202 prepare water level interpretation (#203)

* small mod in cli elements to allow for return of rvec and tvec

* Add skeleton for WaterLevel class and corresponding tests #202

* Rename WaterLevel to CrossSection, add geometric functionalities #202

* CrossSection API draft #202

* docs for CrossSection base methods #202

* Add support for using s-coordinates in cross-section methods #202

* version bump and changelog. #202
Resolved issues with cartopy missing in tests

* cartopy dependency check added in plot tests

* improve test coverage #202

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+## [0.7.2] = 2025-02-14
+### Added
+- New class CrossSection. This is to prepare for water level estimation functionalities.
+  It provides several geometrical operations along a cross section. This is documented yet.
+  and may change significantly in the near future.
+
+### Changed
+- `cli.cli_utils.get_gcps_optimized_fit` now export rotation and translation vectors also, for
+  later use in front end functionalities (e.g. show pose of camera interactively).
+### Deprecated
+### Removed
+### Fixed
+### Security
+
 ## [0.7.1] - 2024-12-13
 ### Added
 ### Changed

pyorc/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """pyorc: free and open-source image-based surface velocity and discharge."""
 
-__version__ = "0.7.1"
+__version__ = "0.7.2"
 
-from .api import CameraConfig, Frames, Transect, Velocimetry, Video, get_camera_config, load_camera_config  # noqa
+from .api import CameraConfig, Frames, Transect, Velocimetry, Video, CrossSection, get_camera_config, load_camera_config  # noqa
 from .project import *  # noqa
 from . import cli, service  # noqa
 
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "Frames",
     "Velocimetry",
     "Transect",
+    "CrossSection",
     "service",
     "cli",
 ]

pyorc/api/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-from .cameraconfig import CameraConfig, load_camera_config, get_camera_config
-from .video import Video
+"""API for pyorc."""
+
+from .cameraconfig import CameraConfig, get_camera_config, load_camera_config
+from .cross_section import CrossSection
 from .frames import Frames
-from .velocimetry import Velocimetry
 from .transect import Transect
+from .velocimetry import Velocimetry
+from .video import Video
 
 __all__ = [
     "CameraConfig",
@@ -11,5 +14,6 @@
     "Video",
     "Frames",
     "Velocimetry",
-    "Transect"
+    "CrossSection",
+    "Transect",
 ]