[REVIEW]: itmlogic: Longley Rice Irregular Terrain Model

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Submitting author: @edwardoughton (Edward J. Oughton)
Repository: https://github.com/edwardoughton/itmlogic
Version: v1.1
Editor: @danielskatz
Reviewer: @gorlapraveen, @garrettj403
Archive: 10.5281/zenodo.3931350

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Reference check summary:

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- 10.1016/j.tele.2019.01.003 is OK
- 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2949460 is OK

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👋 @gorlapraveen & @garrettj403 - thanks for agreeing to review this submission. Please be sure to read the comments above, and let me know if you have any questions. Basically, your job is to check the article proof and repository and check items off your checklist above.

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[garrettj403]

Hello @edwardoughton,

I have a couple comments on your paper:

• You wrote "... access to disparate user base ...". Do you mean "dispersed user base"?
• I think that "Longley-Rice" should be hyphenated.
• You should check the capitalization of the titles in your references. E.g., "The its irregular terrain model..." should be changed to "The ITS Irregular Terrain Model...".
• The final reference is wonky. You have the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences listed as the author.

Overall, the paper was very well-written. The software was also easy to install on my computer and I hope to finish reviewing the code in the next couple days. Note: I had the same issue as @gorlapraveen that he raised in issue #34 (missing rasterstats package).

[danielskatz]

Thanks @garrettj403 - if you and @gorlapraveen can add a link to this issue (#2266) in any issues you open in the source repo, the will be flagged here and anyone looking at this issue will be able to tell if they are open or closed as well.

[edwardoughton]

Thank you for the review feedback @garrettj403 and @gorlapraveen, we're working to turn these corrections around.

[edwardoughton]

Hello @edwardoughton,

I have a couple comments on your paper:

• You wrote "... access to disparate user base ...". Do you mean "dispersed user base"?
• I think that "Longley-Rice" should be hyphenated.
• You should check the capitalization of the titles in your references. E.g., "The its irregular terrain model..." should be changed to "The ITS Irregular Terrain Model...".
• The final reference is wonky. You have the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences listed as the author.

Overall, the paper was very well-written. The software was also easy to install on my computer and I hope to finish reviewing the code in the next couple days. Note: I had the same issue as @gorlapraveen that he raised in issue #34 (missing rasterstats package).

@garrettj403 I've now made most of those changes. I'm not sure the reference is wonky for the last entry in the bib as this is a citation of the website that releases the code. I think ITS seems like the right author, as it's their website, but I'm happy to be convinced otherwise.

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the bib problem is in formatting - please merge edwardoughton/itmlogic#39 to fix it (and some other bib problems)

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[gorlapraveen]

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[danielskatz]

@gorlapraveen - we need changes in the repo before it's useful to regenerate the pdf.

[edwardoughton]

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[edwardoughton]

@gorlapraveen @garrettj403 @danielskatz I think that fixed the bibliography ordering plus capitalizations. Please let me know if there is anything else.

[danielskatz]

I'm not sure why you made changes manually rather than just merging the PR. You missed the {}s around MHz and GHz. Otherwise, it looks ok to me.

[edwardoughton]

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[edwardoughton]

I'm not sure why you made changes manually rather than just merging the PR. You missed the {}s around MHz and GHz. Otherwise, it looks ok to me.

Apologies Daniel, I missed the PR! Thanks for that. I hope this is resolved now.

[danielskatz]

no problem

[garrettj403]

Hi @edwardoughton, the changes look great! The additional comments will definitely help new users get started with your code.

@danielskatz, I'm ready to recommend publication. itmlogic was easy to install on my computer and all of the unit tests run smoothly without any errors. The package also has detailed documentation, which is hosted online. Overall, it looks like a very useful package with clear applications.

Great job!

[danielskatz]

thanks @garrettj403!

I now look forward to hearing from @gorlapraveen

[gorlapraveen]

Hi @edwardoughton, the functionality and the use of algorithms is technically quite satisfying. However, I would also suggest you to document where User inputs can be given. Such as where to change the operating frequencies for different modes. This would be my final comment and we can proceed for publication.

[edwardoughton]

@gorlapraveen I've now adapted the example running scripts and the documentation to reflect the main user defined parameters. This includes having a dict which contains the main parameters which the user can concisely state before calling the itmfunction. Hopefully this makes things clearer.

I also separated out the example scripts which use either 1 DEM tile or 2 DEM tiles, to overcome the issue of working across large areas which some users will need to deal with. The documentation also now reflects these changes.

Thanks for the review feedback, Ed

[gorlapraveen]

@edwardoughton Thanks for the changes. Looks great!
@danielskatz I also recommend for publishing.

[edwardoughton]

Fantastic, thanks for the review @gorlapraveen.

[danielskatz]

thanks @gorlapraveen!

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I can then move forward with accepting the submission, which will include me proofreading the paper and the references.

Thanks @danielskatz, I should now have completed those tasks. Please let me know if I missed anything.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3931350

Zonodo link: https://zenodo.org/record/3931350#.XwLumihKh9M

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@whedon set v1.1 as version

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OK. v1.1 is the version.

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Reference check summary:

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- 10.1016/j.tele.2019.01.003 is OK
- 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2949460 is OK
- 10.1108/DPRG-02-2018-0004 is OK
- 10.1016/j.telpol.2017.07.009 is OK
- 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101515 is OK

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INVALID DOIs

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[danielskatz]

Thanks to @gorlapraveen & @garrettj403 for reviewing!

Congratulations to @edwardoughton (Edward J. Oughton) and co-authors!!

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