Point Cloud Viewer

Point cloud viewer that can read LAS (LAZ untested) files and display them in Girder item browser using vtk.js

Contact

Contact kitware@kitware.com for questions regarding using Point Cloud Viewer

License

Copyright 2017 Kitware Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Setup

(Assuming Debian specifically Ubuntu 16.04)

Prerequisite

Install MongoDB:
Instructions are here: https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.2/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu

Install Girder:
mkdir girder_pointcloud_viewer
cd girder_pointcloud_viewer
git clone --branch 2.x-maintenance https://github.com/girder/girder.git
cd girder
pip install -e .
cd ..

Install Girder Point Cloud Viewer Plugin

git clone https://github.com/OpenGeoscience/pointcloud_viewer.git
Execute girder-install plugin -s ~/pointcloud_viewer within the girder virtualenv
Execute girder-install web --dev --plugins pointcloud_viewer

Running:
Run girder-server
Navigate to localhost:8080 and create a user and a file assetstore and enable this Point Cloud Viewer plugin
Navigate to localhost:8080 and navigate to a folder of LAS item
Click on one of the LAS item
Click on globe icon