[Incubator] motion: wradlib application / community module
Kai Muehlbauer
kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de
Wed Feb 20 02:38:08 PST 2019
Hi there,
I think the page is finished from our side.
https://www.osgeo.org/projects/wradlib/
Cheers,
Kai
Am 14.02.19 um 08:41 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> Perfect adding you as a project author now; let someone on this list
> know when your draft is ready and we can publish.
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 23:33, Kai Muehlbauer <kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de
> <mailto:kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de>> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the pointers, Jody! I totally agree, that this osgeo
> community program would be an easier way to start with.
>
> I just flicked through your presentation and I really like to start with
> the creation of the project page. Since we already conform with osgeo in
> terms of LICENSE/CONTRIBUTING I should ask for the "project author"
> role. Just tested the login, works. My user name is "kmuehlbauer".
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Kai
>
> Am 14.02.19 um 08:01 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> > Thanks Kai, as indicated this osgeo community program does not
> require a
> > mentor and may be an easier way to get started at osgeo.
> >
> > There is some details on the website
> > <https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/> and in
> > presentations
> >
> <https://www.slideshare.net/jgarnett/open-source-practice-and-passion-at-osgeo>,
> > and we are happy to answer any questions.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 2:05 AM Kai Muehlbauer
> > <kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de <mailto:kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de>
> <mailto:kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de
> <mailto:kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de>>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > I'm Kai one of the wradlib developers and I'm referring to the
> recent
> > update on ticket:
> > https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1644
> >
> > and the reference on this list here:
> >
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2019-February/003773.html
> >
> > Much has happened in the recent 3 years. For sure, you'll
> notice that we
> > made the step over release wradlib 1.0.
> > https://wradlib.org/2018/04/wradlib_release_1_0_0/ to the current
> > wradlib is at version 1.2.
> >
> > The user base is growing as the questions on the wradlib-users
> list
> > indicate.
> >
> > So, yes we are happy to discuss osgeo community program as
> proposed in
> > the ticket comment.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Kai
> >
> > Am 30.08.16 um 12:40 schrieb Maik Heistermann:
> > > Dear colleagues,
> > >
> > > I am Maik, one of the wradlib developers. I certainly do not
> want to
> > > interfer with your internal discussion. I just noticed Bruce
> > Bannerman's
> > > message, and I would like to briefly respond in order to
> maybe clarify
> > > one or two issues.
> > >
> > > First of all, thank you very much for considering this request,
> > and also
> > > for sharing your concerns.
> > >
> > > However, the ideas outlined in the mentioned GRASS wiki
> article [1]
> > > relate to the analysis of SAR images (airborne or spaceborn)
> which are
> > > concerned with the radar-based exploration of the earth surface.
> > > wradlib, in contrast, is concerned with the analysis of
> weather radar
> > > observations for exploring atmosperic properties (mostly
> rainfall)
> > in 2
> > > or 3 dimensions. The underlying analytical framework differs
> in wide
> > > parts as we need to understand the propagation of the radar beam
> > and its
> > > interaction with the atmosphere. The target variables (e.g.
> > > precipitation intensity, wind speed, state of matter)
> > fundamentally differ.
> > >
> > > I fully agree to avoid re-inventing the wheel. wradlib was
> in fact
> > > motivated by that very ambition. To my knowledge, it was the
> first
> > > published Open Source effort to this end. Meanwhile, other
> Open Source
> > > packages ([2], [3]) have been published, and we are closely
> > cooperating
> > > with these projects in order to enhance inter-operability and
> > > harmonisation [4].
> > >
> > > Still, wradlib tries to build on existing packages as good as
> > possible,
> > > so we make in fact heavy usage of gdal for georeferencing
> and raster
> > > processing, but also of e.g. numpy, scipy, netcdf4 and h5py.
> > >
> > > I hope this response helps to better understand the
> rationale behind
> > > wradlib. Again, I would like to thank you for taking the time to
> > > scrutinize our request to become an OSGeo community project.
> I am
> > > looking forward to your decision.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Maik
> > >
> > > [1] https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Radar_data_processing
> > > [2] http://arm-doe.github.io/pyart/
> > > [3] http://git.baltrad.eu/
> > > [4] http://openradar.github.io/
> > >
> > >
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> --
> Kai Muehlbauer
> Institute for Geosciences and Meteorology University of Bonn
> Auf dem Huegel 20 | +49 228 739083
> D-53121 Bonn | kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de
> <mailto:kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de>
>
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Kai Muehlbauer
Institute for Geosciences and Meteorology University of Bonn
Auf dem Huegel 20 | +49 228 739083
D-53121 Bonn | kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de
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