[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: End the vote!

Adrian, As a 'reject';-)I agree with your assessment. It did cause me to reassess my level of contribution, but did not stop me from working within the community. I also did not like the requirement to 'bang my own drum'. That left me in a very uncomfortable situation and I chose not to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Mark Leslie [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

+1 Mark is a passionate advocate for OSGeo and FOSS4G. He delivers a good course too ;-) Bruce From: Cameron Shorter mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> Date: Thursday, 18 July 2013 10:52 AM To: Jody Garnett mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>> Cc: OSGeo Discussions mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org>>

[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: [Meteo.DWG] Interested in Governing Earth Science Data Communities? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

fyi From: Ted Habermann mailto:thaberm...@hdfgroup.org>> Date: Friday, 3 January 2014 9:28 am To: "meteo@lists.opengeospatial.org" mailto:meteo@lists.opengeospatial.org>>, "hydro@lists.opengeospatial.org

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FW: Possible CS-W Portal Opportunity

Paul, I noted your last paragraph below, which does ring alarm bells for me. What is the intent of this approach? Is it: - To potentially launch a piece of software as an open source project that DHS S&T will sponsor and support through the incubation process until the project becomes s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Alex, As a former nominee who was not accepted as a Foundation Member via the voting process, I have a somewhat biased view, particularly when I see that my first nomination did not even make it onto the wiki page used for the vote. I personally do not see what the class of member is really for

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Membership fee (was: Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Hi Dirk, Well said. However as someone who fits in all four categories that you¹ve defined, I must point out that the sponsorship dollars may perhaps not be in these categories either. I find it easier to contribute time as **a member of the community** and definitely do not want to be seen as m

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Cameron, There is perhaps one other aspect of the process that you may wish to review. This is the requirement for nominees to ‘beat their own chest’ saying how good they are. I think that this step is not required. What needs to be said, should be said by the person who is doing the nominatio

[OSGeo-Discuss] What is sponsorship?: was Re: Membership fee (was: Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

a good contributing community member who is working towards a common goal. Therefore the sponsorship that I would like to contribute is expertise, time and effort: not dollars. Thank you for initiating this thread. We need more discussion on these types of issues. Bruce On 2/07/2014 9:57

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Hi Cameron, I agree that on re-read the new wording covers this. Bruce From: Cameron Shorter mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> Date: Friday, 4 July 2014 9:01 am To: Bruce Bannerman mailto:b.banner...@bom.gov.au>> Cc: Discuss OSGeo mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org>>, &quo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Using ArcGIS Desktop with PostGIS [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi, Does anyone have any experience using PostGIS as a vector spatial data source with ArcGIS Desktop as a client? I’m particularly interested in our ArcGIS Desktop users being able to create, update and delete spatial data managed within a PostGIS environment, without the use of ArcSDE or sim

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Using ArcGIS Desktop with PostGIS [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

won't get you write access. And you can't get around it with WFS-T either. So in a nutshell, to write to native PostGIS via a database connection or WFS-T you need either ArcGIS Standard ('Editor') or Enterprise ('ArcInfo') or ArcGIS Server (set up to use native Pos

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Using ArcGIS Desktop with PostGIS [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

IS support for PostGIS. I'm not sure if that's changed since then as it has been a couple of years. The team has disbanded since, but if there were interest in engaging any of them, I'd be happy to make introductions. I also know of companies that do work in this space. Andrew On 11

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inquiry: Help please! [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Sid, A search on the term photogrammetry may also help. This is a very specialised discipline. You will find that some photogrammetric software already exists. Bruce From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of P

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Hacking OSGeo

IMO Hi Jeff, I don't believe that this public 'Mea Culpa' is warranted. You are a respected member of the community and are entitled to a personal view. I understood from what I read that your comments were personal. Perhaps using an 'official OSGeo email address' might make it clear when the em

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fixing FOSS4G [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Cameron, I just re-read this wiki page. Well done on collating this information in such a concise and thoughtful manner! Bruce From: Cameron Shorter mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> Date: Saturday, 20 September 2014 7:17 To: Discuss OSGeo mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] New incubation procedure

We need to be careful when playing around with our 'Incubation Procedure'. It causes considerable angst and disruption to both mentors and to the relevant communities going through incubation when we keep trying to change to rules. >From my opinion as a mentor, the current process while subjectiv

