GemGIS - Spatial Data Processing for Geomodeling
GemGIS - Spatial Data Processing for Geomodeling - Published in JOSS (2022)
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Spatial data processing for geomodeling
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- Host: GitHub
- Owner: cgre-aachen
- License: lgpl-3.0
- Language: Python
- Default Branch: main
- Homepage: https://gemgis.readthedocs.io/en/latest
- Size: 903 MB
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- Stars: 278
- Watchers: 17
- Forks: 43
- Open Issues: 31
- Releases: 32
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README.md
GemGIS - Spatial data and information processing for geomodeling and subsurface data
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Overview
We attempt to simplify the access to open-source spatial data processing for geological modeling and for subsurface data (wells, seismic, etc.) with the development of GemGIS, a Python-based open-source library.
GemGIS wraps and extends the functionality of packages known to the geo-community such as GeoPandas, rasterio, OWSLib, Shapely, PyVista, Pandas, NumPy and the geomodeling package GemPy. GemGIS works with the latest release of Gempy (2025.2.0).
The aim of GemGIS, as indicated by the name, is to become a bridge between conventional geoinformation systems (GIS) such as ArcGIS and QGIS, and geomodeling tools such as GemPy, allowing simpler and more automated workflows from one environment to the other. This also includes making it simpler to visualize the results obtained from GemGIS and GemPy with PyVista or Blender. Further, subsurface data processing workflows are implemented for integrated data analyses.
Resources
Find the documentation of GemGIS here. It includes introductions to the main libraries used and to introductory topics like "What is vector data?" or "What is raster data?".
In addition, tutorial notebooks provide an overview of the different features of GemGIS. The notebooks can also be downloaded directly from here. Furthermore, many example models showcase a variety of geological structures that can be modeled with GemGIS and GemPy. The API Reference provides an overview of the implemented functions in GemGIS and how to use them.
Installation
It is recommended to use GemGIS with python">=3.11" in a separated environment. The main packages and its dependencies can be installed via the conda-forge channel. GemGIS is then available through PyPi or Conda.
1) conda install -c conda-forge geopandas">=1.1.1" rasterio">=1.4.3"
2) conda install -c conda-forge pyvista">=0.46.3"
3) pip install gemgis / conda install -c conda-forge gemgis
Check out the Installation Page for more detailed instructions.
If you are an open-source software developer, please install GemGIS and its dependencies, also for building the documentation, using the development YML file.
Contribution Guidelines
The Contribution Guidelines for GemGIS can be found here: Contribution Guidelines
We welcome issue reports, questions, ideas for new features and pull-requests to fix issues or even add new features to the software. Once a pull-request is opened, we will guide through the review process.
Citation
If you use GemGIS for any published work, please cite it using the reference below:
Jstel, A., Endlein Correira, A., Pischke, M., de la Varga, M., Wellmann, F.: GemGIS - Spatial Data Processing for Geomodeling. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(73), 3709, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03709, 2022.
@article{Jstel2022,
doi = {10.21105/joss.03709},
url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03709},
year = {2022},
publisher = {The Open Journal},
volume = {7},
number = {73},
pages = {3709},
author = {Alexander Jstel and Arthur Endlein Correira and Marius Pischke and Miguel de la Varga and Florian Wellmann},
title = {GemGIS - Spatial Data Processing for Geomodeling},
journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}
}
References and published articles utilizing GemGIS
- Jstel, A. et al.: 3D structural and probabilistic modelling of geothermal reservoir horizons in the Northern Eifel and its foreland. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fr Geowissenschaften, 176 (1), 115-146, https://doi.org/10.1127/zdgg/2025/0436, 2025
- Marquetto, L. et al.: Developing a 3D hydrostratigraphical model of the emerged part of the Pelotas Basin along the northern coast of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Environmental Earth Sciences, 83, 10, 329, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11609-y, 2024
- Jstel, A. et al.: From Maps to Models - Tutorials for structural geological modeling using GemPy and GemGIS. Journal of Open Source Education, 6(66), 185, https://doi.org/10.21105/jose.00185, 2023.
- Jstel, A. et al.: GemGIS - Spatial Data Processing for Geomodeling. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(73), 3709, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03709, 2022.
- Jstel, A., Endlein Correira, A., Wellmann, F. and Pischke, M.: GemGIS GemPy Geographic: Open-Source Spatial Data Processing for Geological Modeling. EGU General Assembly 2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4613, 2021.
- Jstel, A.: 3D Probabilistic Modeling and Data Analysis of the Aachen-Weisweiler Area: Implications for Deep Geothermal Energy Exploration, unpublished Master Thesis at RWTH Aachen University, 2020.
- de la Varga, M., Schaaf, A., and Wellmann, F.: GemPy 1.0: open-source stochastic geological modeling and inversion, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 1-32, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1-2019, 2019.
- Powell, D.: Interpretation of Geological Structures Through Maps: An Introductory Practical Manual, Longman, pp. 192, 1992.
- Bennison, G.M.: An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps, Hodder Education Publication, pp. 78, 1990.
Owner
- Name: Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering @RWTH Aachen
- Login: cgre-aachen
- Kind: organization
- Email: florian.wellmann@cgre.rwth-aachen.de
- Location: Aachen, Germany
- Website: https://www.cgre.rwth-aachen.de
- Repositories: 36
- Profile: https://github.com/cgre-aachen
We investigate novel methods to integrate geoscientific data and knowledge in process simulations of subsurface flow and transport problems.
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GemGIS - Spatial Data Processing for Geomodeling
Authors
RWTH Aachen University , Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering, Wüllnerstraße 2, 52062 Aachen, Germany, Fraunhofer IEG, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems IEG, Kockerellstraße 17, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Geovariances LATAM, Av. Do Contorno, 7218 Sala 1201, 30110–048 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
RWTH Aachen University , Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering, Wüllnerstraße 2, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Terranigma Solutions GmbH, Laurentiusstraße 59, 52072 Aachen
RWTH Aachen University , Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering, Wüllnerstraße 2, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Editor
Chris Vernon
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- Issues event: 7
- Watch event: 17
- Issue comment event: 3
- Push event: 9
- Fork event: 1
Last Year
- Issues event: 13
- Watch event: 17
- Issue comment event: 3
- Push event: 9
- Pull request event: 1
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Last synced: 10 months ago
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| Alexander Jüstel | a****l@g****m | 746 |
| alexander.juestel | a****l@r****e | 110 |
| Richard Scott | R****t@o****m | 95 |
| Jüstel | a****l@i****e | 54 |
| AlexanderJuestel | a****l@g****m | 17 |
| Wagner | j****r@i****e | 11 |
| J. Hariharan | j****n@u****u | 10 |
| Florian Wellmann | f****c@g****m | 7 |
| Miguel de la Varga | m****l@t****m | 6 |
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| Arthur Endlein | e****r@g****m | 3 |
| Jana Decker | J****a@D****n | 3 |
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| Jonathan Pelham | j****n@g****m | 2 |
| Bane Sullivan | b****n@g****m | 1 |
| NilsChudalla | 6****a | 1 |
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- Total issues: 123
- Total pull requests: 51
- Average time to close issues: 5 months
- Average time to close pull requests: 13 days
- Total issue authors: 28
- Total pull request authors: 4
- Average comments per issue: 2.49
- Average comments per pull request: 0.55
- Merged pull requests: 46
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- Pull requests: 1
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- Average time to close pull requests: less than a minute
- Issue authors: 4
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- Average comments per issue: 0.1
- Average comments per pull request: 0.0
- Merged pull requests: 1
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