An advanced geospatial data analysis platform
Note: Compiled binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux can be found at: https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/download-whiteboxtools/
Release Notes
Note: Compiled binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux can be found at: https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/download-whiteboxtools/
Release Notes:
The most important feature in this release is the addition of support for reading and writing the LAZ compressed LiDAR format for all of the LiDAR tools in WBT.
Version 1.5.0 (31-05-2021)
max_procs: -1
), there are
certain conditions where this behaviour is undesirable. For example, when WBT is run on large servers
or cloud-computing environments where a great many cores are shared among many users, it can be
problematic when a single user/program consumes all of the available cores. This setting limits
the maximum number of procs.This release add some new tools and several bug fixes. Of the new tools, we are most excited about the addition of the TimeInDaylight tool, which estimates the proportion of daytime that each cell in a digital surface model (DSM) is in an exposed area. This is a very powerful method of performing a basic solar radiation modelling workflow. The new LidarDigitalSurfaceModel tool can be used to create DSMs for input to the TimeInDaylight tool. In addition to these updates, the User Manual has also been updated in numerous places with enhanced documentation. As always, if you wish to compile from source code, be sure to update to the most recent version of Rust beforehand using rustup update stable
. Pre-compiled binaries are available for Windows (win), MacOS (Darwin), and Linux on Github and from the WhiteboxTools homepage. Please report any bugs that you encounter by creating an issue on the WhiteboxTools Github site.
This release adds a few new tools, including two options for creating more advanced hillshade images from DEMs, and better raster file support. This includes critical fixes for the WBT GeoTIFF reader/writer and added support for reading BIL files.