# This month in AvaFrame - December 2020 edition

## December 29, 2020

Welcome to this years last monthly update.

- This month we concentrated on getting more tests into our repository. We now have included all 6 realistic topographies with release areas and benchmark results in our test scripts. We also expanded our routine testing with pytest to more functions/modules. And those testing DEM’s, as well as the release areas, are freely available in the repository, see the data directory.

- The availability of these test cases lead to the release of version 0.2. Read our last post to get to know more about it.

- We started including tools and functions regarding the generation of probability maps. These range from basic functions for sample generation with different distribution all the way to kernel distribution plots.

- Fixing a few niggles, like consistent ASCII writing, updating of docstrings for the documentation and other documentation improvements (i.e. how to add test cases).

- One big thing to be filled in future: we started a glossary where we define commonly used terms. We want to use these terms consistently throughout all modules. And yes: we are aware this will lead to tons of discussions :-) .

- For our python version of the dense flow kernel, we looked into particle distribution, mesh generation and the (potential) application of SPH on a 3d surface.

We wish you all a happy new year 2021! On to an exciting next year!

Felix

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