Laser Scanning Pain Points
Laser Scanning Pain Points
Hello everyone
I work in the marketing department for KOREC, a Trimble distributor for the UK and Ireland.
We've been running a poll on laser scanning pain points over on our LinkedIn page and would like to hear from the LSF community on this topic.
Entries from the UK and Ireland could be in with the chance of winning a week's free hire of the Trimble X7.
I work in the marketing department for KOREC, a Trimble distributor for the UK and Ireland.
We've been running a poll on laser scanning pain points over on our LinkedIn page and would like to hear from the LSF community on this topic.
Entries from the UK and Ireland could be in with the chance of winning a week's free hire of the Trimble X7.
- Leandre Robitaille
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Re: Laser Scanning Pain Points
I don't mind the calibration time and cost, usually falls within expectation and we do it during convenient times. Large data set just requires smart decimation and splitting the data in smart ways.
The biggest thing for me that gives me the most pain is mirrors.
Reflection, refraction, windows and mirrors.
The biggest thing for me that gives me the most pain is mirrors.
Reflection, refraction, windows and mirrors.
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Re: Laser Scanning Pain Points
One of the biggest pain for me are software issues, like crashes two minutes before the finish line or missing nearby software functions that ends up in a lot of stupid and repetetive work.
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For anyone finding that dealing with huge point clouds is a pain, could I suggest you sign the petition for open point cloud exchange. One of the biggest time wasters dealing with huge point clouds is translating them between formats, with lost time, lost disk space, loss of information and potential for failure. This is something that we as a community need changed.
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Re: Laser Scanning Pain Points
100% this, by far the most time consuming factor while processing point clouds, also pretty expensive since it has to be done manually.Leandre Robitaille wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:38 am I don't mind the calibration time and cost, usually falls within expectation and we do it during convenient times. Large data set just requires smart decimation and splitting the data in smart ways.
The biggest thing for me that gives me the most pain is mirrors.
Reflection, refraction, windows and mirrors.
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Re: Laser Scanning Pain Points
Hi Thomas & Leandre,tmad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:54 am100% this, by far the most time consuming factor while processing point clouds, also pretty expensive since it has to be done manually.Leandre Robitaille wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:38 am I don't mind the calibration time and cost, usually falls within expectation and we do it during convenient times. Large data set just requires smart decimation and splitting the data in smart ways.
The biggest thing for me that gives me the most pain is mirrors.
Reflection, refraction, windows and mirrors.
Do you have any sample datasets you'd be willing to share that include this kind of data, ideally in e57 format with setups. It is something I'd be interested to see if I could write an algorithm to solve, not sure that I could but I have a couple of ideas for flat reflective surfaces. Curved reflective surfaces such as polished hand rails could be altogether more challenging
Thanks,
Shane
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Hi everyone
If you've voted in this poll, are based in the UK or Ireland and would like to be entered into the draw to win a free week with the Trimble X7 feel free to comment or DM me.
If you voted in the LinkedIn poll we have already captured your information.
If you've voted in this poll, are based in the UK or Ireland and would like to be entered into the draw to win a free week with the Trimble X7 feel free to comment or DM me.
If you voted in the LinkedIn poll we have already captured your information.
- Leandre Robitaille
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Shane I am very busy at the moment but I will make sure to send you a scan of my living room/kitchen. I have a mirror wall and lots of windows, a tv and chromed fridgesmacl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:26 amHi Thomas & Leandre,tmad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:54 am100% this, by far the most time consuming factor while processing point clouds, also pretty expensive since it has to be done manually.Leandre Robitaille wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:38 am I don't mind the calibration time and cost, usually falls within expectation and we do it during convenient times. Large data set just requires smart decimation and splitting the data in smart ways.
The biggest thing for me that gives me the most pain is mirrors.
Reflection, refraction, windows and mirrors.
Do you have any sample datasets you'd be willing to share that include this kind of data, ideally in e57 format with setups. It is something I'd be interested to see if I could write an algorithm to solve, not sure that I could but I have a couple of ideas for flat reflective surfaces. Curved reflective surfaces such as polished hand rails could be altogether more challenging
Thanks,
Shane
I will look to have the data sent to you by the weekend
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Re: Laser Scanning Pain Points
Many thanks Leandre and no hurry, also very busy here so it will be a while before I get a chance to look at this. Ideally if I could get the data in a format which includes setups (or trajectory file) and images such as e57. I suspect possible solutions will involve distance from the scanner rather than coordinates.Leandre Robitaille wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:50 amShane I am very busy at the moment but I will make sure to send you a scan of my living room/kitchen. I have a mirror wall and lots of windows, a tv and chromed fridge
I will look to have the data sent to you by the weekend
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Like this....Leandre Robitaille wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:38 am I don't mind the calibration time and cost, usually falls within expectation and we do it during convenient times. Large data set just requires smart decimation and splitting the data in smart ways.
The biggest thing for me that gives me the most pain is mirrors.
Reflection, refraction, windows and mirrors.
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