Bug 254289

Summary:	DEM ingestion and processing
Product:	[Applications] marble	Reporter:	a.lucas
Component:	general	Assignee:	marble-bugs
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nienhueser
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	some future version
Platform:	Unlisted Binaries
OS:	Linux
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Description a.lucas 2010-10-15 19:30:07 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

Marble is cool thing, but could be a useful for scientist if :

 DEM : Digital Elevation Model could be imported into database (by the user) and some piece of analysis tools could be available for some studies. I am thinking about draping data onto this DEM (useful for geology or geophysics). Have a profile tool (user can draw a path onto data and then get the elevation profile, and why not the slope profile...

Anyways, I see a lot of implications if marble could offer that. Because it will open doors of GIS (Geographical Information System). Adding some measurement tools (like, length, area, perimeters...) could be extremely useful and will makes Marble a lot more that a globe viewer (which is fancy but not more). 

Thank you for your consideration. 



Reproducible: Didn't try