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Hello CloudCompare Forum:

I am a novice user of LiDAR data and CloudCompare; I have a .las point cloud of a heavily wooded area, and want to find a way to generate a bare-earth model- the goal being to see paths/roads and flattened areas underneath the dense canopy. Any ideas on how I might go about this, or if it is possible?

Thanks!

The first option would be to try the 'CSF' plugin: http://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/in ... F_(plugin)

Otherwise you can try the CANUPO plugin (http://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/in ... O_(plugin)) but it may be more tricky.

And you could also try the 'Rasterize' tool (keeping the lowest points in each 'cell') but it only works at a low resolution so you only get a rough estimate of the DTM.

Thanks Daniel, CSF did the trick!