1.. _filters.fps: 2 3filters.fps 4=============================================================================== 5 6The **Farthest Point Sampling Filter** adds points from the input to the output 7``PointView`` one at a time by selecting the point from the input cloud that is 8farthest from any point currently in the output. 9 10 11 12.. seealso:: 13 14 :ref:`filters.sample` produces a similar result, but while 15 ``filters.sample`` allows us to target a desired separation of points via 16 the ``radius`` parameter at the expense of knowing the number of points in 17 the output, ``filters.fps`` allows us to specify exactly the number of 18 output points at the expense of knowing beforehand the spacing between 19 points. 20 21.. embed:: 22 23Options 24------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 26count 27 Desired number of output samples. [Default: 1000] 28 29.. include:: filter_opts.rst 30 31