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Journal

2007-05-29T05:22:10Z

Wiki-Yann: /* Reviewers */

[http://www.osgeo.org/journal '''OSGeo Journal'''] is the OSGeo publication highlight open source projects, news, event and OSGeo Foundation updates. This is the summary page for the Journal project and its future editions.

For already release volumes see the official [http://www.osgeo.org/journal/ OSGeo Journal homepage]

''OSGeo Journal volumes'':

Please add yourself (incl. e-mail) to an open volume Wiki, if you like to submit an article; an editor will contact you.

* Volume 1 (closed): [[Journal Volume 1 ]]

* Volume 2 (open): [[Journal Volume 2 ]]

== Background ==
OSGeo Journal builds on top of the successful history of the [http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/index.php GRASS-News] production. [http://osgeo.org/files/news/GRASS_OSGeo_News_vol4.pdf Volume 4] (5.8MB) of that production was a joint GRASS/OSGeo effort. The next edition is broader and branded as OSGeo Journal.

== Editions ==
* [http://osgeo.org/files/news/GRASS_OSGeo_News_vol4.pdf GRASS/OSGeo-News Volume 4] (5.8MB)
* OSGeo Journal Volume 1 ([[Journal Volume 1]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/journal/volume1 released])
* OSGeo Journal Volume 2 ([[Journal Volume 2]] - in development)

== Content Outline ==
This is the typical outline for an edition:
# Editorials
# News
# Event Reports (2-3 articles)
# Project Spotlight (Introductions) (1-2 articles)
# Case Studies (2-3 articles)
# Integration Studies (2-3 articles)
# Topical Studies (1-2 articles)
# Programming Tutorials (2-3 tutorials)
# Interviews (1-2 people)
# Developer Announcements

=== Short description of content ===
Suggested max. length of articles in brackets. Page counts are based on output in newsletter format. Word counts assume several images, about 1.5 per page.

* Editorials: written by Edt. in Chief or/and well-known person - (1 page)
* News: past 6 months and next 3 months, just keywords/URL/date - (all short notes: 1 page)
* Event Reports: Brief article about meetings/conferences etc. - (1/2 page per report or 750 words)
* Project Introductions: General introduction to one software project or particular new features of a project - (3 pages, 1500 words)
* Case Studies: Highlighting specific application of technologies to a certain problem, user community or developer needs - (3 pages, 1500 words)
* Integration Studies: Articles showing how many projects can work together in an integrated fashion, e.g. the power of GRASS, QGIS and GDAL all working together - (5 pages, 2500 words)
* Topical Studies: Introductions to concepts and theories, e.g. what something means, how to work with certain types of things - (3 pages, 1500 words)
* Programming Tutorials: Tutorials showing how to use a library or application at a programmatic level - (3 pages, 1500 words)
* Interviews: Introducing open source community members or organisations - (1-2 pages, 1000 words)
* Developer Announcements: Announcements about recent changes/improvements to projects - (0.5 - 1 page, 750 words)

== Production Team ==
Typical needs include volunteers to collect, edit, format articles and design/proof layout. Because layout is done using LaTeX, volunteers familiar with it are always appreciated. By having several editors and categories we spread the word out and reduce the overall load for each volunteer.

Each editor is in charge of:

* looking through submitted articles
* doing a brief review and perhaps fwd. them to another more experienced user/developer or other Reviewer
* asking certain projects to submit articles (for volumes covering one subject)
* check for layout errors, so that the final files can easily be merged with all other sections
* optionally converting content to LaTeX if needed

=== Team Positions ===

* '''Newsletter Chair''': [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
** Announcing new vol./call for articles; announce release dates
* '''Editor in Chief''': [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
** Merging all sections, check for final version, asking all editors to submit final versions, etc.
* '''Editor, News''': [[User:Jfournier | Jason Fournier]]
** Compiling general new items from past 6 months
* '''Editor, Event Reports:''' [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
** Compiling information about OSGeo-related events and to find summary reports that could be included as part of the newsletter
* '''Editor, Project Spotlights''': [[User:Wegmann | Martin Wegmann]]
** Solicit, collect, edit and reformat content
* '''Editor, Case Studies''': [mailto:micha@arava.co.il Micha Silver]
* '''Editor, Integration Studies''': [[User:Wegmann | Martin Wegmann]]
* '''Editor, Programming Tutorials''': Landon Blake
* '''Layout/Design''': Kevin Yam
** Designing and changing look and feel of publication

=== Open Positions ===
Interested in helping? This section lists current positions that need filling. If you have other interests, you are also welcome to add them for discussion.
* '''Editor, Topical Studies'''
* '''Editor, Developer Announcements'''
* '''Spell/grammer-checker'''
* '''Reviewers''' - You have particular expertise and can review certain kinds of articles for content. Somewhat like a peer reviewer too, so logical questions can be turned back to authors if needed.
* '''Formating/Conversion''' - moving non-LaTeX content into LaTeX forms (each author/section Edt.has to check for latex errors etc.)
* '''Sponsor''' - interested in sponsoring the newsletter creation?

