From 705cfc96ad2ff7f79230ea6a29ba8180f4e0359d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Howard Butler <hobu.inc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:30:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] only set vlrs if metadata option exists

---
 src/drivers/las/Writer.cpp | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/drivers/las/Writer.cpp b/src/drivers/las/Writer.cpp
index 48bab7c7b5..352dc5aed6 100644
--- a/src/drivers/las/Writer.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/las/Writer.cpp
@@ -449,13 +449,15 @@ void Writer::writeBufferBegin(PointBuffer const& data)
                              << filesource_id
                              << " from metadata " << std::endl;
 
-        // if (doForwardThisMetadata("vlr"))
-        // {
+        try
+        {
+
             boost::optional<pdal::Options const&> opts = \
                             getOptions().getOption("metadata").getOptions();
             if (opts)
                 setVLRsFromMetadata(m_lasHeader, m, *opts);
-        // }
+        } catch (pdal::option_not_found&) {  }
+
 
     } // useMetadata