[GRASS-user] LIDAR Data

[Hamish]

Hamish wrote:
> 
> The "other way" is to use r.in.xyz to create a raster directly from
> the points. This is very fast and the only limit is from the LFS
> issues, but I'd guess you could load 4gb of data without a problem.
> It is hoped to one day update r.in.xyz to optionally read data from
> stdin, in which case you can avoid and file system issues*. Then AFAIK
> there would be no limit, as no file to open. LFS support is much better
> for rasters than it is for vectors currently.
> 
> [*] would need to disable scan mode if input=stdin
> 
>  http://grass.ibiblio.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/r.in.xyz.html
>  http://hamish.bowman.googlepages.com/grassfiles#xyz


missing tool: a future r3.in.xyz (or "r.in.xyz -3"?) to make a 3D raster
map?


Hamish