lc8_download 0.3.0

Library to download Landsat imagery from AWS or Google Earth Engine servers

lc8_download

Utility to download Landsat imagery from AWS or Google Earth Engine servers.

It’s quite similar to landsat-util, but if you just need to download imagery and need the BQA band and metadata information, it can fit better for you.

Installation

pip install lc8_download

Usage

You can use lc8_download command line interface or use it as a Python library.

Command line interface

Usage: lc8_download [OPTIONS] <scene>

Options:

-b

Bands to be downloaded. Use commas as delimiter. Example: ‘-b 2,3,4,BQA’

--all

Download all bands and metadata

--path

Directory where the files will be saved. Default: ~/landsat/

--metadata

Download scene metadata file.

--help

Show this message and exit.

For example:

lc8_download LC80030172015001LGN00 -b 2,3,4,BQA –metadata –path lc8/

Download the bands 2, 3, 4 and BQA of the scene LC80030172015001LGN00. Also download the metadata file and save all the files in the folder lc8.

Python Library

>>> from lc8_download import lc8
>>> scene = lc8.Downloader('LC80030172015001LGN00')
>>> scene.download([2, 3, 4, 'BQA'], 'lc8/', True)

It will download the bands 2, 3, 4 and BQA and the metadata of the scene LC80030172015001LGN00 and save all the files in the folder lc8.

License

GPLv3