On Jan 1, 2011, at 8:38 PM, patrick o'leary wrote: > > Overall it's all possible, I think with SIS we just need to set the > direction and collaborate on the best step forward.
+1! Cheers, Chris > > Thanks > Patrick > > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Adam Estrada > <estrada.adam.gro...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> All, >> >> What is the possibility of providing some kind of linear referencing and/or >> geometric networking capability as part of the SIS? I am very interested in >> the performance and scalability of Lucene/Solr and the geospatial >> capabilities of SIS. This raises the question as to whether or not the two >> can be mashed together accordingly... >> >> A little background is probably due here. I am involved in a project that >> will require the centerline data from the city and county level to be added >> to a series of data layers that represent the Transportation for the Nation >> data set. This, of course, will include a series of base line attributes >> that I see the power of Solr faceting, clustering, etc coming in handy for >> that city GIS coordinator who needs to drill down in to the data in order to >> get to the data they need. OpenStreetMap and others are a great initiatives >> but are not necessarily considered "authoritative" data sources. TFTN's >> objective is to build the "authoritative" data source for >> transportation-centric geospatial data. Yes, Oracle Spatial, PostGIS, and >> ArcGIS Server are all great technologies but with such massive data comes a >> series of data management issues. >> >> The real issue here, IMO, is providing the easy interface for which to >> update and then download the data when needed. It needs to be fast and >> accurate as well as VERY easy to use. >> >> I would really like to hear this groups thoughts on this matter. >> >> w/r, >> Adam Estrada >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
