Hey Folks,
I’m looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use GRASS as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue groups.
Any links to case articles would be great too.
Cheers
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:24:58AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca> flavor, containing:
Hey Folks,
I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use GRASS
as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue groups.
What a timely request. I'm just such a person, and have *just* this week
started a mailing list for local SAR volunteers to explore using GRASS for
SAR planning, but it's pretty much a case of the one-eyed guy with cataracts
leading the blind. I am very much interested.
Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here's a trivial one I cooked up a couple weeks ago (unfortunately) *after* a
multi-day search for stranded snowboarders in extreme weather conditions:
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/
A textbook toy GIS problem that highlighted how well a GIS could have been
used had a volunteer knowledgeable enough to use it been in the command post.
The set of such volunteers is microscopic, though, and I hope to change that
in this area.
--
Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
"And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is
one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh,
oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick
Your example is really cool! How well did it do in actually targeting the
location of the missing snow boarders?
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[mailto:grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tom Russo
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:13 PM
To: Sampson, David
Cc: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:24:58AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron
collision of the <dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca> flavor, containing:
Hey Folks,
I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use GRASS
as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue groups.
What a timely request. I'm just such a person, and have *just* this week
started a mailing list for local SAR volunteers to explore using GRASS for
SAR planning, but it's pretty much a case of the one-eyed guy with cataracts
leading the blind. I am very much interested.
Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here's a trivial one I cooked up a couple weeks ago (unfortunately) *after*
a
multi-day search for stranded snowboarders in extreme weather conditions:
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/
A textbook toy GIS problem that highlighted how well a GIS could have been
used had a volunteer knowledgeable enough to use it been in the command
post.
The set of such volunteers is microscopic, though, and I hope to change that
in this area.
--
Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1
http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
"And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get
is
one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh,
oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 12:29:20PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <gnelson@uiuc.edu> flavor, containing:
Your example is really cool! How well did it do in actually targeting the
location of the missing snow boarders?
Well, as I said, I did this *after* the snowboarders were actually found
(alive and well), so this work did nothing to help the search, and is only
meant as an inspiration for planners to learn GIS (or get geeks who can
serve as technical specialists) so that maybe it'll be a tool that can help
in the future.
But the location of the find was right inside the final area I generated
with GRASS, and is plotted on the final image.
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:13 PM
To: Sampson, David
Cc: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer GroupsOn Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:24:58AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron
collision of the <dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca> flavor, containing:
> Hey Folks,
>
> I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use GRASS
> as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue groups.What a timely request. I'm just such a person, and have *just* this week
started a mailing list for local SAR volunteers to explore using GRASS for
SAR planning, but it's pretty much a case of the one-eyed guy with cataractsleading the blind. I am very much interested.
> Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here's a trivial one I cooked up a couple weeks ago (unfortunately) *after*
a
multi-day search for stranded snowboarders in extreme weather conditions:
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/A textbook toy GIS problem that highlighted how well a GIS could have been
used had a volunteer knowledgeable enough to use it been in the command
post.
The set of such volunteers is microscopic, though, and I hope to change that
in this area.--
Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1
http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
"And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get
is
one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh,
oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick
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Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
"And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is
one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh,
oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick
I am working with a local SAR group that is planning a GIS or mapping
solution for APRIL 1, 2008. thye have some internal experinece with a
comercial software
http://www.touratech.com/shops/001/index.php?cPath=18_127
I am trying to piece together an approach to do the same with open
Source and having a spot in the workflow with GRASS. First is
visualization and that's all they feel they need right now (JUMP, QGIS
etc etc to do this). But GRASS would be great for building profile based
search results.
I also came across this site http://e-gads.sourceforge.net/ which is a
personelle management software for Ground SAR. Eseentialy dead since
2004 but I think a revival is possible.
I was thinking of seeing if there is enough interest amongst MANY MANY
MANY SAR teams that might be able to contribute small amounts each year
to continued development of open source SAR stuff. Evrything from
updating E-Gads (above) to building small scripts in GRASS/QGIS to
building custom interfaces or side applications.
Showing GRASS/QGIS as a viable option for SAR would be fun, and might
even be neough for someone to build a business model around.
I like the sample GRASS application. I have forwarded it onto the
evaluating group to consider.
I would like to see a SAR drop down menu option in GRASS at some point
with a bunch of scripts (Python for me) that could automate some common
tasks all base don a last known loaction point.
