[GRASS-dev] Managing temperature logger data in GRASS 7

[Yann Chemin]

Yes I am interested Stefan

On 16 January 2015 at 15:55, Blumentrath, Stefan <Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no
> wrote:

>  Dear devs,
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> In my institute several colleagues use (different types of) temperature
> logger in order to collect primary temperature data with more relevance for
> local vegetation than the coarse air temperature data we get from our
> meteorological institute.
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> Different types of loggers are used in different projects with different
> purposes, for different time periods, at different places, measuring
> different parameters (some measure temperature in Farenheit, others in
> Celsius, some collect also lux, others humidity)…
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> Nevertheless I would like to collect all data (also data of that kind we
> will collect in future) in one DB, which will have at least three
> interlinked tables:
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> 1)      One (non-spatial) table describing the projects (which have
> several logger placed with a given purpose)
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> 2)      One (spatial) table describing the different logger
>
> 3)      One (non-spatial) table containing the “real time series” with
> different parameters measured.
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> Between 2 and 3 we probably need another layer with sampling periods
> (because loggers may be slightly (and spatially insignificantly) moved
> which may have an effect on measurements…), but I hope this can be avoided…
>
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> For the technical solution I am considering two alternatives:
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> GRASS 7 or QGIS/PostGIS.
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> What I have in mind is an interface for managing the data for the three
> named tables where the interface for 3) mainly is meant for importing data
> from the different temperature logger used (here I will get various
> raw-data formats).
>
> My current preference would be to use GRASS because of the TGIS concept.
> However, I would have to acquaint myself a bit more with the concept of
> STVDS as I up to now mainly worked with STRDS! As you can imagine the data
> will be rather fragmented (from a space-time-perspective) which makes me
> unsure if they really are suitable for TGIS…
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> Anyway, my question is: Anyone interested in such a “temperature-logger
> feature” in GRASS 7 (however that may look like in the end) who would be
> willing to give me feedback on or help developing the concept and possibly
> assist when I meet challenges which I cannot overcome myself?
>
> Or would you advise me not try to get data with such varying
> characteristics into one DB (because it would be a rather significant job)?
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> For the interested: I could provide some example data…
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> All the best,
>
> Stefan
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