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las2ogr(1) las2ogr(1)

NAME

las2ogr - convert LAS file to data source using OGR

SYNOPSIS


las2ogr
[-h | -i <infile> -o <outfile> -t <format> | -formats]

DESCRIPTION

las2ogr converts LAS file to data source using OGR drivers available from GDAL/OGR package. This utility is useful to translate cloud of points collected by LiDAR sensors to vectors for easier data exchange and processing.

OPTIONS

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input ASPRS LAS file
output file
OGR format for output file
list supported OGR formats

EXAMPLE

Shows how to convert LAS file to ESRI Shapefile with POINT geometry type:

$ las2ogr -i mydata.las -o points.shp -f "ESRI Shapefile"

16 February 2019