Viewing an Aerotriangulation Tile’s Sparse Point Cloud

A sparse point cloud is a representation of all photo features that were automatically found in two or more project photos, with their computed positions.

To view an AT tile’s sparse point cloud:

1.     Select the required tile. See "Selecting Tiles" in this chapter. The Tile tab is displayed.

2.     On the Tile tab, in the Sparse Point Cloud group, click Show Point Cloud.

Note:        The sparse point cloud may take some time to display the first time it is shown or after making changes to the project.

3.     Select the Point Size in pixels.

4.     Select the color coding option for classifying the point cloud’s points:

§  Single color – A single color is used for all points.

§  Num. tied photos – Points are color coded according to the number of photos in which this point was found.

·         Orange – Two matches

·         Green – Three or more matches