[GRASS-dev] creating new modules

[Kirk R. Wythers]

On Aug 5, 2006, at 11:03 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote:

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> On Aug 4, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
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>> I am interested in porting an ecosystem model (carbon balance  
>> model) to a grass module. Currently my simulation model consists  
>> of 4 .cpp files (essentially a "main" file, a vegetation  
>> parameters file, and climate file, and a io file), and then 3  
>> associated header files. I found the link:
>>
>> http://grass.itc.it/intro/modelintegration.html
>>
>> Which describes simulation models that have been incorporated into  
>> grass.
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> those models are pretty old and the integration was done mostly for  
> GRASS4*
> some have been rewritten from fortran code (including the not  
> listed simwe) so they may not
> be such good examples.

Thanks for the info Helena. I found a soil water model (MODFLOW) that  
a grass module has been written for

r.gmtg

However, the README file for it says that it was written for grass  
5.4. Does anyone know  if there are particular coding issue when  
writing a module for 6.1 relative to 5.4?


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>>
>> But could also use some general advice as to "best practices" new  
>> module structure. Has anyone put together a grass module howto?  
>> Perhaps the programmers guide? I've been digging around on the  
>> wiki, but haven't found what I'm looking for yet. What I am  
>> basically asking for is to be pointed to a well done example that  
>> I should follow as "simulation model module template"
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> I am curious to see whether somebody will provide it - I would love  
> to have it too!
>
> Helena
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kirk
>>
>>
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