Here are a couple of Windows tools that I find extremely useful. WinMerge Have you ever tried to manually find the differences between two text files, such as different versions of a piece of code or […]
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I’ve long worked without a code versioning system – mostly because I usually work on a project alone. For a couple of years now I’ve regularly synced most of my code to Google Drive as backup […]
When dealing with point clouds, you’ll probably run into the LAS format at some point, as it is the file format most commonly used for point clouds acquired through laser scanning. LAS supports a number of […]
During my studies in geodesy and surveying, we did a lot of linear algebra computations, as adjustment theory requires matrix computations. Naturally, Matlab was used a lot – although I preferred to stick with C++ most […]
A decent text editor is one of the most important programs on your computer. I use it for coding, for looking at the results of computations, and sometimes simply for taking notes. Since Windows still only […]
For my job I deal with point clouds almost daily – in fact, much of my programming revolves around point clouds and how to extract information from them automatically. This means that it is very important […]
There was a time when GIS (geographic information system) was synonymous with ArcGIS, a fact that ESRI could easily exploit to ask high license fees. Luckily, there’s an Open Source project that has matured from humble […]