Liblas is a c/c++ library for reading and writing asprs las versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 data. the las format is a sequential binary format used to store data from sensors and as intermediate processing storage by some lidar-related applications. lidar (light detection and ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target. the prevalent method to determine distance to an object or surface is to use laser pulses.

this package contains the essential toolset to manage lidar data: lasinfo, lasmerge, las2las, las2txt, txt2las, las2ogr.