Bug#550218: ITP: python-liblas -- A Python module to use the ASPRS LiDAR data translation library

[Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Debian GIS Project <pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

* Package name    : python-liblas
  Version         : 1.2.1
  Upstream Author : Howard Butler <hobu.inc@gmail.com>
* URL             : http://pypi.python.org/pypi/libLAS
* License         : BSD
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : A Python module to use the ASPRS LiDAR data translation library

  This is the python binding for the libLAS library. LibLAS is a C/C++
  library for reading and writing ASPRS LAS versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2
  data. The LAS format is a sequential binary format used to store
  data from sensors and as intermediate processing storage by some
  LiDAR-related applications. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is
  an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of
  scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant
  target. The prevalent method to determine distance to an object or
  surface is to use laser pulses.