[Live-demo] OSSIM overview doc review

[Cameron Shorter]

Pirmin, thank you for your OSSIM overview. It is looking good. I've made a couple of minor updates to the text (OSSIM was misspelt once). I have a couple of suggestions for the text below in italics. Could you please incorporate (or ignore) these by the end of this week. OSSIM¶ Image Processing¶ Cameron: I've removed the word "awesome" from subtitle above, in order to fit closer with the template. You may want to weave "awesome" into the text below. Open Source Software Image Map (OSSIM) is a high performance engine for remote sensing, image processing, geographical information system and photogrammetry. Cameron: Should we say "..engine for *processing* remote sensing *data*, ...". As it reads I'd assume that OSSIM is driving remote sensing equipment. Cameron: I'd like to see 1 to 2 sentences here explaining what remote sensing is all about. Assume that most reader's knowledge of maps is limited to having turned layers on and off in google maps, and maybe styling a map layer from a shapefile. OSSIM has been funded by several US government agencies in the intelligence and defense community and the technology is currently deployed in research and operational sites. It has been actively developed since 1996. Cameron: We need to explain the user value by the above sentences. Maybe "OSSIM is very (stable|robust), having been in active development since 1996, and is continuing to be funded and deployed by several US government defence and intelligence agencies." Designed as a series of high performance software libraries, it is written in C++ employing the latest techniques in object-oriented software design. Cameron: We want to avoid "programmer" advantages in this overview as we are targeting users. So I suggest only keeping "high performance" which you mention elsewhere, so I suggest you remove above line.  Many command line utilities, GUI applications, and integrated systems have been implemented - several of which are included with the software distribution. Cameron: The above line could be clearer. It leaves the impression that much of the good part of OSSIM is not provided with the standard install. Maybe say something like "OSSIM provides both GUI and command line interfaces. There are also a suite of open source plugin tools available which can be integrated with OSSIM" Core Features¶ Parallel processing capabilites with mpi libraries Rigorous sensor modeling Universal Sensor Models (RPCs) Wide range of Map Projections and Datums supported Non-destructive, parameter based image chains Native file access Precision Terrain correction and ortho-rectification Advanced Mosaicing, compositing and fusions Elevation support Vector and shapelib support Projection and resolution independent Equation editors Details¶ Website: http://www.ossim.org/ Licence: GPL v3 Software Version: 1.8.3 Supported Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows API Interfaces: C++ Commercial Support: http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Director Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com

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