ThRasE

ThRasE is a powerful and fast thematic raster editor Qgis plugin, it uses a recode pixel table to modify several classes at the same time using pixels, lines, polygons or freehand tools. The plugin has an additional navigation tool to ensure layer inspection.

Thematic raster to edit

The thematic raster file to be edited must satisfy the following criteria.

• It must be a categorical thematic layer with byte or integer as data type.
• It must have a specific pixel-value/color association. Else, ThRasE will ask you to apply a temporal and random pixel-value/color association.

There are two types of formats accepted in ThRasE, depending on the pixel-value/color association:

1. Thematic with paletted or singleband pseudocolor on the fly:

   You can use any raster (of byte or integer as data type) with specific style loaded (from Qgis project or qml file style) or done on the fly in Qgis. Go to properties of the raster, then go to style, select Paletted/Unique values or Singleband pseudocolor (using Exact Interpolation) and generate the desired pixel-value/color associated (manually or generated automatically using the several options that Qgis have to do this) with only one requirement: the pixel-values associated must be integers.

   Optional: After configure the style in Qgis for the raster is recommended save it in .qml Qgis style file, else Qgis save it in temporal file (or on the fly) and if you restart the Qgis and load the raster again you lost the pixel-value/color style associated. For save the style go to Style menu and click in Save as default Qgis save it in the same place and name of the raster with extension .qml.

   Optional: Alternative (or additional) to the above, you can save all layers style saving it in a Qgis project.

2. Thematic with color table:

   You can use any raster (of byte or integer as data type) with pixel-values/color associated through a color table inside it as metadata. You can see it using gdalinfo or in style in layer properties this is shown as paletted.

You can test an example of a valid thematic raster here

View config and active layers

• The grid configuration can be done only when the plugin is opened under the new tab.
• Each view provides an option for three layers.
• Each layer’s opacity can be adjusted as per the requirement.

Editing

• Each view has an editing tool, with four options; pixels, lines, polygons, and freehand.
• Users get a maximum of 20 actions for undo or redo.
• You can use any view for edit, but always the image to edit is the thematic selected even if it is not showing in the view.

WARNING: After each editing operation, the layer is saved (overwritten) on disk. If you want to keep the original layer you must make a copy of it before editing.

Navigation

• The navigation tool assists in the review of the thematic raster going tile by tile generated, with the purpose to guarantee the revision of the thematic file.
• You can generate review tiles throughout; areas of interest (drawn over the thematic file), polygons, points or centroid of polygons.

Save configuration and restore it

• With this Save state and Load button you can save or restore all settings and configuration of; ThRasE dialog, views, pixel table with colors and values, navigation settings and status, current tile, size dialog, current extent and position, among others.

Optional: If you are using network layers in the view (such as Google, Bing, Esri satellite) use save/load a Qgis project, important: load first the Qgis project before load the .yml saved with ThRasE

About us

ThRasE was developing, designed and implemented by the Group of Forest and Carbon Monitoring System (SMByC), operated by the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) - Colombia.

Author and developer: Xavier C. Llano xavier.corredor.llano@gmail.com
Theoretical support, tester and product verification: SMByC-PDI group

License

ThRasE is a free/libre software and is licensed under the GNU General Public License.