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A Script for automatically downloding earth based image tiles and stitching | |
them into a single image file. Designed for downloading and stitching together | |
a cloud map file for use with xplanet. But it could be used for other things. | |
Images are obtained from the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) | |
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison through their RealEarth project. | |
RealEarth is a data discovery and visualization platform developed at | |
SSEC/CIMSS at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to support outreach | |
and collaboration efforts of scientists. |