Why does it take so long to load a workspace that contains a point cloud layer?

bisenberger

I have a workspace that was saved with a las overlay that I performed some LiDAR processing on. When I open the workspace it takes a really long time to load.

bisenberger

Is there anything I can do when I save a workspace with a point cloud to help it to load faster?

bmg_bob

Hello,

To some extent, it depends on what processing you have done, and how much data you are working with, but generally, if you export your changes to a new LAS file and create a new workspace with that file, the workspace should load faster. Once you have processed LiDAR data, there is overhead to loading those changes from a workspace -- it is much faster to just load a LAS file.

Cheers,
Bob

bisenberger

Thanks Bob