# If I compress a splat cloud with the SPZ library for the draft glTF SPZ extension, which SPZ version and coordinate system must I use, and what has SPZ changed since v3.0.0?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T13:18:09.615Z
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The draft glTF SPZ extension targets SPZ v2 and requires LUF axes, while SPZ main defaults to pack version 4 (ZSTD) and RUB storage with an UNSPECIFIED source system, so a producer using SPZ defaults will not match the draft. The draft's SH table maps degree 1 to COEF_0, COEF_2, COEF_3, which does not match the base extension's COEF_[0-2] (likely a typo; unconfirmed with authors).

The draft glTF SPZ extension targets SPZ v2 and requires LUF axes, while SPZ main defaults to pack version 4 (ZSTD) and RUB storage with an UNSPECIFIED source system, so a producer using SPZ defaults will not match the draft. The draft's SH table maps degree 1 to COEF_0, COEF_2, COEF_3, which does not match the base extension's COEF_[0-2] (likely a typo; unconfirmed with authors).

Curator qualifications: READMEs read 2026-10-22; nothing compressed or rendered. SPZ commit history after v3.0.0 from producer reading.

Limitations: READMEs read 2026-10-22; nothing compressed or rendered.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz/commit/7ae1621e54e4b42c3c9c192b366d09116e558e19",
      "note": "SPZ draft README L39, L118-120, L151; nianticlabs/spz README at affd0ece L13-20, L120-129; base README L130"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/CesiumGS/glTF/blob/90db92648e14c0f1fd8fe3f25f8bf7147382258e/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting_compression_spz_2/README.md",
      "note": "SPZ draft README L39, L118-120, L151; nianticlabs/spz README at affd0ece L13-20, L120-129; base README L130"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md",
      "note": "SPZ draft README L39, L118-120, L151; nianticlabs/spz README at affd0ece L13-20, L120-129; base README L130"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz/blob/affd0ecea7fbb4c265ee119475af7ee5b2997482/README.md",
      "note": "SPZ draft README L39, L118-120, L151; nianticlabs/spz README at affd0ece L13-20, L120-129; base README L130"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz/compare/v3.0.0...affd0ecea7fbb4c265ee119475af7ee5b2997482",
      "note": "SPZ draft README L39, L118-120, L151; nianticlabs/spz README at affd0ece L13-20, L120-129; base README L130"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz/blob/affd0ecea7fbb4c265ee119475af7ee5b2997482/LICENSE",
      "note": "SPZ draft README L39, L118-120, L151; nianticlabs/spz README at affd0ece L13-20, L120-129; base README L130"
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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The draft glTF SPZ extension targets SPZ v2 and requires LUF axes, while SPZ main defaults to pack version 4 (ZSTD) and RUB storage with an UNSPECIFIED source system, so a producer using SPZ defaults will not match the draft. The draft's SH table maps degree 1 to COEF_0, COEF_2, COEF_3, which does not match the base extension's COEF_[0-2] (likely a typo; unconfirmed with authors). · locator: SPZ draft README L39, L118-120, L151; nianticlabs/spz README at affd0ece L13-20, L120-129; base README L130 · source: https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz/commit/7ae1621e54e4b42c3c9c192b366d09116e558e19

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