Preset Pipelines

MapPrism ships with seven pre-built recipe presets covering the standard processing flows. Each preset is a registered recipe that can be submitted by recipe_id or inline.

Note: The recipe JSON shown in each preset page is a snapshot at the version indicated. Actual recipes registered in Ordo may differ. To get the authoritative current definition, query /ordo/recipes/<id>.

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Preset index

Preset	Recipe name	Ordo ID	Reprojection	Output format
dataset-info	dataset-info	37	No	JSON (PDAL metadata)
assign-projection	assign-projection	38	No (CRS assignment only)	LAS with assigned CRS + JSON
build-3d-point-cloud-copc	build-3d-point-cloud-copc	39	Optional	COPC (LAZ)
build-3d-point-cloud-potree	build-3d-point-cloud-potree	40	Optional	Potree tileset
build-3d-point-cloud-entwine	build-3d-point-cloud-entwine	41	Optional	EPT
build-2d-dsm-hillshade-with-color	build-2d-dsm-hillshade-with-color	42	Optional	GeoTIFF (colored hillshade) + XYZ tiles
build-contours	build-contours	43	Optional	MBTiles + PMTiles (contour lines)

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Choosing a preset

Dataset inspection — dataset-info:

• Use after upload to extract metadata (bounding box, point count, CRS, per-dimension statistics)
• Always the first pipeline run on a new upload

CRS assignment — assign-projection:

• Use when dataset-info returns a dataset with no valid SRS
• Stamps a CRS onto the file without transforming coordinates, then re-runs DATASET_INFO to capture updated metadata
• Use build-3d-point-cloud-* pipelines after this step

3D point cloud delivery — build-3d-point-cloud-copc, build-3d-point-cloud-potree, build-3d-point-cloud-entwine:

• Use after the dataset has a valid CRS (post assign-projection if needed)
• All three start with REPROJECT_LAS (passthrough-safe): submit empty EPSG params to skip reprojection, or supply real values to reproject
• COPC is best for streaming and analytics; Potree for browser-based 3D viewers; EPT for Cesium / Entwine viewers

2D raster products — build-2d-dsm-hillshade-with-color:

• Use when the goal is a web-ready 2D map layer
• Produces a colored shaded-relief GeoTIFF (DSM × hillshade blend) and a PNG XYZ tile tree at zoom levels 1–19
• Starts with REPROJECT_LAS (passthrough-safe)
• pallete, resolution, output_type, and z_factor params control the raster appearance

Contour lines — build-contours:

• Use when the goal is vector contour lines for web mapping or GIS delivery
• Outputs MBTiles and PMTiles v3, each with a contours layer (elev, type: major/minor)
• All params are optional; defaults are tuned for US survey feet

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Common structure

All presets share the same skeleton:

• One or more main processing steps
• A DATASET_INFO step that runs in parallel to extract point cloud statistics
• A CALL_WEBHOOK step in on_exit that fires after the job completes

The webhook fires after DATASET_INFO completes, so the full metadata is available in the webhook payload.

In pipelines with a REPROJECT_LAS step, DATASET_INFO reads from the reprojected cloud (step:reproject.output_las) rather than the original job input, so the metadata reflects the coordinate system actually used in processing.