las2ogr

Author

Mateusz Loskot

Contact

mateusz@loskot.net

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.

In order to build las2ogr utility, one has to link libLAS against GDAL library. See Compilation for details on how to link against GDAL.

Note

Windows users can install GDAL binaries using friendly installer from OSGeo4W package.

Usage

$ las2ogr -h
Usage: las2ogr OPTIONS
Options are:
    -h print this message
    -i <infile>     input ASPRS LAS file
    -o <outfile>    output file
    -f <format>     OGR format for output file
    -formats        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"