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whitebox (version 2.1.0)

wbt_lidar_thin: Lidar thin

Description

Thins a LiDAR point cloud, reducing point density.

Usage

wbt_lidar_thin(
  input,
  output,
  resolution = 2,
  method = "lowest",
  save_filtered = FALSE,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = FALSE,
  compress_rasters = FALSE
)

Arguments

input

Input LiDAR file.

output

Output LiDAR file.

resolution

The size of the square area used to evaluate nearby points in the LiDAR data.

method

Point selection method; options are 'first', 'last', 'lowest' (default), 'highest', 'nearest'.

save_filtered

Save filtered points to separate file?.

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.