Please submit topics for consideration during the biweekly conference calls.
Future Topics
Topic | Speaker | Emphasis | Rank 1-5 |
| Cloud Computing Updates | Harold House? |
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Technologies related to semantic web overlap with things like CSW. | Janice Gordan? |
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NetCDF4Python integration with ArcPy for direct OPeNDAP data access | Rich Signell and Curtis Price |
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Chesapeake Bay data management infrastructure greenfield | Cassandra Ladino | Tech Stack groups solution to data management system specification from square one. | 1 |
Bureau Windows Technical Support Team. | ? | Needs to be targeted. Web browser, java versions, standard applications on USGS desktops. Services they offer. | 3 |
ArcGIS server setup and basic functionality/use. | Jennifer Sieverling can assign. |
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How to use ArcGIS in an open standard environment. | USGS GIS person?, ESRI representative? | OGC service stack in ArcGIS. | 3 |
Openlayers application tours by Cassandra. | Cassandra Ladino | Web app architecture/integration of services. How things are done and what can be done. Compare and contrast with ArcGIS. | 2 |
Data Management Frameworks/Systems (ScienceBase/data.usgs.gov, data.gov, dataone.org, ESIP) |
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Wildlife Health Event Reporter application www.wher.org and other National Wildlife Health Center data activities. | Megan Hines |
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Talk from GIN programmer/technology folks: usgin.org | talk w/Steve Richards, Viv Hutchison | What technologies they have decided on and why. How they plan on working with other systems going forward especially regarding JSON context. | 2 |
- USGS policy on using Google Analytics, Docs, etc
- How does FSP or EPN policy impact development & deployment of tools, software, web sites, etc (http://www.usgs.gov/fsp/, http://www.usgs.gov/publishing/)
- Discussions publication-ready figures from ArcMap (Internal USGS)
- GIS capable web clients with Greg Gunther
- API for File-based ESRI Geodatabase
- Draft Data Management Framework, per Stan Smith's presentation to the NCCWSC Data Management Group
- Scientific programming: Excel Macros, SQL, python, R; guidance and standards.
- R scripting sub-group? R for cartography?
- Setting up a simple single-user version control system for data sets and scripts
- Talk about participation in upcoming conferences
Handled Topics
- video: Update on MAD survey; (at 15 min) Intro of ArcGIS Server-Cloud sub-group; (at 35 min) nsISO from 5/31/11 call
- video: Update on migration to Confluence for my.usgs.gov 4.0 from 5/17/2011 call
- video: Metadata and web services for geoscientific data from 4/19/2011 call
- video: ESRI GeoPortal from 4/8/2011 call
- video: Using OGC Web Processing Services (WPS) in GDP 1.0 from 4/5/2011 call
- Field Computing Integration and Support (FCIS) from 3/22/11 call
- video: Introduction to GDP (Mar 9, 2011) - Dave Blodgett
- Data Mgmt WG and the role of the TSWG 3/8/11 call
- THREDDS and ncISO from 2-11-22 call
- Update of Nat'l Map WebApp Integ Framework 3/8/11 call
- Architecture and components of the CSMP system with Greg Miller/Shawn Dadisman (11-2-?)
!!!NOTE: *.arf video files require the Webex Video Player which can be downloaded here.
Random News
- ESRI Geoportal Extension to become open source?
- Yes. See the sourceforge site for more.
- ESRI Releases the Open GeoServices REST Specification (ESRI announcement, too)
Old topics/questions we don't want to lose track of.
- What can we take from the NOAA document with their blueprint for data integration? Should we collaborate with them? If so, how? Roland Viger 9/8/2010