Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL into indexing

.travis.yml

@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@ compiler:
 
 env:
   - PDAL_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS=all
+  - PDAL_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS=stubs_only
   - PDAL_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS=none
 
 before_install: ./scripts/ci/before_install.sh
 
 script: ./scripts/ci/script.sh
 
 notifications:
-  on_success: always # [always|never|change] # default: change
-  on_failure: always # [always|never|change] # default: always
-  irc: "chat.freenode.net#pdal"
-  # Uncomment and edit below for notifications by e-mail
-  #email:
-  #  recipients:
-  #    - mateusz@loskot.net
-
+  on_success: always
+  on_failure: always
+  irc: chat.freenode.net#pdal
+  slack:
+    rooms:
+      secure: AjatYRAUpsczjENkpHPFiLLZ/leDlzx4TH+oPQYZCpA4WpJdNRy0IB4oMR2IYiY+qz0nHDbeMTBvF0l8S6NknZAz20f8buf4IkrdXymBQBOTmLHMWbpgHuSCCu7xMwtG6thjMEmBOXm5UgCcdqvlchcaoAUunyprXQWgJwI+tHE=
+    on_failure: always
+    on_success: change

apps/pdal.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2013, Howard Butler (hobu.inc@gmail.com)
+* Copyright (c) 2014, Bradley J Chambers (brad.chambers@gmail.com)
 *
 * All rights reserved.
 *
@@ -49,11 +50,15 @@ void outputVersion()
     std::cout << "  available actions: " << std::endl;
     std::cout << "     - delta" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "     - diff" << std::endl;
+#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_PCL
+    std::cout << "     - ground" << std::endl;
+#endif
     std::cout << "     - info" << std::endl;
 #ifdef PDAL_HAVE_PCL
     std::cout << "     - pcl" << std::endl;
 #endif
     std::cout << "     - pipeline" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "     - random" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "     - translate" << std::endl;
     std::cout << std::endl;
     std::cout << "See http://pdal.io/apps.html for more detail";
@@ -126,6 +131,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }
 
 #ifdef PDAL_HAVE_PCL
+    if (boost::iequals(action, "ground"))
+    {
+        pdal::kernel::Ground app(count, args);
+        return app.run();
+    }
+
     if (boost::iequals(action, "pcl"))
     {
         pdal::kernel::PCL app(count, args);
@@ -150,7 +161,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         pdal::kernel::Diff app(count, args);
         return app.run();
     }
-
+
+    if (boost::iequals(action, "random"))
+    {
+        pdal::kernel::Random app(count, args);
+        return app.run();
+    }
+
     std::cerr << "Action '" << action <<"' not recognized" << std::endl << std::endl;
     outputVersion();
     return 1;

cmake/examples/hobu-config.sh

@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ SO_EXT=dylib
 
 ORACLE_HOME=$HOME/oracle
 export ORACLE_HOME
-# CONFIG="Unix Makefiles"
-CONFIG="Ninja"
+CONFIG="Unix Makefiles"
+#CONFIG="Ninja"
 
 if ! [ -z "$1" ]; then
     CONFIG="$1"
 fi
 
 CC=$CC CXX=$CXX cmake   -G "$CONFIG"  \
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Users/hobu \
         -DWITH_ORACLE=ON \
         -DWITH_GEOTIFF=ON \

doc/apps.rst

@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ application currently contains six commands:
 
 * :ref:`delta <delta_command>`
 * :ref:`diff <diff_command>`
+* :ref:`ground <ground_command>`
 * :ref:`info <info_command>`
 * :ref:`pcl <pcl_command>`
 * :ref:`pipeline <pipeline_command>`
+* :ref:`random <random_command>`
 * :ref:`translate <translate_command>`
 
 Applications are run by invoking the *pdal* application along with the 
@@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ command name:
 
 .. note::
 
-    The :ref:`pcl` command is only available if PCL is linked.
+    The :ref:`ground <ground_command>` and :ref:`pcl <pcl_command>` commands
+    are only available if PCL is linked.
 
