diff --git a/hausdorff_distances/environment.yml b/hausdorff_distances/environment.yml
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+name: hausdorff-distance
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - numpy
+  - scipy
+  - pdal
+  - python-pdal
diff --git a/hausdorff_distances/hausdorff_distance.py b/hausdorff_distances/hausdorff_distance.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+
+@author: Chris Lucas
+"""
+
+import os
+import numpy as np
+from numpy.lib import recfunctions
+from scipy.spatial import cKDTree
+import pdal
+
+
+READ_PIPELINE = """
+{{
+    "pipeline": [
+        {{
+            "type": "readers.las",
+            "filename": "{path}"
+        }}
+    ]
+}}
+"""
+
+WRITE_PIPELINE = """
+{{
+    "pipeline": [
+        {{
+            "type": "writers.las",
+            "filename": "{path}",
+            "extra_dims": "all"
+        }}
+    ]
+}}
+"""
+
+
+def read(path):
+    pipeline = pdal.Pipeline(
+        READ_PIPELINE.format(path=path)
+    )
+    pipeline.validate()
+    pipeline.execute()
+    point_cloud = pipeline.arrays[0]
+
+    return point_cloud
+
+
+def write(point_cloud, path):
+    pipeline = pdal.Pipeline(
+        WRITE_PIPELINE.format(path=path),
+        arrays=[point_cloud]
+    )
+    pipeline.validate()
+    pipeline.execute()
+
+
+def hausdorff_distance(reference_cloud, compared_cloud):
+    tree = cKDTree(reference_cloud)
+    distances, _ = tree.query(compared_cloud, k=1)
+    return distances
+
+
+def main():
+    output_folder = "/var/data/rws/data/2019/change/"
+    laz_folder_2018 = "/var/data/rws/data/2018/las_processor_bundled_out/"
+    laz_folder_2019 = "/var/data/rws/data/2019/amsterdam/"
+
+    laz_files_2018 = os.listdir(laz_folder_2018)
+    laz_files_2019 = os.listdir(laz_folder_2019)
+
+    for laz_2019 in laz_files_2019:
+        if not os.path.isfile(output_folder + laz_2019):
+            print(f'Processing: {laz_2019} ..')
+            if laz_2019 in laz_files_2018:
+                print('Found matching 2018 file, computing distances..')
+                point_cloud_2019 = read(laz_folder_2019 + laz_2019)
+                points_2019 = point_cloud_2019[['X', 'Y', 'Z']]
+                points_2019 = np.array(points_2019[['X', 'Y', 'Z']].tolist())
+                point_cloud_2018 = read(laz_folder_2018 + laz_2019)
+                points_2018 = point_cloud_2018[['X', 'Y', 'Z']]
+                points_2018 = np.array(points_2018[['X', 'Y', 'Z']].tolist())
+
+                if len(points_2018) > 0 and len(points_2019) > 0:
+                    distances = hausdorff_distance(points_2018, points_2019)
+
+                    print(f'Done, saving to: {output_folder + laz_2019} ..')
+
+                    point_cloud_2019 = recfunctions.append_fields(
+                        point_cloud_2019, 'HausdorffDist2018', distances, 'f8'
+                    )
+                    write(point_cloud_2019, output_folder + laz_2019)
+                else:
+                    print('No points found in one of the '
+                          'point clouds, skipping..')
+            else:
+                print('No matching 2018 file found, skipping..')
+        else:
+            print('Already done, skipping..')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()