# Writers

Writers consume data provided by Readers. Some writers can consume any dimension type, while others only understand fixed dimension names.

Note

PDAL predefined dimension names can be found in the dimension registry: Dimensions

writers.bpf

  Write BPF version 3 files. BPF is an NGA specification for point cloud data.

writers.ept_addon

  Append additional dimensions to Entwine resources.

writers.e57

  Write data in the E57 format.

writers.gdal

  Create a raster from a point cloud using an interpolation algorithm.

writers.gltf

  Write mesh data in GLTF format. Point clouds without meshes cannot be written.

writers.las

  Write ASPRS LAS versions 1.0 - 1.4 formatted data. LAZ support is also available if enabled at compile-time.

writers.matlab

  Write MATLAB .mat files. The output has a single array struct.

writers.nitf

  Write LAS and LAZ point cloud data, wrapped in a NITF 2.1 file.

writers.null

  Provides a sink for points in a pipeline. It’s the same as sending pipeline output to /dev/null.

writers.ogr

  Write a point cloud as a set of OGR points/multipoints

writers.pcd

  Write PCD-formatted files in the ASCII, binary, or compressed format.

writers.pgpointcloud

  Write to a PostgreSQL database that has the PostgreSQL Pointcloud extension enabled.

writers.ply

  Write points as PLY vertices. Can also emit a mesh as a set of faces.

writers.raster

  Writes rasters using GDAL. Rasters must be created using a PDAL filter.

writers.sbet

  Write data in the SBET format.

writers.sqlite

  Write point cloud data in a scheme that matches the approach used in the PostgreSQL Pointcloud and OCI readers.

writers.text

  Write points in a text file. GeoJSON and CSV formats are supported.

writers.tiledb

  Write points into a TileDB database.