diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+# Use the official Python 3.11 image from the Docker Hub
+FROM python:3.11
+
+# Update the system and install the packages
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git-lfs \
+    openmpi-bin \
+    openmpi-doc \
+    libopenmpi-dev \
+    gdal-bin \
+    libgdal-dev
+
+
+# Set the working directory to /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+COPY . /app
+
+# Create the output directory
+RUN mkdir -p /app/output
+
+# Install any needed packages specified in pyproject.toml
+RUN pip install --editable ".[dev]"
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/docker-existing-dockerfile
+{
+	"name": "Existing Dockerfile",
+	"build": {
+		// Sets the run context to one level up instead of the .devcontainer folder.
+		"context": "..",
+		// Update the 'dockerFile' property if you aren't using the standard 'Dockerfile' filename.
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+	}
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [],
+
+	// Uncomment the next line to run commands after the container is created.
+	// "postCreateCommand": "cat /etc/os-release",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	// "customizations": {},
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as an existing user other than the container default. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "devcontainer"
+}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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-# Using the ubuntu:20.04 base image for compatibility with the ICESat-2 SlideRule software
-# Some code to add conda from https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge-images/blob/master/ubuntu/Dockerfile
-# This file builds the docker image for the ICESat-2 tracks project. Includes the ICESat-2 SlideRule tool, conda, and the python3.11 environment for the project with dependencies provided in the environment_small.yml file.
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG MINIFORGE_NAME=Miniforge3
-ARG MINIFORGE_VERSION=23.3.1-0
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-
-ENV CONDA_DIR=/opt/conda
-ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-ENV PATH=${CONDA_DIR}/bin:${PATH}
-ENV ENVNAME=2021-icesat2-tracks
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y git curl wget
-
-# Install sliderule dependencies
-RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libreadline-dev liblua5.3-dev zlib1g-dev cmake
-RUN git clone https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule.git
-WORKDIR /sliderule/
-RUN make config && \
-    make && \
-    make install
-
-# Install conda
-RUN apt-get update > /dev/null && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes \
-    bzip2 ca-certificates \
-    tini \
-    > /dev/null && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    wget --no-hsts --quiet https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/${MINIFORGE_VERSION}/${MINIFORGE_NAME}-${MINIFORGE_VERSION}-Linux-$(uname -m).sh -O /tmp/miniforge.sh && \
-    /bin/bash /tmp/miniforge.sh -b -p ${CONDA_DIR} && \
-    rm /tmp/miniforge.sh && \
-    conda clean --tarballs --index-cache --packages --yes && \
-    find ${CONDA_DIR} -follow -type f -name '*.a' -delete && \
-    find ${CONDA_DIR} -follow -type f -name '*.pyc' -delete && \
-    conda clean --force-pkgs-dirs --all --yes && \
-    echo ". ${CONDA_DIR}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh && conda activate base" >> /etc/skel/.bashrc && \
-    echo ". ${CONDA_DIR}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh && conda activate base" >> ~/.bashrc
-
-# Install conda environment
-COPY environment_small.yml /tmp/environment.yml
-RUN mamba env create -f /tmp/environment.yml
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["tini", "--"]
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]