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How to Merge Sessions

Prerequisites for running the script¶

  1. Open Anaconda Prompt

  2. Navigate to the Start menu or application directory and open the Anaconda Prompt.

  3. Navigate to the Scripts Directory

  4. Replace path_to_your_directory with the location where the coastseg directory is located on your machine.

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cd path_to_your_directory\coastseg
cd scripts

Run the Script merge_sessions.py

  • This will merge two CoastSeg sessions into one combined session
  • This new session will be saved to the scripts folder in CoastSeg

Needed Variables

-i locations of the ROI sessions to be merged 

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ex: -i "C:\CoastSeg\sessions\session_2022\ID_ewr1_datetime12-20-23__03_25_23" "C:\CoastSeg\sessions\session_2022\ID_ewr3_datetime12-20-23__03_25_23"

-c coordinate reference system (CRS) for the merged session

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ex: -c "EPSG:32610"

-n name for the merged session folder that will be created at save_location (default location in scripts folder)

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ex: -n "merged_session_2022"

Example

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python merge_sessions.py -i "E:\anaconda3\CoastSeg-main\sessions\Merge1_test\ID_dgh4_datetime07-25-25__09_23_18" "E:\anaconda3\CoastSeg-main\sessions\Merge2_test\ID_dgh5_datetime07-25-25__09_26_49" -c "EPSG:32610" -n "merged_session_test"

Getting Help

For most scripts, you can get a description of the available options and how to use them by using the -h or --help flag:

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python script_name.py -h

Or:

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python script_name.py --help

You can also open the script in any text editor or IDE like Notepad++, VSCode, or similar to view the documentation.