[Live-demo] [eoxserver-dev] EOxServer - an Open Source WMS/WCS for Earth Observations & OSGeo-Live
Angelos Tzotsos
gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com
Sun May 27 14:43:16 PDT 2012
I agree that Geonode would be a valuable addition to osgeo live. Is
there a plan to merge custom Geoserver code to the mainstream version?
Perhaps then it would be easier to include it in the disk.
On 05/27/2012 09:48 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> Along that same tangent is Geonode, which I haven't been pushing for
> osgeo live yet because of some dependency issues (requires a custom
> geoserver not the stock one).
>
> That's:
> Geoext
> Django
> Geoserver
> Geonetwork/Pycsw
> Postgis
>
> It's primary goal is to let users upload data sets, fill out minimal
> metadata, then allow it all to be remixed in web maps and shared out via
> WMS, WFS, Tiles, etc.
>
> Geonode comes in large part from work by OpenGeo and some collaborators.
> Will be interesting seeing how all these play out.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
> On 05/26/2012 06:14 AM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Stephan,
>>
>> I would suggest having a look at pycsw [1], that could be integrated in
>> your django application and offer CSW (INSPIRE compliant) service.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>> [1] http://pycsw.org/
>>
>>
>> On 05/26/2012 03:41 PM, Stephan Meißl wrote:
>>> Cameron,
>>>
>>> up to now I was not aware of SISS as such although I heard of all the
>>> individual projects. One could say that the idea of EOxServer originates
>>> from the C tribe where we're involved in MapServer for example
>>> responsible for the WCS 2.0 implementation. On the other side the idea
>>> was to have a lightweight metadata handling layer by using Python and
>>> Django as framework. Thus the main software stack behind EOxServer is
>>> build of Django, MapServer, GDAL, and SpatiaLite or PostGIS somehow
>>> similar to SISS but using different software.
>>>
>>> One difference that I see is that we don't have a catalog as such but
>>> rather use metadata in WCS and WMS directly via the EO extensions.
>>>
>>> I heard about HollowWorld and FullMoon in the frame of my OGC work when
>>> it comes to data modeling e.g. in the specification of a new standard.
>>> However, I've never used them but would be interested to better
>>> understand them.
>>>
>>> In summary EOxServer is strongly focused on EO data (e.g. EO metadata is
>>> mandatory) and the server side of OGC 's WMS and WCS. As far as I
>>> understand both SISS and EOxServer have their specialized areas and
>>> strengths and could benefit from each other.
>>>
>>> cu
>>> Stephan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 09:00 +1000, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>> Some of the people involved in Australian/New Zealand Earth Observations
>>>> (Andrew, RobA, Bruce, Jim, RobertG, David),
>>>>
>>>> As per below, Stephan has proposed that EOxServer be included in the
>>>> OSGeo-Live DVD distribution, which will provide valuable marketing reach
>>>> for EOxServer. I'm forwarding this on to each of you as I'm interested
>>>> to understand whether the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and
>>>> CSIRO are aware of EOxServer. Have you considered using EOxServer?
>>>> What have been your conclusions about such considerations?
>>>> How does EOxServer compare against the SISS stack?
>>>>
>>>> Stephan,
>>>> Note that BOM/CSIRO have been investing heavily in what they are calling
>>>> the "Spatial Information Services Stack" (SISS), which consists of:
>>>> PostGIS
>>>> GeoServer
>>>> GeoNetwork
>>>> THREDDS
>>>> HollowWorld
>>>> FullMoon
>>>> https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/wiki/Siss/SpatialInformationServicesStackHandbook
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stephan,
>>>> I'm interested to know whether participants in the EOxServer have been
>>>> in touch with programs working on the SISS stack?
>>>> Are there any areas for collaboration?
>>>> What are the benefits of EOxServer over SISS?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 26/05/2012 1:21 AM, Stephan Meißl wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 21:27 +1000, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>>> We are starting to build the 6.0 OSGeo-Live DVD which will be released
>>>>>> in September 2012, ready for FOSS4G 2012 as well as many other spatial
>>>>>> conferences. This upcoming version will be built upon the stable
>>>>>> Xubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release. Documentation will be
>>>>>> translated into eight languages, now also including Chinese and
>>>>>> Catalan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any new applications?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We would like to hear from anyone wishing to add new projects to
>>>>>> OSGeo-Live, anyone wishing to extend or add extra translations, or
>>>>>> anyone who has ideas on how we should shape the upcoming release.
>>>>>> ...
>>>>> Hi Cameron,
>>>>>
>>>>> we'd like to propose the inclusion of the EOxServer [1] project in
>>>>> OSGeo-Live. Three weeks ago we released our version 0.2.0 and even
>>>>> though it has a rather low version number we think it would add some
>>>>> value to OSGeo-Live. However, as this is a proposal and we're surely
>>>>> not
>>>>> aware of all policies we fully understand different opinions. It would
>>>>> be great to hear your advice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are the details about EOxServer following the wiki at [2]:
>>>>>
>>>>> Name: EOxServer
>>>>> URL: http://eoxserver.org
>>>>> License: MIT
>>>>> Description and value added:
>>>>>
>>>>> EOxServer's mission is to provide an Open Source software framework to
>>>>> ease the online provision of big Earth Observation data archives via
>>>>> Open Standard services for efficient exploitation by users.
