.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . .TH "TOTALOPENSTATION" "1" "July 31, 2014" "0.3" "Total Open Station" .SH NAME totalopenstation \- Total Open Station 0.3.0 . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .SH FOR USERS .SS Requirements .sp TotalOpenStation is written using the \fI\%Python\fP language. Thus you\(aqll need to have a working installation of the current version of a Python of your choice. .sp Across these pages we will refer to the standard \fI\%Python\fP distribution. .sp Obviously, we\(aqre not going to reinvent the wheel, so we have chosen to use some Python libraries for some specific tasks: .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 the \fI\%pySerial\fP library .IP \(bu 2 the Python \fI\%Tkinter\fP GUI library, which comes with the standard Python setup .UNINDENT .sp pySerial is needed for downloading data from the serial port (even through a \fIserial\-USB adapter\fP). .sp Tkinter is at the moment responsible of the Graphical User Interface. This might change in future releases of Total Open Station. .SS Getting Python .sp If you\(aqre on GNU/Linux or a recent Mac OSX, Python should be already installed on your system, so you just need to get the mentioned libraries. .sp On Windows, you can get an installer from the main Python website, in the \fI\%download\fP section. .SS Getting libraries .sp Generally speaking, refer to the \fI\%pySerial website\fP\&. .SS GNU/Linux .sp Use your package manager (\fBapt\-get\fP, \fByum\fP) and look for a package named \fBpython\-serial\fP or \fBpyserial\fP and install it. To test whether the installation went fine, open a terminal, start the python interpreter with \fBpython\fP and at the prompt type \fBimport serial\fP then return. It should say nothing, like this: .sp .nf .ft C >>> import serial .ft P .fi .sp If it complains, something went wrong: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C >>> import serial Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: No module named serial .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp and you need to check with your distribution package manager and bug reporting system. .SS Mac OSX .sp The simplest way is probably to install setuptools and use: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C easy_install \-U pyserial .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SS Microsoft Windows .sp The pySerial website has executable installers for various versions of this operating system. As pySerial\(aqs documentation says, you will need also the \fI\%pywin32\fP library by Mark Hammond. .SS Installing .sp There are a few different ways to install Total Open Station, depending on your operating system. If you are on GNU/Linux or Mac OSX, you should already have Python installed on your system. Instructions for Microsoft Windows are below. .SS Using \fBpip\fP .sp Until your operating system\(aqs packaging tools (e.g. \fBapt\fP or \fByum\fP) allow you to install Total Open Station along with other programs, the recommended way to install is using \fBpip\fP, like: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C pip install totalopenstation .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp This will install all the other required Python packages as well. \fBpip\fP is complementary with \fI\%virtualenv\fP, and it is encouraged that you use virtualenv to isolate your installation: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C pip \-E tops install totalopenstation .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp where \fB\-E tops\fP creates a virtual environment named \fBtops\fP and installs totalopenstation into it. .sp Read more about \fBpip\fP at \fI\%http://pip.openplans.org/\fP and \fI\%http://guide.python\-distribute.org/pip.html\fP . .SS Manual install with \fBsetup.py\fP .sp If you manually download the source distribution file from PyPI or from the mercurial repository, first make sure you have installed all the \fIrequired packages\fP\&. Then, just \fBcd\fP into the uncompressed directory and: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C python setup.py install .