| | 1 | === Q: What is the file format for my ASCII LiDAR data files? === |
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| | 3 | '''A:'''[[BR]] |
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| | 5 | The ASCII LiDAR files are formatted as follows: |
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| | 7 | Time, Easting, Northing, elevation, intensity, classification, return number, scan angle rank |
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| | 9 | This is also given in the readme file that should be included with your data. |
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| | 11 | Each entry in the list is a single LiDAR return. If you prefer to deal with LAS format data, the text files can be converted to LAS format using third-party software (we use LASTools, see http://www.cs.unc.edu/~isenburg/lastools/ - the program to do this is txt2las.exe). |