Tools of the trade

Like any craft you need to use tools to be proficient. Geospatial analysis is no different. I have found the most utility from the following tools. If I find others I'll update this list accordingly.

QGIS

QGIS is a cross-platform application to create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information.

MapLibre GL JS

MapLibre GL JS is a TypeScript library to render raster and vector tiles on the web.

GDAL

GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats.

PROJ

PROJ is a generic coordinate transformation software that transforms geospatial coordinates from one coordinate reference system (CRS) to another.

PDAL

PDAL is a C++ library for translating and manipulating point cloud data.

CloudCompare

CloudCompare is a 3D point cloud (and triangular mesh) processing software. Supports LAS (LASer) file format which is designed for the interchange and archiving of Lidar point cloud data.