LAStools¶

LAStools is a collection of highly efficient, multicore command line tools for LiDAR data processing.

las2las_filter¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

filter (by return, classification, flags) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — keep_last
2 — keep_first
3 — keep_middle
4 — keep_single
5 — drop_single
6 — keep_double
7 — keep_class 2
8 — keep_class 2 8
9 — keep_class 8
10 — keep_class 6
11 — keep_class 9
12 — keep_class 3 4 5
13 — keep_class 2 6
14 — drop_class 7
15 — drop_withheld

Default: 0

second filter (by return, classification, flags) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — keep_last
2 — keep_first
3 — keep_middle
4 — keep_single
5 — drop_single
6 — keep_double
7 — keep_class 2
8 — keep_class 2 8
9 — keep_class 8
10 — keep_class 6
11 — keep_class 9
12 — keep_class 3 4 5
13 — keep_class 2 6
14 — drop_class 7
15 — drop_withheld

Default: 0

filter (by coordinate, intensity, GPS time, ...) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — clip_x_above
2 — clip_x_below
3 — clip_y_above
4 — clip_y_below
5 — clip_z_above
6 — clip_z_below
7 — drop_intensity_above
8 — drop_intensity_below
9 — drop_gps_time_above
10 — drop_gps_time_below
11 — drop_scan_angle_above
12 — drop_scan_angle_below
13 — keep_point_source
14 — drop_point_source
15 — drop_point_source_above
16 — drop_point_source_below
17 — keep_user_data
18 — drop_user_data
19 — drop_user_data_above
20 — drop_user_data_below
21 — keep_every_nth
22 — keep_random_fraction
23 — thin_with_grid

Default: 0

value for filter (by coordinate, intensity, GPS time, ...) [string]

Default: (not set)

second filter (by coordinate, intensity, GPS time, ...) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — clip_x_above
2 — clip_x_below
3 — clip_y_above
4 — clip_y_below
5 — clip_z_above
6 — clip_z_below
7 — drop_intensity_above
8 — drop_intensity_below
9 — drop_gps_time_above
10 — drop_gps_time_below
11 — drop_scan_angle_above
12 — drop_scan_angle_below
13 — keep_point_source
14 — drop_point_source
15 — drop_point_source_above
16 — drop_point_source_below
17 — keep_user_data
18 — drop_user_data
19 — drop_user_data_above
20 — drop_user_data_below
21 — keep_every_nth
22 — keep_random_fraction
23 — thin_with_grid

Default: 0

value for second filter (by coordinate, intensity, GPS time, ...) [string]

Default: (not set)

Outputs¶

output LAS/LAZ file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:las2lasfilter', verbose, input_laslaz, filter_return_class_flags1, filter_return_class_flags2, filter_coords_intensity1, filter_coords_intensity1_arg, filter_coords_intensity2, filter_coords_intensity2_arg, output_laslaz)

las2las_project¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

source projection [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — utm
2 — sp83
3 — sp27
4 — longlat
5 — latlong

Default: 0

source utm zone [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — 1 (north)
2 — 2 (north)
3 — 3 (north)
4 — 4 (north)
5 — 5 (north)
6 — 6 (north)
7 — 7 (north)
8 — 8 (north)
9 — 9 (north)
10 — 10 (north)
11 — 11 (north)
12 — 12 (north)
13 — 13 (north)
14 — 14 (north)
15 — 15 (north)
16 — 16 (north)
17 — 17 (north)
18 — 18 (north)
19 — 19 (north)
20 — 20 (north)
21 — 21 (north)
22 — 22 (north)
23 — 23 (north)
24 — 24 (north)
25 — 25 (north)
26 — 26 (north)
27 — 27 (north)
28 — 28 (north)
29 — 29 (north)
30 — 30 (north)
31 — 31 (north)
32 — 32 (north)
33 — 33 (north)
34 — 34 (north)
35 — 35 (north)
36 — 36 (north)
37 — 37 (north)
38 — 38 (north)
39 — 39 (north)
40 — 40 (north)
41 — 41 (north)
42 — 42 (north)
43 — 43 (north)
44 — 44 (north)
45 — 45 (north)
46 — 46 (north)
47 — 47 (north)
48 — 48 (north)
49 — 49 (north)
50 — 50 (north)
51 — 51 (north)
52 — 52 (north)
53 — 53 (north)
54 — 54 (north)
55 — 55 (north)
56 — 56 (north)
57 — 57 (north)
58 — 58 (north)
59 — 59 (north)
60 — 60 (north)
61 — 1 (south)
62 — 2 (south)
63 — 3 (south)
64 — 4 (south)
65 — 5 (south)
66 — 6 (south)
67 — 7 (south)
68 — 8 (south)
69 — 9 (south)
70 — 10 (south)
71 — 11 (south)
72 — 12 (south)
73 — 13 (south)
74 — 14 (south)
75 — 15 (south)
76 — 16 (south)
77 — 17 (south)
78 — 18 (south)
79 — 19 (south)
80 — 20 (south)
81 — 21 (south)
82 — 22 (south)
83 — 23 (south)
84 — 24 (south)
85 — 25 (south)
86 — 26 (south)
87 — 27 (south)
88 — 28 (south)
89 — 29 (south)
90 — 30 (south)
91 — 31 (south)
92 — 32 (south)
93 — 33 (south)
94 — 34 (south)
95 — 35 (south)
96 — 36 (south)
97 — 37 (south)
98 — 38 (south)
99 — 39 (south)
100 — 40 (south)
101 — 41 (south)
102 — 42 (south)
103 — 43 (south)
104 — 44 (south)
105 — 45 (south)
106 — 46 (south)
107 — 47 (south)
108 — 48 (south)
109 — 49 (south)
110 — 50 (south)
111 — 51 (south)
112 — 52 (south)
113 — 53 (south)
114 — 54 (south)
115 — 55 (south)
116 — 56 (south)
117 — 57 (south)
118 — 58 (south)
119 — 59 (south)
120 — 60 (south)

