RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] web services in agriculture

[Jachym Cepicky]

Hi Dirk and others,

thanks for the hints. Actually, I was not looking after  stand-alone
applications, but after OGC or W3C web services, which are used in
forestry and agriculture.

For example public WMS/WCS/WFS with some maps, is there any public WPS
available? Any implementation of Inspire services, used in agriculture?
I found some FAO webservices
http://www.fao.org/faoterm/nocs/pages/WEBSERVICES-en.htm And examples
like this.

Thanks for the hints I got so far. 

Jachym


Dirk Frigne píše v Po 16. 02. 2009 v 20:24 +0100: 
> Hi Jachym, 
> 
> An example of an application can be found on www.landbouwvlaanderen.be. You
> should try 'Oefen e-loket'.
> 
> The application let the users register their parcels to handle their tax
> registration. They can split or modify their existing parcels, or create new
> ones. The whole back office administration is also handled by the
> application.
> It is used to provide an alternative to the paperwork alternative. This year
> it will be the second time the web application will be used, after
> successful introduction last year.
> 
> The try out version is in Flemish, but you can get an idea of the
> possibilities in this exercise version.
> 
> The sample is build with .NET C# technology and uses Geomajas, a JAVA based
> open source framework for building an SDI framework. The Flemish version is
> known under geGIS.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dirk Frigne
> 
> http://www.geomajas.org  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> > Van: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
> > boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Jachym Cepicky
> > Verzonden: woensdag 11 februari 2009 8:50
> > Aan: OSGeo Discussions
> > Onderwerp: [OSGeo-Discuss] web services in agriculture
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I'm looking after some articles, concerning usage of web services in
> > agriculture or forestry.
> > 
> > I would appreciate any links or pdfs or just a hint, where is the best
> > place to start searching.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Jachym
> > 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FW: GIS Trainers Needed

[Roald de Wit]

Hi Jimmy,

Can you confirm that you did receive the emails from both Cameron
Shorter and Wayne Tinlin in reply to your previous posting?

The email below seems to suggest that you might not have received/seen
them.

Regards,

Roald

On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 10:16 +1030, Jimmy Maro wrote:
> Dear All, this is following my message sent earlier regarding the
> above.
>
>
>
> Please be advised that I m looking for trainers located close to Papua
> New Guinea, ideally Australia and New Zealand or Asian countries.
> However, I will be seeking trainers outside the region should I have
> difficulties identifying trainers in the region.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jimmy
>
>
>
>
> __
> From: Jimmy Maro [mailto:jimmy.m...@nari.org.pg]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:58 PM
> To: 'discuss@lists.osgeo.org'
> Subject: GIS Trainers Needed
>
>
>
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>
>
> I am a GIS officer working with the Papua New Guinea National
> Agricultural Research Institute (NARI). We are currently developing a
> project proposal for the Asia Caribbean Pacific Scientific and
> Technology programme under the EU project. The key objective is to
> strengthen capacity in the organization some specialized and general
> research areas. Under this project we will be seeking potential GIS
> Trainers to improve our GIS capacity in NARI and two other Ministries
> in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. The training will include a beginners
> and advanced GIS approach using Open Source.
>
>
>
> Please advice.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> ..
>
> Jimmy Maro
>
> GIS Scientist
>
> NARI HQ
>
>
>
> "Promoting excellence in agriculture for development"
>
> ...
>
>
>
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: GIS Trainers Needed

[Jimmy Maro]

Dear All, this is following my message sent earlier regarding the above.

 

Please be advised that I m looking for trainers located close to Papua New
Guinea, ideally Australia and New Zealand or Asian countries. However, I
will be seeking trainers outside the region should I have difficulties
identifying trainers in the region.

