Is anyone working towards fully open source LIDAR tools that could replace LAStools?
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 3:51 AM, <jrmorreale...@enoreth.net> wrote: > Le 2017-01-30 19:24, Victor Olaya a écrit : > >> One good thing that we have been discussing, related to this move, is >> that for LiDAR tools, it should be possible to have a plugin that has >> not just the code of the Processign provider, but the binaries as >> well, so installing the plugin would add the algorithms to Processing >> without any need to configure the paths to LASTools and FUSION >> binaries, since they can be harcoded. If there is a change in the >> binaries (such as an update), and the provider code has to be changed, >> a new release can be made, independently of the QGIS release cycle >> (unlike it happens now) >> >> I think this is an interesting topic to discuss, and that's why I >> wanted to send this email to get more feedback. >> >> Thanks for your ideas! >> > > One thing to keep in mind is that not all the LIDAR tools are open > sources, 2/3 of the LAStools aren't and slightly distort the output after > certain point limits are exceeded. My opinion is that QGIS shouldn't ship > or assist the distribution of closed binaries. > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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