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How-to guides

These guides are short snappy instructions for developers and how specific things can be achieved. Useful for new and experienced developers.

  • Installing GDAL - GDAL is a set of geospatial tools and is needed for data processing
  • Installing Make - make is used for compiling code, we use it for processing and shorcuts for application set-up
  • Installing Sqlite - slqlite lite is a common format in our processing to store input and output data.
  • Make Python Virtual Envirronment - brief guidance on making python venvs for development
  • Set Up WSL - For windows users to set up wsl as our repositories focus on using linux
  • Using Different Python Versions - currently our pipline and apps using slightly different version, this gives advice on how to use multiple versions