Added support for parallel tile downloads and control of cache#217

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JacobJeppesen:parallel_tile_downloads

Jun 12, 2023

Commits on May 15, 2023

Added support for parallel tile downloads in the bounds2raster and bounds2img functions
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Commits on May 19, 2023

Fixed a memory bug when using threads to download tiles in parallel while also caching the downloaded tiles. The solution was to use parallel processes instead of threads.
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Commits on May 25, 2023

Changed name of num_parallel_tile_downloads to n_connections, and set it to default value of 1. Added different n_connections values when testing the bounds2img() function.
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Commits on May 29, 2023

Moved max_connections to be a parameter (was hardcoded before). Also added a parameter to disable caching, which is useful in resource constrained environments when using parallel connections for d…
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Commits on Jun 7, 2023

Removed max_connections and updated docstrings for n_connections and disable_cache
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Commits on Jun 12, 2023

Changed disable_cache=False to use_cache=True in bounds2raster() and bounds2img() function parameters to avoid using double negative
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