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Adds a keyless USGS 3DEP lidar point cloud provider for terrain, landscape, and scattering workflows.
What it does
Given a WGS84 bounding box, the skill queries the USGS TNM products API for Lidar Point Cloud (LPC) tiles and returns a bounded, deterministic candidate list. A chosen tile is downloaded as LAZ and returned as a validated AssetDescriptor carrying USGS-PD license metadata and a USGS 3DEP attribution string.
Two tools are exposed:
search_pointcloud_terrain lists candidates with title, format, size, and tile bounds so a tile can be chosen before committing to a large download.
download_pointcloud_terrain performs the download and returns the AssetDescriptor.
Boundedness
Queries are capped at 0.04 square degrees and at most 25 candidates. Results are ordered by tile title and source id, so the same bounds always return the same list rather than an unbounded crawl. An oversized bbox is rejected instead of being silently widened.
Verification
Verified against a real USGS 3DEP tile rather than a mock:
no API key and no Authorization header on any request
The download was repeated through the skill's own download_tile() helper and produced a byte-identical digest.
Notes
Coverage is the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and US territories. Bounding boxes elsewhere return an empty candidate list; that is a coverage limit, not a query error.
Tiles are commonly 40-200 MB, so download_pointcloud_terrain is not idempotent.
Scope is download only. Decimation, reprojection, DEM raster generation, and DCC scene import belong to the target DCC skill.
.gitattributes normalizes text to LF so packed skill archives stay byte-reproducible across checkout hosts.
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New Features
Added tools to search USGS 3DEP lidar tiles by geographic bounds and download selected tiles as LAZ files.
Search results cover the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories, with searches limited to 0.04 square degrees and up to 25 candidates.
Downloaded files include USGS attribution and licensing details.
Documentation
Added guidance on coverage, search limits, tile selection, and download behavior.
Adds USGS 3DEP point-cloud search and download tools. Searches validate WGS84 bounds and return sorted LAZ candidates. Downloads verify the payload before publishing it and return an asset descriptor with attribution. Repository text files are configured to use LF line endings.
Validates query bounds and URLs, filters and sorts LAZ candidates, and exposes the search tool. The README describes coverage and query limits. Smoke tests check candidate handling, URL restrictions, and the search response.
Select, download, and describe a tile skill/pointcloud-terrain/scripts/_tnm.py, skill/pointcloud-terrain/scripts/pointcloud_terrain.py, skill/pointcloud-terrain/tools.yaml, skill/pointcloud-terrain/SKILL.md, tests/smoke_test.py
Selects a candidate, verifies the downloaded payload, and returns file details with an attributed asset descriptor. The skill documentation and smoke tests cover the download and output schema.
Repository Text Handling
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Summary
Set repository text line endings .gitattributes
Configures automatic text handling and LF line endings for text files.
sequenceDiagram
participant ToolClient
participant pointcloud_terrain
participant _tnm
participant TNM_API
participant USGS_download_host
participant Local_filesystem
ToolClient->>pointcloud_terrain: Call main with bounds and output directory
pointcloud_terrain->>_tnm: Validate bounds and query candidates
_tnm->>TNM_API: Request products for the bounded query
TNM_API-->>_tnm: Return product records
_tnm-->>pointcloud_terrain: Return sorted LAZ candidates
pointcloud_terrain->>_tnm: Download selected tile
_tnm->>USGS_download_host: Stream LAZ payload
_tnm->>Local_filesystem: Verify temporary file and replace destination
pointcloud_terrain-->>ToolClient: Return file metadata and asset descriptor
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to b0fcd
Some valid tiles may be unavailable for selection, and a download without a usable length header may be reported as complete when it is not. Address both before merging.
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Review comments at @skill/pointcloud-terrain/scripts/_tnm.py:
- Around line 136-142: Update the download logic in the visible response-reading
flow to count received bytes and reject a download that does not match the
response’s Content-Length. Validate the completed file’s LASF signature, write
to a temporary file, and replace destination only after both checks pass; remove
the temporary file if any check or write fails.
