Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Howard Butler receives the 2023 Sol Katz Award at FOSS4G 2023 Prizren, Kosovo
Congratulations Howard ! Well deserved. > On Jul 1, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Discuss > wrote: > > See News Item 2023-07-01 > https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/howard-butler-receives-the-2023-sol-katz-award/ > > We are honoured to announce that Howard Butler is the recipient of the Sol > Katz Award 2023. > > The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) > is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership > in the FOSS4G community. > > Howard Butler was honoured with the 2023 Sol Katz Award, presented on 30 June > 2023 at FOSS4G 2023 in Prizren, Kosovo. > > This was the 19th year of the award. > > Howard Butler has a long-standing history of involvement within our > community. He was an OSGeo board member and was involved in the early years > of the System Administration Committee. > Howard is also a member of the project steering committee of 4 different > OSGeo projects. > > You will meet him everytime a codesprint is organized. > > Howard was part of the group which came with the GeoJSON specification. > He is an excellent leader, a mindful developer and a valued friend. > > Howard Butler has organized the modernization of the documentation of GDAL > and PROJ. He was the instigator of the GDAL Barn raising to enhance and > refresh the geodetic capabilities of the projects. > > Howard Butler leads the open source software consultancy Hobu which focuses > on LiDAR, point clouds, and geospatial software. He is the proponent of COPC, > the cloud optimized point cloud format. > > On behalf of the OSGeo communities we congratulate and thank Howard Butler > for his all his contributions. > > Thank you Howard > > About the award > The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) > is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership > in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award have contributed > significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the > geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, > and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come. > > Read more about Sol Katz at https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/ > > The Sol Katz Award Ceremony will soon be online. It will be linked in the > news item > https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/howard-butler-receives-the-2023-sol-katz-award/ > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Opticks Website Down?
On Mar 8, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Regie Alam wrote: > That happened to me too. > > Regie > Same here I have emailed the optics dev list of this Hopefully someone will get back to me > On Mar 8, 2016 4:12 PM, "Jeff Ruby" wrote: > Does anyone know what's up with the Opticks website? I want to download the > latest version but opticks.org redirects to some zulip/notcows.com site. > It's been this way for awhile. > > Thanks much, > -Jeff > > ___ > 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Membership fee (was: Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members)
Dirk I have been struggling trying to write what you have so elegantly stated I whole heartily agree with what you have written Thank you Norman Founding Charter Member On Jul 1, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Dirk Frigne wrote: > Although I am not so active on the mailing list, I am an OSGeo's > advocate, and I take the opportunity to promote OSGeo wherever I can. > > I became an OSGeo member in 2007 because I was proud on what the > organisation did and I wanted to support it, with the scarce resources I > own. > > One of the things I appreciate enormously is > > - The organisation is open (as in open source) > - Becoming a member of the organisation is totally free (*yes* like in > free beer!) > - the organisation has a perfect DNA: > - members can > - act as *A* user > - act as *T*echnical skilled person (sofware developers, > industry, documentation) > - work at *G*overmental body > - member of the s*C*ientific world (academic world) > > In the world of today *free* as in gratis, *free* as in *free* *beer*, > doing something for > somebody else is very rare (scarce) that it becomes very valuable. > Being a part of a community like OSGeo not only is *fun* but also gives > you a *good* feeling, and it is very motivating to work in a company or > organisation that supports OSGeo. > > I may be naive, but for me personally this works out well, and having > that feeling is one of the important incentives to keep contributing to > the community. (And by the way, working with other members of the OSGeo > community didn't result in any bad experience until now) > > Of course, an organisation needs money, To support some stuff (.svn or > whathever goal is worth supporting). But I think we should keep the > membership *free* (and not as in *free* beer!), because it is in my eyes > a very essential part of OSGeo: > > "Core principles are: > > OSGeo should act as a low capital, volunteer focused organisation. > OSGeo should focus support on OSGeo communities and initiatives > which support themselves. " [1] > > As in DNA, different chains have different roles. > > *G*overnments are happy to have such a movement as the Free and open > source software [2] movement, because they can avoid vendor lock-in, > gain control over their projects (read: become free again), and save a > lot of money. They should take this advantage seriously and sponsor open > source activities. > > the s*C*ientific world is happy to use open source solutions, because > they can study the tools themselves and focus on research, not being > bothered of the licenses they are using. > They also should take this advantage seriously and donate scientific > relevant material they don't want to exploit immediately to the community. > > *A*ny user should be free (*not* as in free beer) to use and experiment > with the results of what the community is producing. The community > should welcome *A*ny user and help him to find his way, so he can take > his responsibility and earn respect for what he is doing. > > And last but not least: the *T*echnically skilled persons are the heart > of the community. Being able to create great teamwork and donate back to > the community. Also they should take their responsibility and earn the > respect they