Another blow for liberty? The latest product by rapidlasso GmbH<http://rapidlasso.com/> - creators ofLAStools<http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools> and LASzip <http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip> - is an open source tool aiming to liberate LiDAR points locked-up in proprietary "Optimized LAS"<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter> - a highly controversial, closed LiDAR format. The new LASliberator<http://github.com/LASliberator> can be downloaded here<https://github.com/LASliberator/lasliberate/archive/master.zip>. It comes as both, a simple command line tool for scripting and with an easy-to-use graphical interface. http://rapidlasso.com/2015/04/20/new-lasliberator-frees-lidar-from-closed-format/ Joseph Young Maine Office of GIS, Administrative Director Maine Library of Geographic Information, Executive Director SHS 145 51 Commerce Drive Augusta, Maine 04333-0145 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all Maine GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove your name and email address yourself at the this web address: http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 Or,you may also request that your name be removed by sending email to: [log in to unmask]