AOI2List – USGS LiDAR AOI Tile Finder & LAZ Downloader

Developer: Bill Fleming (TechBill)
Contact: billyjackrootbeer (at sign) gmail (dot) com
Donations:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/techbill
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/techbill

---

Badges

---

Overview

AOI2List is a cross-platform tool for locating and downloading USGS LiDAR LAZ tiles using a user-defined Area of Interest (AOI).
It includes a command-line interface (CLI) and a full graphical interface (GUI) with tile selection and a multithreaded downloader.

---

Features

• AOI-based search for USGS LiDAR LAZ tiles
• CLI (aoi2list.py) and GUI (aoi2list_gui.py)
• Tile sorting and metadata extraction
• Tile selection window in GUI
• Save selected LAZ URLs to text file
• Multi-file threaded downloader with:
  • Progress bar
  • Download speed display
  • Retry logic
  • Cancel button
• Fully packaged macOS .app bundle
• Custom icon and bundle metadata via PyInstaller

---

Screenshots

---

Project Structure

src/
    aoi2list.py
    aoi2list_gui.py

assets/
    AOI2List.icns
    icon_preview.png
    (optional screenshots)

AOI2List.spec
LICENSE
README.md
requirements.txt

---

Installation

Install Python dependencies:

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Only dependency needed:

requests>=2.0

Tkinter is included with Python on macOS and Windows.

---

CLI Usage

python3 src/aoi2list.py --lat 37.1 --lon -92.6 --sqmi 6 --out output.txt

---

GUI Usage

python3 src/aoi2list_gui.py

---

macOS Application Build

Using PyInstaller (simple method)

python3 -m PyInstaller --clean --windowed     --icon assets/AOI2List.icns     --name AOI2List     src/aoi2list_gui.py

Output appears in:

dist/AOI2List.app

Recommended Metadata Build (using .spec)

python3 -m PyInstaller --clean AOI2List.spec

This includes:

• App version
• Bundle ID
• Author metadata
• Icon embedding
• Fully populated Info.plist

---

macOS App First Run

If macOS warns about an unidentified developer:

1. Right-click the app
2. Select Open
3. Click Open again

This needs to be done only once.

---

License

This project is licensed under a custom non-commercial license.
Personal and educational use is allowed.
Commercial use requires permission from the developer.

See LICENSE for full text.

---

Support / Contact

For issues or suggestions:
billyjackrootbeer (at sign) gmail (dot) com

If this tool helps you, consider donating:
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/techbill https://www.buymeacoffee.com/techbill