About structured, non-structured, and photo data

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About structured, non-structured, and photo data - Exercise

Task 1: Open an existing Recap project and check coordinate system setting

  1. Click on the Open Folder Icon in the upper left of the Recap interface.
  2. Browse to and open the project found in the dataset named All Drone Capture.rcp.



  3. Select on the gear symbol to launch the settings dialog.



  4. Verify that the Coordinate System is set to CO83-C and the project units are meters.



  5. Click OK to dismiss the Settings dialog box.

Task 2: Use Project Navigation panel

  1. Click on the tile stack in the lower right corner of the interface to open the Project Navigation panel.
  2. Expand the Scan Locations collection and hover over some of the location icons to see the display of number of points in the scan.



  3. Expand the View States collection and select some of the view states to see different areas of the point cloud.
  4. Select the Intersection Lanes view.
  5. Change the Point Display to 1.

Task 3: Measure horizontal and vertical distances to check the point cloud scale

  1. Select the freehand distance tool and measure the distance between the lane markers.



  2. The distance should be around 3.4 to 3.6 meters.
  3. Hover over the dimension text and select the Trash Can symbol to delete the dimension.
  4. Select the Pedestrian Bridge view state.
  5. Use the freehand distance tool again to check the vertical measurement.



  6. The distance should be around 12 meters.
  7. Hover over the dimension text and select the Trash Can symbol to delete the dimension.
  8. Exit Recap – you do not need to save the Recap project.
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