tools/PLds/README.md

# PLDS to PKLot2.0

To have access to the PLds dataset and convert it to PKLot2.0, follows the steps below:

**Step 1.** Request Credentials to access the PLds dataset maintained by VPU Lab: 
  * [http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/datasets/PLds/credentials_form.html](http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/datasets/PLds/credentials_form.html)
  
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55806930/200172359-10ec0357-a83c-47e9-b071-8ecb89764871.png)


**Step 2.** Download the PLds dataset:

  [http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/datasets/PLds/testing/downloading_filelist.html](http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/datasets/PLds/testing/downloading_filelist.html)
  
  You should download the following links:
  
    http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/datasets/PLds/testing/sequences/Images_train.rar
    
    http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/datasets/PLds/testing/sequences/All_QRIDR.rar
    
    http://www-vpu.eps.uam.es/datasets/PLds/testing/sequences/All_VXUSD.rar
    
  The above links can be found on VPU Download landing page. To better visualize, it is denoted in red in the figure bellow:
  

  ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55806930/200172764-0a929108-fc95-4b7f-bfcd-2a749bfd40a3.png)
   
  
**Step 3.** Execute the script named 'convertPLds2PKLot2.0.py', located at 'PKLot2.0/Others/PLds'