latest version of the (inofficial) LASvalidator includes support for compressed LAS 1.4

[Martin Isenburg]

Hello,

in the latest LAStools release (180322) from today you will find an updated version of the LASvalidator

E:\LAStools\bin>lasvalidate.exe -i 726_5099_201701_clip.laz

This is version 170315 of the LAS validator. Please contact

me at 'martin....@rapidlasso.com' if you disagree with

validation reports, want additional checks, or find bugs as

the software is still under development. Your feedback will

help to finish it sooner.

needed 0.00 sec for '726_5099_201701_clip.laz' fail

E:\LAStools\bin>more validate.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<LASvalidator>

  <report>

    <file>

      <name>726_5099_201701_clip.laz</name>

      <path>726_5099_201701_clip.laz</path>

      <version>1.4</version>

      <system_identifier>LAStools (c) by rapidlasso GmbH</system_identifier>

      <generating_software>las2las (version 180209)</generating_software>

      <point_data_format>6</point_data_format>

      <CRS>not valid or not specified</CRS>

    </file>

    <summary>

      fail

    </summary>

    <details>

      <fail>

        <variable>VLR</variable>

        <note>variable length records define LASF_Spec with unknown record ID 7</note>

      </fail>

      <fail>

        <variable>VLR</variable>

        <note>variable length records define LASF_Spec with unknown record ID 7</note>

      </fail>

      <fail>

        <variable>VLR</variable>

        <note>variable length records define LASF_Spec with unknown record ID 7</note>

      </fail>

      <fail>

        <variable>VLR</variable>

        <note>variable length records define LASF_Spec with unknown record ID 7</note>

      </fail>

    </details>

  </report>

  <total>

    fail

    <details>

      <pass>0</pass>

      <warning>0</warning>

      <fail>1</fail>

    </details>

  </total>

  <version>

    170315 built with LASread version 1.1 (170315)

  </version>

  <command_line>

    lasvalidate.exe -i 726_5099_201701_clip.laz

  </command_line>

</LASvalidator>

Please let me know if lasvalidate does not behave as you expect.

Regards,

Martin @rapidlasso

Regards,

Martin @rapidlasso