Nldi Xstool

Features

Generate topographic cross-sections using the USGS National Linked Data Infrastructure (NLDI) and 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) services
Three CLI commands for different cross-section workflows:
- xsatpoint — cross-section at a point, snapped to the nearest NHD stream segment
- xsatendpts — cross-section between user-defined start and end points
- xsatpathpts — cross-section along a user-defined path
Configurable DEM resolution: 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m, 30m, or 60m
Output as GeoJSON with support for CRS projection
Also available as a pygeoapi process plugin

You can install nldi-xstool via pip from PyPI:

pip install nldi-xstool

Or with uv:

uv add nldi-xstool

Please see the Usage documentation.

Contributions are very welcome. To learn more, see the Contributing Guide.

Distributed under the terms of the CC0 1.0 Universal license, Nldi Xstool is free and open source software.

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.

This project was generated from @hillc-usgs's Pygeoapi Plugin Cookiecutter template.

For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.

Source distribution for nldi-xstool 0.13.1
File	Size	Uploaded
nldi_xstool-0.13.1.tar.gz	2.9 MB	May 28, 2026	Details

Table of built distributions (wheels) for nldi-xstool 0.13.1
File	Interpreter	ABI	Platform	Reset
nldi_xstool-0.13.1-py3-none-any.whl 29.4 kB May 28, 2026	Python 3	none	any	Details

Total release size: 2.9 MB

Download URL	nldi_xstool-0.13.1.tar.gz
Size	2.9 MB
Tags	Source
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums	`4c34fd361ef5fdd4deeb648a7f7883c0cfd0302e3109936788329f3afddc16ca`
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums	`eb67b4972727ea51fd11a7d8376774c2ea02012433d8eee55d1dbb4e325056d8`
Upload date	May 28, 2026
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing?	No
Uploaded via	`uv/0.11.13 {"installer":{"name":"uv","version":"0.11.13","subcommand":["publish"]},"python":null,"implementation":{"name":null,"version":null},"distro":null,"system":{"name":null,"release":null},"cpu":null,"openssl_version":null,"setuptools_version":null,"rustc_version":null,"ci":null}`

Download URL	nldi_xstool-0.13.1-py3-none-any.whl
Size	29.4 kB
Tags	Python 3
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums	`05b09e971bd44f7f9f704707fce3b228d4c5104a6bc0b0768b4e68d0e3728047`
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums	`2affef434b21a0ff71f24b6ea5d9893945e14ee1b324591ad070cbe6fdc5e9b5`
Upload date	May 28, 2026
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing?	No
Uploaded via	`uv/0.11.13 {"installer":{"name":"uv","version":"0.11.13","subcommand":["publish"]},"python":null,"implementation":{"name":null,"version":null},"distro":null,"system":{"name":null,"release":null},"cpu":null,"openssl_version":null,"setuptools_version":null,"rustc_version":null,"ci":null}`