CI(deps): Update dependency PDAL/PDAL to v2.9.2 #6538

@normanb added support for GDAL VSI in #4647. It is now possible to use VSI to control access to remote content. Any /vsi-prefixed file path will go through GDAL's VSI layer.

pdal info \
    /vsicurl/https://github.com/PDAL/data/raw/refs/heads/main/autzen/autzen-classified.copc.laz \
    --readers.copc.resolution=1000

FileSpec Support

@trns1997 and @ibell13 added support for "FileSpec" in #4633 and #4625. FileSpec allows you to add a JSON node with filename, headers, and query members to control access to remote content. FileSpec uses non-VSI remote file access, so any http:// or s3:// -prefixed URLs will use this access system.

[
  {
    "type": "readers.copc",
    "filename": {
      "path": "https://some/remote/file.laz",
      "headers": {
        "headerkey": "headerval"
      },
      "query": {
        "querykey": "queryval"
      }
    }
  }
]

nlohmann Public API removal

https://github.com/nlohmann/json unfortunately changed its primary data type and broke the usage pattern that PDAL and others had been using to forward declare and use it. Initially reported by @jgrocha in #4706, it was decided to completely remove nlohmann from PDAL's public API to prevent downstream PDAL users compilation from breaking in the future when they are also using nlohmann in their APIs. See (#4721, #4722, #4723, #4724, #4725, #4727, #4728, #4731) for details.

New Stages

Add writers.spz and readers.spz (open 3DGS format from Niantic) by @ibell13 in #4653
Add filters.supervoxel stage by @bramton in #4735

New Features and Enhancements

Multi-thread support, where query, and new options for pdal tindex by @ibell13 in #4531
FileSpec support for readers.tindex and readers.stac by @ibell13 in #4738
Extend filters.gpstimeconvert to handle day seconds. by @gui2dev in #4562
Add filters.expression support for filtering NaN and LOWEST/HIGHEST by @abellgithub in #4561
Add H3-based tessellation in filters.hexbin by @ibell13 in #4506
Enhance filters.gpstimeconvert to make it streamable by @gui2dev in #4568
Implement filters.divider.expression to break on expression by @hobu in #4689
Support remote files in readers.sbet by @trns1997 in #4684
Add check for unsupported field lengths in tindex create by @ibell13 in #4703
Add common ogr option argument to filters.crop, readers.copc, readers.ept, readers.tindex, and filters.geomdistance stages by @ibell13 in #4573
Add readers.stac.ogr option by @ibell13 in #4605
Add glob functionality for local and remote files by @ibell13 in #4593
filters.hexbin: allow sampling with small point counts by @ibell13 in #4688
Warn user when we are downloading a lot of points in readers.copc by @hobu in #4656

Behavior and Policy Updates

Geometry.hpp: fix compatibility with GDAL master in debug mode by @rouault in #4668
Improve filters.covariancefeatures error message by @chambbj in #4704
Add some logging and error handling for filters.covariancefeature edge cases by @chambbj in #4707
Add setAllowedDims() to PipelineManager. by @abellgithub in #4521
Add dimension argument to filters.neighborclassifier @abellgithub in #4535
Update vendored delaunator for filters.hag_delaunay by @abellgithub in #4695
tindex create SRS validation by @ibell13 in #4643
Handle null strings as tests for startsWith and endsWith. by @abellgithub in #4604
Source tree cleanups by @hobu in #4615
Define destructor in source file for CSFilter. by @abellgithub in #4620
fix parquet file typo in tindex tutorial [ci skip] by @hobu in #4629
Fix filters.poisson unable to be run twice by @blenderfan in #4631
Update include directives for LasReader and LasHeader in transition from libLAS to PDAL guide by @kasparas-k in #4634
Fix bad calculation for max width cases. by @abellgithub in #4639
Handle unsupported fields in readers.arrow and writers.arrow by @abellgithub in #4611
Read quickinfo or filters.stats to create TileDB array by @normanb in #4641
Geometry.hpp: fix compatibility with GDAL master in debug mode by @rouault in #4668
AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity, fix race condition, and return data errors with Arbiter calls by @hobu in @rouault in #4739

