diff --git a/doc/source/about_xdem.md b/doc/source/about_xdem.md index cc3555e3..64b5334b 100644 --- a/doc/source/about_xdem.md +++ b/doc/source/about_xdem.md @@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ which have their own modular Python-based implementation, are tested to match ex [gdaldem](https://gdal.org/programs/gdaldem.html) (slope, aspect, hillshade, roughness) and [RichDEM](https://richdem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) (curvatures). -## Who uses xDEM? +## Who is behind xDEM? xDEM was created by a group of researchers with expertise in elevation data analysis for change detection applied to glaciology. - Nowadays, its development is **jointly led by researchers in elevation data analysis** (including funding from NASA and SNSF) **and engineers from CNES** (French Space Agency). -It is used by scientists or industrials **across various fields of Earth observation**. + +Most contributors and users are scientists or industrials working in **various fields of Earth observation**. + ```{note} :class: tip diff --git a/doc/source/background.md b/doc/source/background.md index 1da2dcec..4e3d95e2 100644 --- a/doc/source/background.md +++ b/doc/source/background.md @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Members of the lead development team acknowledge funding from: - SNSF grant no. 184634, a MeteoSwiss [GCOS](https://gcos.wmo.int/en/home) project on elevation data analysis for glaciology, - NASA award 80NSSC22K1094, an [STV](https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/decadal-surveys/decadal-stv/) project on the fusion of elevation data, - NASA award 80NSSC23K0192, an [ICESat-2](https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/) project on the processing of elevation data in the cloud, -- CNES (French Space Agency): ?. +- CNES (French Space Agency) award on merging [demcompare](https://github.com/CNES/demcompare) and xDEM while further developing related 3D tools. ::::{grid} diff --git a/doc/source/release_notes.md b/doc/source/release_notes.md index 2fcb41c7..93151b87 100644 --- a/doc/source/release_notes.md +++ b/doc/source/release_notes.md @@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ Additionally, **some important yet non-breaking changes**: Based on recent and ongoing progress, we envision the following roadmap. **Releases of 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, etc**, for the following planned (ongoing) additions: +- The **addition of a command-line interface for features such as coregistration**, in the frame of the merging effort with [demcompare](https://github.com/CNES/demcompare), - The **addition of an elevation point cloud `EPC` data object**, inherited from the ongoing `PointCloud` object of GeoUtils alongside many features at the interface of point and raster, -- The **addition of an Xarray accessor `dem`** mirroring the `DEM` object, to work natively with Xarray objects and add support on out-of-memory Dask operations for most of xDEM's features, -- The **addition of an GeoPandas accessor `epc`** mirroring the `EPC` object, to work natively with GeoPandas objects, +- The **addition of a Xarray accessor `dem`** mirroring the `DEM` object, to work natively with Xarray objects and add support on out-of-memory Dask operations for most of xDEM's features, +- The **addition of a GeoPandas accessor `epc`** mirroring the `EPC` object, to work natively with GeoPandas objects, - The **re-structuration of uncertainty analysis features** to rely directly on SciKit-GStat's `Variogram` object. **Release of 1.0** once all these additions are fully implemented, and after feedback from the community.