RDB - RIEGL Database

Driver short name

RDB

New in version 3.1.

Build dependencies

rdblib >= 2.2.0.

GDAL can read *.mpx files in the RDB format, the in-house format used by RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH through the RDB library.

The driver relies on the RDB library, which can be downloaded here . The minimum version required of the rdblib is 2.2.0.

Driver capabilities

Supports Georeferencing

This driver supports georeferencing

Provided Bands

All attributes stored in the RDB, but the coordinates, are provided in bands. Vector attributes are split up into multiple bands. The attributes are currently mapped as follows:

RDB attribute	GDAL Band
riegl.surface_normal[0], riegl.surface_normal[1], riegl.surface_normal[2]	Band 1 Band 2 Band 3
riegl.timestamp_min	Band 4
riegl.timestamp_max	Band 5
riegl.reflectance	Band 6
riegl.amplitude	Band 7
riegl.deviation	Band 8
riegl.height_center	Band 9
riegl.height_mean	Band 10
riegl.height_min	Band 11
riegl.height_max	Band 12
riegl.point_count	Band 13
riegl.point_count_grid_cell	Band 14
riegl.pca_thickness	Band 15
riegl.std_dev	Band 16
riegl.voxel_count	Band 17
riegl.id	Band 18