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David Carter
Dec 28, 2020

Project File Browser

Each project is created with a standard of folders. You can also access the Project File Browser by opening the File Browser tab below the main menu.

  • Project folders are shown on the left under Root...

  • Explore the folders

  • Click the Browse button to open the selected folder in Windows Explorer

  • Files are shown on the right



Key project folders:

  • 3dviewer – folder contains the standard publisher configuration files and a copy of the published point cloud

  • Jobs – folder contains output from LIDAR Wizard jobs organized by clipping boundary name

  • DeedRunner – default folder for DeedRunner app files

  • Hotspot – hotspot builder files and layers

  • Jobs - LIDAR Wizard jobs with output

  • Results – empty folder intended for accumulation of output files you want to keep. You can click on files from the project explorer and send them to the results folder.

  • text – folder for storing text files like survey point files.

  • xyz_tiles- Folder containing XYZ cached data folders.

  • dxf – folder for dxf files used with the Process DXF Files tool

  • xml – GeoSync XML Layers saved from the ZTools map tool or imported from ArcMap or QGIS. Tools using XML layers will populate a combo box automatically from XML layers saved in this folder

  • z_tools – contains a group of folders used by most of the processing tools

  • tile_downloads – default directory for downloaded or copied point clouds and / or raster files. Tools create a number of folders under tile-downloads as they process data.

  • output_las – contains output from the extract by polygon tool

  • naip - downloaded NAIP images from the LIDAR Wizard

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