 

Regards,

Jimmy

 

  _  

From: Jimmy Maro [mailto:jimmy.m...@nari.org.pg] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:58 PM
To: 'discuss@lists.osgeo.org'
Subject: GIS Trainers Needed

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

I am a GIS officer working with the Papua New Guinea National Agricultural
Research Institute (NARI). We are currently developing a project proposal
for the Asia Caribbean Pacific Scientific and Technology programme under the
EU project. The key objective is to strengthen capacity in the organization
some specialized and general research areas. Under this project we will be
seeking potential GIS Trainers to improve our GIS capacity in NARI and two
other Ministries in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. The training will include a
beginners and advanced GIS approach using Open Source.

 

Please advice.

 

Regards

 


..

Jimmy Maro

GIS Scientist

NARI HQ 

 

"Promoting excellence in agriculture for development"


...

 

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RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGR and Open Design Alliance DWG-DXF

[Sylvan Ascent Inc.]

Thanks Frank,
I'll take it from here. If I get stuck i'll holler.

Roger Bedell, President Sylvan Ascent Inc.
ro...@sylvanascent.com
+34 626 855 662

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From: Frank Warmerdam 
Sent: 17 February 2009 18:56
To: Roger Bedell ; OSGeo Discussions 

Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGR and Open Design Alliance DWG-DXF

Roger Bedell wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> I found this:
>  
> http://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/spike/dxfdwg/
>  
> which seems to be an OGR to DWG/DXF exporter using the ODA libs.
>  
> Can you tell me what the status of this is? If it isn't active, can I 
> pick it up and work with it a bit?

Roger,

This code was removed from GDAL trunk because a bit of it was derived
directly from header files of the ODA libraries and so it was not
properly licensed as open source.  As of a year or two ago I believe
it worked within the limited scope of what it was supposed to do - which
was to export "simple features" DWG files from OGR datasources.

Feel free to use the code, but keep in mind that the license
provenance is flawed, though not necessarily insurmountable so.

I'm not sure that this forum is the best place for additional discussion
on technical details.

Best regards,
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Deadline for Annual Report

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi, I'm hoping for a March 6th deadline for the Annual Report  
submissions.


This email is a follow up from the earlier note (below) and also  
cc:'ing those listed as primary contact on the Annual Report wiki page:


http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_2008

We're ready to start receiving annual reports.  I would like to have  
all the reports in the next 3 weeks, sooner if at all possible.   
Please let me know if this is impossible for you, otherwise the  
deadline is March 6th.


I have posted a template to follow:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_Template

You are welcome to add much more to your article than the template  
describes, but please follow the formatting notes in that wiki page.   
If you are not using the wiki to submit your report, please follow  
this style as best as possible in the rendered HTML.  Ultimately, it  
will be imported into LaTeX and the more consistent the inputs are,  
the easier it will be to handle.


I've named the page, for consistency, where your report will reside.   
Please do not alter it unless absolutely necessary.  If you are not  
able to edit the wiki for whatever reason, you can email your report  
to me directly (wiki or text formatting preferred).


I'm looking forward to learning much more about all the local  
chapter, project and committee work that happen last year and being  
able to share this with others are just as interested.


Best wishes,
Tyler

On 5-Feb-09, at 12:17 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:


Hi everyone,
The 2007 OSGeo Annual Report[1] was a great success and it's time  
to do it all again.  I started up a wiki page listing the primary  
contacts for each project, committee, chapter and sponsor:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_2008

If you are involved with one and see that the wrong person is  
named, or someone is missed, could you please let me know.  I will  
send out more information to each of the main contacts shortly.   
Also, if you are interested in helping to prepare/collect or format  
the entries for the compilation, let me know.  You will get credit  
as a section Editor for that issue of the Journal :) I learned a  
lot compiling last years and it should go much smoother this time  
around.


The annual report is the main reporting venue for OSGeo projects,  
committees and local chapters.  It's the opportunity for newcomers,  
potential sponsors and users in general to see, in one location,  
where things have been moving.  It is also valuable as a record of  
history for the organisation, so I hope we can make it another  
great one.


