👉 In geosciences, "gpd" stands for "Generalized Point Cloud Data". It is a type of point cloud data that can be represented in many different ways. These various representations include:
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Point Clouds
: These are essentially 2D or 3D point clouds, often used to represent the locations and characteristics of objects.
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Structured Point Clouds (SPC)
: They are structured points representing a continuous surface such as a plane, sphere, cube