Totalopenstation

A prerelease

What's Changed
* Add LandXML support by psolyca in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/80
* Update LandXML format by psolyca in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/143
* Make sure Tkinter is installed on Linux by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/141
* Documentation for LandXML by psolyca in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/144
* add topcon model connector by enzococca in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/150
* Add Python 3.9 to the CI targets by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/142
* Bump pygments from 2.2.0 to 2.7.4 by dependabot in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/148
* Update the link from docs to GitHub by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/151
* fix: two undefined variables caught by flake8 by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/145
* Add a new GitHub Action workflow for CI testing by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/153
* Fix python3 shebang by lbartoletti in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/160
* Bump babel from 2.5.1 to 2.9.1 by dependabot in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/162
* Add Python 3.10 to the list of CI targets by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/161
* Change string formatting by psolyca in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/147
* fix(docs): warn about a potential false positive of Windows app as virus by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/164
* fix 157: binary data from download need to be saved as binary by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/163
* Bring python-version in line with currently active Python releases by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/170
* Nikon npl 322+ by baswein in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/169
* fix badges in README.rst by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/171
* fix 155: remove broken import by steko in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/172

New Contributors
* enzococca made their first contribution in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/150
* dependabot made their first contribution in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/148
* lbartoletti made their first contribution in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/160
* baswein made their first contribution in https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/pull/169

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/totalopenstation/totalopenstation/compare/v0.5.2...v0.6.0pre

This release fixes some bugs with old dependencies so totalopenstation can be built again.

This is a bugfix release for a serious bug in the GUI app that would prevent showing downloaded data in the main window.

This is a bugfix release that removes an annoying bug preventing the app to start correctly.

Total Open Station 0.5 is here!

The application is now based on **Python 3**, which means an improved handling of data transfers and a general improvement of the underlying source code.

An extensive **test suite** based on _[pytest](http://pytest.org/)_ was added to help developers work with more confidence and the documentation was reorganized to be more readable.

There are no visible user changes but this release includes a **large number of bugfixes**, and it is the result of a short and intense development cycle.

If you were using a previous version of the program you can:

- wait for your Linux distribution to upgrade
- install with `pip install --upgrade totalopenstation` if you know your way around the command line on Linux or MacOS
- download the Windows portable app: this release is the first to support the Windows portable app from the start

But there's more. This release marks a renewed development process and the full onboarding of psolyca in the team. With the 0.6 release we are planning to move the repository from the personal "steko" account to an organization account and improve the contribution guidelines so that the future of Total Open Station is not dependent on a single person. Of course we have already great plans for new features, as always listed on our issue tracker.

If you use Total Open Station please let us know and maybe give us a star ★ on GitHub.

The new 0.4 version brings read support for 4 new formats:

- Carlson RW5
- Leica GSI
- Sokkia SDR33
- Zeiss R5

Other input formats were improved, most notably Nikon RAW.

DXF output was improved, even though the default template is not very useful since it is based on an old need from the time when TOPS was developed day to day on archaeological excavations.

The work behind these new formats is in part by the new contributor to the project, Damien Gaignon (find him as psolyca ), who submitted a lot of other code and started helping with project maintenance as well.

The internal data structures for handling the conversion between input and output formats are completely new, and based on the Python GeoInterface abstraction offered by the pygeoif library. This allows going beyond single points to managing lines and polygons, even though no such feature is available at the moment. If you often record linear or polygonal features that you’re manually joining in the post-processing stage, think about helping TOPS development and you could get DXF or Shapefiles with the geometries ready to use (yes, Shapefile output is on our plans, too).

**This version is the last built on Python 2, and work is already ongoing towards a new version that will be based on Python 3: a more mature codebase will mean a better program, without any visible drastic change.**