load_raster_data: Load raster data from various sources

In geospatialsuite: Comprehensive Geospatiotemporal Analysis and Multimodal Integration Toolkit

Load raster data from various sources

Description

Universal function to load raster data from files, directories, or raster objects with comprehensive error handling and validation.

Usage

load_raster_data(
  input_data,
  pattern = "\\.(tif|tiff)$",
  recursive = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

input_data	Character string (path to file or directory), character vector of file paths, or a SpatRaster/Raster* object
pattern	File pattern for directory search (default: tif files)
recursive	Search subdirectories recursively
verbose	Print progress messages

Value

List of terra SpatRaster objects

Examples

## Not run: 
# These examples require directory structures with multiple data files
# Load from directory with error handling
rasters <- load_raster_data("/path/to/raster/files")

# Load from file list with validation
rasters <- load_raster_data(c("file1.tif", "file2.tif"))

## End(Not run)

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