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| 52 | | * Links to external pages and software that may be useful |
| 53 | | * [http://www.cs.unc.edu/~isenburg/lastools/ LAS tools] for manipulating LiDAR files. |
| 54 | | * [https://github.com/carbomap/fleurdelas Open source IDL library for reading / writing LAS files] |
| 55 | | * [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/04/20/tutorial-quality-checking/ LASTools tutorial part 1] on quality checking |
| 56 | | * [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/10/13/tutorial-lidar-preparation/ LASTools tutorial part 2] on lidar preparation |
| 57 | | * [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/10/20/tutorial-derivative-production/ LASTools tutorial part 3] on DEM generation |
| 58 | | * [http://fwtools.maptools.org/ FWTools] - includes the GDAL tools for data conversion and the free OpenEV viewer (vectors + rasters) |
| 59 | | * [http://grass.fbk.eu/ GRASS] - freeware GIS (powerful and full featured, but hard to use) |
| 60 | | * [http://www.fugroviewer.com/ fugroviewer LiDAR viewer] (requires registration) |
| 61 | | * [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ ExifTool] for reading tags in RCD tiff images. |
| 62 | | * [http://fityk.nieto.pl/ fityk] curve fitting tool (useful for full waveform LiDAR data). Free for version 0.9.8 and older. |
| 63 | | * [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL Library] useful for data format conversions amongst other tools. For experienced users. |
| 64 | | * [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ PROJ4 cartographic projections library] useful for re-projecting point data but can be difficult to use. |
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| | 51 | * [wiki:Links Links to external software and tutorials] |