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] New incubation procedure

e can highlight how far along in the > checklist each project is. > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 10 March 2015 at 16:12, Bruce Bannerman < > bruce.bannerman.os...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We need to be careful when playing around with our 'Incubation Procedure&#

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Python framework for working with OWS services [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

(Apologies for cross posting) Hello Colleagues, We’re looking around for a good, robust open source python framework for working with OGC Web Services. Our initial need is to automate the validation and testing of our internal services, though I expect that our need will grow from there. Can

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Code of Conduct [was: OSGeo-Live adopts the OSGeo Code of Conduct]

Cameron, Well done on your research and on guiding this policy through to acceptance! Congratulations to all who participated in the creation of the Code of Conduct. It is something to be proud of! I will be happy to adopt the policy on projects that I'm involved with. Will it be possible to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Invitation to participate in the OSGeo membership consultations

beginning. I apologise if you had sent this out for review earlier. I have not been following this debate closely as this type of membership noise pops up on a regular basis. However, when this proceeds to a vote of the OSGeo Charter membership, I need to register a comment. For conside

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: [Election 2015] Board Nomination for Jody Garnett

ep 17, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: > > > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu > Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2015 4:20:20 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Cc: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FW: code of conduct: another real case

Hi Cameron, I was very surprised to see the email below. It seems to me that the issue may just be a simple misunderstanding by someone, not a deliberate act of sabotage. I'll add some comments as the OSGeo Incubation Mentor for the Rasdaman project: Thanks for digging out the reference at [1].

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Use cases and requirements for web maps

The joint working W3C/OGC group that Scott refers to may be found at: http://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/wiki/Main_Page Bruce > From: on behalf of Scott Simmons < > ssimm...@opengeospatial.org> > Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2015 07:04 > To: Cameron Shorter > Cc: Discuss OSGeo > Subject: Re:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Request to OSGeo Board for more information on Jeff McKenna's resignation [was: Re: Board give us some infor About Board]

information being provided. I second Ravi's call to the OSGeo Board for more information on what actually occurred to arrive at this outcome. Bruce Bannerman From: Discuss on behalf of Ravi Kumar < > manarajahmundry2...@gmail.com> > Date: Sunday, 27 December 2015 15:03 &g

[OSGeo-Discuss] Rasdaman as a Research Project? [was: Re: Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo? ]

eeks prior to taking further action. Bruce Bannerman OSGeo Mentor to the Rasdaman Project From: Discuss on behalf of Peter Baumann < > p.baum...@jacobs-university.de> > Organization: Jacobs University Bremen > Date: Thursday, 5 May 2016 at 20:24 > To: Cameron Shorter

[OSGeo-Discuss] Rasdaman and OSGeo Incubation: Proposed way forward

is a credit to you all. Bruce Bannerman OSGeo Mentor to Rasdaman [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Rasdaman and OSGeo Incubation: Proposed way forward

respond. An email response to the Rasdaman Users list is all that is required. Bruce Bannerman OSGeo Mentor for the Rasdaman Project > On 8 May 2016, at 21:02, Peter Baumann wrote: > > Allow me to respectfully disagree. > > rasdaman is leading technology due to rigorous scienc

[OSGeo-Discuss] Radaman relationships. [was: Re: [Incubator] Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo?]

Hello Marc and Moritz, This is not just an issue relating to Academia and Open Source. In the interests of full disclosure, there is also a proprietary interest here: - Rasdaman Gmbh [1] offers a dual licensed [2] version of Rasdaman. This has been discussed previously on the Incubation list.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [rasdaman-dev] Re: [Incubator] Rasdaman and OSGeo Incubation: Proposed way forward

, and ideally surpass, the potential that it is showing. My challenge to the Rasdaman Community is to speak up on this issue. Do you want a project that values and facilitates meritocracy? Bruce Bannerman OSGeo Mentor for Rasdaman -- > *From:* rasdaman-...@goo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Recent comparison of desktop GIS and image processing capability?

Has anyone done a recent comparison of desktop GIS and image processing capability? It would be interesting to see where we stand now with FOSS4G software functionality. It appears that this is what ESRI is using to compare the functionality of their various license levels: https://esriaustra

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recent comparison of desktop GIS and image processing capability?

something that projects are doing currently? Bruce On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: > > > On 13/05/2016, 16:08, "Discuss on behalf of Paolo Cavallini" > > wrote: > > >Il 12/05/2016 23:57, Bruce Bannerman ha scritto: > >> Has anyone

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recent comparison of desktop GIS and image processing capability?

