R Observatory: Metrics for rgeedim version 0.4.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

rgeedim

0.4.0Package record

Search, Composite, and Download 'Google Earth Engine' Imagery with the 'Python' Module 'geedim'

0packages depend

5.6Kdownloads / year

11.8%test coverage

11/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Andrew BrownCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Website ↗Issues ↗

Search, composite, and download 'Google Earth Engine' imagery with 'reticulate' bindings for the 'Python' module 'geedim' by Dugal Harris. Read the 'geedim' documentation here: https://geedim.readthedocs.io/. Wrapper functions are provided to make it more convenient to use 'geedim' to download images larger than the 'Google Earth Engine' size limit https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/apidocs/ee-image-getdownloadurl. By default the "High Volume" API endpoint https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/cloud/highvolume is used to download data and this URL can be customized during initialization of the package.

Changes in 0.4.0

Support for geedim v2.0.0 and earthengine-api v1.7+
Updated API calls to use ee.Image.gd and ee.ImageCollection.gd accessors
Fixed gd_collection_from_list() to correctly extract underlying ee.Image from geedim 2.0 accessor objects
gd_initialize() now defaults to credentials = NULL, using Application Default Credentials (ADC) by default
gd_properties() now correctly returns the full image ID (including collection path) for geedim 2.0.0+, fixing an issue where only the asset name was returned.
Fix for gd_export() when geedim >= 2.0.0 where passing overwrite argument caused a TypeError.
Consistent use of ee.Geometry for region argument in gd_search(), gd_composite(), and gd_download() when geedim >= 2.0.0.
Authentication and Headless Support
Standardized on GOOGLE_CLOUD_QUOTA_PROJECT environment variable for automatic project ID detection in gd_initialize()
gd_initialize(private_key_file=...) parameter and EE_SERVICE_ACC_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable are deprecated in favor of standard GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
gd_authenticate() and gd_initialize() now support authentication in headless environments (e.g. CI/CD, Workload Identity Federation)
Updated all vignettes and examples to use gd_is_initialized() and environment variable R_RGEEDIM_RUN_EXAMPLES for conditional evaluation

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gd_region() and gd_region_to_vect() improvements
gd_region() now correctly handles SpatVector objects with MultiPolygon geometries or holes by leveraging terra::writeVector(..., filetype="GeoJSON")
Using Python's native json module (via reticulate) for dependency-light GeoJSON serialization and parsing
gd_region_to_vect() now supports complex GeoJSON-like lists, including GeometryCollection

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("rgeedim", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("brownag/rgeedim")

Development version from brownag/rgeedim. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-rgeedim

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-rgeedim

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-rgeedim

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

2WARNING11OK

Check messages

WARNINGS3 generic/method consistencyr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
See section ‘Generic functions and methods’ in the ‘Writing R
Extensions’ manual.

WARNINGfor code/documentation mismatchesr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.

WARNINGfor missing documentation entriesr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
All user-level objects in a package should have documentation entries.
See chapter ‘Writing R documentation files’ in the ‘Writing R
Extensions’ manual.

WARNINGreplacement functionsr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
The argument of a replacement function which corresponds to the right
hand side must be named ‘value’.

NOTER code for possible problemsr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.

NOTERd \usage sectionsr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
The \usage entries for S3 methods should use the \method markup and not
their full name.
See chapter ‘Writing R documentation files’ in the ‘Writing R
Extensions’ manual.

NOTEdependencies in R coder-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.

NOTEforeign function callsr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.
See chapter ‘System and foreign language interfaces’ in the ‘Writing R
Extensions’ manual.

NOTEwhether startup messages can be suppressedr-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

warning: Failed to inspect Python interpreter from search path at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Can't use Python at `/usr/sbin/pypy`
  cause: Python executable does not support `-I` flag. Please use Python 3.6 or newer.

It looks like this package (or a package it requires) has a startup
message which cannot be suppressed: see ?packageStartupMessage.

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 18.8 min · r-release-windows-x86_64

Status changes

WARNING11 OK, 2 WARNINGNow
WARNING12 OK, 1 WARNING2026-09-10
OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-06-09
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-06-08

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OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 0.4.0

READMEYes · 882 wordsVignettesYes · 7 · dynamicNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 0.4.0Citation fileNoWebsiteYes · pkgdown

Help pages: 23 (1 internal)includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 11%2 run in a plain check · 11 only when donttest examples are enabled (R CMD check --as-cran) · 5 never run
Exported functions with examples: 86%
Documented parameters: 97%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

Vignettes (7)

How these are measured

Downloads

5.6K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #12,766 · ~15/day · ~471/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

33030 days

89090 days

5.6K1 year

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Also on81 r2u7 autocran

How downloads are counted

Repository

brownag/rgeedim ↗Account: brownag

53Stars

3Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

9Releases

262Commits

3Commit identities

google-earth-enginerterrageotiffrasterpythongeedimremote-sensing

262 commits · Last activity 2026-07-23

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): 100%
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 14
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: 0

PRs over time

2026-07-14 · 02026-07-24 · 0

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

7 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 4 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/brownag/rgeedim on 2026-10-21.

Continuous integration (2)

GitHub ActionsR CMD check workflow

The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on R-devel

Docs source (3)

README.Rmd

GitHub Pages site last deployed 2026-07-23 · The repository has a site deploy workflow

Coverage (1)

Coverage reporting (Codecov)

Automation and maintenance (1)

Dependabot

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v4 (2026-10-20)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing rgeedim adds 10 packages (7 with compiled code, 5.5 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: Rcpp 1.8 MB, reticulate 1.6 MB, jsonlite 1.0 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5

Imports (3)

utilsmethodsreticulate

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (4)

terra raster tinytest litedown

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Andrew Brown

Author, Maintainer since 0.1.0 (2022)

Dugal Harris

Copyright holder · added in 0.2.0

'geedim' 'Python' module

Releases (9)

Pick two releases to compare their code metrics.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.4.0Latest
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2026-02-02 · current release · diff ↗
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
0.2.7
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2024-01-18 · diff ↗
0.2.6
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2023-12-19 · diff ↗
0.2.5
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2023-08-17 · diff ↗ ·
added 2 exports
gd_list_assets, gd_region_to_vect
0.2.4
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2023-06-07 · diff ↗ ·
added 3 exports
gd_spectral_distance_metrics, gd_task_status, gd_task_uri
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
0.2.2
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2023-03-30 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
gd_install
0.2.1
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2023-02-14 · diff ↗
0.2.0
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2022-12-22 · diff ↗ ·
added 5 exports
gd_asset_id, gd_delete_asset, gd_export, gd_export_types, gd_get_asset
0.1.0
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2022-11-02
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22

Package metadata

First published: 2022-11-02
Total releases: 9 / 4 yrs
License: Apache License (>= 2)
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5
Download size: 270 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("rgeedim")

Format

Brown, A., & Harris, D. (2026). rgeedim: Search, Composite, and Download 'Google Earth Engine' Imagery with the 'Python' Module 'geedim' (Version 0.4.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.rgeedim

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for rgeedim version 0.4.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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