las2las -translate_xyz give overflow values

[Mattias Nyström]

I have a las-file with the following header information:

  scale factor x y z:         0.0001 0.0001 0.0001

  offset x y z:               10 -10 0

  min x y z:                  39.1013 153.4611 0.3076

  max x y z:                  39.3542 155.9362 4.3836

I want to translate the file in xyz with 6000000 400000 0. If I use the following command:

las2las -i test.las -o test1.las -translate_xyz 6000000 400000 0

it seems that I get an overflow on the coordinates without any information. If I use the following command:

las2las -i test.las -o test1.las -translate_xyz 6400000 420000 0 -reoffset 6000000 400000 0

it all works and I get the coordinates translated ok. I can see why I get this problem (overflow of the point data record for X and Y). But it took a few minutes to find the reason and how to avoid it. Would it be possible to add either a warning that this overflow occurs or adjust the offset automatically?

The las-file is from TLS, therefore the accuracy of 1/10 millimeters.