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LAS/LAZ with waveforms
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Read
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LAS (and its compressed counterpart LAZ), is a popular format for LiDAR point cloud and full waveform.

Note that ``lidar_platform.las`` makes calls to ``laspy``, you have to install this third party library first. The class ``lidar_platform.tootls.las.LasData`` inherits from ``laspy.LasData``.

::

   from lidar_platform import las
   las_data = las.read('filename')
   point_index = 0  # the index of the point in your LAS file
   time, waveform = las_data.get_waveform(point_index)

.. autoclass:: lidar_platform.tools.las.LasData
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