Hi Sorry for being a pain, but I'm asking again: Is there a reason why ELAS format is not mentioned on the GDAL Raster Formats site [1]? Or maybe just some other name is used which I don't know... [1] $ gdalinfo --formats | grep ELAS ELAS (rw+): ELAS [2]http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html Maciek