deserve. > > But where is the money we need to operate the organisation? > > Personally, I don't think it are the users nor the community members who > should take care of that. Because the belonging to the community should > remain a *free* right, where the value comes from respect and the > intense feeling of giving something without expecting something back. > > The strange thing is that many of the members are also professional > involved into OSGeo (acting as A T G or C). > So I suggest it should not be the (community) members who should pay for > the support, but these professional actors. > And they (the professional actors) should become a member (in their role > of incorporation) to support it. But sponsored membership should not > give rights to vote, or whatsoever. The only thing you gain is that you, > as a professional incorporation, are happy with an organisation as > OSGeo, fighting for your rights to be able to use *free* software. And > the sponsors should trust and believe that a low capital, volunteer > focused organisation will do that for them, as they do it already today. > > The sponsoring should not be an obligation either, but should be the > common responsibility of the companies sponsoring the FOSS4G events today. > > my 2c > > [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Board_Priorities > [2] http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software > > Dirk > On 24-06-14 15:12, Even Rouault wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Interesting topic that raises quite a few questions. >> >> I think that all people who have commented in that thread have not >> necessarily >> agreed if membership fees would be something in addition to the nomination >> and >> ele
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What happened to planet.osgeo.org?
On Nov 24, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: > Hi, > is it just me, or the blog aggregator at planet.osgeo.org has been down for a > few days now? > http://planet.osgeo.org/ > > Wondering what's happening? I haven't seen announcements of it being taken > down, or > moved. > > Cheers > Andrea The machine that hosts planet.osgeo.org is temporarily offline for unscheduled maintenance It should return shortly Norman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inaugural webinar of ”Open Geospatial Science & Applications” webinar series on 18th October
On Oct 18, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote: > Hi! > > looks like the system requirements for the platform chosen for the webinar do > not support Linux.. I just received the confirmation email with the specs. I > mean, are you kidding? > > :-/ Madi The web viewer might work see http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/gotomeeting/all_files/GTM130019#Linux Norman > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Suchith Anand > wrote: > Dear All, > > The ICA-OSGeo Lab Network and MundoGeo are now pleased to inform the > inaugural webinar of ”Open Geospatial Science & Applications” webinar series > on 18th October. The webinars will be open and free to all on first come > register basis. > > The first webinar will be on "OSGeo Live for Education" by Jeremy Morley > (University of Nottingham). This first webinar will address the theme "OSGeo > Live for Education". With free registration, this event is appropriate for > all who are interested in knowing more about the ICA-OSGeo Lab Network and > its education activities. In addition to giving an overview of OSGeo Live , > Jeremy will be sharing his experiences of using the OSGeo Live system for his > MSc teaching in GIS at the University of Nottingham. > > OSGeo Live 7.0 features more than fifty open source, standards compliant > geospatial desktop applications, web applications and frameworks. A complete > installation kit and high-quality sample data in multiple industry standard > formats are included. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it > to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around. Details at > http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html > > Attendees will be able to interact with the speakers by sending their > comments and questions through chat. All attendees of this web seminar will > receive certificates for their participation. > > Webinar: OSGeo Live for Education > Date:Friday, October 18, 2013 > Time: 14:00 - 15:00 UTC > > Reserve your Webinar place now at: > https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/529291674 > > After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing > information about joining the Webinar. > > The schedule of webinars for this year are: > > Oct 18th, 2013 @14:00 UTC – OSGeo Live for Education (Jeremy Morley, > University of Nottingham) > Nov 7th, 2013 @14:00 UTC – Open Geo Science (Patrick Bell et al, British > Geological Survey) > Dec 10th, 2013 @14:00 UTC – Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial > Applications (FOSS4G): A mature alternative in the geospatial technologies > arena ( Maria Brovelli and Rafael Moreno) > > The webinars will also be recorded for the benefit of the wider community and > made available at MundoGeo website and our new “Geo for All” website that the > University of Southampton are now building (to be released next week ). > > All are welcome. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may > contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, > please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, > copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any > attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do > not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment > may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. > > > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > -- > Best regards, > > Dr. Margherita DI LEO > Scientific / technical project officer > > European Commission - DG JRC > Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) > Via Fermi, 2749 > I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 > > Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 > margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu > > Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in > any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European > Commission. > ___ > 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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Defining a GIO position (or attmepting to . . .)
