Desktop v Cloud Registration

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Which point cloud registration would you prefer, desktop or cloud?

Desktop
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83%
Cloud
12
17%
 
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Re: Desktop v Cloud Registration

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Matt Young wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 1:37 pm I think we should train robots to do the processing for us. then we can all go down the restaurant (I would say pub, but where do you find those anymore...).
Well... ...we still have one or two pubs left in Dublin that serve a decent pint. As for robots, being a code monkey spending many an hour outside of the pub working on automated data extraction from point clouds, I'd say watch this space. I think the bulk of point cloud processing will remain local given the hardware you can buy today at a very reasonable cost and the cloud will be used more for sharing processed data.

Interesting chat with a client last week who was complaining about ever increasing storage costs for on-line point cloud data. I asked him what he was storing and it turns out primarily historical client data. My suggestion was that if his clients wanted him to store their data on their behalf he should be charging them on an annual basis for the server space and make money as an archivist. Maybe there is some value to be had in chucking all this data into the cloud after all ;)
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There is always value where there is great need. :like:
If you don't see that there is nothing, then you are kidding yourself.
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Interesting chat with a client last week who was complaining about ever increasing storage costs for on-line point cloud data. I asked him what he was storing and it turns out primarily historical client data.
Has your client tried Amazon AWS S3 Glacier? It costs $4/mo to store 1TB of data.
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neeravbm wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 3:26 pm
Interesting chat with a client last week who was complaining about ever increasing storage costs for on-line point cloud data. I asked him what he was storing and it turns out primarily historical client data.
Has your client tried Amazon AWS S3 Glacier? It costs $4/mo to store 1TB of data.
I've looked at it but haven't used it as yet. Been working with another client to get Potree models up on regular S3 storage which has worked well.
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