Has anyone checked out OODT for this endeavor? It's in Apache incubation right now.
Adam On Feb 11, 2011, at 2:00 PM, talk-requ...@openaerialmap.org wrote: > Send talk mailing list submissions to > talk@openaerialmap.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://host134.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > talk-requ...@openaerialmap.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > talk-ow...@openaerialmap.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ZFS on Linux; how this OAM server can go forward > (Don Brutzman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:47:49 -0800 > From: Don Brutzman <brutz...@nps.edu> > To: Christopher Schmidt <crschm...@crschmidt.net>, Ariel Nunez > <ingenieroar...@gmail.com> > Cc: talk@openaerialmap.org > Subject: Re: [OAM-talk] ZFS on Linux; how this OAM server can go > forward > Message-ID: <4d548735.4070...@nps.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 2/9/2011 4:38 PM, Christopher Schmidt wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 05:57:42PM -0500, Ariel Nunez wrote: >>> Hey Don, >>> >>> Thanks for putting up this resource. I will be interesting to learn how to >>> configure the data in GeoServer to satisfy the guidelines in [1], I'm pretty >>> sure it's doable. >> >> I have a simple question: Why? > > well, for us here, > > - we are first hoping to use GeoServer for taking advantage of its > capabilities. its high-quality support for OGC standards > is really important. > > - we are also willing to offer either user or guest_admin priveleges as > appropriate for community participants who have the expertise > and need to help set up GeoServer properly. > > - this is also a crawl-before-walk-before-run approach. the oam community > *really needs to get licensing and permissions issues squared away.* > we're hoping to see a trial period where uploads are organized and > mediated using GeoServer support > >> The entire design behind that document is to make serving files as simple >> and lightweight as possible. Since you have to store the images on disk, >> is there some reason not to just use a file-based webserver (lighttpd, >> apache, etc.) to serve the raw files, rather than using GeoServer as a >> primary access point? > > we're certainly willing to support those also, eventually, as a trial or > production process, if community consensus is behind it. > >> Why involve GeoServer in that role at all? > > well, here are things we're not ready to do at this point: > > - give superuser sysadmin access to just anyone outside of NPS > > - build something that isn't consensus based, or something unrepeatable > > - host files of questionable (or illegal, or unknown) provenance on a > government system. incidentally wasn't that issue a major > contributing cause for prior incarnation of OAM hitting the wall? > > - step blindly into the unknown, without initial results to consider > > Disclaimer: we're not long-term GeoServer users or bigots. but we did > offer a plan (linked in past email) that everyone seemed to agree with. > > GeoServer would seem to offer a lot of advantages to get started. > i'm hoping that together we can take a lot of short steps, one at > a time, rather than running into a cul de sac (or over a cliff). > >> -- Chris > > thanks for this important question... i hope this answer is helpful. > we're not trying to force an answer, but want to move forward > carefully to make sure this resource grows into what we all hope for. > ongoing dialog is welcome. > >>> It'd be good if the sysadmin can give a good read to the GeoServer in >>> Production doc [2] to make sure it behaves well when you start adding a lof >>> of raster files. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Ariel >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/oam/oam/blob/master/doc/storage.rst >>> [2] http://opengeo.org/publications/geoserver-production/ > > thanks for these pointers too Ariel. we will make no rash moves and > indeed are hoping for some kind of group teleconference to reset > how we're going forward together. > > all the best, Don > -- > Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br brutz...@nps.edu > Watkins 270 MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149 > X3D, virtual worlds, underwater robots http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > t...@host134.hostmonster.com > http://host134.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org > > > End of talk Digest, Vol 31, Issue 2 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ talk mailing list t...@host134.hostmonster.com http://host134.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org
