[Liblas-devel] Classification improvements

[Howard Butler]

On Apr 15, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Handling classification is not as easy as it may seem. There are  
> number
> of elements like lookup table stored is variable-length record (LAS  
> 1.0)
> or defined in spec (LAS 1.1+) as well as tricky bitwise operations are
> needed to access classification values for a point record. The purpose
> of the ticket is to submit and discuss proposal of improvements in  
> this
> area.
>
> Basically, the idea is to extract all types, enumerations and  
> operations
> directly related to classification handling as a class type. Then,
> LASPoint::GetClassification/SetClassification provide access to object
> which can be used to manage (read, write) all properties of  
> classification.
>
> I'm going to implement all relevant parts of this enhancement.
>
> First, I'd like to know your comments about this idea.

An emphatic +1, because I was going to eventually have to do it  
otherwise :)

Howard