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I am trying to use las2las from libLAS on Ubuntu 14.04 entering the following code into the terminal:

las2las --input merged.las --output ground.las --keep-class 2

This outputs a LAS file which has bounds -214.XX, -214.XX,-214.XX,-214.XX. Just to make sure the merged.las file was good, I was able to open it up and view it in ArcGIS 10.2.2 on a Windows 7 machine. I've also tried a variant where --input was changed to -i and likewise for --output, but got similar results.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? Is there something wrong in my code?

EDIT: After more testing, I found out my real issue is lasmerge. I have tried the following two lines of code

ls *.las > lidardata.txt
lasmerge -i lidardata.txt -o indianhill.las

I have also tried:

lasmerge -i 640.las -i 641.las -i 686.las -i 687.las -o indiantwo.las

Both of them result in incorrect bounds. I have also tried the -verbose flag, which the help/manual suggest lasmerge should have. But, I get an error saying that it is not a command.

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I believe you have a typo inside your code. Instead of class, it should be classes. See here (manpages.ubuntu.com).

Try this:

las2las --input merged.las --output ground.las --keep-classes 2
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  • Andre, I have upvoted you because you did correctly answer the question. However, I have updated my question noting that the issue that I have is apparently due to lasmerge and not las2las. Do you happen to have any ideas what the issue with lasmerge might be?
    – jwx
    Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 21:37

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