faq.md

FAQ

How do I report an issue or make a feature request

Please go to https://github.com/gee-community/geemap/issues.

How do I cite geemap in publications

Wu, Q., (2020). geemap: A Python package for interactive mapping with Google Earth Engine. The Journal of Open Source Software, 5(51), 2305. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02305

Bibtex:
@article{wu2020geemap,
    title={geemap: A Python package for interactive mapping with Google Earth Engine},
    author={Wu, Qiusheng},
    journal={Journal of Open Source Software},
    volume={5},
    number={51},
    pages={2305},
    year={2020}
}

Why the interactive map does not show up

If the interactive map does not show up on Jupyter notebook and JupyterLab, it is probably because the ipyleaflet extentsion is not installed properly. For Jupyter notebook, try running the following two commands within your geemap conda environment:

jupyter nbextension install --py --symlink --sys-prefix ipyleaflet
jupyter nbextension enable --py --sys-prefix ipyleaflet

For JupyterLab, try running the following command within your geemap conda environment:

jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager jupyter-leaflet

How to use geemap in countries where Google Services are blocked

If you are trying to use geemap in a country where Google Services are blocked (e.g., China), you will need a VPN. Use geemap.set_proxy(port=your-port-number) to connect to Earth Engine servers. Otherwise, you might encounter a connection timeout issue.

import geemap
geemap.set_proxy(port=your-port-number)
Map = geemap.Map()
Map