[Paraview] paraviewgeo

[andrealphus]

This would be an example of the type of shapefiles;

https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-81/GeologicalMaps/DigitalMap/Faults/

(a shape file of faults in the long valley region of California)

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Aashish Chaudhary
<aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com> wrote:
> Can you send me a shapefile that I can confirm works?  (I have plenty but
> just wanted to make sure I test with yours).
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:25 PM andrealphus <andrealphus at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The seismic datasets are coming from my own inversion/tomography code,
>> and I usually just format them into a Paraview readable netcdf format.
>>
>> In terms of projection capabilties, I'd be using it as soon as you
>> push it. But, like I mentioned, I have reasoanble workarounds
>> (projecting everything pre import).
>>
>> A gdal plugin that could load shape files would be really useful!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Aashish Chaudhary
>> <aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:15 PM andrealphus <andrealphus at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I typically use it for plotting 3D volumes from geophysical inversions
>> >> (seismic/gravity,etc), underneath digital elevation models. Sometimes
>> >> I bring in aerial imagery, earthquake locations etc.
>> >
>> >
>> > This all sounds very exciting. What format do you use for seismic
>> > dataset?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Things that I would find helpful would be a plugin to handle
>> >> coordinate transformations. (hence my interest in a gdal plugin) Now I
>> >> just make sure everything is in the same UTM beforehand, but its not
>> >> ideal.
>> >
>> >
>> > That would be actually using the PROJ4. I will see if we can push a
>> > plugin
>> > that can expose the projection capabilities.  How soon do you need this?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I am also very interested in being able to bring in shape files so I
>> >> can overlay geologically mapped units.
>> >
>> >
>> > Right, the GDAL plugin will enable loading of shapefiles (and other
>> > formats). Let me find the status of our code and I can follow up with
>> > you on
>> > it sometime very soon.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Also just kind of curious of what's out there. There are some things
>> >> that I dont have an immediate need for, but would find interesting
>> >> (plotting earthquake focal mechanisms, etc).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Aashish Chaudhary
>> >> <aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >> > Dear Andrea,
>> >> >
>> >> > We are using ParaView for earth science indirectly (helping others).
>> >> > Which
>> >> > plugins or filters to use is dependent on the use-case and data type.
>> >> > We
>> >> > do
>> >> > have GDAL plugin for ParaView (require <2.0 of gdal though) and will
>> >> > require
>> >> > some updates. What kind of data / visualization you are interested
>> >> > in?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:48 PM andrealphus <andrealphus at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Anyone out there actively using Paraview for earth science, and has
>> >> >> recommendations on useful plugins? Is there anytype of gdal plugin?
>> >> >> Coordinate transformation? Did anyone every pick up the torch from
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> previous paraviewgeo plugin library?
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