PostGIS Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

First, we need to convert our LAS file to a format that can be used by PDAL. We created a Python script, which reads from a directory of LAS files and generates its corresponding JSON. With this script, we can automate the generation if we have a large directory of files. Also, we chose Python for its simplicity and because you can execute the script regardless of the operating system you are using. To execute the script, run the following in the console (for Windows users, make sure you have the Python interpreter included in the PATH variable):

$ python insert_files.py -f <lasfiles_path>

This script will read each LAS file, and will store within a folder called pipelines all the metadata related to the LAS file that will ...