wildflow-splat 0.1.7
PLY point cloud processing for 3D Gaussian splatting workflows
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.8
Keywords: ply, point-cloud, 3d-gaussian-splatting, colmap, photogrammetry, computer-vision

Extremely unstable library to work with coral reef splats.

You can swim with a few GoPros around a reef (e.g. [wildflow.ai/protocol](https://wildflow.ai/protocol)) and then turn the footage into 3D models (e.g. [wildflow.ai/demo](https://wildflow.ai/demo)) to track changes over time, run different analysis on top of it, and ultimately see which conservation/restoration methods work best.

# Installation

### From PyPI
```bash
pip install wildflow
```

### From GitHub (latest development version)
```bash
pip install git+https://github.com/wildflowai/splat.git
```

**Note**: Installing from GitHub requires Rust to be installed on your system.

## Flow

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    %% Inputs
    style A fill:#1E90FF,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style B fill:#1E90FF,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style C fill:#1E90FF,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff

    A([corrected images]) 
    B([colmap cameras])
    C([colmap point cloud])

    %% Transformations
    style F fill:#6C757D,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style D fill:#6C757D,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style E fill:#6C757D,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style G fill:#6C757D,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style H fill:#6C757D,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style I fill:#6C757D,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff

    F[plan GPU split]
    D[split cameras]
    E[split point cloud]
    G([train each patch on GPU])
    H[cleanup patches]
    I[merge patches]

    %% Outputs
    style J1 fill:#006400,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style J2 fill:#006400,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style J3 fill:#006400,stroke:#000,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff

    J1([massive splat model])
    J2([splat ortho])
    J3([artifacts to publish])

    %% Flow connections
    B --> F
    F --> D
    F --> E
    D --> G
    E --> G
    A --> G
    G --> H
    H --> I
    I --> J1
    I --> J2
    I --> J3
    C --> E
```

## Using the library
```py
from wildflow import splat

# split into multiple training patches so each patch fits into GPU VRAM
gpu_patches = splat.patches(cameras_2d, max_cameras=1400, buffer_meters=2)

# split colmap images.bin and cameras.bin into patches to train on GPU
splat.split_cameras({
    "input_path": input_path,
    "save_points3d": False, # we don't want tie points to see splats
    "patches": [
        {**patch, "output_path": f"{output_path}/p{i}/sparse/0"}
        for i, patch in enumerate(gpu_patches)
    ]
})

# use 5% of the dense point cloud to seed splat initial positions
splat.split_point_cloud({
    "input_file": input_path,
    "sample_percentage": 5,
    "patches": [
        {**coords(patch), "output_file": f"{output_path}/p{i}/sparse/0/points3D.bin"}
        for i, patch in enumerate(gpu_patches)
    ]
})

# train all patches on GPU

# get rid of wacky splats
splat.cleanup_splats(...)

# merge everything into one ply file
splat.merge_ply_files(...)

# create orthomosaic

# publish

```