To whom it may concern:
I am maintainer of the Gerbil project which deals with multispectral and hyperspectral image visualization and analysis. The project originates from ongoing research in these fields but is clearly positioned as a free software project, as we believe free software goes hand-in-hand with scientific exchange. The project is GPLv3 and can be found at http://gerbil.sf.net Within Debian Science, the package would fit best into the Astronomy, Image analysis and Viewing categories. Reasoning: A prominent application of hyperspectral images is astronomy, and Gerbil also participates in this year's Summer of Code in Space from the European Space Agency. Gerbil incorporates several important algorithms for image analysis, including edge detection, mean-shift clustering and supervised segmentation. Finally, the most powerful and unique feature of Gerbil is the interactive parallel coordinates visualization of the multispectral image, making it fit to Viewing. We use Debian stable is the main development platform. So packaging should be easy, however I lack basic knowledge about Debian packaging. There is also an ArchLinux package available: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44150 To conclude, we would be very happy to see a Debian package of Gerbil. We believe it is a good candidate to Debian Science, as it provides unique features to a research audience in the fields of astronomy, remote sensing, image reflectance analysis, cultural heritage, etc. I look forward to your comments on the proposal. Thank you for your time! Best Regards, Johannes Jordan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-science-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/507c4526.3030...@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