disc On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:34 AM, "Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)" wrote: > Arnie, > > Vendor lock-in, or rather preventing it, would be a strong second as far as > reasons go, but it's not really applicable to describing a positions work > items (I don't think) and seems like it might be closer to a policy issue (in > my mind). > > Thanks for the feedback. > > Bobb > Bobb I would argue that one needs an OpenSource Reference implementation to vet adherence to any OpenStandard In fact I would go even further and say that any new OpenStandard proposal should be accompanied by an OpenSource implementation before acceptance as such Norman > >> -Original Message- >> From: Arnie Shore [mailto:shor...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:04 AM >> To: Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) >> Cc: osgeo-discuss (discuss@lists.osgeo.org) >> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Defining a GIO position (or >> attmepting to . . .) >> >> Well, adherence to standards is integral to the issue of >> interoperability, a critical project success factor in this >> increasingly interconnected world. >> >> And, there's no motivation for vendor lock-in, since the revenue >> protection motivation (usually!) doesn't exist. (I can tell you >> re all of the verbiage I've excreted in a prior life justifying >> sole-source procurements.) >> >> Also, possibly important for the devout among us is that the Good >> Lord must love standards; She made so many of them! >> >> AS >> >> On 10/16/13, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I wonder if I could get some feedback on the following >> statement, I'm >>> looking for the other side of the argument (I know it's hard to >> put >>> yourself there :c). >>> >>> "Open Source software enforces standards" ... > > > ___ > 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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo received its 501(c)(4) tax exempt status from the IRS
Great news !! This should probably also be announced on osgeo-discuss Well done ! Norman On Sep 11, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote: > OSGeo Board and members > > I am extremely pleased to inform you that OSGeo just received a determination > letter from the IRS confirming its 501(c)(4) tax exempt status. Finally, > after over 7 years of waiting this saga is over and we can move on to more > interesting stuff! > > The letter also says "Effective date of Exemption: November 14, 2005", so if > I read that correctly that clears any potential tax implications for past > years of operations. We'll still have some filing to do to clean things up > (next on my plate), but at least the tax exempt status is retroactive to day > one of the creation of the Foundation. > > Copy of the letter attached. Note that I believe we can ignore the second > page which relates to the original request for 501c3 status which we changed > to 501c4 but just in case I have asked the attorney to confirm that we can > safely ignore it. > > Daniel (OSGeo Treasurer) > c3&c4.pdf>___ > Board mailing list > bo...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Got a simple question, but can't seem to find the stuff I'm looking for.
