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memory,

a

wiki

for

tools

Core

of

the

OpenEarth

philosophy

on

tools

is

that

by

systematically

storing,

maintaining

and

disseminating

data

routines,

I/O

routines,

engines,

applications

and

programs

at

a

central

location,

slowly

but

surely

a

toolbox

emerges

that

acts

as

a

*{_}

collective

memory

{_}*

to

which

analysts

and

end

users

naturally

gravitate

regarding

their

basic

information

needs.

The

long

term

focus

of

the

approach

promotes

collaboration

and

the

exchange

of

ideas

across

the

artificial

boundaries

of

projects

-

and

even

companies

-

which

is

beneficial

for

the

coastal/marine/hydraulic

and

environmental

research

and

engineering

community

as

a

whole.

h5. History The idea to collect, maintain and disseminate data, models and tools used by and developed at [Delft Hydraulics|http://www.wldelft.nl] was first put forward in 2003 by [Mark van Koningsveld|http://www.linkedin.com/in/markvankoningsveld] as quantitative support for, and in fact as an extension of, the [Frame of reference] method he developed during his [PhD research|Matching specialist knowledge with end user needs]. The initiative quickly merged with similar intiatives by Gerben de Boer and Fedor Baart that emerged at roughly that same time. Thir combination formed OpenEarthTools, that has since grown to accomodate contributions from over 150 user-developers, as is shown in this activity visualisation: {html}<object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http

History

The idea to collect, maintain and disseminate data, models and tools used by and developed at Delft Hydraulics was first put forward in 2003 by Mark van Koningsveld as quantitative support for, and in fact as an extension of, the Frame of reference method he developed during his PhD research. The initiative quickly merged with similar intiatives by Gerben de Boer and Fedor Baart that emerged at roughly that same time. Thir combination formed OpenEarthTools, that has since grown to accomodate contributions from over 150 user-developers, as is shown in this activity visualisation:

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OpenEarth and other web-hosted tools collections

Related initiatives, which OpenEarth does not intend to compete with, come in a number of flavours: general purpose: Sourceforge, github (https://github.com/‎

),

dedicated

to

specific

analysis

languages

:

R

-forge

,

Matlab

Central

,

Python

Package

Index

.

In

contrast

to

these

initiatives,

openearthtools

is

a

collection

dedicated

to

the

application

area

of

marine

and

coastal

science

and

engineering

.

OET

currently

mainly

hosts

Matlab

and

python

code.

Getting

the

OpenEarth

tools

All

openearthtools

are

stored

in-the-cloud

at

the

Deltares

open

source

svn

server

[svn.oss.deltares.nl|https://

svn.oss.deltares.nl

/]

that

also

host

the

open

source

numerical

models

[

Deft3D

|http://oss.deltares.nl/web/delft3d]

and

[

Xbeach

|http://oss

.

deltares.nl/web/xbeach/].

Access

is

free

but

requires

registration

at

the

associated

OSS

(Open

Source

SoftWare)

portal

first:

[svn.

oss.deltares.nl

|https://svn

.

oss.deltares.nl/].

Here

is

some

documentation

on

[

Joining

OpenEarth

or

Getting

started

|Getting started]

with

the

OpenEarthTools

svn

tools

collection.

* [

• SubVersion

• repository

tutorial|^how_to_use_subversion.pps] * [SubVersion migration manual|OpenEarth and XBeach migration manual] [!OET:Google Earth^K030590M2_small.png|align=right,hspace=12!|KML Screenshots] h5. Documentation, tutorials and tech notes A huge collection of tools need proper discovery and documentation facilities. The remainder of this page links to the various sources of documentation on OpenEarth and its tools. There are separate tech notes for the three analysis languages that OpenEarth fosters and supports: [Matlab], [Python] and [R]. h6. [General OpenEarth documentation] Various presentations and lectures on (the use of) OpenEarth. Also see our [agenda] h6. [Tech Notes] and [Data tutorials] Dedicated solutions for specific issues, focused on 3 languages and one GUI * [Matlab] * [Python] * [R] * [QGIS Tutorials|http://qgis.spatialthoughts.com/] ** [Video module 1 the interface|http://vimeo.com/91238379]&nbsp; ** [Video module 2 creating a basic map|http://vimeo.com/91599332] ** [Video moduel 3 labels and legends|http://vimeo.com/92849785] ** [Video module 4 Printing maps|http://vimeo.com/93369678#t=0] ** [Video module 5 creating Vector data|http://vimeo.com/94646205#t=0] * [PostgreSQL\Python tutorial|http://zetcode.com/db/postgresqlpythontutorial/] * [netCDF-CF-OPeNDAP|netCDF-CF-OpeNDAP] h6. [Wiki tutorials] Tutorials and presentations explaining how to use the OpenEarth wiki h6. [Web application tutorials] * How to set-up your own web application (with [HERON|http://www.justobjects.nl/jo/assets/presentation/bolsena-2011-heron/] for instance)? * Web application infrastructure * Create ISO/CF compatible netCDF files in a whoosh: [OET:netCDF kickstarter]

• tutorial
• SubVersion migration manual
• More SVN tutorials

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Documentation, tutorials and tech notes

A huge collection of tools need proper discovery and documentation facilities. The remainder of this page links to the various sources of documentation on OpenEarth and its tools. There are separate tech notes for the three analysis languages that OpenEarth fosters and supports: MATLAB, Python and R.

General OpenEarth documentation

Various presentations and lectures on (the use of) OpenEarth. Also see our agenda

Tech Notes and Data tutorials

Dedicated solutions for specific issues, focused on 3 languages and one GUI can be found using the links below.

• MATLAB
• Python
• R
  • R Shiny server - coming soon
• QGIS Tutorials
  • add filtered WFS to QGIS
  • Video module 1 the interface
  • Video module 2 creating a basic map
  • Video moduel 3 labels and legends
  • Video module 4 Printing maps
  • Video module 5 creating Vector data
• PostgreSQL
  • PostgreSQL/PostGIS/QGIS
• netCDF-CF-OPeNDAP
• Geoserver
  • Add GeoTIFF to GeoServer
  • Add Shaded Relief to GeoServer
  • Geoserver tutorials
  • Geoserver Advanced Training Modules
• Geonetwork
  • for dummies
• ArcGIS 10.x: 
  • Add Basemaps
  • Apply symbology to multiple layers
• OpenDataKit observation form for Android
• Add filtered Open Street Map to PostGIS and serve as OGC service

Wiki tutorials

Tutorials and presentations explaining how to use the OpenEarth wiki

Web application tutorials

• How to set-up your own web application (with HERON for instance)?
• Web application infrastructure
• Create ISO/CF compatible netCDF files in a whoosh: netCDF kickstarter