<div dir="ltr">Hello folks,<div><br></div><div>You will find below the list of abstracts. Javed and I need to meet next week in order to decide what are going to be the next steps and if we can make it happen. Meanwhile, we are considering this event is still on.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We need to know how many people plan to be there. The event would happen on Sunday September 15th. I would like to have an idea of who would be interested in it before we put more time effort in it. ("I wont't attend" is a better info than no answer at all :)<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>The sooner we know that the better. Indeed, I will most likely have to be in France the first weeks of September for family reasons, and I won't be able to put much effort at that point in time. I shall be back just in time for SFD.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<h1><span lang="EN-CA">Javed - Application of TDW FOSS GeoStack for Mineral Exploration</span></h1>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-CA">Detection of subsurface Mineral
accumulations using Remote Sensing Imagery (RSI) interpretation had its
beginning in Macro/Micro Hydrocarbon seeps, Mineral Alteration Studies,
Structural and Lineament Analysis. Hydrocarbon seeps are direct indicators of
subsurface Petroleum accumulations, Mineral Alteration studies indicate the
source of hydrothermal alteration, structural and lineament analysis gives the
potential for Mineral accumulation. RSI use is one of the key methods for
understanding the surface and subsurface Mineralization: potential, genesis and
quality without drilling. Remote sensing is an important tool for detecting
subsurface mineralization. The detection process involves the integration of
geospatial data from a variety of format and a numerous sources. Turning Data
into Wealth (TDW) presents a stackable system that allows the: storage,
visualization and analyses of geospatial data. This open source based software
solution integrates an extensible geospatial database, visualization tools,
analysis, and metadata handling tools. This system can be deployed from a USB
stick or within a Virtual Machine environment. Preliminary case studies
involving the detection of hydrocarbon seeps, Mineral Alteration, Structural
and Lineament detection will be discussed.</span></p>
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<h1><span lang="EN-CA">Javed - Application of TD4W FOSS GeoStack to Banking</span></h1>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-CA">.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-CA">TD4W Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
GeoStack demonstrates the possibility of utilizing a geospatial stack based on
FOSS for: Accounting, Community Currencies Management and Banking. The TDW Geostack runs on the Ubuntu
operating system and is deployed either on a USB stick or a virtual machine.
The basic geospatial components include a:
database (PostgreSQL/PostGIS, SpatiaLite), metadata handling
(GeoNetwork), visualization (QGIS, uDIG), analysis (GRASS GIS, Opticks) and
Cyclos (Accounting) tools. Components are chosen based on the component’s
maturity level, capabilities, and high degree of interoperability. TD4W believes
that this combination of properties allow for a Geostack that has an acceptable
level of: usability, ability to do complex analyses, and ability to import and
export different data formats between components as needed. Interoperability is
especially important since a component may not have the capability to do a
specific analysis and it becomes necessary to export the data into another
component for further processing. Case studies involving Community Currencies
and Forensic Accounting will be discussed.</span></p>
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<p class=""><span lang="EN-CA"> </span> </p>
<h1><span lang="EN-CA">Fabien - Application of Open Trip Planner for Public Transit
Routing and Network Analysis</span></h1>
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<p class=""><span lang="EN-CA">Launched in 2009 as a collaborative
project, Open Trip Planner is today one of the most
advanced trip itinerary planning. Benefiting from the Open Data
Movement that encourage public agencies to release their data, and the wide
adoption of GTFS standard, it is today as easy as 1,2,3 to get a public transit
routing application running. OTP has also grown to integrate public transit
analysis tool and real time information. The presentation will demonstrate the
capabilities of this platform.</span></p>
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<p class=""><span lang="EN-CA">Paul
- Abstract Pending </span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/8/7 Fabien Ancelin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fabien.ancelin@gmail.com" target="_blank">fabien.ancelin@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">@Christy <i>"Always aim for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.". </i>It doesn't hurt to try :). <div>
