CHANGES.txt

15 January 2024 -- fix coldesc support las2txt, txt2las; doc update
04 August 2023 -- set default of VLR header "reserved" to 0 instead of 0xAABB
31 July 2023 -- NEW: las3dpoly and lasintensity
30 March 2023 -- lasclip: Enable large SHP files in split mode
02 February 2023 -- Support of non-extended classifications in laswriter
20 December 2022 -- ArcGIS plugin update to ArcGIS Pro
 6 December 2022 -- lasintensity: tool to adjust intensity by scan angle and atmosphere
28 November 2022 -- las2las: added parameter '-load_ogc_wkt' (load string from file to OGC WKT)
16 June 2022 -- changed reference docs from *_README.txt to *_README.md
22 March 2022 -- lasindex: added -o parameter; Fix fseek for gcc for las/lax file > 2Gb
22 March 2022 -- LASlib: added '-iptx_transform' option; 
 7 January 2022 -- lastrack: extra_byte output bugfix
30 December 2021 -- fix small memory leak in lasreaditemcompressed_v3.cpp
 1 December 2021 -- lasclip: merge split output with same shape names
18 November 2021 -- LASlib: new LAStransform '-force_RGB' 
12 November 2021 -- LASlib/LASzip merge, bug fix memory leak; add some x64 tool versions 
19 July 2021 -- NEW: lasvdatum: vertically moves elevation using ellipsoidal / geoidal difference grids in GTX format
15 July 2021 -- lasinfo: terribly stupid bug fixed for recently added option '-delete_empty' 
12 July 2021 -- lasview: bug fix in saving on manual edits. now multiple edits can be saved without restarting the viewer.
11 July 2021 -- lassort: catching quicksort failure with proper ERROR when stack overflow due to exzessive duplicate points
10 July 2021 -- lascopy: added '-keypoint_flag', '-synthetic_flag' and '-overlap_flag' so that all flags can be copied
 6 July 2021 -- Potree16: fix for measuring tool bug introduced by recent Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser update
 5 July 2021 -- NEW: lasprobe: handy tool to probe the elevation of one or many LiDAR files at one indicated x / y position
15 June 2021 -- LASlib: new '-clamp_RGB_to_8bit' transform useful after '-scale_rgb 0.07 0.05 0.05' to avoid 8 bit overflow
10 June 2021 -- lasgrid: added '-color_map color_map.txt' to map small values from 0 to 63 to specified RGB color 
10 June 2021 -- lasinfo: new option '-delete_empty' for deleting LAS files with zero points
 9 June 2021 -- LASlib: bug fix, disallow simultanous use of '-keep_class' together with '-keep_extended_class'
 7 June 2021 -- lasgrid: fixed '-classification_majority_16bit' to support extended classes
 5 June 2021 -- lasview: option '-screenshot memoy.ppm' starts the viewer and grabs / stored the first full frame to PPM format. 
 3 June 2021 -- lasview: new hot-key 'D' that stores screen to 'temp.ppm'. need to let my moy go, but it breaks my heart and more. 
31 May 2021 -- lasgrid: use '-extended_classification_variety' to compute different classifications per cell for extended point types 
31 May 2021 -- lascopy: new option '-unmatched' activates simple copy of requested attribute in point order 
30 May 2021 -- LASlib: bug fix when writing LAS files to ASCII text (extended classifications above 31 were always zero) 
30 May 2021 -- demzip: minor bug fix for rare ASC files and new option '-class 2' to set classification in LAZ raster
18 April 2021 -- lascolor: new options '-pairs point_pairs.laz' locally correct image alignment via IDW vectors
10 April 2021 -- LASlib: new '-keep_profile p1_x p1_y p2_x p2_y width' keeps a segment of a certain width
30 March 2021 -- lasdatum: distinguish between '-pvr' and '-cfr' for seven parameter helmert transform
26 March 2021 -- laspublish: added support for PotreeViewer 1.8 (as generated by PotreeConverter 2.1)
24 March 2021 -- LASlib: bug fix only for signed long (I32) in LASattributer.set_value_as_float()
23 March 2021 -- lasdatum: now also supports seven parameter helmert transforms via option '-seven ......'
21 March 2021 -- LASlib: new LAStransform '-set_NIR 255'
16 February 2021 -- LASlib and all LAStools: better detection and ERROR when your LAZ file has corruptions in the LAS header
28 January 2021 -- NEW: lasdatum: perform a datum transform using an NTv2 grid using the GRID.gsb file provided by the national survey
22 January 2021 -- lasduplicate: new option '-unique_xyzt' for marking/removing duplicates where XYZ and GPS time stamps match
17 January 2021 -- lascolor: new options: -band_into_red 0 -band_into_green 1 -band_into_blue 2 -band_into_nir 3 -band_into_intensity 5
15 January 2021 -- LASlib: new magic while reading files: '-divide_registers 0 1 2' and '-subtract_registers 0 1 2'
14 January 2021 -- las2las: new option to add an empty VLR: -add_empty_vlr "hello martin" 4711 "i like laser chickens"
 7 December 2020 -- fixed new bug introduced 28 September 2020 for command-line combo '-o out.laz -odix _mist -cpu64'
22 November 2020 -- las2las: when reprojecting only x and y, preserve resolution of z coordinate, if not set explicitely
11 November 2020 -- lasinfo: new option '-set_vlr_record_id 2 4711' changes 'record ID' field of VLR with index 2
11 November 2020 -- lasinfo: new option '-set_vlr_user_id 1 "hello martin"' changes 'user ID' field of VLR with index 1
10 November 2020 -- lasinfo: new option '-set_vlr_description 0 "hello martin"' changes 'description' field of VLR with index 0
 1 November 2020 -- lascanopy: new option to output either minimal or maximal GPS time stamp with '-gps_min' or '-gps_max' 
30 October 2020 -- las2las: fail / exit with error code when input file is corrupt
10 October 2020 -- LASlib: new '-copy_register_into_R 0', '-copy_register_into_G 1', '-copy_register_into_B 2', '-copy_register_into_NIR 3'
 5 October 2020 -- LASlib: new '-scale_NIR 2', '-scale_NIR_down', '-scale_NIR_up', '-scale_NIR_to_8bit', '-scale_NIR_to_16bit'
 3 October 2020 -- LASlib: new LAStransforms '-add_registers 0 1 2', '-multiply_registers 0 1 2' and '-translate_register 1 10.7'
 2 October 2020 -- lassplit: new option to split based on EXTRA BYTES attributes "-by_attribute_interval 0 1.0"
30 September 2020 -- LASlib: new LAStransforms '-copy_register_into_point_source 1' and 'copy_attribute_into_point_source 0'
28 September 2020 -- lastile: small bug fix for correct '-odix _mist' tile names also when using '-cpu64' switch
23 September 2020 -- LASzip and LASlib: rare fix for reading bit-corrupted LAZ files where chunk table is zeroed
13 August 2020 -- lasgrid: added vertical offset to '-subcircle 0.2 -0.1' to keep tree tops
 4 August 2020 -- lasthin: added vertical offset to '-subcircle 0.2 -0.1' to keep tree tops
18 June 2020 -- LASlib: first new LAStransforms that allow 16 temporary registers for intermediate computations
 9 May 2020 -- LASlib and all LAStools: fixed PLY reader for files written by Cloud Compare with odd header entry
13 March 2020 -- lastile: fixed bug in combination of '-cpu64' and 'external_tiling tiles.shp'
10 March 2020 -- LASlib and all LAStools: enhanced PLY reader to also support "uint" attributes and properties
 9 March 2020 -- LASlib and all LAStools: fixed PLY reader for "double" or "float64" attributes and properties
29 February 2020 -- lastile: exit with ERROR when '-external_tiling index.shp FNAME' does not overlap the input point cloud
24 February 2020 -- las2las: check horizontal datum when reprojecting and also set OCG WKT when point type >= 6
22 February 2020 -- lasclassify: do not fail when all of the input points are ignored, but simply copy the unmodified file
19 February 2020 -- lasclip: bug fix for '-split 0' when DBF attribute is unique number and not unique string as file name 
18 February 2020 -- lasinfo: report classification histogram for 'withhelp', 'keypoint', 'synthetic', 'overlap' flagged points 
16 February 2020 -- las2dem, lasgrid, lasoverlap: new '-osep space', '-osep tab' or '-osep semicolon' specifies XYZ seperator 
15 February 2020 -- LASlib: new transforms '-scale_RGB_to_8bit' and '-scale_RGB_to_16bit' only scale RGB values if needed
14 February 2020 -- LASlib: new '-multiply_divided_intensity_into_RGB_green 255' '-multiply_scaled_intensity_into_RGB_red 0.4'
14 February 2020 -- LASlib: new filter '-keep_RGB_greenness 10 65535' keep points if 2G-R-B falls into specified interval
13 February 2020 -- demzip, demdiff: bug fix for reading rasters whose number of cells (ncols x nrows) is over 2 billion 
