## General Instructions for taking fall and winter las files  --> rasterizing --> snow depth[ing]
+ ** read in las file **
  - check header file to determine: number of columns, variables and data type of each column:
  ` pts=textscan(file, '%f %f %f %*f %*f %u8','Headerlines',2,'CollectOutput',1) `
  use appropriate number of %f and %u8