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Hi, If I understood your question right here follows one way how to do it: 1. Export the z coordinate values to a scalar field (Edit|Scalar field|Export coordinate to SF) 2. Flatten your point cloud via Edit|Multiply/scale and set scale (x) and (y) to 1 and scale (z) to 0 3. Run subsampling 4. Expo...

Okay, here's a snapshot of what I'm working with. I want to measure shoreline recession, and I have an older data set (reference) and then a newer one to compare against the reference. It is difficult to determine the extent of the shoreline by examining the point cloud. I tried to use a series of p...

I'm working on a project that will hopefully determine the efficacy of a citizen science approach to mapping shoreline change. My task is developing a workflow that is easy enough to follow so that people without a GIS or research background can produce a research-grade product. We have the imagery ...

I am new to Cloud Compare. I am giving the software a test drive for my team, but I am having some difficulty getting started. I am trying to load some files but nothing seems to be working right. I'm not really the most tech-savvy guy, so when things don't work as expected it takes a lot of work fo...