Overview: What can landsat-util do?¶
Landsat-util has three main functions:
- Search for landsat tiles based on several search parameters.
- Download landsat images.
- Image processing and pan sharpening on landsat images.
These three functions have to be performed separately.
Help: Type landsat -h for detailed usage parameters.
Search¶
Search returns information about all landsat tiles that match your criteria. This includes a link to an unprocessed preview of the tile. The most important result is the tile’s sceneID, which you will need to download the tile (see step 2 below).
Search for landsat tiles in a given geographical region, using any of the following:
- Paths and rows: If you know the paths and rows you want to search for.
- Latidue and Longitude: If you need the latitude and longitude of the point you want to search for.
Additionally filter your search using the following parameters:
- Start and end dates for when imagery was taken
- Maximum percent cloud cover (default is 20%)
Examples of search:
Search by path and row:
$: landsat search --cloud 4 --start "january 1 2014" --end "january 10 2014" -p 009,045
Search by latitude and longitude:
$: landsat search --lat 38.9004204 --lon -77.0237117
Search by latitude and longitude with pure json output (you should install geojsonio-cli first):
$: landsat search --lat 38.9004204 --lon -77.0237117 --geojson | geojosnio
Show search output on geojsonio:
$: landsat search
Download¶
You can download tiles using their unique sceneID, which you get from landsat search.
Landsat-util will download a zip file that includes all the bands. You have the option of specifying the bands you want to down. In this case, landsat-util only downloads those bands if they are available online.
Examples of download:
Download images by their custom sceneID, which you get from landsat search:
$: landsat download LC80090452014008LGN00
By default landsat-util downloads the full zip file from Google Storage unless you specify the bands or run an image processing right after download. For example to download only band 4, 3 and 2 for a particular sceneID run:
$: landsat download LC80090452014008LGN00 --bands 432
Download multiple sceneIDs:
$: landsat download LC80090452014008LGN00 LC80090452015008LGN00 LC80090452013008LGN00
Image processing¶
You can process your downloaded tiles with our custom image processing algorithms. In addition, you can choose to pansharpen your images and specify which bands to process.
Examples of image processing:
Process images that are already downloaded. Remember, the program accepts both zip files and unzipped folders:
$: landsat process path/to/LC80090452014008LGN00.tar.bz
If unzipped:
$: landsat process path/to/LC80090452014008LGN00
Specify bands 3, 5 and 1:
$: landsat process path/to/LC80090452014008LGN00 --bands 351
Process and pansharpen a downloaded image:
$: landsat process path/to/LC80090452014008LGN00.tar.bz --pansharpen
Clip an image before processing (The coordinates shows below show Prague):
$: landsat process path/to/LC81920252015157LGN00.tar.bz --pansharpen --clip=-346.06658935546875,49.93531194616915,-345.4595947265625,50.2682767372753
Note: Values must be in WGS84 datum, and with longitude and latitude units of decimal degrees separated by comma.
A note on returned products¶
Scenes acquired after 2015 will be downloaded from AWS Public Data Sets while scenes acquired before 2015 will be downloaded from Google Earth Engine. AWS provides the bands separately and so landsat-util will also pass along the bands individually if requested. In the case of Google Earth Engine, only the full, compressed image bundle is available (including all bands and metadata) and will be downloaded no matter what bands are requested.