13 February 2020 -- lasoptimize, lasoptimize64: bug fix for certain GPS time stamp orderings that crashed the tool
10 February 2020 -- lasinfo: handle up to 10 attributes with '-histo attribute0 1.0' through '-histo attribute9 0.1'
10 February 2020 -- LASlib: new transform '-load_attribute_from_text 0 new_attribute.txt'
 9 February 2020 -- las2las: add "additional attributes" with '-add_attribute data_type name description [scale offset no_data]'
 8 February 2020 -- LASlib: new transforms '-copy_user_data_into_classification' and '-set_attribute 0 1.5'
31 January 2020 -- blast2dem, blast2iso: update forgotten handling of selected NZ and AU newer EPSG codes 
30 January 2020 -- LASlib: new transforms to '-copy_attribute_into_x 4' and '-copy_attribute_into_y 5'
28 January 2020 -- LASlib: PLY point cloud reader stores integer properties as "additional attributes" using "extra bytes"
27 January 2020 -- demzip, demdiff: correct reading of non-integer 'no data' values from GeoTIFF rasters
12 January 2020 -- lastile: bug fix when doing '-remove_buffer' for on-the-fly buffered tiles that had points deleted
10 January 2020 -- lastile: also supports an appendix at the end of the file name via '-odix _abcde' 
 8 January 2020 -- lasgrid: options '-subsquare 0.25 -average -use_tile_size 2000' convert from corner grids to area grids
 6 January 2020 -- lasvalidate: fix for LAS 1.4 files with extra bytes and new option '-tile_size 1000' to check tile extend
 2 January 2020 -- lasgrid and las2dem: also support 3-band 8 bit RGB output ('-false', '-rgb') for IMG raster output 
 1 January 2020 -- lastile: fix for 64 bit combination of '-external_tiling tiles_utm_600m.shp NAME' and '-cpu64'
24 December 2019 -- LASzip, LASlib, all LAStools: bug fix for file names with special characters like 'Töögrupid.laz'
10 December 2019 -- lascolor: support 3-band 8 bit RGB '-image' input from IMG format in addition to TIF and PNG formats 
26 November 2019 -- lastile: option '-external_tiling tiles_utm_600m.shp NAME' creates tiles from SHP file with names
23 November 2019 -- demzip: bug fix for '-nodata ....' command line switches and out-of-core handling for large raster
16 November 2019 -- LASlib: bug fix in command line parsing of '-inside ... ... ... ...' followed by other commands
10 November 2019 -- lasgrid, las2dem: fix for x/y coordinates in XYZ raster writer when step is smaller than 1 meter
 9 November 2019 -- laszip: fix for selective decompression of more than 16 extra bytes in new point types 6 or higher
 5 November 2019 -- lastile: new (experimental) option '-kdtree' speeds up retiling tons of tiles on multiple cores
 4 November 2019 -- lasdiff: new option '-wildcards folder1/ayu*.laz folder2/ayu*.laz' compares folder of LAS/LAZ files 
 3 November 2019 -- lasindex: new option '-meta' produces ASCII file list with number of points, bounding box, file name 
25 October 2019 -- lastile: exit with PERFORMANCE error when tiling non-indexed tiles on multiple cores
24 October 2019 -- lastile: allow multi-core tiling with rescale, reoffset, and auto_reoffset
23 October 2019 -- fix in LASlayers: broken interplay between '-ilay' and '-ignore_xxxxx' switches fixed
21 October 2019 -- lasreturn: mark returns with reused GPS time '-classify_violation_as 7' and '-classify_duplicate_as 9'
17 October 2019 -- lasinfo, las2las: support horizontal datum NAD83(PA11) and vertical datum NZVD2016
16 October 2019 -- LASlib: new option '-copy_scanner_channel_into_user_data' for new LAS 1.4 point types 6 or higher
13 October 2019 -- lasgrid: selective decompression bug fix for '-classification' when input are compressed LAS 1.4 points
26 September 2019 -- open source tools ignore '-fail' which makes closed source tools fail if license expired / not found
24 September 2019 -- lasclip, lasthin, lasclassify, lascolor, ...: new '-ignore_withheld' and more exposed via GUI
16 September 2019 -- lasindex: new option '-dont_reindex' to prevent recreating of already existing LAX files
15 September 2019 -- NEW: demdiff compares whether rasters in ASC, BIL, TIF, IMG and RasterLAZ are identical
12 September 2019 -- demzip: also support IMG format and 64 bit TIF elevation / height rasters
10 September 2019 -- lascanopy: option '-remove_empty_rasters' deletes raster files containing only 'no data' values 
 8 September 2019 -- lascolor: restrictive parsing of input combinations (only allow valid, don't ignore invalid)
 8 September 2019 -- lastile: allow multi-core tiling with filters and transforms
28 August 2019 -- several LAStools (lascolor, lasthin, ...): complete overhaul of '-ignore_xxxxx' functionality
11 August 2019 -- lasoptimize64: also support optimizing very large files (if over 4GB as uncompressed LAS)
11 August 2019 -- lascopy64: serious bug fix for copying very large files (if over 4GB as uncompressed LAS)
11 August 2019 -- lassort64: serious bug fix for sorting very large files (if over 4GB as uncompressed LAS)
10 August 2019 -- las2las: set exotic vertical datums via '-vertical_epsg 5607' (= "Bora Bora SAU 2001 height")
 8 August 2019 -- lasinfo: improved reporting of bounding box, size, and buffer for tiles created by lastile
 2 August 2019 -- lasnoise64, lasduplicate64, lasdistance64, lascanopy64, lasvoxel64: increase default max '-mem'
30 July 2019 -- lasgrid: increase default memory max to 1.75 GB. lasgrid64: increase default memory max to 6 GB.
28 July 2019 -- NEW: demzip compresses DTM, DSM, CHM, metrics, and GEOID rasters from ASC, BIL, TIF to RasterLAZ 
18 July 2019 -- txt2las: bug fix in functionality for adding '-add_attribute' in extra bytes introduced in late 2018
11 July 2019 -- LASlib, LAStools: report file name when LASreader has 'ERROR: 'end-of-file during chunk with index 3254'
 7 July 2019 -- lasnoise, lasground, lasground_new: new '-ignore_extended_class 33', '-ignore_first_of_many', ...
 4 July 2019 -- LASlib: two new LAStransforms '-switch_RGBI_into_CIR' and '-switch_RGB_intensity_into_CIR'
 3 July 2019 -- lasnoise: new option '-by_flightline'
 2 July 2019 -- lasinfo: report missing VerticalCSTypeGeoKey 7837 as DHHN2016
29 June 2019 -- lascolor: bug fix for copying '-gray' image into '-intensity' field introduced in version 190623
26 June 2019 -- lascolor: small bug fix for '-classify_as 8' when input TIF or PNG is RGB color instead of gray
25 June 2019 -- las2dem, las2iso, las2tin: bug fix for breaklines with repeated vertices and many open breaklines
23 June 2019 -- NEW: lasdistance classifies or flags points within a certain xy-distance to a polygon or a polyline 
21 June 2019 -- lascolor: new '-classify_as 8', '-classify_black', '-classify_non_black', as well as '-ignore_class 5 6'
20 Juni 2019 -- laszip: also compress Trimble '-waveforms' or '-waveforms_with_map' when very first WDP offset is 0
19 June 2019 -- lascolor: support PNG input in addition to TIF
18 June 2019 -- lasoverage: added missing '-ignore_class 7' selection options to the GUI 
11 June 2019 -- lascanopy: string or integer from DBF to name polygons '-lop plots.shp plotID' or '-lop plots.shp 3' 
10 June 2019 -- lasground, lasground_new, lasheight, lasclip, lasnoise, ...: also have '-ignore_class_mask 0xFFFFFFFE'
 9 June 2019 -- lasthin: option '-ignore_class_mask 0xFFFFFFFE' ignores bit-mask of classes. here all except class 0.
 8 June 2019 -- las2dem: bug fix in option '-float_precision 0.01' 
 4 June 2019 -- lastrack: bug fix in option '-classify_xy_range_and_height_between xy_min xy_max h_min h_max class'
 3 June 2019 -- LASlib: new transform '-copy_user_data_into_z'
 1 June 2019 -- lasgrid: also support 'average' and 'stddev' computation for 'user_data' field
29 May 2019 -- lasoverage: new options '-ignore_class 7' and '-ignore_withheld' and '-ignore_overlap'
25 May 2019 -- las2tin: repair broken combination of output folder '-odir meshes' and multi-core processing '-cores 4'
24 May 2019 -- las2las: '-add_attribute data_type name description [scale offset no_data]' adds "extra bytes" attribute
20 May 2019 -- LASlib: warn if '-filtered_transform' is used but no LAStransform or no LASfilter was specified
10 May 2019 -- LASlib: check for integer overflow during scaling, translating, rotating, and other LAStransforms
 7 May 2019 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy, lasoverlap: new option '-no_world_file' for PNG, JPG, TIF, and BIL output
