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Format

ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format

Summary

Name
ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format
Version
1.2
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/370
Format type
  • GIS
  • Image (Raster)
Disclosure
Full
Description
The Lidar Data Exchange Format is a binary file format for the interchange of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) optical remote sensing data. Specifications available at http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html
File extensions
las, laz
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
American Soc. For Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing / American Soc. for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format 1.2

Note
ASCII header: LASF, followed after 20 bytes by version number 1.2

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
4C415346{20}0102{78}[00:99]
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V55

    Release date
    4 January 2012

    ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format 1.2: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format 1.2: Partial entry added. Submission from the Geospatial Multistate Access and Preservation Partnership (GeoMAPP).