lidR (version 1.5.0)

catalog: Build a catalog of las tiles/files

Description

Build a LAScatalog object from a folder name. A catalog is the representation of a set of las files, since a computer cannot load all the data at once. A catalog is a simple way to manage all the file sequentially by reading only the headers. Also a catalog contains metadata tso users can configure how it should be processed.

Usage

catalog(folder, ...)

cores(ctg)

cores(ctg) <- value

by_file(ctg)

by_file(ctg) <- value

buffer(ctg)

buffer(ctg) <- value

progress(ctg)

progress(ctg) <- value

tiling_size(ctg)

tiling_size(ctg) <- value

vrt(ctg)

vrt(ctg) <- value

Arguments

folder

string. The path of a folder containing a set of .las files

Extra parameters to list.files. Typically `recursive = TRUE`.

ctg

A LAScatalog object.

value

An appropriated value for catalog settings. See LAScatalog

Value

A LAScatalog object

See Also

LAScatalog-class plot catalog_apply catalog_queries