verbose print in the code

[12rambau]

In the code there are a lot of print statement that should or should'nt be displayed to the end user based on a verbose parameter.

it implies a lot of if statement that pollute the readability of your code.

wouldn't it be more functionnal to have somewhere a get_print method that return a print function based on the verboseparameter :

def get_print(verbose=True):
    # define a no-print function 
    def no_print():
        pass
   
    return print if verbose else no_print

# [...]

def do_something (verbose=True, **kwargs):

    # init the print 
    v_print = get_print(verbose)

    # do stuff 
    # print something
    v_print('I am doing stuff')

    return 

Then if I call do_something with verbose=False, nothing will be displayed

[giswqs]

Some print statements are necessary for error handling. Some print statements can certainly be improved with a verbose parameter, but it is too tedious and overwhelming to add a verbose parameter to every function with a print statement. It will also require updating the documentation of every function. I will look into this when I have time. As a workaround, you can always use an Output widget to capture the print statements. Nothing will be shown to the user unless you display the Output widget.

import ipywidgets as widgets
output = widgets.Output()
with output:
    geemap.function1()
    geemap.function2()

[12rambau]

I already use it as a workaround and already proposed a modification for a function I was using on daily basis in a PR (#197). I will be happy to contribute again for other functions and modify the documentation accordingly.
Regarding the error handling, you recently changed some print statement to error raising (it made my CI failed for le list of available basemaps) and I think it's better than printing error as it stop the execution.