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las

Reads and writes point clouds stored in the ASPRS las file format

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Uses new Rust 2024

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las-rs

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Read and write ASPRS las files natively with rust.

[dependencies]
las = "0.9"

To include laz support:

[dependencies]
las = { version = "0.9", features = ["laz"] }

To include laz support with parallel compression/decompression to enhance speed (laz-parallel implies laz so you don't need to specify both):

[dependencies]
las = { version = "0.9", features = ["laz-parallel"] }

Dependencies

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