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp Again, it\(aqs strongly recommended to avoid a system\-wide install. Use \fBvirtualenv\fP\&. .SS Windows .sp There is a binary installer available at \fI\%PyPI\fP\&. This requires you to install a \fI\%Python\fP distribution (latest available is 2.7.1 ‒ do not install Python 3 as we don\(aqt support it yet), and the \fI\%pyserial\fP and \fI\%setuptools\fP modules. .SS Getting sample data .sp Even when your device is not listed among the supported ones, Total Open Station can still be useful, particularly for: .INDENT 0.0 .IP 1. 3 finding the right \fBserial connection parameters\fP from an unknown device. You can play with the 8 options and see the results in a text area. Once the downloaded results look good, you can be almost sure that you have used the right parameters, and we can add the tested model parameters to the program database; .IP 2. 3 retrieving \fBsample data\fP from unknown models and submit them to allow support of those models in future releases of the program. .UNINDENT .sp To do this, you can just use the main Total Open Station executable. .sp \fBWARNING:\fP .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 Remember: Total Open Station is no wizard, and you have to tune the serial port options using your prior knowledge of your total station (e.g. read the manual that came with it, look at other programs\(aq options). .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SS Glossary .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B input format An input format is the way data downloaded from the total station are encoded. This might include a default order for X, Y and Z coordinates, particular ways of prefixing each point with some distinctive text string and other features. Each input format is unique, and it requires a dedicated module. Input formats are not readable by common CAD or GIS software packages, and it is TOPS\(aqs work to export them. These formats have a standard name, either given by the manufacturer or by the TOPS development team. .TP .B model When we refer to a \fImodel\fP we mean all total stations that have the same brand name and manufacturer (e.g. all those labeled “Trimble Geodimeter 600”). .TP .B output format A format readable by GIS, CAD or any sort of common software, like CSV or DXF. .TP .B serial\-USB adapter While most total stations have a serial interface (port and cable), modern PCs and laptops tend to have just USB ports. In such cases, it is possible to use a serial\-USB adapter cable, that enables you to connect the total station to one of your USB ports. Depending on your platform, the device might be identified as \fB/dev/ttyUSB0\fP or \fBCOM5\fP\&. .UNINDENT .SS Users of Total Open Station .sp So far, Total Open Station has been successfully used by: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 Università di Siena, \fI\%Dipartimento di Archeologia e Storia delle Arti\fP, for the excavations at Gortyna and Vignale .IP \(bu 2 \fI\%Oxford Archaeology\fP, for fieldwork, using the \fI\%OpenMoko\fP mobile platform .IP \(bu 2 \fI\%Arke_Geomática\fP has blogged about TOPS .IP \(bu 2 \fI\%Arc\-Team\fP: we have added support for the Trimble “area” format after Arc\-Team sent us some sample data .IP \(bu 2 Università di Padova .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp If you\(aqre in the number of happy users, let us know. .SH FOR DEVELOPERS .SS Models .SS General concepts .sp General concepts here about models and abstract classes. .SS \fBleica_tcr_1205\fP \-\- Leica TCR 1205 .SS Description .sp This is a quite recent total station. Data were provided by Joseph Reeves of Oxford Archaeology. .SS Connection .