GeoCue’s repository of articles covering tools, tips, and workflows for processing point clouds in LP360 Geospatial.
Symptom: While activating LP360 using an AUT file you receive a Copy Error (24244) message stating, “The process cannot access the file ‘C:\Program Files\Common Files\QCoherent\colorramp.bmp’ because it is being used by another process.” Probable Resolution #1: It is most likely that you have another session of LP360 License Administrator or LP360 open when you attempted…
There may be times when a user needs to add a custom horizontal coordinate system to the program. This option can be done within LP360 (v2015.1). Initial steps Generate a custom PRJ file to reflect the new custom coordinate system There are a couple of options how to accomplish this Copy a current PRJ file…
About Exporting Profile Lines Sometimes it may be useful to export the current profile line to a file for use in other software applications. The Export Profile command will export the draped line to the current export file you specify. Learn more about setting up profile export How to Export Profile Lines Export Profile Command…
About Profile Export Properties You must select an export file to export profiles to before exporting profiles. The current supported file formats are 3D Polyline Shapefiles, AutoCAD DXF, MicroStation DGN, and ASCII XYZ files. If a pre-existing file is selected, profiles are appended to that file. Otherwise a new file is created. If XYZ files…
If you used the cross sections point cloud task in LP360 to automate the generation of your cross sections your only output options were Shapefile and DXF. What if I need those cross section XYZ values in another format. Option 1: Use the manual profile export available in the profile view to export your profiles.…
A new command line driven, Windows application has been written to execute LP360 point cloud tasks. The tool “LPRunPCT.exe”, available in the 2015.1 Service Pack A, allows you to run a point cloud task from the command line with a number of command line options and associated parameter files. This tool is very useful in certain…
In the LIDAR industry the generally accepted definition for Nominal Pulse Spacing (NPS) is the one detailed in the USGS base LIDAR Specification. That is the spacing between points in the collection when in reference to single instrument, single swath, first return only LIDAR point data. The NPS is a value that is usually predicted by…
LP360 for ArcGIS, riding within the ESRI ArcMap environment, gives users flexibility to customize the user interface with respect to the LP360 tools. Custom hot keys can be created that cut down on the number of clicks it takes to complete a task, in addition LP360 tools can be added to Custom Toolbars. Please note,…
Intensity values can be determined within LP360 in a couple of ways. Identify Tool: The identify tool can be used to determine the intensity value for any given point that is currently loaded into LP360. LP360 Point Cloud Statistics LP360’s Point Cloud Statistics Point Cloud Task, can be used to determine the minimum, maximum, average and…
