Sensors\Ground Based Lidar\Export Depth Buffer

Menu

This tool is accessible via the 'Edit > Sensors > TLS/GBL > Export Depth Buffer' menu.

Description

Exports the depth map of the selected Ground Based Lidar (GBL) sensor as an ASCII file.

CloudCompare will simply ask for a destination filename.

Output file format

The output file is organized as the following:

• comment line: title (CLOUDCOMPARE DEPTH MAP)
• comment line: cloud name (Associated cloud: XXX)
• comment line: first angular step (min and max between brackets)
• comment line: second angular step (min and max between brackets)
• comment line: max depth (pMax: XXX)
• comment line: depth map length (L: XXX)
• comment line: depth map height (H: XXX)
• comment line (///////////////////////)
• then on each line: 3 values per pixel of the depth map (column, row, depth)

Example

// CLOUDCOMPARE DEPTH MAP
// Associated cloud: cloud_name
// dPhi = 0.005000 [ -0.383040 : 0.007195 ]
// dTheta = 0.005000 [ -1.586361 : 0.137948 ]
// pMax = 58841.890625
// L = 345
// H = 79
/////////////////////////
0 0 12.000000000000
1 0 15.000000000000
2 0 16.000000000000
...