geovista.pantry

Download, cache and load geovista assets.

Notes

Added in version 0.5.0.

Submodules

• geovista.pantry.data
• geovista.pantry.meshes
• geovista.pantry.textures

Package Contents

Functions

fetch_coastlines([resolution])	Get the Natural Earth coastlines for the required resolution.
fetch_raster(fname)	Download, uncompress and cache a raster file.

geovista.pantry.fetch_coastlines(resolution=None)

Get the Natural Earth coastlines for the required resolution.

If the resource is not already available in the geovista geovista.cache.CACHE, then it will be downloaded from the geovista.cache.BASE_URL.

Parameters:

resolutionstr, optional

The resolution of the Natural Earth coastlines, which may be either 110m, 50m or 10m. Defaults to geovista.common.COASTLINES_RESOLUTION.

Returns:

PolyData

The coastlines mesh.

Notes

Added in version 0.1.0.

geovista.pantry.fetch_raster(fname)

Download, uncompress and cache a raster file.

If the resource is not already available in the geovista geovista.cache.CACHE, then it will be downloaded from the geovista.cache.BASE_URL.

Parameters:

fnamestr

The name of the raster file to be downloaded, uncompressed and cached.

Returns:

Path

The absolute path to the raster file.

Notes

Added in version 0.5.0.