Interface to the Raster API of the 'Geospatial Data Abstraction
    Library' ('GDAL', <https://gdal.org>). Bindings are implemented in an
    exposed C++ class encapsulating a 'GDALDataset' and its raster band
    objects, along with several stand-alone functions. These support manual
    creation of uninitialized datasets, creation from existing raster as
    template, read/set dataset parameters, low level I/O, color tables, raster
    attribute tables, virtual raster (VRT), and 'gdalwarp' wrapper for
    reprojection and mosaicing. Includes 'GDAL' algorithms ('dem_proc()',
    'polygonize()', 'rasterize()', etc.), and functions for coordinate
    transformation and spatial reference systems. Calling signatures resemble
    the native C, C++ and Python APIs provided by the 'GDAL' project. Includes
    raster 'calc()' to evaluate a given R expression on a layer or stack of
    layers, with pixel x/y available as variables in the expression; and raster
    'combine()' to identify and count unique pixel combinations across multiple
    input layers, with optional output of the pixel-level combination IDs.
    Provides raster display using base 'graphics'. Bindings to a subset of the
    'OGR' API are also included for managing vector data sources. Bindings to a
    subset of the Virtual Systems Interface ('VSI') are also included to support
    operations on 'GDAL' virtual file systems. These are general utility
    functions that abstract file system operations on URLs, cloud storage
    services, 'Zip'/'GZip'/'7z'/'RAR' archives, and in-memory files.
    'gdalraster' may be useful in applications that need scalable, low-level
    I/O, or prefer a direct 'GDAL' API.

R's 'sf' package ships with self-contained 'GDAL'
    executables, including a bare bones interface to several
    'GDAL'-related utility programs collectively known as the 'GDAL
    utilities'. For each of those utilities, this package provides an
    R wrapper whose formal arguments closely mirror those of the
    'GDAL' command line interface. The utilities operate on data
    stored in files and typically write their output to other
    files. Therefore, to process data stored in any of R's more common
    spatial formats (i.e. those supported by the 'sf' and 'terra'
    packages), first write them to disk, then process them with the
    package's wrapper functions before reading the outputted results
    back into R. GDAL function arguments introduced in GDAL version
    3.5.2 or earlier are supported.