diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3931f1..01b3808 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -163,6 +163,3 @@ cython_debug/
 /keys
 keys/
 wri-gee-358d958ce7c6.json
-
-# notebooks, you need to `git add -f` to force them to be changed
-.ipynb
diff --git a/city_metrix/layers/layer.py b/city_metrix/layers/layer.py
index 609aed1..299b0a1 100644
--- a/city_metrix/layers/layer.py
+++ b/city_metrix/layers/layer.py
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ def write(self, bbox, output_path, tile_degrees=None):
                 file_names.append(file_name)
 
                 write_layer(file_name, data)
-
-            gdal.BuildVRT(f"{output_path}.vrt", file_names)
         else:
             data = self.aggregate.get_data(bbox)
             write_layer(output_path, data)
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 6111f79..ba03c54 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ dependencies:
   - dask[complete]=2023.11.0
   - matplotlib=3.8.2
   - jupyterlab=4.0.10
-  - geemap=0.32.0
   - s3fs=2024.5.0
+  - geemap=0.32.0
   - pip=23.3.1
   - scikit-learn=1.5.0
   - pip:
diff --git a/notebooks/tutorial/compute indicators.ipynb b/notebooks/tutorial/compute indicators.ipynb
index 2a73652..6fe09bf 100644
--- a/notebooks/tutorial/compute indicators.ipynb	
+++ b/notebooks/tutorial/compute indicators.ipynb	
@@ -2469,4 +2469,4 @@
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 5
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/notebooks/tutorial/get layers.ipynb b/notebooks/tutorial/get layers.ipynb
index 16689a9..67107f8 100644
--- a/notebooks/tutorial/get layers.ipynb	
+++ b/notebooks/tutorial/get layers.ipynb	
@@ -4694,10 +4694,10 @@
      "evalue": "name 'TreeCanopyHeight' is not defined",
      "output_type": "error",
      "traceback": [
-      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
-      "\u001b[0;31mNameError\u001b[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
-      "Cell \u001b[0;32mIn[5], line 2\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m      1\u001b[0m \u001b[38;5;66;03m# Load 1m Global Tree Canopy Hight layer\u001b[39;00m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 2\u001b[0m city_TreeCanopyHeight \u001b[38;5;241m=\u001b[39m \u001b[43mTreeCanopyHeight\u001b[49m()\u001b[38;5;241m.\u001b[39mget_data(city_gdf\u001b[38;5;241m.\u001b[39mtotal_bounds)\n\u001b[1;32m      3\u001b[0m city_TreeCanopyHeight\n",
-      "\u001b[0;31mNameError\u001b[0m: name 'TreeCanopyHeight' is not defined"
+      "\u001B[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001B[0m",
+      "\u001B[0;31mNameError\u001B[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
+      "Cell \u001B[0;32mIn[5], line 2\u001B[0m\n\u001B[1;32m      1\u001B[0m \u001B[38;5;66;03m# Load 1m Global Tree Canopy Hight layer\u001B[39;00m\n\u001B[0;32m----> 2\u001B[0m city_TreeCanopyHeight \u001B[38;5;241m=\u001B[39m \u001B[43mTreeCanopyHeight\u001B[49m()\u001B[38;5;241m.\u001B[39mget_data(city_gdf\u001B[38;5;241m.\u001B[39mtotal_bounds)\n\u001B[1;32m      3\u001B[0m city_TreeCanopyHeight\n",
+      "\u001B[0;31mNameError\u001B[0m: name 'TreeCanopyHeight' is not defined"
      ]
     }
    ],