Rasteric: A Comprehensive Geospatial Library
Rasteric is a robust library designed for geospatial data preprocessing, analysis, and modeling. It provides a wide range of tools for working with raster and vector data, making it an essential tool for geospatial professionals. Whether you are analyzing satellite imagery, performing land use classification, or working with environmental data, Rasteric simplifies the process of data transformation and manipulation.
Supported Data Formats
Rasteric supports a variety of geospatial data formats, making it versatile for different use cases:
- Raster Data: GeoTIFF, TIFF
- Vector Data: Shapefiles, GeoJSON
- Tabular Data: CSV files with spatial attributes (e.g., latitude and longitude)
Key Features and Functions
Data Handling
- convpath(): Standardizes file paths to ensure cross-platform compatibility.
- stack(): Combines multiple raster files into a single multi-band raster.
- mergecsv(): Merges multiple CSV files into a single CSV.
Data Analysis
- zonalstats(): Computes zonal statistics for vector polygons based on raster values.
- stats(): Provides basic raster statistics (min, max, mean, standard deviation).
- ndvi(): Computes the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, useful for vegetation…