[Foss4g2009] Updating Abstracts etc.

Sun Aug 2 08:03:27 EDT 2009

I was about to to say the same, i.e not opening the Django bases system
again. Therefore: +1

Cheers,
  Volker

Harley Prowse wrote:
> 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,
> 
> I am awaiting some response and follow-up for
> my request below.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Venka
> 
> Venka wrote:
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> Dear All,
> 
> 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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