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NAME

v.in.pdal - Converts LAS LiDAR point clouds to a GRASS vector map with PDAL.

KEYWORDS

vector, import, LIDAR

SYNOPSIS

v.in.pdal
v.in.pdal --help
v.in.pdal [-wocr] input=name output=name [id_layer=string] [return_layer=string] [class_layer=string] [rgb_layer=string] [spatial=xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax] [zrange=min,max] [return_filter=string] [class_filter=integer[,integer,...]] [input_srs=string] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-w
Reproject to location's coordinate system if needed
Reprojects input dataset to the coordinate system of the GRASS location (by default only datasets with the matching cordinate system can be imported
-o
Override projection check (use current location's projection)
Assume that the dataset has same projection as the current location
-c
Do not automatically add unique ID as category to each point
Create only requested layers and categories
-r
Limit import to the current region
--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

input=name [required]
LAS input file
LiDAR input files in LAS format (*.las or *.laz)
output=name [required]
Name for output vector map
id_layer=string
Layer number to store generated point ID as category
Set to 1 by default, use -c to not store it
return_layer=string
Layer number to store return information as category
Leave empty to not store it
class_layer=string
Layer number to store class number as category
Leave empty to not store it
rgb_layer=string
Layer number where RBG colors are stored as category
Leave empty to not store it
spatial=xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax
Import subregion only
Format: xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax - usually W,S,E,N
zrange=min,max
Filter range for z data (min,max)
return_filter=string
Only import points of selected return type
If not specified, all points are imported
Options: first, last, mid
class_filter=integer[,integer,...]
Only import points of selected class(es)
Input is comma separated integers. If not specified, all points are imported.
input_srs=string
Input dataset projection (WKT or EPSG, e.g. EPSG:4326)
Override input dataset coordinate system using EPSG code or WKT definition

Table of contents

DESCRIPTION

Imports a point cloud (e.g. from a LAS file) as vector points with the PDAL library. v.in.pdal supports the following filters:

EXAMPLES

Import only XYZ coordinates of points, limit the import to the current computational region and reproject to the Location projection during the import:
v.in.pdal input=points.las output=points -c -r -w

REFERENCES

SEE ALSO

r.in.pdal, g.region, v.vect.stats v.in.ogr,

AUTHOR

Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.in.pdal source code (history)

Latest change: Wednesday Jan 18 13:09:57 2023 in commit: 2f20bc11dacfae0539d88c7612839aac68c65677


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