 3 May 2019 -- txt2las: correctly parse extended classifications larger than 31 by adding '-set_point_type 6' or higher
17 April 2019 -- lastile: added missing support for parallel tiling with 64 bit executable (i.e. '-cores 4 -cpu64')
16 April 2019 -- LASlib, LAStools: fixed '-keep_extended_classification 41' for multi-core mode of 64 bit executables
11 April 2019 -- LASzip: increase AC_BUFFER_SIZE from 1024 to 4096 to lower chance of ultra-rare propagate_carry() issue
 4 April 2019 -- e572las: read spherical coordinates and populate VLRs with name, guid, description, sensorModel, ...
 3 April 2019 -- lasview: pick profile line: press 'x', hold <SHIFT>, draw line, press 'x', adjust width in pop-up menu
 1 April 2019 -- lasview: new options '-load_gps_time' and '-load_gps_second' to display time stamp when p<i>cking point
31 March 2019 -- LASzip, LASlib, LAStools: better LASzip license thanks to Amir Said. upgrade to version 3.4 revision 0
23 March 2019 -- lasreturn: bug fix for incorrect parsing of bin size when using option '-histo return_distance 0.1'
21 March 2019 -- lasoverage: new '-classify_as 18' to give overage / overlap points classification different from 12
20 March 2019 -- lasoverage: new option '-entire_overlap' to classify, flag, or delete *all* points in overlap area 
19 March 2019 -- LASlib, LASzip, LAStools: bug fix in "legacy class" decompressing new point types with "class > 31"
10 March 2019 -- lastrack: bug fix when '-store_height_as_extra_bytes' if extra bytes already exist in input file
 6 March 2019 -- lasvoxel: new option '-step_z_infinite' for a 2D voxelization with infinitely extending z cells
 5 March 2019 -- all LAStools: support GeoTIFF keys 3084 through 3087 used by RIEGL in generic LambertConfConic_2SP
26 February 2019 -- las2dem, lasgrid, lasoverlap: disable 'nodata' for TIF when writing 8 bit / 3 band RGB images
26 February 2019 -- lastile: fixed bug for '-reverse_tiling' that was introduced with release of 64 bit executables
25 February 2019 -- lascanopy: new height/intensity metric "Height of Median Energy or HOME" via switch '-hom' 
22 February 2019 -- laszip: warn if uncompressed LAS file has *.laz extension and vice-versa but don't override file.
21 February 2019 -- LASlib, LASzip, LAStools: bug fix when writing 4,294,967,296 or more points uncompressed to LAS
20 February 2019 -- lasheight: bug fix when '-store_height_as_extra_bytes' if extra bytes already exist in input file
19 February 2019 -- las2las: fix '-set_attribute_offset 0 1.5'. new '-unset_attribute_scale 1' '-unset_attribute_offset 0'
18 February 2019 -- lasinfo: do not expect zero terminated strings for 'user ID' and 'description' of VLRs and EVLRs
17 February 2019 -- lasinfo: new '-set_geotiff_epsg 32755' adds EPSG code in-place when other GeoTIFF tags present
16 February 2019 -- lasinfo: option '-rename lala' rename files (tiles) from 'fusa.laz' to 'lala_277750_6122250.laz'
 6 February 2019 -- lasoptimize64: bug fix in 64 bit version of lasoptimize for input files exceeding a certain size
 5 February 2019 -- lassort64: bug fix in 64 bit version of lassort for input files exceeding a certain file size
 1 February 2019 -- lasground: fix of bug occuring for tiny input files that have no ground that should just be copied
31 January 2019 -- lascanopy: new '-s_upper 95' to use only 95 percent highest heights for: -avg -qav -std -ske -kur
29 January 2019 -- las2txt: fix when outputting scaled or offset "extra bytes" with '-parse xyz012'
27 January 2019 -- laszip: fix for '-no_native' or '-compatible' when LAS 1.4 input is already 'native' compressed
27 January 2019 -- lasreturn: compute 3D distance between subsequent returns (aka gaps) and store as extra bytes 
26 January 2019 -- lasinfo: fix report of min/max extra byte values when scale is not set and has value of zero 
25 January 2019 -- all LAStools: new "Extra Bytes" transform '-add_scaled_attribute_to_user_data 0 10.0'
22 January 2019 -- lasinfo: fixed bug of tool simply stopping to read points when reaching a total of 4294967295
21 January 2019 -- lascolor: create 64 bit version and add missing '-cpu64' switch
21 January 2019 -- lasinfo: '-repair' or '-repair_counters' bug fix for repairing legacy return counters in LAS header 
20 January 2019 -- lasinfo: also report min/max values of documented additional attributes stored in 'extra bytes'
14 January 2019 -- lasgrid64, las2dem64, lascanopy64, lasoverlap64: also support PNG, JPG, and TIF raster output
13 January 2019 -- lasoverlap: create 64 bit version and add missing '-cpu64' switch
11 January 2019 -- all LAStools: exit with ERROR when '-cpu64' switch is used but 64 bit executable cannot be found
11 January 2019 -- lasmerge: add missing '-cpu64' switch
11 January 2019 -- lasboundary: if '-overview -oshp' is selected but no output file given, then use '-o overview.shp'
10 January 2019 -- lasthin: bug fix for crash when inputting LAS or LAZ that was output from unlicensed LAStools module
 5 January 2019 -- lasground & lasground_new: do not zero 'user_data' in unlicensed version when using '-compute_height'
 4 January 2019 -- all LAStools: new "Extra Bytes" transform '-add_attribute_to_z 0' & '-add_scaled_attribute_to_z 1 -1.5'
 3 January 2019 -- all LAStools: new "Extra Bytes" transform '-scale_attribute 0 1.1' & '-translate_attribute 1 10.25'
29 December 2018 -- lasclip: new option '-ignore_extended_class 43 43 44 67' for LAS 1.4 classifications larger than 31
28 December 2018 -- LASzip, LASlib and all LAStools: fix for LASzip v4 decompression of WavePacket part of PRDF 9 and 10
27 December 2018 -- LASzip, LASlib and all LAStools: upped to 3.2 r9 for bug fix in multi-channel NIR decompression
18 December 2018 -- lasboundary: bug fix for 64 bit executable called via '-cpu64' with '-overview' by 32 bit executable
 5 December 2018 -- LASlib: new '-transform_affine 0.9999652,0.903571,171.67,736.26' with paramters scale,angledeg,tx,tz
 4 December 2018 -- las2dem: bug fix for '-spike_free' algorithm crash when there are extremely few points in input file
29 November 2018 -- all 64 bit executables: bug fix for ignored '-merged' when called via '-cpu64' by 32 bit executable
28 November 2018 -- e572las: bug fix for E57 files when applying translation vector with *huge* translation
21 November 2018 -- lascanopy: new forestry metric Vertical Complexity Index (VCI) available via '-vci 0.5 1.0 2.0' 
19 November 2018 -- all LAStools: support for "Hotine Oblique Mercator" (needed for Malaysia, Alaska Zone 1, Madagascar)
18 November 2018 -- lascanopy64: fixed division by zero bug in 'bincentiles', 'kurtosis, and 'skewness' of 64 bit version
12 November 2018 -- las2las: new option '-save_vlrs' and '-load_vlrs' to copy VLRs from one LAS file to (a set of) another
10 November 2018 -- lasground, lasground_new: fixed rare memory bug for spikes along egde of initial ground estimate
7 November 2018 -- LASzip DLL: assure that legacy and extended flags are identical to prevent corrupt LAZ files
6 November 2018 -- all LAStools: fix for '-cpu64' and '-cores 2' on single input files that started 32 bit exes
5 November 2018 -- lasthin: bug fix when using option '-central' for '-step 200' sizes larger than 50
4 November 2018 -- lasview: new option '-point_size 5' to render fatter points on start-up
1 November 2018 -- all LAStools: parse more NAD83 GCS representations requested by Kirk Waters from NOAA
31 October 2018 -- las2las: fix for bug with '-set_ogc_wkt' introduced with the change on 8 May 2018
30 September 2018 -- lasliberate and lasliberateGUI: now also liberating new LAS 1.4 point types 6 to 10 to LAS and LAZ
29 September 2018 -- lasvalidate: bug fix for LAS 1.4 point type 7 containing RGB colors
29 September 2018 -- lasinfo: new options '-supress_z', '-supress_flags', '-supress_rgb', '-supress_point_source', ...
28 September 2018 -- las2las: new option '-move_evlrs_to_vlrs'
28 September 2018 -- laszip DLL: tiny bug fix for writing extended classifications via DLL and updated examples
27 September 2018 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy: further improved handling of 16 bit integer BIL
17 September 2018 -- LASlib: no more support for deprecated LASattributes (aka "extra bytes") with dimensions 2 or 3 
16 September 2018 -- LASlib: new '-map_user_data map.txt' and '-map_intensity map.txt' and '-map_point_source map.txt'
15 September 2018 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy: auto switch nodata value from -9999 to 0 for 16 bit integer BIL
14 September 2018 -- lasinfo: new option '-nw' or '-no_warnings' to suppress output of WARNING messages
13 September 2018 -- las2las: new options 'set_attribute_scale 0 0.1' and '-set_attribute_offset 1 10.0'
10 September 2018 -- all LAStools: command-line option '-cpu64' invokes 64 bit tool instead where available.
9 September 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: tools can now also read points from PLY format (binary and ASCII).
7 September 2018 -- NEW: many 64 bit command-line tools (without GUI). limited raster formats: BIL, ASC, XYZ, FLT, DTM, LAZ 
7 September 2018 -- laspublish: dropping support for Potree 1.4
31 August 2018 -- lasheight: fixed *serious* run-time performance bug introduced in version 180731 and 180812. update!!!
12 August 2018 -- laspublish: fix in bug on chrome for Potree 1.4. by default Potree 1.6 is used (old one with '-potree14')
10 August 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: fix bug in LAStransform 'change_classification_from_to 19 2' reported by Kirk
6 August 2018 -- lasview, lascontrol: '-cp control_points.txt' file can also be parsed when separated by semicolons 
31 July 2018 -- lasheight: now '-class 2 8 75 76' option can also include extended classifications as ground points
30 July 2018 -- lasclassify: for height-normalized data you can use '-height_in_z' instead of the user data values
30 July 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: bug fix in selective decompression of "extra_bytes" for point types 6 and higher
27 July 2018 -- lasduplicate: added option '-highest_z' which was a logical (but missing) complement to '-lowest_z'
22 July 2018 -- LASib, txt2las: fixed LASreader_txt bug for parsing 'c'lassfication to '-set_version 1.4' and '-set_point_type 6'
10 July 2018 -- LASlib: when reading from an istream user must manually set seek-ability (hard to determine)
 8 July 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: '-classify_attribute_below_as', '-classify_attribute_above_as', '-classify_attribute_between_as'
 6 July 2018 -- lasground, lasnoise: testing options '-ignore_withheld' and '-ignore_overlap' (but not with '-olay')
20 June 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: fix for '-set_classification 0' transform for new LAS 1.4 point types 6-10
20 June 2018 -- lascontrol: generate report even if input point data does not cover any of the control points
17 June 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: fix in flag copy from old LAS 1.3 (0-5) to new LAS 1.4 point types (6-10)
16 June 2018 -- txt2las: new option '-set_global_encoding 1' because this bit is simply so often set wrong
12 June 2018 -- las2las: new option '-set_global_encoding_gps_bit 1' because this bit is simply so often set wrong
11 June 2018 -- lasview: new option '-points_all' loads all points from input (especially useful for manual editing)
10 June 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: fix for additional attributes in "extra bytes" combined with '-buffered 15'
28 May 2018 -- lasclip: remove leading spaces from '-split 2' file name from DBF file, use LAZ if format not specified
20 May 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: bug fix when trying to set CRS via '-gda94 -utm 56south' in command line 
19 May 2018 -- lasnoise, lasheight, & others: bug fix when on-the-fly filtering on additional attributes
12 May 2018 -- las2las, LASlib: new filters '-drop_RGB_red 5000 6000' and '-drop_RGB_green 200 10000' 
 8 May 2018 -- las2las: handling of OGC WKT and more clear "setting" versus "reprojecting" the CRS
29 April 2018 -- all LAStools GUIs: allow to overlay a PNG assuming it has a world-coordinate PGW file
23 April 2018 -- lasview: for manual editing also "<r>egister changes" avaulable via pop-up menu 
22 April 2018 -- lasview: also display 'user data' attribute for points picked with 'i'
21 April 2018 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy: fix bug of removed filters/transforms when gridding/rasterizing '-attribute ...' 
