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Merge PR#163 to draft-1.5 from ASPRSorg/issue-82-clarification-of-classification-lookup-vlr
Add deprecation notice of the Classification Lookup VLR (§4.1). Add introductory paragraph to Optional VLR Definitions section.
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source/01_intro.txt

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`I-129 <https://github.com/ASPRSorg/LAS/issues/129>`_)
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* Clarify requirement that the Extra Bytes VLR must be unique.
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(`I-150 <https://github.com/ASPRSorg/LAS/issues/150>`_)
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* Deprecated Classification Lookup VLR.
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(`I-82 <https://github.com/ASPRSorg/LAS/issues/82>`_)
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Conformance

source/04_optional_vlrs.txt

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Optional VLR Definitions
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Classification Lookup
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Definitions for official :ref:`vlrdef_label` and :ref:`evlrdef_label`
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are provided in this section as a means to extend the LAS file format.
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Additional VLR and EVLR definitions contributed by the LAS Working Group and the
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LAS community can be found on the :ref:`Official LAS Wiki <laswiki_link>`.
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Classification Lookup (Deprecated)
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char Description[15];
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}; //total of 16 bytes
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The legacy Classification Lookup VLR (Record ID 0) has been a feature of the LAS specification
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since LAS 1.0. This VLR is deprecated in LAS 1.5 due to the limitation of
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15 characters being insufficient for a detailed description. An updated
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version of the VLR may be found on the :ref:`Official LAS Wiki <laswiki_link>`.
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Text Area Description
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to the end of the LAS file. The existing VLR which has been superseded must be
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marked with the SUPERSEDED Record ID.
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.. raw:: latex
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\newpage
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.. _fwf_descriptor_label:
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Waveform Packet Descriptor

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