Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)
Hi Cameron, Those software you mention are far more advanced and mature, I agree with you. I can also add MDWeb to the list as a great metadata/catalog software (http://www.mdweb-project.org/) I provide some answers below: On 11/06/2010 09:33 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: Angelos, I'm interested to understand why someone would use gimed instead of GeoNetwork (the currently established Metadata editor)? - In Europe, people not familiar with open source software have been using the JRC Web Inspire Metadata Editor (http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm/pageid/342) for a long time to achieve conformity with Inspire metadata specification (that requires a bit different validation than ISO-19115,e.g. different mandatory fields). Due to this fact, gimed provides an almost identical user interface to this web application , so simple users can use it very quickly. - Until recently, Inspire specifications were not included in GeoNetwork. This has been included only recently with version 2.6 and is very promising. What does gimed provide above GeoNetwork? - Gimed has a goal that is not yet clear (because I have to do a lot of work). I want it to be a batch processing engine. Using scripts I was able to complete the first inspire tender in Greece (HEMCO - Hellenic Mapping and Cadastral Organization) generating almost automatically 45 xml files for aerial photographs of the organization. I need now to provide a more useful GUI in order for this to be demonstrated. The goal is for the user to be able to import 1 million data files and for gimed to create automatically the geographic bounding box. Then gimed should create xml files massively (one xml per data file) while the user has to use the keyboard once for common metadata fields. - It will not include a catalog service or any kind of web application (unless someone does that and lets us know). Why was gimed developed rather than extending GeoNetwork? - When developing for HEMCO project, the time frame was very limited and I estimated that a clean implementation would be faster. - The project's specifications were also requiring C# because other non FOSS API's were involved. Could gimed be incorporated into GeoNetwork? - For such an integration, it has to be ported to Java, right? I am trying to find time to do this, but I would prefer to complete the functionality that I have in mind first. -Any volunteers to help? Best regards, Angelos ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)
Angelos, I'm interested to understand why someone would use gimed instead of GeoNetwork (the currently established Metadata editor)? What does gimed provide above GeoNetwork? Why was gimed developed rather than extending GeoNetwork? Could gimed be incorporated into GeoNetwork? The other open source package in this space is Geopublisher: http://live.osgeo.org/overview/geopublisher_overview.html On 06/11/10 10:53, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: Hello everyone, I would like to announce the release of gimed, an INSPIRE compliant metadata editor. It is a desktop implementation similar to the interface provided by the INSPIRE Geoportal Metadata Editor. Main features: - Validation of Metadata - Automatic import of geographic bounding box from data files (through gdal). - Cross platform through Mono Features to come: - Batch metadata creation / editing - Import to GeoNetwork Opensource - Support for more reference systems (curently supports greek EPSG:2100) - Support for Data Series The released version is 1.2 beta and can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimed/ Anyone who wishes to be involved, is very welcome. Please send suggestions, comments, bugs etc :) Regards, Angelos Tzotsos (aka kalxas) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] contacting project officers
On November 5, 2010 11:02:33 pm Jody Garnett wrote: > Only other thought was - should this just be for for all officers (as your > private alias indicates) or should it be specific to projects? > > I also noted the web page was currently incomplete; who are the current > officers? This is likely most up to date: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] GIS partners India & Brazil
GIS partners India & Brazil http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/GIS_India_Brazil/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Was:Making my pitch] Charter Member Map
On 11/05/2010 04:09 AM, Joanne Cook wrote: > Charter Membership would mean a lot to me, personally, and would (I think) > help me when I am trying to raise the profile of the foundation. Having more > female charter members will help address the gender imbalance within the > organisation that was identified at FOSS4G in Barcelona. The UK is also > currently quite under-represented, so it would be nice to see more Brits on > the list as well. > > I hope that helps... > > Jo > That got me pondering, what is the spatial distribution of the current charter members. For those curious to the answer, and with a little help from the regulars on IRC http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/File:Chartermap11-2010.png http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/File:Chartermap11-2010.pdf There's are quite a few ways to slice the data and I've only done some simple ones. Dividing by area or by population could be quite interesting. Email me if you'd like a copy of the spatialite database I've got going. That said, representation is one good way to look at the candidates (By Tribe, Project, Gender, Location, Academic/Industry/NGO x Big/Small). However, I also think it's important to consider the importance of both work in the local setting and work at the foundation level since Charter Members are tasked with ensuring the stability of the Foundation and providing a helping hand to fostering of local chapters. Thanks, Alex Disclaimer - I'm also on the list of nominations ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
