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NAME

i.landsat.download - Downloads Landsat TM, ETM and OLI data from EarthExplorer using landsatxplore library

KEYWORDS

imagery, satellite, Landsat, download

SYNOPSIS

i.landsat.download
i.landsat.download --help
i.landsat.download [-l] settings=name [output=name] [map=name] [clouds=integer] [dataset=string] [start=string] [end=string] [id=string[,string,...]] [tier=string[,string,...]] [sort=string[,string,...]] [order=string] [timeout=integer] [limit=integer] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-l
List filtered products and exit
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

settings=name [required]
Full path to settings file (user, password)
'-' for standard input
output=name
Name for output directory where to store downloaded Landsat data
map=name
Name of input vector map to define Area of Interest (AOI)
If not given then current computational extent is used
clouds=integer
Maximum cloud cover percentage for Landsat scene
dataset=string
Landsat dataset to search for
Options: landsat_tm_c1, landsat_etm_c1, landsat_8_c1, landsat_tm_c2_l1, landsat_tm_c2_l2, landsat_etm_c2_l1, landsat_etm_c2_l2, landsat_ot_c2_l1, landsat_ot_c2_l2
Default: landsat_8_c1
start=string
Start date ('YYYY-MM-DD')
end=string
End date ('YYYY-MM-DD')
id=string[,string,...]
List of scenes IDs to download
tier=string[,string,...]
Tiers
Options: RT, T1, T2
sort=string[,string,...]
Sort by values in given order
Options: acquisition_date, cloud_cover
Default: cloud_cover,acquisition_date
order=string
Sort order (see sort parameter)
Options: asc, desc
Default: asc
timeout=integer
Download timeout in seconds
Default: 300
limit=integer
maximum number of Landsat scenes
Default: 50

Table of contents

DESCRIPTION

i.landsat.download allows to search and download Landsat TM, ETM and OLI data from USGS EarthExplorer through the landsatxplore Python library. Datasets currently supported include Collection 1 and Collection 2.

Landsat data are organized in tiers: Newly-acquired Landsat scenes are placed in the Real-Time (RT) tier. After reprocessing they are transitioned to either Tier 1 (T1; scenes with the highest available data quality, considered suitable for time-series analysis) or Tier 2 (T2; less accurate geometry). The Tier designation (T1, T2, RT) is indicated at the end of the Landsat Product Identifier.

The supported Landsat satellites include (see also Landsat satellite chronology):

The dataset names and IDs are:
Dataset Name Dataset ID
Landsat 5 TM Collection 1 Level 1 landsat_tm_c1
Landsat 5 TM Collection 2 Level 1 landsat_tm_c2_l1
Landsat 5 TM Collection 2 Level 2 landsat_tm_c2_l2
Landsat 7 ETM+ Collection 1 Level 1 landsat_etm_c1
Landsat 7 ETM+ Collection 2 Level 1 landsat_etm_c2_l1
Landsat 7 ETM+ Collection 2 Level 2 landsat_etm_c2_l2
Landsat 8 Collection 1 Level 1 landsat_8_c1
Landsat 8 Collection 2 Level 1 landsat_ot_c2_l1
Landsat 8 Collection 2 Level 2 landsat_ot_c2_l2

To connect to EarthExplorer both a user name and a password are required. See the register page for signing up.

i.landsat.download reads the user credentials either from the terminal or from the settings file. This file must contain two lines:

myusername
mypassword

User credentials can be also defined interactively when settings=- is given. Note that interactive prompt does not work in the graphical user interface.

Insert username: myusername
Insert password:

By default, only products which footprint intersects current computation region extent (area of interest, AOI) are filtered. The AOI can be optionally defined by a vector map. In this case, the vector extent will be used as AOI.

To only list available scenes, l flag must be set. If no start or end dates are provided, the module will search scenes from the past 60 days.

To download all scenes found within the time frame provided, the user must remove the l flag and provide an output directory. Otherwise, files will be downloaded into /tmp directory. To download only selected scenes, one or more IDs must be provided through the id option, along with the settings file and an output directory. In addition, a timeout (in seconds) can be set to define how long a request should wait for a response before aborting (default is 300 seconds).

EXAMPLES

Search available scenes:
i.landsat.download -l settings=credentials.txt \
    dataset=landsat_8_c1 clouds=15 \
    start='2018-08-24' end='2018-12-21'
Download all available scenes:
i.landsat.download settings=credentials.txt \
    dataset=landsat_8_c1 clouds=15 \
    start='2018-08-24' end='2018-12-21' \
    timeout=600
Download selected scenes by ID:
i.landsat.download settings=credentials.txt \
    id=LC81391162018338LGN00,LC81301172018339LGN00 \
    output=/tmp

REQUIREMENTS

SEE ALSO

Overview of i.landsat tools

i.landsat.import, i.landsat.qa, i.landsat.toar

Landsat Collection 1 info

Landsat Collection 2 info

AUTHOR

Veronica Andreo, CONICET, Argentina.

SOURCE CODE

Available at: i.landsat.download source code (history)

Latest change: Monday Jan 30 19:52:26 2023 in commit: cac8d9d848299297977d1315b7e90cc3f7698730


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