<div dir="ltr">You're mixing syntax for the older "assignment" option with that of the newer "value" option.<div><br></div><div>Try this:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">[<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    {<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "type":"readers.las",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "filename":"input.las"<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    },<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    {</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "type":"filters.assign",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "assignment":"IntnstySqRt = Intensity / 256"                                   <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    },<u></u><u></u></span></p>    ...</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 6:09 AM Peter Lim <<a href="mailto:peter.lim@gpslands.com">peter.lim@gpslands.com</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"><div lang="EN-SG"><div class="gmail-m_1008237852334678820WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">I’m trying to generate a GeoTiff image from a LAS file using the sq. root of Intensity dimension and the pipeline as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">[<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    {<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "type":"readers.las",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "filename":"input.las"<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    },<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    {<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">         "type": "filters.ferry",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">         "dimensions":"Intensity=>IntnstySqRt"<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    },                                                         <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    {<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "type":"filters.assign",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "assignment":"IntnstySqRt[:] = IntnstySqRt / 256"                                    <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    },<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    {<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "type":"writers.gdal",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "resolution": 0.05,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "data_type":"uint8",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "output_type":"mean",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">         "dimension":"IntnstySqRt",<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "gdalopts":"COMPRESS=JPEG,PHOTOMETRIC=YCBCR,BLOCKXSIZE=4096,BLOCKYSIZE=4096,GDAL_CACHEMAX=8000,NUM_THREADS=ALL_CPUS,TILED=YES",                <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "bounds":"([19370,20527],[39571,40865])", <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">        "filename":"output.tif"<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">    }                          <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">]<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">However, error occurred:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">PDAL: filters.assign: Invalid value for argument 'assignment'.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">Is it the correct use of filters.ferry and filters. assign…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">Please advise.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">Peter Lim<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)">GPS Lands (S) Pte Ltd</span></i><i><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="gmail-m_1008237852334678820DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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