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+# ===============================================================================
+# Copyright 2018 dgketchum
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ===============================================================================
+
+import os
+
+home = os.path.expanduser('~')
+PATH = os.path.join(home, 'miniconda2', 'envs', 'qgis', 'share', 'qgis', 'python')
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(PATH)
+
+import os
+from qgis.core import QgsApplication, QgsProject, QgsMapLayerRegistry
+from qgis.core import QgsRasterLayer, QgsVectorLayer
+from PyQt4.QtCore import QFileInfo
+
+
+def make_qgs(qml, input):
+    shapes = {'cold': os.path.join(input, 'PIXELS', 'cold.shp'),
+              'hot': os.path.join(input, 'PIXELS', 'hot.shp')}
+
+    rasters = {'hot_pixels': os.path.join(input, 'PIXEL_REGIONS', 'hot_pixel_suggestion.img'),
+               'cold_pixels': os.path.join(input, 'PIXEL_REGIONS', 'cold_pixel_suggestion.img'),
+               'region_mask': os.path.join(input, 'PIXEL_REGIONS', 'region_mask.img'),
+               'ndvi': os.path.join(input, 'INDICES', 'ndvi_toa.img'),
+               'ts': os.path.join(input, 'ts.img'),
+               'albedo': os.path.join(input, 'albedo_at_sur.img'),
+               'et_rf': os.path.join(input, 'ETRF', 'et_rf.img')}
+
+    keys = ['cold', 'hot', 'hot_pixels', 'cold_pixels', 'region_mask', 'ndvi', 'ts', 'albedo', 'et_rf']
+
+    QgsApplication.setPrefixPath(PATH, True)
+    qgs = QgsApplication([], False)
+    qgs.initQgis()
+
+    project = QgsProject.instance()
+    project.read(QFileInfo(os.path.join(qml, 'qgis_template.qgs')))
+    project_path = QFileInfo(os.path.join(input, 'calbration_map.qgs'))
+    for key, path in rasters.items():
+        layer = QgsRasterLayer(path)
+        if not layer.isValid():
+            print("file {} is not a valid raster file".format(path))
+        QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(layer)
+
+    for key, path in shapes.items():
+        fileInfo = QFileInfo(path)
+        path = fileInfo.filePath()
+        baseName = fileInfo.baseName()
+        layer = QgsVectorLayer(path, baseName, 'ogr')
+        if not layer.isValid():
+            print("file {} is not a valid vector file".format(path))
+
+        QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(layer)
+
+    for layer, name in zip(QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().mapLayers().values(), keys):
+        layer.loadNamedStyle(os.path.join(qml, '{}{}'.format(qml, '.qml')))
+
+    project.write(project_path)
+    qgs.exitQgis()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    home = os.path.expanduser('~')
+    path = os.path.join(home, 'IrrigationGIS', 'tests', 'qgis')
+    folder = os.path.join(path, 'LC08_041027_20150807')
+    make_qgs(path, folder)
+# ========================= EOF ====================================================================