RoboCOPC

QGIS plugin for converting point cloud data between GeoParquet and COPC.

It adds two entries to the Layers panel context menu:

• Convert to COPC — on a GeoParquet vector layer
• Convert to GeoParquet — on a COPC point cloud layer

The conversion runs pdal translate in the background with a progress dialog, and the converted layer replaces the original one at the same position in the layer tree.

Requirements

• QGIS 4.0 or newer
• pdal available on PATH

Installation

Use QGIS plugin installer to install the plugin from the official plugin repository.

Developers

Clone the repository and symlink the plugin directory into your QGIS profile:

./link-plugin.sh

Then enable RoboCOPC in QGIS via Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins.