Hello all A FOSS4G event will happen in Boston in August (http://2017.foss4g.org). I would like to submit a talk for Apache SIS. Below is the proposed abstract. Is there any thing that should be changed? The deadline for submitting this abstract is Tuesday evening, in 48 hours (sorry for the short notice):
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction to Apache Spatial Information System (SIS) Apache SIS is a Java language library for developing geospatial applications with a focus on OGC/ISO standards. The library is an implementation of JSR-363 (units of measurement) and GeoAPI 3.0 interfaces and can be used for desktop or server applications. The Apache SIS project started in 2013 and part of it can be seen as a continuation of metadata and referencing services provided by GeoTools in 2009. New features developed in Apache SIS include the ISO 19115 metadata revision published in 2014 - together with capability to get those metadata from NetCDF, GeoTIFF and Landsat files -, ISO 19162 Well Known Text (WKT) version 2, GML support in referencing by coordinates, partial support of planetary Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS), improved coordinate transformation accuracy with domain of validity checks, Jacobian matrix usage in envelope transformations and double-double arithmetic in a few critical matrix operations. Work is under way for improved support of elevations as pressure measurements and for dynamic datum. Apache SIS correctness is partially verified by the Geospatial Integrity of Geoscience Applications (GIGS) tests. SIS can coexist with Proj.4 behind the same GeoAPI interfaces, making easier to switch between the two referencing engines. SIS is a top-level Apache project ruled by the governance model in force at the Apache Software Foundation, which is meritocratic. In an effort to make the code more accessible, Apache SIS has an exceptionally high comment:code ratio.
