GLoSS-RT

A geospatial line of sight evaluation system for antenna LoS evaluations in small to large scale network simulations.

Installation

Step 1: Install System Dependencies

IMPORTANT: You must install GDAL system libraries before installing glossrt.

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev gdal-bin

macOS:

brew install gdal

Conda (Recommended):

conda create -n gloss-env python=3.11
conda activate gloss-env
conda install -c conda-forge gdal

Step 2: Install glossrt

pip install glossrt

Or from TestPyPI:

pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ glossrt

Quick Start

import gloss

# Initialize
gloss.initialize("antennas.csv", "elevation.tif", "ground_elevation.tif")

# Compute
results = gloss.compute()

# Save results
gloss.saveResults(results)

Development

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/GLoSS.git
cd GLoSS
pip install -e .

Requirements

• Python >= 3.7
• GDAL >= 3.0.0 (system library)
• fmt library
• CMake >= 3.4
• C++17 compatible compiler

License

MIT License