You can see the 2007 report (and previous OSGeo Journal issues) here:
[1] http://www.osgeo.org/ojs

Best wishes,
Tyler



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Generic Geometry Library (ggl)

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Hi Barend,

"The performance of the library is compared with other C++ OS GIS 
libraries and we measured that the library seems to be much faster than 
most of them, caused by the template approach. "


Do you have any more details on this performance study? Which libraries 
(GEOS?, ...) did you compare to, and how much speed improvement was 
there in your test cases?


Best regards,
Bart

Barend Gehrels wrote:

Dear list,

It is a pleasure for us to announce the Generic Geometry Library (ggl).

It is an Open Source library, written in C++. The library is template 
based, and generic. With generic we mean that the algorithms work not 
only with the provided geometries, but also with geometries that are 
defined by the library user, such as legacy points, custom 
linestrings, etc.


Because of this the library is following OGC conventions loosely, not 
strictly. All algorithms are implemented as standalone functions, 
instead of methods on geometries. Nevertheless, OGC conventions, names 
and meanings are followed as much as possible. Not all OGC algorithms 
are already implemented. On the other hand the library offers other 
things such as distance calculations over the globe.


So it is a library modelled as the C++ std:: library and as most Boost 
libraries are. The library is proposed to Boost (Boost is a well-known 
peer reviewed C++ Library Collection). It is following the Boost 
Software License, which is a permissive Open Source License.


The library is accessible via SVN at Boost: 
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/ggl but can also be downloaded 
from http://geometrylibrary.geodan.nl. Much documentation and many 
examples can be found there. Note for example the Custom Linestring 
example showing things which cannot so easily be done with 
non-template libraries.


The library contains projections from PROJ4, converted to C++ . We 
first wanted to include PROJ4 as an example, like we did with ShapeLib 
and GD. However, we concluded that they fit better being implemented 
as C++ templates, so they are automatically converted (it is 
reproducable). Like there is a PROJ4 Javascript branch, this might be 
considered as a PROJ4 C++ branch. We like your opinion about this.


The library is in "preview 4", it has been submitted as preview to 
Boost three times, last year. Based on many comments the library has 
been enhanced. We think it is now in a proper shape to be used, and 
that algorithms can now be added without that everything is 
restructured again.


The performance of the library is compared with other C++ OS GIS 
libraries and we measured that the library seems to be much faster 
than most of them, caused by the template approach.


We welcome any type of comment, opinion or cooperation.

Barend Gehrels, Geodan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Bruno Lalande, Paris



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS Trainers Needed

[Wayne Tinlin]

Dear Jimmy,

My name is Wayne Tinlin and I am responding to your request for GIS
Trainers.

I am a GIS consultant based in Brisbane, Queensland.  The company that I
work for is Mipela GIS   - a medium-sized GIS
consultancy that is owned and operated by Hayden MacDonald - who was born
and raised in Mt Hagen

For the last year I have been working on the LNG PNG project for Exxon Mobil

My personal experience as a GIS trainer goes back to 1995 - I have also
spent ten years in Vietnam as a GIS training consultant and managing GIS
companies

If you are interested in finding out more, please provide me with some
further information about your requirements and schedule.

Warm Regards,
Wayne Tinlin

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Jimmy Maro  wrote:

>  Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>
>
> I am a GIS officer working with the Papua New Guinea National Agricultural
> Research Institute (NARI). We are currently developing a project proposal
> for the Asia Caribbean Pacific Scientific and Technology programme under the
> EU project. The key objective is to strengthen capacity in the organization
> some specialized and general research areas. Under this project we will be
> seeking potential GIS Trainers to improve our GIS capacity in NARI and two
> other Ministries in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. The training will include a
> beginners and advanced GIS approach using Open Source.
>
>
>
> Please advice.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>
> ..
>
> Jimmy Maro
>
> GIS Scientist
>
> NARI HQ
>
>
>
> "Promoting excellence in agriculture for development"
>
>
> ...
>
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