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= Overview = | == Overview == | ||
* A nice summary of the progress to date, written by Jachym Cepicky: | * A nice summary of the progress to date, written by Jachym Cepicky: | ||
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* [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]]: [http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa/publications/2008/gis-ostrava-08/paper/landa-grass-gui-wxpython.pdf New GUI for GRASS GIS based on wxPython] ([http://gis2008.com/indexe.html GIS Ostrava 2008], January 27-30, 2008, Ostrava, Czech Republic) | * [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]]: [http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa/publications/2008/gis-ostrava-08/paper/landa-grass-gui-wxpython.pdf New GUI for GRASS GIS based on wxPython] ([http://gis2008.com/indexe.html GIS Ostrava 2008], January 27-30, 2008, Ostrava, Czech Republic) | ||
== Requirements == | === Requirements === | ||
* [http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/README README] | * [http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/README README] | ||
== Development == | === Development === | ||
Do you want to help with the development? | Do you want to help with the development? | ||
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How to get [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/HowToContribute write access] to the GRASS SVN repository. | How to get [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/HowToContribute write access] to the GRASS SVN repository. | ||
= Screenshots = | == Screenshots == | ||
* [http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass-addons/screenshots/wxpython SVN] | * [http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass-addons/screenshots/wxpython SVN] | ||
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* Various screenshots from [[:Category:WxGUI|GRASS-Wiki]] | * Various screenshots from [[:Category:WxGUI|GRASS-Wiki]] | ||
== GNU/Linux == | === GNU/Linux === | ||
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== Mac OS == | === Mac OS === | ||
== MS Windows == | === MS Windows === | ||
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= Components = | == Components == | ||
== Layer Manager == | === Layer Manager === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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=== Roadmap === | ==== Roadmap ==== | ||
* Implement fully-featured command prompt (search engine based on keywords, module groups, auto complete feature for module names, map names, etc.) | * Implement fully-featured command prompt (search engine based on keywords, module groups, auto complete feature for module names, map names, etc.) | ||
** [http://swapoff.org/cly CLY module for Python] | ** [http://swapoff.org/cly CLY module for Python] | ||
== Map display window == | === Map display window === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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== Module GUIs == | === Module GUIs === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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[[Image:wxgrass-d-rgb.png|center|600px]] | [[Image:wxgrass-d-rgb.png|center|600px]] | ||
== Startup GUI == | === Startup GUI === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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[[Image:Wxgrass-startup.png|center|400px]] | [[Image:Wxgrass-startup.png|center|400px]] | ||
== Location wizard == | === Location wizard === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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[[Image:Wxgui-location-wizard.png|center|thumb|600px|Location wizard]] | [[Image:Wxgui-location-wizard.png|center|thumb|600px|Location wizard]] | ||
== Cartography tools == | === Cartography tools === | ||
'''Status:''' development not started yet. | '''Status:''' development not started yet. | ||
=== GUI for ps.map === | ==== GUI for ps.map ==== | ||
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/ps.map.html ps.map] is a cartographic composer, intended to be a stand-alone hardcopy plot generator. It is not meant to be a '''Print''' button for the maps currently displayed in the map canvas, that will need it own controls. | * [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/ps.map.html ps.map] is a cartographic composer, intended to be a stand-alone hardcopy plot generator. It is not meant to be a '''Print''' button for the maps currently displayed in the map canvas, that will need it own controls. | ||
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** text labels | ** text labels | ||
==== Outputs ==== | ===== Outputs ===== | ||
* ps.map instructions file | * ps.map instructions file | ||
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* PDF File (pstopdf? ps2pdf? GNU Ghostscript?) [PostScript tmp file] | * PDF File (pstopdf? ps2pdf? GNU Ghostscript?) [PostScript tmp file] | ||
==== Inputs ==== | ===== Inputs ===== | ||
* Ability to load in saved ps.map scripts. I consider this to be a low priority, deal with it after map creation is fully functional. Start with scripts saved using the GUI, after that is working expand to load any ps.map instructions file. | * Ability to load in saved ps.map scripts. I consider this to be a low priority, deal with it after map creation is fully functional. Start with scripts saved using the GUI, after that is working expand to load any ps.map instructions file. | ||
==== Prototype g-ps.map ==== | ===== Prototype g-ps.map ===== | ||
* [http://les-ejk.cz/files/programs/grass/gpsmap-0.1.2.tgz gpsmap-0.1.2.tgz] | * [http://les-ejk.cz/files/programs/grass/gpsmap-0.1.2.tgz gpsmap-0.1.2.tgz] | ||
* [http://les-ejk.cz/tmp/gpsmap.png g-ps.map Screenshot] | * [http://les-ejk.cz/tmp/gpsmap.png g-ps.map Screenshot] | ||
