[pdal] PDAL code for LasTools and WhiteBoxTools functions?

[Kenneth Jacob]

Dear PDAL Community:
(first time post)
Success Story Here's the problem I was working on: 



.laz files downloaded directly from the NOAA site were opening as thin lines instead of the expected 3D point cloud in CloudCompare. With the help of another forum, I figured out it was because the coordinate system in the NOAA files is spherical and CC is looking for cartesian coordinates. PDAL in a single command line helped me convert to an appropriate cartesian CRS, and this solved the problem. Details of the exchange in the CC forum HERE.


Very exciting.

New Problem and Questions for the PDAL CommunityInspired to do more with PDAL, my question to this community is whether PDAL can be used to perform point-cloud processing functions from LasTools and WhiteBoxTools that have frustrating inconsistencies when used from QGIS, at least on my computing platform (Mac OS). Inconsistencies are multiplied for me because I use LiDAR files (.laz and .las) from multiple sources. 
The functions I'm using in my forest carbon research are:

lasheight (from Lastools)HeightAboveGround (from WhiteBox)LidarDigitalSurfaceModel (from WhiteBox)

Are these functions already duplicated in PDAL? Or is there command lines that effectively do the same thing?

Any experience and advice on this subject will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Ken
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