Month: April 2013
Cannot Connect the Client Machine to the License Server
Symptom: Receiving the following error message when attempting to connect a client machine to the license server. “Authentication Failed Unable to authenticate a license for LP360 for the following reason: Unable to connect to the LP360 License Server machine. Please check that it is on-line and reachable from this machine. LP360 will run in Viewer…
Unable to Setup the Client for the License Server
Symptom: While trying to setup the client to connect to the License Server you receive the error message, “Unable to Setup the Client for the License Server”. Probable Resolution: The License Administrator needs to be run using the right-click and “Run as Administrator” option otherwise it doesn’t have sufficient permissions to implement the desired settings…
Unable to Setup the Machine as a License Server
Symptom: While trying to setup the machine as a license server you receive one of the following error messages “Unable to setup the machine as a license server.” “Error in setting up the License Server (24216)” Probable Resolution: The License Administrator needs to be run using the right-click and “Run as Administrator” option, otherwise it…
LP360 Has a Set of Four Tools Accessed Via ArcToolbox
Note: While the Arctoolbox tools are still an option within the product, the introduction of LAS File Analyst in v2018.1 and the ReProject/Shift LAS PCT in v2017.1, the new tools provide more efficient and robust tools and are now the recommended tools to use. LP360 has a set of four tools that can be accessed…
LP360: Surface Exports with Large Void Areas
KBA-01009-G8L3T4 Purpose & Scope Modify LP360 Settings to Avoid Large Surface Voids Procedure Surface exports with large void areas such as lakes or other water bodies may require changes to the default export settings. LP360 makes inspections of the neighborhood adjacent to small processing blocks in order to correctly identify the right set of points…
Breaklines, Part 1 – An Introduction
See the 2018 updated version of this article here. One of the more powerful capabilities within LP360 is breakline capture and enforcement. In fact, many LIDAR production shops use LP360 as their tool of choice for supplementing point cloud data (derived from LIDAR or correlated imagery) with breaklines. But what are breaklines and how should…
How Hillshade works in LP360
Hillshading is a way to determine the hypothetical illumination of a surface based on a given light source position in the sky. Positions on the terrain that are most exposed to the light source have high illumination or brightness values, whereas terrain positions that are hidden or protected from the light source have low to…