mcanthony / potree

WebGL point cloud viewer for large datasets

README

• Getting Started
• Changelog
• User Interface
• FAQ
• File Format

About

Potree is a free open-source WebGL based point cloud renderer for large point clouds.

It is based on the TU Wien Scanopy project

At the moment, this project is continued as master thesis under the Harvest4D Project

Newest information and work in progress is usually available on twitter

General infos, downloads, showcase, etc. at potree.org

Contact: Markus Schütz - [email protected]

Downloads

PotreeConverter source and Win64 binaries

Showcase

Take a look at the potree showcase for some live examples.

Compatibility

Browser	OS	Result
Chrome 42	Win7	works
Firefox 34	Win7	works
Internet Explorer 11	Win7	partially works; performance issues
Firefox	Android	partially works, GUI and stability issues
Opera	Android	partially works, GUI and stability issues and slow
Chrome	Android	works

Credits

• The multi-res-octree algorithms used by this viewer were developed at the Vienna University of Technology by Michael Wimmer and Claus Scheiblauer as part of the Scanopy Project.
• Three.js, the WebGL 3D rendering library on which potree is built.
• plas.io point cloud viewer. LAS and LAZ support have been taken from the laslaz.js implementation of plas.io. Thanks to Uday Verma and Howard Butler for this!
• Harvest4D Potree currently runs as Master Thesis under the Harvest4D Project
• Christian Boucheny (EDL developer) and Daniel Girardeau-Montaut (CloudCompare). The EDL shader was adapted from the CloudCompare source code!
• Martin Isenburg, Georepublic, Veesus, Sigeom Sa, SITN, Pix4D as well as all the contributers to potree and PotreeConverter and many more for their support.