Hi William, On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, William Kyngesburye <[email protected]>wrote:
> Just a note: I'll be bundling OTB and SAGA in the OS X package. I already > have code in sextante to automatically find the bundled copies. > Why bundle instead of having a separate installer (like is done with the base GDAL frameworks, etc.)? Same question for the osg/earth frameworks. Also, when you get things situated for the release and you have time, I would appreciate any build notes, so I can add such support to the nightly build. Regards, Larry > Maybe I'll look again at Taudem. I think when I looked at it a year ago I > was put off by Windows/Arc-centric nature of it. ... ugh, just a quick > browse of the source doesn't look good - mix of windows and unix line > endings in some files needs to be fixed (maybe the compiler doesn't care, > but it's hard to read), and assumption of available headers/libraries, like > MPI. This may not be an option for OS X, at least in the near future. > It's also disappointing that the author didn't use libtiff, so that taudem > could support lzw compression and bigtiff. > > On Apr 20, 2013, at 3:52 AM, Victor Olaya wrote: > > >> * in Sextante options, General entry should always be the first, > Modeler second, and > >> Script third > >> * the name of the settings is an editable field, which seems > inappropriate > >> * the Settings column should be wider, at the expense of the Value > column; > >> alternatively, text should be wrapped > > > > I have been thinking about changing all the options dialog. Doesn't > > look hard to do, so you can count on having this ready soon > > > >> * when activating the new "Use categories to classify...", only a few > algorithms are > >> shown; I understand the need to simplify things, but I'm still unsure > if it's > >> appropriate to limit users' choice > > > > It's limited now for two reasons: > > 1) The classification of algorithms is done manually...and it is > > boooooring to do :-) SAGA and QGIS ones are already done, but I have > > to do the GRASS ones. However I am not sure about including GRASS, it > > is more complex to use. You can use a SAGA algorithm without knowing > > what SAGA is, but to use a GRASS one, you need to understand some > > GRASS ideas, so it is an advanced process, and the simplified > > algorithm classification shouldn't assume that. You can always change > > to the advanced view to use GRASS (now you can change directly from > > the toolbox, no need to go to the config dialog) > > 2) I would like to have in that list, only those algorithms that > > need no extra configuration, to make that the default and have it > > working out-of the box. That's why R and OTB, for instance, are not in > > there. > > > >> * IMHO OTB is a big plus for Sextante, as it brings many brand new > functions, > >> unavailable in most other desktop GIS; so I suggest to: > >> > >> * include OTB in the standalone win package (easy, as it is already in > osgeo4w) > >> * add its default path according to the running distro; for users, > adding it by > >> hand can be difficult > >> * I noticed that the Mean shift segmentation produces a vector with > the Y axis inverted > > > > good idea. If OTB goes into osgeo4w, I could add the OTB algorithms to > > the simplified list of algorithms > > > > I still have to send Jurgen the SAGA package as we discussed it in the > > Hackfest. We can put both SAGA and OTB, and taht would really give a > > lot of power to SEXTANTE > > > > Thanks for your ideas! > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > ----- > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/ > > "History is an illusion caused by the passage of time, and time is an > illusion caused by the passage of history." > > - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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