hydpy-dev / hydpy

A framework for the development and application of hydrological models based on Python
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Geo-referencing. #43

Open tyralla opened 3 years ago

tyralla commented 3 years ago

So far, HydPy does not define a standard way to specify the location of elements (e.g. models) and nodes (e.g. gauges). Some models (HydPy-L-Land, HydPy-Evap, and HydPy-Conv) define it in different ways.

We should select a standardised approach soon. Maybe, this approach should not only support point data but lines and polygons, too? However, we should prefer a simple implementation that does not rely on geo-libraries that are hard to install.

sivogel commented 2 months ago

At the GeoPython conference, I heard about TSDF (time series data format, https://pypi.org/project/tsdf/). It combines geospatial information with time series data and sounds promising to me for our use case. It is not yet particularly established and widespread, but it is worth watching how it develops.