davies 0.1.2
Package for manipulating cave survey data
Keywords: cave

Davies
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Davies is a Python package for manipulating cave survey data.

It is currently in a early phase of development, and its interfaces may change as it matures.


Current support includes:

 - Reading of `Compass <http://www.fountainware.com/compass/>`_ Project (.MAK) and Data (.DAT)
   source files, as well as compiled Plot (.PLT) files.

 - Writing Compass Data (.DAT) files.

 - Reading `PocketTopo <http://paperless.bheeb.ch/>`_ exported .TXT survey files.

 - That's it! No loop closure algorithms, no visualization or editing tools (though our `examples`
   directory contains scripts with which to build tools of this sort)


Browse the `Davies API documentation  <http://davies.readthedocs.org>`_.


Example usage with Compass survey data::

    from davies import compass

    # Parse a .DAT file
    datfile = compass.DatFile.read('MYCAVE.DAT')

    print len(datfile)  # number of surveys in .DAT
    >> 17

    print datfile.length  # total surveyed footage including splays, etc.
    >> 5332.2

    print datfile.included_length  # total surveyed footage after discarding excluded shots
    >> 5280.0

    survey = datfile['BS']  # grab a survey by its survey designation

    print survey.name
    >> A

    print survey.date
    >> 2006-09-30

    print survey.length  # surveyed footage including splays, etc.
    >> 5332.2

    print survey.included_length  # surveyed footage after discarding excluded shots
    >> 5280.0

    print survey.shots[0]
    >> {'FROM': 'A1', 'TO': 'A2', 'LENGTH': 16.8, 'BEARING': 158.0, 'INC': -30.0, 'LEFT': 12.0, 'RIGHT': 15.0, 'UP': 15.0, 'DOWN': 20.0}

    print survey.shots[0].azm  # azimuth after averaging front and backsights, magnetic declination
    155.2


This example shows who has surveyed the most footage in your Compass project::

    from davies import compass

    cavers = {}

    for datfilename in sys.argv[1:]:
        for survey in compass.DatFile.read(datfilename):
            for member in survey.team:
                cavers[member] = cavers.get(member, 0.0) + survey.length

    for name in sorted(cavers, key=cavers.get, reverse=True):
        print "%s:\t%0.1f" % (name, cavers[name])



Installation
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This software requires **Python 2.7**. It will *NOT* work with older Python releases, though it *may* work with Python 3.3+.

Releases are available for installation from the Python Package Index, see
`installation instructions <https://wiki.python.org/moin/CheeseShopTutorial#Installing_Distributions>`_ or simply run
the following command on Mac OS X or most Linux distributions::

    $> pip install davies

If you've downloaded a source distribution or checked out from the git repository, install locally with::

    $> python setup.py install


Development happens on `GitHub <https://github.com/riggsd/davies>`_.

.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/riggsd/davies.svg?branch=master
    :target: https://travis-ci.org/riggsd/davies



Name
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The name "Davies" is a tribute to `William E. Davies <http://www.aegweb.org/docs/about/william_davies_memorial.pdf>`_,
who pioneered the systematic cave survey of West Virginia and authored *Caverns of West Virginia* in 1949. Bill Davies
later did the statewide cave survey for the state of Maryland, served the roles of President and Vice-President of the
National Speleological Society, and published the definitive US-wide karst map, *Engineering Aspects of Karst*. Davies
still serves as an inspiration today to the cave mappers of West Virginia, of the United States, and the World over.


License
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Davies is Free / Open Source software licensed under the `MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>`_,
and is copyright (C) 2013 - 2016 Myotisoft LLC.