Migrate basin browser to ArcGIS Pro

[lbross]

Sample UI from BAGIS v3

[jdduh]

The main functions of the Basin Browser are:

1. Lists the AOIs and non-AOI subfolders in a (Basin) folder and shows the Basin/AOI status of the focused (selected) folder. Users have the options to view the aoi and surface layers in aoi.gdb and surfaces.gdb of the selected folder if it's a Basin or an AOI.
2. Shows if a folder is an AOI or a Basin. An AOI folder is also a Basin folder, which can be used to create sub-AOIs.
3. Displays the basic DEM resolution info of an AOI or a Basin. The surfaces.gdb in a Basin that contains AOIs cannot be updated (reclipped). Users have the option to replace the surfaces.gdb in a Basin that doesn't contain any AOI.
4. Selects a Basin folder for creating AOIs in it.
5. We probably can remove the FGDB check for the folders. BAGIS Pro will not support Weasel AOIs (which use ArcInfo Workspaces to store data).

[jdduh]

Given that stationTriplet, stationName, and HUC2 are required fields in BAGIS Pro, these data can be retrieved from the AOI pourpoint (or aoi_v) and displayed on the dialog window. Maybe rename the AOI status to "Pourpoint ID" and add "Pourpoint Name" and "HUC2 #". None AOI folders will have "N/A" as the displayed values. AOI with NULL values for these fields will have "Missing" as the displayed values.

[lbross]

Where would you like the button for the Basin tool to live in our menu? My suggestion is as the top item on the AOI Creation tool menu or above the Selected AOI display.

[lbross]

Please review mock-up of Pro Basin Tool screen

[jdduh]

Where would you like the button for the Basin tool to live in our menu? My suggestion is as the top item on the AOI Creation tool menu or above the Selected AOI display.

Put the Basin Tool below the Add Ref Layers on the AOI creation tool pulldown menu. We also need an AOI Tool to complete the workflow. We will need a textbox for "Selected Basin", probably put it in front of the Selected AOI textbox.

I propose the following modifications on the GUI.

1. Rename AOI Creation to AOI Tools
2. Add Basin Tool to AOI Tools pulldown menu (per above)
3. Rename AOI Tool (yet-to-be-developed) to Create AOI (this item is disabled if no Basin is selected)
4. Move Select AOI to the pulldown menu (below the Create AOI from Shapefile item.

Both basin and aoi creation tasks have button controls (e.g., define basin extend and select pourpoint). We could show them on the location where the current Select AOI tool is (i.e., below the Selected Basin and Selected AOI textboxes.

[jdduh]

The Basin Tool looks great! We will need an additional dialog window in the Create AOI tool for the users to edit the pourpointID, pourpointName, and HUC value during the AOI creation process.

[lbross]

I'm not sure where to add the "Selected Basin" on the toolbar. Pro lays out the toolbar and doesn't give me a lot of options. It wants to stack the icons 3 high. If we have a selected basin and selected AOI, we have 4 icons. We could stick other buttons underneath them and put them side by side, but I'm not sure what makes sense.

[lbross]

Looks like we need to migrate the 'view dem layers' menu as part of the basin tool to view the layers. Any changes to the original before I start?

[lbross]

Also, I had to move thing around a little on the Basin Tool form to accommodate the resolution in the basin status textbox. And I took the Close button off because that's not used in ArcPro dialogs.

[jdduh]

Looks like we need to migrate the 'view dem layers' menu as part of the basin tool to view the layers. Any changes to the original before I start?

Keep the UI as it is. This allows the users to quickly check the outputs if they prefer.

[jdduh]

I'm not sure where to add the "Selected Basin" on the toolbar. Pro lays out the toolbar and doesn't give me a lot of options. It wants to stack the icons 3 high. If we have a selected basin and selected AOI, we have 4 icons. We could stick other buttons underneath them and put them side by side, but I'm not sure what makes sense.

Can we create another group/panel/divide or use the AOI Tools group to put the other controls on it? We can put the Selected BASIN there.