Default: 0

source state plane code [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — AK_10
2 — AK_2
3 — AK_3
4 — AK_4
5 — AK_5
6 — AK_6
7 — AK_7
8 — AK_8
9 — AK_9
10 — AL_E
11 — AL_W
12 — AR_N
13 — AR_S
14 — AZ_C
15 — AZ_E
16 — AZ_W
17 — CA_I
18 — CA_II
19 — CA_III
20 — CA_IV
21 — CA_V
22 — CA_VI
23 — CA_VII
24 — CO_C
25 — CO_N
26 — CO_S
27 — CT
28 — DE
29 — FL_E
30 — FL_N
31 — FL_W
32 — GA_E
33 — GA_W
34 — HI_1
35 — HI_2
36 — HI_3
37 — HI_4
38 — HI_5
39 — IA_N
40 — IA_S
41 — ID_C
42 — ID_E
43 — ID_W
44 — IL_E
45 — IL_W
46 — IN_E
47 — IN_W
48 — KS_N
49 — KS_S
50 — KY_N
51 — KY_S
52 — LA_N
53 — LA_S
54 — MA_I
55 — MA_M
56 — MD
57 — ME_E
58 — ME_W
59 — MI_C
60 — MI_N
61 — MI_S
62 — MN_C
63 — MN_N
64 — MN_S
65 — MO_C
66 — MO_E
67 — MO_W
68 — MS_E
69 — MS_W
70 — MT_C
71 — MT_N
72 — MT_S
73 — NC
74 — ND_N
75 — ND_S
76 — NE_N
77 — NE_S
78 — NH
79 — NJ
80 — NM_C
81 — NM_E
82 — NM_W
83 — NV_C
84 — NV_E
85 — NV_W
86 — NY_C
87 — NY_E
88 — NY_LI
89 — NY_W
90 — OH_N
91 — OH_S
92 — OK_N
93 — OK_S
94 — OR_N
95 — OR_S
96 — PA_N
97 — PA_S
98 — PR
99 — RI
100 — SC_N
101 — SC_S
102 — SD_N
103 — SD_S
104 — St.Croix
105 — TN
106 — TX_C
107 — TX_N
108 — TX_NC
109 — TX_S
110 — TX_SC
111 — UT_C
112 — UT_N
113 — UT_S
114 — VA_N
115 — VA_S
116 — VT
117 — WA_N
118 — WA_S
119 — WI_C
120 — WI_N
121 — WI_S
122 — WV_N
123 — WV_S
124 — WY_E
125 — WY_EC
126 — WY_W
127 — WY_WC

Default: 0

target projection [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — utm
2 — sp83
3 — sp27
4 — longlat
5 — latlong