21 April 2018 -- lastrack: '-store_height_as_extra_bytes', '-store_yz_range_as_extra_bytes', '-store_xyz_range_as_extra_bytes' 
20 April 2018 -- lastrack: new '-classify_xyz_range_between 50 1000 7' uses 3D distance from point to track
19 April 2018 -- las2las: 'remove_all_evlrs' and '-remove_all_evlr 0' and '-remove_evlrs_from_to 1 3'
17 April 2018 -- lasinfo: better formatted output when bins of histograms have decimal digitls
11 April 2018 -- lasgrid: fix issue for huge rasters (using temp file storage) running on multiple cores
 9 April 2018 -- lasclip, las2las, lasheight, lasnoise: remove empty files unless '-dont_remove_empty_files'
 7 April 2018 -- lasview: also display 'point source ID' (aka flightline number) for points picked with 'i'
 6 April 2018 -- las2iso and lasboundary: adding '-odbf' to the command line produces a 'z' attribute
 3 April 2018 -- lascolor: ability to process entire folders of LAS/LAZ and corresponding TIF files
 2 April 2018 -- blast2dem, blast2iso: improved generation of *.prj files
30 March 2018 -- laspublish: support recently released version 1.6 of Potree via command switch '-potree16' 
30 March 2018 -- blast2dem, blast2iso: support for input LASlayers '-ilay', '-ilaydir e:\layers', and '-ilay 2'
29 March 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: fix for "missing points" when writing just decompressed "native" LAS 1.4
28 March 2018 -- lasinfo: also report TOWGS84 Helmert transform stored in GeoTIFF key 2062 (GeogTOWGS84GeoKey)
27 March 2018 -- lasground, lasnoise, lasheight, lasthin, ... : also allow '-ignore_class 0' for classification 0
23 March 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: more checks for correct arguments for LAStransforms 
25 March 2018 -- NEW: lasvoxel computes a number of different summarizing 3D voxelizations for high-density LiDAR 
23 March 2018 -- lasvalidate: fixing bug introduced in LAStools release version 180322
22 March 2018 -- lascanopy, lasgrid, las2dem: fix for bug in writing TIF rasters that appeared in version 180303
21 March 2018 -- lasheight (and others): also allow '-ignore_class 2 5 0' to include classification 0
20 March 2018 -- LASlib: new '-transform_helmert 598.1,73.7,418.2,0.202,0.045,-2.455,6.7' for ECEF coordinates 
15 March 2018 -- lasvalidate: validation of files compressed with "native LAS 1.4 extension" of LASzip possible
 3 March 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: "allow '-odir' to just specify a drive such as '-odir f:' of '-odir f:\'
 2 March 2018 -- lasboundary, lascanopy: use file name from output rollout of the GUI for meaningful modes
28 February 2018 -- LASlib, all LAStools: now '-set_RGB_of_class' also works for classifications > 31
24 February 2018 -- las2las: automatically move eligible EVLRs to VLR section when downgrading LAS 1.4
23 February 2018 -- las2las: bug fix when downgrading LAS 1.4 with new point types via '-set_version 1.3'
14 February 2018 -- lasview: expose possibility to visualize workings of "spike-free" algorithm via the GUI
14 February 2018 -- lasgrid, lascanopy, las2dem: now CSV files represent "no_data" with ",," instead of ",-,"
 9 February 2018 -- LASzip: minor version increment to 3.2 as POINT14_v4 fixes context inefficiency bug
 9 February 2018 -- lassort: support for applying LASlayers with '-ilay' on read 
 9 February 2018 -- many LAStools: support stdin/stdout piping for multi-pass tools like lasground, lasnoise, ...
31 January 2018 -- many LAStools: improved command-line parsing for select tools and select argument combinations
31 January 2018 -- las2las: fix proper functioning of '-set_ogc_wkt' for certain command line argument combinations
30 January 2018 -- txt2las and LASlib: use 'I' to parse NIR channel and 'J' to parse hexadecimal intensities
3 January 2018 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy: actually turn on compression when writing rasters as LAZ files 
28 December 2017 -- all LAStools: prepare to correct 'context switch' bug reported by Wanwannodao on some future date
25 December 2017 -- all LAStools: fixed half-pixel shift in on-the-fly-reading of BIL without BLW (ulxmap/ulymap are used)
25 December 2017 -- lascanopy: support appendix in output file names '-odix _blub_blub' in addition to abbreviated metrics
16 December 2017 -- lasgrid: fixed missing line-return bug when outputting rasters as CSV files 
15 December 2017 -- all LAStools: support for auto flightline assignment '-faf' and '-faf 101' even with '-cores 4' 
14 December 2017 -- all LAStools: keep multiple flightlines with '-keep_point_source 2 3 4' 
10 December 2017 -- all LAStools: new '-keep_random_fraction 0.2 4711' allows seeding the random generator with 4711 
 1 December 2017 -- LASlib: support additional point attributes (aka extra bytes) during '-merged' operations
30 November 2017 -- las2las: set OGC WKT with '-set_ogc_wkt "PROJCS[\"WGS84\",GEOGCS[\"GCS_ ...". note the '\'
24 November 2017 -- lascanopy: use option '-height_in_attribute 0' if height is stored as additional attribute
22 November 2017 -- las2txt: parse extra bytes attributes with indices larger than 9 by bracketing (12) them 
21 November 2017 -- txt2las: allow adding up to 32 (from 10) additional extra bytes attributes
21 November 2017 -- lasclip: use output file name from DBF attribute of SHP file with '-split Plot_Name'
17 November 2017 -- LASlib: new transform '-copy_intensity_into_NIR' (makes only sense for point type 8)
7 November 2017 -- lasthin: new '-gps_time 0.01' thins per 0.01 sec intervals instead of per spatial cells
30 October 2017 -- las2las: new option '-vertical_evrf2007' for European Vertical Reference Frame 2007
26 October 2017 -- lasthin: optional minimum number of points needed for option '-percentile 40 10'
15 October 2017 -- lasclassify: use height above ground from additional attribute with '-height_in_attribute 0'
14 October 2017 -- lasinfo: new WARNING when bounding box in LAS header miss-matches coordinate resolution
10 October 2017 -- las2las: allow both piping input ('-stdin') *and* output ('-stdout') if no filter or coordinate change 
14 September 2017 -- las2dem: fixed bug in elevation rasters when processing native compressed LAS 1.4 
5 September 2017 -- lasthin: new option keeps only points closest to a certain elevation '-percentile 40'
3 September 2017 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lasoverlap: option '-no_kml' avoids auto-creation of KML wrapper
28 August 2017 -- selected LAStools: fix issues when outputting LAS 1.4 as LAZ with "native LAS 1.4 extension"
27 August 2017 -- lassort, lasoptimize: fixed bug when sorting new LAS 1.4 point types by return number 
26 August 2017 -- lastrack: bug fix in new '-classify_xy_range_and_height_between' functionality
18 August 2017 -- NEW: lasoptimize prepares files for maximal compression and efficient spatial indexing
18 August 2017 -- all LAStools: support for Oblique Stereographic projection added for Volker Rail
18 August 2017 -- lastrack: new '-classify_xy_range_between' and 'classify_xy_range_and_height_between'
17 August 2017 -- LASlib: switch on "native LAS 1.4 extension". turns off with '-no_native'.
15 August 2017 -- lassort: fixed bug when sorting new LAS 1.4 point types by flight line (aka point source ID)
7 August 2017 -- lasclassify, lasnoise, lasthin: amount of console output controlled with '-verbose' or '-quiet'
5 August 2017 -- lassort, lasthin, lasduplicate: support '-remain_buffered' after '-buffered 25' to keep buffer
5 August 2017 -- LASlib: unless '-buffered 25' just created buffers always '-remain_buffered'
5 August 2017 -- LASlib: removed option '-unbuffered' because it makes too many assumptions
26 July 2017 -- las2tin: now supports DXF format as output option for the generated Delaunay TIN
18 July 2017 -- LASzip + LASlib: bug fix for spatially-indexed reading from native compressed LAS 1.4 files
14 July 2017 -- las2las: fixed missing 'comma' in compound (COMPD_CS) OGC WKT string 
13 July 2017 -- lasdiff: added missing checks for LAS 1.4 EVLR size and payloads
10 July 2017 -- lasground, lasground_new, lasheight: amount of console output controlled with '-verbose' or '-quiet'
5 July 2017 -- lasreturn: option '-repair_number_of_returns' now also works for new LAS 1.4 point types 6 to 10
28 June 2017 -- lasgrid, las2dem, blast2dem, lascanopy: fixed quantization bug in X/Y coords for LAZ grid output
28 June 2017 -- lasgrid, las2dem, blast2dem, lascanopy: no more bug for unlicensed writing (black-diagonal) 
25 June 2017 -- lascolor: fix inability to read a certain type of tiled 4-band TIF images
24 June 2017 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy: correct *unsigned* output for 16 bit '-intensity' for '-no_data 0'
