Re: Swarm and GIS libraries

[Alex Lancaster]

>>>>> "RB" == Robert E Bell <address@hidden> writes:

RB> Alex and fellow GIS folks...  I'm happy to see the big response
RB> from GIS/SWARM users! :-) I won't repeat what Matt, Ned, and
RB> Catherine have said since I agree.

RB> Getting some spatial analysis tools into swarm libraries would be
RB> very beneficial. I imagine getting Fragstats into Swarm will not
RB> be that big of a problem (it's well written, well commented, and
RB> well documented...and free :-) and provides a lot of patch
RB> statistics. Add some Fourier and wavelet stuff and I think we will
RB> have a good base set of tools.

RB> As for GIS....IMHO, I would stick with raster GIS for getting
RB> started on this (Arc/Info GRID and IDRISI for the most part).
RB> Perhaps to be able to read/write these 2 formats would be a good
RB> first step.

RB> Should we get a splinter session going at Swarmfest? Or is that
RB> already the plan and I haven't been paying attention?

Swarmfest '98 will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on March 23 and 24, 
with a reception and tutorial sessions on March 22nd.  More details
will be provided in the upcoming issue of The Pheromone. 

RB> I would also like to see a list of all potential swarm/gis users
RB> and what their particular interests are (and their progress so
RB> far).  Are you collecting this, Alex?

Yes, I'm collecting as much as I can - it would also be helpful it
if folks, could more or less group things under the headings I
suggested in the original post.

Alex

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