[ESIP-all] ESIP-IT&Interop Committee Rants and Raves Webinar February 03 at 01:00 PM CST

[Dr. Rahul Ramachandran]

Rants and Raves Webinar Series Kickoff - February 03 at 01:00 PM CST

The ESIP Information Technology and Interoperability Committee this year 
will host Rants and Raves Webinar series.  The Rants and Raves Webinar 
provides a platform to any ESIP member to present any Information 
Technology and Interoperability related issues, seek suggestions/ideas 
or present cool new technology useful to the ESIP community. Dr. 
Christopher Lynnes will kickoff the series with a rant on the 
difficulties associated with Earth Science data on Feb 03, 2010 at 1:00 
PM CT.


Earth Science Data:  Why So Difficult?
Dr. Christopher Lynnes

Assembling a multi-sensor set of data for, say, a volcanic eruption 
means days of wandering cyberspace to find data and pry it loose from 
the custom search interfaces that jealously guard it. Following the 
Search is a slog of weeks reading format and QA documents, then cobbling 
together code to beat the data into a form that can be used safely in 
analysis tools.  Why so difficult?$%#@^%!???

Above rant to be followed by a (mostly) calm and rational discussion of 
ways toward a solution.

GoToMeeting Information
1. Please join this meeting, Wednesday, February 03 at 01:00 PM CST.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/619457216

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Best,
Rahul

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Rahul Ramachandran Ph.D.
Deputy Editor -  Earth Science Informatics [ESIN]
ESIN: http://www.springer.com/12145
Research Scientist
Information Technology and Systems Center
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL 35899  
http://geoinformatics.itsc.uah.edu/
Tel: 256-824-5157
Fax: 256-824-5149