24 June 2017 -- LASlib: corrected on-the-fly conversion from BIL rasters to point clouds for unsigned integers
23 June 2017 -- lasnoise: fixed that '-ignore_class 8' did not ignore points during isolated computation
22 June 2017 -- laslayers: added ability to run on multiple '-cores 7'
18 June 2017 -- lasboundary + all GUIs: fixed "small polygons missing bug" in '-use_lax' mode and in GUI previews
8 June 2017 -- lasclassify: IMPORTANT BUG FIX (but only if you downloaded version 170528 where it was introduced)
28 May 2017 -- LASzip DLL: support for "selective decompression" of compressed LAS 1.4 points added into DLL API
27 May 2017 -- lascontrol: let '-odir quality' specify where error report '-cp_out cp_check.csv' will be stored 
21 May 2017 -- lasgrid: fixed BIL output for the '-point_density' option. now '-density' means '-point_density'.
13 May 2017 -- all (license-restricted) LAStools: option '-fail' prevents running when license is missing/expired
11 May 2017 -- LASlib: new transforms '-copy_classification_into_user_data' and '-copy_attribute_into_user_data 1'
10 May 2017 -- las2dem, blast2dem, lasgrid: fix rounding error for ususual or very small step sizes (0.2 or less)
5 May 2017 -- lasground + lasground_new: user data change due to '-compute_height' makes it into LASlayers output
28 April 2017 -- lasboundary: allow creation of KML and SHP '-overview' files for multiple LAS/LAZ files
26 April 2017 -- lasboundary: also adding option to add '-labels' to SHP output that populate the DBF attibutes
25 April 2017 -- LASzip DLL: "native LAS 1.4 extension" in LASzip DLL via 'laszip_request_native_extension()'
24 April 2017 -- lastile: also '-remove_buffer' for buffers generated by on-the-fly buffering (= '-buffered 50')
22 April 2017 -- lasground and lasground_new: fix of bb extend for '-buffered 20' and '-remain_buffered' combo
20 April 2017 -- LASlib: new option '-unbuffered' for lasreadopener removes buffers from on-the-fly buffering
16 April 2017 -- txt2las: allow requesting a particular point type with new option '-set_point_type 6'
14 April 2017 -- LASlib: enable "adaptive chunking" for "native LAS 1.4 extension" for compressing new LAS 1.4
8 April 2017 -- LASlib: new check to detect corrupt LAZ files generated by libLAS for files with "Extra Bytes"
30 March 2017 -- LASlib: alpha-release of "native LAS 1.4 extension" for LASzip compression of new LAS 1.4 points
29 March 2017 -- LASlib: enable "native LAS 1.4 extension" for LASzip via '-native'
27 March 2017 -- lascolor: support NIR, 4 band RGBNIR images as well as three band grey and single band copying
26 March 2017 -- lascanopy: fixed bug in raster mode when attempting to use '-use_tile_bb' or '-use_orig_bb'
22 March 2017 -- las2shp: fixed bug accidentally introduced in version 170203
22 March 2017 -- lassort: fixed *serious* bug accidentally introduced in version 170313
22 March 2017 -- LASlib: new filter '-thin_points_with_time 0.000001' vs '-thin_pulses_with_time 0.001'
12 March 2017 -- LASlib: new filters '-drop_every_nth' '-drop_number_of_returns' '-keep_number_of_returns'
11 March 2017 -- lassort: option to first sort by '-scanner_channel' and then by '-return_number' 
11 March 2017 -- lassort: option to first sort by '-point_source' and then by '-scanner_channel'
10 March 2017 -- LAStools: also read more generic LCC, TM, and AEAC projections from OGC WKT strings 
10 March 2017 -- lasboundary: add download links via '-base_url http://lidar.com/data' to KML output
9 March 2017 -- lassort: fixed serious bug only happening for new LAS 1.4 point types 6 through 10
8 March 2017 -- LASlib: new transform '-copy_user_data_into_scanner_channel' fixes bad LAS 1.4 files
6 March 2017 -- LASlib: new transform '-copy_NIR_into_intensity' for point types 8 and 10
2 February 2017 -- lascolor: support TIFF with more than 3 bands (for now simply ignore the additional bands)
2 February 2017 -- lasground, lasground_new: small bug fix for '-replace_z' with non-zero 'z_offset' in LAS header
2 February 2017 -- LAStools: read (subset of) projections from OGC WKT strings if coded via AUTHORITY EPSG code
1 February 2017 -- LASlib: better support for OGC WKT strings in VLRs or EVLRs when reading
1 February 2017 -- LASlib: new transform '-copy_intensity_into_z' for use in lasgrid or lascanopy
30 January 2017 -- las2shp: ability to output also 'x' and 'y' to corresponding DBF file 
20 January 2017 -- las2shp: ability to output other LAS attributes to corresponding DBF file 
16 January 2017 -- LASlib: support for NAVD88 Geoids when generating OGC WKT string via '-vertical_navd88_geoid12b' 
11 January 2017 -- txt2las: 'k'/'h'/'o' for <k>eypoint/with<h>eld/<o>verlap flag and 'l' for scanner channe<l>
10 January 2017 -- las2txt: parse option 'h'/'o' for with<h>eld/<o>verlap flag and 'l' for scanner channe<l>
10 January 2017 -- LASlib: new '-merge_scanner_channel_into_point_source' '-split_scanner_channel_from_point_source'
10 January 2017 -- LASlib: new transform '-copy_scanner_channel_into_point_source'
10 January 2017 -- LASlib: new filters '-keep_scanner_channel 2' and '-drop_scanner_channel 1'
8 January 2017 -- lasdiff: better difference reporting when checking "extra bytes"
8 January 2017 -- lasinfo: more complete output for GeoTIFF tags 2048, 2050, and
6 January 2017 -- all LAStools: rudimentary support for Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP) by ignoring scale factor
6 January 2017 -- all LAStools: more EPSG codes due to updates 'pcs.csv' and 'gcs.csv' files 
6 January 2017 -- lasboundary: new option to add '-labels' to KML output 
5 January 2017 -- lasplanes: fixed tiny bug that occured when output to PEF file with '-o planes.pef' was requested
4 January 2017 -- all LAStools: added DHHN92 "Deutsches Haupthoehennetz 1992" for OpenNRW LiDAR (-vertical_dhhn92)
2 January 2017 -- all LAStools: more support for CRS with "user defined" AlbersEqualArea projection in GeoTIFF tags
2 January 2017 -- lasview: better handling of intensity distributions containing only a few bright points
2 January 2017 -- lasview: draw measurement line between points picked with 'i' when <SHIFT> or <CAPS LOCK> is on
10 December 2016 -- blast2dem: also support rasterization of extra bytes via '-attribute 0' or '-attribute 1'
28 November 2016 -- all LAStools: new filters '-keep_second_last' and '-drop_second_last' return 
26 November 2016 -- lascopy: added ability to also copy z, intensity, and RGB  from source to target 
23 November 2016 -- lascopy: fixed bug in copying classifications for returns part of a multi-return
14 November 2016 -- blast2dem: output *.prj files for ASC/BIL/FLT/XYZ
14 November 2016 -- NEW: lascopy copies classifications from source to target based on GPS time + return number
14 November 2016 -- blast2dem: grids can be output as compressed LAZ points
14 November 2016 -- blast2dem, blast2iso: support for entire set of CRS like the remaining LAStools
13 November 2016 -- all LAStools: early FALSE when setting output directory via '-odir __' will not succeed  
9 November 2016 -- all LAStools: support CRS via "user defined" AlbersEqualArea projection in GeoTIFF tags
8 November 2016 -- lascanopy, lasgrid, las2dem fix memory bug introduced with PRJ support in 160721
7 November 2016 -- lasclip: fix issue when option '-donut' is used and polygons have repeated vertices
28 October 2016 -- lasreturn: '-classify_as 12' or '-flag_as_synthetic' mark returns from incomplete pulses
27 October 2016 -- lasreturn: new option '-check_return_numbering' prints missing return histograms
26 October 2016 -- lasgrid: new option '-return_type -highest -false' to visualize missing (cloud) returns
23 October 2016 -- las2las: OGC WKT string stores COMPD_CS for projection + vertical
22 October 2016 -- las2las: new '-set_ogc_wkt_in_elvr' store to EVLR instead of VLR
22 October 2016 -- LASlib: ability to not only read but also write EVLR
16 October 2016 -- laslayers: new option '-add' to add filters and transforms as LASlayers to LAY files
16 October 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filters '-keep_attribute_between' and '-drop_attribute_between'
15 October 2016 -- las2dem, las2iso, las2tin: no more endless loop when '-lakes' or '-creeks' input is emtpy
30 September 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filter -keep_NDVI_blue_is_NIR -0.1 0.5 (computed from R of RGB and B = NIR)
30 September 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filter -keep_NDVI_green_is_NIR 0.4 0.8 (computed from R of RGB and G = NIR)
30 September 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filter -keep_NDVI_intensity_is_NIR -0.2 0.2 (computed from R of RGB and intensity = NIR)
30 September 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filter -keep_NDVI_from_CIR 0.4 0.8 (computed from RGB = CIR)
30 September 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filter -keep_NDVI 0.2 0.7 (computed from R+NIR for point type 8)
29 September 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filters -keep_extended_scanner_channel 1 and -drop_extended_scanner_channel 0
25 September 2016 -- lasgrid: better '-false' and '-gray' colors when used with option '-classification'  
21 September 2016 -- LASlib, las2las: new filters '-drop_attribute_above' and '-keep_attribute_below'
18 September 2016 -- LASlib, lasinfo: improved reporting of (extended & legacy) classification histograms
16 September 2016 -- laszip: corrected "LAS 1.4 compatibility mode" for case that legacy counters are zero
10 September 2016 -- tin2dem: new option '-kill 3.0' removes triangles with xy-edge length of 3.0 or more
8 September 2016 -- blast2dem: correct handling of 16 bit RGB color ranges in '-rgb' mode
7 September 2016 -- lassort: fixed GPS time, point source ID, and return numbers sort for LAS 1.4
15 August 2016 -- lascanopy: fix small bug in case input are ASC/BIL rasters instead of LAS/LAZ points
30 July 2016 -- las2las: correct naming of stateplanes when combining '-sp83 CA_I' with 'set_ogc_wkt'
29 July 2016 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy, lasoverlap: grids can be output as compressed LAZ points
28 July 2016 -- lasclip: new option '-donuts' to handle islands and lakes (based on winding order)
27 July 2016 -- lascontrol: new options '-cp_ignore_diff_above 1.5' '-cp_ignore_diff_below -0.5' 
26 July 2016 -- lascanopy: ability to use '-names' in '-loc' and '-lor' lists of circ/rect plots
21 July 2016 -- las2iso, lasboundary, las2shp, las2tin: output *.prj files for SHP file output
19 July 2016 -- las2las: fixed bug with '-target_survey_feet' not always working with '-cores 8'
18 July 2016 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy, lasoverlap: output *.prj files for ASC/BIL/FLT/XYZ
13 July 2016 -- las2las: added AUTHORITY EPSG code 1116 associated with NAD83 2011 for OGC WKT output
9 July 2016 -- LAStools: added Norwegian vertical datums -vertical_nn2000 -vertical_nn54 
9 July 2016 -- lasground, lasground_new, lasheight, lasnoise: fixed bug of version 160703 when using '-buffered 20'
2 July 2016 -- LAStools: add datums -vertical_navd88 -vertical_cgvd2013 -vertical_cgvd28 -vertical_dvr90 
2 July 2016 -- lasheight: added the options "store as extra bytes" and "none" to the GUI
28 June 2016 -- LASlib: new transforms '-set_extended_return_number 11' and '-set_extended_number_of_returns 13'
28 June 2016 -- LASlib: new filters '-keep_first_of_many' and '-keep_last_of_many'
24 June 2016 -- LASlib: the 'reserved' field of newly created VLRs is set to zero instead of 0xAABB
8 June 2016 -- LASlib: ASCII text input can have ';' as a seperator (e.g. 500936.36;104300.50;711.73)
6 June 2016 -- lasthin: also GUI shows options for adaptive thinning (e.g. keypoints) and contour thinning
28 May 2016 -- QGIS 2.14.1: major update to LAStools and LAStools Production toolboxes for QGIS 2.14.1
20 May 2016 -- las2las: '-move_ancient_to_extended_classification' 5 bits + flags = 8 bit classifications
15 May 2016 -- LASlib: '-translate_raw_xy_at_random 2 2' perturbes X/Y for faster Delaunay of points on grid
12 May 2016 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy: appropiate resolution for X/Y coordinates for XYZ output
