Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSCAR project status

2012-08-10 Thread Geoff Hay
Hi We're still around and have been working on OSCAR. At this stage we are working on the process aspects of the approach. We are working towards opening it up but that is still some time away. A project page is currently being set up and I'll post details here as soon as that's up. Thanks

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] multi-lingual WMS-legends

2011-05-24 Thread Geoff Hay
Hi In my project I am using Web Ontology Language (OWL W3C.org) to sort out multi lingual labels (among other things). I have found it works extremely well and allows this specific stuff to be managed separately from any of the aps that might require this. I manage the actual labels with

[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Representing Places With Intelligent URLs

2010-10-06 Thread Geoff Hay
Hi The knowledge you are trying to encode should be represented as associations between individuals (this place contains that place etc) and concepts (city, park, post office delivery area, etc) (as in OWL) rather than a URI scheme (see Geonames). The basic idea is to represent places in a way

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Representing Places With Intelligent URLs

2010-10-06 Thread Geoff Hay
[punk.k...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2010 10:14 a.m. To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Representing Places With Intelligent URLs On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Geoff Hay geoffrey@otago.ac.nz wrote: Hi The knowledge you are trying to encode should be represented

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thoughts on how to use elevation in routing

2010-09-14 Thread Geoff Hay
Hi All I seem to remember reading somewhere that UPS delivery routes are constructed with only right turns (or left depending on the country) so as to make use of 'free' turns to avoid waiting at traffic lights. Geoff From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN FAO and FOSS / OSGEO Projects

2010-07-25 Thread Geoff Hay
Hi Noli, I am working full-time on the UO OSCAR software and am working towards making it available this year - its really a PhD reserach project. The original OSCAR prototype developed as part of the FAO project was built on top of UDig as a set of plug-ins - and these will eventually be

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: land records management with open source GIS

2010-06-22 Thread Geoff Hay
/pub/fig2010/papers/ts04a5Cts04a_hay_hall_4519.pdf [2]www.fig.net/pub/fig2009/papers/ts06a/ts06a_lemmen_oosterom_etal_3282.pdf regards Geoff Hay From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of STEPHEN STANTON [sstan