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+LASzip - a free product of rapidlasso GmbH - quickly turns bulky LAS files
+into compact LAZ files without information loss. Terabytes of LAZ data are
+now available for free download from various agencies making LASzip, winner
+of the 2012 Geospatial World Forum Technology Innovation Award in LiDAR 
+Processing and 2nd place winner for innovative product at INTERGEO 2012,
+the de-facto standard for LiDAR compression.