readLASheader function

Read a .las or .laz file header

Reads a .las or .laz file header into an object of class LASheader . This function strictly reads the header while the function readLAS can alter the header to fit the actual data loaded.

readLASheader(file)

Arguments

• file: characters. Path to one file.

Returns

A LASheader object

Examples

LASfile <- system.file("extdata", "Megaplot.laz", package="lidR")
header = readLASheader(LASfile)

print(header)
plot(header)

## Not run:

plot(header, mapview = TRUE)
## End(Not run)