Re: [Geotools-devel] Geotools, Geoserver and Coverages' future.

[Adit S. <ad...@ma...>]

Maybe next week will be better. I will have some time to hack into =
GeoServer
as well :~))

Adit.



-----Original Message-----
From: Simone Giannecchini [mailto:sim...@gm...]=20
Sent: 27 July 2006 17:08
To: Adit Santokhee
Cc: Bryce L Nordgren; ale...@gm...; Geoserver-devel;
geo...@li...
Subject: Re: [Geotools-devel] Geotools, Geoserver and Coverages' future.

Well, I am UTC+2, tomorrow I am going to be availaible between 1200UTC
and 16:30 UTC, otherwise we can reschedule for next week during
official meeting time.

SImone.

On 7/27/06, Adit Santokhee <ad...@ma...> wrote:
> Hello Simone,
>
> This is a very idea. However, this is my first participation.
>
> So could we agree on a time plz.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adit
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simone Giannecchini [mailto:sim...@gm...]
> Sent: 27 July 2006 16:55
> To: Adit Santokhee
> Cc: Bryce L Nordgren; ale...@gm...; Geoserver-devel;
> geo...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Geotools-devel] Geotools, Geoserver and Coverages' =
future.
>
> Ciao Adit,
> would you be able to do an informat IRC tomorrow afternoon (our time
> zones are very close to each other) on the geoserver channel?
>
> That would cut help the discussion even because some people (like me)
> are somehow slow to answer emails. Whoever is interested might show up
> and provide commets, afterwards we might post the logs to the lsit and
> see what happens.
>
>
> Simone.
>
> PS
> The channel is irc://irc.freenode.org/geoserver
>
>
>
> On 7/27/06, Adit Santokhee <ad...@ma...> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > We developed a Web Service application called GADS:
> >
> > http://www.resc.rdg.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Resc/GridAccessDataService
> >
> > It basically provides a simple interface for downloading gridded
> geospatial
> > data. However, GADS does not depend on any specification, hence the =
plan
> to
> > make it WCS compliant.
> >
> > In certain respects, the requests format will be similar to those
provided
> > by the TPAC/NDG project, which extends the spec slightly for full =
four-d
> > subsetting across arbitrary dimensions:
> >
> > http://glue.badc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/TPAC/WCS
> >
> >
> > However, we wish to augment the spec to make provision for =
downloading
> large
> > (several hundreds MB) data asynchronously.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Adit
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bryce L Nordgren [mailto:bno...@fs...]
> > Sent: 27 July 2006 16:10
> > To: Adit Santokhee
> > Cc: ale...@gm...; 'Geoserver-devel';
> > geo...@li...; 'Simone Giannecchini'
> > Subject: Re: [Geotools-devel] Geotools, Geoserver and Coverages' =
future.
> >
> >
> >
> > geo...@li... wrote on 07/27/2006
08:42:27
> > AM:
> >
> > >
> > > However it does deviate from what "your" objectives are. But do =
you
> think
> > > this is a viable possibility.
> > >
> >
> > I think your approach differs substantially from our approach in
> > implementation details.  However, I think we both need a common
interface,
> > especially if we're both going to be hacking Geoserver.  Hence, I =
think
> > there's significant opportunity for collaboration.  Another =
potential
> > collaborator who has not yet been mentioned is Rob Atkinson.  I =
believe
> > he's barking up this tree with the UK Met office right about now.
> >
> > Interface questions:
> > + what is the syntax to request a 2D slice of 4D data?
> > + how will 4D extent be specified?
> > + is there a spec for time strings coming from a WCS?
> > + what is the behavior if a vertical slice is requested?
> >
> > I think it even makes sense to use a "quick/short-term" solution to
flesh
> > out the required interface while the long term solution is under
> > development.
> >
> > So, yeah, I think it's viable. :)
> >
> > Bryce
> >
> >
> >
>
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