[Liblas-devel] dotnetLibLAS status

[Howard Butler]

On May 11, 2009, at 6:18 AM, Steve Harwin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering what the current status of the .NET liblas csharp  
> build is.  I noticed that none of the georeferencing info is  
> available through the dotnetLibLAS solution.  What are the plans for  
> a release version of the dotnetLibLAS library, last year it was  
> imminent and now it seems to have dropped off the radar.  I have  
> been using the version I built from the trunk and it has been  
> running perfectly, however I am keen to determine projection info  
> and I am bit daunted by the idea of creating the bindings myself as  
> I am novice in that area.
>

Yes, the .NET bindings are lagging behind a bit. Martin will either  
have to bring them up to snuff with the rest of the 1.2 support (SRS  
information, etc), or an interested party (*hint* *hint*) could  
provide some patches to do so :)  It shouldn't be too difficult, and  
following the pattern that Martin has started should be straightforward.


> As a side question, are the coordinates in a LAS file assumed to be  
> in metres or is that info defined in the projection information?

Generally yes, although technically it is determined by the projection  
information.  The only two variants I've actually seen in the wild are  
feet and meters.

Howard