[Foss4g2009] Re: Updating Abstracts etc.

Sun Aug 2 06:49:50 EDT 2009

Harley,
I'm happy with your suggestion below, if you think you can manage it.

I suggest that we go through the following steps:
1. Send an announcement to abstract authors notifying that they can 
update their abstracts, and the process for doing so. Specify the 
guidelines for what is, and is not acceptable in the updates. (Please 
copy the text into the Press Release wiki, where we have been collecting 
our communication).
2. You possibly might first ask how many people want to update their 
abstract. If there is only one or 2, you may decide to handle it 
differently than if there are many.
3. Specify a short window for the abstract updates.
4. Accept the updates.

Harley Prowse wrote:
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> I’ve been sending changes to Shoaib as well.  So he will likely have a 
> few to do when he gets some free time.  Simon, I will forward these 
> onto you as well.  I have been keeping Django up to date with these 
> changes in case we do decide to do a mass update from the source at 
> some stage in the future, although, see my thoughts on that below...
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> I don’t think we should we manage the updates via the Django site.  I 
> think that is going to be hard to keep track of changes and may open 
> us up to significant abstract changes from what was selected etc.
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> Thus, with some help from Simon and Shoaib, I am happy to co-ordinate 
> changes to the abstracts.  So far, I have just been dealing with 
> Author clarifications and bio updates.  I also think that we should 
> only allow people a very short window in which to send me updated 
> abstracts, perhaps 1-2 weeks.  I don’t think that there will be too 
> many, based on the fact that we have so far had only one abstract 
> update request.
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> *From:* foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *mapbutcher
> *Sent:* 2 August 2009 11:46 a.m.
> *To:* Cameron Shorter
> *Cc:* foss4g2009
> *Subject:* Re: [Foss4g2009] Errata - Presentation Bios
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> I'll make the change today - however iI've limited time to react to 
> these requests on an ad-hoc basis so opening a window might be useful.
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> Apologies  - with Shoaib off shore and mental life at the moment I've 
> been allowing updates to mount up till i get some free time.
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> Simon
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> 2009/8/2 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com 
> <mailto:cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com>>
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> Volker,
> What process do you suggest we follow to allow people to change their 
> abstracts and bios?
> Is this something you would be able to facilitate?
>
> Ideally, I'd like to open up the abstract software for 3 weeks or so, 
> allow people to change their abstracts, then at the end do a bulk 
> update to the website.
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> Venka wrote:
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> Dear All,
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> I am awaiting some response and follow-up for
> my request below.
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> Thanks in advance.
>
> Venka
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> Venka wrote:
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> Dear All,
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> Could you kindly make changes our abstract submission
> http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/#presentation_155
> as below to;
>
> There is no change in the abstract. only in the presenters and bio.
>
> Sorry for the trouble and thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards
>
> Venka
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Open Web Processing Services for Improving Accuracy of GPS tracks using
> Filtering and Map-Matching
>
> Abstract: This paper presents open geo-processing services to support
> co-registering the vehicle GPS traces with road network, based on open
> GIS standards and open source geospatial software. An integrated approach
> is proposed to glue open source geospatial software to provide Web 
> Services
> for enhancement of GPS tracks. Map matching algorithms for vehicle 
> tracking
> data are implemented using the PyWPS interface. Track-logs are stored 
> in the
> PostgreSQL/PostGIS enabling handling of large volume data of road network
> and the Openlayers client is used to visualize the processing results. 
> As a part
> of the core processes of map matching in PyWPS, specific filters of 
> GPS tracks,
> related to vehicle motion characteristics, are first applied to 
> produce high quality
> vehicle trajectories. Secondly, advanced curve-to-curve distance 
> measurement
> algorithms - Hausdorff distance and Frechet distance are implemented 
> in Python
> to perform map matching of road network. The system has been tested 
> under dense
> urban road network conditions in Osaka City in Japan. The results of 
> the experiments
> suggest that the Web Services are effective for retrieval of the paths 
> from urban street
> network and accurate matching of tracking data form low-cost GPS 
> tracking devices.
> The services implemented as a part of this research will be not only 
> useful for vehicle
> tracking but also for automated update of road network and in 
> improving quality of
> community driven geo-data collection initiatives such as the Open 
> Street Map.
>
> Presenters: Xianfeng Song, Venkatesh Raghavan and Daisuke Yoshida
>
> Biography:
>
> Xianfeng Song research interest is Geo-Processing Workflow and their
> applications in infrastructure management and environment modeling. His
> current research include (1) Optimizing geospatial Web services chain
> based on QoS (2) SWAT model for hydrology simulation and sediment yield
> estimation (3)Map-Matching and LBS Services. He is presently Associate
> Professor at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
> He is an active member of the OSGeo-China Chapter.
>
> Venkatesh Raghavan (Venka) has been involved in OSGeo since its
> inception. He was one of the Directors in the first OSGeo Board and is
> currently a Charter Member. He is deeply involved in OSGeo Local
> Chapters in Asia. Presently based in Japan as Professor of
> Geoinformatics at Osaka City University. His research interest
> include distributed geoprocessing, Sensor Net and Remote Sensing
> for change detection.
>
> Daisuke Yoshida is a doctoral student at the Graduate School of
> Creative Cities, Osaka City University and works at the Faculty of
> Liberal Arts, Tezukayama Gakuin University as a lecturer. He has
> participated on a Japanese volunteer program, JICA in the Philippines to
> provide technical assistance for implementing SDI prototype using
> FOSS4G tools. His research interests are Web-GIS development, LBS,
> Real-time GPS, Mobile GIS and digital archives. He has also been a
> FOSS4G trainer at several international workshops. He is board member
> OSGeo-Japan Chapter and organizer for FOSS4G-Osaka annual events.
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