- Extension
- .ply
- .las
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- 3D
- 3D
- Developer
- Stanford University
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
- Description
- It is a 3D model file format developed by Stanford Computer Graphics Laboratory. PLY is mainly used to describe objects in a collection of polygons.
- LAS (LASer) is a binary file format for storing 3D LiDAR point cloud data, including coordinates, intensity, classification, and other attributes captured by laser scanning systems. It is widely used in surveying, geospatial analysis, forestry, and topographic mapping to exchange and archive aerial or terrestrial LiDAR data.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- application/vnd.las