David,
Some stuff I've been involved with for the last few months (remember, you asked
. . .):
* Minnesota Structures Collaborative, has a web interface, a database and
means to capture and store data via a web
mapping interface. Involved the creation of four state coverage layers
compiled from various authors/agencies
around the state. Fire Stations, Hospitals, Police Stations and Schools
o http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/emprep/structures/index.html
* I've been working on a couple of OPERA
(http://www.mnltap.umn.edu/About/Programs/OPERA/)
o One for prototyping a portable field printing system for USNG Markers
+
http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/emprep/download/USNG/USNG_location_marker_proposal.html
+ Printing over bluetooth to a portable printer.
+ GPS capture of marker locations in the field as they are
applied.
o One for prototyping a low cost.AutoMated Vehicle Tracking system.
+ Auto tracking of vehicle/personnel location from phone, always
on mapping, etc.
+ locally installed map GeoMoose map service on the phone.
o Both projects are being built out using a Nokia N900 (linux) phone.
+ http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
o The projects are in their final stages before writing the project
reports. There will be about a year
testing process as well. I'll post a link to the OPERA Grant
reports once completed if you are interested.
o These both involve the Phones running in a standalone mode when no
network is available as well as being
able to sync their data with a network connection to a master server
for redistrubution to other similarly
configured devices.
+ GeoMoose mapping stack on the phones, Apache, GeoMoose,
MapServer
+ QRcode Generator on the phone, for generating QRcode (2d
barcodes) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code
o The software stack is pretty much a carbon copy of a linux install
except for some styling and configuration
changes, and there is still some gesture programming to add to the
Mapping (GeoMoose) interface, which can
be implemented as a browser dependent CSS file.
o The hardware has a lot of potential for other uses, since it's Linux
based, and combined with a portable PC
and or a larger control screen, the interfaces because they are all
web based can be made to operate as
closely as possible to each other, whether in a vehicle or out of it
and one the move in walking mode.
* The City of Saint Paul GISmo (public) https://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/ site
has seen an explosion of data in the last
year or so, and we're in the final stages of adding a 1920's vintage
aerial photo dataset as a layer in our
GeoMoose implementation https://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/gis/gismo_public/html/
o Internally we're serving up 216+ layers, all as WMS/WFS.
o Externally we're serving up 35+ layers (with more to come in the
near future), again all as WMS/WFS
o We've had a lot of interest in development of derived layers, that
use one or more existing layers in
different ways. One example was the need to see the Right-of way
areas within the City. This derived layer
was created by subtracting the Parcel polygons, and water bodies and
what was left was Right-of-way. It's
pointed out some error that we didn't know existed and has become a
very popular layer very quickly.
o Another such derived layer, was a layer that delineates the Railroad
own lands, this data was only aviable
in our Address database, since RailRoad addresses have their own
classification in our addressing system, by
combing this with the County parcels layer via the PIN, we were able
to build out a layer that depicted the
railroad ownership. This has been another popular layer recently.
o While these examples likely seem mundane to those folks that develop
GIS systems, the piece that is exciting
for us, is that the desire came from the web mapping interface users
who specifically asked for these types
of layers, and the fact that they wouldn't have come to this
conclusion if not for the GIS systems existence
in the first place.
o We're also building out toolsets for importing most of out OGS
datasets into an AutoCAD session, while we've
done this for a number of years in the past, we're now able to read
the data into AutoCAD as native AutoCAD
features, including AutoCivil Objects, which we've recently moved
some of our key desighers to using.
* GeoMoose has seen Version 2.2 out the door and a bunch of little
improvements and enhancements to come in the near
future.
o User based it steadily increasing.
o Mail list is seeing steady and growing activity
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=geomoose-users
* Finally (for tonight) I'm involved with a service project called the
proximity finder, that does what it sounds
like, it looks for things closest to a point of interest, as well as
inside of a boundary. This should be
available for feedback before GIS/LIS as the first prototype has jbeen
recently reviewed by the MetroGIS workgroup.
o It will also have an integration with the MetroGIS GeoCoder to show
closest features to a geocoded location
like a Address or Landmark.
o Checking to see if link can be published.
Ok, I'm tired of typing . . . :c)
later
bobb
On 9/1/2010 4:08 PM, Fawcett, David (MPCA) wrote:
Thanks to the few of you who had comments.
Really, none of the rest of you want to brag about or promote your OSGEO
project?!
Come on, any new features, optimizations, data formats, case studies, etc.?
David.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fawcett, David (MPCA)
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:54 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: New and Noteworthy in OS Geospatial?
I am working on a presentation focused on, "What's New and Cool in OpenSource
Geospatial" for a group of GIS professionals. This group is most familiar with the
proprietary ESRI stack, but there is a growing awareness and interest in OpenSource.
My goal is to introduce people to cool projects or features, highlighting
events and improvements from the past year. I am thinking of categories
including software, databases, community, and open data.
I would greatly appreciate any ideas that people have on new or noteworthy
developments in OpenSource geospatial. Think about new projects, new features,
optimizations, events, use cases, etc.
Please feel free to email me off-list or just respond to this message.
Thank you very much,
David Fawcett
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