order_cat

petrofit.segmentation.order_cat(cat, key='area', reverse=True)[source]

Sort a catalog by largest area and return the argsort

Parameters:
catSourceCatalog instance

A SourceCatalog instance containing the properties of each source.

keystring

Key to sort.

reversebool

Reverse sorting order. Default is True to place largest values on top.

Returns:
outputlist

A list of catalog indices ordered by largest area.