GIS? Bruce > From: Discuss on behalf of Tom Roche > > Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2016 9:17 AM > To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recent comparison of desktop GIS and image > processing capability? > > Bruce Bannerman [1] >>> Your spre

[OSGeo-Discuss] Rasdaman has been in OSGeo Incubation for 4.5 years, not 6 years

This email is just to correct the public record. Several of us have stated that Rasdaman has been incubation for six years. This is not the case. I have just been going through the Incubation list archives. Rasdaman was accepted into OSGeo Incubation in November 2011: http://lists.osgeo.org/p

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does rasdaman CE solve an open source geospatial problem?

Hi Edzer, Thank you for your timely email. I agree that the functionality of the community version has been constrained and have noted your comments below on aa earlier thread on the Rasdaman lists that proceeded down a similar line with direct responses to issues avoided through diverting the d

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FW: Some more stuff about coordinate reference systems

FYI, info on the Apache SIS library. Martin Desruisseaux of Geomatys has done a good job with his presentation at [2] that describes why spatial reference systems are important. Bruce -- Forwarded message -- On 5/08/2016, 19:59, "Jon Blower" wrote: >Hi all, > >I¹ve been talk

[OSGeo-Discuss] CoverageJSON

Hi, Are any projects doing any work with the emerging data format, CoverageJSON? See: - https://covjson.org/ - https://github.com/covjson/specification/blob/master/spec.md I understand that this is still a work in progress, but is in a fairly stable state at the moment. If anyone has looked

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] CoverageJSON

thinking about data compression too? For raster data, this > could be key issue IMHO. > > good luck > > Jachym > > čt 11. 8. 2016 v 0:47 odesílatel Bruce Bannerman > napsal: >> Hi, >> >> Are any projects doing any work with the emerging data

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] CoverageJSON

.eu > > -- > Dr Jon Blower, > MELODIES project coordinator, > University of Reading > j.d.blo...@reading.ac.uk > > From: Massimiliano Cannata > Date: Thursday, 18 August 2016 09:47 > To: Bruce Bannerman > Cc: Jachym Cepicky , OSGeo Discussions > , Jon Blowe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] CoverageJSON

r guidance would be welcome. > > Best wishes, > Jon > > > [1] > https://github.com/covjson/specification/blob/master/spec.md#10-media-type-and-file-extension > > From: Jachym Cepicky > Date: Tuesday, 30 August 2016 10:15 > To: Jon Blower , OSGeo Discus

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and Open Data?

Several years ago, Cameron Shorter and I responded to an Australian Government Parliamentary Inquiry into opening up access to public sector data. (8 years now Cameron...) This was done on behalf of OSGeo AustNZ. See [1]. There is definitely a role for OSGeo in lobbying for access for open data.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hackathon: building fully open climatic monitoring system [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi Massimiliano, I will be very interested to see how this initiative develops. It overlaps with a couple of the areas that I'm working in. One of the hats that I wear is as Co-chair of the Expert Team - Climate Data Management Systems (ET-CDMS). ET-CDMS is sponsored by the World Meteorologica

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

Hello Ravi, I have not really been following this discussion closely, but I can see from this email that you are upset. I’m not sure what it is that you are upset over based on the few lines in your email. I suspect that the issue may be: "Is there a solution to OSGeo FOSS4G events, that are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] withdrawal from Board election

+1 Maxi. I’m very sorry to see this Jeff. As a community, we need to look closely at what we allowed to happen during this process. We cannot afford to chase away very talented and passionate people. Jeff is but one of them. I have not been impressed by our actions. Bruce > On 22 Oct 2017,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] withdrawal from Board election

+1 Bravo Vicky! Very well said. Thank you. Kind regards, Bruce > On 22 Oct 2017, at 23:45, Vicky Vergara wrote: > > Open letter to Jeff McKenna. > > Dear Jeff: > > I am so sad about the situation that led you to ask about the withdrawal. > > All of us, OSGeo members, no matter the positi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] How to retire membership status?

