Plot the spatial extent of LASfiles — plot_extent • managelidar

Visualizes the spatial extent of LAS/LAZ/COPC files on an interactive map.

Usage

plot_extent(path, per_file = TRUE, full.names = FALSE, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

path: Character. Path(s) to LAS/LAZ/COPC files, a directory, a VPC file, or a VPC object already loaded in R.
per_file: Logical. If TRUE (default), plots extent per file. If FALSE, plots combined extent as a single polygon.
full.names: Logical. If TRUE, shows full file paths in labels; otherwise shows base filenames (default). Only used when per_file = TRUE.
verbose: Logical. If TRUE (default), prints extent information.

Value

An interactive mapview map displayed in the viewer.

Examples

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

# Plot extent per file
las_files |> plot_extent()
#> Error in loadNamespace(x): there is no package called ‘lasR’

# Plot combined extent
las_files |> plot_extent(per_file = FALSE)
#> Error in loadNamespace(x): there is no package called ‘lasR’