* [http://www.nabble.com/status-of-g-ps.map-tf4465835.html#a12733414 Jachym's posting] | * [http://www.nabble.com/status-of-g-ps.map-tf4465835.html#a12733414 Jachym's posting] | ||
=== Direct printing === | ==== Direct printing ==== | ||
Implement direct printing of map canvas content using GRASS PS driver or Cairo driver. | Implement direct printing of map canvas content using GRASS PS driver or Cairo driver. | ||
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* [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/symbol OpenGIS Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification] | * [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/symbol OpenGIS Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification] | ||
== Georectifier == | === Georectifier === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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</center> | </center> | ||
== Profile Analysis Tool == | === Profile Analysis Tool === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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</center> | </center> | ||
== Vector digitizer == | === Vector digitizer === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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</center> | </center> | ||
==== Roadmap ==== | ===== Roadmap ===== | ||
* Implement all features available in v.digit {{done}} | * Implement all features available in v.digit {{done}} | ||
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== Raster digitizer == | === Raster digitizer === | ||
'''Status:''' development not started yet. | '''Status:''' development not started yet. | ||
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* merge with Georectifier? (i.points, i.vpoints) | * merge with Georectifier? (i.points, i.vpoints) | ||
==== Category Labels ==== | ===== Category Labels ===== | ||
* Write with new r.category import tool | * Write with new r.category import tool | ||
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* how to deal with FP maps & cats? | * how to deal with FP maps & cats? | ||
== Ortho photos == | === Ortho photos === | ||
'''Status:''' development not started yet. | '''Status:''' development not started yet. | ||
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* To replace i.ortho.photo and friends | * To replace i.ortho.photo and friends | ||
== Attribute table manager == | === Attribute table manager === | ||
'''Status:''' prototype implemented. | '''Status:''' prototype implemented. | ||
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[[Image:Wxgui-attribute-table-manager.png|center|thumb|600px|Attribute Table Manager]] | [[Image:Wxgui-attribute-table-manager.png|center|thumb|600px|Attribute Table Manager]] | ||
=== Roadmap === | ==== Roadmap ==== | ||
* Rewrite and extent GRASS SQL Builder (sqlbuiler.py) -- as an extension for Attribute Table Manager | * Rewrite and extent GRASS SQL Builder (sqlbuiler.py) -- as an extension for Attribute Table Manager | ||
* Implement some fancy features (ideas?) | * Implement some fancy features (ideas?) | ||
== NVIZ replacement == | === NVIZ replacement === | ||
'''Status:''' under development. | '''Status:''' under development. | ||
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Detailed information [[wxNVIZ]]. | Detailed information [[wxNVIZ]]. | ||
== Imagery tools == | === Imagery tools === | ||
'''Status:''' development not started yet. | '''Status:''' development not started yet. | ||
== Graphical modeller == | === Graphical modeller === | ||
'''Status:''' development not started yet. | '''Status:''' development not started yet. | ||
= Known issues = | == Known issues == | ||
* See and report in trac: [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=wxGUI&order=priority List of open issues] | * See and report in trac: [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=wxGUI&order=priority List of open issues] | ||
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* Warning "widget class `GtkPizza' has no property named `row-ending-details'", http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/204 | * Warning "widget class `GtkPizza' has no property named `row-ending-details'", http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/204 | ||
= General GUI Design = | == General GUI Design == | ||
== Layout == | === Layout === | ||
* [http://www.wxwidgets.org/manuals/stable/wx_wxlayoutalgorithm.html wxLayoutAlgorithm] | * [http://www.wxwidgets.org/manuals/stable/wx_wxlayoutalgorithm.html wxLayoutAlgorithm] | ||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_document_interface Single document interface] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_document_interface Single document interface] | ||
== HowTo == | |||
== Useful links == | |||
= Useful links = | |||
* [http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/python 10 minutes Python tutorial] for programmers of other languages | * [http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/python 10 minutes Python tutorial] for programmers of other languages | ||
= References = | == References == | ||
* [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]]: [http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa/publications/2008/gis-ostrava-08/paper/landa-grass-gui-wxpython.pdf New GUI for GRASS GIS based on wxPython] ([http://gis2008.com/indexe.html GIS Ostrava 2008], January 27-30, 2008, Ostrava, Czech Republic) | * [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]]: [http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa/publications/2008/gis-ostrava-08/paper/landa-grass-gui-wxpython.pdf New GUI for GRASS GIS based on wxPython] ([http://gis2008.com/indexe.html GIS Ostrava 2008], January 27-30, 2008, Ostrava, Czech Republic) | ||
Revision as of 22:58, 20 August 2008
See also GRASS GUI and GRASS and Python.
