New release of Cave Converter
A new version of my Cave Converter tool is now available. It converts between various cave survey file formats. Primarily to enable users of DistoX devices to get their existing data into PocketTopo, and their new survey data out of PocketTopo and into Survex format. Help and download link on the home page. Source code available under GNU GPLv3 license. http://wscc.darkgem.com/caveconverter/ A summary of the changes in this release: - Added support for nested series in the data model. Survex reader and writer no longer flatten the survey series hierarchy when series are inside other series. - Fixed issue where Survex output files put data inside duplicated begin/end blocks. - Improved series naming in PocketTopo converted data. Series now have the series number as their name rather than the full cave name and series number, so the name is not duplicated in the outer series name and inner series names. The outer series name is now the full name from the input file (previously any numbers on the end of the name were removed). - PocketTopo converted data links to series not included in the PocketTopo file now use the correct series number and station number for the linked external series instead of dummy data. - Toporobot format generation is much faster, and handles more complex cave surveys which could crash the converter in previous versions. - Fixed crash in Toporobot writer when converting directly from PocketTopo format. Bug reports and requests to support other formats always welcomed. Enjoy! Footleg
Only ten days since I released an update to my Cave Converter program, but I just put out another update. Just one bug fix in this one, but it finally fixes the last niggling issues in converting survey data into Toporobot format (at least as far as I am aware) so I put it straight out. My most complex caves now all convert properly for import into PocketTopo for taking underground on a PDA for surveying trips. The change log entry is as follows: 16 Mar. 2013 - Fixed bug in Toporobot writer which left survey series unlinked when two series crossed over each other in the middle of each series (i.e. Not joined at the start or end of either series). Same place as usual for the download: http://wscc.darkgem.com/caveconverter/ Footleg
Why don't you keep the code and the docs onto bitbucket -- where I keep the TunnelX code? https://bitbucket.org/goatchurch/tunnelx Then all your bug tracking stuff would get done automatically, For that matter, why isn't the Therion code in some place like there too? I've been quite happy with it there, and I get to use the Mercurial version control system, which makes quite a bit more sense to me than Git (which is what you have to use if you put the code on Tithub where all the cool kids work). Julian. On 17 March 2013 10:31, Footleg <drfootleg@gmail.com> wrote:
Only ten days since I released an update to my Cave Converter program, but I just put out another update. Just one bug fix in this one, but it finally fixes the last niggling issues in converting survey data into Toporobot format (at least as far as I am aware) so I put it straight out. My most complex caves now all convert properly for import into PocketTopo for taking underground on a PDA for surveying trips. The change log entry is as follows:
16 Mar. 2013 - Fixed bug in Toporobot writer which left survey series unlinked when two series crossed over each other in the middle of each series (i.e. Not joined at the start or end of either series).
Same place as usual for the download: http://wscc.darkgem.com/caveconverter/
Footleg _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion
+++ Julian Todd [2013-03-18 14:54 +0000]:
Why don't you keep the code and the docs onto bitbucket -- where I keep the TunnelX code? https://bitbucket.org/goatchurch/tunnelx
Or savannah, or google code, or alioth, or sourceforge or launchpad, or gitorious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_faci... Preferably pick one that runs on free code.
For that matter, why isn't the Therion code in some place like there too?
Mostly because Stacho can't get to such services from work AIUI. That was the answer last time this came up. I did actually put up an svn repo with trac bugtracking for therion (mostly for collaborative debian package maintenance) some time back, but no-one is using it SFAIK and now it's thoroughly out of date. (Hmm and it seems to be broken right now anyway). http://www.wookware.org/trac/therion I can do that for caveconverter too if you want a more 'DIY, but under our own control' setup. I have a half-packaged caveconverter. Will get round to finishing it at some point... Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/
participants (3)
-
Footleg -
Julian Todd -
Wookey