[GRASS-dev] [SoC] GSoC Week 06 Report: GRASS Locations from Public Data

WEEK 06: JULY 03 - JULY 07

GRASS GIS Locations from Public Data
Zechariah Krautwurst

ACCOMPLISHED

  • Added functionality to handle unique formatting across multiple NED source dates. [1]
  • Created dynamic data dictionary for all USGS data sources from TNM API GET request [not pushed to repo]
  • Created universal method of indexing and downloading .img file from USGS zip archive[1]
  • Refined error handling and GRASS messages for single vs multiple tiles [1]
  • Discussed clean-up functionality and project development with mentors
    [1] https://github.com/zkwurst/GSoC2017-GRASS-GIS/blob/master/r.in.usgsned/r.in.usgsned.py

NEXT WEEK

  • Finalize stable version of r.in.usgsned
  • Create hard-coded data dictionaries for r.in.usgs data products
  • Alter clean-up function to remove .img tiles, keep zip
  • Integrate best interpolation methods for data types during r.import

CHALLENGES

  • NOTE: Most recent version of script is not functioning due to incomplete changes. Will make sure from now on to always push a universally functional version of the script.
  • NOTE 2: I will be unavailable 07/12 - 07/21. I will submit next week’s report EOD 07/11 and will not submit a report for the following week.