Hi John, Thanks, I'm sure this clear info will help you attract more community members.
-jeff OSGeo President On 2014-05-03, 5:57 PM, John Lindsay wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Anyone interested in contributing to the project is welcome to. They simply > need to be added as a member of the project: > > https://code.google.com/p/whitebox-geospatial-analysis-tools/ > > If you are interested, send me an email and I'll add you as a member so that > you can commit code. I can also provide detailed instructions on how to get > set up using Netbeans and SVN (I suppose other IDE would work too). There are > also instructions in the tutorial 'Getting the Whitebox source code' which > can be found in the Whitebox Help menu. > > You can join the Whitebox listserv by sending a request email; instructions > are here: > > http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=WHITEBOX-GAT&H=LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA > > The listserv is a good place to post questions about general use or > development issues. > > The reason I sent my previous email to you directly was because I wasn't sure > if it would be of general interest to the listserv but if you think it is > then that's great too. > > Cheers, > > John > > John Lindsay, Ph.D., Associate Professor > Department of Geography, University of Guelph > Guelph, Ont. N1G 2W1 CANADA > Phone: (519) 824-4120 x56074 > Fax: (519) 837-2940 > Email: [email protected] > Department Web: http://www.uoguelph.ca/geography/people/faculty/lindsay.shtml > Whitebox GAT Web: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~hydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html > > > Hi John, > > Thanks for your response. I guess my next question is how does the > community contribute to your project. Please respond to this mailing > list so others can learn of your project. Don't take my questions the > wrong way: that we are discussing your project on this OSGeo list is > great for your project's visibility. > > -jeff > OSGeo President > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2014 3:00:02 PM > Subject: Discuss Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2 > > Send Discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Whitebox GAT v. 3.2.0 released (John Lindsay) > 2. Re: Whitebox GAT v. 3.2.0 released (Jeff McKenna) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 20:09:05 -0400 (EDT) > From: John Lindsay <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Whitebox GAT v. 3.2.0 released > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello, > > We are pleased to announce the release of the open-source GIS Whitebox > Geospatial Analysis Tools 3.2.0 > (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~hydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html). Whitebox now contains > over 370 tools for performing advanced geospatial analysis. This version > targets Java 8 and will require users to update their Java Runtime. Other > changes include: > > -Added a ClusterAttribute tool that performs k-means clustering on a selected > group of attributes associated with a vector file. > -Added zoom to selection for vector layers. > -Added a Clip tool for vector clipping operations. I know, why has it taken > this long? > -Added floating point line thicknesses and changed the default line thickness > to 0.75. This has greatly improved the cartographic output of Whitebox. > -Added Export Table to CSV tool. > -Added Hack Stream Ordering and Topological Stream Ordering tools. > -Added Total Length of Upstream Channels tool. > -Added Furtherest Upstream Channel Head Distance tool. > -Added the Attribute Histogram tool for create histograms based on numeric > data contained in a shapefile's attribute table as well as the Attribute > Scattergram tool. > -Vectors can now be displayed with a palette rendered based on a boolean > attribute. > -Added palette nonlinearity for vectors with a scaled palette. > -Fixed the raster-to-vector polygon conversion to include polygon holes. > -Modified the minimum bounding box tool, and all related tools (e.g. > elongation ratio, long axis, short axis) to use an analytical solution for > finding the MBB. > -Added a link to the Whitebox blog (http://whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com) > in the help menu. > -Added the Vector Attribute Gridding tool, which can be used to interpolate > the spatial pattern of average values of an attribute of vector features onto > a raster grid. It essentially can be used to answer the question, of the > vector features (points, lines, or polygons) within the a local > neighbourhood, what is the average value of some attribute? This can be quite > handy for visualizing patterns. > -Added the Vector Feature Density tool, which is similar to the Vector > Attribute Gridding tool but works to map the spatial pattern of feature > density (how many vector features are within a local neighbourhood?). > -Added the ability to rotate map titles. I know this isn't a proper labelling > system yet, but I'm working on it. Hopefully map labels will be added this > summer. > > Please report any issues that you encounter as a result of this upgrade using > the Whitebox menu, Help -> Report An Error. > > Whitebox GAT is an example of an 'open-access GIS'. The