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5 posts about terrestrial scanning, written by people who have actually been down a mine with a scanner.
Command-line recipes for converting E57 point clouds to LAS, LAZ and COPC with PDAL, plus CloudCompare, LAStools and Rust alternatives. The options that matter, and what E57 data does not survive.
November 7, 2026Send an E57 scan as a browser link instead of a file. Which exports keep the 360° photos, how to check before you send, and how the options compare: Dropbox, Trimble Connect, Potree, ATIS and Swyvl.
November 7, 2026A 360° photo shows detail but has no scale or position. A point cloud has both but is hard to read up close. An E57 that keeps its 360s gives you both: measure and pin notes on what you can actually see.
November 7, 2026FARO and Leica scans arrive as huge E57 files clients can't open. How to export them with the 360° photos, send them as a browser link, and let the client measure and reply on notes.
April 17, 2026E57 is the ASTM standard format for terrestrial LiDAR point clouds and scanner imagery. What it contains, how to open it, and how to deliver it to clients.
February 25, 2025