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B Baudrate higher than 19200 .TP .B Bytesize 8 .UNINDENT .sp /1/no .SS Data format .sp The data format is ASCII, quite simple. .sp The only thing to note is that data dumps contain both relative and absolute measures. .SS Other notes .SS \fBnikon_npl_350\fP \-\- Nikon NPL\-350 .sp Download is in ASCII format. .sp Even the brute method \fBcat /dev/ttyS0 > file\fP creates an ASCII file without any problem, so probably the default parameters for the serial port are OK. .SS \fBzeiss_elta_r55\fP \-\- Zeiss Elta R55 .SS Description .sp This is a quite old device, in use at the University of Siena. The first steps in TOPS development were achieved with it. .SS Connection .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B Baudrate 9600 .TP .B Bytesize 7 .TP .B Parity None .UNINDENT .SS Output formats .sp The Zeiss Elta R55 total station can output data in four different formats, only one of which is currently supported: .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 \fIif_zeiss_rec_500\fP .IP \(bu 2 Zeiss R\-4 .IP \(bu 2 Zeiss R\-5 .IP \(bu 2 Zeiss R\-E .UNINDENT .SS Other notes .sp The hardware interface consists of a serial RS232 cable, that works also with a common \fIserial\-USB adapter\fP . .SS Other models .sp Unimplemented \fImodels\fP can be added to TotalOpenStation. .sp The best way to have your model included in the next version of TotalOpenStation is to file a support request in the bug tracker and attach some sample data dumps obtained with the Helper application. .sp If you can write Python code, you can also write a module by yourself using the existing ones as a guide. Should you write a module, we will be happy to receive it and include it in the TotalOpenStation source tree. .sp \fBSEE ALSO:\fP .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 The \fIcontributing\fP page to find out how to join the project and participate actively to the development. .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SS Input formats .sp New in version 0.2: Total Open Station supports a number of input data formats, which are implemented separately from the device handling machinery (i.e. downloading data from your total station). This is because one device can output more than one format, and at the same time the same format can be used by more than one device (particularly this is the case for different models by the same manufacturer). .SS An overview about input data formats .sp Generally speaking, data formats can be classified into two large groups: .INDENT 0.0 .IP 1. 3 “raw” field data with polar coordinates .IP 2. 3 processed data, with XY(Z) cartesian coordinates .UNINDENT .sp The latter are far more easy to process, because they don\(aqt require any computing of measurements. .SS XYZ formats .sp These formats were the first kind of survey data format supported by Total Open Station. .sp Cartesian coordinates just need to be extracted from ASCII data .SS Leica TCR 1205 .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B moduleauthor Stefano Costa .TP .B moduleauthor Luca Bianconi .UNINDENT .sp This format is used by the Leica TCR 1205 (and other similar devices), and contains both polar and cartesian coordinates. At the moment, only cartesian coordinates are used to obtain exported data. .SS Acknowledgements .sp Support for this format was added thanks to Joseph Reeves, OA Digital. .SS Nikon RAW format V2.00 .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B author Stefano Costa .UNINDENT .sp This format contains polar data. It is the first polar format supported by Total Open Station. .sp Data are basically comma\-separated values, but each row can have a different format and number of fields. Recorded points are in rows that start with the \fBSS\fP string, while fixed base points start with the \fBST\fP string. .