- Around line 70-74: Update candidate selection around `payload` and
`MAX_CANDIDATES` to retain only LAZ products before sorting and applying the
25-candidate limit. Verify each selected product’s URL indicates LAZ format so
LAS products cannot be downloaded and labeled as LAZ.
- Around line 62-68: Restrict outbound requests in the endpoint and
selected-tile request flows to permitted hosts; validate each URL before
requesting it and enforce the same host and HTTPS rules on every redirect.
Update the urllib redirect handling so redirects cannot bypass these checks or
downgrade requests to HTTP or FTP.
Review comments at @skill/pointcloud-terrain/tools.yaml:
- Line 14: Resolve the undeclared geospatial group referenced by both tools:
either declare geospatial and reference it in the skill metadata, or remove both
group fields from the tools and metadata. Keep the group declarations and
references consistent so validation accepts the skill.
- Line 26: Update the output schemas for both entry points in tools.yaml to
describe the skill_success result envelope: place emitted fields under context,
use candidate_count instead of count, and include asset_descriptor alongside the
other actual context fields.
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Verify the download before publishing its final path.
For a response with Content-Length, Python’s sized read(chunk_size) can return an empty result after an early EOF without raising IncompleteRead. This loop then reports a truncated tile as a successful download and validated asset. Count bytes against Content-Length, check the LASF signature, and write to a temporary file before replacing the destination. Remove the temporary file on failure. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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[warning] 136-136: File path is request-/variable-derived; validate and normalize to prevent path traversal.
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Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').
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142:
Update the download logic in the visible response-reading flow to count received
bytes and reject a download that does not match the response’s Content-Length.
Validate the completed file’s LASF signature, write to a temporary file, and
replace destination only after both checks pass; remove the temporary file if
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Declare geospatial or remove both group references.
Both tools set group: geospatial, but neither skill/pointcloud-terrain/tools.yaml nor skill/pointcloud-terrain/SKILL.md declares that group. The dcc-mcp-core v0.19.67 validation contract checks group references against declared groups. The new validate_skills() smoke step therefore cannot accept this skill as declared. Add a group declaration and reference it from the skill metadata, or remove both group fields. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Resolve the undeclared geospatial group referenced by both tools: either declare
geospatial and reference it in the skill metadata, or remove both group fields
from the tools and metadata. Keep the group declarations and references
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Make both output schemas match the emitted result.
The search schema requires count, but search_pointcloud_terrain.main emits candidate_count. Both entry points use skill_success, which places those fields—and asset_descriptor—under context, not at the top level required by the schemas on Lines 26 and 67. A client validating a successful result against either declared schema will reject it. Describe the actual result envelope, including context.candidate_count and context.asset_descriptor. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the output schemas for both entry points in tools.yaml to describe the
skill_success result envelope: place emitted fields under context, use
candidate_count instead of count, and include asset_descriptor alongside the
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Adds a bounded, keyless lidar point cloud provider for terrain workflows.
- _tnm.py: TNM products client with bounded bbox queries capped at 0.04
square degrees and 25 candidates, ordered by title and source id so the
same bounds always return the same list.
- pointcloud_terrain.py: downloads one tile and returns a validated
AssetDescriptor carrying USGS-PD license and 3DEP attribution.
- search_pointcloud_terrain.py: lists candidates with size and format
before a download is committed.
Verified against a real USGS 3DEP tile: 48093708 bytes, sha256
d6ce2399924193e38ec11bd11e7e1e482557564350715c7b45e287bb0aa89b03,
LASF signature. No API key used.
Skill bundles are packed into archives whose SHA-256 is pinned in marketplace
entries. Without this, a Windows checkout rewrites text files to CRLF and the
published digest no longer matches the packed one.
