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.TH las2ogr 1 "16 February 2019" "" ""
.SH NAME
las2ogr \- convert LAS file to data source using OGR
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBlas2ogr\fR \kx
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[\fB-h\fR | 
\fB-i\fR \fI<infile>\fR 
\fB-o\fR \fI<outfile>\fR 
\fB-t\fR \fI<format>\fR 
| \fB-formats\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBlas2ogr\fR 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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-h\fR\*(T>
print usage information
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-i\fR\*(T> \fI>infile>\fR
input ASPRS LAS file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-o\fR\*(T> \fI>outfile>\fR
output file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-f\fR\*(T> \fI>format>\fR
OGR format for output file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-formats\fR\*(T>
list supported OGR formats
.SH EXAMPLE
Shows how to convert LAS file to ESRI Shapefile with POINT geometry type:

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$ las2ogr \-i mydata.las \-o points.shp \-f "ESRI Shapefile"
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