I have some qualms about this as a stand-alone project. It's a conversion tool between two defined formats. You will build it, it will get done, and then what? What will keep a community engaged? If would make more sense to imaging some project that was in the business of building and maintaining a suite of related tools, where new things could be expected to come up.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Apache Wiki <wikidi...@apache.org> wrote: > Dear Wiki user, > > You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Incubator Wiki" > for change notification. > > The "HotdoGProposal" page has been changed by H. Joe Lee: > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/HotdoGProposal?action=diff&rev1=9&rev2=10 > > = Background = > = Rationale = > > - The HEG tool is limited to some NASA HDF-EOS2 products and it is not > an open-source tool. The latest GDAL (version 1.9.2 and above) is an > open-source tool but it cannot handle many non-HDF-EOS NASA HDF products > such as TRMM (pure HDF4) and Aquarius (pure HDF5) correctly with correct > coordinate system. > + The HEG tool is limited to some NASA HDF-EOS2 products and it is not an > open-source tool. The latest GDAL (version 1.9.2 and above) is an > open-source tool but it cannot handle many non-HDF-EOS NASA HDF products > such as TRMM (pure HDF4) and Aquarius (pure HDF5) correctly with correct > coordinate system. > > = Initial Goals = > + > + We'll improve GDAL to support NASA HDF products better by handling > geo-location information correctly and automatically. > + > = Current Status = > + > + We're looking for developers and sponsors. > + > == Meritocracy == > == Community == > + > + GIS and Earth Science > + > == Core developers == > * H. Joe Lee <hyoklee AT hdfgroup DOT org> > > @@ -42, +51 @@ > > * http://wiki.apache.org/HotdoG > > = Initial Committers = > + > = Affiliations = > * H. Joe Lee (The HDF Group) > > @@ -51, +61 @@ > > * Mike Folk - The HDF Group > > = Sponsors = > + > == Champion == > * Paul Ramirez <paul DOT m DOT ramirez AT jpl DOT nasa DOT gov> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: cvs-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: cvs-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
