How to import point cloud into Google Earth?

Chao Wang

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Feb 24, 2011, 11:52:15 AM2/24/11

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Does anybody have an idea about how to import point cloud file into
Google Earth?
The point cloud file consists of millions of points which have X Y Z
coordination, I want to show a 3D point cloud model in Google Earth.

Thanks.

Josh L

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Feb 28, 2011, 6:23:36 PM2/28/11

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Hi there,

You will need to convert this file into a KML. One way to do it would
be to create a MultiGeometry with a lot of Points, but Google Earth
will probably not do well trying to load millions of them. You will
probably need to show just a subset of points at a time for
performance reasons.

Cheers,

-Josh

Nate Mc

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Mar 2, 2011, 1:47:19 PM3/2/11

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Out of curiosity, are you creating point clouds (say 3d Scanning) or
wanting to import existing point clouds like LIDAR or something?

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