David,
One group that you may want to look into is the Sahana (http://sahana.lk)
Open Source disaster management group. There is a fair bit of overlap
between people and resources (TelaScience) between this group and OSGeo. I
believe this type of capabilities is also well within the scope of work that
they do or have on their roadmap.
David
On Feb 4, 2008 2:07 PM, Sampson, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Folks,
Two things.
1. I am looking for people interested in developing existing open source
software for use in Search and Rescue. Specifically interested in mapping,
but personnel management is definitely a part of that.
One example of using GRASS in a SAR scenario includes *
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/* http://www.swcp.com/%7Erusso/080103/
A personally management software package that includes mapserver, GDAL,
maptools and proj4 named E-GADS is found here *
http://e-gads.sourceforge.net/* http://e-gads.sourceforge.net/ . This
project is pretty dead from 2004 but the developer says the code is stable
and a patch was updated in 2007. Perhaps a general OPEN SOURCE SAR list
would be beneficial for other fringe projects.
Essentially the group would focus on two parts. Continuing development of
SAR specific applications like E-GADs would be one. This might include
customizing interfaces and increasing functionality and ensuring
interoperability. Also of course documentation would be required.
The other would be adding SAR specific functionality to existing GIS
packages. This would include SIMPLE interfaces through GRASS/QGIS to run
specific scripts (python or other). Also, of utmost import is customization
of user interface that can be used by a non-techie volunteer at 3am in the
morning after 1 litre of coffee.
The group would probably focus on OSGEO mapping solutions (GRASS/QGIS) as
well as other software that has ties to OSGEO packages.
If you're interested, let me know. There is also a discussion thread on
the GRASS users list.
2. Is there a place in OSGEO to house such a mailing list?
Cheers
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