We all missed you Chris and it was mentioned quite a few time in hall way conversations.
Thank you for the foreward, Every one, please feel welcomed to join the call if you can and learn about Apache SIS. Suresh On Apr 10, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like someone met Martin at ApacheCon ;) > > CC'ing [email protected] list and esdswg-geospatial@ and esip-geospatial@ > and ogc-nasa@ lists.. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Chief Architect > Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-5th floor > Email: [email protected] > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Suresh Marru <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Suresh Marru <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:13 PM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected] Desruisseaux" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Gateway Community Call 04/11 Noon Eastern - Apache SIS and > Standards in Geospatial information > >> Hi All, >> >> We will have the gateway community talk tomorrow (Friday) at Noon Eastern >> (9 am Pacific).Dr. Martin Desruisseaux from Geomatys will discuss >> standards in Geospatial information and introduce Apache Spatial >> Information System (SIS) project. >> >> Call Time: 04/11 (Friday) at Noon Eastern (9 am Pacific). >> Audio Line: Ph: 866-939-8416, Passcode: 4906909# >> Web Conference: http://www.atconference.com/web-conferencing/login.php, >> Passcode: 4906909 (without the #) >> >> Talk Abstract: >> Apache Spatial Information System (SIS) is a Java library for developing >> geospatial applications which conform to international standards. SIS >> implements interfaces derived from UML published jointly by the Open >> Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the International Organization for >> Standardization (ISO). This presentation will introduce the OGC vision, >> the benefits of standards, the GeoAPI approach of using interfaces to >> support standards, and the Apache SIS implementation of those interfaces >> as well as future roadmap. This presentation will focus on metadata (ISO >> 19115) and georeferencing by coordinates (ISO 19111). We will give a >> quick introduction to geodesy, in particular examining a common pitfall >> of only specifying (latitude, longitude) that is not sufficient for >> uniquely identifying a position on Earth, and show how Apache SIS can >> handle this part of the complexity for developers. >> >> Speaker Bio: >> Martin holds a Ph.D thesis in oceanography, but has continuously >> developed tools for helping his analysis work. He used MatLab, Fortran, >> assembler and C/C++ before to switch to Java in 1997. He develops >> geospatial libraries since that time, initially as a personal project >> then as a GeoTools contributor until 2008. He is now contributing to >> Apache SIS. Martin attends to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) meetings >> about twice per year in the hope to follow closely standard developments >> and improve Apache SIS conformance to those standards. Previous speaking >> experience include two FOSS4G events. Geomatys is a small IT services >> company specialized in spatial information processing and development of >> geoportals. Geomatys is an OGC member and develop a stack of open source >> software for spatial applications, with Apache SIS as the foundation to >> which Geomatys contributes actively. >> >> Please contact [email protected] if you have trouble seeing the presentation >> or joining the audio conference. >> >> Cheers, >> Suresh >> >
