[Qgis-user] Sextante library

[Alex Mandel]

On 06/20/2011 07:46 AM, Francisco Palm wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Piotr Pachół <piotrpachol at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Have you ever consider to add Sextante library to Qgis project ?
>> Is it technically possible ?
>>
> 
> Sextante it's an implementation of SAGA GIS in Java in order to fit on
> gvSIG development. SAGA GIS is the real thing and has a Python
> interface.
> 
> SAGA GIS is in active development since his last release was one month
> ago. The idea in both cases is to implement a framework for Geospatial
> Analysis Development, not very far of what can be currently achieved
> using libraries like Python Traits
> http://code.enthought.com/projects/traits/ over Python development
> tools.
> 
> Greetings
> 
> F. Palm
> 

We have a Google Summer of Code student working on integrating SAGA this
summer under the context of a general QGIS processing framework which
will also lead towards the incorporation of OTB and several other
external toolsets.

https://github.com/polymeris/qgis/wiki/Reports

Thanks,
Alex