On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:36:20AM -0500, Burgholzer,Robert wrote: > I realize that it would only be a drop in the bucket, but would seeking > Google Summer of Code funds be a helpful avenue?
Maybe in winter Google might be an option, have some good contact to share ? --strk; > > Robert W. Burgholzer > Surface Water Modeler > Office of Water Supply and Planning > Virginia Department of Environmental Quality > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 804-698-4405 > Open Source Modeling Tools: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/npsource/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre Racine > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:07 AM > To: Sandro Santilli; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: [postgis-users] RE: WKT Raster project: call for fundings > > Hi all, > > For myself, I will start to work on the project about 15 hours per week in > march 2009. At this rhythm, we won't have a beta before winter 2010. This is > why help would be welcome. > > So two programmers would be working on the project if someone can fund > Sandro. One full time (Sandro), one half time (me). For now Sandro has very > few money and I'll have few time. > > The main idea of WKT Raster is to treat raster tiles as much as possible like > PostGIS geometries so we could query and analyse (intersection, overlay, > interpolation, conversion, etc...) vectors and rasters seamlessly. WKT Raster > is much simpler than Oracle Georaster and much more GIS oriented (like > PostGIS is). > > A PowerPoint of the design is available at > http://www.cef-cfr.ca/uploads/Membres/WKTRasterPostGIS.ppt > > Pierre > > >-----Message d'origine----- > >De : Sandro Santilli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Envoyé : 4 décembre 2008 06:21 > >À : [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > >[email protected] > >Cc : Pierre Racine > >Objet : WKT Raster project: call for fundings > > > >Hi all, > > > >As some of you may know, I've been working the past two years > >on the GNU Flash Player [1], something I've felt the need for > >since I've been doing flash maps for a few years w/out a fully > >free stack supporting the result (playback). > > > >Now Gnash is good enough for use when authors are willing to > >target it, and sponsorship reduced, so I'm back > >lurking in the GIS field. > > > >Doing so, I've found the new WKT-raster thread started > >by Pierre Racine [2] and tought that's something I might be > >available to work on, given enough fundings can be found. > > > >The first steps in that direction would be: > > > > - Define a new RASTER postgresql type. > > - Implement canonical input and output SQL routines. > > - Implement an importer producing a table > > of RASTER tiles from a single raster file. > > - Implement an SQL aggregate to return a jpeg from a set. > > - Overlap operator and simple inspectors (bounds, pixels, > > bands, sizes). > > > >I'm working with Pierre to further refine those steps, > >but you get the idea. It would take about 6 months > >to complete the whole set, for an ideal target of 30K EUR. > > > > So, who's interested in (co)funding the work ? > > > >I've a partial contribution, but would need 10x more to go. > >Let's see if the PostGIS community can do it again [3] > >( and better this time :) > > > >[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash > >[2] > >http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2008-Jul > >y/020486.html > >[3] http://blog.cleverelephant.ca/2005/10/concurrency-for-postgis.html > > > >--strk; > > > > > > () ASCII Ribbon Campaign > > /\ Keep it simple! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users -- () ASCII Ribbon Campaign /\ Keep it simple! _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
