AALU_Geo Mining

This repository is produced for a masterclass at the Architectural Association Landscape Urbanism programme.

Requirements

• Rhinoceros (7)
• Python 3 (ideally 3.7 +)

to live connect to Earth Engine

Installation

1. clone the repository

• open a Terminal (mac) or run PowerShell (win)
• change directory to your desidered path example: cd /Users/xxx/Desktop/
• git clone https://github.com/neriiacopo/AALU-GeoMining.git

2. virtual environment

• enter the repository cd AALU-GeoMining
• create the virtual environment python -m venv env_GeoMining
• mac: source /env_GeoMining/bin/activate
• win: .\env_GeoMining\Scripts\activate

3. install dependencies

• pip install -r requirements.txt

4. authenticate to Earth Engine

• Locally store your credentials to access Earth Engine python hello_ee.py

Usage

• Change directory in the Terminal/PowerShell to repository folder
• Activate your virtual environment (as explained above)
• Connect Grasshopper to Earth Engine via Hops python import_ee.py

Troubleshooting

• if .\env_GeoMining\Scripts\activate fails to run in Windows

  • make sure you run Powershell as Administrator
  • Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
  • y
  • .\env_GeoMining\Scripts\activate

• if any of the Python scripts fails to run

  • check if you Python2 installed as well and make sure to call Python3
  • python3 -m venv env_GeoMining
  • python3 hello_ee.py
  • python3 import_ee.py