Using SCC functions batch, or headless (without UI), for automated processing

[andras]

Dear Experts,

i'm not familiar with Atlas SCC, so please forgive if i'm asking something trivial.
I have to create depth map from RIEGL VMX mobile mapping data, using the following input files:
- Panorama photos
- LAS pointcloud
- RIEGL RiProcess project file (xml)
The expected output is geotiff depth map (for every panorama photos). The process is clear, and i can create the depth map using Atlas SCC without any problem. But, i have to do it a bunch of times because we have so much data, and it's really human resource demanding. So my question is, is there any solution, where i can do it "without Atlas SCC user interface", without user interaction? For example:
- It would be really good, if i could define somehowe the data proceessing steps, and i could do it batch, in the background.
- Using script language, like python to using Atlas SCC
- Using different, OS solution, if that's the only way (like open3d)

Many thanks in advance!
Kind regards,

Andras

[smacl]

Dear Experts,

i'm not familiar with Atlas SCC, so please forgive if i'm asking something trivial.
I have to create depth map from RIEGL VMX mobile mapping data, using the following input files:
- Panorama photos
- LAS pointcloud
- RIEGL RiProcess project file (xml)
The expected output is geotiff depth map (for every panorama photos). The process is clear, and i can create the depth map using Atlas SCC without any problem. But, i have to do it a bunch of times because we have so much data, and it's really human resource demanding. So my question is, is there any solution, where i can do it "without Atlas SCC user interface", without user interaction? For example:
- It would be really good, if i could define somehowe the data proceessing steps, and i could do it batch, in the background.
- Using script language, like python to using Atlas SCC
- Using different, OS solution, if that's the only way (like open3d)

Many thanks in advance!
Kind regards,

Andras

Hi Andras,

SCC does have an automation interface to work with external programs but this hasn't been updated in some time and doesn't currently support any of the newer point cloud functions. I'll update this for the next interim release and post here again once this has been done,

Shane

[andras]

Thank you for your reply, Shane!

[smacl]

Hi Andras,

Automation support for depth and inverse access has now been added to SCC, see Javascript sample below which creates a model from a number of LAS files, imports the Riegl photography and exports depth and inverse maps. I've used Javascript here but you could use any language that supports scripting of Windows automation objects, e.g. Python, VBScript etc... We need to add a number of additional automation interfaces for the point cloud for more general scripting, but this should be plenty for your specific application. This release is currently going through testing and should be ready early next week,

Shane

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