Great, thanks Cameron, Will you be making your presentation publicly available after the event? It seems that you're compiling a lot of good information that will be valuable to a large number of us.
Cheers, Joseph On 5 April 2010 11:56, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Joseph, > These Oxford Archaeology guides provide some excellent material for an Open > Source Surveyors presentation. Thanks for the link. > > Joseph Reeves wrote: >> >> Hi Cameron, >> >> You might find these Oxford Archaeology produced guides interesting: >> >> http://openarchaeology.net/project/survey-and-gis-manual >> >> There's also the MapAction Field Guide to Humanitarian Mapping: >> >> http://www.mapaction.org/content/view/183/59/ >> >> If you're looking for a couple of real feel good use cases (although I >> can imagine it may not be 100% applicable to what you're doing), >> there's the amazing work conducted by various people (Mikel Maron and >> Robert Soden spring immediately to mind, although there are many more) >> mapping Haiti and Kibera, Kenya into OpenStreetMap. >> >> Cheers, Joseph >> >> >> >> On 1 April 2010 21:00, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks Chris, it would count if Total Open Station was more stable >>> (reported >>> as alpha software on the website). >>> >>> I'm wanting to convince Open Source skeptics that there is robust Open >>> Source Software available for surveyors which they can use right now. >>> >>> Eg, here is a list of tasks that surveyors regularly perform: >>> >>> Task 1: >>> * XXX organisation (ideally big name organisation), uses YYY OS software >>> to >>> achieve task. >>> >>> Task 2: >>> ... >>> >>> Chris Puttick wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Well we have surveyors trialling Total Open Station into gvSIG and >>>> people >>>> using Leica's software into gvSIG; I guess here is the message that >>>> "into >>>> GIS" is a move forward for all but building survey and that there are >>>> open >>>> source GIS packages well up to the job. >>>> >>>> And for building survey? Well, we're doing some work with various open >>>> source tools to generate dense point clouds from photos; we think the >>>> resulting output could reach millimetre accuracy using known >>>> cameras/lenses >>>> and with many shots. Photograph, process, measure at your leisure... And >>>> a >>>> lovely 3D photo-realistic model for client as an output too! >>>> >>>> Does that count? >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> ----- "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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Systems Architect > 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