Well Logging Ascii Standard Format (WLAS) Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

WLAS

Reader/Writer

Reader

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

Based on section headers

Typical File Extensions

.las

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

No

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Not Applicable

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type Attribute

wlas_type

Encoding Support No

WLAS Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

no

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

no

none

yes

point

no

point cloud

no

polygon

no

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

no