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NetCDF and Zarr are essential formats for modern geospatial, climate, and big data workflows, especially as cloud-native pipelines become the norm. Check out these three new R packages created by Patrick van Laake:
- ncdfCF (https://r-cf.github.io/ncdfCF/) - modern interface to NetCDF data.
- zarr (https://r-cf.github.io/zarr/) - native support for Zarr arrays.
- geozarr (https://github.com/R-CF/geozarr) - handling of geospatially referenced Zarr arrays.
Are you interested in analyzing satellite data in R? My two courses from the OpenGeoHub summer school on flood detection and land surface temperature (LST) analysis are now available!
You can find learning materials for beginners in this repository: https://github.com/kadyb/ogh2026
This week we wrapped up the useR! conference in Warsaw. It was a fantastic event bringing together R enthusiasts from around the world. The talks covered a great mix of industry and academic perspectives, and I was particularly impressed by the strong representation from the GIS community. Thanks to everyone who attended and to the organizers for putting it together! See you at the next editions!
We have wrapped up the OpenGeoHub 2026 Summer School! Alongside inspiring lectures and hands-on workshops, we had the opportunity to explore beautiful Istanbul and experience its unique cuisine. Thanks to all the participants, lecturers and organizers. It was wonderful to meet you all in person, and I am glad that I had the opportunity to teach the workshops. I hope we will meet again in the future!
A few weeks ago, the rlas package was archived on CRAN (and therefore also lidR) due to an ASAN issue. The error is very difficult to reproduce, making it impossible to fix it and restore the package on CRAN. Could anyone help?
Issue: https://github.com/r-lidar/rlas/issues/79#issuecomment-5067076689
Are you looking for a summer school? Check out OpenGeoHub Summer School. The topic of this edition is “Data Science for Earth Observation: Hands-on Training in Python, R, and Julia”. The event will take place on August 17-21 in Istanbul, and is primarily aimed at students and academic staff. Besides great workshops and lectures, the event will also feature numerous social activities!
Website: https://opengeohub.org/2026/01/29/earth-observation-summer-school-2026/
Registration: https://forms.gle/eN8YQeVS86PFShJM8
The OpenGeoHub Summer School in Istanbul starts in just one week! The topic of this year’s edition is "Data Science for Earth Observation", covering three programming languages: Julia, R, and Python. The program includes many interesting lectures and hands-on workshops. We will also do plenty of sightseeing. See you there!
