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New version of Gabbioni released!

Posted on by ecoslacker

I’m happy to announce the new release of the Gabbioni software!

After months of active development I’m ready to release to the world the new and improved version of the program to design small gabion dams for soil conservation. It has been a long path but finally the new features are getting ready. That is why I am releasing a Beta version in order to test the functions and get feedback (if there are any users out there willing to share their thoughts about the software). So the purpose of this release is to test the code and look for bugs.

Some of the most exciting features are the improvements in the user interface and the multiplatform capabilities. They are both consequence of re-writing the code base in C++ and Qt libraries. The previous version of the program was coded in Python 2 and it was a bit difficult to get the application running properly by users not familiar with the language. Also the binaries were not as stable as expected. These problems are in the past now.

The core algorithms were improved and the result is a more robust software. The channel cross-section characterization, weir design, dimension creation and stability analysis algorithms were significantly improved. The Oropeza-Mota method is still the only option for stability analysis, but I have plans to include another methods for stability analysis in the future.

The data input is still based in delimited text files, such as comma separated values (CSV) and tab delimited text files. An option to copy/paste input data from spreadsheet programs was added. The final reports of the analysis are also created in these formats. The gabion dam plans are created in DXF format. So it is really easy to interact with other well known software in engineering such as spreadsheets (Excel, Calc) and computer aided design (CAD) programs.

There are a lot of features pending in the to-do list of the project. They will be included in the code eventually. With this version release I’m officially changing the status of the program to: testing.

As always the program is release under the GPL license, so you can freely download, use and distribute the software as you wish. Please consider a donation if the program (or other software in this site) is useful to you. Creating and supporting software are highly time consuming activities and I have to work hard to get the programs ready. I’m not currently making money from my programs so a donation will be nice and motivational.

Please enjoy. I’m open to any suggestions and feedback from users.

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ecoslacker

Starting a new year in the irriapps project

Posted on by ecoslacker

I’m happy to announce that we are starting a new stage at the irriapps project.

The start of a new year was a great time to review the progress of the project. Although it’s a personal project, I spend a lot of my free time coding, testing and updating the applications in the site. It has been hard but it has worth the effort.

This time some applications are changed its category from “Development” to “Testing”, and this are great news for the users because they are usable applications at this point. But warning, they are not yet in the “Stable” category which means they are not ready for production environment. These are small programs but they have a lot of work inside.

I make the programs because I need them for my work, and after a while I release them so they are available to everyone. The updated programs are:

  • KmlTool: a new program to retrieve coordinates from KML files.
  • Coordinates: the classic coordinates converter between UTM and LatLon.
  • RunoffCoefficient: a program to compute the runoff coefficient for watersheds.

Now the big programs are coming next, they need a major amount of effort but I will finish them eventually so keep in touch.

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ecoslacker

Runoff coefficient for watersheds

Posted on by ecoslacker

The irriapps project was born in Mexico, and some tools (like this) are clearly focused in the Mexican engineering. This time a command line program for calculating the runoff coefficient was developed. This little python script uses the Mexican Norm NOM-011-CONAGUA-2015 methodology.

If you are interested in this tool, please feel free to download and use it as you wish. Just remember that some tools are under development. Although this script is old and was tested by some users, it may have errors and bugs.

The program is available in English and en Español.

Enjoy!

Coordinates conversion made simple

Posted on by ecoslacker

Hello again, this is an exciting time for this website because a new version of the program to convert between geographic coordinates (LatLon) and the UTM projection is released!

This time the user interface was updated. Now it is simpler and more attractive without all the options. A new feature to open and save text delimited files (CSV) has been added.

This release is the 0.2 version and it is for testing purposes only. The coordinates conversion tool is going to keep growing but for now I want to make sure it actually works before adding more exciting features. I will be doing a lot of testing and bug fixing, as always you are welcome to do yours and provide feedback if you want. Any help will be appreciated. Please let me know about anything weird in the contact form.

This program is free software and you can download it from here: http://www.irriapps.com/coordinates-conversion-tool/

Enjoy!