# QPROTO Processing Plugin

QPROTO is a QGIS Processing plugin for small-scale rockfall analyses based on the simplified *Cone Method* (Jaboyedoff & Labiouse, 2011).

It supports preliminary evaluation of rockfall effects along a slope in terms of exposed areas, boulder velocity and boulder energy.

A time-independent rockfall hazard can also be defined.

The current processing workflow generates the `finalpoints` and `results_summary` (aggregate) layers, and post-processing modules are available for generating raster maps and analyzing specific critical areas prone to rockfall.
An analysis log is saved in the output folder and loaded into QGIS along with the output layers.

QPROTO is designed by Politecnico di Torino (Marta Castelli, Monica Barbero & Marco Grisolia), Arpa Piemonte (Rocco Pispico & Luca Lanteri), developed by Faunalia (Matteo Ghetta) and updated by Stefano Campus.

This Plugin is partially funded by Italian 2015 PRIN Project: "Innovative monitoring and design strategies for sustainable landslide risk mitigation".