 Help about each command can be retrieved via the ``--help`` switch. 
 The ``--drivers`` and ``--options`` switches can tell you more about 
@@ -136,6 +139,32 @@ checking the following:
 * Byte-by-byte point data
 
 
+.._ground_command:
+
+``ground`` command
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The *ground* command is used to segment the input point cloud into ground
+versus non-ground returns. The output is a point cloud containing only ground
+returns. Internally, the tool is calling the Point Cloud Library's
+`ProgressiveMorphologicalFilter`_. As such, *ground* is only available when
+PDAL is linked with PCL.
+
+.. _`ProgressiveMorphologicalFilter`: http://pointclouds.org/documentation/tutorials/progressive_morphological_filtering.php#progressive-morphological-filtering.
+
+::
+
+    -i [ --input ] arg            input file name
+    -o [ --output ] arg           output file name
+    --maxWindowSize arg (=33)     max window size
+    --slope arg (=1)              slope
+    --maxDistance arg (=2.5)      max distance
+    --initialDistance arg (=0.15) initial distance
+    --cellSize arg (=1)           cell size
+    --base arg (=2)               base
+    --exponential arg (=1)        exponential?
+
+
 .. _info_command:
 
 ``info`` command
@@ -224,6 +253,36 @@ or :ref:`pipeline` for more information.
     --skip arg (=0)              How many points should we skip?
 
 
+.. _random_command:
+
+``random`` command
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The *random* command is used to create a random point cloud. It uses
+:ref:`drivers.faux.reader` to create a point cloud containing *count* points
+drawn randomly from either a uniform or normal distribution. For the uniform
+distribution, the bounds can be specified (they default to a unit cube). For
+the normal distribution, the mean and standard deviation can both be set for
+each of the x, y, and z dimensions.
+
+::
+
+  -o [ --output ] arg           output file name
+  -z [ --compress ]             Compress output data (if supported by output
+                                format)
+  --count arg (=0)              How many points should we write?
+  --bounds arg                  Extent (in XYZ to clip output to)
+  --mean arg                    A comma-separated or quoted, space-separated
+                                list of means (normal mode):
+                                --mean 0.0,0.0,0.0
+                                --mean "0.0 0.0 0.0"
+  --stdev arg                   A comma-separated or quoted, space-separated
+                                list of standard deviations (normal mode):
+                                --stdev 0.0,0.0,0.0
+                                --stdev "0.0 0.0 0.0"
+  --distribution arg (=uniform) Distribution (uniform / normal)
+
+
 .. _translate_command:
 
 ``translate`` command 
@@ -268,12 +327,12 @@ command line invocation. For example, the following invocation will translate
 * Setting the LAS point format to 1
 * Cropping the file with the given polygon
 
-```
-./bin/pdal translate \
-    --drivers.las.writer.creation_doy="42" \
-    --drivers.las.writer.creation_year="2014" \
-    --drivers.las.writer.format="1" \
-    --filters.crop.polygon="POLYGON ((636889.412951239268295 851528.512293258565478 422.7001953125,636899.14233423944097 851475.000686757150106 422.4697265625,636899.14233423944097 851475.000686757150106 422.4697265625,636928.33048324030824 851494.459452757611871 422.5400390625,636928.33048324030824 851494.459452757611871 422.5400390625,636928.33048324030824 851494.459452757611871 422.5400390625,636976.977398241520859 851513.918218758190051 424.150390625,636976.977398241520859 851513.918218758190051 424.150390625,637069.406536744092591 851475.000686757150106 438.7099609375,637132.647526245797053 851445.812537756282836 425.9501953125,637132.647526245797053 851445.812537756282836 425.9501953125,637336.964569251285866 851411.759697255445644 425.8203125,637336.964569251285866 851411.759697255445644 425.8203125,637473.175931254867464 851158.795739248627797 435.6298828125,637589.928527257987298 850711.244121236610226 420.509765625,637244.535430748714134 850511.791769731207751 420.7998046875,636758.066280735656619 850667.461897735483944 434.609375,636539.155163229792379 851056.63721774588339 422.6396484375,636889.412951239268295 851528.512293258565478 422.7001953125))" \
-    ./test/data/1.2-with-color.las \
-    output.laz
-```
+::
+
+    ./bin/pdal translate \
+        --drivers.las.writer.creation_doy="42" \
+        --drivers.las.writer.creation_year="2014" \
+        --drivers.las.writer.format="1" \
+        --filters.crop.polygon="POLYGON ((636889.412951239268295 851528.512293258565478 422.7001953125,636899.14233423944097 851475.000686757150106 422.4697265625,636899.14233423944097 851475.000686757150106 422.4697265625,636928.33048324030824 851494.459452757611871 422.5400390625,636928.33048324030824 851494.459452757611871 422.5400390625,636928.33048324030824 851494.459452757611871 422.5400390625,636976.977398241520859 851513.918218758190051 424.150390625,636976.977398241520859 851513.918218758190051 424.150390625,637069.406536744092591 851475.000686757150106 438.7099609375,637132.647526245797053 851445.812537756282836 425.9501953125,637132.647526245797053 851445.812537756282836 425.9501953125,637336.964569251285866 851411.759697255445644 425.8203125,637336.964569251285866 851411.759697255445644 425.8203125,637473.175931254867464 851158.795739248627797 435.6298828125,637589.928527257987298 850711.244121236610226 420.509765625,637244.535430748714134 850511.791769731207751 420.7998046875,636758.066280735656619 850667.461897735483944 434.609375,636539.155163229792379 851056.63721774588339 422.6396484375,636889.412951239268295 851528.512293258565478 422.7001953125))" \
+        ./test/data/1.2-with-color.las \
+        output.laz

