Cameron, On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Marina,
(small correction: Maria) > That is a good example. > To be complete, could you also answer: > * What would be the proprietary equivalent software you would use? I'll leave that to Maria. > * Why did you decide to use GRASS instead of proprietary software? > (Hopefully more than "it was cheaper") ... note that she actually *author* of the code. She and her team have developed it over the last years. > * It seems you are officiated with a University? She is professor there. > Industry is more convinced > by case studies that come out of industry, as universities are often > associated with "smart geeks, who have a high tollerance to things going > wrong because they can fix it themselves". Is there a non-education > affilition you can draw upon? Did you do this work for a governement > department or similar? I leave this again to Maria. Best Markus > maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.it wrote: >> >> Dear Cameron >> if you are interested also in LiDAR data filtering (to obtain from the >> LiDAR point cloud the digital terrain model), we developed commands into >> GRASS. They have to be used in sequence. >> >> http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/html_grass64/v.lidar.edgedetection.html >> http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/html_grass64/v.lidar.growing.html >> http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/html_grass64/v.lidar.correction.html >> http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/html_grass64/v.surf.bspline.html >> >> A detailed description is available here: >> >> >> http://www.foss4g2006.org/getFile.py/access?contribId=48&sessionId=59&resId=7&materialId=slides&confId=1 >> >> a more recent and summarised version can be found here: >> >> >> http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/remote_sensing/LiDAR_filtering_with_GRASS-lab4.pdf >> >> We worked also on calibration of the filtering parameters (around 20 >> parameters) by integrating the USGS UCODE and GRASS. Details are available >> here: >> >> http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVIII/1_4_7-W5/paper/Brovelli-126.pdf >> >> I hope it helps. >> >> Cheers. >> Maria >> >> >> >>> ----- "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm giving a presentation on GeoSpatial Open Source at the >>>> international >>>> Surveyors conference here in Sydney. >>>> http://www.fig2010.com/ >>>> >>>> I'd like advice on what use cases and Open Source packages I should >>>> focus on during the presentation. >>>> Feedback from Surveyors welcomed. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cameron Shorter >>>> Geospatial Solutions Manager >>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 >>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 >>>> >>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally >>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source >>>> http://www.lisasoft.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open >>> Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit >>> http://iso26300.info for more information. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Solutions Manager > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss