[pdal] In two LAZ files "WARNING: files have different point types: 3 vs 7"

Andrew Bell andrew.bell.ia at gmail.com
Wed Apr 3 13:08:45 PDT 2024


The "point_length" entry in the metadata should show you what you want.
Perhaps one of the files contains extra bytes fields.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 4:03 PM Ulises Ibarra via pdal <pdal at lists.osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hello:
>
> When I applied a transformation to a file from
> input_EPSG32611+Ellipsoidal_height.laz to output_EPSG32611+5703.laz and
> want to display both files using lasview, I am informed of an alert:
>
> C:\LAStools\bin>lasview \clouds\PATH\*1*.laz
> WARNING: files have different point types: 3 vs 7
> WARNING: files have different point sizes: 34 vs 36
>
> But if I get the information of both files with "pdal info --metadata
> file.laz", they both indicate:
>
> "dataformat_id": 3,
>
> and I don't find any information regarding "point sizes"
>
> Questions (I clarify that the version of the LAS file is 1.2):
> 1. How could I fix these two problems?
> 2. Are they really a problem?
> 3. Are "point type" and "dataformat_id" two different things?
>
> Best regards
>
> Ulises Ibarra
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Andrew Bell
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