Release 1.4.3 preparation

- Slope calculation is now available for each HRU by uploading a DEM - Update of docs
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diff --git a/QTalsim/CHANGELOG.md b/QTalsim/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.4.3] - 2024-08-09
+- Enhancements
+  - Land use mapping has been improved to match the process of soil mapping (CSV upload is no longer required)
+  - Slope calculation is now available for each HRU by uploading a DEM
+  - HRU creation now allows for the omission of parameters, requiring only a unique identifier
+
 ## [1.4.2] - 2024-07-18
 - Minor Bug fix
   - Fixes ordering issue for ASCII outputs to ensure they are ordered by ID columns.

diff --git a/QTalsim/metadata.txt b/QTalsim/metadata.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name=QTalsim
 qgisMinimumVersion=3.34
 description=This plugin creates hydrological response units (HRUs) suitable for Talsim (http://www.talsim.de/) and allows users to connect to a Talsim DB.
-version=1.4.2
+version=1.4.3
 author=SYDRO Consult GmbH
 email=l.treitler@sydro.de
 

diff --git a/QTalsim/qtalsim.py b/QTalsim/qtalsim.py
diff --git a/QTalsim/qtalsim_dialog_base.ui b/QTalsim/qtalsim_dialog_base.ui
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
          <property name="geometry">
           <rect>
            <x>0</x>
-           <y>-718</y>
+           <y>0</y>
            <width>948</width>
            <height>1497</height>
           </rect>
@@ -138,20 +138,6 @@
             </item>
            </layout>
           </item>
-          <item>
-           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_12">
-            <item>
-             <widget class="QLabel" name="labelSlopeField">
-              <property name="text">
-               <string>Slope Field</string>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
-            <item>
-             <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboboxSlopeField"/>
-            </item>
-           </layout>
-          </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="onEZG">
             <property name="minimumSize">
@@ -720,7 +706,21 @@
             <property name="title">
              <string>Intersection of Layers</string>
             </property>
-            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_18">
+            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_9">
+             <item>
+              <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
+               <item>
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="labelDEM">
+                 <property name="text">
+                  <string>Select Digital Elevation Model (DEM)</string>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item>
+                <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboboxDEMLayer"/>
+               </item>
+              </layout>
+             </item>
              <item>
               <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_4">
                <item>

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 project = 'QTalsim'
 copyright = '2024, Sydro Consult GmbH'
 author = 'Sydro Consult GmbH'
-release = '1.4.2'
+release = '1.4.3'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration

diff --git a/docs/hrus_step_by_step.rst b/docs/hrus_step_by_step.rst
@@ -9,17 +9,14 @@ Select Sub-basin Layer
 
       First, select the layer containing the sub-basins from the
       drop-down-menu that lists all polygon layers in your current QGIS
-      project. Confirm your selection by clicking on the ‘Confirm
+      project. After selecting the layer, the sub-basin layer's fields containing the
+      unique identifier must be selected from
+      the drop-down menu. Confirm your selection by clicking on the ‘Confirm
       Sub-basins’-Button. Upon clicking this button the Sub-basin layer
       is selected, and overlapping features and duplicates are removed.
       You can inspect the result in your QGIS project (layer
       'Sub-basins').
 
-      After selecting the sub-basin layer's fields containing 1) the
-      unique identifier and 2) the slope values must be selected from
-      the drop-down menu. These fields are utilized in the final
-      EFL-layer and serve as input parameters to Talsim.
-
       |Select Sub-basin|
 
 Elimination of Hydrologic Response Units (HRUs)/small polygons
@@ -222,11 +219,12 @@ Intersection of Layers
 .. _intersection-layers:
 
       This step results in the creation of the files: BOD, BOA, LNZ and
-      EFL, which can be used as input files for Talsim. To generate the
-      HRUs, the three layers (sub-basins, soil and land use) are
+      EFL, which can be used as input files for Talsim. To calculate the slope of each HRU, the user
+      must input a digital elevation model. This is used to calculated the mean slope for each of created HRUS. 
+      To generate the HRUs, the three layers (sub-basins, soil and land use) are
       intersected in a first step. The user can set a minimum size of
       the HRUs [m²] and a minimum percentage of HRUs relative to the
-      sub-basin's area. Please note, that the sum of the areas of all HRUs with the same parameters is
+      sub-basin's area (see above). Please note, that the sum of the areas of all HRUs with the same parameters is
       compared with the area of the corresponding sub-basin. HRUs that fall below the specified size or
       percentage share are deleted and filled using the
       ‘Eliminate’-tool. You can select the elimination-mode from the

diff --git a/docs/qtalsim_screenshots/Intersection.png b/docs/qtalsim_screenshots/Intersection.png
diff --git a/docs/qtalsim_screenshots/SelectSubBasin.png b/docs/qtalsim_screenshots/SelectSubBasin.png