wbt_lidar_thin {whitebox}

Lidar thin

Description

Thins a LiDAR point cloud, reducing point density.

Usage

wbt_lidar_thin(
  input,
  output,
  resolution = 2,
  method = "lowest",
  save_filtered = FALSE,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = NULL,
  compress_rasters = NULL,
  command_only = FALSE
)

Arguments

input

Input LiDAR file.

output

Output LiDAR file.

resolution

The size of the square area used to evaluate nearby points in the LiDAR data.

method

Point selection method; options are 'first', 'last', 'lowest' (default), 'highest', 'nearest'.

save_filtered

Save filtered points to separate file?.

wd

Changes the working directory. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_wd() for details.

verbose_mode

Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is FALSE, tools will not print output messages. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_verbose() for details.

compress_rasters

Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_compress_rasters() for details.

command_only

Return command that would be executed by system() rather than running tool. Default: FALSE.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.