I'd be interested in a seprate e-mail list for Open Source SAR solutions
related to mapping and such if we can get 10 people or more interested.
I am currently writing a review of my groups needs and also considering
work flow for trying out some GRASS/QGIS stuff. QGIS is the ticket for a
non techy volunteer at 4am in the morning.
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From: grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tom Russo
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 13:13
To: Sampson, David
Cc: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:24:58AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron
collision of the <dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca> flavor, containing:
Hey Folks,
I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use
GRASS as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue
groups.
What a timely request. I'm just such a person, and have *just* this
week started a mailing list for local SAR volunteers to explore using
GRASS for SAR planning, but it's pretty much a case of the one-eyed guy
with cataracts leading the blind. I am very much interested.
Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here's a trivial one I cooked up a couple weeks ago (unfortunately)
*after* a multi-day search for stranded snowboarders in extreme weather
conditions:
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/
A textbook toy GIS problem that highlighted how well a GIS could have
been used had a volunteer knowledgeable enough to use it been in the
command post.
The set of such volunteers is microscopic, though, and I hope to change
that in this area.
--
Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1
http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a
one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational
thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is
the limit!" --- The Tick
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
I was thinking of seeing if there is enough interest amongst MANY MANY
MANY SAR teams that might be able to contribute small amounts each year
to continued development of open source SAR stuff. Evrything from
updating E-Gads (above) to building small scripts in GRASS/QGIS to
building custom interfaces or side applications.
There are a bunch of techies hiding in the woodwork here and there,
I'm one of them: Unix SysAdmin during the day, open-source
contributor and SAR guy at other times. I'm somewhat familiar with
E-Gads and one of my buddies in SAR is now officially one of the
developers I think.
I'd be interested in a seprate e-mail list for Open Source SAR solutions
related to mapping and such if we can get 10 people or more interested.
There's also the SAR_APRS mailing list if you're interested in
real-time tracking of SAR teams on maps. I am. So is Mr. Russo.
If you start a list for the above topic you might post an
announcement about it on there too.
--
Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/> XASTIR: <www.xastir.org>
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!
E-GADS looks like nothing happened since 2004, except for one little
commit in 2007...
I wonder if sourceforge would allow a project to just use their mailing
lists.
Or maybe this might fit under the OSGEO banner... Now that I think of
it, why not ask?
I saw the SAR_APRS mailing list and there are a bunch of APRS open
source projects. I ams ure it's just a matter of a need and will to get
APRS connectivity into GRASS/QGIS...
So what first, the chicken (mailing list) or the egg (people for the
mailing list).
Cheers
-----Original Message-----
From: Curt, WE7U [mailto:archer@eskimo.com]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 14:18
To: Sampson, David
Cc: russo@bogodyn.org; grass-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
I was thinking of seeing if there is enough interest amongst MANY MANY
MANY SAR teams that might be able to contribute small amounts each
year to continued development of open source SAR stuff. Evrything from
updating E-Gads (above) to building small scripts in GRASS/QGIS to
building custom interfaces or side applications.
There are a bunch of techies hiding in the woodwork here and there, I'm
one of them: Unix SysAdmin during the day, open-source contributor and
SAR guy at other times. I'm somewhat familiar with E-Gads and one of my
buddies in SAR is now officially one of the developers I think.
I'd be interested in a seprate e-mail list for Open Source SAR
solutions related to mapping and such if we can get 10 people or more
interested.
There's also the SAR_APRS mailing list if you're interested in real-time
tracking of SAR teams on maps. I am. So is Mr. Russo.
If you start a list for the above topic you might post an announcement
about it on there too.
--
Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/> XASTIR: <www.xastir.org>
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U The world
DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!
On Monday 04 February 2008, Tom Russo wrote:
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:24:58AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron
collision of the <dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca> flavor, containing:
> Hey Folks,
>
> I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use GRASS
> as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue groups.What a timely request. I'm just such a person, and have *just* this week
started a mailing list for local SAR volunteers to explore using GRASS for
SAR planning, but it's pretty much a case of the one-eyed guy with
cataracts leading the blind. I am very much interested.> Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here's a trivial one I cooked up a couple weeks ago (unfortunately) *after*
a multi-day search for stranded snowboarders in extreme weather conditions:
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/A textbook toy GIS problem that highlighted how well a GIS could have been
used had a volunteer knowledgeable enough to use it been in the command
post. The set of such volunteers is microscopic, though, and I hope to
change that in this area.
