.6 Unclassified 2 1,450,255 23.6% 0.7.. 11.6 Ground 9 116,136 1.9% -0.7.. -0.5 Water 10 251 0.0% -0.7.. 3.0 Ignored ground 11 49 0.0% -11.5.. 6.7 Withheld 17 1,699,769 27.6% -0.6.. 40.6 Overlap unclassified 18 2,073,657 33.7% 1.2.. 11.7 Overlap ground 25 47,702 0.8% -0.6.. 2.5 Overlap water points from pulses with more than one return: 25.5% chunked pass agrees with laspy.read: True === statistical outlier removal === mean neighbour distance 0.52 m, limit 1.98 m, took 2.6 s outliers: 11,726 (0.19%); of the 11 points above 200 m, 11 are outliers === rasterise to 1 m === DSM cells with no return: 1.1% DTM cells with no ground point: 13.9% gap filling: 25.0 s DTM -8.4..13.3 m | DSM -17.6..180.5 m | height above ground max 168.2 m === canopy height model === cells more than 2 m above ground: 28.7% mostly multi-return (trees): 14.2% | mostly single-return (buildings, structures): 10.0% tree canopy height: median 11.4 m, 95th percentile 20.5 m, max 78.7 m canopy patches of 20 m² or more: 363 wrote output/dtm.tif, output/dsm.tif, output/chm.tif === Washington Monument === highest point within 10 m: z=180.52 m at 5.7 m from the centre (class 17, return 1 of 1) ground 15–30 m from the centre: median z=11.91 m from 15,280 ground points lidar height: 168.61 m (553.2 ft) official height (NGS survey): 169.046 m; difference -0.44 m