Convert LAS to ASCII (LAS2ASCII)

This tool can be used to convert a LAS file, containing LiDAR data, into an equivalent ASCII text file. The output text file will contain fields for the point number, elevation, intensity, classification value, return number, and number of returns, in that order. Notice that the LAS file format is a highly efficient format for storing LiDAR data compared with the ASCII format, and as such, it is expected that ASCII file will be considerably larger than their equivalent LAS files.

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Scripting:

The following is an example of a Python script using this tool:

wd = pluginHost.getWorkingDirectory()
# You may have multiple input files but they must
# be separated by semicolons in the string.
inputFiles = wd + "input1.las" + ";" + wd + "input2.las" + ";" + wd + "input3.las"
args = [inputFiles]
pluginHost.runPlugin("LAS2ASCII", args, False)

This is a Groovy script also using this tool:

def wd = pluginHost.getWorkingDirectory()
// You may have multiple input files but they must
// be separated by semicolons in the string.
def inputFiles = wd + "input1.las" + ";" + wd + "input2.las" + ";" + wd + "input3.las"
String[] args = [inputFiles]
pluginHost.runPlugin("LAS2ASCII", args, false)

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