On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote: > All, > > Anyone know where I might find a chart/list that shows when a particular > project was ratified by OSGeo, and added to the product list? > > I’m only looking for “year of” at this point. Would meeting minutes be the > obvious place to start? I think you can find what you are looking for at each projects link @ http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Place names and Points of Interest -- Interest Group starting up
Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: public-po...@w3.org > From: Raj Singh > Date: April 19, 2012 2:19:03 PM EDT > To: "public-po...@w3.org W3C" , > openpoidb-annou...@lists.opengeospatial.org > Subject: Place names and Points of Interest -- Interest Group starting up > > Over the past few years, a strong community of interest has evolved around > information technologies for developing databases of place names and points > of interest, and also the search interfaces and gazetteers that provide the > query tools for these databases. > > This email is an invitation to join an ad hoc, international group of people > interested in implementing these systems, which I'll just call POIs for > short. I've been involved in the World Wide Web POI Working Group [1], which > approached the topic from an information modeling standpoint, and the > American Assoc. of Geographers workshop, where practitioners shared their > experiences. > > Many of us now feel the time is right to keep the momentum going, and have a > slightly more formal channel for occasional communication. Some of us are > implementing the W3C's draft spec [2], and are looking to partner in my > effort to create a unified, global linked database of all POI information > with the OpenPOIs Repository [3]. And some are just looking for data modeling > commiseration. No matter what your take on the POI world is, please join us. > > If you're interested, please do the following: > > 1) Subscribe to this mailing list: > https://lists.opengeospatial.org/mailman/listinfo/openpois-users > all communications about meeting times and phone numbers will be there > > 2) Join us for monthly teleconferences > These will occur at 3pm UTC / 11am US Eastern on the first Thursday of each > month. > The teleconference line is +1 760 569 7100 passcode: 616269 > > 3) Pass along this email to whomever you think may be interested in joining > the conversation! > > [1] http://www.w3.org/2010/POI/ > [2] http://www.w3.org/2010/POI/documents/Core/latest > [3] http://openpoi.ogcnetwork.net/ > > p.s. my organization, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), is providing the > mailing list and teleconference line for this group, but this is in no way a > standards effort, or in any way sponsored by OGC, or represents an official > position of OGC. > > - > Raj Singh > rsi...@opengeospatial.org > +1 (617) 642-9372 > The OGC: Making location count. > http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/rsingh > > > > > > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any thoughts on the potential for using Seadragon as a map browsing interface?
and yet another similar project http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/djatoka/index.php?title=Main_Page On Apr 28, 2010, at 5:52 AM, G. Allegri wrote: > Another tool in the basket: Zoomify. > http://www.zoomify.com/ > > One of the new features in Oopenlayers 2.9 is the support to its data > structure... > > giovanni > > 2010/4/28 Gavin > Another technology that does amazing things with panoramic photos and is just > waiting to be applied to maps is http://www.gigapan.org/ > > > (Seadragon works fine on my Ubuntu 64) > > > On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 08:26 +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: >> >> Andrea Aime ha scritto: >> > Landon Blake ha scritto: >> >> I’m not a web developer, but it seemed like the tech could be used for >> >> browsing high-resolution map images. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.seadragon.com/ >> > >> > Does not work at all on my Ubuntu 64 bit. Sigh... >> >> Strange, it does smoothly on my Debian unstable, also 64 bit. >> > > > > ___ > 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] are there any unpaid developers?
On Apr 20, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Arne Kepp wrote: > Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Mark Lucas wrote: >>> I think that most of the developers that actively contribute to the OSSIM >>> project are funded through government contracts. Having said that, most >>> all of them contribute well beyond the time they are paid for. Often that >>> is to move the baseline towards capabilities that are not covered by >>> customer requirements. I spend most all of my time securing contracts so >>> we can expand the team. >>> >>> The core team has worked together over the last decade as the individual >>> contributors have switched companies several times. >>> >> This seems fairly typical of successful open source projects - an initial >> period where work is funded by a research grant or an internal requirement, >> evolving into a core team where employers fund time for various business >> purposes, with support broadening over time (e.g., writing books, >> consulting, etc.). >> >> I can't think of any successful (wide adoption, long-term sustainability) >> open source projects that are pure labors of love. >> >> Miles Fidelman > > OpenTTD (a remake of a classic game) has been going for something like 10 > years and is highly successful by almost any measure. You can debate how many > other games like this are successful, but few of them have any potential > whatsoever to make money. > > On IRC someone (Yexo on OFTC) pointed out that it may work the other way > around. It can be a labor of love, but if it is possible to make money off > some piece of software, then somebody (maybe not the original author) will do > just that. It could still have succeeded without, we'll never know. > > -Arne FlightGear is an example of a successful mostly volunteer based long-term Open Source Project http://www.flightgear.org/introduction.html Norman___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Viewer for 3D Maps
On Mar 30, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Brent Fraser wrote: > > > Ossim (www.ossim.org) has OssimPlanet which DOES model a globe but it can be > an effort to set up (I've never tried it). FYI there are downloadable binary OSSIM packages for Windows and Mac at http://download.osgeo.org/ossim/installers/ Cheers Norman___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Raster Tracing - What Is Available?