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C CO,Nikon RAW data format V2.00 CO,FATE2010 CO,Description: CO,Client: CO,Comments: CO,Downloaded 08\-Feb\-2010 11:17:17 CO,Software: Pre\-install version: 1.02 CO,Instrument: Nikon NPL\-352 CO,Dist Units: Metres CO,Angle Units: Gons CO,Zero azimuth: North CO,Zero VA: Zenith CO,Coord Order: NEZ CO,HA Raw data: Azimuth CO,Tilt Correction: VA:ON HA:ON CO, FATE2010 Created 04\-Feb\-2010 13:41:40 MP,1,,0.000,0.000,0.000,ST CO,Temp:20C Press:760mmHg Prism:0 04\-Feb\-2010 13:47:08 ST,1,,,,1.430,0.0000,0.0000 F1,,1.500,,0.0000,110.5344,13:47:08 SS,2,1.500,8.986,107.9916,102.3376,14:00:04,P SS,3,1.500,7.706,110.4894,103.4372,14:00:51,P SS,4,1.500,7.620,105.5898,104.3960,14:01:30,P SS,5,1.700,7.162,105.5474,103.7754,14:02:48,P SS,6,1.500,8.539,105.0304,107.6552,14:04:43,P SS,7,0.000,8.318,111.0776,109.4876,14:06:02,P SS,8,1.500,7.085,108.6492,101.0370,14:38:22,P SS,9,1.500,7.592,112.1108,100.0146,14:38:58,P SS,10,1.500,7.616,114.3392,98.3016,14:40:03,P SS,11,1.500,8.227,118.5482,97.8578,14:40:53,P SS,12,1.500,8.364,111.9586,96.9256,14:41:44,P SS,13,1.500,8.233,120.1832,93.9826,14:47:20,P SS,14,1.500,7.438,116.4324,95.2816,14:48:15,P SS,15,1.500,7.266,115.0854,99.0626,14:49:59,P SS,16,1.500,6.622,112.4368,99.6468,14:50:19,P SS,17,1.500,7.957,121.7916,93.7194,14:52:29,P SS,18,1.500,7.956,134.1078,93.9716,14:53:09,P SS,19,1.500,7.515,126.2412,94.4298,14:54:15,P SS,20,1.500,6.711,130.6606,96.5976,14:55:03,P SS,21,1.500,6.857,118.6338,96.0578,14:56:00,P SS,22,1.500,6.433,117.1546,100.2926,14:56:52,P SS,23,0.000,8.399,127.3100,103.7122,14:58:30,P SS,24,0.000,8.351,128.5522,100.1180,14:59:08,P SS,25,0.000,8.270,134.3588,101.1110,14:59:55,P SS,26,0.000,8.274,133.8002,104.4368,15:00:26,P SS,27,1.500,6.511,124.0842,99.5534,15:03:09,P SS,28,1.500,5.974,122.1514,101.6522,15:04:23,P SS,29,0.000,8.962,137.1236,98.3588,15:07:38,P SS,30,0.000,8.934,136.3310,102.4348,15:08:05,P SS,31,0.000,9.184,144.2620,103.4046,15:08:31,P SS,32,0.000,9.387,149.0120,103.4142,15:08:59,P SS,33,0.000,9.362,148.7352,99.7136,15:09:30,P SS,34,0.000,9.219,144.4228,99.5388,15:09:53,P SS,35,0.000,7.001,138.7436,114.7446,15:11:07,P SS,36,1.500,5.851,131.9558,102.5750,15:22:52,P SS,37,1.500,6.328,133.0952,101.2756,15:23:32,P SS,38,1.500,5.808,135.2582,104.2262,15:24:29,P SS,39,1.500,6.923,134.4702,99.9614,15:25:18,P SS,40,1.500,6.879,139.7302,100.1380,15:25:55,P SS,41,1.500,7.486,140.0246,98.6866,15:26:40,P SS,42,1.500,7.661,135.3510,97.9216,15:28:03,P SS,43,1.500,8.199,135.9068,96.7188,15:28:54,P SS,44,1.500,8.225,143.5888,97.0652,15:29:50,P SS,45,1.500,7.827,145.0258,97.5600,15:31:08,P SS,46,1.500,7.860,147.3556,97.3464,15:31:44,P SS,47,1.500,8.662,147.2374,95.8390,15:32:27,P SS,48,1.500,8.568,144.4556,95.8270,15:33:11,P SS,49,1.500,8.729,143.4210,93.5904,15:34:01,P SS,50,1.500,8.339,136.3862,93.3592,15:34:38,P SS,51,1.500,7.429,141.7392,102.7698,15:36:02,P SS,52,1.500,6.913,140.8836,104.3052,15:36:41,P SS,53,1.500,7.479,149.9490,103.0626,15:37:25,P SS,54,1.500,6.938,149.6110,104.9004,15:38:12,P SS,55,1.700,6.718,143.6064,104.5304,15:39:06,P SS,56,1.700,6.734,138.1288,104.4754,15:39:44,P CO,HT changed at PT=56 Old HT=1.500m CO,OLD=56 X\-3.787 Y5.548 Z\-0.543 CO,HT changed at PT=55 Old HT=1.500m CO,OLD=55 X\-4.239 Y5.190 Z\-0.548 SS,57,1.500,6.132,137.6602,109.0124,15:42:43,P SS,58,1.500,8.966,150.7654,93.9858,15:44:05,P SS,59,1.500,9.739,151.4094,93.7238,15:44:39,P SS,60,1.500,9.919,155.4866,95.0466,15:45:26,P SS,61,1.500,8.980,152.3926,95.1246,15:46:14,P SS,62,1.500,9.107,155.8314,95.5764,15:47:06,P SS,63,1.850,9.150,156.6374,93.9602,15:50:12,P SS,64,0.000,9.292,157.4092,107.9238,15:52:21,P SS,65,1.500,10.059,160.4978,95.4160,15:54:36,P SS,66,1.500,9.330,161.8984,97.0678,15:55:51,P SS,67,1.500,9.997,161.8576,99.2174,15:56:34,P SS,68,1.500,10.786,167.3566,98.9458,15:57:09,P SS,69,1.500,10.240,167.1484,99.9180,15:57:48,P SS,70,1.780,9.705,169.0404,99.2786,15:59:17,P CO,HT changed at PT=70 Old HT=1.500m CO,OLD=70 X\-8.579 Y4.536 Z0.040 SS,71,1.500,9.408,162.8840,100.4778,16:00:34,P SS,72,1.750,9.183,163.3532,99.4422,16:02:31,P SS,73,1.775,9.027,160.3550,99.1590,16:04:06,P SS,74,1.900,8.753,160.1354,99.1978,16:05:45,P SS,75,1.900,8.437,165.1502,99.4756,16:06:43,P SS,76,1.900,8.230,159.7622,99.0878,16:07:33,P SS,77,1.500,8.092,155.4420,102.0228,16:08:38,P SS,78,1.500,7.861,150.3918,102.1856,16:09:31,P SS,79,1.500,8.676,149.3206,100.1448,16:10:12,P SS,80,1.500,8.841,154.4180,100.2618,16:11:07,P SS,800,1.500,20.726,178.2156,91.7976,16:13:27,P SS,801,1.500,21.722,179.8802,92.3712,16:14:05,P SS,802,2.550,20.961,179.9716,92.2336,16:18:03,P  .