One of the simplest uses of ground-based lidar data is visualizing locations in 3D. This can be done in numerous ways from perspective and orthographic images and maps, to videos, to interactive online tours. Below is an example of a small point cloud in a simple viewer that can be hosted on almost any webserver. Many other options are available and the user experience can be completely customized to achieve any desired goal.

Chrome is rocommended for use with this demo.

Viewport Controls

Earth Controls	FPS Controls	Orbit Controls
Left Mouse Pan Mouse Wheel Zoom Right Mouse Orbit camera	Left Mouse Rotate camera W Key Move camera forward S Key Move camera back A Key Move camera left D Key Move camera right	Left Mouse Orbit camera Mouse Wheel/Button Zoom Right Mouse Pan camera

Center Focus on Point Cloud	Flip Vertical Axis

Measurement Tools

Measure Angles	Measure Distances
Left Mouse Insert measurement point Right Mouse Cancel measurement Drag & Drop Move measurement point	Left Mouse Insert measurement point Right Mouse Finish measurement Drag & Drop Move measurement point

Measure Area	Measure Volume
Left Mouse Insert measurement point Right Mouse Finish measurement Drag & Drop Move measurement point	Left Mouse Insert measurement point Right Mouse Finish measurement Drag & Drop Move measurement point

ROI Tools

The Clip Mode Setting controls what effect the following tools have. By default points inside of the ROI will be highlighted, however, the setting can be changed to hide points outside of the ROI.

Extract Cross Section	Extract Volume
Left Mouse Insert profile marker Right Mouse Finish extraction Drag & Drop Move measurement point Ctrl + Drag & Drop Drag upwards to increase or downwards to decrease the profile width	Left Mouse Insert volume or select volume Right Mouse Finish extraction E Key Switch to translate widget R Key Switch to scale widget T Key Switch to rotate widget