Address the blocking review findings on the pointcloud-terrain skill:
- Declare the `geospatial` tool group in `groups.yaml` and reference it from
`metadata.dcc-mcp.groups`; both tools assigned to a group that no skill
declares previously loaded behind an undeclared group instead of a real one.
- Describe the real `skill_success` envelope in both `output_schema` entries:
`required: [success]` with the payload under `context`, matching
`dcc-mcp-core` and the `asset-source` reference skill. `count` is now the
actual `candidate_count` key.
- Pin every request, including each redirect hop, to the USGS hosts that
publish TNM metadata and 3DEP tiles (`tnmaccess.nationalmap.gov`,
`rockyweb.usgs.gov`, HTTPS only). A caller-supplied `endpoint` can no longer
turn the skill into a GET proxy for internal HTTPS services.
- List only tiles with a real `.laz` URL and derive the variant format from
that URL, so an LAS-only product can no longer be published as
`format: laz`.
- Download through a `.part` sidecar and only replace the target after the byte
count matches `Content-Length` and the payload starts with `LASF`, so a
truncated or HTML error response fails instead of shipping as a tile.
Smoke tests cover the allowlist, the LAZ filter, the envelope/schema
agreement, and the truncation/non-LAZ rejection. Verified locally with
`dcc-mcp-core 0.20.44` on Python 3.12, plus one live search (6 LAZ candidates)
and one live 171,350,840-byte tile download that passed both guards.
119-120: Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win
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Validate the shape of the TNM JSON response before indexing it.
json.loads can return any JSON value. If it returns a list or null, payload.get raises AttributeError. If items contains a non-object entry, laz_download_url(item) raises AttributeError on item.get. In download_pointcloud_terrain, this surfaces as a generic failure. The caller cannot tell it is a malformed upstream response.
Check the mapping and list types explicitly. Raise one clear error for a malformed response.
Proposed fix
- payload = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))- items = [item for item in (payload.get("items") or []) if laz_download_url(item)]+ payload = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))+ raw_items = payload.get("items") or [] if isinstance(payload, dict) else None+ if not isinstance(raw_items, list):+ raise ValueError("Malformed TNM response: expected an object with an 'items' list")+ items = [item for item in raw_items if isinstance(item, dict) and laz_download_url(item)]
Based on learnings: JSON response parsing that is followed by key indexing must route non-mapping values and invalid fields to the malformed-response path.
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Review comments at @skill/pointcloud-terrain/scripts/_tnm.py:
- Around line 101-105: Update build_query_url and query_candidates to request
TNM results with explicit max and offset values, advancing the offset until
results are exhausted or a documented hard limit is reached. Combine the fetched
items before filtering, sorting, and capping candidates so pick_tile can
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Review comments at @skill/pointcloud-terrain/scripts/pointcloud_terrain.py:
- Around line 99-102: Update download_tile to accept the TNM tile size as an
expected-size fallback, while preferring a valid Content-Length when available;
pass summary["size_in_bytes"] from main so incomplete downloads are rejected
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Web query:
USGS TNM Access API v1 products endpoint: default value of the "max" parameter and offset pagination rules
Result:
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<source kind="open_page">
<title>TNM Access API Documentation</title>
<location>https://tnmaccess.nationalmap.gov/api/v1/docs</location>
<excerpt>citeturn1view0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: today; Content type: text/html; Source: open({"ref_id":"turn0search2","lineno":null}); Total lines: 0
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<title>data.usgs.tnm.api module - pfdf 3.0.1</title>
<location>https://ghsc.code-pages.usgs.gov/users/jking/pfdf/api/data/usgs/tnm/api.html</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 1.3 years ago; pfdf.data.usgs.tnm.api.products(datasets, * (Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)), bounds=None, huc=None, formats=None, max_queries=1, max_products=None, max_per_query=500, offset=0, timeout=60)¶ ... By default, this command begins retrieving product info at the first search result.
# data.usgs.tnm.api module¶
Functions supporting low-level TNM API calls.