doc/community.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ start hacking on it yourself.
 IRC
 ..............................................................................
 
-Find the PDAL developers on IRC on #liblas at `Freenode`_.
+Find the PDAL developers on IRC on #pdal at `Freenode`_.
 
 
 

doc/compilation/dependencies.rst

@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ compressed LAS support.
 PCL
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The `Point Cloud Library (PCL)`_ is used by the :ref:`drivers.pcd.writer`,
-:ref:`drivers.pcd.reader`, and :ref:`filters.pclblock` to provide support for
-various PCL-related operations.
+The `Point Cloud Library (PCL)`_ is used by the :ref:`ground_command`,
+:ref:`pcl_command`, :ref:`drivers.pcd.writer`, :ref:`drivers.pcd.reader`, and
+:ref:`filters.pclblock` to provide support for various PCL-related operations.
 
 At the moment, PCL must be built from the `pipeline branch`_, which is not
 maintained by PCL. We do our best to keep this up-to-date with PCL master.

doc/stages/drivers.faux.reader.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 drivers.faux.reader
 ===================
 
-The "**faux reader**" is used for testing pipelines. It does not read from a file or database, but generates synthetic data to feed into the pipeline.
+The "**faux reader**" is used for testing pipelines. It does not read from a
+file or database, but generates synthetic data to feed into the pipeline.
 
 Example
 -------
@@ -27,14 +28,24 @@ Options
 -------
 
 bounds
-  What spatial extent should points be generated within? Text string of the form "([xmin,xmax],ymin,ymax],[zmin,zmax])" [Required]
+  What spatial extent should points be generated within? Text string of the
+  form "([xmin,xmax],[ymin,ymax],[zmin,zmax])". [Default: unit cube]
 
 num_points
   How many synthetic points to generate before finishing? [Required]
-
-mode
-  How to generate synthetic points. One of "constant" (repeat single value), "random" (random values within bounds), or "ramp" (steadily increasing values within the bounds). [Required]
-
-
+
+mean_x|y|z
+  Mean value in the x, y, or z dimension respectively. (Normal mode only)
+  [Default: 0]
+
+stdev_x|y|z
+  Standard deviation in the x, y, or z dimension respectively. (Normal mode
+  only) [Default: 1]
 
+mode
+  How to generate synthetic points. One of "constant" (repeat single value),
+  "random" (random values within bounds), "ramp" (steadily increasing values
+  within the bounds), "uniform" (uniformly distributed within bounds), or
+  "normal" (normal distribution with given mean and standard deviation).
+  [Required]
 

doc/stages/drivers.pgpointcloud.writer.rst

@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ table
 
 schema
   Database schema to write to. [Default: **public**]
-
+
+capacity
+  How many points per patch? [Default: **400**]
+
 column
   Table column to put patches into. [Default: **pa**]
 
@@ -57,7 +60,10 @@ compression
 
 overwrite
   To drop the table before writing set to 'true'. To append to the table set to 'false'. [Default: **true**]
-
+
+pack_ignored_fields
+  Remove ignored fields from schema before creating schema object in pointcloud_schemas. [Default: **true**]
+
 srid
   Spatial reference ID (relative to the `spatial_ref_sys` table in PostGIS) to store with the point cloud schema. [Default: **4326**]