Qgama is a Qt application for adjustment of geodetic networks with database support, where the database can be a simple SQLite3 flat file, used for storing geodetic network data, or any full-featured relational DBMS with Qt driver available like PostgreSQL or MySQL. It is build on the GNU gama adjustment library
Qgama Graphical User Interface (GUI) has two main panels. One Main Control Panel that is open on the application startup and Network Adjustment Panel open for a selected network configuration. More than one network adjustment panels can be opened simultaneously.
Start qgama and select from the Main Control Panel menu
and start experimenting with the adjustment. Enjoy!
Main Control Menu has four menus and a bottom status bar temporarily displaying program messages. This panel is displayed at program startup and the user typically starts with connection to a database.
| Qgama Main Control Panel | |
|---|---|
| Database | Connect to database |
| Import Configuration File * | |
| New Empty Configuration * | |
| Import Examples * | |
| Drop Schema tables | |
| Delete all Data from the Schema | |
| Delete Network Configuration | |
| Exit | |
| Adjustment | Network Adjustment |
| Tools | Adjustment results language |
| Application font | |
| Help | Qgama help |
| About Qgama | |
| About Qt | |
Functions marked * can be run without connecting to a database first; in such a case implicit in memory database is used and the user is responsible for exporting data, if they are needed, before exit (for example export configuration XML input file after editing the network configuration).
starts up a dialog for connecting to a database. Until the connection is established, some program functions are blocked. To open database connection the user must select Database Drive which implicitly set to QSQLITE. For Sqlite the database file must be selecte in Open File dialog, for new database you must check the Create a New Sqlite Database check box. Alternatively you can work with temporary database :memory: (implicit database name), but its content is lost when the program is closed.
If you select another Database Driver in the top combo-box (for example to QPSQL) dialog changes and input fields for Database Name, Username, Passwords, Hostname and Port are displayed (depending on your system only some of the attributes need to be entered).
XML input adjustment data (Configuration File) contains information on points, observations and other adjustment parameters, for details see GNU gama documentation. After selection the file (with .xml or .gkf extension), the dialog displays existing configuration names and user can either replace selected existing configuration or create a new configuration name. The configuration name can be arbitrary, but white spaces are removed by the application.
Creates new network configuration without points and observation (implicit values are used for network adjustment parameters). The menu dialog is similar to Import Configuration File.
Imports a set of example networks distributed with the application to the opened database.
are corresponding administrative database operations.
if plugins are available, they are listed here.
The program stops when all panels are closed. You can even close Main Control Panel and have one or more Network Adjustment Panels open and continue work. In situations like this the exit dialog asks if you want to exit just the Main Control Panel (yes) or all other opened panels as well (yes to all).
Opens dialog for selecting network configuration stored in the database. If the configuration is selected, a new Network Adjustment Panel is created.
Enables to select a language for the adjustment results text.
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Basic information about Qgama, its version, GNU gama build version and the GPL licence.
Qt version, licencing and basic information on Qt C++ cross-platform.
Save network data into database.
Save copy of network data into database under a new name.
Export information from Parameters, Points and Observations editors to a XML configuration file (gkf). This file contains all information needed for the adjustment and can be used as input by qgama or gama-local.
Similar to the previous function, adjustment information is stored in SQL format which can be imported to a database.
Print adjustment results.
Save configuration sketch in SVG format.
Close current Network Adjustment Panel (or all opened panels).
Start adjustment of the network.
Implicitly editing of network adjustment parameters, points and observations are disabled. In the Edit menu users can enable/disable one or all three editors.
Opens dialog for changing parameters of the network outline draw.
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Network Adjustment Results has three editor panels for adjustment paramater, points and observations and two output panels, the outline draw and the adjustment results text output. These five panels can be organized as tabbed or docked (as indicated by the user on opening a new adjustment configuration).
Adjustment parameters editor is strightforward, the meaning of individual parameters is described in GNU gama documentation.
Points editor is also simple, attributes Txx and Tz define how the role of the point coordinates in the adjustment:
Given coordinates.
Adjusted coordinates (ie. unknown adjustment parameter).
Adjusted coordinates that are subject to a second adjustment constraint (the sum of squares of constrained coordinates corrections is minimal).
Constrained coordinates are also special in that their given approximate values are not updated in possible linearization updates.
All other points/coordinates (not explicitly specified) are unused in the adjustment.
Observations editor is more tricky. You must remember that in qgama observations are organized by clusters. Cluster is a set of somehow related observations, for example observations measured from one point, or more generally, observations with the common covariance matrix. If you want to add observations to an empty configuration, you must first create a new cluster.