This commit :

1- Creates a csv file of tile id and coordinate in both systems when generate is called. This is very handy for the user to refer back to if they need to know where certain tiles are.
2- Add an optional dest_path argument to save_csv and save_shapefile to be saved even if generate is not called and no source tile exists.

src/tile2net/raster/grid.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import warnings
 import os
 import numpy as np
@@ -506,26 +508,28 @@ def create_grid_gdf(self):
         gdf_grid = gdf_grid.reset_index(drop=True)
         return gdf_grid
 
-    def save_shapefile(self):
+    def save_shapefile(self, dst_path: str = None) -> None:
         """
         Saves the grid data in shapefile format
         """
-        dst_path = self.project.tiles.path
-        if not os.path.exists(dst_path):
-            os.makedirs(dst_path)
+        if not dst_path is None:
+            dst_path = self.project.tiles.path
+            if not os.path.exists(dst_path):
+                os.makedirs(dst_path)
         poly = self._create_pseudo_tiles()
         tileinfo_df = self._create_info_dict(df=True)
         gdf_grid = gpd.GeoDataFrame(tileinfo_df, geometry=poly, crs=self.crs)
         gdf_grid.to_file(
             os.path.join(dst_path, f'{self.name}_{self.tile_size}_pseudo_tiles'))
 
-    def save_csv(self):
+    def save_csv(self, dst_path: str = None):
         """
         Saves the grid data in CSV format without geometry info
         """
-        dst_path = self.project.tiles.path
-        if not os.path.exists(dst_path):
-            os.makedirs(dst_path)
+        if not dst_path:
+            dst_path = self.project.tiles.path
+            if not os.path.exists(dst_path):
+                os.makedirs(dst_path)
         tileinfo_df = self._create_info_dict(df=True)
         tileinfo_df.to_csv(os.path.join(dst_path, f'{self.name}_{self.tile_size}_info.csv'))
 

src/tile2net/raster/raster.py

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        if self.boundary_path != -1:
+        if self.boundary_path != "":
             tiles_within = f"{(self.num_inside / self.num_tiles) * 100:.1f}"
             return (
                 f"{self.name} Data Constructor. \nCoordinate reference system (CRS): {self.crs} \n"
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ def generate(self, step):
         """
         self.stitch(step)
         self.save_info_json(new_tstep=step)
+        self.save_csv()
         logger.info(f"Dumping to {self.project.tiles.info}")
         json.dump(
             dict(self.project.structure),