Hey Adam,

On Jan 8, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Adam Estrada wrote:

> Mattmann,
> 
> I think a bare bones demo would be extremely valuable. I can get the how-to 
> docs up to snuff once there is a good baseline core in trunk.

See here:

http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sis/trunk/README.txt

There are instructions in there on how to get SIS up and running and a demo. 
You interested in helping get that on the wiki?

Also, our website sucks. Sorry to say, but it just does. We need an overhaul 
there but I have
0 graphics skillz. Any help there would be most welcome.

> What this project really needs are some definite goals and milestones that we 
> can go by.

I laid out my vision of them in: http://s.apache.org/sn so if you've got a 
different or similar vision,
I'm all ears. I think it's consistent with what I've heard from you on the list 
so I think we're in 
unison.

> What you suggested below is great but it needs to be laid out in the official 
> wiki, right? I assume the index of choice is going to be based on Lucene.

That would be one of our targets, but also:

1. OODT File Manager (catalog)
2. PostGIS
3. HBase
4. Gora?
5. Elastic Search

I bought HBase: the Definitive Guide, so that's on my current reading list, and 
I can personally take care of #1
and possibly #4 but I don't know enough about #2 or #5 (even though I did buy 
PostGIS in Action and plan on 
re-reading it at some point b/c it was a while back when I read the ebook).


> There are options to this and @tlpinney has laid out the foundation for a 
> really fast, low-level index that can trump the inverted index. ElasticSearch 
> also has some promising spatial capabilities. See below. 

It would be great if @tlpinney could join up here on sis-dev@ (or if he's 
already here great) and chime in
on this.

> 
> https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1486

Very cool. A module for SIS for elastic search would go a long way I think.

Cheers,
Chris

> 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote:
> 
>> Guys,
>> 
>> The Incubator is talking about retiring projects. It has been suggested that
>> SIS is on that list. That concerns me. 
>> 
>> I'm going to do my best to step it up in Q1. We'll see if I (and hopefully 
>> many
>> others) can get this podling back on track. I care deeply about the issues 
>> here.
>> 
>> Here's my concrete set of things to work on over the next 3 months:
>> 
>> 1. List of issues I'm going to try to roll for in 0.2: http://s.apache.org/sn
>> 2. Get a baked in demo with Apache OODT that:
>> - dumps HDF/NetCDF data out of CAS Product Server GeoRSS into SIS
>> - loads it into SIS QTree index
>> - makes it searchable via bounding box and point/radius
>> - write wiki page (on our new SIS wiki that I'm going to remind people exists
>> in my next email)
>> 
>> Patches, help, discussion welcome. 
>> 
>> Speaking of which if there are things people are interested in, please have 
>> discussions
>> here on list and let's show others that there are more than just a few 
>> people that care
>> about a Geospatial Apache licensed toolkit here at the ASF.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <[email protected]>
>>> Date: January 8, 2012 9:05:33 AM PST
>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: Actively retiring projects (was: Incubator Board Report 
>>> November 2011)
>>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> Hey Jukka,
>>> 
>>> On Jan 8, 2012, at 4:46 AM, Jukka Zitting wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> 2010-02-21 SIS
>>>> 
>>>> S: Last activity in November
>>>> (http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-sis-dev/201111.mbox/browser)
>>>> R: Retire unless activity picks up in Q1.
>>> 
>>> As a SIS mentor I'd say this is fair, but my personal gut tells me it would 
>>> be nice to give
>>> SIS until end of Q2/Q3. Also I'll echo my call again for contributors 
>>> (mentors, geospatial
>>> enthusiasts, others) and for folks that are interested in having an ALv2 
>>> licensed 
>>> geospatial toolkit to come on over to sis-dev@ or sis-user@ and contribute.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Chris
>>> 
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Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
Senior Computer Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
Email: [email protected]
WWW:   http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
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