At the #AustralianPlantPhenomicsNetwork (#APPN), we're just concluding a project (Multiscalar Crop Characterisation Network) we've run with support from the #AustralianResearchDataCommons (#ARDC) to develop or adopt #Python tools and pipelines for simpler construction of geospatial data cubes from disparate sources (GeoTIFF, shapefiles, CSV data with point measurements, etc.). "Simpler" may only be relative, and others understand how to do this better, but I'm pleased with the results.

We're using STAC catalogues to drive an ODC-based engine for constructing xarray datacubes. The main tweaks have been in handling non-raster formats more smoothly.

As APPN goes forward, we expect to generate STAC metadata for pretty much any data objects that derive from observations with coordinates (UAV images, orthomosaics, point clouds, plot observations and measurements, etc.) and want to make it as easy as possible to plug and play with arbitrary sets of these and with relevant environment and climate data from other sources.

Three repositories:

stac-generator - configuration-driven generation of STAC catalogue records - https://github.com/aus-plant-phenomics-network/stac-generator

mccn-engine - loading and saving data cubes - https://github.com/aus-plant-phenomics-network/mccn-engine

mccn-case-studies - six #Jupyter notebooks that do semi-meaningful things with different data samples - https://github.com/aus-plant-phenomics-network/mccn-case-studies

All case studies also generate #RO-Crate packages, because we are heavily into adopting it (and #JSON-LD, schema.org, etc.) everywhere to contextualise our data to make it as #FAIR as possible.

@nivex

I have a story for you.

@OpenResearchIns administered the original 250k grant from #ARDC. ORI achieved all of M17’s capital expense goals, got them started on the standards process (ANSI/IEEE), helped fix 6 or 7 major issues, and had about 100k left. Really good performance. ORI had some rules like “we pay for travel to events if you’re giving a talk”. It wasn’t a bad project at all. Things were progressing well.

In return, M17 leads decided to burn ORI.

After a fair bit of tinkering in between things I’ve finally gotten my BGP bits sorted properly and sending announcements up to my peer, some further filters adjusted in the peers link to the carriers and I’m now routable to the world!

#bgp #mikrotik #juniper #AS214064 #44net #ardc #ampr #routing #IPv4 #IPv6 #eBGP #iBGP #OSPF #dualstack

@kgoetz

Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen this. You unexpectedly turned up on my radio feed.

Here, #ARDC stands for Amateur Radio Digital Communications and can be found at ardc.net

In data science and research, #ARDC stands for Australian Research Data Commons and can be found at ardc.edu.au

As an Australian Radio Amateur and ICT Professional, I'm subscribed to both mailing lists and regularly the two overlap to the point where I have to check which hat I'm wearing when I click on a link 😁

National Node of ARDC Nectar Research Cloud Goes Live at AARNet

The new national node of the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud is now operational, hosted by AARNet.

Australian Research Data Commons

In 2021, the german #DARC received 179,690€ from the #ARDC to correct and update the #Linux #AX25 #packetradio #kernel stack.

https://www.ardc.net/apply/grants/2021-grants/grant-fixing-the-linux-kernel-ax-25/

Since that day, NOTHING is available anywhere. The dedicated web site (linux-ax25.org) is non-existant and all about this project (and the money) vanished.

https://mailman.ardc.net/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/44net@mailman.ampr.org/message/GV2LZSBRMRSFZ2DEQQYIHYIUQ4BMQZWO/

Has anyone any information about the status of this project? Where is the code? Where the money went?

#amateurradio #hamradio

Grant: Fixing the Linux kernel AX.25 | ARDC

Canada and Australia team up to strengthen technological and scientific ties in Indo-Pacific Region

Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Just skimmed the latest @ARDC Newsletter. I'm really pleased to see #ARDC working with PEAK Grantmaking https://www.peakgrantmaking.org/ Judging from their website, they seem to be great advocates for #Diversity and #inclusion--qualities sorely needed in #AmateurRadio and #STEMEducation in general. Good on y'all. #STEMM, #STEAM
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#HamRadioWorkbench's most recent episode is all about #44net and #ARDC. https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/podcast

44net is devoted solely to amateur radio use. Radio amateurs use 44net networks to set up radio-based networks using packet radio, 802.11 (Wi-Fi), and other technologies on amateur radio frequencies to exchange data using IP protocols. Local and regional radio networks are interconnected over the internet using a mesh network of tunnels between gateway systems.

#HamRadio #podcast #amatuerradio

Ham Radio Workbench Podcast

This is your bi-weekly deep dive on making, DIY, electronics, and technical topics of interest to the radio amateur. Join your host George KJ6VU and the HRWB team as they discuss current developments in ham radio while introducing listeners to a plethora of topics and skills such as test equipment, 3D Printing, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and more. Ham radio is a hobby of hobbies - George and team introduce hams of all ages to experimenting and learning within ham radio, which can be one of the most rewarding aspects of the hobby. We are proudly sponsored by Autodesk Eagle PCB design tools, Flex Radio and Digikey.

Pocket Casts

Over the past months we have interviewed some of the people involved in the #ARDC, a series of #VMs hosted at the servus datacenter; we have also traced the history of #AMRO, Art Meets Radical Openness, and the general radical media art context in which #servus.at was born and still operates.

All this material is now collected in a fancy magazine called "Artists Running Data Centers", which we'll get fresh off the press tomorrow and present at STWST on Tuesday, December 17th at 7pm.