GeoCue’s repository of TrueView tools, tips and workflows for the TrueView line of drone mapping products. Includes former AirGon products such as Loki and ASPSuite.
The Basic Filter Point Cloud Task (PCT) allows you to define one or more point filters and assign the set of points matching the point filter to a classification. This PCT is useful for conducting simple reclassifications of point data in a LIDAR project. Reclassifying points from the old Model Keypoint class 8 to the…
Problem: Dropped images from Pixhawk drone flight and can’t georeference with dataflash logs. Probable Resolution: Create a new “Position File” that provides a row for each image filename, lat, lon, and elevation using our tool XYZsFromCAMEvents. Provide the “Image Folder” and the “Dataflash Log”. The default file is named “FlightLLAs.txt”. It DOES NOT create a “geotagged” folder, nor write…
We have added quite a few tools to LP360 (Standalone)/Topolyst aimed at small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) data processing (and small area LIDAR, of course). Here are a few tips for defining stockpile toes for volumetric computations. Automatic Toe Extraction with Overhead: You will note that the automatic toe extraction Point Cloud Task (LP360 Advanced…
Problem: When adding files to the map some of the LAS files won’t load and you are presented with the following messages about “Duplicate File IDs”. Caller’s Message: Adding layer to the map failed (22705) Exception Information HRESULT: 0x80004005 Description Duplicate file ids Caller’s Message: Exception Information: HRESULT: 0x0 Unable to retrieve extended COM error…
LP360 always uses a scale of 0.001 when exporting LAS files so as never to degrade the precision of the data. There is no user option like there is in TerraScan or GeoCue to specify the desired resolution and the mechanism that allows LP360 to load “unlimited” LIDAR prevents it from knowing the precision of all of…
Versions of OpenGL Supported in LP360 and Topolyst 2016: Previous versions of LP360 supported OpenGL 1.0 only. OpenGL 1.0 was released on Windows in 1994. Both the LP360 standalone and Topolyst products now support two versions of OpenGL, OpenGL 4.4, or better if available, and OpenGL 1.1 are supported for these two products. The LP360 for…
New regulations for commercial small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS or “drones”) will take effect in the United States on August 27, 2016. These new rules, referred to as Part 107, contain a real gem that not many folks are discussing. In fact, I think it may be the most important rule of the entire Part…
About Pyramiding Files Pyramiding is used to improve display performance for large files. This is similar to the way reduced resolution overviews work. When the Pyramid checkbox is selected, a pyramid file (.QVR) is created for any file that is either missing the .QVR file or the .QVR file is older than the file. For LAS…
