[R-sig-Geo] Raster Data Management Advice

[Zivan Karaman]

Hi,
Perhaps STAC <https://stacspec.org/en/> could help you?
Best,
Zivan


On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 6:35 PM Alexander Ilich <ailich using mail.usf.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi, I was wondering if anyone has some advice on how to organize raster
> data so that it is easily queryable by various attributes (e.g. find me all
> the rasters of data type bathymetry, collected by this organization with
> 10m resolution or finer ). Currently we have data on a server organized
> often by when/where it was collected but that can make it difficult to find
> specific rasters that meet a certain criteria. I've created a table as a
> csv file on github <https://github.com/ailich/WFS_Multibeam_Metadata> where
> each row is a raster and it has various column attributes describing it
> (e.g. who collected it, what sonar was used, resolution, coordinate system,
> etc) and a path to the filename as a temporary solution, but I think some
> type of spatial database that would allow for querying and then reading
> into R as terra objects, as well as into QGIS and ArcGIS as layers for
> visualization would be optimal as multiple project members use these data.
> Tools I've come across that seem potentially useful include PostGIS and
> Geopackage, but I'm not entirely sure how to properly set them up or if
> they'd suit my needs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
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