LiDAR Compressor - FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

G090712 - Is it faster to load up a 10:1 MG4 file than to load up the full LiDAR LAS (or ASCII) file? Does it require a lot of memory?

MG4 files load extremely quickly, typically 10 times faster than raw LAS files! And due to the efficient wavelet encoding of LiDAR data to MG4, they require a very small memory footprint for visualization.

This article was last updated or verified on 4 August 2012.