garlicpasta/dotserver

View dependent streaming of vast point clouds.

dotServer

dotServer is part of a client-server system for displaying and exploring huge Pointclouds on Android Devices.

The corresponding client u can find here.

Dependencies :

• gradle
• goggle protocol buffers

Build

For building run the following command in the project root

gradle build

Build big jar

For building a jar with all dependencies run the following command

gradle fatJar

Usage

For running the server its necessary to supply pointcloud file and a port. The server supports the following filetypes nvm,ply and txt (xyzrgb)

-h         prints help
-f <arg>   specifies input file
-p <arg>   specifies port of server
-t <arg>   specifies type of input file

Example

After running gradle fatJar u can find the jar in build/libs. Now run the server with the following command:

java -jar dotServer-all-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar -f foo.nvm

dotserver's Issues

Point cloud file format?

Hi,
I was going to test your code, but what is the format of your point clouds? Is it XYZRGB .ply formatted?

The program runs, but can not see anything!

I was trying to run your client-server program.

The server's executable .jar file and client's viewer are all already there. So I just install them. My problem is I can not make the client/server program to work. As suggested, I run your server with:

java -jar dotServer-all-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar -f testPLY.ply

And use this test .ply file: this .ply file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dfhyy9xa5i9o2fz/testPLY.ply?dl=0)

And on the Android app, I also go to settings to input the server's IP address (my laptop's IP address). Say 192.168.2.10.

I am not seeing anything. Do they work? Maybe something is wrong with my settings?!

File MultiResTreeProtos.java missing from your project

Hello,
It looks like there is a file called DataAccesLayer.MultiResTreeProtos which is missing from the project. I can not build the project without that. Can you please update the project with those missing files?

.ply 3D points are all red

The Android viewer shows all points in red for .ply files. Just a quick scan, the parser should take care of the RGB colors though.