Cloud Sync Glossary | Cordel Cloud Sync User Guide

This article provides definitions for commonly used terms and acronyms in the Cordel Cloud Sync (CSS) product.

Glossary

Term	Description
LiDAR	Light Detection and Ranging Laser imaging, detection, and ranging
IMU	Inertial Measurement Unit
GPS/GNSS	Global Positioning System Global Navigation Satellite System
RTK	Real Time Kinematic
Dataset	Dataset refers to the collection of files captured by the Cordel hardware: lidarmeta → configuration file for the dataset .lidar → data captured by lidar sensor .anpp → data captured by IMU/GPS system lidar.cali → calibration file for the Nextcore hardware unit
Las/Laz output file	The LAS (LASer) format is a file format designed for the interchange and archiving of lidar point cloud data The LAZ format is the compressed version that significantly reduces file size