.. _dimensions:

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Dimensions
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PDAL dimensions describe the combination of data's type, size, and meaning. The
following table provides a list of known dimension names you can use in
:ref:`filters`, :ref:`writers`, and :ref:`readers` descriptions.


.. csv-table::
    :file: ./dimension-table.csv
    :header: "Name", "Type", "Description"
    :widths: 10, 5, 40
