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Introducing ITHACA

Introducing ITHACA

From:
Simone Dalmasso
Date:
2010-06-15 @ 13:17
Dear list,
following a meeting with Chris Holmes, we would like to introduce ourselves.
ITHACA is a no profit association that works mainly for the UN World Food
Programme in the field of geomatics and emergency response. You can find
further information on www.ithacaweb.org.
We already started to develop our web applications using the same
architecture as GeoNode. So we decided to join the GeoNode community in
order to contribute.
The first steps for us are to understand how GeoNode works and to migrate
our architecture.
Our aim is to develop an application devoted to emergency management based
on GeoNode.
We will be happy to collaborate with you all in developing this amazing
project.

Kind regards.
ITHACA team

-- 
Simone Dalmasso, Paolo Pasquali, Eros Agosto, Fabio Giorgi, Piero Boccardo

Re: [geonode] Introducing ITHACA

From:
Ben
Date:
2010-06-16 @ 08:06
Hello, My name is Ben Wyss, I am working on an open source web based 
mapping/professional network/analytical tool for the GEM foundation 
(http://www.globalquakemodel.org). We are possibly going to develop our 
application with the OpenGeo stack: OpenLayers, ExtJS, GeoExt, 
GeoServer. Thus far we have had good success using this stack to produce 
some application mock-ups.
Some of our challenges include identifying user needs, promote the flow 
of open data while adhering to standards and preserving data quality, 
identifying tools and strategies that will transform assessments into 
mitigation activities (from a global to a local scale). The biggest 
challenge seems to be developing an application/tool that will bring 
together many institutions and agencies to promote communication and 
collaboration on similar initiates. To do this, we are exploring both 
the Spatial Data Infrastructure/GeoNetwork and the GeoNode concepts. I 
would be interested to hear your perspective on these topics. I noticed 
on your web site that you are using GeoNetwork, could you share with me 
some of your experiences with GeoNeteork. How are you planning to 
incorporate GeoNode, in addition to GeoNetwork?
Best regards,
Ben

On 6/15/10 3:17 PM, Simone Dalmasso wrote:
> Dear list,
> following a meeting with Chris Holmes, we would like to introduce 
> ourselves.
> ITHACA is a no profit association that works mainly for the UN World 
> Food Programme in the field of geomatics and emergency response. You 
> can find further information on www.ithacaweb.org 
> <http://www.ithacaweb.org>.
> We already started to develop our web applications using the same 
> architecture as GeoNode. So we decided to join the GeoNode community 
> in order to contribute.
> The first steps for us are to understand how GeoNode works and to 
> migrate our architecture.
> Our aim is to develop an application devoted to emergency management 
> based on GeoNode.
> We will be happy to collaborate with you all in developing this 
> amazing project.
>
> Kind regards.
> ITHACA team
>
> -- 
> Simone Dalmasso, Paolo Pasquali, Eros Agosto, Fabio Giorgi, Piero Boccardo

Re: [geonode] Introducing ITHACA

From:
Sebastian Benthall
Date:
2010-06-15 @ 15:32
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Simone Dalmasso <
simone.dalmasso@ithaca.polito.it> wrote:

> Dear list,
> following a meeting with Chris Holmes, we would like to introduce
> ourselves.
> ITHACA is a no profit association that works mainly for the UN World Food
> Programme in the field of geomatics and emergency response. You can find
> further information on www.ithacaweb.org.
> We already started to develop our web applications using the same
> architecture as GeoNode. So we decided to join the GeoNode community in
> order to contribute.
> The first steps for us are to understand how GeoNode works and to migrate
> our architecture.
> Our aim is to develop an application devoted to emergency management based
> on GeoNode.
> We will be happy to collaborate with you all in developing this amazing
> project.
>
> Kind regards.
> ITHACA team
>
> --
> Simone Dalmasso, Paolo Pasquali, Eros Agosto, Fabio Giorgi, Piero Boccardo
>

Welcome, ITHACA!

