LAStools

las2txt

Converts binary LAS or LAZ files to human-readable ASCII text format.

txt2las

Converts from ASCII to binary LAS or compressed LAZ file.

las2las

Extracts last returns, clips, subsamples, translates, etc.

e572las

Extracts the points from the E57 format and stores them as LAS/LAZ files.

las2shp

Converts LIDAR from LAS/LAZ/ASCII to ESRI’s Shapefile format by grouping consecutive points into MultiPointZ records.

shp2las

Converts from points from ESRI’s Shapefile to LAS/LAZ/ASCII format, given the input, contains Points or MultiPoints.

lasground

Tool for bare-earth extraction.

lasground_new

This is a tool for bare-earth extraction—a redesigned version of lasground.

lasclassify

Classify buildings and high vegetation.

lastrack

Computes the height above or the distance in x/y from each point and its trajectory.

lasthin

A simple LIDAR thinning algorithm.

sonarnoiseblaster

Streaming cleaning of massive SONAR point clouds from multi-beam echo sounders.

laszip

Compresses LAS files.

demzip

Compresses and uncompresses raster data from ASC, BIL, TIF, and IMG to the compressed RasterLAZ format.

las2dem

Triangulates LIDAR points from LAS/LAZ to TIN and DEM.

las2iso

Extracts elevation contours to SHP/KML/WKT/TXT format.

lasgrid

Grid LIDAR onto a raster.

lasheight

Computes the height of each point above the ground.

lascanopy

Computes common forestry metrics from height-normalized LiDAR point clouds.

lasvoxel

Computes a voxelization of points.

demdiff

Comparing rasters in ASC, BIL, TIF, IMG and RasterLAZ format and reporting differences.

las2tin

Reads LIDAR data in LAS/LAZ/ASCII format and creates a TIN.

lasplanes

Finds sufficiently planar patches of LAS/LAZ points fulfilling several user-definable criteria output as simple polygons to SHP or RIEGL’s PEF format.

blast2dem

Rasters billions of LiDAR points via a streaming TIN to elevation, intensity, slope, or RGB grid.

blast2iso

Contours billions of LiDAR points via a streaming TIN to isolines in KML or SHP format.

bytecopy 

Utility to copy byte-level information between two LiDAR files.

bytediff

Utility to detect byte-level differences between two LiDAR files.

laslayers

Add layer functionality to LAS/LAZ files.

lasindex

Creates an index file (LAX) about a LAS/LAZ file.

lasmerge

Merges several LAS or LAZ files.

lasoverage

Find “overage” points of multiple lightlines.

lasboundary

Computes a boundary polygon that encloses LIDAR points.

lasclip

Clip LIDAR data by polygons.

lasoptimize

LIDAR data optimization.

lassort

Sorts the points of a LAS/LAZ/ASCII file.

lasduplicate

Find and remove duplicate points from a LAS/LAZ/ASCII file.

lastile

Tiles LIDAR points into tiles.

lassplit

A tool that splits LAS or LAZ files into multiple files.

lasnoise

Flags or removes noise points in LAS or LAZ files.

lascopy

This tool copies selected attributes from LiDAR points from a source to a target LAS/LAZ file using the GPS-time stamp and the return number as a reference.

lasdatum

Transforms LiDAR from one horizontal datum to another using an NTv2 grid or a seven-parameter Helmert transform.

lasdiff

Compares the LIDAR data of two LAS/LAZ/ASCII files and reports whether they are identical or different.

lasdistance

This tool classifies, flags, or removes LiDAR points based on their approximate xy distance from polygonal segments.

lasprecision

Reads LIDAR data in the LAS format and computes statistics that tell us whether the precision „advertised“ in the header is in the data.

lasvdatum

Transforms LiDAR from ellipsoidal to orthometric elevations using a grid.

las3dpoly

Modifies points within a certain distance of 3D polylines.

lasintensity

Corrects the intensity attenuation due to atmospheric absorption.

laspublish

Creates a LiDAR portal for 3D visualization (and optionally also for downloading) of LAS and LAZ files in any modern Web browser.

lasinfo

Report content of a LAS/LAZ file header.

lasoverlap

Computes the flight line overlap and alignment of LIDAR points.

lasreturn

Process multi-return data files.

lascontrol

Computes the elevation of LiDAR data at specific points.

lasprobe

Probes the elevation of the LIDAR for a given x and y location and reports it to a text file or to stdout.

lasvalidate

Determine if LAS files conform to the ASPRS LAS specifications.

laslook

Integrated workbench to visualize point clouds and run LAStools commands. Reference documentation of all LAStools modules.

lasview

Simple and fast LiDAR visualization tool.

lascolor

Colorize LIDAR points using an external image.