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Maxar Geospatial Platform - Python SDK

Getting started

MGP SDK is a Python library for accessing Maxar's Geospatial Platform API endpoints to retrieve and manipulate services including account, activation and user access as well as OGC services The connection is established using login credentials stored in a local config file.

Installation:

There are two options recommended for environment set up to utilize the MGP SDK.

  1. Installation of rasterio package for georeferencing geotiff files.

    • First install the Microsoft C++ Tools

    • Create a conda environment with the gdal, rasterio, and shapely packages:

      Example: conda create -n <environment_name> python=3.8 gdal rasterio shapely

    • Proceed with standard pip installation below

  2. Standard pip installation without the gdal, rasterio, and shapely packages.

    Example: pip install MGP-SDK

    Note: Mosaicing images is still available with this installation option but geotiff files will NOT be georeferenced. See Download Full Resolution and Create Mosaic

Config File

We recommend creating a credentials file to store your login information for future sessions in one of two ways.

  • Use the command line interface command config from the command prompt and follow the prompts. See Command Line Interface
  • Create a credentials file called .MGP-config in your home directory with the following format:
        [mgp] 
    user_name=<your-user-name>
    user_password=<your-password>
    client_id=<your-client-name>

After creating your config file, you are now ready to start with the following guides: