The Earth Engine Python API can be installed to a local machine viaconda, a Pythonpackage and environment manager. Conda is bundled withAnaconda andMinicondaPython distributions. Anaconda is a data science programming platformthat includes 1500+ packages, while Miniconda includes only conda and itsdependencies. Either of these Python distributions are suitable forinstalling and working with the Earth Engine API. If you're unfamiliarwith these distributions, please visit their links to learn more.
This guide will direct you through:
- Checking for an existing conda install
- Installing conda on a local machine
- Installing the Earth Engine Python API
- Setting up authentication credentials
- Testing the API
Check for conda install
If conda is already installed on your system, skip to theInstall API section. If you are unsure whether conda isinstalled, verify by entering the following command at your command lineinterface.
conda --help
If conda is installed and its system path is registered in the PATHenvironmental variable, conda help contents should appear in theterminal. If the help contents appear, skip to theInstall API section. If conda is not recognized, theresult will read something like:conda not found or not recognized as a command. It is possible that theprogram exists on your system but is not registered in the PATHenvironmental variable. Even if this is the case, for consistency, pleasecontinue with the Install conda section, as it isdifficult to address all possible system configurations. As long as thefolder 'miniconda3' does not exist in your Home folder, the followingconda install instructions should succeed. For more information on condainstall location and registration, please see theMiniconda Installationand Anaconda Installationpages.
Install conda
In this section you will download and install Miniconda, which will serveas the Python platform to access the Earth Engine API. Asdescribed above, you may use Miniconda or Anaconda, but tominimize impact to your system, this guide will describe aMiniconda installation with no alteration to your system'senvironmental variables. If you prefer Anaconda, please see theinstallation instructions providedhere and then skip to theInstall API section.
Install Miniconda
Downloading and installing Miniconda is accomplished in three steps:
- Download the 64-bit Python 3 Miniconda installer to your Home directory
- Run the installer
- Delete the installer
Complete these steps by copying and pasting the following lines into theappropriate command line interface for your system. Installationresults in a folder named 'miniconda3' added to your Home directory.
1. Download the Miniconda installer to your Home directory.
Linux
wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda.sh
Mac
curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -o ~/miniconda.sh
Windows
powershell -command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe -OutFile ~\miniconda.exe"
2. Install Miniconda quietly, accepting defaults, to your Home directory.
Linux
bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p
Mac
bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p
Windows
start /B /WAIT %UserProfile%\miniconda.exe /InstallationType=JustMe /AddToPath=0 /RegisterPython=0 /S /D=%UserProfile%\miniconda3
3. Remove the Miniconda installer from your Home directory.
Linux
rm ~/miniconda.sh
Mac
rm ~/miniconda.sh
Windows
del %UserProfile%\miniconda.exe
Test Miniconda install
Print the conda command's help menu to test the Miniconda install.Since Miniconda has not been added to your system's PATH environmentvariable, you will first need to activate conda for this session bycalling the activate command by its full system path. A successful testwill result in conda help contents appearing in the terminal. Run thefollowing lines in your system's command line interface.
Linux
source $HOME/miniconda3/bin/activateconda --help
Mac
source $HOME/miniconda3/bin/activateconda --help
Windows
%UserProfile%\miniconda3\condabin\activateconda --help
Add Miniconda to PATH variable
You can optionally add the Miniconda installation path to your system'sPATH variable, which will allow you to interact with conda bya simple call to conda without having to first run the activatecommand by its full path. The following instructions walk through addingthe Miniconda install to your system's PATH variable.
Linux
Add the following path to your 'PATH' environmental variable bycompleting either the GUI or command line instructions below.
$HOME/miniconda3/bin
GUI
1. Open the .bashrc file found in your $HOME directory in a texteditor.
xdg-open ~/.bashrc
2. Copy and paste the following lines to the bottom of the file.
# add path to condaexport PATH="$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"
3. Save the file and close the text editor.
Command line
Enter the following command in a terminal to append the conda path tothe ~/.bashrc file.
printf '\n# add path to conda\nexport PATH="$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"\n' >> ~/.bashrc
Mac
Add the following path to your 'PATH' environmental variable bycompleting either the GUI or command line instructions below.
