BC BRAT

Experimental tool for generating BRAT project data for British Columbia watersheds.

Dependencies

Software

gdal/geopandas/rasterio are required - install these to your system first.

When complete, install the final Python dependencies with pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Services

Data are downloaded from:

• DataBC WFS (via bcdata)
• features.hillcrestgeo.ca (value added streams)

Usage

Create/edit a config file as required, using config.json as a guide. The key item to change is how the watershed is defined, via the keys watershed_source and watershed_query. Any data source available through bcdata can be used.

Once your config file is ready with the appropriate watershed query, validate the config and the query:

python bcbrat.py --validate

If the file validates successfully, run the job:

python bcbrat.py 

This will download required data and create a riverscapes project .xml file - all data will be written to a new folder derived from the project_name key in the config. Optionally, write to a specified folder:

python bcbrat.py -o my_project

Or specify a config file other than the default:

python bcbrat.py my_config.json -o my_project

Development and testing

$ mkdir bcbrat_env
$ virtualenv bcbrat_env
$ source bcbrat_env/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ py.test