Nice example application- very impressive use of basic GIS and location data.
I can see tools like this fitting in with the r.cost / r.walk modules nicely.
Dylan
--
Dylan Beaudette
Soil Resource Laboratory
http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341
On Monday 04 February 2008, Curt, WE7U wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
> I was thinking of seeing if there is enough interest amongst MANY MANY
> MANY SAR teams that might be able to contribute small amounts each year
> to continued development of open source SAR stuff. Evrything from
> updating E-Gads (above) to building small scripts in GRASS/QGIS to
> building custom interfaces or side applications.There are a bunch of techies hiding in the woodwork here and there,
I'm one of them: Unix SysAdmin during the day, open-source
contributor and SAR guy at other times. I'm somewhat familiar with
E-Gads and one of my buddies in SAR is now officially one of the
developers I think.> I'd be interested in a seprate e-mail list for Open Source SAR solutions
> related to mapping and such if we can get 10 people or more interested.There's also the SAR_APRS mailing list if you're interested in
real-time tracking of SAR teams on maps. I am. So is Mr. Russo.
If you start a list for the above topic you might post an
announcement about it on there too.
I think that OSGeo would be a nice place for any SAR / APRS related discussion
and software development- considering the tools already hosted there. Maybe
an article or two in the newsletter will spur some enthusiasm.
73s
Dylan -- KE6UOP
--
Dylan Beaudette
Soil Resource Laboratory
http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341
David Sampson wrote:
> I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use
> GRASS as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and
> rescue groups.
Tom Russo wrote:
What a timely request. I'm just such a person, and have *just* this
week started a mailing list for local SAR volunteers to explore using
GRASS for SAR planning, but it's pretty much a case of the one-eyed
guy with cataracts leading the blind. I am very much interested.> Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here's a trivial one I cooked up a couple weeks ago (unfortunately)
*after* a multi-day search for stranded snowboarders in extreme
weather conditions:
http://www.swcp.com/~russo/080103/A textbook toy GIS problem that highlighted how well a GIS could have
been used had a volunteer knowledgeable enough to use it been in the
command post.
The set of such volunteers is microscopic, though, and I hope to
change that in this area.
Hi,
I have taken the liberty to set up an 'Applications' page on the GRASS
wiki where interested groups can share tips, etc.
http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Applications
I started with these categories:
# Archeology
# Environmental Protection and Monitoring
# Geology
# Hydrologic Sciences - including ice cover
# Marine Science
# Meteorology
# Natural Hazards
# Public Health
# Search and Rescue
# Wildlife Zoology
The wiki is open for everyone to edit, so feel free to add your
personal favorite to the list if it's missing or content if it's
already there.
Tom: a classic app & very interesting read. That would be a nice link
to put on the SAR wiki page. Any interest in getting the ps.map output
linked from there up the GRASS website's Cartography screenshots page?
regards and good business,
Hamish
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David wrote:
I would like to see a SAR drop down menu option in GRASS at some
point with a bunch of scripts (Python for me) that could automate
some common tasks all base don a last known loaction point.
The GRASS Extensions Manager (GEM) can be used to add a group of
like-minded custom modules to an installation of GRASS, including
adding a new menu section in the GUI:
http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/gem/index.html
Hamish
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I saw this a while ago and was impressed to see something like it.
I am currently learning some XML and following an RSS application
tutorial that uses python to build an Aggregator for RSS.
I was thinking that maybe changing it to a GEORSS feed agregator and
finding a way to plot points of an RSS in GRASS might be a cool little
application. This would have great use in larger safety applications
plotting 911 calls as an RSS, or reporting missing people (such as S and
R).
There is also interest in an APRS application extension. Xastir is
program for receiving and plotting APRS(tm) position packets
(http://www.xastir.org/). My team will be developing communications
means and would like to track assets in the field using APRS. A script
to listen to, capture and manage APRS will be on the wish list in the
future.
GEM looks like it can help us scipters prove some concepts.
Cheers
-----Original Message-----
From: Hamish [mailto:hamish_b@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 03:42
To: Sampson, David; russo@bogodyn.org
Cc: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups
David wrote:
I would like to see a SAR drop down menu option in GRASS at some point
with a bunch of scripts (Python for me) that could automate some
common tasks all base don a last known loaction point.
