[GRASS-user] Extract Building Footprints from LiDAR

[Hamish]

Shaun wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone has tried to extract building footprints
> > from LiDAR LAS files.

MS wrote:
> There is a great suite of lidar tools
> in GRASS.  One that might target your needs is http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/v.lidar.edgedetection.html


more generically and for LAS integration see also
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR


> > I searched the archives and could not find anything.

I recall there was some discussion exactly about adding/removing
building footprints from lidar data in the past. Keep hunting both the
user and -dev list archives!



Hamish