Saturday, October 25, 2014

Island Scanning - Can't see the wood for the trees

Picture Example courtesy of Wikipedia page on Florida Mangroves

This weekend we had the privilege to scan a residential property in Captiva Island, FL. The Beaches and scenery where straight out of a tourist brochure and the scan conditions were hot, sunny with a tropical island breeze.

Once arrived at the Project site we noticed right away that the entire property around the house was covered by palm trees, shrubs and bushes and the parcel was surrounded by tall dense Florida mangroves.

The Scan Settings were adjusting accordingly and it was a beautiful and peaceful place to scan.

Back at the Office registering the date we saw the sheer volume of busy busy data. Each leaf waving in the wind made the Point Cloud look like a snip out of The Matrix movie. This made for higher processing power and slower rotation times.

Tip for situations like this is to use the clipping box to crop the data to make it as manageable as possible.

Have you ever Scanned areas with dense and busy foliage. How did you deal with the data?

Scan On,
Sarah


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