The GRASS Extensions Manager (GEM) can be used to add a group of
like-minded custom modules to an installation of GRASS, including adding
a new menu section in the GUI:
http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/gem/index.html
Hamish
________________________________________________________________________
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
There is also interest in an APRS application extension. Xastir is
program for receiving and plotting APRS(tm) position packets
(http://www.xastir.org/). My team will be developing communications
means and would like to track assets in the field using APRS. A script
to listen to, capture and manage APRS will be on the wish list in the
future.
Let me know if I might be able to help. I've written a Perl APRS
server that can talk to a serial port and has socket code, plus have
done similar in C for Xastir.
I also have some Perl code written by the APRS spec. editor which
parses out most APRS packets into human-readable text: A good start
if you want to display such in GRASS.
If you want to also send out APRS packets, that'll be more involved.
--
Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/> XASTIR: <www.xastir.org>
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!
That sounds great,
I think a prser for incoming APRS is probably what is required. I know
very little about APRS so I thought it was uni-directional. Could you
also send locational taks, like a "now go here" type packet back through
the system?
It sounds like there is a pretty good skill set out there with some
ready made pieces that only need to be packaged together to fulfill the
neds and then tweeked as time goes on.
Cheers
-----Original Message-----
From: Curt, WE7U [mailto:archer@eskimo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:34
To: Sampson, David
Cc: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
There is also interest in an APRS application extension. Xastir is
program for receiving and plotting APRS(tm) position packets
(http://www.xastir.org/). My team will be developing communications
means and would like to track assets in the field using APRS. A script
to listen to, capture and manage APRS will be on the wish list in the
future.
Let me know if I might be able to help. I've written a Perl APRS server
that can talk to a serial port and has socket code, plus have done
similar in C for Xastir.
I also have some Perl code written by the APRS spec. editor which parses
out most APRS packets into human-readable text: A good start if you
want to display such in GRASS.
If you want to also send out APRS packets, that'll be more involved.
--
Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/> XASTIR: <www.xastir.org>
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U The world
DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
I think a prser for incoming APRS is probably what is required. I know
very little about APRS so I thought it was uni-directional. Could you
also send locational taks, like a "now go here" type packet back through
the system?
Yes. Bi-directional messaging is part of the spec. You can also
send objects over the air and if the field personnel have the proper
equipment then these may appear as waypoints on their GPS or on a
laptop in a truck. Of course all of this requires at least one
amateur radio licensee to be the control operator.
Be aware that a lot of the handheld APRS sytems out there _are_
unidirectional and therefore have no receive or messaging
capability. With those systems all you can do is plot their
position on the map screen.
--
Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/> XASTIR: <www.xastir.org>
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
I am working with a local SAR group that is planning a GIS or mapping
solution for APRIL 1, 2008. thye have some internal experinece with a
comercial softwarehttp://www.touratech.com/shops/001/index.php?cPath=18_127
I am trying to piece together an approach to do the same with open
Source and having a spot in the workflow with GRASS.
You already know about Xastir for APRS/mapping and E-gads for other
pieces of the puzzle. Here's another open-source application to
check out, it might give you some more ideas about how GRASS might
fit in. I've been meaning to check it out myself but haven't gotten
to it yet. Something like the below note gets posted to SAR_APRS
periodically (this one was message #483 to that list):
----------------------------------
Free/Open Source CAD Software
Folks, a new version of Tickets, our free/Open Source CAD software
is now available. Its features include APRS interface, tracking,
mapping, driving directions, etc., etc. ... . It's in beta, and in
the hands of about two-dozen folks right now.
Kick the tires at http://kolamiannapolis.org/tickets/ - There's a
guest login available there.
If interested, contact me via the email link there, and I'll get
information back to you re a download.
Arnie Shore
Annapolis, MD
--------------------------
--
Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/> XASTIR: <www.xastir.org>
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!
Sometimes all you need is a project name.
The link bellow is busted, but it did not take long to find the new home
here
http://openises.sourceforge.net/tickets/ema_software_tickets_01.html
They look organized and present well. I am breaking in to their mailing
list for intros and stir up some interest.
Perhaps a crew of other people interested in some projects. The
challenge will become avoiding duplication. Maybe code from other
projects can combine... Ahhh the linux way.
