[GRASS-dev] dead links in references for GRASS LiDAR processing

[Michael Barton]

On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org>
 wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu> wrote:
> The first two of the links for references on the GRASS LiDAR tools are dead links.
> 
> http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR
>  
> Can the relevant documents be found and put onto the GRASS server where they 
> can be archived and maintained?
> 
> It depends - if they have the proper license.

Hopefully the original authors can respond to this.

>  
> The third link is still live, but slow. Perhaps it would be good to also archive that PDF where it is more easily accessible.
> 
> Michael
> References:
> 
> Detailed description: here (FOSS4G 2006)  [DEAD LINK]
> --> which title?

Again, the original authors need to respond here

>  
> Summarised version: here (2010) [DEAD LINK]
> 
> found with google:
> http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/remote_sensing/LiDAR.pdf

Good. But how stable is the link? I worry about references that are not at stable locales. If the license permits, it seems better to put it on our own site so it doesn't disappear, don't you think?

>  
> Calibration of the filtering parameters (around 20 parameters) by integrating the USGS UCODE and GRASS, see here  [LIVE BUT SLOW LINK]
> 
> so nothing to do.
> 
> I have update the one link and also the titles in the Wiki page.

Thanks. I guess we need to hear back from the authors.

Michael

> 
> Markus 

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