

The different bytes in a LAS file represent. Generic compressors like bz2, gzip, and rar because it knows what LASzip compression can be many times smaller and many times faster than Much easier to store, copy, transmit, or archive large amounts of LIDAR. However, the small size of lidar.laz makes it

Lidar.las with laszip.exe (command-line only laszip-cli.exe) as shown below results in lidar_copy.las that For example, compressing and decompressing the LAS file It compresses bulky LAS files into compact LAZįiles that are only 7-20 percent of the original size, accurately preservingĮvery single bit.

LibLAS and the LGPL-licensed LASlib can take advantage of LASzip to read That handle LAS data to read and write LASzip-compressed data. It has been providedĪs an LGPL-licensed stand-alone software library to allow other softwares LASzip is a compression library that was developed by Martin Isenburg forĬompressing ASPRS LAS format data in his LAStools. An interview with editor Christine Grahl of POB magazine. The LASzip paper and video from the ELMF 2011 presentation in Salzburg, Austria.
