Source code for lidario.metadata_reader
from lidario.io import InputHandler
[docs]class MetadataReader:
"""
Instantiate a MetadataReader object which will handle the metadata
retrieval from the given input.
:param input_type: Type of raster data provided: "**geotiff**" or "**mask**".
- "geotiff": a .tif raster file.
- "mask", a *rasterio.mask.mask()* result.
:type input_type: str
"""
def __init__(self, input_type):
# Handle the input of files/objects
self.input_handler = InputHandler(input_type)
[docs] def get_metadata(self, input_values):
"""
Retrieve and return the metadata from a given "input_values".
:param input_values: Data values to translate. Depend on the
Translator's "input_type" parameter:
- For a "**geotiff**": Takes the path to your .tif file (string).
- For a "**mask**": Takes the np.array returned by a rasterio.mask.mask() method.
:return: A dictionary of the metadata.
:rtype: dict
"""
return self.input_handler.load(False, input_values)