Cheers
-----Original Message-----
From: grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Curt, WE7U
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 13:34
To: Sampson, David
Cc: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Sampson, David wrote:
I am working with a local SAR group that is planning a GIS or mapping
solution for APRIL 1, 2008. thye have some internal experinece with a
comercial software
http://www.touratech.com/shops/001/index.php?cPath=18_127
I am trying to piece together an approach to do the same with open
Source and having a spot in the workflow with GRASS.
You already know about Xastir for APRS/mapping and E-gads for other
pieces of the puzzle. Here's another open-source application to check
out, it might give you some more ideas about how GRASS might fit in.
I've been meaning to check it out myself but haven't gotten to it yet.
Something like the below note gets posted to SAR_APRS periodically (this
one was message #483 to that list):
----------------------------------
Free/Open Source CAD Software
Folks, a new version of Tickets, our free/Open Source CAD software
is now available. Its features include APRS interface, tracking,
mapping, driving directions, etc., etc. ... . It's in beta, and in
the hands of about two-dozen folks right now.
Kick the tires at http://kolamiannapolis.org/tickets/ - There's a
guest login available there.
If interested, contact me via the email link there, and I'll get
information back to you re a download.
Arnie Shore
Annapolis, MD
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On Feb 4, 2008 3:24 PM, Sampson, David <dsampson@nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use GRASS as a
part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue groups.Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here two more citations:
* Ciolli M., Vitti A., Mengon L., Zatelli P., Zottele F., "A GIS-based
decision support system for the management of SAR operations in
mountain areas". Geomatics workbooks, 2006, v. 6, URL:
http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/workbooks/n6/articoli/sar_geomatics.pdf
* Ciolli M., Mengon L., Vitti A., Zatelli P., Zottele F., "A GIS-based
FOSS decision support system for the management of SAR operations in
mountain areas". Contributo a "FOSS4G2006 - Free And Open Source
Software for Geoinformatics", Losanna, Svizzera, 11-15 settembre 2006.
URL: http://www.foss4g2006.org/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=137&sessionId=49&confId=1
Markus
David wrote:
> I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use
> GRASS as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and
> rescue groups.
>
> Any links to case articles would be great too.
Markus wrote:
Here two more citations:
* Ciolli M., Vitti A., Mengon L., Zatelli P., Zottele F., "A
GIS-based
decision support system for the management of SAR operations in
mountain areas". Geomatics workbooks, 2006, v. 6, URL:
http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/workbooks/n6/articoli/sar_geomatics.pdf
* Ciolli M., Mengon L., Vitti A., Zatelli P., Zottele F., "A
GIS-based
FOSS decision support system for the management of SAR operations in
mountain areas". Contributo a "FOSS4G2006 - Free And Open Source
Software for Geoinformatics", Losanna, Svizzera, 11-15 settembre
2006. URL:
http://www.foss4g2006.org/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=137&sessionId=49&confId=1
added here:
http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Applications
Hamish
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Thanks for the links.
I was also recently introduced to the concept of AGENT BASED MODELING
(ABM). Does GRASS have this feature?.
I created a section on the wiki relating GRASS and ABM. Any references
to modukles would be great there
http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/mediawiki/mediawiki_svn/index.php?title=Sea
rch_and_Rescue
Cheers
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[mailto:grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Markus Neteler
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:27
To: Sampson, David
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Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Search and Rescue Volunteer Groups
On Feb 4, 2008 3:24 PM, Sampson, David <dsampson@nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
I'm looking for people that either use GRASS or would like to use
GRASS as a part of a mapping solution for volunteer search and rescue
groups.
Any links to case articles would be great too.
Here two more citations:
* Ciolli M., Vitti A., Mengon L., Zatelli P., Zottele F., "A GIS-based
decision support system for the management of SAR operations in mountain
areas". Geomatics workbooks, 2006, v. 6, URL:
http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/workbooks/n6/articoli/sar_geomatics.pdf
* Ciolli M., Mengon L., Vitti A., Zatelli P., Zottele F., "A GIS-based
FOSS decision support system for the management of SAR operations in
mountain areas". Contributo a "FOSS4G2006 - Free And Open Source
Software for Geoinformatics", Losanna, Svizzera, 11-15 settembre 2006.
URL:
http://www.foss4g2006.org/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=137&sessionId
=49&confId=1
Markus
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