A LAS object is the representation of a las/laz files.
data
data.table. a table representing the LAS data
header
list. A list of information contained in the las file header.
crs
A CRS object.
A LAS
object contains a
data.table
in the slot @data
with the data read from a las/laz
file,
a LASheader in the slot @header
(see the ASPRS documentation for the
LAS file format
for more information) and a CRS (coordinates reference system) in the
slot @crs
. In the slot @data
The fields read from the las/laz file are named:
X Y Z
Intensity
ReturnNumber
NumberOfReturns
ScanDirectionFlag
EdgeOfFlightline
Classification
ScanAngle
UserData
PointSourceID
3 other fields can be computed is desired:
slot @data
:
pulseID
: a unique identifying number for each pulse so the
beam origin of each point is known (see laspulse)
flightlineID
: a unique identifying number for the flightline
so the flightline origin of each point is known (see lasflightline)
color
: the hexadecimal name of the color of the point if R, G and B
fields exist (see lascolor)