Phase 2: Enhancing Project Selection and Authentication

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This phase focuses on improving the user experience and functionality of project selection and authentication in the QGIS Earth Engine Plugin. The following enhancements will be addressed:

• Improved Project Selection:

  • Replace the current plain text project selection method with an intuitive interface, similar to how the Earth Engine Code Editor allows users to select projects.
  • Include validation to ensure that the selected project is valid before sending it to Earth Engine.

• Display Selected Project:

  • Add functionality to display the currently selected project name prominently within the QGIS application, providing better transparency for users.

• Enhanced Authentication:

  • Update the authentication process to include additional scopes in the Earth Engine Python library’s authentication call.
  • These additional scopes will allow the plugin to list available projects for the authenticated user, enabling dynamic project selection.

The changes in this phase aim to make the plugin more user-friendly, reliable, and aligned with how users interact with Earth Engine in other contexts.