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  las2tindex
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:Author: Luca Delucchi
:Contact: luca.delucchi@fmach.it

las2tindex create a OGR vector file containg the tile index of several
LAS/LAZ files.

If `libLAS Python library <../tutorial/python>`_ is installed the script use it otherwise it launch and
parse lasinfo command to obtain the bounding box of each LAS/LAZ file

.. note::
    Windows users can install GDAL binaries using friendly installer from OSGeo4W package.

Usage
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::

    $ las2tindex -h
    Usage: las2tindex OPTIONS lasfiles
    Options are:
        -h print this message
        -o [--output]   output file
        -f [--format]   OGR format for output file
        -e [--epsg]     EPSG code of input and output file

Example
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Write tile index file in ESRI Shapefile format of all your LAS files into folder

::

    $ las2tindex -o points.shp *.las

Write tile index file in KML format of three LAZ files

::

    $ las2tindex -o points.kml -f KML first.laz second.laz third.laz
