Hello. Using Pix4dCloud, I would like to edit the results of the point cloud to delete sensitive site information before I share the results (I would like to delete buildings, or to make these not visible in the shared results). Is this possible on Pix4dCloud?
I also own Pix4dMatic - if I cannot delete or omit the buildings from being shown on Pix4dCloud, then is there a way to do this with Pix4dMatic and Pix4dCloud?
Hi @waysandmeans, thanks for asking.
Yes, it is possible to delete sensitive site information before you share your results. How you do it depends on where the sensitive information is relative to the rest of the project area, i.e., the sensitive information is either inside or outside the project are or region of interest.
If the sensitive information is outside the project area, you can add a region of interest.
To make sure it gets the job done, please add the region of interest no later than before you generate the point cloud and other reconstructions to make sure that the sensitive information is never reconstructed.
That way, when you upload the project with PIX4Dmatic’s Share to PIX4Dcloud, the point cloud and al of the other reconstructions you upload will not include the sensitive information that is outside of the region of interest.
In an ideal world, when you edit a point cloud and then upload it to PIX4Dcloud with PIX4Dmatic’s Share to PIX4Dcloud, the changes you made to the point cloud would be apparent when you open the newly created PIX4Dcloud dataset. Unfortunately, that is not the case today.
However, you can still use PIX4Dmatic and PIX4Dcloud to share an edited point cloud of a site with sensitive information.
To do so: