geogst is a new Python module for structural geology available on PyPi, making it easily installable via the classic command pip install geogst (or python -m pip install geogst).
This module was primarily developed to facilitate the creation of stereonets for geological data, determining the intersection between geological planes and topographic surfaces (expressed through Digital Elevation Models, DEMs), and generating the skeletons of geological profiles. Among its main features, the module allows for the calculation of topographic profiles, adding geological attitudes, and determining the intersections of geological traces with these profiles.
Additionally, geogst includes example geospatial datasets that can be used to explore its functionalities, such as creating profiles directly within Jupyter Notebooks.
Here are a few examples of Jupyter Notebooks for creating geological profiles:
Geologic profiles map animations - the Timpa San Lorenzo structure (Southern Italy):
Geologic profiles with animation - Timpa San LorenzoGeologic profiles - the 1997 seismic sequence in Colfiorito (Central Italy):
Seismological profiles - Colfiorito
This module will form the foundation for the modules in the qgSurf plugin for QGIS. Currently, qgSurf directly includes geogst as a submodule, so no separate installation is required. In future versions of qgSurf (initially experimental), the geogst module will be automatically installed if it is not already present.
Since QGIS does not allow the upload of compiled code in Python modules, a key advantage of using geogst as a separate module in qgSurf is the potential to incorporate compiled code in Fortran, C++, and Rust, significantly improving the speed and efficiency of these tools.
Conclusion and call to action: If you are a geologist or a developer working with geological data, we invite you to explore geogst and contribute to its development. Your experiences and feedback are crucial to improving and growing the community that uses ggSurf.
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