== Reviewers ==

Please list yourself below with name, e-mail and field of expertise to review certain articles - individual editors will contact you if necessary:

* [mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com Landon Blake] - Coordinate Geometry, Geodesy, Surveying, Applications of GIS to Public Works and Parcel/Cadastral Records Management
* [mailto:micha@arava.co.il Micha Silver] - Using GIS and GPS in agricultural pest control projects; watershed analysis
* [mailto:dan.putler@sauder.ubc.ca Dan Putler] - Application of GIS to marketing, retailing, and other business problems; geo-statistics.
* [mailto:yann.chemin@gmail.com Yann Chemin] - Satellite image processing, evapotranspiration/crop models, multi-temporal/scale, spatio-temporal, data assimilation.

== Submission of articles ==
Please start by reading our [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Journal_License_and_Guidelines guidlelines] for details about licensing and content.

Your article should be written in [http://www.latex-project.org/ Latex]. For instructions which format/style shall be used, please have a look at this working [http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/GRASSnewsletter_template.tar.gz GRASS Newsletter Latex] template. If you do not know Latex yet, don't be scared as it is quite easy. You might want to have a look at the [http://www.stdout.org/~winston/latex/ Latex Cheat Sheet] to get to know a few commands, e.g. how to enumerate, make tables etc.
Please send your zipped document to the respective Editors (see below).

If Latex is a problem for you or your article, please discuss it with your editor. At their discretion, editors can choose to help you convert your content into a suitable format for publishing.

== Newsletter Software ==

Based on GRASS-News (which was based on R News) Latex is recommended, but other publishing packages might be considered for forthcoming issues. (For example, [http://www.scribus.net Scribus] has been recommended.)

Contributors ought to submit articles in Latex and images as pdf (high res jpg is fine as well, kim (inside kde) can convert them easily to pdf):

'''links to templates will go here'''
* template for article
** template for inserting images
** template for inserting tables

They can be copied from [http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/GRASSnewsletter_template.tar.gz GRASS-News LaTex template].

== Process ==
# Confirm editors/volunteers
# Set deadlines
# Solicit articles
# Collect/edit/review articles
# Format to LaTeX
# Produce draft
# Set deadline for review
# Revisions
# Final production
# Press Release and promotion

== Online Location ==
OSGeo Journal team uses a subversion code repository for managing content for the publication.
It can be accessed publicly [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/journal here].

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User:Yann

2007-05-25T09:06:59Z

Wiki-Yann: added publications

'''Yann''' Henri CHEMIN

French, 33 years.

Like Sci-Fi and AD&D.
Prefer bird-songs to traffic jams honks.
Believe that gravito-magnetic science will solve our actual pollution problem.
Tries to speak Pythonic these days...

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'''Articles directly speaking about FOSS GIS'''

Chemin Y., Honda K. and Ines A.V.M. '''Genetic Algorithm for assimilating remotely sensed evapotranspiration data using a soil-water-atmosphere-plant model - Implementation issues.''' Technical letter, International Journal of Geoinformatics. 1(1):87{}-90,2005. [http://www.j-geoinfo.net/Content/fulmar05/IJG_087-090.pdf link pdf]

Chemin, Y., Honda, K., Ines, A.V.M., 2004. '''Real-coded genetic algorithm for assimilating remotely sensed evapotranspiration data using a soil-water-atmosphere-plant model. A methodology.''' In Proceedings of the AFITA-World Conference on Computing in Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand. [http://www.afitaandwcca2004.net/html/paper/87-Real_Coded.pdf link pdf] [http://www.afitaandwcca2004.net/html/present/afita_Real_code.ppt link2 ppt]

Chemin Y., 2004. '''STARCD: a GIS/RS livecd for educational purposes'''. In Proceedings of the Free and Open Source Software / GRASS Users conference, 12-14 September 2004, Bangkok, Thailand. [http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/viewpaper.php?id=28 link pdf]

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'''Contributed programs to GRASS GIS'''

'''i.uslek''' creates USLE K factor (soil erodibility) from sand, clay, silt fractions and organic matter fraction. Based on USDA 1951 (p209) quoted in FAO World Soil CD, and from some generic [soil class+OM] to K conversion table.

'''i.usler''' calculate the USLE erosivity factor of precipitations, 4 equations are available.

'''i.albedo''' creates Albedo. This module takes Modis, Aster, Landsat or AVHRR individual surface reflectance bands to calculate Albedo. This module is a precursor to r.sun or any Energy-Balance related processing.r.albedo

'''i.emissivity''' calculate emissivity from NDVI.

'''i.eb.*''' 10+ modules of Energy Balance related processing according to SEBAL model (Bastiaanssen, 1995).

'''i.vi''' Vegetation indices (13), single CPU (Baburao Kamble prepared the functions). MPI and grid versions prepared by Shamim Akhter

'''i.dn2ref.*''' Calibrate and correct DN to Top of Atmosphere Reflectance (Landsat 7 and Aster versions).

'''r.gaswap.serial''' single-cpu version of SWAP + Genetic Algorithms. Cluster and grid versions prepared by Shamim Akhter.

'''i.evapo.potrad''' Potential evapotranspiration (radiative method).

'''i.dn2potrad.l7''' tries to do it automatically from raw DN values by reading header file of Landsat 7.

'''i.evapo.PT''', potential evapotranspiration from Prestley-Taylor.

'''i.evapo.MH''', reference evapotranspiration by Hargreaves and Modified Hargreaves.

'''i.evapo.PM''', ET potential by Penman-Monteith method and '''i.atcorr''', Atmospheric Correction of satellite images based on 6S. Both ported back the modules into the current GRASS GIS version, after doing some code cleaning.

User:Yann

2007-05-25T08:56:44Z

Wiki-Yann: Initial summary