Roadmap 2008

While working on any item in the list below the corresponding page will be added under Architecture and Design section, strictly in the same order as it is listed here.

• 1. Gui
  • Layout
    • Configurable menubar, toolbar
    • 3-state windows (Docked/Floating/Document)
    • Serialization of windows, toolbar and menu layout
  • Views
    • Project Explorer
    • Data View
    • Tasks View
    • Maps View
    • Task Designer
    • Log Window
  • Plug-in Architecture (Mono.AddIns?)
  • Configuration / Construction (Spring.Net, Castle)
  • Command pattern with Redo / Undo
  • MVC / MVP pattern implementation
  • Automatic download of updates
  • Inter-computer communication (send/receive grid, time series, etc.)
  • Internationalization

• 2. IO / File Formats
  • DelftShell project file format (DB + NetCDF and XML)
  • Model file formats (current / future)

• 3. Gis
  • Interfaces (IMap, IMapLayer, IMapControl)
  • OGC implementation (Geometry, Feature, Projection ...)
  • Custom MapControl implementation
  • MapControl implementation using ArcGIS
  • Storage for GIS data

• 4. Common Data Types (data type + editor)
  • Parameters (scalar)
  • Schematizations
    • Network (graph, boundaries, structures, cross-sections ...)
    • Unstructured (mesh, boundaries ...)
  • Time Series
  • Grid Coverage (longitudinal profiles, 2d/3d fields ...)
  • Multi-dimensional data

• 5. Common Controls (Windows.Forms)
  • XY Charts (NPlot, Dundas)
  • MapControl
  • Data grid (XtraGrid)
  • Pivot data grid (XtraPivotGrid)
  • Tree view (XtraTree)

• 6. Migrate to the latest version of tools (probably Q4, 2008)
  • MSVS 2008 (WPF, WWF), wait until release of:
    • Intel Fortran for VS2008
    • ReSharper for VS2008

• 1. File standard
  • Migrate to open file standards (CF/OGC/RDF)
  • Reduce number of model file formats
• 2. Model communication
  • Reevaluate implementation of model communication
  • Advice on future implementations of model communication layers
  • Reimplement model communication

• 1. SOBEK

• • SOBEK 1DFLOW (Hydrodynamics)
    • Model parameters
    • Network schematization editor (MapControl)
    • Cross-section
    • Structure editor(s)
    • Boundary condition editor (time series, tables)
    • Initial condition editor (along the network)
    • Results visualization (with animation)
    • Model data files reading/writing
    • Import tool for existing files (sufhyd)

• • SOBEK 2DFLOW (Hydrodynamics)
    • Model parameters
    • 2D Schematization editor (rectilinear grid, MapControl)
    • Initial condition editor, 2D fields
    • Boundary condition editor (time series, tables)
    • Results visualization, 2D fieds (with animation)

• • SOBEK RR (Hydrology)
    • Model parameters
    • Results visualization (with animation)
    • Time series editor for input / output
    • Catchment / stations / routing editor
    • Model data files reading/writing
    • Import tool for existing files (sufhyd)

• • Product-line specific configurations and options:
    • SOBEK-Rural
    • SOBEK-Urban
    • SOBEK-River

• • Prototype of other modules / models integration
    • SOBEK 1DWAQ / 2DWAQ / EM (Water Quality)
    • SOBEK 1DMOR (Morphology)

• 2. Delft3D
  • Delft3D Flow

• 3. HABITAT 2.1
  • Dynamic input / output (time-dependent)
  • Upgrade to new in-memory PCRaster

• 4. Verkenner
  • Integrated version of Delta Verkenner, PlanningKit