lidar

Any good C or C++ libraries out there for dealing with large point clouds?

Basically, I'm looking for a library or SDK for handling large point clouds coming from LIDAR or scanners, typically running into many millions of points of X,Y,Z,Colour. What I'm after are as follows; Fast display, zooming, panning Point cloud registration Fast low level access to the data Regression of surfaces and solids (not as imp...

ArcSDK.h Not Found in Default Path

By default, it should be at ..\include\CPPAPI. But on my machine this folder doesn't even exist, only 'CatIDs' and 'GridIDs' folders reside in \include. I've installed ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 and its VC++ SDK. I am new to ArcGIS and LiDAR, I've got LAS file and corresponding text version, all I need to do is to convert txt file to shp file....

How do interface a LIDAR device with MATLAB?

I have a Hokuyo USB LADAR/LIDAR. I have problem with interfacing or connecting it to MATLAB/Simulink, such that I can do all the processing in those software packages. I have already asked Hokuyo. They only provide C++ program interface (sample programming guide and libraries). How do I interface this to MATLAB/Simulink? ...