[GRASS-user] LiDAR Data?

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Thursday 10 of June 2010 00:14:29 Rich Shepard wrote:
>    I thought that I could use LiDAR data within grass, but the 6.4
> r.in.gdal man page does not include that format. Is this the wrong module
> for these data?
> 
>    There are two topographic quadrangle files that cover the project
> drainage basin, and the data DVDs cost $200 each. I want to make high
> resolution DEMs of the project basin and try to determine flood elevations
> for different storm events from those. According to the data source, "All
> data are format specific to ESRI GIS format. Data must be viewed using
> specialty software capable of viewing .shp, geotif, and ESRI grid
> formats."
> 
>    I suppose that r.in.gdal will import the .shp files. I've not worked
> with geotif or ESRI grid formats so any experiences of you folks with
> these formats and LiDAR data will be much appreciated.

I am sending you also off-line some work I've done and includes some notes on 
Geotiff's (quite useful for me at the time). Results not include (due to 
external forces :-p). Hope it is worth a little of bit of something to you as 
well...

Cheers, Nikos