>>>>> * Open Source: MIT-style license
>>>>> * software framework: Entirely based on Open Source (Python,
>>>>> MapServer, Django, GDAL, etc.)
>>>>> * ease online provision: Admin GUI and command line data
>>>>> registration
>>>>> * big Earth Observation data archives: Operators register
>>>>> existing
>>>>> raster data archives
>>>>> * Open Standard services: Open in the sense of freely
>>>>> available;
>>>>> Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC); WMS, WCS, EO-WMS, EO-WCS
>>>>> * efficient exploitation by users: User defined sub-setting;
>>>>> view
>>>>> and download
>>>>>
>>>>> OGC standards: WMS, WCS, EO-WMS, EO-WCS, WCS-T; All versions are
>>>>> supported that are supported in MapServer. However, focus is on WCS 2.0
>>>>> and WMS 1.3 and their respective Earth Observation (EO) application
>>>>> profiles.
>>>>>
>>>>> Language: Python and a small bit C
>>>>>
>>>>> Version: 0.2.0 (maybe 0.2.1 if we need to change something for example
>>>>> the packaging)
>>>>>
>>>>> Risk adverse organisations: EOxServer has been partly funded by the
>>>>> European Space Agency (ESA) which is currently evaluating the
>>>>> operational use. Also some European Commission supported projects are
>>>>> evaluating the usage of EOxServer.
>>>>>
>>>>> User community: There is a user mailing list [3] but not yet much
>>>>> traffic. According to the Python package index [4] there have been 96
>>>>> downloads in the last three weeks and according to the website
>>>>> statistics for eoxserver.org there have been around 3400 unique
>>>>> visitors
>>>>> with about 7800 visits in 2012.
>>>>>
>>>>> Developer community: Again we have a mailing list [3] with a bit more
>>>>> traffic and nine committers. Please see ohloh [5] for more statistics.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stable release: Our latest stable release is 0.2.0.
>>>>>
>>>>> Testing: We make extensive usage of Python's and Django's unit test
>>>>> framework and have about 900 tests included in our autotest instance.
>>>>> Additionally there are some selenium based tests of the web client and
>>>>> admin gui.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mature code: Again please see ohloh [5] for these statistics.
>>>>>
>>>>> User interface: In EOxServer we distinct between two user roles:
>>>>> operators and users. Operators can register data and control the server
>>>>> via the command line and the Django provided admin gui. Users can
>>>>> explore the available data via a simple web client based on OpenLayers
>>>>> and jQuery.
>>>>>
>>>>> Presentation at FOSS4G: There have been talks at the German speaking
>>>>> FOSSGIS and the recent FOSS4G-CEE conference. Please see the EOxServer
>>>>> documentation [6] for a list of presentations.
>>>>>
>>>>> Volunteers for liaising: Stephan Meissl and Stephan Krause
>>>>>
>>>>> Application installation: Since EOxServer is a Python application the
>>>>> recommended way of installation is using pip. However, since we're
>>>>> using
>>>>> setuptools we can easily provide .deb packages if needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> 512 Meg of RAM: Yes, EOxServer can be run in 512MB of memory. However,
>>>>> the image rendering will be limited to the capabilities of MapServer
>>>>> and
>>>>> GDAL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Disk space: The current base package extracts to 22MB but includes 15MB
>>>>> of documentation. Our autotest package which we'd propose for a
>>>>> demonstration (see below) extracts to 130MB but 90MB of this are
>>>>> expected results for the tests which can be safely ignored. If needed I
>>>>> believe we can shrink the test data to under 10MB to still provide a
>>>>> meaningful demonstration. Usually we also copy the OGC schemas to speed
>>>>> up XML validation but this might not be necessary here. The packages
>>>>> are
>>>>> available here [7].
>>>>>
>>>>> Other dataset: We have to explore the already included demonstration
>>>>> data but at a first glance we think we need to include some EO data in
>>>>> order to show off the capabilities of EOxServer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Project Overview and Quickstart: Will of course be produced and
>>>>> provided.
>>>>>
>>>>> Windows and/or Mac installers: Not needed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your consideration,
>>>>> Stephan on behalf of the EOxServer Team
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] http://eoxserver.org
>>>>> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply
>>>>> [3] http://eoxserver.org/doc/en/users/mailing_lists.html
>>>>> [4] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/EOxServer/
>>>>> [5] https://www.ohloh.net/p/eoxserver/
>>>>> [6] http://eoxserver.org/doc_trunk/en/users/presentations.html
>>>>> [7] http://eoxserver.org/wiki/Download
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
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