[GRASS-user] Point Cloud Library / Kinect

["Peter Löwe"]

Hi Hamish,

> Peter wrote:
> > where can I find information about FOSS-based
> > georeferencing/processing of point clouds (like input coming
> > from a NI device like a kinect or a xtion) - preferably done
> > with GRASS ?
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> wrt GRASS:
> r.in.xyz can read unlimited delimited ascii from stdin for a 2D slice
> or 2.5D DEM. r3.in.xyz needs a disk file to work with (furthest developed
> in grass7, still a few things to backport to grass6 addons).
> 
> how you get those inputs to ascii format is left as an exercise for
> the student. :)
> 

the student will also look into Soeren's VTKGRASSBridge ("vtkImages can be directly written as GRASS raster maps into a GRASS location") and the NI/PointCloud-Plugin for Paraview :-)

Thanks,
Peter


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Dr. Peter Löwe
<peter.loewe at gmx.de>