I have read the documentation for scanning site plans, and the recommendations for settings.
Today, I attempted a Site Plan on my house, adding it to the interior scans I did a few weeks ago. I started on the porch (connecting through the front door) to get some solid alignment data points, though as I moved down the porch stairs and out away from the house, I quickly got frustrated with the mis-alignments. The property is ¾ acres, but has fencing and such for the LiDAR to read easily.
I’ve done exterior scanning quite a bit: deck, porch, or around the exterior of the house. Typically, the scans align easily, using the building to match, with only minimal post alignment in Stitch.
For all the talk about the ability to do site plan scans quickly, I’m not seeing that result with the constant mis-alignment, or the possibility of having to do a lot of post alignment.
First question: what is your best practice for site plan scanning that reduces, or even better, eliminates scan mis-alignment? Or, do you do the best possible job in the field and reorganize the scans in Stitch?
Second Question: I attempted my scanning just as the sun dropped behind the trees, hoping to eliminate sun flairs. The images were flat, so that didn’t work. What is your concern about dealing with sun flairs?
Thank you.