Python¶

A loosely connected collection of examples and concepts useful for working with the Ouster Python SDK. If you are just starting, please see Ouster SDK Installation.

To start developing with source code, please see Python.

For convenience, we will use $SAMPLE_DATA_PCAP_PATH and $SAMPLE_DATA_JSON_PATH for the locations of the sample data pcap and json.

For Python code, pcap_path and sensor_info_path are taken to be set to those values, respectively:

pcap_path = '<SAMPLE_DATA_PCAP_PATH>'
sensor_info_path = '<SAMPLE_DATA_JSON_PATH>'

Similarly, $SENSOR_HOSTNAME is used for your sensor’s hostname.

Python Examples Catalog¶
Category	Description	Examples
Core module basics	Connect to your sensor, record data to a PCAP or OSF file.	Record and Replay Data
	Working with Ouster sensor.	Converting Data Formats
	Convert PCAPs to various file formats (CSV, LAS, PCD, PLY).	Converting Data Formats
	Read, write using OSF API.	Working with OSF Files
Visualizing Point Clouds	See your data. Visualize point clouds in real-time from a sensor or from a file using Open3D, and Matplotlib.	Visualizing with Open3D
	Visualize point clouds from a sensor or from a file using Matplotlib.	Visualizing with Matplotlib
Understanding Sensor Data	Go deeper into the data. Understand the `LidarFrame` data structure.	The LidarFrame Object
	How to work with 2D and 3D representations.	2D and 3D Projections
	How to parse raw UDP packets.	Working with UDP Packets
Pose Optimizer	Use the Pose Optimizer to refine it.	Pose Optimizer