## DESCRIPTION

Imports a point cloud (e.g. from a LAS file) as vector points with the PDAL library. v.in.pdal supports the following filters:

- 2D region filter
- Z coordinates filter
- return filter
- class filter

## EXAMPLES

Import only XYZ coordinates of points, limit the import to the current computational region and reproject to the current project's coordinate reference system during the import:

    v.in.pdal input=points.las output=points -c -r -w

## REFERENCES

- V. Petras, A. Petrasova, J. Jeziorska, H. Mitasova (2016): Processing UAV and lidar point clouds in GRASS GIS. XXIII ISPRS Congress 2016 [ISPRS Archives, ResearchGate]

## SEE ALSO

r.in.pdal, g.region, v.vect.stats, v.in.ogr

## AUTHOR

Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab