[QGIS-Developer] R: GSoC 2021 QGIS On-the-fly Raster Calculator proposal draft review and feedback

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Francesco,

This is a great initiative, thank you for taking on this.
I have just recently had a project where this would have been of great
value. I'm very much looking forward to this work.

Welcome on QGIS board and enjoy your GSoC.

Matthias

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 3:41 PM Francesco Bursi <francesco.bursi at hotmail.it>
wrote:

> Hi Alister,
>
> Thank you for the feedback.
> Well, I imagine the new feature with some properties of the existing
> Raster Calculator but not exactly the same, e.g It won't be possible to set
> layer extent / output CRS, because this would be already pre-defined by the
> layer on which the renderer is applied, in the basic mockup you should not
> see these 2 field. The same can be said for choosing other layer. It should
> work like contours/hillshade renderer, where you can style only the layer
> you have currently selected but you can choose the band.
> Besides, I think that the existing Raster Calculator in the processing
> toolbox (as well as the Gdal Raster Calculator) allows the creation of a
> temporary file, enable the addition of a layer to the project that you can
> style, but maybe here I misunderstood what you meant.
> One of the advantage of the on-the-fly (styling) is to  * avoid the need
> to create derived raster files and layers.*
>
> Let me know if I misunderstood something and thank you for the message.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Francesco Bursi
>
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> *Da:* QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto
> di Alister Hood <alister.hood at gmail.com>
> *Inviato:* martedì 13 aprile 2021 14:10
> *A:* qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Oggetto:* Re: [QGIS-Developer] GSoC 2021 QGIS On-the-fly Raster
> Calculator proposal draft review and feedback
>
>
> Hi,
> This functionality would be great, but as a user, I can't help thinking
> the proposal is to implement it in the wrong way.
>
> If implemented as a renderer, as described, you could conceivably use an
> expression that uses other layers but not the layer you are supposedly
> rendering.  What is displayed would not correspond in any way to the actual
> layer... Bizarre.
>
> Would it not be possible to instead implement a "virtual raster"
> *provider*?  Add a checkbox in the raster calculator labelled "create as
> virtual raster".  Create a new layer that can be styled using the existing
> renderers and behaves in every way like a non-virtual layer - e.g. the
> right values would be shown using the identify tool and the "value tool"
> plugin, and you could use the layer as an input for other processing tools.
>
> Regards, and best wishes with the proposal,
> Alister
>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:20:53 +0000
> From: Francesco Bursi <francesco.bursi at hotmail.it>
> To: qgis-developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: [QGIS-Developer] GSoC 2021 QGIS On-the-fly Raster Calculator
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> Hello QGIS Dev,
>
>
> I?m Francesco Bursi, an M.Sc. civil engineer from Italy currently enrolled
> in a Master of Advanced Studies (Level 8 EQF) in giscience and
> geoinformatics at the University of Padua.
>
> I?m really interested in the QGIS (possible) new rendering feature that
> involves raster calculator capabilities, I've already discussed the project
> with mentors Martin Tobias and Peter Petrik and possible co-mentor Roberto
> Marzocchi,  they gave me a lot of feedback and advice for the project.
> I would like to share my proposal with you before the final submission.
> Don't hesitate to give me feedback and ask me question/clarification or
> point me out what's missing.
>
>
> proposal 2021<
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u8L_L1IJjGCZ3d8Vq8duxHbsHZeyzwqOe3tXa1JcKbs/edit?usp=sharing
> >
>
>
> I'm open to advice, remarks and criticism in order to improve.
>
> I am looking forward to a feedback, thank you for your time.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Francesco Bursi
>
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