get_images: Retrieve Images and Related Information

In geeLite: Building and Managing Local Databases from 'Google Earth Engine'

Retrieve Images and Related Information

Description

Retrieves images and related information from Google Earth Engine (GEE) based on the specified session task.

Usage

get_images(task, mode, cases, dataset, band, regions_new, latest_date)

Arguments

task	[mandatory] (list) Session task specifying parameters for data collection.
mode	[mandatory] (character) Mode of data extraction. Currently supports "local" or "drive" (for larger exports via Google Drive). Defaults to "local".
cases	[mandatory] (integer) Type of data collection request (1: All build, 2: All update, 3: Mixed).
dataset	[mandatory] (character) Name of the GEE dataset.
band	[mandatory] (character) Name of the band.
latest_date	[mandatory] (date) The most recent data available in the related SQLite table. Set to NULL during the (re)building procedure.

Value

List containing retrieved images and related information as follows:

$build

Images for the building procedure

$update

Images for the updating procedure

$batch_size

Batch size

$skip_band

TRUE if 'band' is up-to-date and can be skipped

$skip_update

TRUE if 'band' is up-to-date but cannot be skipped

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