Here, I will walk you through a simple processing pipeline for terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data using data from the Faro Focus laser scanner in a Nepalese forest. The software we will use is Faro SCENE.
00:00:33 - Switch SCENE interface
00:01:30 - Bring TLS files into SCENE
00:02:20 - Turn off Filters and Adjust Settings
00:04:48 - Open and Inspect your first Scan
00:10:47 - Selecting Registration Points
00:12:40 - Side-By-Side Registration
00:17:25 - Top-Down Registration
00:22:36 - Forcing Correspondence
00:22:46 - Place Scans
00:24:38 - Inspecting Registration
00:28:49 - Filtering the Point Cloud
00:30:17 - Fine Tuning Filter Settings
00:34:38 - When to Filter, When not to Filter
00:36:10 - Inspecting Filtered Data
00:37:55 - Exporting TLS data from SCENE
00:38:25 - Data Format
00:41:10 - Opening Your TLS Data in Cloud Compare
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