[SoC] Re: [GRASS-dev] SoC proposal

[Markus Metz]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2011/3/31 Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com>:
>> I am willing to participate as student to GSoC with a GRASS GIS related
>> project.
>> I'm a third year PhD student and my main research interests lie in
>> hydrological modeling coupled with GIS.
>> My idea is the following: recently, in GRASS GIS new modules suitable for
>> hydrological analysis have been developed, r.stream*. I tested it and found
>> very complete and useful, I currently use it for hydrological analysis and
>> develop python scripts using it.
>> My idea for GSoC is to develop a sophisticated Graphical User Interface in
>> wxpython for r.stream*.
>> GIMP users may know the Filter Pack, that allow to see the preview of the
>> effects over an image. I imagine the r.stream* GUI something like that, in
>> which it's possible to see rapidly on a small portion of the area of
>> interest the result of the hydrological analysis, and then decide if apply
>> the analysis or not.
>>
>> It will include "multiple previews". Every result can be saved as an image
>> and set of parameters for future use in additional "preview windows", next
>> choose from group of possible parameters that which is most suitable.
>> Also, changing the extend of sample area will be available "on the fly".
>>
>> Parameters that shall to be shown are:
>> * network (vector) + optionally (order + elementary basins +
>> distance/elevation)
>>
>> Parameters to change:
>> * threshold
>> * Montgomery exponent
>> * SFD treshold
>>
>> Optionally:
>> * Flow accumulation map
>> * Map of depressions
>>
>> The advantage of such a graphical interface is to allow the user to have a
>> simple approach to a sophisticated thing like hydrology. Many hydrologists
>> use other GIS suites because they simply don't know or don't know how to use
>> r.stream*. I believe that such a GUI could improve the user approach to
>> hydrological analysis in GRASS.
>>
>> My tentative of timeline is the following:
>>
>> 2 weeks: design interface based on other similar software
>> 3 weeks - midterm goal: get a preview widget working in grass7
>> 3 weeks: add functionality and documentation
>> 1 week: testing
>> final goal: working GUI for grass7
>
> I could be co-mentor for this project (wxGUI part), anyone interested
> to mentor this project from hydrological modeling point of view?
>
I could co-mentor the hydrological component.

Markus M