The work on the release of SplashTool 3.2 is in its final stages. The goal of the release is to further increase user-friendliness. A ‘treat’ created in this context is compatible with SplashTool 3.1 and is already available now:
I am pleased to announce that you can find the “SplashTool Result Loader” in the official QGIS Plugin Repository. With the plugin, you can now load and symbolize SplashTool results even faster.
Features
- Available in German and English, automatic detection of QGIS language settings
- Automatic detection of the latest result files from a SplashTool iteration within the results folder
- Loading the files into a group layer “SplashTool” in the current QGIS project. If a group layer already exists, a group layer SplashTool_1 etc. is created
- Application of appropriate symbology for the layers for flow accumulation, water depths in flowless terrain depressions, as well as the flow direction arrows with scale-dependent visibility
Installation
Click on Extensions -> “Manage and Install Extensions” in QGIS and then search for SplashTool to find and install the SplashTool Result Loader.
Notes
You can then find the loading function either via the “ST” icon, or in the menu under “Extensions -> SplashTool Result Loader”
The flow directions are symbolized with scale-dependent visibility, meaning depending on the distance at which the flow direction arrows were created, the arrows are visible:
- For a distance of 16 and smaller, the display occurs at scale 1:1 – 1:2,500
- For a distance of >16 – 32, the display occurs at scale 1:2,500 – 1:5,000
- For a distance of >32 – 64, the display occurs at scale 1:5,000 – 1:10,000
- For a distance of >64 – 128, the display occurs at scale 1:10,000 – 1:20,000
- The display occurs in these scale ranges only if the corresponding result files were also created in the SplashTool analysis
Of course, the complete symbology and scale-dependent visibility can be adjusted at any time after loading the layers. Also, the classic loading of files into the GIS without the plugin and the manual creation of symbology are still possible.
Source Code and License
The plugin is published under an open-source license and can therefore be used unrestrictedly by anyone. Curious people can find the source code, as well as example files to try out the functionality, in the GitHub Repository (external link).