[Qgis-developer] QGIS and GRASS 7.0.0

[Radim Blazek]

Olá todos,

I'am already preparing crowdfunding campaign for GRASS plugin upgrade.
It will include:

- qgisgrasslib upgrade to GRASS 7
- single build with both GRASS 6 and 7 (GRASS version chosen by
environmental variables on start up)
- move plugin browser functionality to standard QGIS browser (meta
info widget, delete and rename action)
- implement raster and vector import via browser drag and drop
(including reprojection)
- new/open/close location tools upgrade to GRASS 7
- region editor upgrade to GRASS 7
- upgrade GRASS shell to the last qtermwidget
- modules GUI - my idea is to throw away the qgm and qgc definitions
and auto generate GUI for modules with all options based on
--interface-description only, also the list of modules would be auto
generated for all modules. The reason is my impression that there are
no volunteers willing to maintain qgm and qgc. If there are volunteers
to do that (no programming, xml editing only) let me know and I'll
include keeping of current system in the proposal.
- vector editing overall upgrade and enhancement more integrated with
standard QGIS tools
    - standard editing tools (e.g. node tool)
    - snapping to other layers
    - undo/redo
    - attribute forms
    - possibility to change topological symbology  via standard style dialog
    - standard rendering of not edited layers based on edited map
(i.e. draw filled polygons on background during editing)

I am currently coding proof of concept for vector editing to be sure
that it is feasible at all. I hope to launch the campaign in about 2-3
weeks.

Radim

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Pedro Venâncio
<pedrongvenancio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Olá Paolo,
>
>
>> this will require a reasonable amount of work. I have raised the issue
>> several times; sadly it seems nobody is willing to invest the necessary
>> resources on this.
>
>
> Despite the great advantages of GRASS commands in Processing, I think that
> the GRASS plugin still plays an important role and is an excellent interface
> for GRASS. For those who still like to use the paradigm of locations,
> mapsets and the GRASS topological model, GRASS plugin is very important,
> because then it allows to use all QGIS tools, for example, to create layouts
> using the Composer, etc.
>
> If no one is interested in making the port of the plugin for GRASS 7, we
> could try through a crowdfounding initiative. Who was behind the initial
> creation of GRASS plugin?
>
>
>
>>
>> BTW, would you mind giving us a list of the missing modules in
>> Processing? AFAIK these should be only obsolete and useless ones, but if
>> there is some genuinely missing we should be able to fix this rather
>> easily.
>
>
>
> I've been checking the differences and they are indeed few. Please see the
> spreadsheet attached.
>
> Some commands seem that were adaptations of other algorithms, made for
> Processing, as they are not in the 6 manual, or in the 7:
> r.cost.full.raster, r.drain.coordinate, r.terraflow.short,
> v.surf.rst.cvdev.line, v.surf.rst.line, v.transform.pointsfile.
>
> Others seem that have been removed from GRASS 7 (r.average, r.bilinear,
> r.bitpattern, r.surf.idw2), as they are not in the GRASS 7 manual.
>
> There are five that seem important to me, which are in GRASS 7, in
> Processing GRASS 6, but not in Processing GRASS 7: r.out.xyz, r.ros,
> r.spread, r.univar, v.kernel.
>
> Finally, there are two commands that are on GRASS 7 and were not in 6:
> r.viewshed (which replace r.los) and r.relief (which replace
> r.shaded.relief).
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Best regards,
> Pedro Venâncio
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Qgis-developer mailing list
> Qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer