A quick update on GIS to RCC translation (was Re: Introduction)

[Markus Stocker]

Tara,

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Markus Stocker <markus....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm happy to share the results with you.

I reached an early milestone today and wrote a post with a brief
update on the stage of this seminar project at [1]. FYI.

Cheers,
markus

[1] http://blog.markusstocker.com/2010/04/21/from-gis-polygons-to-rcc-regions/

>> We plan to keep thinklab and thinkGeo
>> closely aligned, there will most likely be mergers back and forth. The main
>> purpose of the branch is to get more exposure within OSGeo, and to lower the
>> barriers for users and developers to join the effort by presenting a smaller
>> codebase with more extensive and accessible documentation. Please take a
>> look at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ThinkGeo , you will see that there is not
>> much there yet, but it is a beginning.
>>
>> The second topic you mention is specific to ecological economics and so
>> would fit with the ARIES effort. Either way you decide to go, we would be
>> pleased to welcome you to the team.
>>
>> Best regards, Tara
>>
>>
>> Markus Stocker wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> @Gary, thanks for adding me to the list.
>>>
>>> Given that Ferdinando recently mentioned me here, I thought it would
>>> be good to say hello and spend a few words on who I am. I'm currently
>>> doing a PhD in environmental engineering (informatics) at the
>>> University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio Campus) [1] in my first year,
>>> mainly collecting credits. My background is in computer science
>>> (informatics & a minor in economics) from the University of Zurich [2]
>>> (I'm Swiss). Between MSc graduation and the PhD, I did intern with HP
>>> Labs Bristol (UK) with the (recently dissolved) Jena team and with
>>> Clark & Parsia in Washington DC [3].
>>>
>>> I have known the existence of the UVM Ecoinformatics Collaboratory for
>>> some time, but I only recently contacted Ferdinando (via IDSIA [4]).
>>> The motivation was both related to the PhD and the semantic web but
>>> also because of the close ties of the group with the Gund Institute
>>> for Ecological Economics, a field that has interested me, albeit
>>> mainly in private.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for an area and problem to focus on for the PhD and I
>>> figured having some discussions with Ferdinando might inspire this
>>> process especially w.r.t pointing the sailing ship toward some
>>> meaningful direction :> Ideally, I'll have some concrete thoughts and
>>> a rough plan by the end of the summer.
>>>
>>> Any comments, questions, etc. please don't hesitate to send me an email.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> markus
>>>
>>> [1] http://envi.uku.fi/en/
>>> [2] http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/
>>> [3] http://clarkparsia.com
>>> [4] http://idsia.ch
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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[Tara Athan]

Markus- I added links to your posts on Amber and Pellet Spatial to the OSGeo Labs wiki page,
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SemanticGeo
 which is intended to be a resource and discussion page for any open source semantic geospatial software project.

Feel free to add (or remove) anything you like here. I look forward to the release of Amber.

Tara