Function | Description
--- | ---
api_url | Returns the URL for the TNM API
query | Submits a single query to the TNM API and returns the response JSON
nproducts | Returns the total number of TNM products in a query
products | Returns info on queried products as a list of JSON dicts
pfdf.data.usgs.tnm.api.api_url()¶
Returns the URL for the TNM API
api_url()
Outputs:
str – The URL for the TNM API
pfdf.data.usgs.tnm.api.query(datasets, * (Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)), bounds=None, huc=None, formats=None, max=None, offset=None, timeout=60, strict=True)¶
Queries TNM and returns the response as a JSON dict
Query API
query(datasets)
Makes a single query to the TNM API and returns the response as a JSON dict. By default, raises an error if the response contains error messages, but refer below to disable this behavior. The `datasets` should be a string or list of strings.
Spatial Filters
query(..., *, bounds)
query(..., *, huc)
Optionally queries datasets within the indicated bounding box and/or hydrologic unit. The `bounds` input should be a BoundingBox-like input with a CRS. The `huc` input should be 2, 4, or 8-digit hydrologic unit code as a string (not an int). When using these parameters, the query will only return products that intersect these features. If you provide both bounds and huc, then only products that intersect both features will be returned.
File Formats
query(..., *, formats)
Only queries datasets that match the specified file formats.
Paging Parameters
query(..., *, max)
query(..., *, offset)
Specifies paging parameters for the query. The `max` is the maximum number of products that can be returned in the query - this value cannot exceed 1000. The `offset` is the number of products that should be skipped before the first product is read. Note that these parameters will generate an error if offset is greater than 100 and max is not a multiple of 5.
* formats (str | list[str]) – The file formats that should be queried
* max (int) – The maximum number of products that should be returned by the query
* offset (int) – The number of products to skip before returning product info
* strict (bool) – True (default) to raise an error if the response JSON contains error messages. False to not raise an error and return the JSON dict.
* timeout (scalar | vector) – The maximum number of seconds to connect with the TNM server
Outputs:
dict – TNM product info as a JSON dict
pfdf.data.usgs.tnm.api.nproducts(datasets, * (Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)), bounds=None, huc=None, formats=None, timeout=60)¶
Returns the total number of TNM products that match the search criteria
Count Products
nproducts(datasets)
Returns the total number of products in the indicated datasets. This can be much larger than the `max` paging parameter, which is capped at 1000. This function is mostly intended to help developers determine how many API queries will be required to retrieve all the products matching the search criteria. Note that `datasets` should be a string or list of strings indicating fully qualified TNM dataset names.
Spatial Filters
nproducts(..., *, bounds)
nproducts(..., *, huc)
You can also set timeout to None, in which case server queries will never time out. This may be useful for some slow connections, but is generally not recommended as your code may hang indefinitely if the server fails to respond…[truncated]</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>TNM Access API Documentation</title>
<location>https://tnmaccess.nationalmap.gov/api/v1/docs</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 weeks ago; ## TNM Access API 1.0.0 ... This viewer integrated both map service visualization, GIS functions and product download capabilities into a single HTML-based web interface.The focus now has shifted to provide more robust basic web services that expose the necessary information about our products and services to enable developers to build their own solutions to satisfy a wider range of use cases.
## TNM Access API
1.0.0
OAS3
In the past, our emphasis has been making our products and services visible to users through The National Map Viewer. This viewer integrated both map service visualization, GIS functions and product download capabilities into a single HTML-based web interface.The focus now has shifted to provide more robust basic web services that expose the necessary information about our products and services to enable developers to build their own solutions to satisfy a wider range of use cases. We are now building our own clients around this API to fully exercise and mature the service. Our Services List, Dataset List, and mobile optimized TNM Download Client leverage the information provided by the TNMAccess API.
Servers
[Select]
### Products
Represent the individual pre-staged downloadable products to users.
GET/products
Obtain product results.
