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In rlas: Read and Write 'las' and 'laz' Binary File Formats Used for Remote Sensing Data

rlas v1.6.3

• Fix warnings with gcc-12
• C internals have been standardized to use [u]int64_t instead of [unsigned] long long and PRI[u|d]64 to print [u]int64_t. This solves new warnings from gcc-8 on Windows with %lld.

rlas v1.6.2

• Fix compilation with g++-12 thanks to Dirk Eddelbuettel #57
• Replace sprintf with snprintf

rlas v1.6.1

• Fix -Wempty-body on CRAN request
• Fix -Wformat on CRAN request

rlas v1.6.0

The ALTREP framework is now used to load compact representation of non populated attributes. For example UserData is usually populated with zeros (not populated). Yet it takes 32 bits per point to store each 0. It now uses 644 bits no matter the number of points if it is not populated. This optimization is automatically applied to each attribute that contain a single repeated value. This enables to save approximately 30 to 40% of memory usage depending on the number of non-populated attributes.

rlas v1.5.3

• Fix gcc-asan AddressSanitizer: global-buffer-overflow on CRAN when reading las/laz with extrabytes attributes.
• Fix warning: array subscript 32 is outside array bounds of ‘const char [2]’ [-Warray-bounds]

rlas v1.5.2

• Fix gcc-asan AddressSanitizer: global-buffer-overflow on CRAN when reading las/laz with extrabytes attributes.

rlas v1.5.1 (Release date: 2022-02-08)

• Fix: read of a 32 characters extra bytes description string that is not null-terminated (fix #53)
• Fix: value -128 can be read in ScanAngleRank attribute. The value -128 previously triggered a false positive error (fix #54)
• Fix: header_update() now populates the Number of points by return with 0 in absence of ReturnNumber

rlas v1.5.0 (Release date: 2021-06-02)

• New: Full waveform support (still experimental and incomplete). read.las() can read full waveform but write.las() can't write yet. The current read mode reads raw data without interpretation. A function fwf_interpretation() can parse the raw data into something more manageable by users. Everything is experimental and prone to modification. For example we might change our mind and read interpreted waveform instead of raw data in the future. The format of the output of fwf_interpretation() may also change if we find that this current design is not relevant. In short the FWF support is not mature yet and we plan to provide a mature and stable API in v1.6.0.
• Misc: removed LazyData in DESCRIPTION
• Misc: Update Description in DESCRIPTION to include format 1.4 in reading capabilities.
• Enhance: header_create() creates a v1.4 header if the point source format is detected to be 6 or more
• Enhance: header_create() uses floor(min(X|Y|Z)) instead of min(X|Y|Z) as offsets.
• Enhance: header_create() infers the scale factor from the data instead of setting hard coded value 0.01

rlas v1.4.0 (Release date: 2021-03-23)

• Fix: build failure with GCC 4.x
• Fix: gcc-asan signed integer overflow.
• Fix: when reading a non supported extra bytes attribute rlas used to print a warning message. It now throws a real warning.
• Fix: querying ROI using LAX files in LAS file > 2GB on Windows (see #50)
• Fix: file creation day is now written (see #51)
• New: read.lasheader() now reads the extended variable length record (EVLR)
• New: write.las() now writes all GeoKeyDirectoryTag + GeoAsciiParamsTag + GeoDoubleParamsTag
• New: write.las() can now write WKT OGC CS in EVLR
• Enhance: full update of LASlib (fix #43)
• Change: use tinytest instead of testthat

rlas v1.3.9 (Release date: 2021-01-11)

• Fix gcc-asan new-delete-type-mismatch error when reading las/laz with lax files that appeared with C++14 and later standard.

rlas v1.3.8 (Release date: 2020-12-14)

• Switch to C++14 to use boost 1.75.0 (see #49)

rlas v1.3.7 (Release date: 2020-11-11)

• Fix #48. header_set_epsg() incorrectly set the epsg code when the key 3072 is missing but the VLR is not empty

rlas v1.3.6 (Release date: 2020-06-02)