Please feel free to address any questions you have about how Geonode works
to this list.  We'll be glad to help.

If you could tell us any more about your current system, that could help us
make recommendations about how to migrate.

Also, would any of your team members like to introduce themselves?  Knowing
more about your developers and their background will help us collaborate.

Best regards,

-- 
Sebastian Benthall
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org

Re: [geonode] Introducing ITHACA

From:
Simone Dalmasso
Date:
2010-06-17 @ 07:55
Thanks Sebastien. I introduce myself:
I am Simone Dalmasso  and I'm in charge for the web-gis development(even a
little bit of server configuration and maintenance). I am an environmental
engineer and Ph.D. student, I've started to work in the web-gis field about
4 years ago.
Starting from the first web-gis based on mapserver and chameleon I've then
discovered geoserver, than openlayers than python and django and so on. Well
now our architecture is based on Geoserver, OL, Ext.js, GeoExt, Django and
Postgres. currently we have a django project with several apps that share
some basic functionalities.
I think that trying to migrate on GeoNode could be an occasion for a good
refactoring....
Some months ago we started to work on a project based on the same components
for the automatic web-gis generation in order to allow a user to build it's
own map with different functionalities and tools, then we interrupted this
because of haiti emergency and other projects. But the interesting thing is
that all we have had the feeling of a need of a system more integrated for
the web-gis and data management, and GeoNode is what is needed.

Thank to all.

Simone.

2010/6/15 Sebastian Benthall <seb@opengeo.org>

> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Simone Dalmasso <
> simone.dalmasso@ithaca.polito.it> wrote:
>
>> Dear list,
>> following a meeting with Chris Holmes, we would like to introduce
>> ourselves.
>> ITHACA is a no profit association that works mainly for the UN World Food
>> Programme in the field of geomatics and emergency response. You can find
>> further information on www.ithacaweb.org.
>> We already started to develop our web applications using the same
>> architecture as GeoNode. So we decided to join the GeoNode community in
>> order to contribute.
>> The first steps for us are to understand how GeoNode works and to migrate
>> our architecture.
>> Our aim is to develop an application devoted to emergency management based
>> on GeoNode.
>> We will be happy to collaborate with you all in developing this amazing
>> project.
>>
>> Kind regards.
>> ITHACA team
>>
>> --
>> Simone Dalmasso, Paolo Pasquali, Eros Agosto, Fabio Giorgi, Piero Boccardo
>>
>
> Welcome, ITHACA!
>
> Please feel free to address any questions you have about how Geonode works
> to this list.  We'll be glad to help.
>
> If you could tell us any more about your current system, that could help us
> make recommendations about how to migrate.
>
> Also, would any of your team members like to introduce themselves?  Knowing
> more about your developers and their background will help us collaborate.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Sebastian Benthall
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>
>


-- 
Simone Dalmasso, Ing.
ITHACA
Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action
www.ithacaweb.org
Via Pier Carlo Boggio 61 - 10138 Torino
Tel: +39.011.1975.1854

Re: [geonode] Introducing ITHACA

From:
Sebastian Benthall
Date:
2010-06-17 @ 15:04
Nice to hear from you, Simone.


> Starting from the first web-gis based on mapserver and chameleon I've then
> discovered geoserver, than openlayers than python and django and so on. Well
> now our architecture is based on Geoserver, OL, Ext.js, GeoExt, Django and
> Postgres. currently we have a django project with several apps that share
> some basic functionalities.
>

Is your project's code publicly hosted anywhere?  Is there a public demo? If
we could see it that could help us identify opportunities for collaboration.


> I think that trying to migrate on GeoNode could be an occasion for a good
> refactoring....
>

Let us know if there is anything we can do to help!