$HOME/miniconda3/bin
GUI
1. Open the .bashrc file found in your $HOME directory in a texteditor.
touch ~/.bashrc; open -t ~/.bashrc
2. Copy and paste the following lines to the bottom of the file.
# add path to condaexport PATH="$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"
3. Save the file and close the text editor.
Command line
Enter the following command in a terminal to append the conda path tothe ~/.bashrc file.
printf '\n# add path to conda\nexport PATH="$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"\n' >> ~/.bashrc
Windows
Add the following path to your 'Path' environmental variable bycompleting either the GUI or command line instructions below.
%UserProfile%\miniconda3\condabin
GUI
1. Enter the following line in a command prompt to open the'Environmental Variable' dialog.
rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables
2. Double-click the 'Path' variable under the 'User' section to selectit for editing.
3. Click the 'Edit text' button in the new 'Edit' dialog window toopen the editor.
4. Add the following string to the end of the existing 'Path' variablevalue. Ensure that semicolons (;) surround the entry to distinguish itfrom neighboring entries.
%UserProfile%\miniconda3\condabin;
5. Click 'Okay' buttons until all dialog windows are closed.
Command line
Use the setx command to append the path. From a command prompt enter:
setx Path "%Path%%UserProfile%\miniconda3\condabin;"
Initialize conda
Initialize conda for shell interaction. Run the proceeding command forinformation on initialization for various shells. Follow subsequentinstructions printed to the console upon entering the command.
conda init --help
After restarting your command line interface, you should be able toactivate the base conda environment with the following command.
conda activate
conda activate
Install API
The Earth Engine Python API is distributed as a conda-forge package at:https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/earthengine-api.It is installed with the conda install command. Before installing,however, make a conda environment specifically for Earth Engine.Installing the Earth Engine API to its own environment ensures that itand its dependent packages will not cause versioning issues with yourbase environment or any other environment you've previously set up andvice versa. For more information on managing conda environments, pleasevisit this site.
1. Activate your base conda environment, if it is not already.
Linux
source $HOME/miniconda3/bin/activate
Mac
source $HOME/miniconda3/bin/activate
Windows
%UserProfile%\miniconda3\condabin\activate
2. Make a conda virtual environment for the Earth Engine API.
conda create --name ee
You will be asked to confirm creation of the environment, do so.
3. Activate the conda ee environment.
conda activate ee
4. Install the API into the conda ee environment. Ensure that (ee)appears at the beginning of the command line, indicating you are workingfrom the ee environment.
conda install -c conda-forge earthengine-api
You will be asked to confirm the installation of the API and itsdependencies. After confirming, conda will download and install thedependencies. If all goes well, you will now have a conda environmentcalled 'ee' with all the requirements for accessing the API, as well asthe earthengine command line tool.
Get credentials
Before using the Earth Engine API or earthengine command line tool, youmust perform a one-time authentication that authorizes access to EarthEngine on behalf of your Google account. To authenticate, use theauthenticate command from the earthengine command line tool.
Within your conda ee environment run the following command and followthe resulting printed instructions. A URL will be provided that generatesan authorization code upon agreement. Copy the authorization code andenter it as command line input.
earthengine authenticate
Upon entering the authorization code, an authorization token gets savedto a credentials file which can be found below. Subsequent use of theAPI's ee.Initialize() command and the earthengine command line toolwill look to this file to authenticate. If you want to revokeauthorization, simply delete the credentials file.
Linux
ls $HOME/.config/earthengine/credentials
Mac
ls $HOME/.config/earthengine/credentials
Windows
dir %UserProfile%\.config\earthengine\credentials
Testing the API
Run a simple Python script that prints metadata for a DEM dataset to testthe API installation. It should print a JSON object to the console.
1. Start a python interpreter from your conda ee environment.
python
2. Run the following Python lines one-by-one to print the metadata for aDEM dataset
import ee# Initialize the Earth Engine module.ee.Initialize()# Print metadata for a DEM dataset.print(ee.Image('USGS/SRTMGL1_003').getInfo())Subsequent API use
Anytime you wish to use the Earth Engine API you must first activate yourconda ee environment. The activation procedure depends on whether condais registered for use in the shell or not. Follow the instructionsrelevant to your conda install below.
Conda not registered
The following conda ee environment activation command assumes thatconda has been installed following the instructions in the aboveInstall conda section i.e. the install path is assumedbased on prior steps. Run the following command in a command lineinterface.
