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A modular python code/package to connect to the API, query the data model to select with a specified input and get a desired output.

• The USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) provides access to lidar point cloud data from the 3DEP repository. The adoption of cloud storage and computing by 3DEP allows users to work with massive datasets of lidar point cloud data without having to download them to local machines.

• The point cloud data is freely accessible from AWS in EPT format. Entwine Point Tile (EPT) is a simple and flexible octree-based storage format for point cloud data. The organization of an EPT dataset contains JSON metadata portions as well as binary point data. The JSON file is core metadata required to interpret the contents of an EPT dataset.

LIDAR high definition elevation data - USGS 3DEP - The USGS recently released high resolution elevation data as a lidar point cloud in a public dataset on Amazon. This dataset is complicated to understand and use, and it would be useful to have an easy way to access and use it in order to build models of water flow and predict plant health and maize harvest.