orthophotos-downloader
Python wrapper for various available WMS services to simplify the download of orthophotos. Currently focused on Germany.
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About The Project
Orthophotos provide a high-precision data foundation for various applications in remote sensing – from environmental research to urban planning. However, Germany's federal structure means that each state has its own services and interfaces for providing this data, making nationwide usage cumbersome and complex.
With this software, we offer a central, user-friendly solution that allows users to download orthophotos independently of the respective state services. The software will support various data formats, including RGB and RGBI, and enable flexible geographical queries.
Installation
To install the package from PyPi simply use:
pip install orthophotos-downloader
Getting Started for developers
As an alternative to installing the package from PyPi and if want to contribute, develop or just play around, clone the repo and install from there.
- Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/ffe-munich/orthophotos-downloader.git
- Setup a venv with python > 3.9
python3.11 -m venv "venv" source venv/bin/activate
- Pip install
pip install .
Usage
You can find an example of usage in this notebook in the examples folder You can find a test to download in any state (i.e. "Bundesland") inside this script in the examples folder
Roadmap
- Interface to give an area overlapping different wms services -> In Progress
- Command Line Interface
- Have a doc being generated
- Integrate all WMS in germany
- RGBI Download
See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).
Coverage in Germany by Federal State (Bundesländer)
| Bundesland | RGB | CIR |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | ✅ | ✅ |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ✅ | ✅ |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | ✅ | ✅ |
| Sachsen | ✅ | ✅ |
| Thüringen | ✅ | ✅ |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | ✅ | |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | ✅ | ✅ |
| Hessen | ✅ | ✅ |
| Hamburg | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bremen | ✅ | |
| Brandenburg | ✅ | ✅ |
| Niedersachsen | ✅ | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | ✅ | |
| Bayern | ✅ | ✅ |
| Berlin | ✅ | |
| Baden-Württemberg | ✅ | ✅ |
Contributing
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
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License
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.
Sponsoring
This project was developed with the support of the research project GLOW-Up. GLOW-Up is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) as part of the 8th Energy Research Program.
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