Well said Cameron. Bruce > On 23 Jun 2018, at 07:35, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > Could each of us please be a bit more measured and forgiving when responding. > It seems a few words have been selected which caused more offense than > intended. > I remember Jeff McKenna once saying that he som

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Diversity in FOSS4G

Hello everyone, It is good to see this discussion. We have a very good community, with talented people from many diverse ethnicities, cultures and gender. From my point of view, I would prefer to see a situation where we concentrate on getting the best representation for a particular event. We

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G TGP experiences

Thanks Steve, This is great to read. It proves the point of the many people who argued for us to find a way to support a travel grant approach. Well done to the organisers who made this happen. Bruce > On 26 Sep 2018, at 04:19, Steven Feldman wrote: > > Here is a blog post summarising some o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Invitation to participate in the 2018 OSGeo Charter Member elections

I am also concerned at the lack of information and discussion that took place this year. I do not recall seeing anything through the Discuss lists and was not aware of the Wiki page listed below. Hence my votes were limited accordingly. At the least, it would have been useful to have the wiki p

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] Spare OGC membership slot

. >> >> Contact me or visit >> "https://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/initiatives/active"; if you're >> interested in learning more. Full observer privileges are available to all >> OGC members (including the OSGeo slot). >> >> Thanks.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] Spare OGC membership slot

*don’t* know, in particular about how OSGeo interacts with > OGC (hence a discovery mission to do) > > Regards > > Adam > > > >> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 22:42, Bruce Bannerman >> wrote: >> I’ve had one more expression of interest, off list. &g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Parsing well-known text

Hello Pierre, It is dangerous to assume what the coordinates in a data set represent. It may not have implications for your particular use, but could have serious consequences for other uses downstream. A good approach is to consult the discovery metadata that describes the dataset that you ar

Re: Change in mailing list configuration

Well said Florian, I won’t be far behind you. …and we wonder why user engagement on the lists has dropped off. I have made some great friends within the OSGeo community over the years. Best wishes to you all. I’ll be decommissioning this email address in the near future. If you’d like to sta

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 3d geoweb - Digital Earth - reference model

3D as in a Digital Elevation Model where you can only model orthogonal surfaces which preclude things such as caves or cliffs with overhangs etc. Regards, Bruce --- Bruce Bannerman IT Solutions Architect - GIS Information Development Branch Minerals and

[OSGeo-Discuss] Bruce Bannerman is out of the office.

I will be out of the office starting 14/05/2007 and will not return until 18/05/2007. I will respond to your message when I return. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

Hi Gary, IMO: I've been using: - Windows in its various forms for 17 years. - Unix in a variety of versions for 17 years. - Linux (Debian, Ubuntu and Redhat) for 6 years. - others e.g. MacOS, Mac OSX, VMS, DOS, etc for a number of years. My preference is Linux. - Debian on the servers (for s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Standards - The Ugly Truth

Hi Landon, IMO, to put another perspective on it: Many organisations over the years have invested significant sums of money, time and effort into implementing spatial tools and customising them to meet their needs. I can think of any number of examples over the last few decades where that in

[OSGeo-Discuss] Are there any thoughts on how organisations can work with OSGeo projects?

I have been involved in a number of discussions over the last year or so where people representing organisations have expressed an interest in extending Open Source spatial products and projects but are unsure or sceptical as to how it could be done. I'm interested in other people's thought

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there any thoughts on how organisations canwork with OSGeo projects?

Thanks to Frank, Puneet and Landon for your comments. > I guess you might be meaning specifically governmental organizations > -- specifying what you mean by an organization would be necessary. By organisation, I was inferring organisations that do not currently actively contribute. They

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting new projects

IMO: I'd caution against watering down the OSGeo 'brand' as a source of 'quality' products, particularly if we want the products accepted as a viable alternative within larger organisations. While it is good to provide pointers to projects of interest, there needs to be a clear separation of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Aust-NZ] Geospatial Events Calendar?

