OSGeo4W-NG - Can Not Load LAS/LAZ

[Saijin-Naib]

Describe the bug LAS/LAZ files are not able to be listed in QGIS Browser, nor successfully added to a canvas (either by drag and drop or by Data Source Manager).

How to Reproduce Try to open any LAS/LAZ file using the methods listed above.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19295950/109008228-1167c380-767b-11eb-8318-a26af5fc7550.mp4

QGIS and OS versions QGIS version 3.18.0-Zürich QGIS code revision bdef9fb3 Compiled against Qt 5.15.2 Running against Qt 5.15.2 Compiled against GDAL/OGR 3.2.1 Running against GDAL/OGR 3.2.1 Compiled against GEOS 3.9.1-CAPI-1.14.2 Running against GEOS 3.9.1-CAPI-1.14.2 Compiled against SQLite 3.33.0 Running against SQLite 3.33.0 Compiled against PDAL 2.2.0 Running against PDAL 2.2.0 (git-version: 38aa11) PostgreSQL Client Version 13.0 SpatiaLite Version 5.0.1-rc1 QWT Version 6.1.3 QScintilla2 Version 2.11.5 Compiled against PROJ 7.2.1 Running against PROJ Rel. 7.2.1, January 1st, 2021 OS Version Windows 10 Version 2009 Active python plugins bettereditor; CalculateGeometry; cartography_tools; MemoryLayerSaver; project_colors_dock; slyr; toggle_labels_widget; zoom_level; db_manager; MetaSearch; processing

Additional context Log Messages - General
2021-02-24T08:25:52 WARNING Unable to load Z:/Static Backups/USERNAME/GIS Thesis Files/Seneca_LIDAR/All_TMcorrected_Seneca_classified.las

Log Messages - OGR
2021-02-24T08:25:52 WARNING Cannot open Z:/Static Backups/USERNAME/GIS Thesis Files/Seneca_LIDAR/All_TMcorrected_Seneca_classified.las.()

Log Messages - Messages
2021-02-24T08:25:52 CRITICAL Invalid Data Source : Z:/Static Backups/USERNAME/GIS Thesis Files/Seneca_LIDAR/All_TMcorrected_Seneca_classified.las is not a valid or recognized data source.

[wonder-sk]

Can you please check if:

• in About > Providers - can you see "PDAL point cloud data provider" in the list?
• in Data Source Manager > Point Cloud - are you able to open a LAS/LAZ file there?

Where did you install the OSGeo4W-NG ? Is there a chance you have had a previous version of OSGeo4W installed in the same directory and there is some clash of libraries?

[Saijin-Naib]

• in About > Providers - can you see "PDAL point cloud data provider" in the list?

No, it is not listed.

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• in Data Source Manager > Point Cloud - are you able to open a LAS/LAZ file there?

Nope, as indicated above, it does not list it as a supported format, and choosing All Types and selecting a LAS/LAZ yields the Unsupported File Type error.

Where did you install the OSGeo4W-NG ? Is there a chance you have had a previous version of OSGeo4W installed in the same directory and there is some clash of libraries?

http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/testing/osgeo4w-setup.exe

No chance of conflicts. Prior install of QGIS 3.16 was fully uninstalled, and the directory deleted/emptied prior to install using OSGeo4G-NG from above link to install QGIS 3.18.0-5

Further, I made sure that pdal/pdal-libs were both installed but it still does not work. To me this implies that somehow the Windows builds for OSGeo4W-NG are not compiled with PDAL support.

[bellanz80]

I confirm All.

[puneethgeospoc]

I am using version 3.22.14 on m1 Mac. I do not have point cloud support in my Data Source Manager. Not does the drag/drop load las/laz file. Any solutions to this coming up ?