<div dir="ltr">The problem is that your quotes aren't escaped, I think.<div><br></div><div>If all you're trying to do is replace an existing SRS (or fill one in where it doesn't exist), you might just try:</div><div><br></div><div>pdal translate in.las out.las --readers.las.spatialreference="EPSG:2193+7839" --writers.las.forward=all</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 6:20 PM Rose Phillips <<a href="mailto:RPhillips@linz.govt.nz">RPhillips@linz.govt.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi guys,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question about manually adding a WKT string - EPSG:2193 + 7839 projection information to a LAS 1.4 Point Format ID 6 file.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve tried these different methods and had the corresponding errors:-
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Method One<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Input (Command Line) <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">pdal translate --writers.las.a_srs="COMPD_CS["NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 + NZVD2016 height",PROJCS["NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000",GEOGCS["NZGD2000",DATUM["New_Zealand_Geodetic_Datum_2000",SPHEROID["GRS
 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6167"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4167"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",173],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",1600000],PARAMETER["false_northing",10000000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2193"]],VERT_CS["NZVD2016
 height",VERT_DATUM["New Zealand Vertical Datum 2016",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","1169"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Up",UP],AUTHORITY["EPSG","7839"]]]" H:/RoseBackup/other_datasets/Gisbourne/test_wkt/original/CL2_BF44_2018_1000_4619.las H:/RoseBackup/other_datasets/Gisbourne/test_wkt/original/test_pdal_WKT.las
 --writers.las.forward="all"<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Output <br>
PDAL: Cannot determine reader for input file: /<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Method Two (JSON) <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">pdal pipeline H:/RoseBackup/other_datasets/Gisbourne/wkt_2193_7839.json --readers.las.filename=H:/RoseBackup/other_datasets/Gisbourne/test_wkt/original/CL2_BF44_2018_1000_4619.las --writers.las.filename=H:/RoseBackup/other_datasets/Gisbourne/test_wkt/original/test_pdal_WKT.las<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">{<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">  "pipeline" : [<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">    { <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">                           "type" : "readers.las",<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">                           "filename" : "input.las"<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">    },<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">    {<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">                           "type" : "writers.las",<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">                           "minor_version" : 4, <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">                           "forward" : "all",<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">                           "a_srs" : "COMPD_CS["NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 + NZVD2016 height",PROJCS["NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000",GEOGCS["NZGD2000",DATUM["New_Zealand_Geodetic_Datum_2000",SPHEROID["GRS
 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6167"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4167"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",173],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",1600000],PARAMETER["false_northing",10000000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2193"]],VERT_CS["NZVD2016
 height",VERT_DATUM["New Zealand Vertical Datum 2016",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","1169"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Up",UP],AUTHORITY["EPSG","7839"]]]",<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">                           "filename" : "output.las"<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">    }<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ]<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">}<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Output <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PDAL: JSON pipeline: Unable to parse pipeline:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Line 10, Column 24<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">  Missing ',' or '}' in object declaration<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">----------------------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reference:-<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/pdal-LAS-1-4-amp-WKT-vertical-coordinate-system-and-td5240123.html" target="_blank">http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/pdal-LAS-1-4-amp-WKT-vertical-coordinate-system-and-td5240123.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">----------------------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was wondering if you guys could point me in the direction where I’ve gone wrong?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rose Phillips<u></u><u></u></p>
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