What Martin said. x50 :) Great job Martin.
Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: Martin Desruisseaux <martin.desruisse...@geomatys.fr> Organization: Geomatys Reply-To: "d...@sis.apache.org" <d...@sis.apache.org> Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 2:13 PM To: "d...@sis.apache.org" <d...@sis.apache.org> Cc: Harsha Kumara <hars...@gmail.com>, "d...@airavata.apache.org" <d...@airavata.apache.org>, Shahani Markus Weerawarana <shahan...@gmail.com>, Nipuni Perera <nipuni880...@gmail.com>, "dev@oodt.apache.org" <dev@oodt.apache.org> Subject: Re: Research project on integrating geoservices with Apache Airavata >Hello Kumara > >Le 03/04/13 15:43, Harsha Kumara a écrit : >> Those resources are really helpful for us to get a good background about >> science workflows and gateways.Now we focus more on to geoscience >>related >> aspects. >> As you suggested we are looking into Apache SIS to some extent. But we >>need >> to know whether that integration will completely expose OGC and how far >> convenient it will be for scientists. > >To give some context, it may be worth to present some of the SIS >contributors. > >I'm myself an oceanographer by formation (I'm not supposed to be a >developer) and started to work on GIS as a side effect of a Ph.D thesis >in oceanography, with a strong need for statistical analysis work. For >this reason, my contribution to SIS is strongly focused on scientist >needs. While I admit that ease of use is important, my personal approach >is to try to be accurate first, then provide convenience methods next. >Incidentally, I work in a small company which is hosted by a public >research institutes specialized in remote sensing images. > >We are also OGC members. I'm the current chair of the GeoAPI working >group. Frédéric Houbie is a member of the OGC Architecture Board (OAB) >and the editor of some OGC specifications. Johann Sorel has done 2 or 3 >years ago for OGC Met-Ocean group a proof of concept of SLD usability to >meteorological maps. > >We are in the process of porting approximatively one million lines of >code to Apache SIS. While only ISO 19115 metadata is emerging right now, >the stack to port comprise referencing services, coverages, features, >processing, rendering, catalog, sensors, web services (WMS, WCS, WPS, >etc.), desktop application, and more. They are currently available as >various open source projects (Geotoolkit.org, MapFaces, >Constellation-SDI, Puzzle-GIS, MD-Web) that we would like to consolidate >in Apache SIS. In this process, we are putting effort in consolidation, >documenting, adding more tests, and resolving some known limitations. > >We are in an interesting situation where the project is both relatively >young, and disposes of a relatively large code base. Peoples can >evaluate the existing code in the above-mentioned projects and express >their concerns before we port them to Apache SIS. It may be a nice >opportunity, because it is easier to influence a young project than an >old one in order to meet your needs. > > Regards, > > Martin >
