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license: odbl
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[NCLT Dataset](http://robots.engin.umich.edu/nclt/index.html#top) is The University of Michigan North Campus Long-Term Vision and LIDAR Dataset.

This dataset is a modified version of the NCLT Dataset, which is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0.
As required by the license, this modified version is also released under the ODbL v1.0. You must attribute the original source and share any further modifications under the same license.

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# ❗ Please note

**This dataset is currently not compatible with the `datasets` library.**
The recommended way to download the data is by using the `huggingface_hub` library.
Example code snippet:

```python
from pathlib import Path
from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download

out_dir = Path("/dir/to/save/data")
out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

snapshot_download(repo_id="OPR-Project/NCLT_OpenPlaceRecognition", repo_type="dataset", local_dir=out_dir)
```

For reading and working with the data, we recommend using the OpenPlaceRecognition library: https://github.com/OPR-Project/OpenPlaceRecognition