Bug#818718: ITP: python-pdal -- Point Data Abstraction Library - Python extension

[Bas Couwenberg]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic at debian.org>

* Package name    : python-pdal
  Version         : 1.1.0+ds
  Upstream Author : Hobu, Inc. <howard at hobu.co>
* URL             : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PDAL
* License         : BSD-3-Clause
  Programming Lang: Python/C++
  Description     : Point Data Abstraction Library - Python extension

PDAL is a BSD licensed library for translating and manipulating point
cloud data of various formats. PDAL can be used to read, write and
translate point cloud data in many formats. Support is included for
input files of LAS, LAZ, SBET, BPF, QFIT and others. PDAL can also read
from and write to databases that support point cloud storage, including
Oracle, Postgres and SQLite.

PDAL should not be confused with PCL (Point Cloud Library). PCL is a
library specifically designed to provide algorithmic analysis and
modification of point clouds. PDAL provides a limited interface to the
facilities of PCL, but does not in general attempt to duplicate its
capabilities.


The Python extension is packaged separately from PDAL (#797126) using
the sources from PyPi, because the extension cannot be built along with
the rest of PDAL.

The python-pdal package will be maintained along with pdal in the
Debian GIS team.