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SS Acknowledgements .sp Support for this format was added thanks to Cynthia Mascione, Università di Siena. .SS Trimble AREA format .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B moduleauthor Stefano Costa .TP .B moduleauthor Luca Bianconi .TP .B moduleauthor Alessandro Bezzi .UNINDENT .SS \fBzeiss_rec_500\fP \-\- Zeiss REC 500 .sp This was the first format supported by Total Open Station. For historical reasons, its documentation is far more extended than those of other formats. The step by step procedure is useful for anyone who wants to hack on TOPS itself. .SS Step\-by\-step download procedure .sp At the time I was doing the first tests, I found it useful to collect all steps. The program goes through them automatically: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C >>> import serial >>> ser = serial.Serial(\(aq/dev/ttyUSB0\(aq, \e baudrate=9600, bytesize=serial.SEVENBITS, timeout=0, \e parity=serial.PARITY_NONE, rtscts=1) >>> ser.open() .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp At this point, you have to start the download from the device menu. When this operation has finished, it\(aqs good practice to control if you have actually received any data: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C >>> ser.inWaiting() 648L .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp A non\-zero result means that something has been downloaded. Good enough. .sp This number can be saved to a variable and passed as parameter to the \fBread()\fP command: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C >>> n = ser.inWaiting() >>> result = ser.read(n) .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp The \fBresult\fP object is a string that contains our data: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C >>> print(result) 0001 OR.COOR 0002 0S X 0.000 Y 0.000 Z 0.000 0003 Om 397.0370 0004 POLAR 0005 INPUT th 1.500 ih 0.000 0006 INPUT th 0.000 ih 0.000 Z 0.000 0007 1 X \-0.472 Y 1.576 Z 0.004 END .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp So far, we can say that the downloaded file contains this information: .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 \fBOR.COOR\fP: but I don\(aqt know if this line can take other values too .IP \(bu 2 \fBorigin point\fP defined by the \fBOS\fP string followed by its \fBX\fP, \fBY\fP, \fBZ\fP coordinates .IP \(bu 2 \fBorientation angle\fP \fBOm\fP: are these gradiants? .IP \(bu 2 \fBPOLAR\fP: but I don\(aqt know if this line can take other values too .IP \(bu 2 \fBINPUT\fP: are there always two \fBINPUT\fP lines? .INDENT 2.0 .IP \(bu 2 \fBth\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fBih\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fBZ\fP .UNINDENT .IP \(bu 2 points, expressed as \fBN\fP (starting from 1), \fBX\fP, \fBY\fP, \fBZ\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fBEND\fP: after this line no more data .UNINDENT .SS Other formats .sp Unimplemented \fIformats\fP can be added to Total Open Station. .sp The best way to have your format included in the next version of TotalOpenStation is to file a support request in the bug tracker and attach some sample data dumps obtained with the Helper application. .sp If you can write Python code, you can also write a module by yourself using the existing ones as a guide. Should you write a module, we will be happy to receive it and include it in the TotalOpenStation source tree. .sp \fBSEE ALSO:\fP .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 The \fIcontributing\fP page to find out how to join the project and participate actively to the development. .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SS Adding a new input format .sp There are hundreds of survey data formats out there. One by one, we will get them added into Total Open Station. Here\(aqs a general process that defines some minimum requirements when implementing new formats. .SS Documentation .sp Always write documentation for the format. Add a new document in the \fBdocs/input_formats/\fP directory of the source tree with a bare description, including: .