Overview
- A nice summary of the progress to date, written by Jachym Cepicky:
- Martin Landa: New GUI for GRASS GIS based on wxPython (GIS Ostrava 2008, January 27-30, 2008, Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Requirements
Development
Do you want to help with the development?
- basic Python programming ability required
- GUI programming experience welcomed (especially wxPython)
- GRASS user (or better developer) experience
How to get write access to the GRASS SVN repository.
Screenshots
- SVN
- Website screenshot page
- Various screenshots from GRASS-Wiki
GNU/Linux
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Mac OS
MS Windows
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Components
Layer Manager
Status: prototype implemented.
The GRASS GIS Layer Manager provides an interactive graphical interface to GRASS commands. The Layer Manager includes a set of pull-down menus for all GRASS GIS functions (analysis, file I/O, GIS configuration and management), toolbar that manage display map layers in map display windows, layer tree in which map layers to display are organized, command output window and integrated command line prompt.
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Roadmap
- Implement fully-featured command prompt (search engine based on keywords, module groups, auto complete feature for module names, map names, etc.)
Map display window
Status: prototype implemented.
Each Map display window has a unique set of layers to display and region setting (zoom). The map display window includes main toolbar with basic tools including zooming, panning, data querying, simple analyse functions (measure, profile, histogram, etc.), overlay management, etc. From main toolbar are accessible additional toolbars, currently only Digitization tool is available. Under development is Georectification tool.
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Module GUIs
Status: prototype implemented.
Generated from XML using --interface-description.
E.g. for d.rgb
Description:
Displays three user-specified raster map layers as red, green, and blue overlays in the active graphics frame.
Keywords:
display
Usage:
d.rgb [-ox] red=name green=name blue=name [--verbose] [--quiet]
Flags:
-o Overlay (non-null values only)
-x Don't add to list of commands in monitor
--v Verbose module output
--q Quiet module output
Parameters:
red Name of raster map to be used for <red>
green Name of raster map to be used for <green>
blue Name of raster map to be used for <blue>
Startup GUI
Status: prototype implemented.
Start new GRASS session with
grass -wxpython
Location wizard
Status: prototype implemented.
Wizard for creating new GRASS project location based on:
- Coordinate system
- EPSG code
- Georeferenced file
- PROJ.4 string
- XY
See also GRASS Location Wizard.
Cartography tools
Status: development not started yet.
GUI for ps.map
- ps.map is a cartographic composer, intended to be a stand-alone hardcopy plot generator. It is not meant to be a Print button for the maps currently displayed in the map canvas, that will need it own controls.
- The GUI will prepare a semi-WYSIWYG + tree menu controls which can write a ps.map control file, and then run ps.map to create PostScript and PDF output directly. Loading a ps.map control file is harder and can happen later.
