Tag: las
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Importing LAS data
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Sometimes LIDAR survey data will come in a LAS file. Here we show how to import a LAS file with 12 million points, pulling in just the data that we want. The data used in this example (Mt St Helens, post eruption) can be found here.
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Importing tiled LAS data
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Importing data from a large LAS dataset (single LAS file) is pretty easy, as demonstrated here. If the LAS dataset is tiled, it takes a little more effort. This video tutorial shows how you can create a simple Python script to import a tiled LAS dataset and turn it into a surface rapidly.