### Datasets
Organize products by recognizable themes and collections of data. A single product may be tagged as belonging to one or more Datasets.
GET/datasets
Obtain dataset results.
### Notifications
Deliver information about new features and data available to users as well as upcoming maintenance windows.
GET/notifications
Obtain notification results.
### Services
Are primarily Web Map Services for visualization and secondarily Data Services for direct access to data. Visualization services currently provide Preview and Availability/Index map services. Data services include OGC WFS services for vector datasets and OGC WCS services for only select raster datasets.
GET/map_services
Obtain map services results.
#### Schemas
DatasetCodes
KeywordText
ProductsResponse
DatasetsResponse
NotificationsResponse
ServicesResponse</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>data.usgs.tnm.api module - pfdf 3.0.1</title>
<location>https://ghsc.code-pages.usgs.gov/users/jking/pfdf/api/data/usgs/tnm/api.html</location>
<excerpt>citeturn4search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 1.3 years ago; pfdf.data.usgs.tnm.api.query(datasets, * (Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)), bounds=None, huc=None, formats=None, max=None, offset=None, timeout=60, strict=True)¶ ... Unlike the paging parameter, `max_products` does not need to be a multiple of 5, and may also retrieve more than 1000 products (across multiple API queries). ... The offset must be less than the total number of products.
# data.usgs.tnm.api module¶
Functions supporting low-level TNM API calls.
Function | Description
--- | ---
api_url | Returns the URL for the TNM API
query | Submits a single query to the TNM API and returns the response JSON
nproducts | Returns the total number of TNM products in a query
products | Returns info on queried products as a list of JSON dicts
pfdf.data.usgs.tnm.api.api_url()¶
Returns the URL for the TNM API
api_url()
Outputs:
str – The URL for the TNM API
pfdf.data.usgs.tnm.api.query(datasets, * (Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)), bounds=None, huc=None, formats=None, max=None, offset=None, timeout=60, strict=True)¶
Queries TNM and returns the response as a JSON dict
Query API
query(datasets)
Makes a single query to the TNM API and returns the response as a JSON dict. By default, raises an error if the response contains error messages, but refer below to disable this behavior. The `datasets` should be a string or list of strings.
Spatial Filters
query(..., *, bounds)
query(..., *, huc)
Optionally queries datasets within the indicated bounding box and/or hydrologic unit. The `bounds` input should be a BoundingBox-like input with a CRS. The `huc` input should be 2, 4, or 8-digit hydrologic unit code as a string (not an int). When using these parameters, the query will only return products that intersect these features. If you provide both bounds and huc, then only products that intersect both features will be returned.
File Formats
query(..., *, formats)
Only queries datasets that match the specified file formats.
Paging Parameters
query(..., *, max)
query(..., *, offset)
Specifies paging parameters for the query. The `max` is the maximum number of products that can be returned in the query - this value cannot exceed 1000. The `offset` is the number of products that should be skipped before the first product is read. Note that these parameters will generate an error if offset is greater than 100 and max is not a multiple of 5.
Select Products
products(..., *, max_products)
products(..., *, offset)
Specify how many products, and which products, should be retrieved. Use `max_products` to specify the maximum number of search results whose info should be retrieved. Once this value is reached, all remaining search results are skipped. This input is essentially a more generalized “max” paging parameter. Unlike the paging parameter, `max_products` does not need to be a multiple of 5, and may also retrieve more than 1000 products (across multiple API queries). By default, max_products is set to None, which allows the command to retrieve info on any number of products.
By default, this command begins retrieving product info at the first search result. Use `offset` to skip the first N products before beginning to retrieve product info. You can combine offset with max_products to implement custom paging schemes. The offset must be less than the total number of products.
