#geo-json #svg #remote #earth #pretty-print #sensing #footprints

bin+lib footprint

Simplified format for Earth remote sensing instrument footprints

6 releases

0.2.4 Nov 19, 2025
0.2.3 Nov 14, 2025
0.2.2 Apr 9, 2024
0.1.0 Aug 30, 2023

#245 in Geospatial

Apache-2.0 OR MIT

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footprint

This defines a simple format, serialized using MPK, containing "footprints". A footprint is simply a multipolygonal area given in WGS84 coordinates, representing a remote sensing satellite's pixel.

Converting footprint information from different satellites to a common format makes it more convenient when looking for simultaneous (coincident) observations.

A tool, fptool, allows merging different files, exporting the footprints in GeoJSON format (with or without pretty-printing), drawing them as SVG or dumping their contexts in human-readable text form.

Changes

  • 0.2.4: Include antimeridian-cutting routine and expose geo crate
  • 0.2.3: Update depdendencies
  • 0.2: Use anyhow for errors, reorganize into workspace
  • 0.1: Initial version

Dependencies

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~247K SLoC