Installation¶

Earth Engine Account¶

To use geemap, you must first sign up for a Google Earth Engine account. You cannot use Google Earth Engine unless your application has been approved. Once you receive the application approval email, you can log in to the Earth Engine Code Editor to get familiar with the JavaScript API.

signup

Install from PyPI¶

geemap is available on PyPI. To install geemap, run this command in your terminal:

1	`pip install geemap`

Install from conda-forge¶

geemap is also available on conda-forge. If you have Anaconda or Miniconda installed on your computer, you can create a conda Python environment to install geemap:

conda create -n gee python
conda activate gee
conda install mamba -c conda-forge
mamba install geemap -c conda-forge

Optionally, you can install some Jupyter notebook extensions, which can improve your productivity in the notebook environment. Some useful extensions include Table of Contents, Gist-it, Autopep8, Variable Inspector, etc. See this post for more information.

1	`conda install jupyter_contrib_nbextensions -c conda-forge`

Check the YouTube video below on how to install geemap using conda.

Install from GitHub¶

To install the development version from GitHub using Git, run the following command in your terminal:

1	`pip install git+https://github.com/giswqs/geemap`

Upgrade geemap¶

If you have installed geemap before and want to upgrade to the latest version, you can run the following command in your terminal:

1	`pip install -U geemap`

If you use conda, you can update geemap to the latest version by running the following command in your terminal:

1	`mamba update -c conda-forge geemap`

To install the development version from GitHub directly within Jupyter notebook without using Git, run the following code:

1 2	`import geemap geemap.update_package()`

Use Docker¶

To use geemap in a Docker container, check out the following docker containers with geemap installed.

Last update: 2021-05-12