[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2472: v.in.lidar gives negative point count on large las files

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#2472: v.in.lidar gives negative point count on large las files
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 Reporter:  dnewcomb                         |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                           |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal                           |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Default                          |     Version:  svn-releasebranch70      
 Keywords:  v.in.lidar  point initial count  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  x86-64                           |  
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Comment(by mlennert):

 Replying to [ticket:2472 dnewcomb]:
 > Trying to use v.in.lidar to import points from an las file with
 3531181701 points
 >
 > v.in.lidar -o -b
 input=/gisdata/grass7/lidardir/big_lidar_file_ground.laz
 output=whole_co_ground_pts
 > Over-riding projection check
 > Importing -763785595 points..

 A sign of integer overflow. AFAICT, in this particular case this is just
 in the message where a '%d' placeholder is used which represents a signed
 int. But the count of the number of points is defined as unsigned int and
 with larger files this will probably also overflow.

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