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Point Cloud

ThisA Point Cloud entity stores a raw pointspatial cloud.data Thiscollected isfrom howsources such as LiDAR or photogrammetry. Uploading point clouds areinto uploadedVoxelSpace intois the systemfirst forstep latertoward processing.visualizing and processing high-resolution terrain or structure data.

FirstUploading goa Point Cloud

  1. Navigate to the catalogCatalog page,section and select yourthe project and click on "Add Object".

    Oncewhere you selectwant “Pointto Cloud” fromupload the point cloud.

  2. Click the “Add Object” button,button.
    3. you will see
  3. From the followingdropdown options:

    menu, choose “Point Cloud.”

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4. You’ll be prompted to enter the following details:

Field

Description

 

Item Name

A descriptive, readable name for the new entitypoint cloud entity.

 

Capture Date

An(Optional) optionalThe fieldoriginal containingdate the originalpoint capturecloud datedata was collected.

 

Horizontal Datum

HorizontalThe datumhorizontal reference system used in(e.g., theWGS point84, cloudNAD83).

 

Vertical Datum

VerticalThe datumvertical reference system used infor theelevation pointor clouddepth.

 

Projection

ProjectionThe usedcoordinate byprojection applied to the pointdataset.

cloud

 

Horizontal Units

Horizontal unit typeUnits used infor thehorizontal pointmeasurements cloud(e.g., meters or feet).

 

Vertical Units

Vertical unit typeUnits used infor thevertical pointmeasurements cloud(e.g., meters or feet).

 

5. After entering the required metadata, click “Choose Files” to upload your data.

You can select multiple files during upload. The platform currently supports the following formats:

  • Text files (ASCII) with comma- or space-separated values
  • LAS files
  • LAZ files
  • ZIP archives containing any of the above formats

 

6. Once youfiles haveare provided values to these fields,selected, click on “Choose Files”. This will prompt a file selection dialog where multiple files can be selected for uploading. The following file types are currently supported:

  1. Text Files (ASCII) with comma or space separated values.
  2. LAS files
  3. LAZ files
  4. ZIP archive files containing compressed Text, LAS or LAZ files.

Click on “Create” to begin the upload process.

You can trackmonitor the upload operationprogress from the “Pending” section inwithin the project’sselected page.project.

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