Homework 00: Installation Python libraries + software
Required Python installation
All of these can be installed easily with pip
, just follow these instructions.
pip
should already be installed on your system if you have installed Python3.
For Windows, download the proper binaries first if pip doesn’t work directly.
If pip
is not accessible from your command-prompt/shell/terminal, read this guide.
We strongly recommend that you use virtual environments; mandatory it is not, but it’s the right way to work with Python and packages.
Useful software for the course
- QGIS: QGIS3 has a rudimentary 3D viewer that could be useful, but QGIS2 is also perfectly fine for the course
- GDAL utilities: to process rasters (included with QGIS)
- CloudCompare: to view/edit/process point clouds
- Blender and BlenderGIS: to view DTM and render them beautifully
Using Windows and the command prompt
To learn how to deal with the command prompt (also called the terminal or the shell), read this handy guide.