What is the procedure to load LAS files in QGIS 2.0.1?

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What is the present procedure to load LAS files in QGIS 2.0.1?

After some searching I found a paper outlining the procedure; however, it was for 1.8.something, and related posts here are all rather dated.

related question (QGIS 1.7): http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/19338/viewing-las-format-lidar-data-in-qgis?rq=1 — underdark, Oct 05 '13 at 20:03
LAS files are very specialised and really need fancy software to do stuff with them. You can use LASTools in QGIS with the extension for free and make surface DEMs etc. Then work with the resulting raster data as normal... My question would be what do you want to do with the data? — Alex Leith, Oct 07 '13 at 06:25

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 07 '13 at 05:02

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A paid LAStools toolbox has been released for QGIS by Rapidlasso GmbH. Instructions on installing it can be found at:

You can find the pricing information on this page: http://rapidlasso.com/pricing/

edited Oct 07 '13 at 05:02

Devdatta Tengshe

answered Oct 03 '13 at 10:28

HeikkiVesanto

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Great link to an amazing set of tools; though a link to their pricing and licensing should not be overlooked: http://rapidlasso.com/pricing/ – V. Kelly Bellis Oct 04 '13 at 08:52
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Is the LAStools the only way to load an las file? – V. Kelly Bellis Oct 04 '13 at 22:21

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