LizardTech will be showcasing their LiDAR Compressor™ software enables you to turn giant point cloud datasets into efficient MrSID® files that retain 100 percent of the raw data at just 25 percent or less of the original file size (lossless compression). If storage requirements are critical, you can reduce your LiDAR file sizes by 90 percent or more by choosing a higher compression ratio and letting LiDAR Compressor select the best way to reach a desired file size (lossy compression). Unlike raw LAS or ASCII data, LiDAR files compressed to MrSID are easily managed resources you can extract derivatives from again and again. http://bit.ly/FAydD

Also check out their Basics to LiDAR Workshop presentation "What’s our LIDAR distribution story?" on Wed January 25, 11.00 - 12:00, Centennial ABC Room, Micahel Rosen, Engineering Manager.

How big is LIDAR and what does that mean to me? With scan rates
increasing every year and exploitation software moving from derived DEMS
and Contours into the Point Cloud proper, the question is increasingly
pressing. This talk describes the context of and the emerging solutions to
LIDAR distribution. In this presentation they look at current approaches as
well as those based on emerging LIDAR server and compression
technologies. http://www.lidarmap.org/basics_to_lidar/ILMF12_Basics_Workshop_Programme.pdf