# Map Editing Feature

You can now easily edit your existing map to remove specific areas, objects, or places using this feature.

Pro or Enterprise license is required to use this feature.

# Downloading Your Map

You can log in to the Developer Portal and download the Sparse.ply file from the map you want to edit.
Here's an example of how it looks.

# Example Sparse Map

Click on "map-name-sparse.ply" to download the map

To download Sparse map Click on "map-name-sparse.ply"

This is how a sparse.ply map appears in the Developer Portal map view mode

Sparse Map looks like this in Developer Portal

# Editing map

You can use any third-party tool of your choice that can edit and export .ply files
In this example we used "MeshLab".
After editing the map, always export it in .ply format

Here are the steps to export:

For MeshLab go to "File > Export Mesh As"

After editing the map go to "File > Export Mesh As"

Select file type ".ply" Choose File name and File Location

Select (.ply) file type

# Upload edited map

After editing and exporting, you need to upload the map to the Developer Portal

Select the parent map from the dashboard that you downloaded to edit.
Press the button "Upload Edited map"
Then choose the File to Upload

Dashboard

Choose a suitable name and select the file to upload

Select Edited .ply file to Upload

And wait for the upload then map will be visible in your dashboard.

# Tutorial Video

Here is the tutorial video of the same process explained above. In this video you will see:

Downloading the map
Editing in MeshLab
Exporting .ply file
Uploading to dashboard
And at the end comparison of cleaned and raw maps

Map Editing tutorial for MeshLab and uploading to Immersal