Contributor Glossary
Someone who adds more layers to QGreenland by configuring pipeline(s) to transform source data in to a standard QGreenland specification.
Pipeline
A chain of steps to build a QGIS Layer.
Step
A unit of work for transforming a layer. Must be a Linux shell command (e.g.
gdalwarp
or ogr2ogr
).
Boundary
Instead of extent, which to some may imply rectangular or lon/lat-based shape, use the term “Boundary”.
You can define as many boundaries as you want with arbitrary names, in addition
to the required data
boundary, which is used for defining the initial extent
shown when opening QGIS.