R: Write a .las or .laz file

writeLAS {lidR} | R Documentation

## Write a .las or .laz file

### Description

Write a LAS object into a binary .las or .laz file (compression specified in filename)

### Usage

    writeLAS(las, file, index = FALSE)

### Arguments

`las` | an object of class LAS.
`file` | character. A character string naming an output file.
`index` | boolean. Also write a lax file to index the points in the files

### Value

Nothing. This function is used for its side-effect of writing a file.

### Examples

    LASfile <- system.file("extdata", "Megaplot.laz", package="lidR")
    las = readLAS(LASfile)
    subset = clip_rectangle(las, 684850, 5017850, 684900, 5017900)
    writeLAS(subset, tempfile(fileext = ".laz"))

[Package lidR version 3.2.2 Index]