README.md

Python-SOS-Client

Python Sensor Observation Service (SOS) Cilent

• Python based parsers for SOS response.
• Aimed for standalone operation mainly for SOS based Telegram Bot/s.
• Integrates SOS parsers using Telegram-Bot-Scripts to python-telegram-bot. More information about Telegram Bot Platform.
• Added working use case for IWC project.

Version

Alpha 2.0.0

Depends on

Only tested in Ubuntu 14.04 with python 2.7

• xmltodict
• requests
• dateutil.parser
• colorama
• pandas

Other References

• OGC Open Geospatial Consortium
• OGC SOS Specifications
• Python based SOS ISTSOS
• National Data Buoy Center SOS NDBC
• Get Capability request for ISTSOS-Demo SOS
• Get Capability request for NDBC-SOS SOS

Contains

1. Folder: src
   • sosParseCap.py (SOS GetCapability parser)
   • sosReq.py (SOS Get Observation requests and response parser example)
   • sosTsPandas.py (SOS time series analysis using Pandas )
   • sosParseDSensor.py (SOS Describe sensor parser)
   • sosParseGetObs.py (SOS Get Observation parser)
   • sosTelegramBot.py (SOS integration with Telegram Bot, example1: English)
   • sosTelegramBotMarathi.py (SOS integration with Telegram Bot, example2: English and Marathi)
   • overallFlow.py (overall flow of all processes)
   • fao_eto.py (core function to estiamte reference Evapotranspiration (ETo))
   • sosETCalc.py (SOS based function to estimate ETo)
   • sosTelegramBotIWC.py (SOS based use case for IWC project)

Advantages

1. Python based SOS client to support Telegram Bot/s.

Limitations

1. Some sections are hardcoaded in SOS response parsers.

Installation

A. Download

• Clone from GitHub

$ git clone https://github.com/suryakant54321/Python-SOS-Client 

• Install dependencies

$ cd Python-SOS-Client
$ pip install -r requirements.txt 

B. Usage of Python-SOS-Client

Add to environment path
or
Just import the required workflow

$ python
>>> import sosParseCap as spc
>>> help(spc)
>>> import sosReq as sr
>>> help(sr) 
>>> import sosTsPandas stp
>>> help(stp)

C. Other SOS Clients

• Refer PHP-istSOS-client PHP based client for IST Sensor Observation Service (SOS)
• Refer sos4R sos4R is an extension for the R environment for statistical computing and visualization. Designed by 52°North.
• Refer sos-js a JavaScript library to browse, visualise, and access, data from an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Sensor Observation Service (SOS). Designed by 52°North.

Snapshots

TODO

1. Add irrigation scheduling component.
2. Write detailed documentation using Sphinix.