• Fix: The function is_valid_ReturnNumber() wrongly triggered errors when checking if the ReturnNumber attribute is correct. It missed errors for LAS < 1.4 and triggered wrong errors for LAS 1.4 prf > 6. #45
• Fix: The function is_empty_point_cloud() did not actually test what it was expected to test.
• Fix: is_valid_scalefactors() does not trigger any report for very fine scale factors such as 0.000001 that is a valid scale of long/lat coordinates.
• Fix: is_valid_returnnumber() does not complain for ReturnNumber = 0. This is valid but not compliant to the specs.
• Fix: formats 5, 7 and 10 were missing in the list of formats valid for storing RGB
• Fix: format 10 was missing in the list of formats valid for storing NIR
• Fix: more tests and fixes relative to asprs specification
• New: new parameter transform to apply streaming transformations
• New: list of filters and transformations are available via read.las(filter = "-h") and read.las(transform = "-h")
• Enhancement: las specification tests now check for NAs

rlas v1.3.5 (Release date: 2020-02-04)

• Change: defunc deprecated functions check_data, check_header and check_data_vs_header.
• Fix: is_valid_ScanAngle() triggers an error if |a| > 196.6 instead of 180. 196.6 is the maximum writable angle but is not compliant with the specs (#44).
• New: function is_compliant_ScanAngle() to check the compliance of the Scan Angle.

rlas v1.3.4 (Release date: 2019-09-19)

• Fix: One Definition Rule (ODR) violation in LASzip (LTO issue)
• Note: use the function tabulate() instead of home made C++ code to count the return numbers.

rlas v1.3.3 (Release date: 2019-08-30)

• New: unlock reading .ply files in read.las and read.lasheader. This is an undocumented feature not actually intended to be used. (#39).
• New: verbose option in writelax().
• Fix: (#40) in read.las and read.lasheader modifications in string encoding in R 3.5.0 generated issues with path containing special characters. Native encoding is now enforced.

rlas v1.3.2 (Release date: 2019-04-26)

• Fix: #33 it is now allowed to write ScanAngleRank above 90 degrees but not above 127 degrees.
• Fix: #34 fix a misinterpretation of the LAS specification. Offset can be negative.
• Fix: #35 Erreur reading a specific laz file. The actual problem is unknown. This has been fixed by updating LASlib
• Fix: #36 Classification was zeroed when writing LAS1.4 prf 6. The actual problem is not known. This has been fixed by updating LASlib
• Fix: ScanAngle was rounded to integer for LAS 1.4 prf >= 6 before to be written. With the 0.006 factor conversion this lead to unrelated values when reading back a written file.
• Change: header_create() does not generates random UUID. The UUID is set to "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000". Dependence to uuid has been removed.
• Change: Dependancies to sp, sf and rgeos were no longer useful. rlas only depends on data.table + Rcpp.

rlas v1.3.1 (Release date: 2019-02-08)

• Fix: valgrind - Conditionnal jump on uninitialized value (consequentless for users)
• Fix: valgrind - Invalid read of size 2
• Fix: USBAN-ASAN - heap-buffer-overflow on address

rlas v1.3.0 (Release date: 2019-02-03)

• New: write.las is 25% faster
• New: #27 improved support of LAS specifications including LAS 1.4.
• New: introduction of a set of 50+ functions to test compliance with LAS specifications
• New: introduction of a set of 5+ functions to modify a header easily repecting LAS specifications
• Fix: #26 segfault in read.las when using an inappropriated filter such as -keep_class 123.

rlas v1.2.9 (Release date: 2018-10-26)

• New: write.las writes the epsg code in the header.

rlas v1.2.6 (Release date: 2018-08-20)

• Change: check_data now checks the adequation between the ReturnNumber and the NumberOfReturns
• Change: readlasdata and readlasheader were definitively removed.
• Fix: las format 7 was supported at the C++ level when reading a file but an old test still throw an error at the R level stating that this format was not supported.
• Fix: several compilation warnings on CRAN.
• Fix: several compilation warnings on CRAN
• Change: readlasdata and readlasheader were definitively removed.