Connection Timeout
products(..., *, timeout)
Specifies a maximum time in seconds for connecting to the TNM server. This option is typically a scalar, but may also use a vector with two elements. In this case, the first value is the timeout to connect with the server, and the second value is the time for the server to return the first byte. You can also set timeout to None, in which case server queries will never time out. This may be useful…[truncated]</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>Is there an API for accessing The National Map data? | U.S. Geological Survey</title>
<location>https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/there-api-accessing-national-map-data</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 days ago; The National Map (TNM) has one API (TNMAccess) that provides access to all TNM downloadable products that are available through The National Map Download Client.Developers can use HTTP GET and POST requests to directly access products, or use the light graphical interface on the API page to generate queries to send to the API.
# Is there an API for accessing The National Map data?
An Application Programming Interface (API) is a way for developers to interface with data.
The National Map (TNM) has one API (TNMAccess) that provides access to all TNM downloadable products that are available through The National Map Download Client.
Developers can use HTTP GET and POST requests to directly access products, or use the light graphical interface on the API page to generate queries to send to the API.
Learn more:
* TNM Access API Guide
* The National Map Applications
* The National Map Data Download
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Citations:
- 1: https://tnmaccess.nationalmap.gov/api/v1/docs?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://ghsc.code-pages.usgs.gov/users/jking/pfdf/api/data/usgs/tnm/api.html?utm_source=openai
Paginate TNM results before filtering and capping.
query_candidates sends one request and processes only that response page. If the matching LPC products exceed the server page size, valid LAZ tiles are omitted. pick_tile can then reject a valid source_id that was on a later page.
Pass explicit max and offset values to build_query_url. Page until the results are exhausted, or until a documented hard limit. Then filter, sort, and cap the combined items. The existing sort is deterministic for the returned items; the issue is the incomplete candidate set, not dependence on upstream ordering.
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Review comment at @skill/pointcloud-terrain/scripts/_tnm.py around lines 101 -
105:
Update build_query_url and query_candidates to request TNM results with explicit
max and offset values, advancing the offset until results are exhausted or a
documented hard limit is reached. Combine the fetched items before filtering,
sorting, and capping candidates so pick_tile can consider valid products from
later pages.
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Follow-up to the download-guard review round:
- Walk every TNM result page (`max`/`offset`, capped by `MAX_SCANNED_ITEMS`)
before filtering, so a valid LAZ tile beyond the first page is not dropped
and `pick_tile` can still select it.
- Fall back to the TNM `sizeInBytes` value when the response carries no usable
`Content-Length`, so an early EOF is still rejected on servers that omit the
length.
Smoke tests cover the two-page walk (offsets 0 and 100, capped at 25) and the
Content-Length/size resolution.
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Adds a keyless USGS 3DEP lidar point cloud provider for terrain, landscape, and scattering workflows.
What it does
Given a WGS84 bounding box, the skill queries the USGS TNM products API for
Lidar Point Cloud (LPC)tiles and returns a bounded, deterministic candidate list. A chosen tile is downloaded asLAZand returned as a validatedAssetDescriptorcarryingUSGS-PDlicense metadata and a USGS 3DEP attribution string.Two tools are exposed:
search_pointcloud_terrainlists candidates with title, format, size, and tile bounds so a tile can be chosen before committing to a large download.download_pointcloud_terrainperforms the download and returns theAssetDescriptor.Boundedness
Queries are capped at 0.04 square degrees and at most 25 candidates. Results are ordered by tile title and source id, so the same bounds always return the same list rather than an unbounded crawl. An oversized bbox is rejected instead of being silently widened.
Verification
Verified against a real USGS 3DEP tile rather than a mock:
USGS_LPC_CO_Central_and_WesternCO_2016_A16_LD29701680.lazContent-Lengthd6ce2399924193e38ec11bd11e7e1e482557564350715c7b45e287bb0aa89b03LASFsignature, i.e. a valid LAZ payloadThe download was repeated through the skill's own
download_tile()helper and produced a byte-identical digest.Notes
download_pointcloud_terrainis not idempotent..gitattributesnormalizes text to LF so packed skill archives stay byte-reproducible across checkout hosts.Summary by CodeRabbit