Download wildfire data from NASA satellites

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Installation

pipenv install nasa-wildfires

Command-line usage

Usage: nasawildfires [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  A command-line interface for downloading wildfire data from NASA
  satellites.

  Returns GeoJSON.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  modis  Hotspots detected by the MODIS satellite in a recent 24-hour period
  viirs_suomi  Hotspots detected by the VIRRS S-NPP satellite in a recent 24-hour period
  viirs_noaa  Hotspots detected by the VIRRS NOAA-20 satellite in a recent 24-hour period

Download a GeoJSON of hotspots detected by the MODIS satellite in a recent 24-hour period.

nasawildfires modis

Download a GeoJSON of hotspots detected by the VIIRS S-NPP satellite in a recent 24-hour period.

nasawildfires viirs-suomi

Download a GeoJSON of hotspots detected by the VIIRS NOAA-20 satellite in a recent 24-hour period.

nasawildfires viirs-noaa

Python usage

Import the library.

>>> import nasa_wildfires

Download a GeoJSON of hotspots detected by the MODIS satellite in a recent 24-hour period. Returns GeoJSON.

>>> data = nasa_wildfires.get_modis()

Download a GeoJSON of hotspots detected by the VIIRS S-NPP satellite in a recent 24-hour period. Returns GeoJSON.

>>> data = nasa_wildfires.get_viirs_suomi()

Download a GeoJSON of hotspots detected by the VIIRS NOAA-20 satellite in a recent 24-hour period. Returns GeoJSON.

>>> data = nasa_wildfires.get_viirs_noaa()

Contributing

Install dependencies for development.

pipenv install --dev

Run tests.

make test

Shipping new version to PyPI.

make ship

Developing the CLI

The command-line interface is implemented using Click and setuptools. To install it locally for development inside your virtual environment, run the following installation command, as prescribed by the Click documentation.

pip install --editable .