aboveR: 'LiDAR' Terrain Analysis and Change Detection from Above

Terrain change detection, cut and fill volume estimation, terrain profiling, reclamation monitoring, erosion analysis, and flood risk assessment from 'LiDAR' (Light Detection and Ranging) point clouds and digital elevation models ('DEMs'). Applications include surface mine reclamation monitoring, sediment pond capacity tracking, highwall safety classification, and erosion channel detection. Built on 'lidR' for point cloud I/O and 'terra' for raster operations. Includes access utilities for 'KyFromAbove' cloud-native elevation data on Amazon Web Services ('AWS') <https://kyfromabove.ky.gov/>. Methods for terrain change detection and volume estimation follow Li and others (2005) <doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.10.007>.

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: lidR, terra, sf
Suggests: rstac, httr2, cli, rgl, mapview, ggplot2, whitebox, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2026-03-19
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.aboveR (may not be active yet)
Author: Chris Lyons [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Chris Lyons <chris.lyons at ky.gov>
BugReports: https://github.com/chrislyonsKY/aboveR/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/chrislyonsKY/aboveR
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README
CRAN checks: aboveR results

Documentation:

Reference manual: aboveR.html , aboveR.pdf
Vignettes: Getting Started with aboveR (source, R code)

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Package source: aboveR_0.1.0.tar.gz
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