GeoIndexR: Computation of Spectral and Geospatial Indices from Multispectral Raster Data

A unified, fast, and extensible framework for calculating spectral and geospatial indices from multispectral raster datasets (e.g., NDVI - Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDWI - Normalized Difference Water Index, MNDWI - Modified Normalized Difference Water Index, NDBI - Normalized Difference Built-up Index, SAVI - Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index, EVI - Enhanced Vegetation Index, GNDVI - Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDMI - Normalized Difference Moisture Index, BSI - Bare Soil Index). Designed around 'terra' 'SpatRaster' objects, it supports multi-band rasters, automatic band resolution, sensor presets (Sentinel-2, Landsat-8/9), customizable index parameters, vectorized computations, and comprehensive validation. Methods based on Rouse et al. (1973) , McFeeters (1996) <doi:10.1080/01431169608948714>, Xu (2006) <doi:10.1080/01431160600589179>, Zha et al. (2003) <doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00087-7>, Huete (1988) <doi:10.1016/0034-4257(88)90106-X>, Gitelson et al. (1996) <doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00072-7>, Wilson and Sader (2002) <doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00318-2>, and Rikimaru et al. (2002).

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 3.5.0)
Imports: graphics, stats, terra (≥ 1.7-0)
Suggests: covr, knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-10-10
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.GeoIndexR (may not be active yet)
Author: Mamadou Sow [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Mamadou Sow <sowsalim01 at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/sowsalim01/GeoIndexR/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/sowsalim01/GeoIndexR
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: GeoIndexR results

Documentation:

Reference manual: GeoIndexR.html , GeoIndexR.pdf
Vignettes: Introduction to GeoIndexR (source, R code)
End-to-End Multispectral Image Workflow (source, R code)
Vegetation Indices in GeoIndexR (source, R code)
Water and Moisture Indices in GeoIndexR (source, R code)

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Package source: GeoIndexR_0.1.0.tar.gz
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