Hi Tony the only free (as speach) solutions are WhiteBox (integrated in Processign via provider plugin but not so wide community) and Fusion (only for Win)... LAStools better integrated in QGIS has only some tools available with free licence.
as correctly said PDAL by Andreas is not yet well supported in QGIS... I did PDALTools plugin to integrate run of pdal pipelines ins a QGIS/Processing modeler. Probably timing was not the correct one, because I supposed to have contribution a new models and pipelines to this provider. Probably I'll have more chances to work on it next months. BTW if you need support to try to use PDAL in a QGIS processign context, please write me, or in IRC channel, or this dev list or opening issues to PDALTools. Other than this, you can use PDAL without using QGIS at all to create a DEM. The best way to have QGIS and PDAL integrated is using the Anaconda packaging. In this way you can also use python-pdal bindings also inside QGIS. regards Luigi Pirelli ************************************************************************************************** * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli * Stackexchange: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli * GitHub: https://github.com/luipir * Mastering QGIS 2nd Edition: * https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/mastering-qgis-second-edition * Hire me: http://www.qcooperative.net ************************************************************************************************** On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 09:28, Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) <t...@farmmaps.nz> wrote: > Hi All > > > > I'm new to QGIS after using MapInfo for more years than I dare to admit > and finding QGIS great. I’m making full use of the 3D features as I work > mainly in the forestry industry and as they say, a picture says a thousand > words, particularly when showing topography. My question is, I am trying > to find a way of converting some LiDar data that I have (las files) to > something that QGis can use when creating 3D views. Currently I’m using > tif DEM files, so can anyone point me in the right direction to creating a > dem from las files? I can't see any plugins so wonder how others are > achieving this? > > > > > > Cheers > > Tony > > > > *Tony Shepherd* *|* GeoSpatial > > Ph 027 435 6193 *|* E t...@farmmaps.nz > > FarmMaps NZ, 3 Kerwood Place, Gore 9740 > > > > [image: FM_logo1_small (Custom)] > > > > > > <http://tonyshepherd8.wixsite.com/home> > <https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ISTLGORE2> > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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