samapriya/argofloats: Simple CLI for ArgoVis and Argofloats

Argo is an international program that collects information from inside the ocean using a fleet of robotic instruments that drift with the ocean currents and move up and down between the surface and a mid-water level. Each instrument (float) spends almost all its life below the surface. The name Argo was chosen because the array of floats works in partnership with the Jason earth observing satellites that measure the shape of the ocean surface. (In Greek mythology Jason sailed on his ship the Argo in search of the golden fleece). To learn more about Argo, how it works, its data and technology, and its scientific and environmental impact, click here.

The argofloats tool builds on the argovis API and allows the user to perform basic operations like search for and export platform and profile data, parse metadata and so on and more functionality will be added to this tool in the future.

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial tool. It is created and maintained by Samapriya Roy.

As usual, to print help:

argofloats -h
usage: argofloats [-h] {readme,overview,pm,plm,global-search,platform-profiles,profile-export} ...

Simple CLI for ArgoVis & Argofloats

positional arguments:
  {readme,overview,pm,plm,global-search,platform-profiles,profile-export}
    readme              Go the web based porder readme page
    overview            Get overview of platforms and profiles
    pm                  Get Platform metadata
    plm                 Get Platform Profile metadata
    global-search       Global search reports using platform, profile or BGC type
    platform-profiles   Export all profiles for a given platform
    profile-export      Export profile based on Platform Profile ID, Lat, Long or Geometry GeoJSON file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

• added BGC export for profiles apart from core export
• added Global search capability for quick filter and export using keywords

• Improved error handling
• Better readout if search yields nothing
• General improvements & file skipping if exists

• Added readme tool to open in browser

• Fixed relative import of geopandas.
• Added platform profiles export tool.
• Minor general improvements.

• Added readme to the overall tool.
• Improved profile metadata parsing
• Added version check for all future pypi versions

• Added readme and created new branch.