I think this is a good idea. We will discuss with Norbert and Hernan during put meeting next Thursday.
Regards Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Jun 2020, at 16:17, Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.mora...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >> El vie., 5 jun. 2020 a las 5:03, Stéphane Ducasse >> (<stephane.duca...@inria.fr>) escribió: >> Serge I was thinking that it would be good to create pharo-gis organisation. >> What do you and the others think? >> > > I think it is a good idea! > > Cheers, > > Hernán > >> S >> >>> On 5 Jun 2020, at 03:46, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Todd, >>> >>> you can join. Everyone is welcome. >>> GDAL FFI integration would be great, but this is a lot of work I guess. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 2:34 AM Todd Blanchard via Pharo-users >>>> <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> wrote: >>>> Hi Serge, >>>> >>>> I would love to participate in getting some GIS features into Pharo. I >>>> think it would be a fantastic platform for GIS. >>>> >>>> My personal orientation is doing marine navigation (have boat with >>>> sensors, want boat to be be smarter about navigation). >>>> >>>> My main interests is in being able to render S57/S52 formats. There are a >>>> number of boat fans that balk at the price of expensive chart plotter >>>> computers and software. >>>> >>>> They have given rise to some DIY stuff. Some of it just rips code >>>> straight out of https://gdal.org - I think possibly a FFI integration with >>>> gdal might be an amazing resource. >>>> >>>> I am time constrained for when I can work on this stuff but would like it >>>> a lot if we at least had some core data types for simple things like >>>> lat/lng, regions (polygons), and a decent general map renderer. >>>> >>>> Anyhow, please include me in any conversations. Navigation (both air and >>>> sea) are two things I have an interest in. >>>> >>>>> On Jun 3, 2020, at 8:31 PM, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> there was already some discussion in the list about GIS support for Pharo >>>>> previously. >>>>> >>>>> Working on CORMAS multi-agent simulation platform: >>>>> https://github.com/cormas/cormas some developers feel the need to have >>>>> more GIS support for Pharo. >>>>> >>>>> I know of existing GIS software: >>>>> - GeoJSON by Zweidenker: https://github.com/zweidenker/GeoJSON >>>>> - ESRI ascii raster, done by Stephane recently: >>>>> https://github.com/Ducasse/ESRI-ASCII-Raster >>>>> - shapefile support by Hernan: http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~hernan/Shapes >>>>> (to be moved to github) >>>>> - I found this project also: http://www.squeaksource.com/gekon.html >>>>> >>>>> I know that Etienne Delay is also interested by GIS support and propose >>>>> to implement OpenGIS model support: >>>>> https://github.com/cormas/cormas/issues/139 >>>>> >>>>> Can we try to unite and maybe create a pharo-GIS organization on github >>>>> to federate our efforts? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> -- >>>>> Serge Stinckwich >>>>> https://twitter.com/SergeStinckwich >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Serge Stinckwich >>> https://twitter.com/SergeStinckwich >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Stéphane Ducasse >> http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org >> 03 59 35 87 52 >> Assistant: Aurore Dalle >> FAX 03 59 57 78 50 >> TEL 03 59 35 86 16 >> S. Ducasse - Inria >> 40, avenue Halley, >> Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza >> Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 >> France >>
