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<refentry id='las2ogr'>
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<refentrytitle>las2ogr</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refname>las2ogr</refname>
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<refpurpose>convert LAS file to data source using OGR</refpurpose>
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<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
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<command>las2ogr</command>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-h</option></arg>
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<option>-i</option> <arg choice='plain'><replaceable><infile></replaceable></arg>
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<option>-o</option> <arg choice='plain'><replaceable><outfile></replaceable></arg>
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<option>-t</option> <arg choice='plain'><replaceable><format></replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-formats</option></arg>
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<refsect1 id='description'>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<command>las2ogr</command> converts LAS file to data source using OGR
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drivers available from GDAL/OGR package.
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This utility is useful to translate cloud of points collected by LiDAR
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sensors to vectors for easier data exchange and processing.
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<refsect1 id='options'>
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<term><option>-h</option></term>
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print usage information
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<term><option>-i</option> <replaceable>>infile></replaceable></term>
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<term><option>-o</option> <replaceable>>outfile></replaceable></term>
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<term><option>-f</option> <replaceable>>format></replaceable></term>
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OGR format for output file
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<term><option>-formats</option></term>
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list supported OGR formats
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<refsect1 id='example'>
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<title>EXAMPLE</title>
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Shows how to convert LAS file to ESRI Shapefile with POINT geometry type:
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$ las2ogr -i mydata.las -o points.shp -f "ESRI Shapefile"