Yes! We support all point clouds (PCs) in *.las or *.laz format. eCognition does not care about the origin of the point cloud, so it can be acquired by a terrestrial system, aerial, photogrammetry etc..

We have a lot of dedicated tools for PC processing such as:

• automatic point cloud classification
• rasterize point cloud
• create temporary point cloud
• compute statistical value from point cloud
• assign class to point cloud
• cluster analysis of point cloud
• remove points from point cloud
• transfer point cloud classification
• export line from point cloud
• export point cloud
• and more...

You also can crate point clouds based on object values within eCognition, display PCs in 3D, reclassify PCs based on your object classification and more!

Interesting related content:

• Tutorials: Tutorial - Working With LiDAR (point cloud) Files
• Project & Rule Set Examples: DTM Modelling of Open-pit Mines
• Project & Rule Set Examples: Tree Crown Delineation
• Webinar: Timber Cruising with eCognition
• eCognition Deconstructed video: Rasterize Point Cloud
• eCognition Deconstructed video: NDSM Layer Calculation
• eCognition Deconstructed video: Fill Pixel Values
• eCognition Deconstructed: Watershed Segmentation
• Brainwave: Calculating the nDSM