29 April 2016 -- LASlib: don't EXIT but produce WARNINGs when rescale / reoffset overflows integers
20 April 2016 -- LASlib: new transforms, '-switch_R_G', '-switch_R_B' and '-set_RGB 32768 16384 0'
14 April 2016 -- lasclassify: added missing '-ignore_class' selection options to the GUI
14 April 2016 -- lasground: fixed rare crash when classifying flightlines separately with '-by_flightline'
10 April 2016 -- LASlib: exit with ERROR when '-rescale 0.001 ...' or '-reoffset ...' overflow integer
 9 April 2016 -- lasinfo: new option '-set_file_source_ID_from_point_source_ID'
 8 April 2016 -- lassort: sort first by GPS time then by return number '-gps_time -return_number'
28 March 2016 -- laspublish: fixed bug for download (files were copied / moved to wrong location)
28 March 2016 -- lasthin: added '-adaptive 0.2' for adaptive thinning (e.g. keypoints)
20 March 2016 -- lasthin: added '-contours 2.0' to farthest from contour for each cell
19 March 2016 -- BLAST: new '-temp_files h:\temp' specifies where to temp store 'file_list.12345.txt'
14 March 2016 -- lasthin: fixed bug in '-subcircle 0.2' that sometimes duplicated points
13 March 2016 -- LASlayers: fixed bug for '-ignore_class 7' when classifying to same class 7
28 February 2016 -- LASlayers: support for '-filtered_transform' in a transform layer
28 February 2016 -- LASlib: new filters '-drop_extended_class 42' and '-drop_extended_class 219'
28 February 2016 -- laspublish: 2D download maps for 'Hotine Oblique Mercator' and 'Oblique Stereoscopic'
19 February 2016 -- LASlayers: bug fix for delete layers in combination with filters or transform layers
18 February 2016 -- lasinfo: more useful '-set_number_of_variable_length_records' and friends
16 February 2016 -- lasclip & lascanopy: avoid crash when SHP file contains completely emtpy records
7 February 2016 -- las2dem and blast2dem: small bug fix for additional '-scale 2.1' argument
7 February 2016 -- LAStools: support for EPSG code 4326
25 January 2016 -- LASlib: brand-new opportunity to do a '-filtered_transform' 
24 January 2016 -- txt2las: better support for storing attributes in "Extra Bytes with '-add_attribute'
24 January 2016 -- NEW: laspublish to visualize and download LiDAR in a Web browser with Potree
19 January 2016 -- LASlib: new transform to '-scale_rgb 1.5 2.1 1.8' 
19 January 2015 -- NEW: lasreturn repairs 'number of returns'. geometrically analyzes multi-returns
10 January 2016 -- all GUIs: edit ".\LAStools\bin\serf\geo\my_epsg.csv" to add your own EPSG codes
 9 January 2016 -- LAStools: also parse 'gcs.csv' file whenever an unknown datum is encountered
 6 January 2016 -- lasgrid, las2dem: can raster '-attribute [0|1|2...]' stored as "Extra Bytes"
 4 January 2016 -- lasground: option '-by_flightline' allows to classify flightlines separately
 2 January 2016 -- LAStools: parse 'pcs.csv' file whenever an unknown EPSG code is encountered
 1 January 2016 -- las2las & txt2las: create OGC WKT string for CRS for full LAS 1.4 compliance 
 1 January 2016 -- all GUIs: can create a directory when browsing for one via pop-up window
20 December 2015 -- LAStools: new EPSG codes 2945(MTM3) to 2952 (MTM10) and 3753/3754 (Ohio)
18 December 2015 -- lastile: attempted fix of "excessive empty tile" problem in multi-core mode
6 December 2015 -- lasboundary: new '-use_tile_bb' and '-largest_only' (only with '-use_lax')
6 December 2015 -- lasoverlap: new '-use_tile_bb' to easier process buffered tiles
9 October 2015 -- lasground, lasclassify: now '-feet' and '-elevation_feet' works with '-cores 2'
9 October 2015 -- lasclip: fixed bug introduced for '-split' option in version 150924
25 September 2015 -- LASlib: disabling auto-upgrade to LAS 1.4 introduced in 150924. now it just warns.
24 September 2015 -- prototype implementing "uprising" of the n>1 returns against 1st return supremacy
24 September 2015 -- lasclip: new options '-ignore_first_of_many', '-ignore_intermediate', '-ignore_single' ...
24 September 2015 -- LASlib: upgrade to LAS 1.4 when '-merged'ing more points than older LAS allows
24 September 2015 -- LASlib: consistant zeroing of legacy counters for new LAS 1.4 point types
24 September 2015 -- LASzip: better DLL supports streaming and "extra bytes" in "compatibility mode"
24 September 2015 -- lasclip: fixed bug for '-split' that was introduced in version 150828 
24 September 2015 -- las2tin: new option '-histo edge_length 0.1' or '-histo edge_length_max 0.1'
28 August 2015 -- lasinfo: option '-repair_counters' corrected for 64 bit counters of LAS 1.4 files
28 August 2015 -- lasthin: added option '-central' to keep the most central point of each cell
21 August 2015 -- lascontrol: adjust z coodinate using mean error with new LAS/LAZ or LAY files
21 August 2015 -- lasgrid: new '-invert_ramp' for '-false' and '-gray' colorings
20 August 2015 -- LASlayers: using '-olay' with a filter or transform adds them to the LAY file
19 August 2015 -- lasground: new '-bulge 1.0' offers more control for what is added to the ground
19 August 2015 -- lastile: new '-flag_as_withheld' or '-flag_as_synthetic' for buffer points

