Lidar Analyst 4.1 for ArcGIS

Visual Learning Systems Inc. (VLS) has released Lidar Analyst 4.1, which is now available to automatically extract features and more. Lidar Analyst completely automates the collection of attributed 3-D buildings, trees, forested regions and bare earth from airborne Lidar. New capabilities include direct processing of point clouds in .LAS format, extraction of realistic 3-D buildings with complex rooftops, and access to a suite of 3-D Shapefile editing tools.

Free evaluation copies of the LIDAR Analyst software including a tutorial are available at the website.