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David,<br>
<br>
Some stuff I've been involved with for the last few months
(remember, you asked . . .):<br>
<br>
<ul>
<li>Minnesota Structures Collaborative, has a web interface, a
database and means to capture and store data via a web mapping
interface. Involved the creation of four state coverage layers
compiled from various authors/agencies around the state. Fire
Stations, Hospitals, Police Stations and Schools<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/emprep/structures/index.html">http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/emprep/structures/index.html</a></li>
</ul>
<li>I've been working on a couple of OPERA
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mnltap.umn.edu/About/Programs/OPERA/">http://www.mnltap.umn.edu/About/Programs/OPERA/</a>)</li>
<ul>
<li>One for prototyping a portable field printing system for
USNG Markers </li>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/emprep/download/USNG/USNG_location_marker_proposal.html">http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/emprep/download/USNG/USNG_location_marker_proposal.html</a></li>
<li>Printing over bluetooth to a portable printer.</li>
<li>GPS capture of marker locations in the field as they are
applied.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>One for prototyping a low cost.AutoMated Vehicle Tracking
system.</li>
<ul>
<li>Auto tracking of vehicle/personnel location from phone,
always on mapping, etc.</li>
<li>locally installed map GeoMoose map service on the phone.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Both projects are being built out using a Nokia N900 (linux)
phone.</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/">http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/</a><br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>The projects are in their final stages before writing the
project reports. There will be about a year testing process
as well. I'll post a link to the OPERA Grant reports once
completed if you are interested.</li>
<li>These both involve the Phones running in a standalone mode
when no network is available as well as being able to sync
their data with a network connection to a master server for
redistrubution to other similarly configured devices.</li>
<ul>
<li>GeoMoose mapping stack on the phones, Apache, GeoMoose,
MapServer</li>
<li>QRcode Generator on the phone, for generating QRcode (2d
barcodes) - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code</a><br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>The software stack is pretty much a carbon copy of a linux
install except for some styling and configuration changes, and
there is still some gesture programming to add to the Mapping
(GeoMoose) interface, which can be implemented as a browser
dependent CSS file. <br>
</li>
<li>The hardware has a lot of potential for other uses, since
it's Linux based, and combined with a portable PC and or a
larger control screen, the interfaces because they are all web
based can be made to operate as closely as possible to each
other, whether in a vehicle or out of it and one the move in
walking mode.</li>
</ul>
<li>The City of Saint Paul GISmo (public) <a
href="https://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/">https://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/</a>
site has seen an explosion of data in the last year or so, and
we're in the final stages of adding a 1920's vintage aerial
photo dataset as a layer in our GeoMoose implementation<a
href="https://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/gis/gismo_public/html/">
https://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/gis/gismo_public/html/</a><br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>Internally we're serving up 216+ layers, all as WMS/WFS.</li>
<li>Externally we're serving up 35+ layers (with more to come in
the near future), again all as WMS/WFS</li>
<li>We've had a lot of interest in development of derived
layers, that use one or more existing layers in different
ways. One example was the need to see the Right-of way areas
within the City. This derived layer was created by
subtracting the Parcel polygons, and water bodies and what was
left was Right-of-way. It's pointed out some error that we
didn't know existed and has become a very popular layer very
quickly.</li>
<li>Another such derived layer, was a layer that delineates the
Railroad own lands, this data was only aviable in our Address
database, since RailRoad addresses have their own
classification in our addressing system, by combing this with
the County parcels layer via the PIN, we were able to build
out a layer that depicted the railroad ownership. This has
been another popular layer recently.</li>
<li>While these examples likely seem mundane to those folks that
develop GIS systems, the piece that is exciting for us, is
that the desire came from the web mapping interface users who
specifically asked for these types of layers, and the fact
that they wouldn't have come to this conclusion if not for the
GIS systems existence in the first place.</li>
<li>We're also building out toolsets for importing most of out
OGS datasets into an AutoCAD session, while we've done this
for a number of years in the past, we're now able to read the
data into AutoCAD as native AutoCAD features, including
AutoCivil Objects, which we've recently moved some of our key
desighers to using.</li>
</ul>
<li>GeoMoose has seen Version 2.2 out the door and a bunch of
little improvements and enhancements to come in the near future.</li>
<ul>
<li>User based it steadily increasing.</li>
<li>Mail list is seeing steady and growing activity <a
href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=geomoose-users">http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=geomoose-users</a><br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Finally (for tonight) I'm involved with a service project
called the proximity finder, that does what it sounds like, it
looks for things closest to a point of interest, as well as
inside of a boundary. This should be available for feedback
before GIS/LIS as the first prototype has jbeen recently
reviewed by the MetroGIS workgroup.</li>
<ul>
<li>It will also have an integration with the MetroGIS GeoCoder
to show closest features to a geocoded location like a Address
or Landmark.</li>
<li>Checking to see if link can be published.<br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Ok, I'm tired of typing . . . :c)<br>
<br>
later<br>
<br>
bobb<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 9/1/2010 4:08 PM, Fawcett, David (MPCA) wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Thanks to the few of you who had comments.
Really, none of the rest of you want to brag about or promote your OSGEO project?!
Come on, any new features, optimizations, data formats, case studies, etc.?
David.
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From: Fawcett, David (MPCA)
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:54 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: New and Noteworthy in OS Geospatial?
I am working on a presentation focused on, "What's New and Cool in OpenSource Geospatial" for a group of GIS professionals. This group is most familiar with the proprietary ESRI stack, but there is a growing awareness and interest in OpenSource.
My goal is to introduce people to cool projects or features, highlighting events and improvements from the past year. I am thinking of categories including software, databases, community, and open data.
I would greatly appreciate any ideas that people have on new or noteworthy developments in OpenSource geospatial. Think about new projects, new features, optimizations, events, use cases, etc.
Please feel free to email me off-list or just respond to this message.
Thank you very much,
David Fawcett
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