[OpenRelief Developer] [UX] What's the status of Sahana Eden integration?

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> From: shane at openrelief.org
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:41:15 +0900
> To: walters at id.com
> CC: owenwaller at googlemail.com; developer at openrelief.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenRelief Developer] [UX] What's the status of Sahana Eden integration?
> 
> Hi Chris
> 
> Great progress, please let us know once it is rolling. Owen has good momentum rolling with Eden, and we are rapidly approaching the point where we know what we need to start doing. 
> 
> I have collected a lot of the overviews and notes on our new development wiki:
> http://www.openrelief.org/developer/index.php?title=Drone_Management_Outline
> 
> Please be aware that this text needs to be clarified, reduced and refined. It's mostly copy and paste from email threads right now. Sorry about that. I will work on it when I have time, and I would deeply appreciate any help.
> 
> Shane
> 
> On Jun 19, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Chris Walters wrote:
> > I've got the linode allocated but there is an issue with the install script for Sahana Eden, looks like the one on the wiki is out of date. So I'm hanging out on the IRC channel with the Eden devs to see which script and distro I should use.
> > 
> > Will let you know when it is up and running of if I encounter other roadblocks
> > 
> > On 19 Jun 2012, at 00:07, Shane Coughlan wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi Owen
> >> 
> >> Great, so it's over to you, Chris, for that test instance. :)
> >> 
> >> Shane
> >> 
> >> On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Owen Waller wrote:
> >>> Chris, Shane,
> >>> 
> >>> Yes, I agree we'll need a testing instance of Sahana Eden, somewhere that everyone will need access too. If you can set this up than that's great. I haven't looked at this yet. So whatever works for you, I don't at this stage have a preference for which host we use.
> >>> 
> >>> I'm still playing catchup at the minute to work out what we need and a few ideas, but getting there.
> >>> 
> >>> Owen
> >>> 
> >>> On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 17:25 +0900, Shane Coughlan wrote:
> >>>> Chris, if you have testing space, that sounds good to me. Let's see
> >>>> what Owen says, as he is our named Sahana Eden lead.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Owen, can you confirm status? If there is no overlap, how about we run
> >>>> the first instance on the space held by Chris in coordination with you,
> >>>> and then you can pursue our project action item in coordination: "I
> >>>> understand [that we want] to have a test instance of Sahana running, to
> >>>> import data via XML and [Sahana] RESTful API, to upstream any changes
> >>>> effectively, and also to explore things like manual vectorisation
> >>>> (tying the visual recognition with [Sahana] mapping client, to allow
> >>>> raw imaging to get mapping traced over, and potentially allowing the
> >>>> confirmation of the existence of a road or not). On the last point we
> >>>> also want to make sure we integrate perfectly into OpenStreetMap."
> >>>> 
> >>>> Don't forget to hook into the Sahana community so that we can benefit
> >>>> from their knowledge and share any advances back:
> >>>> 
> >>>> http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki#Contact
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks guy, this will be cool.
> >>>> 
> >>>> On Jun 18, 2012, at 5:49 AM, Chris Walters wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Shane, Owen
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Happy to try and get a Sahana Eden instance up and running. Assuming we want a shared instance (is that a correct assumption?) I'm able to offer a Linode or we can use EC2 according to the docs. 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Any preferences? Or maybe you've started already Owen?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Linode is a bit easier for me since I have an account already etc. and in fact don't have any AWS experience, but I'm happy to try either one (or even something completely different).
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On 17 Jun 2012, at 04:40, Shane Coughlan <
> >>>> shane at openrelief.org
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> Hi Owen
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Great that you are proceeding with Sahana Eden as below. Please coordinate with Chris Walters, who has offered to help with our Sahana Eden and our drone management teams. He is a programmer by trade, so hopefully you guys collaborate to get the ducks in a row pretty fast ;)
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Here are the first action items:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> (1) from Fran at Sahana:
> >>>>>> "Owen [Chris]: Please feel free to join our mailing list & IRC channel as these
> >>>>>> are the best ways to get any support if you get stuck from the wiki
> >>>>>> alone:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>> http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki#Contact
> >>>> "
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> (2) from Shane: 
> >>>>>> "Owen [Chris], can you have a look at their documentation, and come back to me to coordinate the setup of our Eden instance?"
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Then we move to:
> >>>>>> "I understand [that we want] to have a test instance of Sahana running, to import data via XML and [Sahana] RESTful API, to upstream any changes effectively, and also to explore things like manual vectorisation (tying the visual recognition with [Sahana] mapping client, to allow raw imaging to get mapping traced over, and potentially allowing the confirmation of the existence of a road or not). On the last point we also want to make sure we integrate perfectly into OpenStreetMap."
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> As a FYI, Fran from Sahana said working with OpenStreetMap is a big priority for them too:
> >>>>>> "Absolutely - we integrate the OSM Potlatch editor so can use that to
> >>>>>> edit the OSM database where it is desired to add features directly to
> >>>>>> the common basemap (e.g. roads).
> >>>>>> We also have XSLT to convert data 2-ways between the Sahana database &
> >>>>>> the .osm format where we want to manage the resources within Sahana
> >>>>>> (e.g. Offices, Camps)"
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Gentlemen, the ball is in your court.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Regards
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Shane
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:24 AM, Owen Waller wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi Shane,
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Yup, sure, not a problem. Let me lean on the Sahana folks to get to to speed.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Owen
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 10:48 +0800, Shane Coughlan wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Hi Owen
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> We have not started integration with Eden yet, and that's precisely an
> >>>>>>>> area where we need energy and help. As you can see, Sahana also just
> >>>>>>>> turned up on the lists, and we have direct technical contacts to get
> >>>>>>>> this ball rolling.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Can you take lead on that for now?
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Shane
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 4:23 AM, Owen Waller wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Greetings All,
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> Like many others I have seen today's announcement of the OpenRelief project on "The Register" 
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/
> >>>> 
> >>>>>>>> . So, it's time for me to chip in and see if I can do any good :)
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> I've had a quick look over the developer list archives and there seems to be a lot of discussion about the UAV's hardware and software, but not so much about how to integrate with disaster management systems. This where I'd like to help.
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> So, I'll start with two questions:
> >>>>>>>>> 1) Could someone please point me at some updated information about the status of the integration with Sahana Eden?
> >>>>>>>>> 2) Based on Shane's initial UX posting [1] - has anyone asked the Sahana Eden folks, what their suggestion for integration (and deployment) would be? 
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> [1] 
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>> http://openrelief.org/pipermail/developer_openrelief.org/2012-March/000003.html
> >>>> 
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> Regards
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> Owen
> >>>>>>>>> 
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