writelax {rlas}

Write a .lax file from a .las or .laz file

Description

Write a lax file from a las or laz file. A lax file is a tiny file which can come with a las or laz and which spatially index the data to make faster spatial queries. It has been invented by Martin Isenburg in LASlib. rlas support lax file and enable to write a lax file with default settings. For more options, use lasindex from binaries provided by LASlib (for more informations see references)

Usage

writelax(file, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

file

character. filename of .las or .laz file

verbose

boolean. Verbose switch.

References

https://rapidlasso.com/
https://rapidlasso.com/2012/12/03/lasindex-spatial-indexing-of-lidar-data/
https://github.com/LAStools/LAStools