From 0a327af666fa36564b10caaaf238d2819d8e8c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: subodhisawake <subodhbhyri811@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 23:18:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix(PointCloudLayer): add TypeScript types for loaders.gl
 point cloud data format

---
 .../point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts b/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
index 7ed5c0231d9..7859c2206c0 100644
--- a/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
+++ b/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ import source from './point-cloud-layer.wgsl';
 const DEFAULT_COLOR = [0, 0, 0, 255] as const;
 const DEFAULT_NORMAL = [0, 0, 1] as const;
 
+type LoadersGLAttribute = {
+  size: number;
+  value: ArrayBufferView;
+  type?: number;
+};
+
+export type LoadersGLPointCloudData = {
+  header: {
+    vertexCount: number;
+  };
+  attributes: {
+    POSITION?: LoadersGLAttribute;
+    NORMAL?: LoadersGLAttribute;
+    COLOR_0?: LoadersGLAttribute;
+    [key: string]: LoadersGLAttribute | undefined;
+  };
+};
+
 const defaultProps: DefaultProps<PointCloudLayerProps> = {
   sizeUnits: 'pixels',
   pointSize: {type: 'number', min: 0, value: 10}, //  point radius in pixels
@@ -70,7 +88,7 @@ export type PointCloudLayerProps<DataT = unknown> = _PointCloudLayerProps<DataT>
 
 /** Properties added by PointCloudLayer. */
 type _PointCloudLayerProps<DataT> = {
-  data: LayerDataSource<DataT>;
+  data: LayerDataSource<DataT> | LoadersGLPointCloudData;
   /**
    * The units of the point size, one of `'meters'`, `'common'`, and `'pixels'`.
    * @default 'pixels'

From aadac928701c00c10d766b44099e94b388ad3075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: subodhisawake <subodhbhyri811@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 19:30:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix(PointCloudLayer): import MeshAttributes from
 @loaders.gl/schema instead of redefining

---
 .../src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts     | 14 ++------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts b/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
index 7859c2206c0..f82f936e33b 100644
--- a/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
+++ b/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
@@ -26,26 +26,16 @@ import {pointCloudUniforms, PointCloudProps} from './point-cloud-layer-uniforms'
 import vs from './point-cloud-layer-vertex.glsl';
 import fs from './point-cloud-layer-fragment.glsl';
 import source from './point-cloud-layer.wgsl';
+import type {MeshAttributes} from '@loaders.gl/schema';
 
 const DEFAULT_COLOR = [0, 0, 0, 255] as const;
 const DEFAULT_NORMAL = [0, 0, 1] as const;
 
-type LoadersGLAttribute = {
-  size: number;
-  value: ArrayBufferView;
-  type?: number;
-};
-
 export type LoadersGLPointCloudData = {
   header: {
     vertexCount: number;
   };
-  attributes: {
-    POSITION?: LoadersGLAttribute;
-    NORMAL?: LoadersGLAttribute;
-    COLOR_0?: LoadersGLAttribute;
-    [key: string]: LoadersGLAttribute | undefined;
-  };
+  attributes: MeshAttributes;
 };
 
 const defaultProps: DefaultProps<PointCloudLayerProps> = {

From 1724ddf46c93cef1fa7218c497980eea6e5d72a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: subodhisawake <subodhbhyri811@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 22:10:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix(PointCloudLayer): use Mesh type from
 @loaders.gl/schema instead of MeshAttributes

---
 .../layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts  | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts b/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
index f82f936e33b..0c2176f1d83 100644
--- a/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
+++ b/modules/layers/src/point-cloud-layer/point-cloud-layer.ts
@@ -26,16 +26,14 @@ import {pointCloudUniforms, PointCloudProps} from './point-cloud-layer-uniforms'
 import vs from './point-cloud-layer-vertex.glsl';
 import fs from './point-cloud-layer-fragment.glsl';
 import source from './point-cloud-layer.wgsl';
-import type {MeshAttributes} from '@loaders.gl/schema';
+import type {Mesh} from '@loaders.gl/schema';
 
 const DEFAULT_COLOR = [0, 0, 0, 255] as const;
 const DEFAULT_NORMAL = [0, 0, 1] as const;
 
-export type LoadersGLPointCloudData = {
-  header: {
-    vertexCount: number;
-  };
-  attributes: MeshAttributes;
+export type LoadersGLPointCloudData = Partial<Mesh> & {
+  header: {vertexCount: number};
+  attributes: Mesh['attributes'];
 };
 
 const defaultProps: DefaultProps<PointCloudLayerProps> = {