This tool identifies the minimum convex hull enclosing a set of LiDAR points. The hull is output as a shapefile of POLYGON ShapeType. The user must input the names of the input LAS (LiDAR) file as well as the output vector file.
The following is an example of a Python script using this tool:
wd = pluginHost.getWorkingDirectory()
inputFile = wd + "input.las"
outputFile = wd + "output.shp"
args = [inputFile, outputFile]
pluginHost.runPlugin("LasFootprint", args, False)
This is a Groovy script also using this tool:
def wd = pluginHost.getWorkingDirectory()
def inputFile = wd + "input.las"
def outputFile = wd + "output.shp"
String[] args = [inputFile, outputFile]
pluginHost.runPlugin("LasFootprint", args, false)