> Some months ago we started to work on a project based on the same
> components for the automatic web-gis generation in order to allow a user to
> build it's own map with different functionalities and tools, then we
> interrupted this because of haiti emergency and other projects. But the
> interesting thing is that all we have had the feeling of a need of a system
> more integrated for the web-gis and data management, and GeoNode is what is
> needed.
>

It is great to hear that others see the same need for a project like
GeoNode.  Looking forward to working with you.



> 2010/6/15 Sebastian Benthall <seb@opengeo.org>
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Simone Dalmasso <
>> simone.dalmasso@ithaca.polito.it> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear list,
>>> following a meeting with Chris Holmes, we would like to introduce
>>> ourselves.
>>> ITHACA is a no profit association that works mainly for the UN World Food
>>> Programme in the field of geomatics and emergency response. You can find
>>> further information on www.ithacaweb.org.
>>> We already started to develop our web applications using the same
>>> architecture as GeoNode. So we decided to join the GeoNode community in
>>> order to contribute.
>>> The first steps for us are to understand how GeoNode works and to migrate
>>> our architecture.
>>> Our aim is to develop an application devoted to emergency management
>>> based on GeoNode.
>>> We will be happy to collaborate with you all in developing this amazing
>>> project.
>>>
>>> Kind regards.
>>> ITHACA team
>>>
>>> --
>>> Simone Dalmasso, Paolo Pasquali, Eros Agosto, Fabio Giorgi, Piero
>>> Boccardo
>>>
>>
>> Welcome, ITHACA!
>>
>> Please feel free to address any questions you have about how Geonode works
>> to this list.  We'll be glad to help.
>>
>> If you could tell us any more about your current system, that could help
>> us make recommendations about how to migrate.
>>
>> Also, would any of your team members like to introduce themselves?
>>  Knowing more about your developers and their background will help us
>> collaborate.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> --
>> Sebastian Benthall
>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Simone Dalmasso, Ing.
> ITHACA
> Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action
> www.ithacaweb.org
> Via Pier Carlo Boggio 61 - 10138 Torino
> Tel: +39.011.1975.1854
>



-- 
Sebastian Benthall
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org

Re: [geonode] Introducing ITHACA

From:
Simone Dalmasso
Date:
2010-06-21 @ 15:10
Thanks Sebastian,
this link <http://130.192.92.158/floods/> is one of our web applications. In
particular this is the one that monitor in near real time the possible
floods around the world. Is still a beta and the code is under deep
refactoring but for now works fine.

Best regards
Ithaca

2010/6/17 Sebastian Benthall <seb@opengeo.org>

> Nice to hear from you, Simone.
>
>
>> Starting from the first web-gis based on mapserver and chameleon I've then
>> discovered geoserver, than openlayers than python and django and so on. Well
>> now our architecture is based on Geoserver, OL, Ext.js, GeoExt, Django and
>> Postgres. currently we have a django project with several apps that share
>> some basic functionalities.
>>
>
> Is your project's code publicly hosted anywhere?  Is there a public demo?
> If we could see it that could help us identify opportunities for
> collaboration.
>
>
>> I think that trying to migrate on GeoNode could be an occasion for a good
>> refactoring....
>>
>
> Let us know if there is anything we can do to help!
>
>
>> Some months ago we started to work on a project based on the same
>> components for the automatic web-gis generation in order to allow a user to
>> build it's own map with different functionalities and tools, then we
>> interrupted this because of haiti emergency and other projects. But the
>> interesting thing is that all we have had the feeling of a need of a system
>> more integrated for the web-gis and data management, and GeoNode is what is
>> needed.
>>
>
> It is great to hear that others see the same need for a project like
> GeoNode.  Looking forward to working with you.
>
>
>
>> 2010/6/15 Sebastian Benthall <seb@opengeo.org>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Simone Dalmasso <
>>> simone.dalmasso@ithaca.polito.it> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear list,
>>>> following a meeting with Chris Holmes, we would like to introduce
>>>> ourselves.
>>>> ITHACA is a no profit association that works mainly for the UN World
>>>> Food Programme in the field of geomatics and emergency response. You can
>>>> find further information on www.ithacaweb.org.
>>>> We already started to develop our web applications using the same
>>>> architecture as GeoNode. So we decided to join the GeoNode community in
>>>> order to contribute.
>>>> The first steps for us are to understand how GeoNode works and to
>>>> migrate our architecture.
>>>> Our aim is to develop an application devoted to emergency management
>>>> based on GeoNode.
>>>> We will be happy to collaborate with you all in developing this amazing
>>>> project.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards.
>>>> ITHACA team
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Simone Dalmasso, Paolo Pasquali, Eros Agosto, Fabio Giorgi, Piero
>>>> Boccardo
>>>>
>>>
>>> Welcome, ITHACA!
>>>
>>> Please feel free to address any questions you have about how Geonode
>>> works to this list.  We'll be glad to help.
>>>
>>> If you could tell us any more about your current system, that could help
>>> us make recommendations about how to migrate.
>>>
>>> Also, would any of your team members like to introduce themselves?
>>>  Knowing more about your developers and their background will help us
>>> collaborate.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sebastian Benthall
>>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Simone Dalmasso, Ing.
>> ITHACA
>> Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action
>> www.ithacaweb.org
>> Via Pier Carlo Boggio 61 - 10138 Torino
>> Tel: +39.011.1975.1854
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sebastian Benthall
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>
>


