pyDendron 1.7.5

Open-source python package dedicated to dendrochronology

pyDendron

Dendrochronology: Wikipedia

``Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in a tree. As well as dating them, this can give data for dendroclimatology, the study of climate and atmospheric conditions during different periods in history from the wood of old trees. Dendrochronology derives from the Ancient Greek dendron (δένδρον), meaning "tree", khronos (χρόνος), meaning "time", and -logia (-λογία), "the study of".''

pyDendron

pyDendron is an open-source Python package dedicated to dendrochronology. It provides a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) for managing, plotting, and dating data. pyDendron is developed by members of the GROUping Research On Tree-rings Database (GROOT), one of the three workshops within the BioArcheoDat CNRS interdisciplinary research network.

Development is in its early stages.

Requirements

• Anaconda or Miniconda. Miniconda is recommended.

• Download miniconda and install it. Default options are OK. Choose the version that corresponds to our OS: Miniconda installer links

Option: mdb-tools for Sylphe database import

• install mdb-tools programs

• On Linux (debian example)

apt-get install mdb-tools

• On macOS

brew install mdb-tools

• On Windows
  • Download zip on https://github.com/lsgunth/mdbtools-win,
  • copy file in miniconda3/scripts directory (simple but dirty method) or add the location directory in your $PATH.

Installation

• On Linux and macOS, open a terminal. On Windows, open Anaconda Prompt (available from the Windows menu).

The installation is done with conda, but add conda-forge channel before installing pyDendron:

conda config --add channels conda-forge

Command to install pyDendron

conda install symeignier::pyDendron

Run application

• On Linux and macOS, open a terminal. On Windows, open Anaconda Prompt (available from the Windows menu).
• Launch pyDendron:

pyDendron

• On Windows, you can create a shortcut to miniconda3/scripts/pyDendron.exe the Windows menus or Taskbar.

Update pyDendron

conda update pyDendron