[sr.org] SHAPEFILE PROJECTIONFINDER
Julien Moquet
moquet.julien at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 10:04:48 PDT 2016
Agree.
Let's start the github with Luis first, ans what will the next step.
Julien.
Le 30 août 2016 10:28, "manfred at egger-gis.at" <manfred at egger-gis.at> a
écrit :
> ... how long is your request to epsg.io ago? I talked with Petr in Bonn
> and he said they have big troubles to keep their database updated daily
> (they are not paid). They use their epsg.io mainly for their customers
> and by the side everyone can use it, if they want.
> I feel they have not time and money to maintain a free open source Service
> additional to their job?
>
> So we need first a decision by OSGeo to promote a stable service like
> Aarons with a database for all developers, before wie begin to set up a
> database or collect data in github?
>
> It must not be epsg.io, but i think they have a good idea searching
> projection for each country, which is similar to Aarons idea.
>
> I hope you know what i mean?
>
> Manfred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Julien Moquet" <moquet.julien at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 5:31pm
> To: spatialreference.org at lists.osgeo.org, manfred at egger-gis.at
> Subject: Re: [sr.org] SHAPEFILE PROJECTIONFINDER
>
> Hi manfred (and others),
>
> That's a good starting point !
>
> But indeed, epsg.io do not answer my change request on their site, about a
> projection that seems to be incorrect for @bbrala on proj4. May be I need
> to wait a little more, or create a pull request.
>
> Their spatial reference is the same data as proj4, a big file with any
> defs.
> I don't really like it, that why I propose on the main discussion list to
> start a git for that.
> What do you think of it ?
>
>
>
> Regards,
> julien2512
>
>
>
>
> 2016-08-28 21:00 GMT+02:00 <spatialreference.org-request at lists.osgeo.org>:
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> > 1. SHAPEFILE PROJECTIONFINDER (manfred at egger-gis.at)
> > 2. Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no
> > projection information automatically (manfred at egger-gis.at)
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> > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 00:27:04 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: "manfred at egger-gis.at" <manfred at egger-gis.at>
> > To: spatialreference.org at lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: [sr.org] SHAPEFILE PROJECTIONFINDER
> > Message-ID: <1472358424.98151439 at webmail.jimdo.com>
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> > Hello,
> >
> > In Bonn i talked with Venkatesh Raghavan of OSGeo. He also recommended me
> > to join the OSGeo mailing list to discuss about a stable server including
> > Aarons Service with all epsg codes and esri and community defs of your
> > website. You will get a mail in the next days about this topic. Maybe
> > epsg.io would be a good platform for such a "global" solution. I talked
> > with them in Bonn too.
> >
> >
> > About your last question (Windwos-GIU). This tool on my website is only a
> > prototype to show people a sample how people can find and define unknown
> > projection of geo data fast. So there can be later other solutions as
> > QGIS-Plugin, ArcGis-Toolbox, mobile, Web, ... I should not use the
> > testservice of Aaaran...
> >
> >
> > So please wait some days...
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Manfred Egger
> >
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> > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:32:02 +0200
> > From: Julien Moquet <moquet.julien at gmail.com>
> > To: spatialreference.org at lists.osgeo.org
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> > Yes, epsg.io seems to use a reverse projection query like aaronr's (the
> > change function on the map uses distance as an accuracy for each
> > projection).
> > It could be interesting to find how they do inside their code :
> > https://github.com/klokantech/epsg.io
> > I think it is stable, but you should ask them before stepping your plan !
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I will not be in Bonn that year, I heard of it too late, and
> without
> > a big project to tell everybody of !
> >
> > Indeed, your project is a good idea, and I am interested in
> freewebservices
> > over the internet.
> > May you ask osgeo mailing list already ? Many others might share the same
> > bet as you.
> >
> >
> >
> > A last question : why are you making windows guis ? It will not work on
> > mobile devices nor other OS, and far away your very good proposal of free
> > webservices !
> >
> > Regards,
> > Julien.
> >
> > 2016-08-22 21:00 GMT+02:00 <spatialreference.org-request at lists.osgeo.org
> >:
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:22:26 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From: "manfred at egger-gis.at" <manfred at egger-gis.at>
> > > To: spatialreference.org at lists.osgeo.org
> > > Subject: Re: [sr.org] spatialreference.org Digest, Vol 3, Issue 3
> > > Message-ID: <1471810946.701431085 at webmail.jimdo.com>
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> > >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > Sorry i saw your response to late, so forget my Email some minutes ago.
