How to run this on local system with docker-compose.yml

[ishantanu]

Hey,

How can I run this docker-compose file on local system.
Also how can I add .las files?

[veuncent]

Hey @iamShantanu101 ,

My apologies, I left this Docker image in an experimental state.
I cleaned it up so that it allows you to run this Docker image using docker-compose up.
I also updated the Readme and pushed a tag cvast/cvast-potree:1.0b that you can use, so you don't have to build the image.

When running docker images locally I like to create a copy of docker-compose.yml called docker-compose-local.yml and use that to set local mount points:

      volumes:
      - ./www/potree/:/var/www/potree/
      - ./www/potree/resources/pointclouds/:/var/www/potree/resources/pointclouds/
      - ./pointcloud_input_folder/:/pointcloud_input_folder

In order to add a .las file (and convert it to Potree format):

• Place your .las file in the ./pointcloud_input_folder folder of the host machine
• Run: docker-compose -f .\docker-compose-local.yml run potree convert -f <input_file.las> -p <output_page_name>

Finally you run:

docker-compose -f .\docker-compose-local.yml up

Your new page with Potree pointcloud now lives here:

http://localhost/potree/pages/<output_page_name>

Please do note that this is an experimental image and I do not use it in production yet.
I am currently working on a large number of other tasks and I might not expand on cvast-potree before fall.

Anyway, thanks for your interest in this,
Vincent