Bug Fixes

Fix filters.geomdistance initialization and distance comparisons by @hobu in #4510
Set correct CRS when outputting density surface in filters.hexbin by @ibell13 in #4514
Harden readers.copc thread teardown on incomplete read. by @abellgithub in #4518
Protect against including null strings when reading PDAL VLR types by @hobu in #4566
writers.pcd binary mode fixes by @abellgithub in #4584
Fix where_merge == true when no views are returned. by @abellgithub in #4583
Handle relative paths to STAC assets correctly by @ibell13 in #4603
move readers.copc thread pool init to initialize by @hobu in #4716
Fix readers.stac testing segfaults by @hobu in #4699
Handle multiple extrabyte VLR definitions in readers.las and readers.copc by @alavenant in #4577
Fix floor values before cast when creating grid in filters.voxelcentroidnearestneighbor by @trns1997 in #4681
Fixes the run-time "Missing value for positional argument 'filename' error in reading-streamer example by @Alex-Kent in #4649
Guard against degenerate cases when computing delaunay triangulation. by @abellgithub in #4691

Compilation and Build

Adapt standard gitignore for CMake files by @hobu in #4596
Rename PDAL_DLL to PDAL_EXPORT (#2685) by @enno-t in #4528
Adapt standard gitignore for CMake files by @hobu in #4596
Use gdal_fwd.hpp when available for forward declarations by @hobu in #4608
Add GDAL include dir to compile lasdump by @marisn in #4726
Warn about JsonFwd.hpp usage by @hobu in #4731
Add CMake docs target by @ibell13 in #4683
Stop including <sys/timeb.h> unless on WIN32 by @dg0yt in #4705
Use modern CMake targets for required libraries by @hobu in #4666
fix up alpine builds by @hobu in #4670
Fix READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL by @hobu in #4675
guard pragma usages only relevant to msvc by @hobu in #4680
Support system-available GTest when found by @hobu in #4664
de-vendor gtest by @hobu in #4679
Fix build with GDAL 3.11.0 debug (GDAL_DEBUG) by @dg0yt in #4697
Fix compilation issue when using raster filter without stage runner by @blenderfan in #4646
no need for PDAL_EXPORT in example code by @hobu in #4652
switch GDALWriterTest to ENVI driver by @hobu in #4708
Clean up some annoying warnings by @hobu in #4687
Put arbiter forward declaration in the pdal namespace. by @abellgithub in #4710

Packaging

Hexbin filter - remove "is H3" in OGR writer by @ibell13 in #4525
Update community page with link to Matrix by @hobu in #4587
Documentation updates by @hobu in #4527
Add Pixi install instructions by @chambbj in #4565
Rewicker the pixi config by @chambbj in #4571
Detect path to conf.py and set JSON/CSV paths relative by @chambbj in #4560
Isolate dependencies and tasks for doc generation and preview by @chambbj in #4579
update community page with link to Matrix by @hobu in #4587
Fix #4578, doc nit in readers.rdb by @hobu in #4590
Local documentation build conveniences by @hobu in #4592
add zenodo citation information by @hobu in #4610
Fix typo in filters.expression docs by @fnands in #4505
Add new section to pipeline docs: "multiple writers and output types" by @j-tenny in #4609
Fix references to PDAL/data repo by @ibell13 in #4602
pdal tindex tutorial by @hobu in #4599
Add an example of using VSI by @oleg-alexandrov in #4714
Update entwine.md by @DannyTheHeretic in #4717
Validate checksums and version number in automated release CI by @hobu in #4564
Adapt GDAL's backport bot by @hobu in #4580
upload .conda files from conda package build CI by @hobu in #4624

New Contributors

@enno-t made their first contribution in #4528
@j-tenny made their first contribution in #4609
@blenderfan made their first contribution in #4631
@kasparas-k made their first contribution in #4634
@Alex-Kent made their first contribution in #4649
@DannyTheHeretic made their first contribution in #4717
@marisn made their first contribution in #4726
Changelog between 2.8.4 and 2.9.0 : PDAL/PDAL@2.8.4...2.9.0
Changelog between 2.8.0 and 2.9.0 : PDAL/PDAL@2.8.0...2.9.0

