jgomezdans / get_modis

Downloading MODIS data from the USGS repository
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Optimal choice of what dates to download by examining the actual directory structure #1

Closed jgomezdans closed 11 years ago

jgomezdans commented 11 years ago

Monthly or 8-daily composites take too long to download. This happens because we rely on the software banging on the remote server and getting an error saying that the product in question is not available on that date. There ought to be the possibility of, on the first connection, figure out by looking at the directory structure, what dates might be available, and so optimise the download by only selecting the existing dates.