/Colorbar-JSON-to-PNG

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Colorbar JSON File to PNG Sizer

This repository contains a Python script that can convert json files containing colorbar configurations for maps to custom sized PNG files.

Prerequisites

To run this script, you need to have the following installed on your system:

  • Python 3 (preferably the latest version)

Setup

  1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
  2. CD into the repository folder.
  3. Create the virtual environment with the command: python3 -m venv venv.
  4. Activate the virtual environment with the command source venv/bin/activate (Mac/Linux) or venv\Scripts\activate (Windows).
  5. Install the required Python packages using the following command in your terminal: pip install -r requirements.txt.

Usage

  1. Place any JSON files containing colorbar configurations that you want to convert in the palettes-custom directory. This directory currently has 27 color palette configurations from NASA Worldview. These can be removed.
  2. Run the script using the following command in your terminal: python colorbar-script.py.
  3. The PNG images will generate inside of the palettes-custom directory.