`v2.8.4`

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What's Changed

Handle null strings as tests for startsWith and endsWith. by @hobu in #4606
add zenodo citation information by @hobu in #4612
Add new section to pipeline docs: "multiple writers and output types" by @hobu in #4613
Use gdal_fwd.hpp when available for forward declarations by @hobu in #4614
Source tree cleanups by @hobu in #4616
fixes md5 link to 2.8.3 by @smellman in #4617
Define destructor in source file for CSFilter. by @hobu in #4621
upload .conda files from conda package build CI by @hobu in #4626
Update include directives for LasReader and LasHeader in transition from libLAS to PDAL guide by @hobu in #4635
Fix bad calculation for max width cases in readers.copc by @hobu in #4640
Read quickinfo or filters.stats to create TileDB array by @hobu in #4642

New Contributors

@smellman made their first contribution in #4617

Full Changelog: PDAL/PDAL@2.8.3...2.8.4

`v2.8.3`

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What's Changed

Isolate dependencies and tasks for doc generation and preview by @hobu in #4582
Fix where_merge == true when no views are returned. by @hobu in #4586
writers.pcd binary mode fixes by @hobu in #4585
update community page with link to Matrix by @hobu in #4588
Fix #4578, doc nit in readers.rdb by @hobu in #4591
adapt standard gitignore for CMake files by @hobu in #4597
Local documentation build conveniences by @hobu in #4598

Full Changelog: PDAL/PDAL@2.8.2...2.8.3

`v2.8.2`

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Bug Fixes

Don't forward VLRs unless requested with writers.copc #4549
Stop quietly replacing / with \ in Utils::portable_open #4546
Catch up to latest Dockerfile and update build #4545
Report an error if we can't open filename in writers.bpf #4538
Clean up Kazhdan to compile with newer compilers #4555
Automate release artifact creation #4559

Documentation

Document that filters.poisson doesn't scale colors #4493
Document using non-deprecated array JSON syntax in examples #4543 (Thanks @rouault!)
Fix current broken mention of PRøJ #4542 (Thanks @rouault!)
Root link redirects on pdal.io now working #4491
Use PROJ-style RTD config #4556
Make doc builds faster by removing unused DOT doxygen usage #4558 (Thanks @chambbj!)

**2.8.1 – 2.8.2 Changelog **: PDAL/PDAL@2.8.1...2.8.2
**Full 2.8 Changelog **: PDAL/PDAL@2.8.0...2.8.2

`v2.8.1`

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Bug Fixes

Include <cstdlib> for gcc-15 (thanks @t0b3!) #4537
Don't validate LAS header in readers.las until it is complete #4534
Add cls and class as alt_name for Classification #4532
Fetch bounds in readers.ply preview() #4529
readers.copc might have memory leak in some situations (thanks @AbhinavAtrishi!) #4511
Consolidate PDAL_VENDOR_EIGEN_DIR CMake variable definition #4503
Allow override/set of --breakout dimension for pdal info #4502
Use processOne instead of custom code in standard mode of writers.text #4501
Always add Classification flag dimensions for laszip-based EPT data in readers.ept (thanks @connormanning!) #4500

Documentation

Documentation migrated to Jupyterbook (thanks @chambbj!) #4495 #4527
Document how to write additional attributes (thanks @oleg-alexandrov!) #4522

Full Changelog: PDAL/PDAL@2.8.0...2.8.1

`v2.8.0`

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Changes of Note

Warn instead of error for when global encoding is not set by @hobu in #4414
Default writers.las to LAS 1.4 by @hobu in #4482
Default writers.las.dataformat_id to 7 by @hobu in #4485

New Stages

Implement filters.label_duplicates by @hobu in #4469
Add filters.expressionstats and pdal info --breakout option by @hobu in #4487

Enhancements

TileDB option to enable/disable duplicate points by @normanb in #4370
implement 'auto' as default CRS for BPF writer #4418 by @hobu in #4428
Allow forcing VLR creation as EVLR by @hobu in #4443
add 'bins' item to filters.stats output by @hobu in #4477
Optional stable sort for filters.sort by @abellgithub in #4478
Support sorting multiple dimensions at once in filters.sort by @hobu in #4468