Cameron, The GSDI people maintain a list of conferences at: http://www.gsdi.org/events/upcnf.asp This may help. Bruce Cameron Shorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15/10/2007 01:16 PM To OSGeo Discussions cc Aust-NZ OSGeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject [Aust-NZ] Geospatia

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

IMO Good call Cameron. In this day and age it would pay to be proactive on these types of issues. It's been a while since I last looked at this. >From memory, a number of large companies have pledged resources to help defend FOSS. I'm not sure where this is at currently. I think that its

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4GIS business models

ical look at the products and like to share their observations? Can they be integrated with OSGeo apps? Do they support OGC standards etc? Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets

Erik A place to start may be the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) registry: http://registry.gsdi.org/browse.php?order=title Bruce Bannerman Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/01/2008 08:22:38 AM: > A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of > Ind

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Open Geo Database

spatial project by doing this. It certainly doesn't hurt to have options and explore alternatives. Bruce Bannerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/01/2008 10:26:58 AM: > Dear all > > Regarding the FOSS Geodatabase discussion, I would like to bring a > different issue to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

Frank, IMO: This is a good idea. I'd prefer to see a separate mailing list though. The list could help foster a growing industry. Bruce Bannerman Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/01/08 08:12 AM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions T

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

providing or finding work, then they can subscribe and filter the content themselves. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated

[OSGeo-Discuss] Does Open Source need a supervisory government body?

n with a number of other equally capable projects waiting for the next vacancy for incubation." OK, over to you. I'm interested in all points of view on this issue. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential,

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does Open Source need a supervisory government body?

IMO: Thanks for the comments Michael, As I said in my post, I was being deliberately provocative with choice of subject heading. Yes it is certainly possible that I've missed the intent of the author's comments. It is only a small portion of an excellent document. However, I also have a v

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does Open Source need a supervisory government body?

IMO: Thanks Ivan, Agreed. While government can certainly incubate, sponsor and contribute to projects. My personal opinion is that they are better run by 'the community'. If the project is good enough, it should get sufficient supporters and hopefully be picked up by a 'central authority' li

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?

IMO: > > It would be of huge value to the community to develop additional case studies > beyond these focused primarily on PostGIS. > Frank, Is there somewhere to put them under the OSGeo banner? Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain informa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?

IMO: Cameron, An alternative is that an organisation specialising in translation type services (e.g. SBS in Australia) might be approached if we can find the funding. Bruce Bannerman > Do you think there would be any chance of encouraging the responsible > departments to transl

[OSGeo-Discuss] OS Spatial environment 'sizing'

allocated? - Has anyone done any work with load balancing and would like to share their experiences? - Of the above OS Spatial products, which ones could co-exist on the same server (excluding Postgres/PostGIS)? Any thoughts are appreciated. Bruce Bannerman Australia Notice: This emai

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS Spatial environment 'sizing' + Image Management

in a database?;-) WMS 1.3 and WCS are showing promise for serving imagery, including multi and hyperspectral data. Bruce Bannerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 20/02/2008 10:09:28 AM: > Hi Ivan, > >The most common advice I've seen says to leave raster out of the DB. > O

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

ed off my radar. Does anyone know what became of it. I do recall that they'd had discussions with Oracle. It was around this time that Oracle announced their Georaster format. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidenti

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS Spatial environment 'sizing' + Image Management

IMO: Thanks for the comments Michael, I was wondering if you'd contribute;-) (Also, note that "wavelet" does > not necessarily imply "lossy" anymore, as many assume. Story of my > life.) > Can you point me to any studies to support the claim that JPEG2000 can indeed be indeed non-loss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Hi Tyler, Thanks for the reply. > Am I correct in believing that the two things people desire with > images in an RDB, is having an abstract 1) storage framework > (tables) and > 2) a common access language (SQL) for managing the > framework. You could have the most complex storag

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS applications to off-shore E&P (oil & gas)

IMO: Hi Paulo, > I have been wondering, and haven't found much literature on the > subject of applying GIS to the E&P chain. I can see it would be > useful, but can't exactly see where and how. > > Also note, that I am coming from a geology background, now working > with reservoir geophysics, a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Hi Paul, > All too often, the "benefits" touted for raster-in-database have > nothing to do with the database, and everything to do with the data > preparation tools that the vendor is including with their raster-in- > database solution. > > To store rasters in a database, you need a s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Thanks for the reply Arnulf. > > I tell > her that she has been brain washed by certain creative minds who > "sell things" (instead of develop software) into thinking that files > based systems are stone age. She hates me for it and curses her > vendors at the same time now... There a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Paul, > > On Feb 21, 2008, at 4:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > What it comes down to is what is appropriate for your use case. > > Indeed! However, there seem to be vanishingly few use cases for which > raster-in-database is actually the more appropriate solution. > ;-) I beg

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Tim, Would you like to expand on this? Bruce > > Completely off the wall thought, but what about using git? > > Tim Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reprodu

