Work With Multi-Band Rasters in Python
Overview
Teaching: 40 min
Exercises: 20 minQuestions
How can I visualize individual and multiple bands in a raster object?
Objectives
Identify a single vs. a multi-band raster file.
Import multi-band rasters into Python using the
rasterio
package.Plot multi-band color image rasters in R using the
earthpy
package.
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Key Points
A single raster file can contain multiple bands or layers.
Use the
earthpy.stack()
function to load all bands spread across individual files into PythonIndividual bands within a stack can be accessed, analyzed, and visualized using the same functions as single bands.