# This file should be included when you package your plugin.

# Mandatory items:
[general]
name=Stratigraphic Thickness
qgisMinimumVersion=3.0
description=Estimates the stratigraphic thickness of a sedimentary succession, with optional topographic correction using a DEM.
version=1.1
author=Asier Valenzuela
email=asier.valenzuela@ehu.eus

about=This plugin estimates the stratigraphic thickness (ST) of a succession using the classic field-geology traverse method, with an optional topographic correction: ST = d*sin(dip) + Δh*cos(dip), where d is the horizontal distance between the base and the top of the succession, Δh is their elevation difference, and dip is the dip of the strata. Elevation can be read from a DEM layer, entered manually, or skipped entirely for a quick flat-terrain estimate. Successive segments can be chained along a single traverse, each with its own dip, useful for successions with changes in dip. A dedicated (sub)horizontal mode handles beds with dip ≤5° directly from the elevation difference. Any segment can be corrected afterwards by double-clicking it in the list, and the last clicked point can be undone with Backspace. This is an approximation: it assumes a continuous, undeformed succession, measured roughly perpendicular to the strike of the strata. Measuring across an entire folded or faulted succession gives meaningless results, but it works fine within a single fault-bounded block, or on the limb of a fold, as long as the strata keep a fairly constant strike and dip within that segment.

# Recommended items:
hasProcessingProvider=no
tags=python, stratigraphy, thickness, DEM, field geology, structural geology, outcrop
category=Plugins
icon=icon.png
changelog=1.1
 - Chainable segments along a single traverse, each with an independently editable dip.
 - (Sub)horizontal mode for beds with dip <=5 degrees (skips the dip question, uses elevation difference directly).
 - Elevation source selector: DEM layer, manual entry, or no elevation (rough flat-terrain estimate).
 - Undo last point with Backspace/Delete; reset the traverse with a right-click.
 - Fixed: point/DEM CRS mismatch producing wrong elevations; horizontal distance miscalculated on geographic-CRS projects; negative-thickness results now flagged inline instead of silently shown.
 - Simplified, more compact interface; single contextual alert instead of scattered warnings.
 - 1.0: initial experimental release.

# Plugin state:
experimental=False
deprecated=False
server=False

# Required by QGIS Plugin Repository:
tracker=https://github.com/geoasier/stratigraphic_thickness/issues
repository=https://github.com/geoasier/stratigraphic_thickness
homepage=https://github.com/geoasier/stratigraphic_thickness
