Davies is a Python package for manipulating cave survey data.
It is currently in a early phase of development, and its interfaces may change as it matures.
Current support includes:
- Reading of Compass Project (.MAK) and Data (.DAT) source files, as well as compiled Plot (.PLT) files.
- Writing Compass Data (.DAT) files.
- Reading PocketTopo exported .TXT survey files.
- That's it! No loop closure algorithms, no visualization or editing tools (though our examples directory contains scripts with which to build tools of this sort)
Browse the Davies API documentation.
Example usage with Compass survey data:
from davies import compass
# Parse a .DAT file
datfile = compass.DatFile.read('MYCAVE.DAT')
print len(datfile) # number of surveys in .DAT
>> 17
print datfile.length # total surveyed footage including splays, etc.
>> 5332.2
print datfile.included_length # total surveyed footage after discarding excluded shots
>> 5280.0
survey = datfile['BS'] # grab a survey by its survey designation
print survey.name
>> A
print survey.date
>> 2006-09-30
print survey.length # surveyed footage including splays, etc.
>> 5332.2
print survey.included_length # surveyed footage after discarding excluded shots
>> 5280.0
print survey.shots[0]
>> {'FROM': 'A1', 'TO': 'A2', 'LENGTH': 16.8, 'BEARING': 158.0, 'INC': -30.0, 'LEFT': 12.0, 'RIGHT': 15.0, 'UP': 15.0, 'DOWN': 20.0}
print survey.shots[0].azm # azimuth after averaging front and backsights, magnetic declination
155.2
This example shows who has surveyed the most footage in your Compass project:
from davies import compass
cavers = {}
for datfilename in sys.argv[1:]:
for survey in compass.DatFile.read(datfilename):
for member in survey.team:
cavers[member] = cavers.get(member, 0.0) + survey.length
for name in sorted(cavers, key=cavers.get, reverse=True):
print "%s:\t%0.1f" % (name, cavers[name])
This software requires Python 2.7. It will NOT work with older Python releases, though it may work with Python 3.3+.
Releases are available for installation from the Python Package Index, see installation instructions or simply run the following command on Mac OS X or most Linux distributions:
$> pip install davies
If you've downloaded a source distribution or checked out from the git repository, install locally with:
$> python setup.py install
Development happens on GitHub.
The name "Davies" is a tribute to William E. Davies, who pioneered the systematic cave survey of West Virginia and authored Caverns of West Virginia in 1949. Bill Davies later did the statewide cave survey for the state of Maryland, served the roles of President and Vice-President of the National Speleological Society, and published the definitive US-wide karst map, Engineering Aspects of Karst. Davies still serves as an inspiration today to the cave mappers of West Virginia, of the United States, and the World over.
Davies is Free / Open Source software licensed under the MIT License, and is copyright (C) 2013 - 2016 Myotisoft LLC.