Linux
source $HOME/miniconda3/bin/activate ee
Mac
source $HOME/miniconda3/bin/activate ee
Windows
%UserProfile%\miniconda3\condabin\activate ee
Conda registered
The following conda ee environment activation command assumes thatconda has been registered for use in the shell or command prompt byinstructions in this guide or by othermeans. Run the following command in a command line interface.
conda activate ee
After running the command, you should see (ee) at the beginning ofthe command line, indicating that you are working from the eeenvironment.
You are now ready to start a Python interpreter and access the EarthEngine Python API. Please refer to thePython Install page for general guidance onworking with the Python API.
Updating the API
Use the conda update command to update your ee environment to thelatest API version. Remember to first activate your conda eeenvironment, if it is not already active.
conda update -c conda-forge earthengine-api
Get the currently installed version number in Python by printing the eelibrary __version__ property. Start a Python interpreter by enteringpython in the ee conda environment command line and then enter thefollowing commands.
import eeprint(ee.__version__)
Sharing your ee environment
It can be helpful to share your conda Python environment with others toachieve reproducible and replicable results, particularly when you haveinstalled additional Python packages. Conda provides a convenient way forothers to replicate your environment.
From your conda ee environment, run the following command to save aYAML file called 'ee-shared-env' to your Home directory, which lists yourenvironment specifications.
Linux
conda env export > $HOME/ee-shared-env.yml
Mac
conda env export > $HOME/ee-shared-env.yml
Windows
conda env export > %UserProfile%\ee-shared-env.yml
Share the resulting file, and the recipient can replicate the environmentby running the following conda command.
conda env create -f path-to-ee-shared-env.yml
FAQs
Does installing conda install Python? ›
Installing the Anaconda platform will install the following: Python; specifically the CPython interpreter that we discussed in the previous section. A number of useful Python packages, like matplotlib, NumPy, and SciPy. Jupyter, which provides an interactive “notebook” environment for prototyping code.
Is conda and Anaconda the same? ›Conda is a package manager. It helps you take care of your different packages by handling installing, updating and removing them. Anaconda contains all of the most common packages (tools) a data scientist needs and can be considered the hardware store of data science tools.
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- Setup and requirements.
- Write the web app.
- Define the dependencies.
- Configure the deployment.
- Deploy the web app.
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- Update the web app.
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Which Python is conda using? ›
Conda treats Python the same as any other package, so it is easy to manage and update multiple installations. Anaconda supports Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. The current default is Python 3.9.
Is conda still used? ›In most of the real world Data Science projects, conda based package and environments are widely used and I personally preferred conda based package installation and maintenance of project then installing and maintaining directly PIP based packages.
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How do I use Google Earth without installing it? ›...
How to Use Google Earth in a Browser
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How do I open Google App Engine? ›
- Click the Google Cloud Platform toolbar button .
- Select Create New Project > Google App Engine Flexible Java Project.... ...
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- If you want, enter values for the optional fields: ...
- Click Next.
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Python 3 versions
The Python 3 runtime supports Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9, and Python 3.10 and uses the latest stable release of the version that is specified in your app. yaml file. App Engine automatically updates to new patch release versions, but it will not automatically update the minor version.
- On this page.
- Objectives.
- Prerequisites.
- Set up your environment. Enable the API. Authorize credentials for a desktop application.
- Install the Google client library.
- Configure the sample.
- Run the sample.
- Next steps.
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- Click on Browse and navigate to our example Python file. ...
- Set the application to use one file. ...
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- Click on the Icon drop down and select an icon for your application.
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Is conda slower than pip? ›So in real time, conda was about six times slower than pip . And this difference in speed is typical of my experience with these package managers. Why such a difference to download the same library?
Why is Anaconda better than pip? ›Anaconda offers its own open-source package manager called conda . It's very similar to pip even though it doesn't always have the most up-to-date packages and is moderately slower than pip . However, conda allows us to install packages outside the Python ecosystem.
Is it bad to use both pip and conda? ›Unfortunately, issues can arise when conda and pip are used together to create an environment, especially when the tools are used back-to-back multiple times, establishing a state that can be hard to reproduce.
Is Anaconda Python good for beginners? ›
Anaconda Python is the perfect platform for beginners who want to learn Python. It's easy to install, and you can get started quickly with the included Jupyter Notebook. Plus, Anaconda Python has many features and libraries that you can use for your projects.
Do I need to install Python after Anaconda? ›The answer for you will be No. if you already had anaconda installed in your laptop, once you open it up you will realized you can install Python within the software. Anaconda will not only included Python, R also will be included. Spider or Jupiter notebook can be used for edit your Python scripts.
