GdalTools update

03.02.2010 15:36 ·  GIS  ·  qgis, plugins, gdaltools

Today we merged the experimental branch of the GdalTools plugin into the main development branch.

GdalTools (aka Raster Tools) provides users with a simple graphical interface to perform the most common raster processing tasks. Originally the plugin was created by Faunalia (Paolo Cavallini, Giuseppe Sucameli and Lorenzo Masini), the icons for the extension were created by Robert Szczepanek. About a month ago I also joined the work (and this experimental branch is my work).

This is what we ended up with:

• the plugin is localised. In addition to the default English interface, there are Ukrainian and Russian translations (though not yet complete).
• new tools: “Information”, “Build Overviews”, “Assign Projection”, “Clipper”
• batch mode for tools “Build Overviews”, “Translate” and “Reproject”
• new parameters “Use intersected extent” and “Layer stack” have been added to the “Merge” tool
• it is now possible to change the output image size when reprojecting raster
• almost all tools now have “smart” selectors - combined fields that can be used to select either the map layer or the file(s) on the disc.
• results can be saved not only in GeoTiff, but also in any other format supported by the corresponding tool.