Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-02 Thread manf...@egger-gis.at
Are there other members of this discussion list who want to talk about the special topic described in Aarons mail (look below)? If there are more than two it would make sense to start a separate group. Best regards, Manfred -Original Message- From: "Aaron Racicot" Sent: Friday, Septe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-02 Thread Luí­s de Sousa
Dear all, thank you for the many contributions to this discussion. Some background: If you have not done so, please watch the address by Calvin Metcalf on Proj [0]. From his reflections and the discussion that ensued it became apparent to me that presently there is no CRS/projection registry in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-02 Thread Julien Moquet
Thank you Even, It's true I was just about to contribute to http://proj4.org/projections/ index.html ! "Is it about having a catalog of spatial reference systems (and all related information: projections, projection parameters, ellipsoids, datums, prime meridians, area of use, transformations, e

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-02 Thread Julien Moquet
Thank you Dirk, I was missing that part from Peter answer. I fully understand that the solution we want to build need to respect existing services. And I wasn't suspect how many registry there was ! Regards, Julien. 2016-09-02 9:38 GMT+02:00 Dirk Frigne : > Peter, > Carl, > > Thank you for you

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-02 Thread Aaron Racicot
Yes... this conversation has kind of morphed. The projfinder.com idea started as a side project in collaboration with the cugos.org group. The idea is simple... Given a dataset with an unknown projection: 1) Have the end user give a "rough estimate" of the geo-location of the dataset by centeri

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo GSoC 2016: Summary and results

2016-09-02 Thread Vicky Vergara
Anne & Madi Thanks for your support on all the administrative tasks to make things happen. ​Vicky​ On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Anne Ghisla wrote: > Dear all, > > One more GSoC has come to an end, with an awesome array of successful > student projects: > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo GSoC 2016: Summary and results

2016-09-02 Thread SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
?+ 1 Sergio Acosta y Lara Departamento de Geomática Dirección Nacional de Topografía Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas URUGUAY (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330 De: Discuss en nombre de Venkatesh Raghavan Enviado: viernes, 02 de setiembre de 2016 11:54 Pa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo GSoC 2016: Summary and results

2016-09-02 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
Anne and Madi, Many thanks for your immaculate management of GSoC 2016. Congratulations to all students and thanks to mentors for their time and effort. Best Venka On 9/2/2016 11:27 PM, Anne Ghisla wrote: Dear all, One more GSoC has come to an end, with an awesome array of successful stude

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo GSoC 2016: Summary and results

2016-09-02 Thread Anne Ghisla
Dear all, One more GSoC has come to an end, with an awesome array of successful student projects: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6273632556810240/ We would like to warmly thank our mentors for the first-class support to the students, defying timezones and language hurdles, so t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-02 Thread Even Rouault
Foks, I read through the emails of this thread and I'm still not sure to understand what the exact focus would be. It seems it might go beyond the title of this email thread. Is it about documentation about projections ? If so, I guess improving proj.4 documentation could be appreciated. There

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-02 Thread Dirk Frigne
Peter, Carl, Thank you for your valuable input to the discussion, For me it is clear, as Peter suggests that improvements should be build on top of what exists, and is carefully validated. Dirk. On 2016-09-02 01:45, Carl Reed wrote: Julien - The EPSG is what the OGC considers normative. Thi