rlas v1.2.4 (Release date: 2018-06-10)

• Reupload on CRAN after being removed.

rlas v1.2.3 (Release date: 2018-05-17)

• New: read the classification flags in fields Synthetic_flag, Keypoint_flag and Withheld_flag.
• Fix: point in polygon includes the points that define the polygon.
• Fix: [#21] writing a vector that contains only NAs in extra bytes
• Fix: additional warnings on CRAN with gcc 8+
• Fix: [#19] additional errors on CRAN with valgrind

rlas v1.2.1 (Release date: 2018-04-13)

• Fix: [#18] additional errors on CRAN with ASAN and USBAN

rlas v1.2.0 (Release date: 2018-04-10)

• New: enables the support of files with point data formats 6, 7 and 8 in read mode.
• New: enables the support of extra bytes attributes in write mode.
• New: function read.las that replaces readlasdata, which is now deprecated. The selection of the field to be loaded is made easier by use of string syntax instead of multiple logical parameters.
• New: function read.lasheader that replaces readlasheader, which is now deprecated. This change was made only for naming consistency.
• New: functions header_* that allows the user to make valid headers and thus properly write the las files.
• New: functions check_* that check data integrity.
• Fix: [#9] with valgrind: uninitialized value(s)

rlas v1.1.9 (Release date: 2018-01-17)

• Fix: segfault when reading extrabytes

rlas v1.1.8 (Release date: 2018-01-15)

• New: support of extra bytes attributes in readlasdata
• Fix: some internal features that cannot be used by regular users. Does not affect users.

rlas v1.1.5 (Release date: 2017-10-23)

• New: function writelax for writing LAX files.
• New: function readlasdata enable for reading several files.
• Fix: the las files were read twice every time. lasdatareader is twice as fast since it reads files only once

rlas v1.1.4 (Release date: 2017-07-26)

• Fix: compilation issue on CRAN with clang++ and gnu++11

rlas v1.1.3 (Release date: 2017-06-09)

• Fix [#4] bug of computer precision when writing files
• Fix [#61] wrong header size for files version 1.3
• Change: update LASlib and LASzip
• Change: better integration of LASlib and LASzip in R

rlas v1.1.2 (Release date: 2017-05-04)

• Fix: write the proper RGB colors instead of 0.

rlas v1.1.1 (Release date: 2017-03-15)

• Fix: [#3] readlasdata() is able to read file when LAS specifications are not respected.
• Change: writelas performs tests on the header before entering C++ code (enable to fail with informative errors).

rlas v1.1.0 (Release date: 2017-02-04)

• New: readlasdata() gains a parameter filter enabling use of memory-optimized streaming filters.
• New: readlasdata() supports .lax files for faster filter (thanks to Florian de Boissieu #2)
• Change: All the default options for readlasdata() are now TRUE
• Fix: readlasheader() is now able to read the Variable Length Records

rlas v1.0.3 (Release date: 2016-12-24)

CRAN does not build binary packages. After exchanges with prof Bryan Ripley

• Change: removed CXX_STD flag in Makevars. g++ compile whith flag -std=c++98
• Change: removed std::to_string, replaced by a macro ISO C++98
• Change: replaced formats specifiers which were ISO C++11 but not ISO C++98
• Change: added prepocessor statements to get proper path to libraries when clang++ is used with flag -stdlib=libc++
• Change: title in DESCRIPTION according to prof Bryan Ripley
• Change: description in DESCRIPTION according to prof Bryan Ripley

rlas v1.0.2 (Release date: 2016-12-23)

Third submission

• Change: Manually list sources in makevars
• Change: Remove SystemRequirements field in DESCRIPTION

rlas v1.0.1 (Release date: 2016-12-22)

Second submission

• Add: runnable examples in documentaion
• Add: tiny 755 bytes 'laz' file
• Change: single quoted 'las' and 'laz' in Description and Title fields in DESCRIPTION

rlas v1.0.0 (Release date: 2016-12-22)

First submission

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