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 raw (polar) or processed (cartesian) format .IP \(bu 2 fixed\-position based or fluid \-\- this changes the way the parser should work .IP \(bu 2 which devices or manufacturers use this format .IP \(bu 2 name of contributors .UNINDENT .sp Shortcomings of Total Open Station that the format exposes shouldn\(aqt be hidden, but rather made explicit both in code and documentation. .SS Sample data .sp Never commit support for a new format without including the relevant sample data in the \fBsample_data\fP directory. Generally speaking, sample data files should follow these simple rules: .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 quality is better than quantity, so prefer a smaller file with many different corner cases rather than a larger file with a bulk of ordinary data .IP \(bu 2 multiple files are OK, if they serve the purpose of showing different issues with the format .IP \(bu 2 files should be named with the same name of the Python module that implements the format, using a \fB\&.tops\fP extension, like \fBtopcon_gts.tops\fP for a format implemented in a module named \fBtopcon_gts.py\fP \-\- this will allow for simple automated tests .UNINDENT .SS Code .sp When you have fulfilled the two previous tasks, you can start writing code (or at least you should pretend doing that). New code is always better than old code, because you have learned better programming techniques, or because you are more confident with Total Open Station. Writing tests for your code isn\(aqt (yet) required, but it\(aqs highly encouraged. Don\(aqt break current practice. .sp All code implementing new formats should not break the existing API. Changing the API should be done at the scale of the entire library, to take into account the many different needs of each format and parser. The development of Total Open Station is not in a stable shape, so expect the API to change in future versions. However, please understand that a new format parser is not the right place to do that. .sp Experiments are welcome. Mercurial allows for easy branching: you are encouraged to clone our repository and go crazy with new features, formats. .SS Contributing .sp Total Open Station is free software, released under the GNU \fI\%General Public License v3\fP or (at your option) any later version. .sp Development is tracked with \fI\%Mercurial\fP, a fast decentralized version control system. Installing \fIMercurial\fP is not needed unless you want to participate in TOPS development, but please \fBdo it\fP\&. The main development repository is on \fI\%bitbucket\fP where it\(aqs easy to fork the source code for your own experiments. .sp The suggested way of contributing is by sending patches using the Mercurial \fIpatchbomb\fP extension to the \fI\%development mailing list\fP\&. .SS Coding standards .sp We try to follow as much as possible \fI\%PEP\-8\fP, .SS Roadmap .SS Present .sp Total Open Station is at version 0.2, which is an \fBalpha\fP release. .SS Near Future .sp Total Open Station 0.3 will be released by June 2011. Planned features include: .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 more responsive download dialogs .IP \(bu 2 more solid internal data format .UNINDENT .SS Future .sp Our plans for Total Open Station are focused on different areas of user experience and development practices. We envisage future versions based on concepts like: .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 seamless integration with geospatial data software .IP \(bu 2 dedicated layout for intensive survey use .IP \(bu 2 enhanced mobile experience .IP \(bu 2 supporting always more devices and formats .UNINDENT .sp If you have an incredible idea on how Total Open Station should look like, let us know! .SH INDICES AND TABLES .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 \fIgenindex\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fImodindex\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fIsearch\fP .UNINDENT .SH COPYRIGHT 2008-2011, Stefano Costa, Luca Bianconi .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .