Using 5 letter stations doesn't work

jakewalter / easyQuake

Simplified machine-learning driven earthquake detection, location, and analysis.

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Using 5 letter stations doesn't work #1

Closed Donavin97 closed 3 years ago

Donavin97 commented 3 years ago

Hello, first off I want to thank you for developing such a great earthquake detection system. I do have an issue though. How can I import 5 letter station codes? Most of the stations I use have 5 letter station codes, but they are not handled correctly by the program. For example in the sta file the following happens: LBTB2500.91S02535.80E1148 RTLG2121.71S02112.94E1198 How ever the second station should be GRTLG. Any help or suggestions? Thanks.

jakewalter commented 3 years ago

Some location programs truncate 5 letter stations into 4 so there is a part of the code that makes the station only 4 letters. Is there a particular reason or use case where you need to have the station output file with 5 characters?

Donavin97 commented 3 years ago

Hi Jake. No, I thought that the stations won't function correctly. But since the names are only truncated, no data is lost right? Another question I have, what happens if I set machine to false? Does the data have to be 1 day long, or can it be shorter, E.G. 1 hour? Thanks.

jakewalter commented 3 years ago

The data can be shorter, as long as you organize the directory structure according to a timestamp. However, I recommend daily data as it makes things a little easier with the example scripts that are provided. We do have a very short event mode for trying out, if you like. If you set machine to False, then it will attempt to run a more traditional picker that is not very thoroughly tested. I suggest keeping the machine flag True and running it on tensorflow-gpu capable hardware (CUDA compatible NVIDIA card).

Donavin97 commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the help, I can't set the machine mode to true, as I am using a PC that has no GPU at the moment. But very great app anyway, I'll definitely try it out again when I have acquired a GPU.