orthophoto merge: avoid boundless-read VRT serialization (gated reads) - #2036

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@v2, actions/setup-python@v2, actions/upload-artifact@v4, Jimver/cuda-toolkit@v0.2.24, jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@v1.13. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/

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