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<p>Hi Tony,</p>
<p>Basically you have two options for using/converting LAS/LAZ files
in QGIS:</p>
<p>* LasTools (commercial, requires license), integrated in QGIS
processing toolbox</p>
<p>* PDAL (OpenSource), not yet properly integrated in QGIS
processing toolbox</p>
<p>If all you need is a LAS/LAZ viewer there is also plas.io where
you can load and view a LAS/LATZ directly in a modern web browser
with WebGL support.<br>
</p>
<p>If you want to go the "free" route you'll have to use PDAL
outside of QGIS (on the command-line) and convert them to GeoTIFF
files. Have a look at the PLAS tutorials at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pdal.io/tutorial/index.html">https://pdal.io/tutorial/index.html</a><br>
</p>
<p>There are very loose, not yet concrete, plans to better integrate
PDAL in the QGIS processing toolbox, and there is even a QGIS
plugin for that in the very early stages. If you are adventurous
you could try if it works for you.</p>
<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>Andreas<br>
</p>
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Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ):<br>
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<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
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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GeoSpatial<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> E
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tony@farmmaps.nz">tony@farmmaps.nz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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NZ, 3 Kerwood Place, Gore 9740<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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