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.. _csharp_tutorial:

 

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C# Tutorial

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This basic tutorial explains how to use libLAS to read and write 

LIDAR data encoded in LAS file format from C#.

 

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Hello world

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.. code-block:: cpp

 

 using System;

 using System.Text;

 using LibLAS;

 

 class Program

 {

    static void Main(string[] args)

 

    {

        try

        {

            LASReader lasreader = new LASReader(@"F:\sample_in.las");

            LASPoint laspoint;

            LASHeader lasheader = lasreader.GetHeader();

            LASWriter laswriter = new LASWriter(@"F:\sample_out.las", lasheader, LASReadWriteMode.LASModeWrite);

            Console.WriteLine("Number of points in file= {0}", lasheader.PointRecordsCount);

 

            while (lasreader.GetNextPoint())

            {

                laspoint = lasreader.GetPoint();

                //Console.WriteLine(laspoint.X + "," + laspoint.Y + "," + laspoint.Z);

                laswriter.WritePoint(laspoint);

            }

        }

        catch (LASException e)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("\nLASException! Msg: {0}", e.Message);

        }

        catch

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Unknown exception caught");

        }

        finally

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Do i need something to do?");

        }

 

        Console.WriteLine("End of file");

        Console.Read();

    }

 }