Bug report #14582

The extent of the raster layers is not preserved and rounded to integer with GRASS7 tools in the Processing Toolbox.

Added by Olivier ATHIMON over 8 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:Processing/GRASS
Affected QGIS version:master Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:22553

Description

With QGIS 2.14.0/1... and GRASS 7.0.3 (and GRASS 6.4.4 without problem)

In the calculations made with the "Processing Toolbox > GRASS7 > Raster (r.*)", the raster layer extent is rounded to integer.

So, if i have a dem, the extent before processing can be this:
"Layer Extent (layer original source projection)
358759.5 000000000000000, 6290967.5 000000000000000 : 359280.5 000000000000000, 6291316.5 000000000000000"

and provide, for a processing (r.resample, r.mapcalculator, r. ...) with GRASS7, this result:
"Layer Extent (layer original source projection)
358759.0 000000000000000, 6290967.0 000000000000000 : 359281.0 000000000000000, 6291317.0 000000000000000"

For information: i have choosen to keep the input coordinates with this option: [Leave blank to use min covering extent]

On the contrary, the extent (with decimal) seems to be kept with the same functions under "Processing Toolbox/GRASS6".

Dem.tif - raster layer input // extent with decimal (187 KB) Olivier ATHIMON, 2016-03-29 05:45 AM

dem_r_resample6.tif - raster layer output // extent with decimal with Processing Toolbox/GRASS6 (412 KB) Olivier ATHIMON, 2016-03-29 05:45 AM

dem_r_resample7.tif - raster layer output // extent to integer with Processing Toolbox/GRASS7 (413 KB) Olivier ATHIMON, 2016-03-29 05:45 AM

Associated revisions

Revision 75c76f51
Added by ninsbl over 8 years ago

[processing] Don't round grass7 extent and resolution to integer

fix #14582
See: https://hub.qgis.org/issues/14582

The commit removes the a-flag when the grass region for raster analysis is set. The a-flag causes in some cases unwanted rounding of raster extend / resolution, and should not be set hardcoded in processing. It is usually used in combination with the "res" option.
For aligning the pixels of the GRASS region to a specific raster, the align option should be used (and not the a-flag). See: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/g.region.html
GRASS 6.4 algs do not use the a-flag either, which explains why this bug appears only for GRASS 7.

History

#1 Updated by Alexander Bruy over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Does it works if you run this command directly in GRASS?

#2 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 8 years ago

  • Affected QGIS version changed from 2.14.0 to master
  • Target version deleted (Future Release - High Priority)
  • Priority changed from High to Normal
  • Status changed from Feedback to Open

apparently in native GRASS there is no rounding in outputs extent.

#3 Updated by Stefan Blumentrath over 8 years ago

Rounding happens because -a flag is given in the g.region command in Grass7Algorithm.py. The -a flag is most useful for rasterizing vector input (e.g. LiDAR point clouds). If you want to align the processing to the cells of an input raster, use the "align" option.
See: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/g.region.html

#4 Updated by Stefan Blumentrath over 8 years ago

See: PR 3090

#5 Updated by Anonymous over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed

#6 Updated by Olivier ATHIMON over 8 years ago

  • Assignee deleted (Victor Olaya)

Thank you very much.

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