Wel, that‘s what I proposed. So yes from me
> Am 05.06.2020 um 10:03 schrieb Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr>: > > Serge I was thinking that it would be good to create pharo-gis organisation. > What do you and the others think? > > 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 >
