[GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups

Sampson, David dsampson at NRCan.gc.ca
Tue Feb 5 08:27:17 EST 2008


I saw this a while ago and was impressed to see something like it.

I am currently learning some XML and following an RSS application
tutorial that uses python to build an Aggregator for RSS.

I was thinking that maybe changing it to a GEORSS feed agregator and
finding a way to plot points of an RSS in GRASS might be a cool little
application. This would have great use in larger safety applications
plotting 911 calls as an RSS, or reporting missing people (such as S and
R).

There is also interest in an APRS application extension. Xastir is
program for receiving and plotting APRS(tm) position packets
(http://www.xastir.org/). My team will be developing communications
means and would like to track assets in the field using APRS. A script
to listen to, capture and manage APRS will be on the wish list in the
future.

GEM looks like it can help us scipters prove some concepts.


Cheers

-----Original Message-----
From: Hamish [mailto:hamish_b at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 03:42
To: Sampson, David; russo at bogodyn.org
Cc: grass-user at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups

David wrote:
> I would like to see a SAR drop down menu option in GRASS at some point

> with a bunch of scripts (Python for me) that could automate some 
> common tasks all base don a last known loaction point.

The GRASS Extensions Manager (GEM) can be used to add a group of
like-minded custom modules to an installation of GRASS, including adding
a new menu section in the GUI:

  http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/gem/index.html


Hamish



 
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