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fasterRaster

Faster Raster and Spatial Vector Processing Using 'GRASS'

v8.4.1.2 · Apr 17, 2026 · GPL (>= 3)

Description

Processing of large-in-memory/large-on disk rasters and spatial vectors using 'GRASS' <https://grass.osgeo.org/>. Most functions in the 'terra' package are recreated. Processing of medium-sized and smaller spatial objects will nearly always be faster using 'terra' or 'sf', but for large-in-memory/large-on-disk objects, 'fasterRaster' may be faster. To use most of the functions, you must have the stand-alone version (not the 'OSGeoW4' installer version) of 'GRASS' 8.0 or higher.

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 7, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

examples

Running massageExamples to create ‘fasterRaster-Ex.R’ failed
Error in file(out, "wt") : cannot open the connection
Calls: <Anonymous> -> Rd2ex -> file
In addition: Warning message:
In file(out, "wt") :
  cannot open file '/tmp/Rtmpu9Lhf8/file1069112eef5225/madCover.R': No space left on device
Execution halted
 NONE
OK 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
NOTE 11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is  6.3Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R      3.1Mb
    help   2.1Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is  6.2Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R      3.0Mb
    help   2.0Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is  6.1Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    R      2.9Mb
    help   2.1Mb

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies data.table DT omnibus rgrass sf shiny terra (>= 1.7) fasterRaster

Version History

7 tracked
updated 8.4.1.2 ← 8.4.1.1 diff Apr 17, 2026
new 8.4.1.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 8.4.1.1 ← 8.4.1.0 diff Nov 17, 2025
updated 8.4.1.0 ← 8.4.0.7 diff Jun 19, 2025
updated 8.4.0.7 ← 8.4.0.5 diff Apr 24, 2025
updated 8.4.0.5 ← 8.4.0.3 diff Feb 24, 2025
new 8.4.0.3 Dec 16, 2024