> > >
> > > So it is possible to search all possible projections of a country like
> in
> > > https://epsg.io? Maybe this is the reason why people use epsg.io ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe you know this Test-Api:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/aaronr/api.projfinder.com
> > >
> > > I used the testservice of Aaron Racicot to develop a tool called
> > > "Shapefile ProjectionFinder".
> > >
> > > At FOSS4G 2016 in Bonn (Germany) i will make a poster presentation
> about
> > > this tool.
> > >
> > > Maybe you have time to look on my website and tell me what you thing
> > about
> > > this tool and the idea to install the testservice of Aaron Racicot on a
> > > stable server.
> > >
> > > http://www.egger-gis.at/shapefile-projectionfinder/
> > >
> > > Are you in Bonn? I am there on 25th of August.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Manfred Egger
> > >
> > > Alois-Schrott-Str. 34
> > > 6020 Innsbruck
> > > Austria
> > >
> > > Web: http://egger-gis.at
> > >
> > >
> > > Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 01:24:08 +0200
> > > From: Julien Moquet <moquet.julien at gmail.com>
> > > To: spatialreference.org at lists.osgeo.org
> > > Subject: Re: [sr.org] Update 2013
> > > Message-ID:
> > > <CANigTqVT+ZYRyPN7TqFP4ohj=6Qjr-5SBZmokY+sfWWqwRrWVg at mail.
> > > gmail.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > >
> > > Hi Manfred,
> > >
> > > May be https://epsg.io kills spatialreference ?
> > >
> > > It offers nearby the same options, although without esri and community
> > > defs.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Julien2512
> > >
> > >
> > > Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:12:30 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From: "manfred at egger-gis.at" <manfred at egger-gis.at>
> > > To: spatialreference.org at lists.osgeo.org
> > > Subject: [sr.org] Update 2013
> > > Message-ID: <1471252350.40445850 at webmail.jimdo.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > was the last update of epsg-codes on http://spatialrefrence.org in the
> > > year
> > > 2013?
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Manfred Egger
> > >
> > > Alois-Schrott-Str. 34
> > > 6020 Innsbruck
> > > Austria
> > >
> > > Web: http://egger-gis.at
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> > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:16:32 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: "manfred at egger-gis.at" <manfred at egger-gis.at>
> > To: "Aaron Racicot" <aaronr at z-pulley.com>, petr.pridal at klokantech.com,
> > spatialreference.org at lists.osgeo.org
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> > with no projection information automatically
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> > Best regards!
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "manfred at egger-gis.at" <manfred at egger-gis.at>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 12:05pm
> > To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no
> > projection information automatically
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > At FOSS4G 2016 in Bonn i talked with Venkatesh Raghavan about my poster
> > presentation "SHAPEFILE PROJECTIONFINDER". URL to poster:
> > http://www.egger-gis.at/app/download/13175253496/POSTER_
> > EGGER_FOSS4G.pdf?t=1469787116
> >
> > He recommended to start a discussion in this mailing list about the topic
> > mentioned in the mail subject.
> >
> > I also talked in Bonn with Petr Pridal about http://epsg.io. Some days
> > before Bonn i wrote emails to Aaaron Racicot and the mailing list of
> > http://spatialrefrence.org.
> >
> > Please read first carefully on my website, what i plan to do:
> >
> > http://www.egger-gis.at/shapefile-projectionfinder/
> >
> > There are two problems to solve before tools like SHAPEFILE
> > PROJECTIONFINDER can be developed as a sustainable solution:
> >
> > 1. Until today there is no stable free service running like
> > www.projfinder.com by Aaron Racicot, which can be used by all
> developers.
> >
> > 2. Until today there is no open source database which includes all
> > coordinate system with epsg-code and additionally user and esri definded
> > grids.
> >
> > There are open source solutions like:
> >
> > - spatialrefrence.org
> > - epsg.io
> >
> > But in the detail both solutions have problems to update their database
> > with low costs.
> >
> > Maybe OSGeo can promote a stable service with load balancing on the base
> > of an existing solution like epsg.io including Aarons idea?
> >
> > Maybe organisation like UN, a university or EU (INTERREG) are possible
> > project partners/sponsors for such a solution?
> >
> > The goal is: Tools like SHAPEFILE PROJECTIONFINDER, a Q-GIS-Plugin or a
> > mobile application can use a stable free gis-service updated daily and
> help
> > gis users to solve projection troubles faster. I think gis users working
> > not everyday with gis will be happy about this solutions?
> >
> > What do you think about my idea?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Manfred Egger
> >
> > Alois-Schrott-Str. 34
> > 6020 Innsbruck
> > Austria
> >
> > Web: http://egger-gis.at
> >
> >
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