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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bruce: We'd definitely be interested in accessing the data as well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We're also working on a similar suite of tools for accessing remotely sensed data via open standards. The data is frequently updated and forms part of a multi-decade archive used for emergency management, natural resource management, and agriculture.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is one of our current beta applications:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We're a small team working on all aspects of development (frontend, backend services, database, et al.). We've utilised:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- OpenLayers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- GeoExt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- ExtJS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>for the frontend and:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- PostgreSQL/PostGIS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- MapServer (w/ MapScript customisations)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>for the backend services.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We'd be interested in sharing experience and knowledge with others working in this space.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Tim-Hinnerk Heuer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 03/11/2011 07:20<BR><B>To:</B> Bruce Bannerman<BR><B>Cc:</B> aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org; David Medyckyj-Scott<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Aust-NZ] web mapping & climate change [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Hi Bruce,<BR><BR>These technologies are definitely relevant to our areas of interest as well.<BR><BR>I work for Landcare Research New Zealand. We are developing geo-spacial portals, namely:<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://ourenvironment.scinfo.org.nz/">http://ourenvironment.scinfo.org.nz</A><BR><A href="http://smap.landcareresearch.co.nz/">http://smap.landcareresearch.co.nz</A><BR><BR>While Our Environment is not officially launched yet, but it presents some of the features that we have implemented, all using open source libraries and software.<BR><BR>David is in CC, who you might be interested in collaborating with.<BR><BR>I'm the front end web developer and developed all of the client side (JavaScript) code and have done some work on the server side print module (MapFish Print, where I am a committer) while other members of the team administer the services and wrote some of the services being used and necessary.<BR><BR>Additionally we use:<BR><BR>OpenLayers<BR>GeoExt<BR>ExtJS<BR>jQuery<BR><BR>on the client side<BR>and<BR><BR>PostGIS/Postgres<BR>Java Restful Services<BR>MapServer<BR>MapFish Print<BR>etc<BR><BR>on the server side.<BR><BR>Let us know if there are opportunities of collaboration.<BR><BR>Kind regards,<BR>Tim <BR><BR>On 03/11/11 11:32, Bruce Bannerman wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">John,<BR><BR>We have a **prototype** that is currently not available externally. We have a few 3rd party data IP issues to resolve.<BR><BR>This prototype was a finalist at the V.SIBA spatial excellence awards.<BR><BR>Development was jointly funded by both the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency as well as by the Bureau of Meteorology.<BR><BR>In brief, we tested an enterprise grade spatial architecture for providing access to climate and climate projections related data.<BR><BR>The architecture is based around the use of Open Spatial Standards, so that in the future, we can provide access to data as well as portal type tools via open spatial standards such as WMS, WFS and WCS.<BR><BR>The interface is based around the Weave Spatial Intelligence / Business Integration framework.<BR><BR>Other key components include:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Postgres </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">BIRT </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">PostGIS </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">MapServer </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thredds </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">GeoServer<BR></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>I have been very impressed by the functionality and performance of the open source components.<BR><BR>We tested realistic quantities of data covering the Australian Continent (and beyond):<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">topographic data, based on the Bureau’s GeoFabric data </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">20 years of Landsat Mosaic’s covering Australia (GA) </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">9”, 3” and 1” DEMs </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">~900 gridded climate data sets<BR></SPAN></FONT>
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<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">50 years of historical Average Maximum Temperature grids (annual and monthly) </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">10 years of Climate Projections grids – Average Maximum Temperature (annual and monthly)<BR></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Historical meteorological observations data at ~30,000 stations.<BR></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>Functionality includes seamless integration of:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Web Mapping capabilities </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">GIS type attribute searches </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">GIS type spatial overlay functionality (e.g. point in poly, buffer etc) </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Business Intelligence reports:<BR></SPAN></FONT>
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<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">time series graphs from DB and WFS. </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">time series graphs created by drilling down through historical and climate projections grids via WCS </SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">a range of observations data and data provenance related reports.<BR></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A time series animation capability for viewing climate grids (via WMS)<BR></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR><BR>I demonstrated the prototype to our peers at the international OGC Technical Committee meeting in Boulder in the US a few weeks ago. The approach that we took generated quite a bit of interest and a couple of invitations to present.<BR><BR><BR>Like most organisations, we have funding issues and competing priorities. I don’t anticipate that we will have an operational variant of this prototype available externally for a few years.<BR><BR><BR>If you have read this far, you may be interested in accessing Climate data via Open Spatial Standards, and/or the prototype type of interface in the future. If that is the case, please contact me via email so that we can start building the Business Case for funding.<BR><BR><BR>Also, if you are in Melbourne and would like a run through and live demo, let me know and I’ll see what we can do (bearing in mind that we’re in the middle of a major systems migration).<BR><BR><BR><BR>Bruce <BR><BR> --<BR> Bruce Bannerman<BR> Manager Climate Applications<BR> Climate and Water Division<BR> Bureau of Meteorology<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On 2/11/11 11:50 AM, "John Brisbin" <<A href="">john@boab.info</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Looks like the sort of tool that should be coming out of the NCCARF program? What's the closest equivalent in Australia?<BR> JB<BR> <BR> On 2/11/2011 11:13 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: <BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Re: [Aust-NZ] web mapping & climate change [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Many thanks for the URL Ross.<BR> <BR> This is very relevant for us.<BR> <BR> Bruce<BR> <BR> <BR> On 2/11/11 11:04 AM, "Ross Johnson" <<A href="">rossgo@hotmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR> <BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT>
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Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR> A inspirational short video from University of Berkeley’s (USA) Geospatial Innovation Facility:<BR> <BR> <A href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/web-mapping-tool-models-climate-change-video/62215">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/web-mapping-tool-models-climate-change-video/62215</A><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR> <BR> <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Aust-NZ mailing list<BR><A href="">Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz</A><BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'">This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are intended only for the use of the addressee(s). It may contain information that is confidential and privileged, in which case neither is intended to be waived or lost by mistaken delivery to you. If you are not an intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure, distribution or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this e-mail does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate). Information in this message not relating to the official business of Landgate shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening or sending them on. Landgate’s liability is limited to re-supplying affected attachments.</span></p>
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