
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The PDAL team is pleased to announce the release of PDAL 1.8.0. Major enhancements include:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Esri I3S/SLPK read support</div><div class="">* Experimental Unity/FBX support (SDK required)</div><div class="">* RIEGL RDB reader (SDK required)</div><div class="">* filters.dem for adjusting point cloud values based on a raster</div><div class="">* filters.numpy supports direct array assignment for Python extension [1]</div><div class="">* Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can find full release notes at <a href="https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/tag/1.8.0" class="">https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/tag/1.8.0</a> and obtain a copy from <a href="https://pdal.io/download.html" class="">https://pdal.io/download.html</a>. Binaries from Conda, OSGeo4W, Docker, and your favorite package distribution system are forthcoming.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your bug reports, code contributions, and enhancements.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Howard</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">[1] <a href="https://pypi.org/project/PDAL/" class="">https://pypi.org/project/PDAL/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>