Is conda a Python library? ›As of conda 4.4, conda can be installed in any environment, not just environments with names starting with _ (underscore). That change was made, in part, so that conda can be used as a Python library.
How much RAM does Anaconda use? ›You need a minimum RAM size of 32 GB, or 16 GB RAM with 1600 MHz DDR3.
Which Python is best to install? ›If your system has a 32-bit processor, then you should choose the 32-bit installer. On a 64-bit system, either installer will actually work for most purposes. The 32-bit version will generally use less memory, but the 64-bit version performs better for applications with intensive computation.
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How do I get Python 3.9 on Anaconda? ›- Scroll to the bar titled "Anaconda Installers".
- Click the 64-bit (or 32-bit depending on your system) Graphical Installer for Windows to download Python 3.9 version. ( ...
- Once download is complete. ...
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The Conda package and environment manager is included in all versions of Anaconda, Miniconda, and Anaconda Repository. Conda is a NumFOCUS affiliated project.
Is conda like pip? ›The fundamental difference between pip and Conda packaging is what they put in packages. Pip packages are Python libraries like NumPy or matplotlib . Conda packages include Python libraries (NumPy or matplotlib ), C libraries ( libjpeg ), and executables (like C compilers, and even the Python interpreter itself).
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Is Anaconda no longer free? ›
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ActiveState vs Anaconda.
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Why should I install conda? ›Using Conda you can quickly install commonly used data science libraries and tools, such as R, NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn, Dask, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Fast.ai, NVIDIA RAPIDS, and more built using optimized, hardware specific libraries (such as Intel's MKL or NVIDIA's CUDA), which provides a speedup without having to ...
Is PyCharm better than Anaconda? ›Though they are independent tools, PyCharm and AnaConda can be used together for projects that can benefit from both tools. PyCharm is an IDE built to make it easier to write Python code, by providing a text editor and debugging, among other features. Anaconda is a Python distribution focused on data driven projects.
Who owns Anaconda Python? ›So, to install geemap in conda: activate your env: $ conda activate onl. install mamba via conda-forge: $ conda install mamba -c conda-forge. install geemap via mamba: $ mamba install geemap -c conda-forge.
How do I install an environment in Anaconda? ›- Create the environment from the environment.yml file: conda env create -f environment. yml. ...
- Activate the new environment: conda activate myenv.
- Verify that the new environment was installed correctly: conda env list.
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Can you install packages in Anaconda Navigator? ›It is very easy to install any package through anaconda navigator, simply search the required package, select package and click on apply to install it.
Can I use pip install in Anaconda? ›pip is the standard package manager for python, meaning you can use it both inside and outside of Anaconda.
How do I conda install? ›
- Download the installer: Miniconda installer for Windows. ...
- Verify your installer hashes.
- Double-click the .exe file.
- Follow the instructions on the screen. If you are unsure about any setting, accept the defaults. ...
- Test your installation.
Conda installs packages into the anaconda/pkgs directory. If conda cannot find the file, try using an absolute path name instead of a relative path name. Installing packages directly from the file does not resolve dependencies.
How can we activate environment in conda? ›To activate your Conda environment, type source activate <yourenvironmentname> . Note that conda activate will not work on Discovery with this version. To install a specific package, type conda install -n <yourenvironmentname> [package] . To deactivate the current, active Conda environment, type conda deactivate .
How do I manually install anaconda packages? ›- Open Anaconda Command prompt as administrator.
- Use cd\ to come out of the set directory or path.
- Run pip install command.
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Should I use pip or conda to install packages? ›It's fully recommended to use pip inside of conda. It's better to install using conda, but for any packages that don't have a conda build, it's perfectly acceptable to use pip.
Do I need to install Python before Anaconda? ›Anaconda recommends downloading the latest version of Anaconda prior to creating a Python 3.5 (or 3.6) environment. Or download the latest version of Anaconda and run the following command to install Python 3.5 (or 3.6) in the root environment: conda install python=3.5 or conda install python=3.6 .
What is the difference between installing a package with conda and pip? ›The fundamental difference between pip and Conda packaging is what they put in packages. Pip packages are Python libraries like NumPy or matplotlib . Conda packages include Python libraries (NumPy or matplotlib ), C libraries ( libjpeg ), and executables (like C compilers, and even the Python interpreter itself).