binning a point cloud, 3D scattered data, in the X-Y plane
Take a set of XYZ points, and returns average Z values for corresponding bins in X & Y planes.
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Imagine you have a cloud of XYZ points. You want to determine the average Z value along with its standard deviation for a grid in the X-Y planes.
The algorithm is fully vectorized, so there are no nested for loops.
Cite As
Stephan Koehler (2026). binning a point cloud, 3D scattered data, in the X-Y plane (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/41386-binning-a-point-cloud-3d-scattered-data-in-the-x-y-plane), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired: binToVector and binToMatrix
General Information
- Version 1.1.0.0 (2.25 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