19 August 2015 -- lastile: multi-core tiling to be used with spatially indexed input
18 August 2015 -- lasdiff: fixed report for truncated files (fewer or more points) 
1 August 2015 -- LASlib: moving LASpoint, LASquantizer, and LASattributer to LASzip for "compatibility"
31 July 2015 -- LASzip: new DLL (incompatible with prior version) supports "LAS 1.4 compatibility mode"
25 July 2015 -- LAStools: EPSG codes (http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/9fUZaLKPReg/discussion)
30 June 2015 -- las2tin: new option '-histo_edge_length 0.1' and '-histo_edge_length_only 0.1'
30 June 2015 -- lasclassify: little bug fix after introduction of '-keep_overlap' filter for LAS 1.4
6 June 2015 -- LASlib: added filters '-keep_overlap' and '-drop_overlap' for new LAS 1.4 point types
6 June 2015 -- lasoverage: added option '-flag_as_overlap' for new LAS 1.4 point types 6 to 10
26 May 2015 -- BLAST extension: updated to support recent additions for new LAS 1.4 point types
26 May 2015 -- laszip: small bug fix for combination of '-cores n' with '-io_ibuffer xxxxxx'
26 May 2015 -- all LAStools: error message for on-the-fly compression of new LAS 1.4 point types
26 May 2015 -- lastile: small fix sets file source ID to 0 when tiling many flightlines into tiles
26 May 2015 -- GUIs: fixed execution path issue when starting tool via "Windows Explorer search bar"
20 May 2015 -- lassplit: fixed serious bug introduced in version 150516
16 May 2015 -- all LAStools: projections Albers Equal Area Conic and Earth Centered Earth Fixed
15 May 2015 -- lasclip: added '-flag_as_withheld' as an alternative to removing or reclassifying
15 May 2015 -- lasoverage: added option '-recover_flightlines' for missing point_source_IDs
14 May 2015 -- lasinfo: added a new option '-set_GUID F794F8A4-A23E-421E-A134-ACF7754E1C54'
10 May 2015 -- lasoverlap: new '-min_diff 0.2' with '-max_diff 0.5' for more focused error coloring
3 May 2015 -- las2las: improved up-conversion to LAS 1.4 via '-set_version 1.4 -point_type 6'
24 April 2015 -- las2txt: added 'k'eypoint and 'o'verlap flags as new parse string options
24 April 2015 -- lasoverage: added 'flag_as_overlap' for the new flag in the LAS 1.4 point types
4 April 2015 -- LASzip DLL: added functions for creation and exploitation of spatial index files
3 April 2015 -- LASlib: moved spatial indexing (LAX file generation) from LASlib to LASzip 
30 March 2015 -- NEW: toolbox for ERDAS IMAGINE 2014 
30 March 2015 -- laszip: compresses and decompresses LAS 1.4 files via new "compatibility mode"
30 March 2015 -- GUIs: delete multiple files: pick a (red) box covering them and press <delete> 
30 March 2015 -- las2txt: correct ASCII output for extended attributes of new LAS 1.4 point types
04 March 2015 -- lasduplicate: new option to remove exact duplicates *and* '-nearby 0.005' points
04 March 2015 -- GUIs: simultaneous use of '-lof' multi-file processing with unique'file_name.xxx.txt' 
2 February 2015 -- IMPORTANT: lasgrid, lasground, ...: fixed little bug introduced in version 150131
31 January 2015 -- NEW: lasground_new: alternative to lasground for mix of mountains and buildings
31 January 2015 -- lastile: '-remove_buffer' and '-refine_tiles' can now run on '-cores 4' or more
31 January 2015 -- lasheight: bug fix for ground points stored in multiple '-classification 2 8'
31 January 2015 -- las2las: better handling of ESPG codes in batch mode on '-cores 8' or more
31 January 2015 -- all GUIs: fixed little bug introduced in version 141218
31 January 2015 -- LASlib: new transforms for extended attributes of LAS 1.4 point types 6 - 10
18 December 2014 -- lascanopy: added option '-all' and fixed scaling bug for '-int_d 0 64 128'
18 December 2014 -- LASlib: different scale_factors/offsets are now possible with '-buffered 25'
18 December 2014 -- lasgrid: fixed option '-rgb' and added new area-normalized '-point_density'
18 December 2014 -- laszip: use '-check' to find truncations and/or bit-errors in LAZ files
16 November 2014 -- LASlib: improved detection & reporting of file truncation and/or LAZ bit-errors
16 November 2014 -- lascanopy: several minor bug fixes and significantly improved GUI menu options
20 October 2014 -- las2iso: fixed miss-spelled '-set_file_source_ID' to '-set_file_source_id'
20 October 2014 -- blast2iso: added missing '-kill 600' parameter 
20 October 2014 -- las2dem, las2iso, las2tin, blast2dem, blast2iso: auto adapt kill/concavity to feet 
17 October 2014 -- lascanopy: fixed "first-plot-only bug" for *.laz input in '-lor'/'-loc'/'-lop' mode   
16 October 2014 -- lasground: serious bug removed for (rare) LAS/LAZ files with header.z_offset < 0 
13 October 2014 -- las2las: more control over '-target_precision' and '-target_elevation_precision'
13 October 2014 -- LASlib: allow relative paths of type '-i d:tiles\*.laz' as input
13 October 2014 -- LASlib: bigger I/O buffers for LASreader_las & LASwriter_las to improve performance
13 October 2014 -- las2dem, lasgrid, lascanopy, lasoverlap: fixed bug introduced on 15 September 2014
29 September 2014 -- NEW: lasplanes to find planar patches in terrestrial and mobile (airborne?) scans
29 September 2014 -- lastile: better performance by increasing the I/O buffers
15 September 2014 -- las2dem, lasgrid, lascanopy, lasoverlap: fixed mem-leak in multi-files processing
6 September 2014 -- LASlib: leaner LASzip by removal virtual classes and delayed chunk table read
31 August 2014 -- lascolor: bug fix for certain type of JPEG-compressed TIF images
30 August 2014 -- all LAStools via LASlib: less I/O overhead especially on '-merged' folders of LAZ
25 August 2014 -- lasboundary: new options '-use_bb' and '-use_lax' for hyper-fast approximate shapes
24 August 2014 -- lasclip: new option '-split' to split LiDAR points into one file per input polygon
20 August 2014 -- lasmerge: new option '-keep_lastiling' preserves LAStiling VLR of first LAS/LAZ file
20 August 2014 -- lasmerge: can copy VLRs to other files by first listing empty LAS/LAZ (zero points) 
20 August 2014 -- lastile: no longer produces tiles containing *only* buffer points (e.g. '-buffer 50')
14 August 2014 -- lastrack: fixed non-working options '-drop_above', '-drop_below' and '-drop_between'
14 August 2014 -- lasground: new '-extra_pass' lowers memory-needs together with '-ignore_class 3 5 6'
13 August 2014 -- las2las: convert from/to geocentric or Earth-centered Earth-fixed (ECEF) coordinates
10 August 2014 -- lastile: '-refine_tiles 10000000' with more than 10000000 points into four sub-tiles 
8 August 2014 -- bug fixes: las2iso (kml output), lascanopy (files_are_plots), LASlib (on-the-fly BIL)
30 July 2014 -- LASlib: fixed small bug in on-the-fly BIL reader LASreader_bil.cpp
21 July 2014 -- lascanopy: option to shift the grid origin with option '-grid_ll 5 15'
21 July 2014 -- LASlib: new filter called '-thin_with_time 0.0001', new '-unique' flag for input files
9 July 2014 -- lascanopy: output plots or rasters to CSV file and include '-centroids' or '-names'
9 July 2014 -- lasgrid: allow gridding of '-range' of '-elevation', '-intensity', '-user_data', ... 
9 July 2014 -- lasheight: fixed bug for '-ground_points external.bil' introduced in 140615 
9 July 2014 -- LASlib: make LASreader_txt parse piped ASCII text with '-stdin' and '-itxt'
9 July 2014 -- LASlib: new transforms (-set_withheld_flag 0 -set_synthetic_flag 1 -set_keypoint_flag 0)
15 June 2014 -- las2txt: recover PTS/PTX with '-opts'/'-optx' created by txt2las with '-ipts'/'-iptx'
15 June 2014 -- lasthin: new options '-classify_as 8' and '-flag_as_withheld'
15 June 2014 -- lasground: new options '-ground_class 8' '-non_ground_class 5' '-non_ground_unchanged'
15 June 2014 -- lascanopy: fixed bug for input LAZ/LAS files with z_offset != 0.0
15 June 2014 -- lasnoise: fixed bug for '-ignore_points' 
5 June 2014 -- NEW: lastrack to classify, drop, normalize points based on a trajectory file
26 May 2014 -- lasclip & lasthin: new option '-ignore_class 2 8' to not clip/classify/thin all points
20 May 2014 -- lasnoise: fixed bug for '-remove_points' and significantly improved memory footprint 
16 May 2014 -- QGIS toolboxes: improved for QGIS 2.2 including new LAStools Pipeline and Production
11 May 2014 -- ArcGIS toolboxes: fixed up brand new LAStools Pipeline (with & without Model Builder)
30 April 2014 -- blast2dem and blast2iso: support for '-cores 3' to run multiple jobs in parallel
30 April 2014 -- lascanopy: new intensity metrics, bincentiles documented, circular & polygonal plot  
22 March 2014 -- las2dem: new '-edge_longest' and '-edge_shortest' for QC of LiDAR pulse spacing
22 March 2014 -- blast2dem & blast2iso: support for BIL and ASC format
1 March 2014 -- lasview: edit (<e>+<r>), delete (<d>+<r>), undo/redo (<CTRL-u>/<CTRL-o>), save
                         changes as LASlayers (<CTRL-s>), apply LASlayers (<CTRL-a>), pick and
                         view cross sections (<x>/<CTRL+x>), move cross sections (arrow keys),
                         fast change to zoom (<CTRL>), translate (<SHIFT>), pan (<ALT>) mode.
21 February 2014 -- LASlib: renaming of clip filters (-clip_z to -keep_z, -clip_z_between to -drop_z) 
7 February 2014 -- LASlib: renaming of several variables (xyz -> XYZ, ...) for github launch
31 December 2013 -- lasview: color points based on user data (can illustrate height above ground)
30 December 2013 -- lasinfo: produce histogram for attributes in extra bytes with '-histo 0 5' 
29 December 2013 -- lasheight: stores height as new attribute with '-store_as_extra_bytes'
25 December 2013 -- NEW: lascolor for adding RGB colors from orthophotos to the LAS points
10 December 2013 -- all LAStools: added support for certain ESPG codes in GUI and via '-epsg' 
9 December 2013 -- LASlib: bug fix and improved writing of new LAS 1.4 point types
27 November 2013 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lascanopy, lasoverage: fixed half pixel offset of IMG writer
