NAME
pdal - PDAL application
SYNOPSIS
pdal <options> pdal <command> <command options>
DESCRIPTION
PDAL contains consists of a single application, called pdal. The pdal application currently has the following subcommands:
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delta
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density
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diff
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ground
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info
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merge
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pcl
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pipeline
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random
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split
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tindex
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translate
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view
Applications are run by invoking the pdal application along with the command name:
FC
$ pdal info myfile.las
$ pdal translate input.las output.las
$ pdal pipeline --stdin < myxml.xml
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Help for each command can be retrieved via the FC--helpF[0] switch. The FC--driversF[0] and FC--optionsF[0] switches can tell you more about particular drivers and their options:
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$ pdal info --help
$ pdal translate --drivers
$ pdal pipeline --options writers.las
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Additional driver-specific options may be specified by using a namespace-prefixed option name. For example, it is possible to set the LAS day of year at translation time with the following option:
FC
$ pdal translate \
--writers.las.creation_doy="42" \
input.las \
output.las
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Note
Driver specific options can be identified using the pdal infoFC--optionsF[0] invocation.
See ⟨http://pdal.io/apps.html⟩ for more detail.
OPTIONS
- FC--debugF[0]
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Sets the output level to 3 (option deprecated)
- FC-vF[0], FC--verboseF[0]
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Sets the output level (0-8)
- FC--driversF[0]
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List available drivers
- FC-hF[0], FC--helpF[0]
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Display help text
- FC--list-commandsF[0]
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List available commands
- FC--versionF[0]
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Show program version
- FC--optionsF[0]=<driver name>
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Show options for specified driver (or 'all')