[Liblas-devel] Drivers

[Mike Grant]

Hi Dave,

On 18/02/10 17:27, Finnegan, David ERDC-CRREL-NH wrote:
> Have you considered how encoding full-waveform data other than Leica will
> have to be done in version 1.3. The 1.3 definition is basically written for
> Leica data and really doesn't support easily writing other vendors formats
> like Riegl. I've heard of a few people doing their own work arounds but it
> often means tossing out any relevant calibration information for future use.

Afraid we only have the Leica system (and that only since this week!),
but I was rather hoping the LAS 1.3 standard was broad enough to cover
other vendors.  It's rather disappointing if it's not :/

>From the perspective of liblas, I think it'd worth considering how (or
if) to support full waveform data, regardless of the specific format.
If it's supported in a generic way, the specifics of the storage format
can be abstracted away (i.e. have a LAS 1.3 reader and a native Riegl one?)

Cheers,

Mike.

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