From: David on
I am planning to process a point cloud data which is produced by laser scanner from the surface of buildings.
With processing I mean how can we extract information from the point cloud data; for instance, if there is a crack in the structure, how can we automatically detect the crack with working algorithms on top of the point cloud data.
I am kind of beginner in MATLAB but I am going to use that since I think it should be capable to help me. So I want to make sure that MATLAB has the ability to process like this.
what toolboxes of Matlab could be helpful?
Is there anybody who has done something like this before?

I really appreciate your effort.