Get the LAS version of LASfiles

get_lasversion() extracts the LAS specification version (Major.Minor) from the file headers of LAS/LAZ/COPC files.

Usage

get_lasversion(path, full.names = FALSE)

Arguments

path

Character. Path(s) to LAS/LAZ/COPC files, a directory containing such files, or a Virtual Point Cloud (.vpc) referencing these files.

full.names

Logical. If TRUE, filenames in the output are full paths; otherwise base filenames (default).

Value

A data.frame with columns:

filename

Filename of the LASfile.

lasversion

LAS version in Major.Minor format.

Examples

folder <- system.file("extdata", package = "managelidar")
las_files <- list.files(folder, full.names = T, pattern = "*20240327.laz")

las_files |> get_lasversion()
#>                            filename lasversion
#> 1 3dm_32_547_5724_1_ni_20240327.laz        1.4
#> 2 3dm_32_547_5725_1_ni_20240327.laz        1.4
#> 3 3dm_32_548_5724_1_ni_20240327.laz        1.4
#> 4 3dm_32_548_5725_1_ni_20240327.laz        1.4