[Fundraising] US Army Core of Engineers Project Funding - OSGeo Binary Builds

[Dave McIlhagga]

Note "J. Schlagel" as one of the contacts - Joel is the leading 
MapServer proponent within the US Army Corps of Engineers.

I'll give him a call as I owe him a follow-up in any case.

Dave


Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> An acquaintance has suggested to me that that OSGeo might be able to
> solicit funding for a project to prepare certified OSGeo software builds
> from the US Army Core of Engineers.  The following document lists a variety
> of US ACE labs, and their focus activities for possible funding.
> 
>   http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/FY2006BAA1.pdf
> 
> While much of this is esoteric and/or very researchy, it seems like
> CRREL-62 might be one we could apply for funding against.
> 
> Quoting:
> 
> """
>     GIS Technologies for Environmental and Geological Applications 
> (CRREL-62)
> 
> F. Geophysical Information Systems (GIS) are developed for basic and
> applied research in the geological and environmental sciences. GIS
> technologies are also applied to investigation and analysis of 
> environmental,
> engineering and other problems in cold regions environments.  GIS programs
> are written to interface with custom and commercial software, particularly
> three-and four-dimensional models that utilize spatial databases 
> accessed by
> GIS's. Custom WEBB interfaces are developed for remote GIS and spatial
> database access. WEBB and GIS technologies are developed for real-time 
> remote
> data acquisition and near real-time model analyses for application to
> research, engineering and environmental problems. (Contacts: Dr. D. Lawson,
>  603-646-4344; and Mr. J. Schlagel, 603-646-4387)
> """
> 
> I've cc:ed Mark since the contact was partly a spinoff of his recent paper.
> Also, it was suggested someone with DOD contracting experience might be
> useful in preparing a proposal.
> 
> I'm not clear on what levels of funding might be available from such a
> program.  The board has been using a guess that $50K US would allow us to
> get a good start on such a project.   I would add that pre-prepared binary
> builds was also something that Arnulf thought he might be able to find
> some funding for in Germany, and I think it was once raised as a 
> possibility
> that this might be the sort of thing that NRCan might provide some funding
> for.
> 
> While this is all outside the main sponsorship program, I think this could
> be a good specific high leverage project we could try and solicit financial
> support for.
> 
> Best regards,