From iknowjoseph@gmail.com Tue May 20 18:28:08 2008 From: iknowjoseph@gmail.com (Joseph Reeves) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:28:08 +0100 Subject: Total Open Station In-Reply-To: <20080318100102.DCC112594A2@webmail.spritmail.org> References: <20080318100102.DCC112594A2@webmail.spritmail.org> Message-ID: <958244340805200928u191539cdn1da989f8ce1a0913@mail.gmail.com> Gratuitous blog spamming aside, Luca Bianconi has just helped me get Total Open Station on the Openmoko platform: http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/2 "The FreeRunner has a USB host port; you simply plug your phone into the Total Station, download the data and send it over the mobile network to our survey database in the office. No computers, no messing about, just data from the field to the office ASAP. We don't have to worry about laptops and the like; everyone will have the tools necessary to get the job done." Thanks to all involved for a really exciting piece of software, my mind's racing about the future possibilities of it. Joseph On 18/03/2008, Luca Bezzi wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > I think this project is really interesting. > > If you want we can help testing it with our two total station (Geodimeter > 500 and Foucs 10), but i think i can try it also with the total station of > the university of Innsbruck, Pisa and Padua, when i work for them (but > before i have to ask). When the software is ready and working we can insert > it in ArcheOS (if you agree). We released the second version (based on > Ubuntu), but we are tensting a lot of new software we would like to insert > in a new version that maybe we will release during the workshop of Padua. > > Nice greetings, > > Luca Bezzi > > Arc-Team > Archaeology & Free Software > http://www.arc-team.com/ > luca.bezzi@arc-team.com > > > On Fre Mar 14 18:20 , Stefano Costa sent: > > Dear all, > this e-mail is to inform you about a new software project that I started > writing recently. The project is called Total Open Station. From the > README: > > """ > I started writing this program for making it easier to manage different > models of total stations in a GNU/Linux environment. However, I try to > develop following standards, so porting to Windows or Mac shouldn't be > difficult. > > Every model has its own quirks. So, I decided to use a modular > structure, that is based on an abstract interface. Each time a new model > is added to the program, you create a new instance of this base class, > with all needed data. > """ > > Total Open Station is developed with the Python programming language. > For those who are interested in participating the project website is at > > http://sharesource.org/project/totalopenstation/ > > The (few lines of) code that I have written as of today are here in a > Mercurial repository: > > http://hg.sharesource.org/totalopenstation/ > > Let me know if you want to help - even a test with your total station is > welcome! > > Best regards, > Stefano > > -- > Stefano Costa > http://www.iosa.it Archeologia e Software Libero > Io uso Debian GNU/Linux! > > > -- > Mailing list info: > http://lists.linux.it/listinfo/archaeology > > > > > > > -- > Mailing list info: > http://lists.linux.it/listinfo/archaeology > > From steko@iosa.it Tue May 20 18:47:10 2008 From: steko@iosa.it (Stefano Costa) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:47:10 +0200 Subject: Total Open Station In-Reply-To: <958244340805200928u191539cdn1da989f8ce1a0913@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080318100102.DCC112594A2@webmail.spritmail.org> <958244340805200928u191539cdn1da989f8ce1a0913@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1211302030.2956.29.camel@localhost> Il giorno mar, 20/05/2008 alle 17.28 +0100, Joseph Reeves ha scritto: > Gratuitous blog spamming aside, Luca Bianconi has just helped me get > Total Open Station on the Openmoko platform: > > http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/2 > > "The FreeRunner has a USB host port; you simply plug your phone into > the Total Station, download the data and send it over the mobile > network to our survey database in the office. Joseph, that's really good news. When I first thought about a cross-platform application I didn't think about _so_ many platforms ;-) Now my question is: what is your Total Station model? Can you provide sample data so we can write a parser module for it? Thanks, Steko From steko@iosa.it Fri May 23 18:22:36 2008 From: steko@iosa.it (Stefano Costa) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:22:36 +0200 Subject: Digital Heritage in the new knowledge environment: shared spaces & open paths to cultural content Message-ID: <1211559756.3860.59.camel@localhost> (via Ancient World Bloggers) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE HELLENIC MINISTRY OF CULTURE 1ST Announcement ? Call for Papers/Participation The Directorate of the National Archive of Monuments of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture is organizing a three-day Conference on ?Digital Heritage in the new knowledge environment: shared spaces & open paths to cultural content?. The Conference, which is going to be held in the end of October 2008, intends to promote a dialogue on current issues and concerns raised regarding the new knowledge environment, as this is formed by the use of new media for heritage management and dissemination. The discussion will grow around five sessions addressing a) Case studies of new technologies applied in Archaeology and Heritage Management, b) Activity towards the formation of a common language to ensure compatibility and interoperability of applications and systems, c) The use of Web 2.0 as part of the new knowledge environment, d) Free, open and public access to heritage content e) Theoretical approaches to cultural heritage and digital culture. As part of the above sessions, keynote talks have been invited and will be presented by notable researchers and specialists, including: Dr Adam-Veleni, Director, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Dr Dallas C., Assistant Professor, Panteion University Dr Constantios D., Director, Byzantine & Christian Museum Dr Constantopoulos P, Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business Dr Cotsakis C, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Dr Tourta A., Director, Byzantine Museum of Thessaloniki Farmakis G., Chief Executive Officer, Agilis S.A. Dr Ashley M., Executive Director, OKAPI, Multimedia Authoring Center for Teaching in Anthropology, UC Berkeley Dr Brogan T., Director, Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Centre for East Crete (INSTAP) Dr Doerr M., Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology Mr Ducke B., Senior Applications Support and Development Officer, Oxford Archaeology Dr Elliott T., Associate Director for Digital Programs, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University Mr Eve S., Director, L-P Archaeology Mr Isaksen L., Doctoral Student at School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, ?ntiquist Community Moderator, formerly Senior IT Development Officer at Oxford Archaeology Dr Kansa E., Executive Director, Information and Service Design (ISD), School of Information, UC Berkeley Mr Poole ?., Chief Executive, MDA (Europe) For further information on the Conference and the thematic sessions please see the attached file. We invite all interested to participate with a 15-minute original presentation in Greek or English to send the title and a 350-word abstract of their talk until 9th June 2008, including the title of the thematic session under which they wish to be considered. The selection of papers will be based on the extent of the abstract, the abstract consistency with the conference theme, and the post date. The conference presentations will be published in a volume by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Please send abstracts to Ms Kappa by email to evkappa@gmail.com, by post to the Directorate of the National Archive of Monuments offices, Ag. Asomaton 11, Athens, GR-105 53, Hellas, by fax to +30 210 322 5628. Participants will be notified by 30th June 2008. The exact conference dates, as well as a preliminary programme will be announced in July 2008. We are looking forward to hearing from you, and please do not hesitate to contact us for any further enquiries. Metaxia Tsipopoulou, Ph.D. Director Hellenic Ministry of Culture National Archive of Monuments