# Landlab
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## [About the Landlab category](https://forum.csdms.io/t/about-the-landlab-category/161)
**Author:** [@mdpiper](https://forum.csdms.io/u/mdpiper)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.csdms.io/t/about-the-landlab-category/161 "2025-12-04T18:07:46Z")
Discuss Landlab, the modular Earth and planetary surface dynamics modeling library, https://landlab.csdms.io/.
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## [Landlab developer install on Windows (with Visual Studio)](https://forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-developer-install-on-windows-with-visual-studio/153)
**Author:** [@mdpiper](https://forum.csdms.io/u/mdpiper)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-developer-install-on-windows-with-visual-studio/153 "2026-02-14T00:45:14Z")
Building Landlab from source on Windows is trickier than on Linux or macOS. Below are some steps, based on recent experience, that should work. Install Visual Studio Landlab has many parts that are written in C, and we …
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## [Landlab Developers and Users Coffee Hour](https://forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-developers-and-users-coffee-hour/159)
**Author:** [@mdpiper](https://forum.csdms.io/u/mdpiper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-developers-and-users-coffee-hour/159 "2025-12-03T09:39:32Z")
This Thursday (December 4) at 10a MST @gregtucker and @mcflugen will host a Landlab coffee klatsch over Zoom. Please join us! More information is available on the signup page.
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## [Visualization of Landlab output with PyVista](https://forum.csdms.io/t/visualization-of-landlab-output-with-pyvista/155)
**Author:** [@gregtucker](https://forum.csdms.io/u/gregtucker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.csdms.io/t/visualization-of-landlab-output-with-pyvista/155 "2025-10-30T17:11:40Z")
Hi all, I made a little tool to translate a Landlab grid into PyVista for interactive visualization. For those interested, here’s the GitHub link: It includes four short notebook tutorials to illustrate how it works. …
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## [Landlab developer install on Windows (with gcc)](https://forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-developer-install-on-windows-with-gcc/154)
**Author:** [@mdpiper](https://forum.csdms.io/u/mdpiper)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-developer-install-on-windows-with-gcc/154 "2025-09-22T16:59:27Z")
Building Landlab from source on Windows is trickier than on Linux or macOS. Below are some steps, based on recent experience, that should work. Please let me know if you find any problems. Install Miniforge To set up a …
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## [ChatGPT knows Landlab!](https://forum.csdms.io/t/chatgpt-knows-landlab/111)
**Author:** [@samharrison7](https://forum.csdms.io/u/samharrison7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.csdms.io/t/chatgpt-knows-landlab/111 "2025-04-18T19:46:08Z")
I was just asking ChatGPT about Python libraries that can calculate D8 flow directions from a digital elevation model, and was pleased to see it suggest some convincing looking code for Landlab! I haven’t checked it work…
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## [Creating slope units in landlab](https://forum.csdms.io/t/creating-slope-units-in-landlab/92)
**Author:** [@sghoshal](https://forum.csdms.io/u/sghoshal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.csdms.io/t/creating-slope-units-in-landlab/92 "2025-01-30T17:31:00Z")
Hi, this is probably a really simple question, but I’ve been trying to build a simple function that can divide up a landlab grid into slope units. I’ve been unable to find any existing packages that do this, but I’m quit…