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Summary
Name	ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format
Version	1.1
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/369
Family
Classification	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
Orientation	Binary
Byte order	Little-endian (Intel)
Related file formats	Is previous version of ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format (1.2) Is subsequent version of ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format (1.0)
Technical Environment
Released	07 Mar 2005
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	American Soc. For Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing / American Soc. for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	03 Nov 2011
Source description	Format information supplied by the Geospatial Multistate Access and Preservation Partnership (GeoMAPP), a grant funded collaboration involving North Carolina, Kentucky, Utah, and Montana state archives, and sponsored by the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) of the Library of Congress.
Last updated	03 Nov 2011
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