Use the Earth Engine Data Catalog STAC list

[giswqs]

Improve the dataset module to use the Earth Engine Data Catalog STAC list

https://gee.stac.cloud/?t=catalogs

[giswqs]

geemap now uses the GEE Data Catalog STAC list to stay current.

def get_ee_stac_list():
    """Gets the STAC list of the Earth Engine Data Catalog.

    Raises:
        Exception: If the JSON file fails to download.

    Returns:
        list: The list of Earth Engine asset IDs.
    """
    try:
        stac_url = (
            "https://earthengine-stac.storage.googleapis.com/catalog/catalog.json"
        )

        datasets = []
        with urllib.request.urlopen(stac_url) as url:
            data = json.loads(url.read().decode())
            for link in data["links"]:
                if "id" in link:
                    datasets.append(link["id"])

        return datasets

    except Exception as e:
        raise Exception(e)