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title: Lidar camera views
slug: task-view-guide/lidar-camera-views
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createdAt: 2023-08-09T08:15:24.855Z
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## Bird's eye view

This mode lets you view the point cloud from straight above. You can activate the mode from the left toolbar or by using the default shortcut `b`

- If you use the shortcut to activate it, the camera will be centered above your cursor. 
- If you activate it from the left menu, the camera will keep its current position but switch to a top view of the point cloud. 
- If you activate BEV when an object is selected, you will be centered above the object regardless of how you activated it.
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