Recap of your meeting with Radiant Earth Foundation

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Meeting Purpose STAC Community Meetup to discuss updates, extensions, and technical challenges Key Takeaways - Julia presented a new approach for representing virtual ice chunk stores in STAC metadata, sparking discussion on best practices - Francis proposed additions to the grid extension to support non-square tiles and DGGS, raising questions about temporal representation - Multiple ongoing efforts to improve STAC extensions and implementations were shared by participants Topics Virtual Ice Chunk Store Representation - Julia presented a new collection-level asset approach for representing virtual ice chunk stores - Uses storage extension to define locations of chunks and actual data - Discussion on whether this should be in STAC metadata or handled by separate libraries - Concerns raised about accessibility and reliance on specific technologies - Agreement to explore more general solutions, potentially involving GDAL virtual file systems Grid Extension Improvements - Francis proposed additions to support non-square tiles and DGGS (Discrete Global Grid Systems) - Challenges in representing temporal aspects within DGGS structures - Discussion on whether to extend STAC or use external libraries for DGGS traversal - Suggestions to treat DGGS IDs similar to file format references in STAC Project Updates - Julia: Working on NASA contract for virtual ice chunk store, released new XPyStack version - Francis: Released MLM extension v1.5, integrating with Torch.Geo - Matthew: Published new view extension version with diagrams Community Discussion - Humorous incident with AI note-taking bots joining the meeting - Plans for upcoming STAC/Zarr sprints in Rome discussed Next Steps - Julia to explore more general solutions for virtual store representation, possibly involving GDAL - Francis to gather more feedback on grid extension proposals - Matthew to review Francis' grid extension suggestions - Community to assist in reviewing Francis' Docker PR for STAC Browser - Confirm next meeting date (not affected by Labor Day)

Get your own FREE AI Meeting Assistant Meeting with Radiant Earth Foundation STAC Community Meetup August 25, 2025  •  59 mins  •  View Meeting or Ask Fathom Action Items ✨ Send email to mailing list re: removing bots from meetings Michelle Roby Make PR on XPyStack to consume new metadata structure for virtual ice chunk store Julia Signell Research general version of storage requirements for referenced locations in assets, incl. virtual GDAL stuff Julia Signell Add comments with thoughts on Francis' grid representation issue James Banting Review and provide thoughts on Francis' grid representation issue Matthew Hanson Meeting Summary ✨ Meeting Purpose STAC Community Meetup to discuss updates, extensions, and technical challenges Key Takeaways Julia presented a new approach for representing virtual ice chunk stores in STAC metadata, sparking discussion on best practices Francis proposed additions to the grid extension to support non-square tiles and DGGS, raising questions about temporal representation Multiple ongoing efforts to improve STAC extensions and implementations were shared by participants Topics Virtual Ice Chunk Store Representation Julia presented a new collection-level asset approach for representing virtual ice chunk stores Uses storage extension to define locations of chunks and actual data Discussion on whether this should be in STAC metadata or handled by separate libraries Concerns raised about accessibility and reliance on specific technologies Agreement to explore more general solutions, potentially involving GDAL virtual file systems Grid Extension Improvements Francis proposed additions to support non-square tiles and DGGS (Discrete Global Grid Systems) Challenges in representing temporal aspects within DGGS structures Discussion on whether to extend STAC or use external libraries for DGGS traversal Suggestions to treat DGGS IDs similar to file format references in STAC Project Updates Julia: Working on NASA contract for virtual ice chunk store, released new XPyStack version Francis: Released MLM extension v1.5, integrating with Torch.Geo Matthew: Published new view extension version with diagrams Community Discussion Humorous incident with AI note-taking bots joining the meeting Plans for upcoming STAC/Zarr sprints in Rome discussed Next Steps Julia to explore more general solutions for virtual store representation, possibly involving GDAL Francis to gather more feedback on grid extension proposals Matthew to review Francis' grid extension suggestions Community to assist in reviewing Francis' Docker PR for STAC Browser Confirm next meeting date (not affected by Labor Day) View Meeting → Ask Fathom! Ask our AI Assistant for answers and insights. It's ChatGPT for your meetings! Try Ask Fathom → Never take notes again. Sign up for Free 🎁 Referral bonus: Sign up now and unlock a free month of Premium for you