2. Getting Started

This section is the shortest path from a clean Python environment to a first pyCSAMT survey workflow. Start here when you are new to pyCSAMT v2, when you are setting up a new machine, or when you need a reproducible first-pass workflow for a survey directory.

• 2.1. Start here
  • 2.1.1. The recommended path
  • 2.1.2. Choose a shorter entry point
  • 2.1.3. What Getting Started does not do
  • 2.1.4. Before leaving this section
• 2.2. Install pyCSAMT
  • 2.2.1. Check Python
  • 2.2.2. Create An Isolated Environment
  • 2.2.3. Install The Core Package
  • 2.2.4. Verify The Installation
  • 2.2.5. Add Optional Features Only When Needed
  • 2.2.6. Continue With Your Data
• 2.3. Identify your data format
  • 2.3.1. Choose the nearest input family
  • 2.3.2. Load EDI data directly
  • 2.3.3. Convert transfer-function formats when necessary
  • 2.3.4. Distinguish spectra from impedance EDI
  • 2.3.5. Treat time-domain data as a separate measurement family
  • 2.3.6. Check units and spatial references
  • 2.3.7. Continue from the identified format
• 2.4. Configure a first session
  • 2.4.1. Start with a small explicit setup
  • 2.4.2. Choose station ordering deliberately
  • 2.4.3. Choose a plotting preset
  • 2.4.4. Keep API result views at their default initially
  • 2.4.5. Use temporary settings for isolated work
  • 2.4.6. Reset the settings you changed
  • 2.4.7. Configuration that can wait
• 2.5. Inspect a first survey
  • 2.5.1. Load the survey
  • 2.5.2. Review source files and parser errors
  • 2.5.3. Build the station inventory
  • 2.5.4. Inspect one station
  • 2.5.5. Plot a survey fingerprint
  • 2.5.6. Decide whether to continue
• 2.6. Quickstart
  • 2.6.1. Load and inspect
  • 2.6.2. Normalize for processing
  • 2.6.3. Save one diagnostic figure
  • 2.6.4. Complete script
  • 2.6.5. Continue with the appropriate depth