{"categories":[{"label":"Scientific/Engineering","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering/9"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Determines whether geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) fall on land or ocean using a compressed global elevation dataset at 1 km resolution.","skillfed_tags":["geospatial","land-sea-classification"],"use_cases":["Filter geographic datasets to include only land-based or ocean-based points before further processing","Validate or enrich location data in applications that need to classify user coordinates","Prepare training data for geospatial analysis by labeling points as land or sea","Generate visualizations or heatmaps that require fast land/ocean classification across grids"],"what_it_does":"global-land-mask provides a fast lookup function to classify any latitude/longitude point on Earth as land or ocean. It uses a precomputed binary mask derived from the GLOBE elevation dataset, which covers the entire planet at 1 km resolution and is compressed to about 2.5 MB. The package exports two main functions: globe.is_land() and globe.is_ocean(), both of which accept scalar or array inputs for batch queries.\n\nThe primary use case is rapid geolocation classification in data pipelines, geospatial analysis, or mapping applications. The documentation indicates significant performance advantages for bulk queries. The package treats lakes as land and acknowledges that resolution is not perfect, but is adequate for many practical purposes.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need fast land/ocean classification and can tolerate that the package is no longer maintained. The permissive MIT license and low install friction make it low-risk to add. However, verify that 1 km resolution and the specific treatment of lakes and coastlines match your accuracy requirements before committing to it in production."},"id":"global-land-mask","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/global-land-mask","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/global-land-mask.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/global-land-mask/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2020-10-05","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"global-land-mask","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Check whether a lat/lon point in on land or on sea"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":76134,"position":14653,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.0"}