Re: What everyone is doing.....

> My impression after using OpenMap and following this discussion
> group is that it, and its users, are mostly concerned with the
> display side of GIS, and not the geospatial analysis / spatial
> database management side.

As I wrote a day or two ago, on the side I'm developing a Search and
Rescue interface for OpenMap I hope will be useful in for CAP
missions. I wonder if the following uses (once implemented) would
qualify as geospatial analysis?

  - scoring choices of search altitudes and pattern types as functions
    of terrain and visibility

  - modifying search areas given wind and weather (e.g.,
    thunderstorms, scud running) that might have affected the flight
    path of a lost aircraft

  - using home-grown rules from local experts, such as,
    o "When you have a radar track and it disappears, the aircraft
       is usually found within a few miles of its last known position."
    o "If someone from out of state is lost while crossing Pennsylvania,
       often you'll find them 100 feet below the highest obstacle along
       their flight path."

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