26 November 2013 -- lassplit, lasoverage: ability to '-recover_flightlines' from GPS time
25 November 2013 -- LASlib: new capability to filter points based on RGB band ranges
25 October 2013 -- lasthin: new option to "thicken" LiDAR points simulating the laser beam-width
17 October 2013 -- lascanopy: fixed bug in height rasters for LAS input with non-zero z_offset
10 October 2013 -- LAStools: all tools read FUSION DTM rasters via on-the-fly conversion to LAS
6 October 2013 -- ArcGIS toolboxes: improved, new LAStools Professional, new LAStools Pipeline
3 October 2013 -- LASlib: fix for reading and merging on-the-fly converted rasters (e.g. BIL, ASC)
30 September 2013 -- txt2las: bug fixed for adding EXTRA_BYTES with scales and offsets
22 September 2013 -- all LAStools and LASlib: input files paths can now contain both '/' and '\' 
18 September 2013 -- lasduplicate: fixed bug in '-unique_xyz' mode + option to output duplicates
18 September 2013 -- lasgrid: fixed bug in '-counter_32bit', correct origin for empty output rasters 
18 September 2013 -- LASzip DLL: fixed small memory leak
18 September 2013 -- lasthin: fixed small bug to prepopulate the bounding box for ASCII input
29 July 2013 -- LASzip: created an easy-to-use DLL interface for LASzip integration
29 July 2013 -- lasground: improved handling of non-airborne LiDAR via option '-not_airborne'
29 July 2013 -- lascanopy: added kurtosis (-kur) and skewness (-ske) as new raster products 
29 July 2013 -- NEW: blast2iso for creating seamless contours for up to 2 billion LiDAR points
29 July 2013 -- NEW: lasnoise for removing or flagging isolated points
6 May 2013 -- improved lasinfo handling of LAS 1.4 files
1 May 2013 -- fixed LAZ reading bug (50000 points only) for download-truncated LAZ files
18 April 2013 -- fixed broken 32 bit integer mode of TIF writer in las2dem, lasgrid, blast2dem
9 April 2013 -- fixed broken 8 and 16 bit output modes for las2dem, lasgrid, blast2dem
9 April 2013 -- output a WARNING if the option -odir "c:\" or -odir "..\lidar\" is used
4 April 2013 -- las2las: fixed missbehaving '-target_utm auto' function (uninitialized variable)
4 April 2013 -- las2dem, lasgrid, blast2dem: fixed corrupted GeoTIFF projection tags 
29 March 2013 -- lasground: fixed a serious bug for '-replace_z' and '-compute_height'
25 March 2013 -- fixed a serious bug for '-thin_with_grid 0.5' when looping over files
15 March 2013 -- stdin for lasinfo, BIL & ASC output fix, lasground & lasheight copy skipped files
25 February 2013 -- fixes for lasheight, las2dem, blast2dem, lastile, and lascanopy
13 February 2013 -- many little bug fixes (lasheight, lasgrid, las2dem, blast2dem, ...)
28 December 2012 -- added '-clip_z_between 12 14.51' and '-clip_raw_z_between 1200 1451'
12 December 2012 -- blast2dem: cool new options '-slope', '-false', '-invert_ramp, and '-rgb'
12 December 2012 -- lasground: added options '-replace_z' and '-compute_height'
8 December 2012 -- lasinfo: added '-cores 6' capability and options '-odir' and '-odix'
2 December 2012 -- las2las: down-converts true LAS 1.4 files to LAS 1.2 with '-set_version 1.2'
26 November 2012 -- lascanopy added '-c 2 4 10 20 100' to compute multiple count rasters 
11 November 2012 -- NEW: e572las converts LiDAR in E57 format to the LAS/LAZ/ASCII files
31 October 2012 -- lascanopy: fixed two bugs that would slightly miss-compute percentiles
21 October 2012 -- lasinfo: added to the lastool GUI and fixed extremely rare lasground bug
30 September 2012 -- NEW: lascanopy computes metrics such as height percentiles for forestry
13 September 2012 -- lasinfo: improved output and fixed laszip bug for LAS 1.4 point types
9 September 2012 -- lasclip, las2dem, las2iso, las2tin: fixed constraint triangulation bug 
22 August 2012 -- added the '-pipe_on' option for a multi-stage LAStools pipeline
11 August 2012 -- added on-the-fly buffered reading of LiDAR files (efficient with LAX)
13 July 2012 -- NEW: lasoverage finds and flags overage points in the flightline overlap
9 July 2012 -- fixed crash that occured when input had a corrupt VLRs without payload
28 June 2012 -- blast2dem: ability to handle rasters with more than 65336 rows or cols
12 June 2012 -- lasground: preserve classification by excluding points with '-ignore_class'
12 June 2012 -- las2dem & blast2dem: removed limitation of maximal ncol being 65536
1 June 2012 -- lassplit: the files may now be split based on various other point attributes 
25 May 2012 -- the ArcGIS toolbox now has illustrating comments for all possible parameters
22 May 2012 -- added las2iso, lasmerge, lassplit, and lasheight (classify) to ArcGIS toolbox
6 May 2012 -- las2iso & las2tin: option to add closed (-lakes) and open (-streams) breaklines
1 May 2012 -- lasheight: classify (vegetation) points based on height above ground intervals
1 May 2012 -- added file browse box to several GUIs
8 April 2012 -- changed ESRI LAStools LiDAR processing toolbox to be ArcGIS 9.3 compatible
8 April 2012 -- added LASreader_bil for native read support of binary BIL grids
3 April 2012 -- lasground: option to '-ignore_class 6' to preserve / leave out classified points
3 April 2012 -- many more tools in the ESRI ArcGIS LAStools LiDAR processing toolbox
28 March 2012 -- NEW: ESRI ArcGIS LAStools LiDAR processing toolbox (first version)
27 March 2012 -- added LASreader_asc for native read support of ESRI ASC grids
26 March 2012 -- output file name handling also for raster and line products (+ '-ocut 5') 
19 March 2012 -- better output naming (-odix/-odir) + overwrite check for point producing tools
16 March 2012 -- las2shp: optionally convert to PointZ primitive instead of MultiPointZ 
16 March 2012 -- las2dem: compute slope maps as actual values (0 - 90 degrees) or color coded 
16 March 2012 -- lasgrid, las2dem, lasoverlap: support for simple FLT + HDR raster format
8 March 2012 -- lasinfo: count more than 4 billion points ('lasinfo -i *.las') without overflow
22 February 2012 -- lasinfo: compute density/spacing of points with '-compute_density' or '-cd'
14 February 2012 -- NEW: lasoverlap verifies flight line coverage & controls vert/horiz alignment
14 February 2012 -- lasheight supports external '-ground_points' file (e.g. for geoid transforms)
14 February 2012 -- las2dem has support for closed (hydro-flattening) and hard breaklines 
14 February 2012 -- specify output directory with '-odir' and file name appedix '-odix'
9 February 2012 -- lasinfo: batch output as "*_info.txt" for many files with '-single -otxt'
9 February 2012 -- lasgrid, las2dem, blast2dem: raster the tile without buffer '-use_tile_bb'
6 February 2012 -- lasthin: allow marking thinned out points as '-withheld' instead 
6 February 2012 -- lastile: option for full bounding box in header for partial filled tiles
6 February 2012 -- lasgrid, las2dem, blast2dem: output of worldfiles for JPG, PNG, TIF, BIL
6 February 2012 -- lasgrid, las2dem, blast2dem: support for XYZ and FUSION DTM format
1 February 2012 -- lasthin: implemented the '-random' option. allows to set a '-seed 121' 
24 January 2012 -- lasinfo: report adjusted Standard GPS time min/max as '-gps_week' 
24 January 2012 -- las2las: convert GPS time '-week_to_adjusted 1662' & '-adjusted_to_week' 
17 January 2012 -- it's now possible to manually edit / tweak the command line in the GUI
16 January 2012 -- NEW: created lassplit for extracting original flight lines from tilings
16 January 2012 -- basic LAS 1.4 write support (down-converted points are up-converted)
13 January 2012 -- most tools now allow multi-core batching via GUI or with '-cores 4'
28 December 2011 -- (limited) read support for LAS 1.4 (new point types are down-converted)
16 December 2011 -- all LAStools can now read ESRI's SHP files that contain only points
14 December 2011 -- lasboundary: priority queue to tighten boundary around "islands"
13 December 2011 -- most LAStools have now a GUI
9 December 2011 -- laszip, lasview, lasgrid, las2dem: added GUI (if called without args)
4 December 2011 -- txt2las: option to set classification with '-set_class 2'
26 November 2011 -- lasview: overlay control points via '-cp pts.csv -cp_parse ssxyz'
26 November 2011 -- laszip: generate LAX file as compressing/decompressing via '-lax'
19 November 2011 -- lassort: sort based on point source id (afterwards based on time)
27 October 2011 -- lasheight: allows reclassifying points based on their height
26 October 2011 -- blast2dem: able to merge multiple files like '-i *.las -merged'  
26 October 2011 -- lasview: inspect spatial indexing ('Q'&'q') and waveforms ('W'&'i')
26 October 2011 -- lasduplicate: keep '-lowest_z' or '-unique_xyz' points
26 October 2011 -- laszip: prototype for LAS 1.3 full waveform compression
6 October 2011 -- lascontrol: handle control points outside of the LIDAR points
6 October 2011 -- laszip & lasindex: large file support with fseek64
6 October 2011 -- laszip: ability to read LAZ with missing chunk table
6 October 2011 -- las2tin: removing large boundary triangles with '-concavity 25' 
15 September 2011 -- NEW: created lasclassify after demands to find buildings and trees
6 September 2011 -- lasinfo: computes point density and coverage area.
6 September 2011 -- lastile: add & remove buffers at tile borders. reversible tilings.
2 September 2011 -- lasboundary: is 10 times faster. uses 100 times less memory.
2 September 2011 -- lasgrid: more gridding options (e.g. scan angle, user data)
21 August 2011 -- NEW: created lascontrol after incompatible LAS 1.4 draft release
15 August 2011 -- NEW: created lasground after demands for bare-earth extraction
15 August 2011 -- lastool: also displays existing projection information
5 August 2011 -- lastool and many LAStools allow to add/set projection info
30 July 2011 -- lasclip: support in GUI and *.txt files for polygon input
30 July 2011 -- lasheight: allows dropping points based on height above ground
30 July 2011 -- lassort: sort by GPS time as a new option
21 July 2011 -- NEW: created lastool, one tool to rule them all. a simple GUI for LAStools.
7 July 2011 -- NEW: created lasheight in the express to kahl with lightning delay
30 June 2011 -- out-of-core lasgrid for large rasters & support for ERDAS *.img
23 June 2011 -- turned on LASzip version 2.0 compressor with chunking 
12 June 2011 -- NEW: created blast2dem the day after Mark and Meg got married at Tahoe
11 June 2011 -- support for over 4,294,967,295 points in merged LAS/LAZ or for ASCII
31 May 2011 -- new spatial data base functionality for folders of LAS/LAZ files
21 May 2011 -- most tools can now batch process with wildcards or multiple file names
17 May 2011 -- laszip: enabling batch processing 
15 May 2011 -- laszip: improved GPS11v2 compression for interleaved flight-lines
13 May 2011 -- all tools can now read spatially indexed data if LAX file
13 May 2011 -- moved indexing, filtering, transforming into LASreader
9 May 2011 -- laszip: the chunked compressor now allows variable chunk sizes
2 May 2011 -- lasduplicate: created after Mark's packet arrived
29 April 2011 - lasindex: created after cable outage during the royal wedding (-:
27 April 2011 -- the LASreader of the LASlib interface now allows to seek()
25 April 2011 -- laszip: chunked compression for random access decompression
22 April 2011 -- txt2las & shp2las command-line flags specify projection VLR
18 April 2011 -- las2las: sets projection tags or reprojects horizontally
12 April 2011 -- lasboundary: output PolygonZ instead of PolylineZ for SHP files 
11 April 2011 -- all tools can now read/write ASCII via on-the-fly conversion
7 April 2011 -- las2dem: improved false colors and RGB color handling
6 April 2011 -- las2dem: added -intensity as an alternative to -elevation
22 March 2011 -- lasthin: ooups ... fixed a fat fat bug living in the sparsity
20 March 2011 -- txt2las: added capability to read *.zip, *.rar, and *.7z directly
20 March 2011 -- all tools can now read and write LASzip version 2.0
18 March 2011 -- new cool LASfilters and LAStransforms
15 March 2011 -- las2txt: added the 'E' option to place an '-extra STRING' 
4 March 2011 -- lasdem: added floating point -precision to ASC/BIL/TIF output
3 March 2011 -- lasdem: ASC ESRI ASCII *.asc grids as an output option 
27 February 2011 -- lasthin: keep '-sparse' grids in a hash_map or a map
24 February 2011 -- lasclip: added possibility to merely classify (not clip) points 
22 February 2011 -- txt2las: added option to scale the intensity scan_angle
12 February 2011 -- lasthin: option to keep highest instead of lowest point
7 February 2011 -- NEW: created lasclip after baking a cheese in dad's microwave oven 
26 January 2011 -- las2las, lasinfo, las2txt, and lasmerge: use LAStransform
5 February 2011 -- NEW: created lassort a few hours before having Lufthansa Thai food
23 January 2011 -- all tools use LASwriteOpener 
21 January 2011 -- all tools use LASreadOpener and can read multiple LAS files
21 January 2011 -- lasboundary: added the concept of a '-disjoint_hull' as output  
19 January 2011 -- NEW: created lastile after mara met with silke to talk about africa
17 January 2011 -- lasboundary: added capability to output '-holes' in the data set  
15 January 2011 -- las2iso: new LineWriter adds possibility to output in KML & WKT
4 January 2011 -- all tools have a LASfilter to clip or eliminate points
3 January 2011 -- laszip: completely refactored for integration into liblas
3 December 2010 -- laslib API: updated to (somewhat) support LAS format 1.3
30 November 2010 -- NEW: created lasprecision spotting few paper cups at Starbuck's Offenbach
7 February 2010 -- NEW: created lasgrid while pondering about Karleen's Valentine
17 January 2010 -- laszip: switched the range coder with faster arithmetic coder
30 October 2009 -- NEW: created lasboundary after working late and biking through the night
25 August 2009 -- NEW: created las2shp & las2shp after painting walls and hanging the yellow curtains
17 August 2009 -- las2iso: possibility to simplify and clean the contours
10 July 2009 -- lasinfo: '-auto_date' sets the day/year to the file creation date
11 April 2009 -- NEW: created las2dem after making an offer on 1881 Chestnut
6 April 2009 -- NEW: created las2iso after getting more serious about 1881 Chestnut
17 September 2008 -- all tools to deal with LAS format version 1.2
19 April 2008 -- NEW: created lasthin after not going on Sheker's full moon hike
31 March 2008 -- NEW: created las2tin on a lonely flight UA 927 from FRA to SFO
12 March 2008 -- all tools ask for input when started without arguments
17 November 2007 -- Howard contacts me. the LAStools code base branches off into LIBlas.
07 November 2007 -- NEW: created lasmerge after an email from luis.viveros@digimapas.cl
13 July 2007 -- lasinfo: new option to "repair" the header and change items
13 July 2007 -- txt2las: single pass if output is to file
10 July 2007 -- NEW: created las2las after talking with LLNL Linda about the H1B process
25 June 2007 -- txt2las: added warning in case that quantization causes a sign flip
9 May 2007 -- NEW: created lasview adapted from my streaming point viewer
4 May 2007 -- completed las2txt one month later because my mother passed away
4 April 2007 -- NEW: created las2txt in the ICE from Frankfurt Airport to Wuerzburg
25 March 2007 -- NEW: created lasinfo in Hongkong at Pacific Coffee after walking up the hill
26 February 2007 -- NEW: created txt2las sitting in the SFO lounge waiting for LH 455
23 February 2007 -- NEW: created lasdiff before getting ready for henna's birthday cabin trip
22 February 2007 -- laspointreaders and laspointwriters about an hour before henna's birthday
21 February 2007 -- NEW: created laswriter API after eating Sarah's veggies with peanutsauce
18 February 2007 -- NEW: created lasreader API after repairing 2 vacuum cleaners in the garden
14 February 2007 -- NEW: created laszip after picking flowers for henna's Valentine dinner