[Incubator] motion: wradlib application / community module
Jody Garnett
jody.garnett at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 16:17:28 PST 2019
Quick aside - the project currently lists you
<https://www.osgeo.org/member/muehlbauer/> as being involved, can you add a
profile picture (so the public can associate a real person with the
project).
Thanks!
--
Jody Garnett
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 at 16:15, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice, it looked to be already published:
>
>
> My own notes on https://www.osgeo.org/projects/wradlib/
> - Fun and cheerful logo :)
> - I changed the project type from "OSGeo Community" to "None" (we need to
> review the code and make a motion before OSGeo will recognize the project).
> If you like we can start that review that process now in a new email thread.
> - great website with extensive tutorial material
> - I found an image from your website to use as a screen snap (it really
> helps to show potential users *anything*)
> - Added developer links to source code and issue tracker
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:52 AM Kai Muehlbauer <kai.muehlbauer at uni-bonn.de>
> wrote:
>
>> 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 decisio
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=d+to+your+decisio&entry=gmail&source=g>n.
>> > > >
>> > > > 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>
>> >
>>
>> --
>> 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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