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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm new to QGIS after using MapInfo for more years than I dare to admit and finding QGIS great. I’m making full use of the 3D features as I work mainly in the forestry industry and as they say, a picture says a thousand words, particularly when showing topography. My question is, I am trying to find a way of converting some LiDar data that I have (las files) to something that QGis can use when creating 3D views. Currently I’m using tif DEM files, so can anyone point me in the right direction to creating a dem from las files? I can't see any plugins so wonder how others are achieving this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony Shepherd</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> </span><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>|</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> GeoSpatial<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Ph 027 435 6193 </span><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>|</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> E tony@farmmaps.nz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>FarmMaps NZ, 3 Kerwood Place, Gore 9740<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><img width=160 height=75 style='width:1.6666in;height:.7812in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D50F3F.BC264A80" alt="FM_logo1_small (Custom)"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='color:#7B7B7B;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7B7B7B;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://tonyshepherd8.wixsite.com/home"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=157 height=34 style='width:1.6354in;height:.3541in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D50F3F.1187B3C0"></span></b></a><a href="https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ISTLGORE2"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=170 height=37 style='width:1.7708in;height:.3854in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.png@01D50F3F.1187B3C0"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>