Default: 0

target utm zone [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — 1 (north)
2 — 2 (north)
3 — 3 (north)
4 — 4 (north)
5 — 5 (north)
6 — 6 (north)
7 — 7 (north)
8 — 8 (north)
9 — 9 (north)
10 — 10 (north)
11 — 11 (north)
12 — 12 (north)
13 — 13 (north)
14 — 14 (north)
15 — 15 (north)
16 — 16 (north)
17 — 17 (north)
18 — 18 (north)
19 — 19 (north)
20 — 20 (north)
21 — 21 (north)
22 — 22 (north)
23 — 23 (north)
24 — 24 (north)
25 — 25 (north)
26 — 26 (north)
27 — 27 (north)
28 — 28 (north)
29 — 29 (north)
30 — 30 (north)
31 — 31 (north)
32 — 32 (north)
33 — 33 (north)
34 — 34 (north)
35 — 35 (north)
36 — 36 (north)
37 — 37 (north)
38 — 38 (north)
39 — 39 (north)
40 — 40 (north)
41 — 41 (north)
42 — 42 (north)
43 — 43 (north)
44 — 44 (north)
45 — 45 (north)
46 — 46 (north)
47 — 47 (north)
48 — 48 (north)
49 — 49 (north)
50 — 50 (north)
51 — 51 (north)
52 — 52 (north)
53 — 53 (north)
54 — 54 (north)
55 — 55 (north)
56 — 56 (north)
57 — 57 (north)
58 — 58 (north)
59 — 59 (north)
60 — 60 (north)
61 — 1 (south)
62 — 2 (south)
63 — 3 (south)
64 — 4 (south)
65 — 5 (south)
66 — 6 (south)
67 — 7 (south)
68 — 8 (south)
69 — 9 (south)
70 — 10 (south)
71 — 11 (south)
72 — 12 (south)
73 — 13 (south)
74 — 14 (south)
75 — 15 (south)
76 — 16 (south)
77 — 17 (south)
78 — 18 (south)
79 — 19 (south)
80 — 20 (south)
81 — 21 (south)
82 — 22 (south)
83 — 23 (south)
84 — 24 (south)
85 — 25 (south)
86 — 26 (south)
87 — 27 (south)
88 — 28 (south)
89 — 29 (south)
90 — 30 (south)
91 — 31 (south)
92 — 32 (south)
93 — 33 (south)
94 — 34 (south)
95 — 35 (south)
96 — 36 (south)
97 — 37 (south)
98 — 38 (south)
99 — 39 (south)
100 — 40 (south)
101 — 41 (south)
102 — 42 (south)
103 — 43 (south)
104 — 44 (south)
105 — 45 (south)
106 — 46 (south)
107 — 47 (south)
108 — 48 (south)
109 — 49 (south)
110 — 50 (south)
111 — 51 (south)
112 — 52 (south)
113 — 53 (south)
114 — 54 (south)
115 — 55 (south)
116 — 56 (south)
117 — 57 (south)
118 — 58 (south)
119 — 59 (south)
120 — 60 (south)

Default: 0

target state plane code [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — AK_10
2 — AK_2
3 — AK_3
4 — AK_4
5 — AK_5
6 — AK_6
7 — AK_7
8 — AK_8
9 — AK_9
10 — AL_E
11 — AL_W
12 — AR_N
13 — AR_S
14 — AZ_C
15 — AZ_E
16 — AZ_W
17 — CA_I
18 — CA_II
19 — CA_III
20 — CA_IV
21 — CA_V
22 — CA_VI
23 — CA_VII
24 — CO_C
25 — CO_N
26 — CO_S
27 — CT
28 — DE
29 — FL_E
30 — FL_N
31 — FL_W
32 — GA_E
33 — GA_W
34 — HI_1
35 — HI_2
36 — HI_3
37 — HI_4
38 — HI_5
39 — IA_N
40 — IA_S
41 — ID_C
42 — ID_E
43 — ID_W
44 — IL_E
45 — IL_W
46 — IN_E
47 — IN_W
48 — KS_N
49 — KS_S
50 — KY_N
51 — KY_S
52 — LA_N
53 — LA_S
54 — MA_I
55 — MA_M
56 — MD
57 — ME_E
58 — ME_W
59 — MI_C
60 — MI_N
61 — MI_S
62 — MN_C
63 — MN_N
64 — MN_S
65 — MO_C
66 — MO_E
67 — MO_W
68 — MS_E
69 — MS_W
70 — MT_C
71 — MT_N
72 — MT_S
73 — NC
74 — ND_N
75 — ND_S
76 — NE_N
77 — NE_S
78 — NH
79 — NJ
80 — NM_C
81 — NM_E
82 — NM_W
83 — NV_C
84 — NV_E
85 — NV_W
86 — NY_C
87 — NY_E
88 — NY_LI
89 — NY_W
90 — OH_N
91 — OH_S
92 — OK_N
93 — OK_S
94 — OR_N
95 — OR_S
96 — PA_N
97 — PA_S
98 — PR
99 — RI
100 — SC_N
101 — SC_S
102 — SD_N
103 — SD_S
104 — St.Croix
105 — TN
106 — TX_C
107 — TX_N
108 — TX_NC
109 — TX_S
110 — TX_SC
111 — UT_C
112 — UT_N
113 — UT_S
114 — VA_N
115 — VA_S
116 — VT
117 — WA_N
118 — WA_S
119 — WI_C
120 — WI_N
121 — WI_S
122 — WV_N
123 — WV_S
124 — WY_E
125 — WY_EC
126 — WY_W
127 — WY_WC