concept of > open-access software is based on the idea that software should be designed in > a way that reduces the barriers that often discourage or disallow end-users > from examining the algorithm design and implementation associated with > specific geospatial tools. That is, open-access software encourages the > educational opportunities gained by direct inspection of code. For more > information see the link below: > > http://whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/gisruk-2014-glasgow/ > > As always, I hope you enjoy this new release and happy geoprocessing! > > > Regards, > > John Lindsay, Ph.D., Associate Professor > Department of Geography, University of Guelph > Guelph, Ont. N1G 2W1 CANADA > Phone: (519) 824-4120 x56074 > Fax: (519) 837-2940 > Email: [email protected] > Department Web: http://www.uoguelph.ca/geography/people/faculty/lindsay.shtml > Whitebox GAT Web: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~hydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 14:41:07 -0300 > From: Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Whitebox GAT v. 3.2.0 released > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello John, > > Congrats on your project release. Keep in mind our foundation, OSGeo, > as it can help you move into the Open Source realm. I'd note that it > took me a lot of time to find the (read-only) source for your project > (https://code.google.com/p/whitebox-geospatial-analysis-tools/), and I'm > not sure how to view your mailing list archives (I need to create an > account?). OSGeo has resources to help your project, if you meet some > requirements (such as http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs). We are > always happy to help projects grow. > > Thanks for sharing. > > -jeff > OSGeo President > > > > On 2014-05-02, 9:09 PM, John Lindsay wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We are pleased to announce the release of the open-source GIS Whitebox >> Geospatial Analysis Tools 3.2.0 >> (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~hydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html). Whitebox now >> contains over 370 tools for performing advanced geospatial analysis. This >> version targets Java 8 and will require users to update their Java Runtime. >> Other changes include: >> >> -Added a ClusterAttribute tool that performs k-means clustering on a >> selected group of attributes associated with a vector file. >> -Added zoom to selection for vector layers. >> -Added a Clip tool for vector clipping operations. I know, why has it taken >> this long? >> -Added floating point line thicknesses and changed the default line >> thickness to 0.75. This has greatly improved the cartographic output of >> Whitebox. >> -Added Export Table to CSV tool. >> -Added Hack Stream Ordering and Topological Stream Ordering tools. >> -Added Total Length of Upstream Channels tool. >> -Added Furtherest Upstream Channel Head Distance tool. >> -Added the Attribute Histogram tool for create histograms based on numeric >> data contained in a shapefile's attribute table as well as the Attribute >> Scattergram tool. >> -Vectors can now be displayed with a palette rendered based on a boolean >> attribute. >> -Added palette nonlinearity for vectors with a scaled palette. >> -Fixed the raster-to-vector polygon conversion to include polygon holes. >> -Modified the minimum bounding box tool, and all related tools (e.g. >> elongation ratio, long axis, short axis) to use an analytical solution for >> finding the MBB. >> -Added a link to the Whitebox blog (http://whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com) >> in the help menu. >> -Added the Vector Attribute Gridding tool, which can be used to interpolate >> the spatial pattern of average values of an attribute of vector features >> onto a raster grid. It essentially can be used to answer the question, of >> the vector features (points, lines, or polygons) within the a local >> neighbourhood, what is the average value of some attribute? This can be >> quite handy for visualizing patterns. >> -Added the Vector Feature Density tool, which is similar to the Vector >> Attribute Gridding tool but works to map the spatial pattern of feature >> density (how many vector features are within a local neighbourhood?). >> -Added the ability to rotate map titles. I know this isn't a proper >> labelling system yet, but I'm working on it. Hopefully map labels will be >> added this summer. >> >> Please report any issues that you encounter as a result of this upgrade >> using the Whitebox menu, Help -> Report An Error. >> >> Whitebox GAT is an example of an 'open-access GIS'. The concept of >> open-access software is based on the idea that software should be designed >> in a way that reduces the barriers that often discourage or disallow >> end-users from examining the algorithm design and implementation associated >> with specific geospatial tools. That is, open-access software encourages the >> educational opportunities gained by direct inspection of code. For more >> information see the link below: >> >> http://whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/gisruk-2014-glasgow/ >> >> As always, I hope you enjoy this new release and happy geoprocessing! >> >> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
