= GSoC 2017 SOS tools in GRASS GIS =

|| Title: || '''SOS tools in GRASS GIS''' ||
||Student Name: || Paul Schrum, [http://ncsu.edu North Carolina Sate University] ||
||Organization: || [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo - Open Source Geospatial Foundation] ||
|| Mentor Name: || [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Wenzeslaus Vashek Petras]  ||
|| GSoC proposal: || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tahZp60mQx62x0RA9eR6XF1CIsyG_UsrrXtFKw5tjOs/edit?usp=sharing Integration of PDAL into GRASS GIS]  ||
|| Repository: || TODO

== Abstract ==
The Point Data Abstraction Library (PDAL) “is Point Data Abstraction Library, and it is an open source software for translating and processing point cloud data. It is not limited to just LiDAR data, although the focus and impetus for many of the tools have their origins in LiDAR..”  At the time of this proposal, the only user interface for PDAL is a Command Line Interface.  The proposal envisions the development of a GRASS GIS module which will facilitate importing and exporting Lidar files (with the .las extension) into and out of Vector and Raster formats.

== Goal ==
The goal is to add API classes and methods to form an Adapter in GRASS GIS to utilize PDAL to read Lidar datasets.  Included in this will be development of command line and GUI tools to make use of PDAL from GRASS easy for the end user operating through the GRASS application.  This involves development of (or extension of) v.in.pdal, r.in.pdal, and r3.in.pdal and thorough unit test coverage of these.  Optionally, if time permits, I will develop classes, methods, and UI elements to implement v.external and @PDAL pseudo-mapsets for point clouds.


== Timeline ==
For a short period of time, the values in the Timeline table are incomplete while I develop the content.

|||| 	||status||
||Community bounding period          || Get GRASS GIS and PDAL to build from source. ||  ||
||'''Let the summer begin'''           ||                      || ||
||MAY 30 - JUNE 2          ||  ||  ||
||JUNE 5 - JUNE 9          ||  ||  ||
||JUNE 12 - 16       ||  ||  ||
||JUNE 19 - 23       ||  ||  ||
||JUNE 26 - 30       ||  ||  ||
||'''First evaluations'''           ||                      || ||
||JULY 3 - 14       ||   ||  ||
||JULY 17 - 21       ||   ||  ||
||JULY 24 - 28       ||   ||  ||
||'''Second evaluations''' ||
||JULY 31 - AUGUST 4       ||   ||  ||
||AUGUST 7 - 11       ||   ||  ||
||AUGUST 14 - 18       ||   ||  ||
||AUGUST 21 - 29       ||   ||  ||
||'''Final evaluations'''           ||  

 == Requirements ==

 [http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g73x  GRASS 7.3]

== Development ==
 === Weekly reports ===
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