Potree is a free open-source WebGL based point cloud renderer for large point clouds. It is based on the TU Wien Scanopy project and it was part of the Harvest4D Project.
Newest information and work in progress is usually available on twitter
Contact: Markus Schütz (mschuetz@potree.org)
Reference: Potree: Rendering Large Point Clouds in Web Browsers
Make sure you have node.js installed
Install all dependencies, as specified in package.json, then, install the gulp build tool:
cd <potree_directory>
npm install
npm install gulp
npm install rollup
Use the follow line in order to prevent against path issues
alias npm-exec='PATH=$(npm bin):$PATH'
Use the gulp watch command to
- create ./build/potree
- watch for changes to the source code and automatically create a new build on change
- start a web server at localhost:1234.
npm run gulp watch
Go to http://localhost:1234/examples/ to test the examples.
Download PotreeConverter and run it like this:
./PotreeConverter.exe C:/pointclouds/data.las -o C:/pointclouds/data_converted
Copy the converted directory into <potreeDirectory>/pointclouds/data_converted. Then, duplicate and rename one of the examples and modify the path in the html file to your own point cloud.
PotreeConverter source and Win64 binaries
Take a look at the potree showcase for more examples.
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| Toolbar | Matcap | Basic Viewer | Heidentor | Lion | Lion LAS |
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| Lion LAZ | EPT | EPT Binary | EPT zstandard | Clipping Volume | CA13 |
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| Elevation Profile | Measurements | Meshes | Multiple Point Clouds | Features (Sorvilier) | Features (CA13) |
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| Annotations | Hierarchical Annotations | Animation Path | Shapefiles | Cesium CA13 | Cesium Retz |
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| Cesium Sorvilier | Custom Sidebar Section | Embedded Iframe | Gradient Colors |
We would like to thank our sponsors for their financial contributions that keep this project up and running!
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Diamond € 15,000+ |
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Gold € 10,000+ |
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Silver € 5,000+ |
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Bronze € 1,000+ |
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- The multi-res-octree algorithms used by this viewer were developed at the Vienna University of Technology by Michael Wimmer and Claus Scheiblauer as part of the Scanopy Project.
- Three.js, the WebGL 3D rendering library on which potree is built.
- plas.io point cloud viewer. LAS and LAZ support have been taken from the laslaz.js implementation of plas.io. Thanks to Uday Verma and Howard Butler for this!
- Harvest4D Potree currently runs as Master Thesis under the Harvest4D Project
- Christian Boucheny (EDL developer) and Daniel Girardeau-Montaut (CloudCompare). The EDL shader was adapted from the CloudCompare source code!
- Martin Isenburg, Georepublic, Veesus, Sigeom Sa, SITN, LBI ArchPro, Pix4D as well as all the contributers to potree and PotreeConverter and many more for their support.