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rlas

Read and Write 'las' and 'laz' Binary File Formats Used for Remote Sensing Data

v1.8.6 · Apr 3, 2026 · GPL-3

Description

Read and write 'las' and 'laz' binary file formats. The LAS file format is a public file format for the interchange of 3-dimensional point cloud data between data users. The LAS specifications are approved by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing <https://community.asprs.org/leadership-restricted/leadership-content/public-documents/standards>. The LAZ file format is an open and lossless compression scheme for binary LAS format versions 1.0 to 1.4 <https://laszip.org/>.

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installed size is  9.1Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
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NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is  9.1Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    libs   8.6Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is  9.5Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    libs   8.9Mb

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies Rcpp data.table lidR rlas

Version History

updated 1.8.6 ← 1.8.5 diff Apr 3, 2026
updated 1.8.5 ← 1.8.4 diff Apr 2, 2026
new 1.8.4 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.8.4 ← 1.8.3 diff Jan 28, 2026
updated 1.8.3 ← 1.8.2 diff Jan 27, 2026
updated 1.8.2 ← 1.8.0 diff May 16, 2025
updated 1.8.0 ← 1.7.0 diff Jul 16, 2024
updated 1.7.0 ← 1.6.3 diff Dec 10, 2023
updated 1.6.3 ← 1.6.2 diff Mar 17, 2023
updated 1.6.2 ← 1.6.1 diff Jan 5, 2023
updated 1.6.1 ← 1.6.0 diff Oct 18, 2022
updated 1.6.0 ← 1.5.3 diff May 25, 2022
updated 1.5.3 ← 1.5.2 diff Mar 17, 2022
updated 1.5.2 ← 1.5.1 diff Feb 13, 2022
updated 1.5.1 ← 1.5.0 diff Feb 8, 2022
updated 1.5.0 ← 1.4.0 diff Jun 1, 2021
updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.9 diff Mar 22, 2021
updated 1.3.9 ← 1.3.8 diff Jan 11, 2021
updated 1.3.8 ← 1.3.7 diff Dec 13, 2020
updated 1.3.7 ← 1.3.6 diff Nov 10, 2020