TerraHS
What is it ?
is a software component that enables the development of geographical applications in a functional language, using the data handling capabilities of TerraLib. TerraLib is a C++ library that supports different spatial database management systems, and that includes a large number of spatial algorithms. As a result, we get a combination of the good features of both programming paradigms.
Features
The major features are:
- Input and output formats: Layers or themes from TerraLib databases (just MySQL), Esri Shape File (*.shp), TIFF file.
- Data types: Raster or image (just 8 bits), Vectors (Point, Line, Polygon and Cell), Temporal (DateTime, Interval)
- Topological operators: intersects, within, touches, crosses ...
- Geometric operations: intersection, union, difference, rotation.
- Metrical operations: perimeter, area, distance, centroid, shapeindex, compacity, fractal
Demos
The following figure is one example of a vector data can be exported to a TerraLib database, and then it can be visualized with TerraView.
The pattern for a main program in TerraHS has the folowing structure:
module Main(main) where
import TerraHS
host = "localhost";
dbname = "demo_terrahs";
user = "root";
password = "root";
main:: IO()
main = do
-- loading a vector data from a shape file
gos <- loadVectorFile "MG_MUN96.shp"
-- open a connection
db <- open (TeMySQL host user password dbname)
-- saving in a database layer
store db "layer_name" gos
print "saved"
Two different outcomes from a image data and theirs respective operations (a)input image, (b) inverted image and (c) reverse image.
The following examples use this data:
- Opening and saving shape file
- Opening a shape file and saving in database
- Opening and save tiff image files
- Simple spatial operations demo
- Understanding how to create a geoobject data type
- Opening a raster data from database
- Opening a tiff file and saving in database
- Loading geoobjects from a database and saving a shape file
Its possible to run in the ghci:
#ghci SpatialOper.hs
printing some test values, e.g.:
Main> main Loading package syb ... linking ... done. Loading package base-3.0.3.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package terrahs-0.8 ... linking ... done. TePoint (12.5,10.0) TeLine2D [(1.0,1.0),(1.0,2.0),(1.0,7.0)] TePolygon [TeLine2D [(1.0,1.0),(1.0,2.0),(3.0,2.0),(3.0,1.0),(1.0,1.0)]] False True False 2.0
or compile and run:
#ghc SpatialOper.hs -package terrahs-0.8 -o main #main
More details about the api in source documentation - online (HTML)
Download and Installation
TerraHS is a Haskell GIS application built using the TerraLib GIS library. In below, is available a debian packages for TerraLib. TerraHS-0.8 uses the TerraLib-3.3.0 version.
Optional, but is recommended to install the TerraView application.TerraView is a GIS application based on TerraLib, a GIS library to handle vector and raster data in geographical DBMS such as Access, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle Spatial.
We have developed some specific libraries to support some functionalities for TerraHS.
Translib, a library for translation among different geographic format files (no database connection), based in the TerraLib library. This library is required for TerraHS to deal whith shape files (*.shp). Terralib4c is a library that maps c++ Terralib functions and classes to C functions.
Other requirements are: (a) GHC-6.8.3(or newer version) and (b) MySQL-5.0.41.
Installation notes for Debian distributions
The MySQL is usualy available in the Linux package of your distribution, you just check if it already installed.
For debian distributions, is possible to install they from debian packages:
TerraLib-3.3.0 for (Ubuntu 9.04 (x86))
TerraView-3.3.0 for (Ubuntu 9.04 (x86))
TerraHSdependecies (TerraLib4c or Translib) for Ubuntu 9.04 (x86)
The TerraLib4c and Translib can be downloaded in separated way:
The installation procedure:
#sudo dpkg -i package.deb
The uninstallation procedure:
#sudo dpkg -r package
After that, download TerraHS in cabal package from Hackage and unzip the archive. From a prompt, move into the created directory and run the following commands:
runhaskell Setup configure runhaskell Setup build sudo runhaskell Setup install
It is done.
Installation notes for generic Linux
The TerraLib and TerraView source files and instalation notes:
TerraLib4c and Translib are available as usual source Linux package in:
The installation procedure:
#tar xvzf package.tar.gz #cd package #./configure #make #sudo make install
The uninstallation procedure:
#cd package #sudo make uninstall
The instalation of TerraHS is the same of [the http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/TerraHS#Installation_notes_for_Debian_distributions Debian distribution/]
Installation from Windows binaries
First, is necessary to install MySQL 5.0, and optionaly TerraView:
Other libraries are available in:
TerraHSdependecies install for Windows (TerraLIB+Terralib4C+Translib)
After that, download TerraHS and unzip the archive. From a prompt, move into the created directory and run the following commands:
runhaskell Setup configure --extra-lib-dirs: C:\TerraHSExtLibs runhaskell Setup build runhaskell Setup install
The extra-lib-dirs depend of the path where was installed the TerraHSdependencies.
Papers, thesis and Reports
Some papers and thesis that use TerraHS:
- Sérgio Costa, Gilberto Câmara, et.al. Prototyping GIS Application in Functional Programming. In: GeoPantanal, 2009, Corumbá. Anais do II Geopantanal, 2009. download
- Costa, S. S., Câmara, G., & Palomo, D. (2007). TerraHS: Integration of Functional Programming and Spatial Databases for GIS Application Development. (pp. 127-149). Advances in Geoinformatics. Springer. link
- Sergio Costa, Gilberto Câmara, Danilo Palomo. TerraHS: Integration of Functional Programming and Spatial Databases for GIS Application Development. VIII Brazilian Symposium in Geoinformatics, GeoInfo 2006, Campos do Jordão, 2006. download
- Olga Bittencourt, Gilberto Câmara, Lúbia Vinhas, Joice Mota. Rule-based Evolution of Typed Spatio-temporal Objects. IX Brazilian Symposium in Geoinformatics, GeoInfo 2007, Campos do Jordão, 2007.download
- Sérgio Rosim. Estrutura baseada em grafos para representação unificada de fluxos locais para modelagem hidrológica distribuída. PhD Thesis in Computer Science at INPE, 2008.download