Bug Fixes

Don't break strict aliasing rules. by @abellgithub in #4361
Don't do LAS ready processing if there are no points. by @abellgithub in #4363
Make sure all stages are initialized before prepared is called. by @abellgithub in #4372
Adding log pointer to stac class instantiation to connect to reader logs by @kylemann16 in #4353
Don't attempt to execute tree location for isolated point in filters.litree by @abellgithub in #4373
Fix integer overflows in pdal::Raster. by @abellgithub in #4376
Fix sorting/iterator dereferencing by @abellgithub in #4387
Fix H3 warnings by @abellgithub in #4391
Fixing typo that caused Info to not fill gpstime_maximum on copc reads. by @kylemann16 in #4404
Changes for Matlab plugin to compile under macOS. by @prennich in #4417
Rewriting OGR Writer Test to match with new GDAL usage by @kylemann16 in #4411
Join threads and cleanup on stage teardown. by @abellgithub in #4459
Don't copy PointView pointers to temporaries. by @abellgithub in #4471
Make DbWriters not need a filename. by @abellgithub in #4474
add filter() method for filters.h3 and activate test by @hobu in #4479
Prepare assignment statement in filters.assign before checking dimension existence. by @abellgithub in #4483
Add density information to output for poisson filter. by @hobu in #4490

Docs

Update links on Python page by @jomey in #4378
rotation matrix example corrected by @ovipaul in #4394
Fixed grammer, sentencing, colons and added text to show that autzen should be included in files by @TomTheTonk in #4400
Update readers.las.rst by @msmitherdc in #4409
Update readers.rst by @msmitherdc in #4408
Fix doc message in crop filter by @pierotofy in #4419
Add 'dimension' output to filters.sample by @hobu in #4415
Fix ref to readers.arrow in readers.rst by @wonder-sk in #4436
Fix typo in chamfer python example by @gui2dev in #4438
Update writers.tiledb.rst by @Garbage123King in #4441
Update writers.pgpointcloud.rst by @Garbage123King in #4445
add a note about readers.ept and forwarding by @hobu in #4484

Build

use CONFIG for Draco and Arrow. Relax Draco to 1.5+ by @hobu in #4369
we do not need to bring in GDAL for the Arrow plugins by @hobu in #4365
catch up to arrow-cpp rename by @hobu in #4384
use PROJ cmake CONFIG package instead of homespun find_package by @hobu in #4385
we don't need to link GDAL for readers.arrow and writers.arrow by @hobu in #4377
build config for filters.cpd STANDALONE by @hobu in #4396
E57 plugins need to link against PDAL when building standalone by @hobu in #4421
ensure libxml2 is found for PGPOINTCLOUD by @hobu in #4406
Fix building on OpenBSD by @brad0 in #4434
Fix CPD compilation of tests when building filters.cpd in non-standalone builds by @hobu in #4439
Use POSIX endian.h header on OpenBSD by @brad0 in #4435
Fix libdir path in pkgconfig file by @imincik in #4464
CMakeLists: Fix a typo by @lbartoletti in #4488

New Contributors

@jomey made their first contribution in #4378
@ovipaul made their first contribution in #4394
@TomTheTonk made their first contribution in #4400
@prennich made their first contribution in #4417
@brad0 made their first contribution in #4434
@Garbage123King made their first contribution in #4441
@imincik made their first contribution in #4464

Full Changelog: PDAL/PDAL@2.7.0...2.8.0

`v2.7.2`

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Bug Fixes

Fix overflow in pdal::Raster #4376
Warn instead of error when readers.las GlobalEncoding is not set correctly for WKT #4414
gpstime_maximum not being correctly read in readers.copc #4404 (Thanks @kylemann16!)
Default writer.bpf.coord_id to auto #4428

Docs

Fix rotation matrix example in filters.transformation doc (Thanks @ovipaul!) #4394
Workshop updates #4400 (Thanks @TomTheTonk!)
Describe readers.las.threads #4409 (Thanks @msmitherdc!)
Fix doc message in filters.crop #4419 (Thanks @pierotofy!)
Properly document option_file #4425
Update links for Python (Thanks @jomey!) #4378

Build

Relax PROJ dependency to 9.0+ 5c5611a
STANDALONE build config for filters.cpd #4396
Matlab plugin compilation #4417 (Thanks @prennich!)
E57 plugins need to link against PDAL in STANDALONE builds #4421
Do not link GDAL for Arrow plugins #4377
Use CMake-provided config for finding PROJ #4385

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GDAL VSI Support

FileSpec Support

nlohmann Public API removal

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