<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap:break-word"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><b>Project Title:</b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">GRASS GIS Locations from Public Data</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><b>Organization:</b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Google Summer of Code 2017</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">GRASS GIS</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><b>Abstract:</b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">r.in.usgs is an add-on module for GRASS GIS that greatly simplifies the process of downloading and using USGS raster datasets. </div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><b>Pre-GSoC:</b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Before r.in.usgs was created, USGS raster imagery was selected through a web-based interface, manually downloaded, and manually imported into GRASS GIS through a multi-step process. The process requires prior knowledge of USGS dataset parameters, spatial reference systems, coordinate reprojection, computational regions, and the appropriate GRASS GIS tools and methods.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><b>Added value:</b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">r.in.usgs provides a GRASS GIS GUI that suggests appropriate default parameters, as well as provides advanced options for downloading available USGS datasets. The module assembles user-input information with the required GRASS GIS parameters and tools to automatically download, import, reproject, and patch complex USGS raster data in a single process.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><b>Continued Work:</b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">r.in.usgs currently handles all three products from the USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) as well as all three products from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). Several other USGS datasets are made available for download but each requires custom formatting and further modifications to the r.in.usgs script processes.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Further development of the module should include continued incorporation of USGS datasets, as well as creating accessible tools for sources of international data. Ultimately, creating a module that allows GRASS GIS users to contribute to a centralized, automated repository of properly formatted publicly available datasets would provide a huge service to the open source GIS community.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">r.in.usgs will be moved into the official GRASS GIS add-ons repository in the coming week.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><b>Links and Documentation:</b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">OSGeo project wiki:</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2017/GRASSGISLocationsfromPublicData">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2017/GRASSGISLocationsfromPublicData</a></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Git repository:</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><a href="https://github.com/zkwurst/GSoC2017-GRASS-GIS">https://github.com/zkwurst/GSoC2017-GRASS-GIS</a></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Raw code:</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zkwurst/GSoC2017-GRASS-GIS/master/r.in.usgs/r.in.usgs.py">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zkwurst/GSoC2017-GRASS-GIS/master/r.in.usgs/r.in.usgs.py</a></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Raw html documentation:</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zkwurst/GSoC2017-GRASS-GIS/master/r.in.usgs/r.in.usgs.html">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zkwurst/GSoC2017-GRASS-GIS/master/r.in.usgs/r.in.usgs.html</a></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Google Docs version of html documentation:</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jarl2X05A020_dv8YAcXjdPAONHrWpGnWigHWyzb3ys/edit#heading=h.gu5m0ou06qhs">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jarl2X05A020_dv8YAcXjdPAONHrWpGnWigHWyzb3ys/edit#heading=h.gu5m0ou06qhs</a></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><br></div></div><div class="bloop_sign" id="bloop_sign_1503291368071572992"><p style="margin:0px"><font face="Cambria">Zechariah F. Krautwurst</font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="Cambria">NCSU College of Natural Resources</font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="Cambria">MGIST Candidate 2017</font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="Cambria"><a href="mailto:zfkrautw@ncsu.edu">zfkrautw@ncsu.edu</a></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><a href="http://www.zekefrank.com">www.zekefrank.com</a></span></p></div></body></html>