Download python / package manager
Miniconda https://docs.conda.io/projects/miniconda/en/latest/index.html
Install the software / run the .exe file
Set up an environment
conda create –name nameOfEnvironment
Sctivate the environment
conda activate nameOfEnvironment
Install packages
conda install jupyterlab -y # the ‘-y’ just says “yes” in advance
conda install pip # pip will be used in the notebook for downloading packages
Go to working directory and run jupyterlab
jupyter lab # Jupyterlab should now open in an internet browser window
More info: (Not important now, but maybe later)
Miniconda is a smaller version of Anaconda that does not include a lot of preinstalled libraries/packages
(bloatware). This is preferred, since one can just download packages at will.
Miniforge is a nearly identical to miniconda but has “conda-forge” as default channel.
Miniforge https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge
Channels: The place from where you get your libraries/packages.
Anaconda – free for students and researchers. Others will have to get a license
Conda-forge – free for everyone
You can specific the channel when you download a package. E.g.:
Conda install –c conda-forge numpy # this will download ‘numpy’ from the ‘conda-forge’ channel
It is normally best to have all packages installed from the same channel. But you can mix, anaconda, conda-forge,
pip etc. But problems could arise from doing so.
Command prompt basics
cd changes directory # cd my_folder
cd.. goes back to previous directory
dir lists all files in a directory
mkdir creates a new directory # mkdir new_folder
start opens a new command prompt window in the given directory
start . opens the folder/directory you are located in (in windows GUI)
python runs a python script # python my_script.py
Arrow up pervious line
Tab autocomplete
GDAL command line basics
Can also be run from within python by using os.system(‘command’)
e.g. os.system(‘gdal_translate C:/folder/my_file.tif C:/folder/my_file.jpg’)
Many of the functions have also been implemented in python but the names and syntax is a bit different.
https://gdal.org/programs/gdalinfo.html
gdalinfo my_image.tif # lists information about a raster dataset
https://gdal.org/programs/gdal_translate.html # can do changes to formats, resolution, bands, compression etc.
gdal_translate input.tif output.jpg # changes format from tif to jpg
gdal_translate input.vrt output.tif # converts a .vrt to a .tif
gdal_translate –outsize 500 500 input.tif output.tif # changes x y dimensions of image
gdal_translate –tr 10 10 input.tif output.tif # changes pixel resolution of image
gdal_translate –co compress=deflate input.tif output.tif # applies deflate compression
gdal_translate –b 1 –b 2 –b 3 input.tif output.tif # creates a new image with selected bands
https://gdal.org/programs/gdalbuildvrt.html
gdalbuildvrt output.vrt *tif # creates a vrt of all tiff images in the directory
gdalbuildvrt -input_file_list my_list.txt output.vrt # creates a .vrt of all images in a list of files
https://gdal.org/programs/gdaladdo.html
gdaladdo name.vrt 2 4 8 16 # creates overview of a vrt or raster which significantly speeds of the view/interaction
in a GIS software – can take a long time if many overviews are computed on a large image. Very useful for .vrts. The
numbers given a just an example
https://gdal.org/programs/gdaltindex.html
gdaltindex name.shp *tif # creates an polygon shapefile (or other vector formats – e.g. gpkg) with the footprints of
all images in a directory.