On Feb 4, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Landon Blake wrote: Is anyone aware of a raster tracing tool for geospatial users released under an open source license? I’m looking for something similar to: http://www.vextrasoft.com/vextractor.htm I found the Autotrace program (http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/), but it seems to be a little more limited, and not geared to the GIS user. Vextractor allows you to georeference your tracing output and supports export of the traced vectors to SHP and DXF. Landon I see that some folks are working on some OTB plugins for QGIS that will either do this or be great examples of how to go about this in Python I believe most of this work is making it back into OTB http://whatnicklife.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html Cheers Norman___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS radar (palsar)
maning sambale writes: > > I'm looking for FOSS tools for radar data (alos palsar). Orfeo Toolbox (OTB) http://smsc.cnes.fr/PLEIADES/lien3_vm.htm OSSIM http://www.ossim.org HTH Norman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Brief history of GIS OSS (bit off topic?)
Mateusz Loskot writes > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:29 PM > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Brief history of GIS OSS (bit off topic?) > > George Silva wrote: > > Hello lists, > > > > As you can i see im mailing this message to some lists around the web > > (im sorry if thats a problem). > > > > At the moment i am writing my BSc thesis (Geography) focusing the > > development of a open source software and database for logging and > > analysing traffic accidents in Uberlândia, MG - Brazil. > > > > I am dedicating a chapter in my thesis to explaining Open Source > > Software, and OSS for GIS. i searched the web for some > history of OSS in > > general, but i found too many different sources. So i come to you, > > developers of GIS OSS, to see if you can give me references > of where to > > search for the history and process regarding this theme. > > George, > > Here is number of "keywords" related to history of FOSS4G > and that you may google for and find details: > > - Sol Katz > - Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) > - GRASS History (http://grass.itc.it/devel/grasshist.html) > - UMP MapServer history Mateusz Great credits but don't forgot http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ or perhaps http://members.verizon.net/~vze2hc4d/proj4/ :-) Thanks Gerry !! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000
Michael P. Gerlek writes: > > Someday I'd like to try and open a dialog with the OpenJP2 developers > about this topic, but last I heard they were completely > uninterested in supporting GB-sized datasets. > Michael H . Maybe the time is right :-) http://groups.google.com/group/openjpeg/browse_thread/thread/3e91428ddf0c387 e/e094d008ba90afb0#e094d008ba90afb0 HTH Norman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: [otb-users] ORFEO Methodology meeting
Thought I should pass this along http://smsc.cnes.fr/PLEIADES/lien3_vm.htm """ ORFEO Toolbox (OTB) is distributed as an open source library of image processing algorithms. OTB is based on the medical image processing library ITK and offers particular functionalities for remote sensing image processing in general and for high spatial resolution images in particular. OTB is distributed under a free software licence CeCILL (similar to GPL) to encourage contribution from users and to promote reproducible research """ Norman > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jordi Inglada > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 7:28 AM > To: OTB-Users > Subject: [otb-users] ORFEO Methodology meeting > > Dear all, > > A meeting of the ORFEO Methodology Network will take place at > CNES headquarters on 10th and 11th January 2008. You are > invited to participate. The preliminary program is as follows: > > 1. Thursday 10 (9h30 - 12h30): > ORFEO Toolbox geometry (sensor models, cartographic > projections, image registration) and radiometry (calibration, > atmospheric corrections) tools. > > 2. Thursday 10 (14h-17h): > Methodology results on object detection and recognition. > --> Image examples data base > --> Call for presentations > > 3. Friday 10 (9h30 - 12h30): > Methodology results on multitemporal analysis (change > detection, etc.). > --> Call for presentations > > If you wish to participate in this meeting, please send by > e-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the sessions (1,2,3) you > are interested in. If you plan to give a talk, please send a > 10 line abstract. > > > Best regards, > > J. Inglada > > > > -- > CNES - DCT/SI/AP - BPI 1219 > 18, avenue Edouard Belin > 31401 Toulouse Cedex 09 - France > Tel. +33.(0)5.61.27.33.97 - Fax. +33.(0)5.61.28.31.09 > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "otb-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/otb-users?hl=en > -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- > > > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