<br></div><div>I agree with you, GIS-Day is the top priority. If we have to ask people to volunteer their time, energy and experience on only one event, it should be GIS-Day. And the organization of this event seem to be pretty well engaged.<div>
<br></div><div>I still think SFD could be cool provided we have a good base of people involved in it. I understand it requires an additional amount of time and effort from the members of OSGeo Ottawa and in the end, it is our motivation as a group that matters. If there isn't enough people interested, then it is no longer really an event from the OSGeo Local Chapter of Ottawa.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I will wait and see until tonight to have a clear view of the situation. Javed has done a lot of work in terms of spreading the word, so we will see if it leads somewhere. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers<br>
<div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/8/7 Christy Nieman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cnieman@dmsolutions.ca" target="_blank">cnieman@dmsolutions.ca</a>></span><br>
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Hi Fabien,<br>
<br>
This is why I tried to convince you guys were dreaming a little big
:)<br>
<br>
It's all great to think about doing events like this in theory, but
in practice it's a lot to expect from a little group like ours. I
would suggest we just try to have a presence at GIS day, and maybe
do a little intro to FOSS/FOSS4G workshop in the GIS lab.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure what my availability is going to be like, but I'll help
if I can.<br>
<br>
Christy<div><div><br>
<br>
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<div>On 08/07/2013 09:31 AM, Fabien Ancelin
wrote:<br>
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<div>Greetings Everyone. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>This a friendly reminder that the deadline for the
abstracts pertaining to SFD is tonight. We are running really
low on presentations right now (only 2 abstracts for SFD) and
we need presentations to make that event happen. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If anyone feels up to giving some time and energy for SFD,
you have until today, 11:59 PM. Based on the number of people
submitting abstracts, we will have an idea of how we will
organize this event. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If we don't have more, maybe we will consider focusing on
the GIS-Day instead. That will need to be a collective
decision.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2013/7/28 Fabien Ancelin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fabien.ancelin@gmail.com" target="_blank">fabien.ancelin@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div dir="ltr">
<div>Hello folks,<br>
<br>
</div>
<div>Time is running fast, and the involvement of the
OSGeo Local Chapter in the Software Freedom Day and
GIS Day is becoming more and more imminent. So I think
it is time to set deadlines for abstracts. <br>
<ul>
<li>SFD is in 1 month. In order to make sure we are
all ready and engaged into that event, I would
like to set the deadline for <b>Wednesday, August
7 at 11:59 PM</b>.</li>
<li>GIS-Day is further away in time, but Scott has a
meeting related to the organization of this event
on August 14. Having abstract will help him to get
us a lab. So I would like to set the deadline to <b>Monday,
August 12, 11:59 PM</b>.<br>
</li>
</ul>
The abstract is something really simple, you will find
below the abstracts Javed sent to me as an example.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
<div><u><b>Javed's Abstract for Optiks :</b></u><br>
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<div><br>
<i><span lang="EN">Ball Aerospace developed
Opticks in December 2007 as a Free and Open Source
Software (FOSS) project that
allows remote sensing TDW Data Analyst to gain
practical knowledge and develop
image processing skills in many of the digital
image processing functions.
Opticks provides capability in areas such as:
image enhancement, spectral
signature processing, multispectral, hyperspectral
and Synthetic Aperture RADAR
image analysis. Optick is an extensible RSI
analysis desktop application. The
application and extensions are written in C ++ and
licensed under Lesser
General Public License (LGPL). </span></i><span lang="EN-CA"><i>Opticks is free to use,
distribute and modify. The LGPL license ensures
that once you download
Opticks, that version always stays free and
open-source. Application of Opticks, as part of
TDW FOSS GeoStack, for Mineral Explorations will
be discussed.</i><br>
<br>
</span></div>
<div><span lang="EN-CA"><br>
Let me know if you have any issue, comment, or
problem with the abstract.<br>
</span></div>
<div><span lang="EN-CA"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span lang="EN-CA">Regards,<br>
</span></div>
<div><span lang="EN-CA"><br>
</span><br>
<br>
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