AirMeasurer

Gang Sun^1*, Jie Zhou¹, Qiang Zhao², Bin Han², Ji Zhou^1,3*

¹State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production Co-sponsored by Province and Ministry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;

²National Center for Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China;

³Cambridge Crop Research, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge CB3 0LE, UK;

^*Correspondence for the source code and GUI software: 2018101176@njau.edu.cn; Ji.Zhou@NJAU.edu.cn or Ji.Zhou@NIAB.com

Install Python, Anaconda and Libraries

If you wish to run AirMeasurer from source code, you will need to set up Python on your operating system.

1. Install Python releases:

   • Read the beginner’s guide to Python if you are new to the language: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

   • For Windows users, Python 3 release can be downloaded via: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

   • For Mac OS users, Python 3 release can be downloaded via: https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/

   • AirMeasurer only supports Python 3 onwards

2. Install Anaconda Python distribution:

   • Read the install instruction using the URL: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install

   • For Windows users, a detailed step-by-step installation guide can be found via: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/windows

   • For Mac OS users, a detailed step-by-step installation guide can be found via: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/mac-os.html

   • An Anaconda Graphical installer can be found via: https://www.continuum.io/downloads

   • We recommend users install the latest Anaconda Python distribution

3. Install packages:

   • AirMeasurer uses a number of 3rd-party libraries that you may need to add to your conda environment. These include, but are not limited to:

   Laspy=1.7.0
   Whitebox==1.3.0
   GDAL=3.2.1
   Rasterio=1.2.0
   CSF=1.1.1
   Scikit-image=0.16.2
   Opencv-contrib-python==3.4.2.16
   Matplotlib =3.1.3
   Pandas=1.0.1
   Numpy=1.18.1
   Scipy=1.4.1
   

Running AirMeasurer GUI

A Windows executable file (.exe) can be downloaded from the latest release together with a compressed file (AirMeasurer.zip).