Talk:GRASS Community Sprint Prague 2011

Reports

Luca Delucchi

• creation of v.pack and v.unpack modules add upload in GRASS addons (please test it add bug report) r46388
• fix a bug on pyModis with Stefano Cavallari, the library that I'll use for r.modis [1]
• implement a new class in pyModis to parse XML files of MODIS products [2]
• create wiki page for my Google summer of code project r.modis

Martin Landa

• Mediawiki youtube extension - http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2011-May/060863.html
• nviz_cmd: remove double parameter & cosmetics in params description - r46349
• wx.psmap moved from addons to the main repo (author: Anna Kratochvilova) - r46356
• various minor changes in wxGUI - r46392

Vaclav Petras

• wxGUI menu customization - r46397
• wxGUI GSelect height customization - r46397

Markus Neteler

• Sponsor money management
• Nicer donations page, together with Stefano Cavallari who implemented the Paypal connector
• r.mask: catch user error - rr46372
• grass-addons/grass7/display/d.mon: fix missing Makefile - r46370
• Toolboxes assignment together with Helena Mitasova

Robert Szczepanek

• continued Polish translation

Milena Nowotarska

• continued Polish translation
• work on wxGUI menu improvements

Markus Metz

• r.mask: bug fixed for reclassed maps in 6.x - r46345, r46346
• LiDAR, LAS handling: creation of import modules [r|v].in.lidar for the ASPRS LiDAR LAS format
• GRASS 7 development
  • time series, together with Helena Mitasova and Sören Gebbert (project leader): design of a true temporal GIS
  • scalable vector topology, with Radim Blazek

Margherita Di Leo

• Scratch for r.stream GUI (GSoC Project) - Wx.stream_gsoc2011
• r.threshold: New module useful to find optimal threshold for stream extraction r46403

Andrea Antonello

• Generic OMS3/Java wrapper for GRASS modules for generic use in the java world.
• Complete description here, since I didn't want to spam with images.

Sören Gebbert

• Implementing time as new dimension into GRASS GIS to create a true temporal GIS, together with Helena Mitasova and Markus Metz
• Implemented direct access to GRASS GIS 7 libraries (libgis, libraster, libvect, libdb, ...) from the Java programming language in vtk-grass-bridge
• Discussion about new approaches in grid and cloud computing with GRASS GIS, leaded by Peter Loewe
• Designing a new test suite and test frame work for GRASS GIS, together with Anne Ghisla
• New approaches in web processing services and GRASS GIS, together with Paweł Netzel and Luca Delucchi

Paweł Netzel

• work on wxGUI menu improvements

Anne Ghisla

• Test Suite proposal together with Sören Gebbert
• Added datatype check in r.mask Python script (GRASS7) r46379, porting GRASS6 shell script r43672
• Google Summer of Code guidance for GRASS students and mentors who attended the sprint

Annalisa Minelli

• Testing r.viewshed module and study of its integration in other visibility tools with Markus Metz
• Bugfixing in v.mainchannel code with Markus Neteler
• Begun translation of r.broscoe.sh module in python language using r.stream.* suite - python implementation of Van der Waerden statistical test

Anna Kratochvilova

• Project plan for WxNviz GSoC 2011 was discussed with mentors (Martin Landa, Helena Mitasova)
• Fixing bugs in wxNviz

Helena Mitasova

• testing wxNviz status with Anna, setting priorities
• LiDAR, LAS format handling discussion with Markus Metz
• space time cube and voxel flowrouting capabilities with Markus Metz
• discussion about time series support with Soren Gebbert and Markus Metz
• toolbox organizatioon for r* commands with Markus Neteler
• r.mask and g3.region issues with Markus Neteler and Soeren Gebbert
• startup tutorials, wxGUI suggestions and testing options with Martin Landa

Press release

Please see http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/community_sprint_prague2011.html

Notes for the organizers

• Sponsors
  • √ Find and coordinate them

• √ (B367) Hackfest Room
  • √ Wifi or switch(es) - wifi is better, it's worth to have also switch with cables available for any case
  • √ power extension cables (1-2 plugs per participant)
  • √ video projector
  • √ Opportunity to prepare coffee or likewise (if possible)

• Video broadcasting
  • camera for streaming (maybe not needed)

• Accommodation
  • √ Reserve sufficient (cheap) rooms in advance
  • √ Find some really low budget places

• Social dinner
  • √ Sunday evening, reserve place

• City tour
  • √ Consider one city walk event to get distracted :)

• Documentation
  • √ IRC broadcast on #grass
  • Etherpad | Ethercalc for live notes
  • Make fotos including group fotos
  • Press release which includes the relevant sponsor names for newspapers and GRASS communication channels

• For every day, arrange
  • provide paper notebooks, pencils for participants
  • buy some fruit, biscuit, coffee, tee, etc.
  • buy pizza or baguettes for lunch
  • book restaurant for the evening

Hints for the Preparation

• Very useful guide: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2007_Lessons_Learned