SpaceLiDAR

A Julia toolbox for ICESat, ICESat-2 and GEDI data to quickly search, download, and load filtered point data with relevant attributes from the .h5 granules of each data product.
https://github.com/evetion/SpaceAltimetry.jl

Category: Sustainable Development
Sub Category: Environmental Satellites

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earth-observation gedi hacktoberfest icesat icesat-2 io julia laser remote-sensing

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cost dtm friction pcraster terrain gdal geo geospatial-data ogr proj

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A Julia package for working with ICESat2, ICESat-2 & GEDI data.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/evetion/SpaceAltimetry.jl
• Owner: evetion
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-02-17T11:50:45.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-08-13T10:33:04.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-08-14T04:43:17.553Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: earth-observation, gedi, hacktoberfest, icesat, icesat-2, io, julia, laser, remote-sensing
• Language: Julia
• Homepage: https://www.evetion.nl/SpaceAltimetry.jl/dev/
• Size: 3.6 MB
• Stars: 25
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 10
• Releases: 14
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  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Citation: CITATION.cff
  • Agents: AGENTS.md

README.md

import Pkg
Pkg.add("SpaceAltimetry")

using Extents
using SpaceAltimetry

vietnam = Extent(X = (102.0, 107.0), Y = (8.0, 12.0))

# Search NASA CMR.
granules = search(:ICESat2, :ATL08; extent = vietnam, version = 7)

# Configure NASA Earthdata credentials once, then download selected granules.
netrc!("username", "password")
download!(granules[1], "data")

# Local files and folders can be opened directly.
g = granule(joinpath("data", granules[1].id))
gs = SpaceAltimetry.granules("data")

using DataFrames
using SpaceAltimetry

g = granule("ATL08_20201121151145_08920913_006_01.h5")
t = table(g)

# Materialize when you need a DataFrame or another Tables.jl sink.
df = DataFrame(t)

t = table(g; tracks = ["gt1l", "gt1r"])

vars = SpaceAltimetry.default_variables(g)
push!(vars, Variable(:slope, "land_segments/terrain/h_te_slope", Float32))
t = table(g; variables = vars)

t = explore(g)

using DataFrames
using Extents
using SpaceAltimetry

g = granule("GLAH14_634_1102_001_0071_0_01_0001.H5")
greenland = Extent(X = (-75.0, -10.0), Y = (58.0, 84.0))

df = table(g) |>
    InExtent(greenland) |>
    ICESat.Quality() |>
    ICESat.SaturationCorrect() |>
    ICESat.TopexToWGS84() |>
    ToEGM2008() |>
    DataFrame

Citation (CITATION.cff)

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message: "If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata."
authors:
  - affiliation: "Deltares, TU Delft"
    family-names: Pronk
    given-names: Maarten
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8758-3939"
  - affiliation: "NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory"
    family-names: Gardner
    given-names: Alex
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-8889"
date-released: 2021-07-30
title: "SpaceAltimetry.jl"
version: 0.2.2
url: "https://github.com/evetion/SpaceAltimetry.jl"
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7213658

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• Name: Maarten Pronk
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• Kind: user
• Description: GeoData Scientist working on elevation modelling @Deltares. External PhD candidate at @TUDelft3d
• Website: https://www.evetion.nl
• Location: Netherlands
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