lidar.blocked.LASBlocks

Read and write each block of blocked point cloud data as LAS file

Description

The LASBlocks object is an adapter that writes blocked point cloud data in LAS format.

When writing to disk, the object creates an individual LAS file for each block and saves the point cloud files in a folder. The object also creates and saves a MAT file with information about the blocked point cloud.

The table lists the support that the LASBlocks object has for various blockedPointCloud capabilities.

Capability	Support
Data types	struct and pointCloud object
Process blocks in parallel using the apply function	Yes

Creation

Syntax

adapter = lidar.blocked.LASBlocks

Description

adapter = lidar.blocked.LASBlocks creates a LASBlocks object that reads and writes blocked point cloud data as LAS files, with one LAS file for each block.

Properties

BlockFormat — Point cloud file format

"las" (default) | "laz"

Point cloud file format, specified as "las" or "laz".

Data Types: char | string

LasVersion — LAS version

"1.2" (default) | "1.0" | "1.1" | "1.3" | "1.4"

LAS version, specified as "1.0", "1.1", "1.2", "1.3", or "1.4".

Data Types: string | char

Version History

Introduced in R2022a