Generally LIDAR outputs a point cloud. Velodynes tend to output very stripey point clouds. Edit to add more info: the Puck's data sheet [0] claims a range of

Generally LIDAR outputs a point cloud. Velodynes tend to output very stripey point clouds. Edit to add more info: the Puck's data sheet [0] claims a range of 100m and 300,000 points per second. [0] http://velodynelidar.com/docs/datasheet/63-9229_Rev-F_Puck%20_Spec%20Sheet_Web.pdf http://velodynelidar.com/docs/datasheet/63-9229_Rev-F_Puck%2...