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Description: The
ASPRS LIDAR LAS binary format
conforming
to the ASPRS LIDAR data
exchange format standard named with an LAS
extension
are used for storing 3D point data,
supported by our 3D GIS mapping software Global
Mapper, which combines IMU,
GPS, and
laser pulse range data to produce X, Y,
and Z point data.
ASPRS LIDAR
intended to provide open data formats
for
allowing a variety of software
vendors to create
LAS files referred to as generating
software or
user software for
reading and writing to the LAS files
such as our
Global Mapper gis mapping software.
Our 3D GIS
mapping software Global Mapper v6.07
and higher can directly import this binary file format
that's
not complex but still maintains your
specific
information and view it either as an elevation-colored
point cloud or a 3D surface.
The
Binary Data Format consisting of:
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Public
Header Block: File Signature, GUID
data 1-4, Version Major and Minor,
etc.
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Variable
Length Records: Record Signature, User
ID and Record ID,
Record Length After Header, etc.
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Point
Data: X, Y, Z, Intensity, Scan
Direction Flag, Edge of Flight Line,
Classification, etc.
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