A shell function to quickly grab the data for a given Landsat 8 tile ID from Google's servers

l8get

# This is a shell function to quickly grab the data for a given Landsat 8 tile ID from Google's servers
# For example:
# l8get LC81690352014169LGN00

# The echo at the end is to remind myself of the syntax for extracting bands 8, 4, 3, and 2. (Pansharp, Red, Green, Blue)

# On OSX this would go into your ~/.bash_profile file.
# Requires gsutil from https://developers.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil_install
# Most useful in conjunction with USGS' Earth Explorer: http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

function l8get() {
	id="$1"
	path=${id:3:3}
	row=${id:6:3}
	yr=${id:9:4}

	gsutil cp gs://earthengine-public/landsat/L8/$path/$row/$id.tar.bz .

	echo ""
	echo "tar -jxvf *.tar.bz '*_B[4328].TIF'"

}