-- 
Simone Dalmasso, Ing.
ITHACA
Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action
www.ithacaweb.org
Via Pier Carlo Boggio 61 - 10138 Torino
Tel: +39.011.1975.1854

Emergency Management GeoNode [was] Re: [geonode] Introducing ITHACA

From:
Chris Holmes
Date:
2010-06-15 @ 15:06
Welcome!

I just sent an email on the 'roadmap process', and would love to get a 
'GeoNode for emergency management' roadmap fleshed out.  We can discuss 
a bit here, and then submit items to the roadmap tracker.

Awhile ago we talked to Schuyler Erle who went to Haiti after the 
earthquake, and got some insight from him of potential features to make 
GeoNode useful.  I just have one line sentences, would like to hear if 
you agree, if you have more details, or more ideas.

* Localized data export - The ability to select an area of interest of a 
data set and export _only_ the subset of data within that area of interest.

* A Verified/Unverified data listing - helps filter data by metadata 
completeness. use case: needing to filter through lots of unverified 
data for a sensitive purpose. (Maybe this could be a scaled ranking?)

* Low bandwidth UI - A stripped down UI for low bandwidth users. (Fewer 
images, more static pages)

* Performance Tuning - Performance benchmarking and testing in various 
conditions and application optimization.

* Hard metadata and data transfer - The ability to do a metadata catalog 
dump from GeoNode that can then be transfered by USB and browsed 
(offline? by another GeoNode?), and the ability to do an offline data 
sync between GeoNodes when there is low connectivity and multiple local 
machines.


On 6/15/10 9:17 AM, Simone Dalmasso wrote:
> Dear list,
> following a meeting with Chris Holmes, we would like to introduce ourselves.
> ITHACA is a no profit association that works mainly for the UN World
> Food Programme in the field of geomatics and emergency response. You can
> find further information on www.ithacaweb.org <http://www.ithacaweb.org>.
> We already started to develop our web applications using the same
> architecture as GeoNode. So we decided to join the GeoNode community in
> order to contribute.
> The first steps for us are to understand how GeoNode works and to
> migrate our architecture.
> Our aim is to develop an application devoted to emergency management
> based on GeoNode.
> We will be happy to collaborate with you all in developing this amazing
> project.
>
> Kind regards.
> ITHACA team
>
> --
> Simone Dalmasso, Paolo Pasquali, Eros Agosto, Fabio Giorgi, Piero Boccardo

Re: Emergency Management GeoNode [was] Re: [geonode] Introducing ITHACA

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Date:
2010-06-15 @ 18:27
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