Hi Francine,

If student your is tech-savvy—probably given the topic—then there are some python packages out there that can automate downloads. I don’t have any experience doing this in practice, but it seems pretty straightforward.

Here are the results from the Python Package index:

https://pypi.org/search/?q=landsat

This one has pretty good documentation and downloads them from Google cloud: https://github.com/dgketchum/Landsat578

Phil

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From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Matt Wilkie
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:31 AM
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Hi Francine,

Some starting points that might help, though not about imagery specifically, oriented to a technical audience, and getting long in the tooth. The principles could be useful though:

· https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/8977/site-to-download-al-usgs-topo-maps-in-bulk/

· https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/17989/how-to-download-the-entire-aster-gdemv2-dataset/

cheers,

Matt

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From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Francine Berish
Sent: January 21, 2019 1:56 PM
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Subject: batch global imagery downloading

[please forgive the cross posting]

Good afternoon folks,

Helping a student who is using artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret global imagery for geological purposes. The student has been testing this workflow using LandSat 8 (bands 6-7), ASTER shortwave infrared, and Digital Globe RGB. Since the student is looking to download and process imagery in large batches – the Earth Explorer and Digital Globe portals propose some unique challenges as imagery practically has be downloaded tile by tile. Wondering if there’s a way to access any of these sources through a directory or batch download?

The researcher is open sources other than LandSat 8, ASTER & Digital Globe. The project is not geographically specific, and is using global imagery sources. It would acceptable if there were a license or cost associated with this data, as long as the batch processing and possible automation capability is there.

Your insight and expertise are greatly appreciated!

Best&Cheers,
Francine

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