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irods-qgis

Plugin for a popular open source GIS platform called QGIS (http://www.qgis.org/). The plugin allows one to:
- Connect to any iRODS (open source http://www.irods.org) datastore directly from QGIS.
- Import a spatial file from irods datastore to open map canvas on QGIS.
- Save a layer from the map canvas on QGIS to your iRODS datastore as a spatial file.

Supported Formats

Vector :

  • Shapefiles (.shp)
  • CSV (.csv)

Raster :

  • jpeg
  • gif
  • png
  • GeoTiff (.tif)
  • bmp

Note : At the moment only basic vector and raster data are supported. More support for other formats will be added soon

System Requirements

Windows (8 or older)
  • Qgis 2.8.2 (Wien) or older
Mac OSX (10.10.2 or older)
  • Qgis 2.8.2 (Wien) or older
Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 or older)
  • Qgis 2.8.2 (Wien) or older

Installation

Step 1

To install the plugin, clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/BioComputing/irods-qgis.git

Step 2

Windows
Place the folder in C://Users/<username>/.qgis2/python/plugins
Mac OSX
Place the folder in /Users/<username>/.qgis2/python/plugins
Linux
Place the folder in /<username>/.qgis2/python/plugins

Note : If python folder does not exist, create the folder

Step 3

Select 'Manage Python Plugins' option under Plugins menu in Qgis

!["Image N/A"] (img/img1.png)

Step 4

Search for the plugin in 'All' plugins, and check the box next to iRods to enable the plugin

!["Image N/A"] (img/img2.png)

Note: Plugin will be available on the plugin toolbar and under plugins menu after it is enabled

Bug Tracker

https://github.com/BioComputing/irods-qgis/issues

Credit

The plugin is funded by DataNet Federation Consortium (http://datafed.org/) supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number OCI 0940841 and developed by Amit Juneja at the University of Arizona

A special thanks to Iplant Collaborative (http://www.iplantcollaborative.org/) and python-irodsclient (https://github.com/iPlantCollaborativeOpenSource/python-irodsclient) team

License

GNU GPL. Read more on https://github.com/BioComputing/irods-qgis/blob/master/LICENSE.md