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Implement aspect

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Description

Implement the aspect calculation from GRIDobj.aspect. This is a local, neighborhood-based calculation, so it should be similar to gradient8. The MATLAB implementation uses the built-in surfnorm function which appears to do bicubic interpolation of the surface.

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing gradient8 implementation and the GRIDobj.aspect reference, then compare the MATLAB surfnorm behavior described in the issue. Done means the local, neighborhood-based aspect calculation is implemented consistently with those references.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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