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Copy from reference

Not UAV, not Lite

Copy from reference command copies attributes of laser points from a reference project to the laser points of the active project. The command requires the definition of a reference project in the project information settings of the active project. See Edit project information for more information about defining a reference project.

There has to be a possibility to uniquely identify a point by its attributes in the active and reference project binary files in order to ensure that the correct attributes are copied for a point.

For LAS files, the combination of time stamp + echo information is unique for each laser point if all the data was captured in one GPS week or if GPS standard time stamps are used. Otherwise, the combination of line + time stamp + echo information defines a laser point unambiguously.

For TerraScan Binary and FastBinary files, the combination of time stamp + echo information is not unique for each laser point because of the resolution with which time stamps are stored in this format. Therefore, additional attributes that are the same in the active and reference project binary files have to be selected to identify laser points unambiguously.

An example case for using this command could be:

Laser data has been imported into a project in folder \laser1.

Heading, Roll, Pitch (HRP) misalignment has been solved and applied to the laser points that are now stored in folder \laser2.

Automatic and manual classification steps have been performed.

After the classification it has been realized that the HRP correction was wrong but the classification is good and took a lot effort.

As a solution, the project in folder \laser1 is defined as reference project in the information dialog of the project in folder \laser2.

The attributes xy and z are copied from laser data in \laser1 to the data in \laser2 using the Copy from reference command.

This restores the coordinate values from the status before the HRP correction but preserves the classification that was done after the HRP correction.

To copy attributes from a reference project:

1. Select Copy from reference command from the Tools pulldown menu.

This opens the Copy from Reference dialog:

copy_from_reference

2. Define settings and click OK.

This copies the selected attributes to the points of the active project. An information window shows the progress of the process.

After the process finished, a report is displayed that shows the number of points that have been changed in each block binary file. The report can be saved as a text file or printed directly using commands from the File pulldown menu in the Copy parameters window.

SETTING

EFFECT

Copy from

Point class(es) from which the attributes are copied.

_select_classes

Opens the Select classes dialog which contains the list of active classes in TerraScan. You can select multiple source classes from the list that are then used in the Copy from field.

Apply to

Point class(es) to which the attributes are copied.

_select_classes

Opens the Select classes dialog which contains the list of active classes in TerraScan. You can select multiple source classes from the list that are then used in the Apply to field.

Search in

Method how corresponding blocks are searched in the reference project:

Block with matching name - the block names in the reference project are supposed to be the same as in the active project.

Blocks close in xy - the block boundaries of the reference project are supposed to be at the approximately same location as the block boundaries of the active project. The software finds matching points in the active and reference project blocks also if they are not exactly at the same XY location.

Match by

If on, the attribute is used to find matching points in the reference and active projects.

Copy data

If on, the attribute is copied from the laser points in the reference project to the corresponding laser points in the active project.

TerraScan User Guide   01.01.2024   © 2024 Terrasolid Ltd