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# Local Transformation Tool

SpatialExplorer allows the user to create customized transformations to apply to geospatial data products loaded in a project.  

Spatial Explorer allows the user to import GCP files in both local coordinates and global coordinates to calculate the necessary transformation needed to transform a pointcloud from global coordinates to local coordinates. 

## Video Walkthrough

In this video, we cover how to create a local transformation in order to transform a pointcloud from a global coordinate system to a local coordinate system

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