Hello,
Since they are standard surface meshes, they have node correspondence (one node (index) is supposed to mean approximately the same location across subjects, subject to the FreeSurfer registration). That means you can combine/compare across subjects right now.
But the orig space coordinates will indeed vary. If coordinates matter, they should come from some template space, such as TLRC or MNI. But note that you can use ANY related standard mesh surface for node correspondence, including either of those template spaces. So just pick a std.141 surface from the template of your choice, such as
suma_MNI152_2009.tgz. That has similar node correspondence with all of your subjects, but suddenly the coordinates mean something useful.
Does that seem reasonable?
- rick