I am working with a local SAR group that is planning a GIS or mapping solution for APRIL 1, 2008. thye have some internal experinece with a comercial software
http://www.touratech.com/shops/001/index.php?cPath=18_127 I am trying to piece together an approach to do the same with open Source and having a spot in the workflow with GRASS. First is visualization and that's all they feel they need right now (JUMP, QGIS etc etc to do this). But GRASS would be great for building profile based search results. I also came across this site http://e-gads.sourceforge.net/ which is a personelle management software for Ground SAR. Eseentialy dead since 2004 but I think a revival is possible. I was thinking of seeing if there is enough interest amongst MANY MANY MANY SAR teams that might be able to contribute small amounts each year to continued development of open source SAR stuff. Evrything from updating E-Gads (above) to building small scripts in GRASS/QGIS to building custom interfaces or side applications. Showing GRASS/QGIS as a viable option for SAR would be fun, and might even be neough for someone to build a business model around. I like the sample GRASS application. I have forwarded it onto the evaluating group to consider. I would like to see a SAR drop down menu option in GRASS at some point with a bunch of scripts (Python for me) that could automate some common tasks all base don a last known loaction point. I'd be interested in a seprate e-mail list for Open Source SAR solutions related to mapping and such if we can get 10 people or more interested. I am currently writing a review of my groups needs and also considering work flow for trying out some GRASS/QGIS stuff. QGIS is the ticket for a non techy volunteer at 4am in the morning. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Russo Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 13:13 To: Sampson, David Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:24:58AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > Hey Folks, > > I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use > GRASS as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue groups. What a timely request. I'm just such a person, and have *just* this week started a mailing list for local SAR volunteers to explore using GRASS for SAR planning, but it's pretty much a case of the one-eyed guy with cataracts leading the blind. I am very much interested. > Any links to case articles would be great too. Here's a trivial one I cooked up a couple weeks ago (unfortunately) *after* a multi-day search for stranded snowboarders in extreme weather conditions: http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/ A textbook toy GIS problem that highlighted how well a GIS could have been used had a volunteer knowledgeable enough to use it been in the command post. The set of such volunteers is microscopic, though, and I hope to change that in this area. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
