# \#geospatial **URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/geospatial/1307.md [Latest](https://discourse.julialang.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.julialang.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.julialang.org/tags.md) --- ## [Minimum distance from point to linestring on earth's surface](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minimum-distance-from-point-to-linestring-on-earths-surface/131964)
**Author:** [@droodman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/droodman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minimum-distance-from-point-to-linestring-on-earths-surface/131964 "2025-08-31T12:01:56Z")
Say I have a shapefile representing the highway network in South America and want to find the minimum geographic distance from that network to another point on the continent. Is there no simple way to do this with the av… --- ## [GeoTiff files retrieving metadata by using Rasters.jl as in rasterio.py](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/geotiff-files-retrieving-metadata-by-using-rasters-jl-as-in-rasterio-py/127587)
**Author:** [@JosephPollacco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JosephPollacco)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/geotiff-files-retrieving-metadata-by-using-rasters-jl-as-in-rasterio-py/127587 "2025-04-02T08:45:44Z")
Hi, I am looking how to retrive metadata from GeoTiff files by using Julia language. I can obtain the relevant information by using the rasterio.jl python package, but I am struggling to perform the same commands by u… --- ## [Spatial Join with GeometryOps is killing my Julia session](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spatial-join-with-geometryops-is-killing-my-julia-session/122863)
**Author:** [@alejandromerchan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alejandromerchan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spatial-join-with-geometryops-is-killing-my-julia-session/122863 "2024-11-25T16:13:03Z")
I’m trying to perform a spatial join in Julia between two files that aren’t that large. One is the California PLSS sections shapefile, which is publicly available here and is 164627 x 17 after some cleaning. The other I … --- ## [Animation from grid data/files:](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/animation-from-grid-data-files/114277)
**Author:** [@GeodeticR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GeodeticR)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/animation-from-grid-data-files/114277 "2024-05-17T15:53:52Z")
Making an animation with the GMT.jl package is not intuitive to me and I would love some guidance/direction on how to achieve my end goal. Luckily, though, using the GMT.jl package to plot a static grid is relatively st… --- ## [Package for implementing regression with spatial correlation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-for-implementing-regression-with-spatial-correlation/111893)
**Author:** [@JedPhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JedPhillips)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-for-implementing-regression-with-spatial-correlation/111893 "2024-03-24T23:03:59Z")
Are there any Julia packages that allow one to specify spatial correlation (or any correlation structure) when implementing generalizes least squares regression? I’m looking for something akin to the gls() function in th… --- ## [How to find a snapped point to a line string from a given point?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-find-a-snapped-point-to-a-line-string-from-a-given-point/111169)
**Author:** [@Chamika\_Kasun](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Chamika_Kasun)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-find-a-snapped-point-to-a-line-string-from-a-given-point/111169 "2024-03-05T00:51:29Z")
I have a line string as follows, consisting of a few points (longitude/latitude) coordinates in Paris. The task is to find the snapped point to the given line and a point line\_string = \[ \[ 145.0296835, -37.80… --- ## [How to calculate distance between two points along the LineString provided](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-calculate-distance-between-two-points-along-the-linestring-provided/106023)
**Author:** [@Chamika\_Kasun](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Chamika_Kasun)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-calculate-distance-between-two-points-along-the-linestring-provided/106023 "2023-11-12T23:11:11Z")
I have a line string and two points with me. I need to understand how to calculate the distance between two points along the provided line string. Also, note that in some cases, the provided points can be the same as the… --- ## [Finding the nearest way (line string) to a given point](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/finding-the-nearest-way-line-string-to-a-given-point/105882)
**Author:** [@Chamika\_Kasun](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Chamika_Kasun)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/finding-the-nearest-way-line-string-to-a-given-point/105882 "2023-11-07T12:57:51Z")
I have got a few ways (i.e line strings) and a point, using the point, I need to find the closest way to a given point. How do I do that. Ignore the grey box and the small red circle in the image. ways\_map = Dict( "… --- ## [How to calculate the nearest point on a line to a given point](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-calculate-the-nearest-point-on-a-line-to-a-given-point/105743)
**Author:** [@Chamika\_Kasun](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Chamika_Kasun)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-calculate-the-nearest-point-on-a-line-to-a-given-point/105743 "2023-11-07T11:45:59Z")
I’ve a line string that has long/lat coordinates as follows: \[ \[ 146.54294815408372, -36.04985956921628 \], \[ 146.5457684472937, -36.049249881… --- ## [Software Engineer position at Arpeggeo®](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/software-engineer-position-at-arpeggeo/96180)
**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/software-engineer-position-at-arpeggeo/96180 "2023-03-16T12:12:37Z")
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