https://github.com/r-lidar/rlas

R package to read and write las and laz files used to store LiDAR data
https://github.com/r-lidar/rlas

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R package to read and write las and laz files used to store LiDAR data

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/r-lidar/rlas
• Owner: r-lidar
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2016-12-18T18:34:12.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-15T21:51:35.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-11T19:12:26.056Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: asprs, las, laz, lidar, r
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://cran.r-project.org/package=rlas
• Size: 1.62 MB
• Stars: 34
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: NEWS.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING

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R package to read and write `.las` and `.laz` binary files used to store LiDAR data.

This package is used by the [`lidR`](https://github.com/r-lidar/lidR) package and is not intended to be used by regular users. Everything you need is in the `lidR` package with a high-level front end. Only package developers who would like to build something new from a low-level API might be interested in `rlas`.

`rlas` relies on a modified version of `LASlib` and `LASzip` that were modified to be compatible with `R`. The library can therefore be compiled into `R` without any complaints from `R CMD check`. It enables R users to read and write binary files commonly used to store LiDAR data. LAS/LAZ version 1.0 to 1.4 are supported.

```r

library(rlas)

lasdata   <- read.las("")

lasheader <- read.lasheader("")

```

## Copyright Information

`rlas` contains code written  by both Jean-Romain Roussel and Martin Isenburg. The latter is included

for technical reasons. Details below.

* For `LASlib` and `LASzip`:

  - (c) 2007-2021 [email protected] - http://rapidlasso.com

  - Provided under LGPL license and modified to be R-compliant by Jean-Romain Roussel.

* For `rlas` code enabling Martin Isenburg's code to be wrapped into R:

  - (c) 2016-2021 Jean-Romain Roussel

  - Provided under GPL-3 license.