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Thanks for the comments Randy, I'll follow up later on some of the details. > > “What approaches are people using with large Lidar datasets?” > > Beyond that I would like to see at least some lidar sets treated > like the JPL srtm which is made accessible via WMS with pixel coded > el

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO > > 12 million records is teensy. Stuff it into PostGIS. It's the billion- > point LIDAR sets that leave me queasy, but I can't begin to think of a > reasonable architecture for that without learning more about how the > points are actually USED, which I really am not clear on at the momen

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] SUM - Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Hello everyone, Sorry for monopolising the list for the last day or so. I think that I'll bring this to a close. If anyone has anything to add, please email me off line. To all who responded to this thread, thanks for helping me work through these issues. It is good to know that ther

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS applications to off-shore E&P (oil & gas)

IMO: Paulo, When you have a look at the GeoSciML work, you'll see the types of aspatial attributes that I'm referring to. Bruce > > > - When it comes to modelling Geoscientific data, the variety and depth of > > inter-relationships of aspatial requirements is probably beyond the ability >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Handling in RDBMS

IMO: Hi Puneet. Thanks for the comments. > That brings us back to PostGIS supporting images. Clearly, most folks > who use it don't see it worth the effort implementing. I suggest two > things -- > > one. This being open source, Bruce and others, start developing the > capabilities and contri

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Thanks for the reply Traian, I don't mean to be dismissive of this report, but I was hoping for something more definitive to prove that 'lossless' JPEG compressions did indeed protect the integrity of the data.. Perhaps its just my ignorance, but I was hoping for something along the li

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Image Handling in RDBMS

Thanks Tim, Bruce - Tim Keitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/02/08 07:43 AM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Image Handling in RDBMS Lucena, Ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dear Gilberto, > Just wan

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, My concern as a custodian of significant image resources is to ensure that the integrity of this data is protected and available for future analytical use by ourselves and by the public. As an example, to conduct multi-temporal analysis of 'imagery' to help understand big pictu

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, Thanks for the comments on this thread. I've had a couple of private emails expressing interest in the outcome, so I'll continue this conversation in public, rather than moving it offline. One of the problems that I have is that I understand that JPEG 2000 can be 'lossy' or 'n

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, Again, I don't pretend to be an expert on JPEG2000. However, I'd like to know more about the format for future reference. Does the wiki article at the following URL represent a good overview of the format? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_2000 If it is accurate, there is a

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, > > If you're using ERMapper (ECW) files now, you're already deep into the > world of lossy transforms. We're not routinely using ecw as a definitive storage solution. ERMapper grid format is used though. Thanks for the kind offer to encode some data. I may take you up on it l

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Java Collaboration...Again

or/index.html I'm probably missing the obvious, but do we have a full listing of OSGeo projects that are in incubation or have graduated? Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Java Collaboration...Again

IMO: Thanks Markus, Bruce "Markus Neteler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/05/08 07:33 PM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions To "OSGeo Discussions" cc OSGeo-incubator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Java Collaboration...Again On Mon, May 5, 200

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

strong support for OGC standards. +1 to Frank's comments. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the

[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: [DebianGIS] Freezing is not so far in the future, aka Where 1.0]

#x27;re able to spare the time. Bruce Bannerman --- Forwarded Message From: Francesco P. Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DebianGIS] Freezing is not so far in the future, aka Where 1.0 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:45:19 +0200 Hi all This message i

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

success. Also there is a significant demand for governments to provide data in someone's favourite format, so that they don't have to do the conversion into 'their' spatial tool. > >> 3. Use only free and open digital standards in their own > activities. > &

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [OSGeo-Standards] distributed image processing support?

pub/www/ows5/demo.html Congratulations: - on the format. It is quite effective. - to all involved. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Should OSGeo get involved in the Information Architecture realm and nurture the development of definitive spatial ontologies?

, particularly if it is consistently adopted across the OS stack. This suggestion has merit and should be explored further. Please see below for context. I'd be interested in other peoples thoughts on this proposal. Bruce Bannerman > > As a long term participant in OGC, I think it

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Should OSGeo get involved in the Information Architecture realm and nurture the development of definitive spatial ontologies?

the pretty pictures. There certainly is and Google in particular is catering to this very well and increasing the awareness of spatial information amongst decision makers and the public alike. Meanwhile 2050 is fast approaching, if we are to believe the climate change predictions. Bruce Bann

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