<div dir="auto">Unless you use extra bytes, the LAS format does not support this, as the data types are fixed.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you use extra bytes, you can use the 'extra_dims' option to choose the type of the output dimension.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You should read the LAS specification for details.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 9:32 PM Peter Lim <<a href="mailto:peter.lim@gpslands.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">peter.lim@gpslands.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-SG" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91">May I know how to change the data type of an attribute(or field) when exporting the las file.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91">For example, if the intensity is 2 byte integer, how do I square root the value and export as a 1 byte integer in a las file.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91">Please advise.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365f91">Peter<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_4048324936746525270m_-2708597300618312134DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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