[GRASS-user] LiDAR Data?

[Mark Seibel]

This is a great resource.   http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR#Micro-tutorial

Mark

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> 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.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
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