[GRASS-user] Dataset file for add-on

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Johannes Radinger
<johannesradinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to use a HDF5 datafile (multidimensional matrix with
> parameter values) to be used and called from an python add-on.
> Thus, I thought about providing the data file together with
> the python add-on an load the data via a relative path (relative
> to the path of the add-on). Is it generally possible to include
> a datafile in the respecitive add-on folder so that it is also installed
> together with the add-on.

The g.extension script would need a modification to allow for other
file extensions than the image extensions.

> And if so, how should it be loaded (of course
> with the hd5py functionalities) from within the python script (so that
> it works on Windows and Linux platforms)

As an alternative you could host it along with the script (if not too
huge) and then fetch it from there via curl/wget.

Best
Markus