README.md

dem2points

Extract 3D points from digital elevation models

Dependencies

GDAL is the only dependency. To install it run:

sudo apt-get install -y libgdal-dev 

Building

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Running

./dem2points -verbose -inputFile dem.tif -outputFile points.ply

Disclaimer

This software is a component of OpenDroneMap. We haven't done much testing outside of its uses within OpenDroneMap so bugs may be present when testing with datasets in the "wild".

Credits

• Command line parser library modified from https://github.com/mkazhdan/PoissonRecon