David,<br><br>One group that you may want to look into is the Sahana (<a href="http://sahana.lk">http://sahana.lk</a>) Open Source disaster management group. There is a fair bit of overlap between people and resources (TelaScience) between this group and OSGeo. I believe this type of capabilities is also well within the scope of work that they do or have on their roadmap.<br>
<br>David<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2008 2:07 PM, Sampson, David <<a href="mailto:dsampson@nrcan.gc.ca">dsampson@nrcan.gc.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hey Folks,</font></span>
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<p><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Arial" size="2">Two things.</font></span>
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<p><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Arial" size="2">1. I am looking for people interested in developing existing open source software for use in Search and Rescue. Specifically interested in mapping, but personnel management is definitely a part of that.</font></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Arial" size="2">One example of using GRASS in a SAR scenario includes</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="http://www.swcp.com/%7Erusso/080103/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2">http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-ca"></span><span lang="en-us"></span>
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<p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">A personally management software package that includes mapserver, GDAL, maptools and proj4 named E-GADS is found here </font></span><a href="http://e-gads.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2">http://e-gads.sourceforge.net/</font></u></span></a><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2"> . This project is pretty dead from 2004 but the developer says the code is stable and a patch was updated in 2007. Perhaps a general OPEN SOURCE SAR list would be beneficial for other fringe projects.</font></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Essentially the group would focus on two parts. Continuing development of SAR specific applications like E-GADs would be one. This might include customizing interfaces and increasing functionality and ensuring interoperability. Also of course documentation would be required.</font></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">The other would be adding SAR specific functionality to existing GIS packages. This would include SIMPLE interfaces through GRASS/QGIS to run specific scripts (python or other). Also, of utmost import is customization of user interface that can be used by a non-techie volunteer at 3am in the morning after 1 litre of coffee.</font></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">The group would probably focus on OSGEO mapping solutions (GRASS/QGIS) as well as other software that has ties to OSGEO packages.</font></span></p>
<p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">If you're interested, let me know. There is also a discussion thread on the GRASS users list.</font></span>
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<p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">2. Is there a place in OSGEO to house such a mailing list?</font></span>
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<p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Cheers</font></span>
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