[Qgis-developer] QGIS and GRASS 7.0.0

Andrew amcaninch at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 12:51:03 PST 2015


Hi Radim,

I would be willing to volunteer to help maintain the qgm and qgc files.

Andrew

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Radim Blazek <radim.blazek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
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