Default: 0

Outputs¶

output LAS/LAZ file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:las2lasproject', verbose, input_laslaz, source_projection, source_utm, source_sp, target_projection, target_utm, target_sp, output_laslaz)

las2las_transform¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

transform (coordinates) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — translate_x
2 — translate_y
3 — translate_z
4 — scale_x
5 — scale_y
6 — scale_z
7 — clamp_z_above
8 — clamp_z_below

Default: 0

value for transform (coordinates) [string]

Default: (not set)

second transform (coordinates) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — translate_x
2 — translate_y
3 — translate_z
4 — scale_x
5 — scale_y
6 — scale_z
7 — clamp_z_above
8 — clamp_z_below

Default: 0

value for second transform (coordinates) [string]

Default: (not set)

transform (intensities, scan angles, GPS times, ...) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — scale_intensity
2 — translate_intensity
3 — clamp_intensity_above
4 — clamp_intensity_below
5 — scale_scan_angle
6 — translate_scan_angle
7 — translate_gps_time
8 — set_classification
9 — set_user_data
10 — set_point_source
11 — scale_rgb_up
12 — scale_rgb_down
13 — repair_zero_returns

Default: 0

value for transform (intensities, scan angles, GPS times, ...) [string]

Default: (not set)

second transform (intensities, scan angles, GPS times, ...) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — scale_intensity
2 — translate_intensity
3 — clamp_intensity_above
4 — clamp_intensity_below
5 — scale_scan_angle
6 — translate_scan_angle
7 — translate_gps_time
8 — set_classification
9 — set_user_data
10 — set_point_source
11 — scale_rgb_up
12 — scale_rgb_down
13 — repair_zero_returns

Default: 0

value for second transform (intensities, scan angles, GPS times, ...) [string]

Default: (not set)

operations (first 7 need an argument) [selection]

Options:

0 — —
1 — set_point_type
2 — set_point_size
3 — set_version_minor
4 — set_version_major
5 — start_at_point
6 — stop_at_point
7 — remove_vlr
8 — auto_reoffset
9 — week_to_adjusted
10 — adjusted_to_week
11 — scale_rgb_up
12 — scale_rgb_down
13 — remove_all_vlrs
14 — remove_extra
15 — clip_to_bounding_box

Default: 0

argument for operation [string]

Default: (not set)

Outputs¶

output LAS/LAZ file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:las2lastransform', verbose, input_laslaz, transform_coordinate1, transform_coordinate1_arg, transform_coordinate2, transform_coordinate2_arg, transform_other1, transform_other1_arg, transform_other2, transform_other2_arg, operation, operationarg, output_laslaz)

las2txt¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

parse_string [string]

Default: xyz

Outputs¶

Output ASCII file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:las2txt', verbose, input_laslaz, parse_string, output)

lasindex¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

is mobile or terrestrial LiDAR (not airborne) [boolean]

Default: False

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:lasindex', verbose, input_laslaz, mobile_or_terrestrial)

lasinfo¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

Outputs¶

Output ASCII file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:lasinfo', verbose, input_laslaz, output)

lasmerge¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

files are flightlines [boolean]

Default: True

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

2nd file [file]

Optional.

3rd file [file]

Optional.

4th file [file]

Optional.

5th file [file]

Optional.

6th file [file]

Optional.

7th file [file]

Optional.

Outputs¶

output LAS/LAZ file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:lasmerge', verbose, files_are_flightlines, input_laslaz, file2, file3, file4, file5, file6, file7, output_laslaz)

lasprecision¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

Outputs¶

Output ASCII file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:lasprecision', verbose, input_laslaz, output)

lasquery¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

area of interest [extent]

Default: 0,1,0,1

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:lasquery', verbose, aoi)

lasvalidate¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

Outputs¶

Output XML file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:lasvalidate', verbose, input_laslaz, output)

laszip¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

input LAS/LAZ file [file]

Optional.

only report size [boolean]

Default: False

Outputs¶

output LAS/LAZ file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:laszip', verbose, input_laslaz, report_size, output_laslaz)

txt2las¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

verbose [boolean]

Default: False

Input ASCII file [file]

Optional.

parse lines as [string]

Default: xyz

skip the first n lines [number]

Default: 0

resolution of x and y coordinate [number]

Default: 0.01

resolution of z coordinate [number]

Default: 0.01

Outputs¶

output LAS/LAZ file [file]: <put output description here>

Console usage¶

processing.runalg('lidartools:txt2las', verbose, input, parse_string, skip, scale_factor_xy, scale_factor_z, output_laslaz)

Table Of Contents

LAStools¶

las2las_filter¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

las2las_project¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

las2las_transform¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

las2txt¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

lasindex¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

lasinfo¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

lasmerge¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

lasprecision¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

lasquery¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

lasvalidate¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

laszip¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶

txt2las¶

Description¶

Parameters¶

Outputs¶

Console usage¶

See also¶