Coordinate file types supported by TransLT

File

extension

File

encoding

File

content

Coordinate

type

.txt

ANSI, UTF8 or UTF16 (Little Endian or Big Endian)

Topographic points or point cloud

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H) / (φ, λ, h)

.coo

ANSI, UTF8 or UTF16 (Little Endian or Big Endian)

Topographic points

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H) / (φ, λ, h)

.xyz

ANSI, UTF8 or UTF16 (Little Endian or Big Endian)

Topographic points or point cloud

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H) / (φ, λ, h)

.geo

ANSI, UTF8 or UTF16 (Little Endian or Big Endian)

Geographic points

(X,Y,Z) / (φ, λ, h)

.csv

ANSI, UTF8 or UTF16 (Little Endian or Big Endian)

Topographic points or point cloud

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H) / (φ, λ, h)

.xml

ANSI, UTF8 or UTF16 (Little Endian or Big Endian)

Topographic or geographic points with TransLT syntax

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H) / (φ, λ, h)

.pts

ASCII

Scanned Point Cloud

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H)

.e57

XML and Binary

Point Cloud & Images

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H) / (r, θ, φ)

.las

Binary

LiDAR Point Cloud

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H)

.laz

Binary compressed

LiDAR Point Cloud

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H)

.pcd

ASCII, Binary Little Endian compressed or not

Point Cloud Data

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H)

.ply

ASCII, Binar Little Endian or Binar Big Endian

Polygonal Model File

(X,Y,Z) / (N,E,H)

.rtf

–

Table of point coordinates

according to the table from which the export is made

.pdf

–

Table of point coordinates

according to the table from which the export is made