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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello PDAL community members.  Not sure how to get started so I’ll tell you about my interest in PDAL.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m using PDAL with the aim of building pipelines for various LIDAR processing workflows.  As a first step, I’ve been trying to use ICP registration without a lot of luck.  I’ve spent time following PJHartzell’s work on this to try and
 get a leg up.  If anyone has guidance in fast ways to automatically register relatively dense clouds in the 20M point range, I would be grateful.  Right now, I use sampling before registration to get a transform (quickly) and apply it to the full cloud.  Unfortunately,
 I’m not achieving < 300 mm accuracy and have yet to get convergence.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to interacting with this group.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Karl<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karl S Keller<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Senior Systems Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">KCI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">936 Ridgebrook Road | Sparks, MD | 21152
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Karl.Keller@kci.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">Karl.Keller@kci.com</span></a></span><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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