miagis 1.0.1

Description:

miagis 1.0.1

MIAGIS was created to help automate the process of creating a meatadata file for GIS
data depositions. It is a command line tool that goes through all files and folders
in the current directory and makes a best effort to fill in all of the metadata fields
for the file. The resulting metadata file is saved as GIS_METADATA.json in the current
directory. It is not expected for this initially generated file to be perfect, therefore
the “validate” command of MIAGIS should be used to generate a list of problems with the
metadata that the user needs to address manually.
The overall expected workflow is for the user to gather all of their files for the deposition
into a directory with the expected directory structure (explained below), use the “build”
command of MIAGIS to create an initial metadata file, and then use the “validate” command
to get a list of problems to fix and fix them until the “validate” command reports nothing.

Links


MIAGIS @ GitHub
MIAGIS @ PyPI
Documentation @ Pages




Installation
The MIAGIS package runs under Python 3.7+. Use pip to install.
Starting with Python 3.4, pip is included by default. Be sure to use the latest
version of pip as older versions are known to have issues grabbing all dependencies.

Install on Linux, Mac OS X
python3 -m pip install miagis


Install on Windows
py -3 -m pip install miagis


Upgrade on Linux, Mac OS X
python3 -m pip install miagis --upgrade


Upgrade on Windows
py -3 -m pip install miagis --upgrade



Quickstart
First create a directory with directories for “layer_data”, “map_data”, and “other”
as necessary. Then run the “build” command.
MIAGIS has many options. The simplest use case is:
miagis build
Although this will run and generate a metadata file, MIAGIS can do a lot more by
using some of the simplest options. A more common use case is:
miagis build --remove_optional_fields --add_resources --resource_properties <filepath> --base_metadata <filepath>
Detailed descriptions of the options and input files are in the tutorial.
MIAGIS’s behavior can be quite complex, so it is highly encouraged to read the
guide and tutorial.
There are also examples available in the examples folder on the GitHub repo.


Mac OS Note
When you try to run the program on Mac OS you may get an SSL error.

certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate

This is due to a change in Mac OS and Python. To fix it go to to your Python
folder in Applications and run the Install Certificates.command shell command
in the /Applications/Python 3.x folder. This should fix the issue.


License
This package is distributed under the BSD license.