--===============4150512181376221380== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0158adcc061756052a920036 --089e0158adcc061756052a920036 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 30 January 2016 at 18:47, John Harrop wrote: > Since we have been talking about geological symbol fonts=E2=80=A6 > > What is the level of interest in other geological tools? I would very > much like to see the momentum in QGIS carry on into building tools in QGI= S > and/or PostGIS to support drilling, geochemistry and geophysics field > surveys. > > For example, I have run simple drill sections as =E2=80=9Cprojections=E2= =80=9D with the > data calculated in a spreadsheet. Recently I have been (enjoying!) > processing magnetic surveys in R and building profiles for plotting in pl= an > view along the survey lines. The tools are there to build a good > exploration suite like those provided commercially for MapInfo and ESRI. > > Any other interest in this? Should we be more formalizing a project? > Coming from the field of archaeology, those sound like tools we'd find useful too. My current client is paying me to work on QGIS tools for site survey and recording, and having ways to integrate the geophysics, geoarchaeology, borehole data, etc without writing it all myself would be useful. Possibly related are Midvatten [1] and other hydrological plugins [2] which I've just started looking at for a borehole survey project we may be working on soon. Of course, having full 3D support within QGIS would make this sort of thing a lot easier rather than re-projecting everything in 2D plan view or exporting it, but we're getting there :-) John. [1] https://hub.qgis.org/wiki/17/Hydrology_and_Hydraulic_modelling [2] https://sites.google.com/site/midvattenpluginforqgis/ --089e0158adcc061756052a920036 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On 30 January 2016 at 18:47, John Harrop <jcharrop@gmail= .com> wrote:
Since we have be= en talking about geological symbol fonts=E2=80=A6

What is the level of interest in other geological tools?=C2=A0 I would very= much like to see the momentum in QGIS carry on into building tools in QGIS= and/or PostGIS to support drilling, geochemistry and geophysics field surv= eys.

For example, I have run simple drill sections as =E2=80=9Cprojections=E2=80= =9D with the data calculated in a spreadsheet.=C2=A0 Recently I have been (= enjoying!) processing magnetic surveys in R and building profiles for plott= ing in plan view along the survey lines.=C2=A0 The tools are there to build= a good exploration suite like those provided commercially for MapInfo and = ESRI.

Any other interest in this?=C2=A0 Should we be more formalizing a project?<= br>

Coming from the field of archaeology, t= hose sound like tools we'd find useful too. My current client is paying= me to work on QGIS tools for site survey and recording, and having ways to= integrate the geophysics, geoarchaeology, borehole data, etc without writi= ng it all myself would be useful.

Possibly related are Mi= dvatten [1] and other hydrological plugins [2] which I've just started = looking at for a borehole survey project we may be working on soon.

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Of course, having full 3D support within QGIS would make this so= rt of thing a lot easier rather than re-projecting everything in 2D plan vi= ew or exporting it, but we're getting there :-)

John.=

[1] https://hub.qgis.org/wiki/17/Hydrology_and_Hydraulic= _modelling
[2] https://sites.google.com/site/midvattenpluginforqgis/
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