The Fusion LDV visualization system consists of two main programs, FUSION and LDV (LiDAR data viewer), implemented as Microsoft Windows applications coded in C++ using the Microsoft Foundation Classes. The primary FUSION display presents all project data using a 2D display typical of geographic information systems. It supports a variety of data types and formats but requires that all data be geo-referenced using the same projection system and units of measurement. LDV provides the 3D visualization environment, based on OpenGL, for the examination of spatially-explicit data subsets.
LiDAR technology offers fast, real-time collection of 3-D points that are accurately geo-referenced.