<story><title>RoomScan: Get a Floor Plan in Minutes Just By Walking Around the Room</title><url>http://architizer.com/blog/roomscan-app/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>roel_v</author><text>Quite disappointed - was hoping this was done through computer vision. Aren&amp;#x27;t there are apps that do this? By the time I&amp;#x27;ve &amp;#x27;scanned&amp;#x27; a room the way it&amp;#x27;s shown in the article, and if that method doesn&amp;#x27;t even give me heights, doors, windows and outlets, &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; is only accurate to within half a foot - by that time I&amp;#x27;ve measured it with my laser tape measure 3 times over.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jaynos</author><text>I was a residential contractor until a few years ago.  This would be great for estimating. Nice way to replace a pad of paper with less than stellar drawings on it.  When estimating I&amp;#x27;d still take pictures of the rooms to help me recall what it looked like.&lt;p&gt;For most projects a measurement to within half a foot is fine for estimating.  If the total width of a room is close to 12 or 15&amp;#x27; (standard carpet roll widths), get an exact number to know if your carpet sub needs to seam two pieces of carpet together.&lt;p&gt;Door heights are standard on most houses.  Electrical heights are usually standard.  Windows are usually dropped the height of a header.&lt;p&gt;For estimating many projects (painting, flooring, non-custom trim jobs), this app would be more than adequate.&lt;p&gt;When you get the job and go back to do the work, I&amp;#x27;d suggest a Bosch LASER tape measure.  Accurate to within 1&amp;#x2F;16&amp;quot; or better.  It&amp;#x27;s great for trim work.</text></comment>
<story><title>RoomScan: Get a Floor Plan in Minutes Just By Walking Around the Room</title><url>http://architizer.com/blog/roomscan-app/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>roel_v</author><text>Quite disappointed - was hoping this was done through computer vision. Aren&amp;#x27;t there are apps that do this? By the time I&amp;#x27;ve &amp;#x27;scanned&amp;#x27; a room the way it&amp;#x27;s shown in the article, and if that method doesn&amp;#x27;t even give me heights, doors, windows and outlets, &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; is only accurate to within half a foot - by that time I&amp;#x27;ve measured it with my laser tape measure 3 times over.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>acgourley</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t think we&amp;#x27;re quite at the point where a mobile CPU would be able to pull this off, however filming and uploading a well shot video to a server for further processing should be a workable way to make a full model. I think a big challenge there is a several-minute feedback loop to learn if it worked and if you need to try it again.</text></comment>