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whitebox (version 2.1.0)

wbt_lidar_hillshade: Lidar hillshade

Description

Calculates a hillshade value for points within a LAS file and stores these data in the RGB field.

Usage

wbt_lidar_hillshade(
  input,
  output,
  azimuth = 315,
  altitude = 30,
  radius = 1,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = FALSE,
  compress_rasters = FALSE
)

Arguments

input

Input LiDAR file.

output

Output file.

azimuth

Illumination source azimuth in degrees.

altitude

Illumination source altitude in degrees.

radius

Search Radius.

wd

Changes the working directory.

verbose_mode

Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.

compress_rasters

Sets the flag used by WhiteboxTools to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.