- For a start at a Tcl/Tk composer see gui/tcltk/d.m/print.tcl
- see also these discussions and pyGTK prototype by Jachym Cepicky
- Start with most important mapping instructions
- paper
- scale
- maploc
- rast
- vects
- grids
- scalebar
- mapinfo
- text labels
Outputs
- ps.map instructions file
- PostScript file [ps.map instructions tmp file]
- lpr [PostScript tmp file]
- PDF File (pstopdf? ps2pdf? GNU Ghostscript?) [PostScript tmp file]
Inputs
- Ability to load in saved ps.map scripts. I consider this to be a low priority, deal with it after map creation is fully functional. Start with scripts saved using the GUI, after that is working expand to load any ps.map instructions file.
Prototype g-ps.map
Direct printing
Implement direct printing of map canvas content using GRASS PS driver or Cairo driver.
- Python Cartographic Lab
- OSGeo Cartographic Library
- OSGeo Map Symbol Set
- OGR - Feature Style Specification
- MapGuide RFC 14 - Cartographic Stylization Engine
- S-52 standard for nautical chart (ENC) symbology and cartography from the International Hydrographic Bureau
Georectifier
Status: prototype implemented.
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Profile Analysis Tool
Status: prototype implemented.
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Vector digitizer
Status: prototype implemented.
See also GRASS Digitizing tool.
Replacement of v.digit module integrated to Map display window (Screenshots).
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Roadmap
- Implement all features available in v.digit √
- Back-end
- v.edit (slow) √
- digit library √
- Implement new requested features
- display vertices √
- animate moving vector objects by mouse √
- snap to vertex (v.edit tool=add/move/vertexmove snap=vertex) √
- snap to vector objects of background map(s) (v.edit tool=add/move/vertexmove snap=node/vertex bgmap=map) √
- unsplit (remove pseudo nodes, v.build.polylines functionality) (v.edit tool=merge) v.edit tool=merge) √
- copy features from background map (v.edit tool=copy bgmap=map) √
- query tool
- select lines according their length (v.edit tool=select query=length thresh=value) √
- select dangles (v.edit tool=select query=dangle thresh=value) √
- z bulk-labeling (automated assignment of z coordinate to 3D lines) (v.edit tool=bulk) √
- undo
- personalized menu
- exit without save
Raster digitizer
Status: development not started yet.
- r.digit (merge with v.digit?)
- Probably write a front end for r.in.poly, that's all the old r.digit is.
- d.rast.edit
- Idea: get cell center coords and new values from GUI interaction, then pass those through r.in.xyz, and r.patch the new values over the top of the old map.
- merge with Georectifier? (i.points, i.vpoints)
Category Labels
- Write with new r.category import tool
- Back-end component complete: r.category module is now updated to handle a rules= file and other goodies like dynamic labels
- Read with one of r.category, r.describe, r.report, r.stats, ???
- probably need to add a new flag to one of those to print flat "%d %s", cat, label
- or read the cats/ file directly, it's already flat ascii.
- how to deal with FP maps & cats?
Ortho photos
Status: development not started yet.
- To replace i.ortho.photo and friends
Attribute table manager
Status: prototype implemented.
Allows:
- To browse attribute data, perform SQL select statements
- Modify attribute data, insert new records to attribute table, delete existing records
- Highlight selected items in Map Display Window
- Extract selected items into new vector map layer
- Modify attribute table - add, drop, rename columns
- Modify vector map layer DB connestion settings - add, remove or modify layers
Roadmap
- Rewrite and extent GRASS SQL Builder (sqlbuiler.py) -- as an extension for Attribute Table Manager
- Implement some fancy features (ideas?)
NVIZ replacement
Status: under development.
Detailed information wxNVIZ.
Imagery tools
Status: development not started yet.
Graphical modeller
Status: development not started yet.
Known issues
- See and report in trac: List of open issues
- Warning "widget class `GtkPizza' has no property named `row-ending-details'", http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/204
General GUI Design
Layout
See also
HowTo
Useful links
- 10 minutes Python tutorial for programmers of other languages
References
- Martin Landa: New GUI for GRASS GIS based on wxPython (GIS Ostrava 2008, January 27-30, 2008, Ostrava, Czech Republic)
- Martin Landa: wxPython GUI per GRASS (IX Meeting degli Utenti Italiani di GRASS - GFOSS, February 20-22, Perugia, Italy)