[Numpy-discussion] Binning

[Nicola Creati]

Hello,

I have a cloud on sparse points that can be described by a Nx3 array (N 
is the number of points). Each point is defined by an x, y and z coordinate:

x0 y0 z0
x1 y1 z1
   .    .    .
   .    .    .
   .    .    .
xn yn zn


I need to bin the cloud to a regular 2D array according to a desired bin 
size assigning to each cell (bin) the minimum z of all points that fall 
in that cell(bin). Moreover I need indexes of points that fall in each 
cell(bin).

Is there any way to accomplish this task in numpy?

Thanks.

Nicola Creati




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