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Laas Geel Point Cloud

> Laas Geel (Somali: Laas Geel), also spelled Laas Gaal, are cave formations on the rural outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland (situated in the Woqooyi Galbeed region of the self-declared but internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland). They contain some of the earliest known cave paintings in the Horn of Africa. Laas Geel's rock art is estimated to date to somewhere between 9,000 and 3,000 years BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laas_Geel Original data captured by CyArk, made available via the Open Heritage project: https://openheritage3d.org/project.php?id=v7a2-me37 Reduced from original 128 million point .e57 file to 1 million point .ply using [Nubigon](https://nubigon.com). Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

ShareScore

32/100

Overall dataset sharing score

Score breakdown

These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.

Stewardship
4
Harmonization
4
Access
16
Reuse readiness
8
Engagement
0

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