[Qgis-developer] OTB and LiDAR tools as separate plugins

[Victor Olaya]

Martin

That might be my fault. I mentioned that, by having the LiDAR tools
provider as a separate plugin, that allows to ship the tools with it
(not with QGIS, but with the plugin itself, which you will manage and
release whenever you want). Of course, you can still provide the
downloads from your site as usual, this would just be a more practical
solution, to avoid having to setup the LASTools path in Processing

Cheers



2017-02-02 2:04 GMT+01:00 Martin Isenburg <martin.isenburg at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
>> One thing to keep in mind is that not all the LIDAR tools are open
>> sources, 2/3 of the LAStools aren't and slightly distort the output after
>> certain point limits are exceeded. My opinion is that QGIS shouldn't ship or
>> assist the distribution of closed binaries.
>
>
> Not sure who suggested the notion that LAStools binaries will be shipped
> with QGIS or that there maybe will be an auto-download of sorts ... there
> will not. The LAStools package can be used as a toolbox in ArcGIS, IMAGINE,
> FME, and QGIS or as a stand alone software. I see more and more LiDAR
> practitioners (those that I am teaching) doing their GIS with the Q instead
> of Argh and the QGIS toolboxes the most up-to-date toolboxes. If a user
> wants to use LAStools (whether via QGIS or not) the tools will only be
> available via my site and not be bundled.
>
> Regards from the Philippines,
>
> Martin
>
>
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