We are pleased to announce the integration of the universal vector library GDAL into LAStools. In addition to the native SHP (shapefile) reader/writer that LAStools has long offered, the GDAL implementation now also allows LAStools users to read and write vector formats in KML, GeoJSON, GML (Geography Markup Language), GPKG (GeoPackage), and GPX (GPS Exchange Format). The LAStools lasclip, lasdistance and las3dpoly can read the new vector formats, and lasboundary can write the new vector formats.
Information on using the GDAL library can be found in the included gdal_README.md file and in the readmes of the corresponding tools.