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= Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) = | = Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) = | ||
== Scope == | == Scope == | ||
− | + | This wiki page summarizes all currently available facts, links and references about the first open source GIS application MOSS. | |
− | == | + | == Significance for OSGeo == |
+ | The annual OSGeo award is named after the late Sol Katz, one of the project members of MOSS. See: [[Sol Katz Award]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Heritage Source Code Repository == | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Websites == | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.osgeo.org/projects/moss/ | ||
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+ | https://mossgis.org | ||
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+ | == MOSS-archives mailing list == | ||
+ | For discussions related to the archiving process of MOSS, subscribe to the mailing list at: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/moss-archives | ||
+ | |||
+ | == MOSS-related Resources == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Overlay_and_Statistical_System Wikipedia: Map_Overlay_and_Statistical_System] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Overlay_and_Statistical_System Wikipedia: Map_Overlay_and_Statistical_System] | ||
*[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_GIS_History OSGeo: Open_Source_GIS_History (points to broken blm-ftp-site: ''MOSS is still available to download (ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/)'')] | *[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_GIS_History OSGeo: Open_Source_GIS_History (points to broken blm-ftp-site: ''MOSS is still available to download (ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/)'')] | ||
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* Reed, C., 1984, Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS), System Reference Manual, prepared by Autometric, Inc., Falls Church, VA | * Reed, C., 1984, Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS), System Reference Manual, prepared by Autometric, Inc., Falls Church, VA | ||
* [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/36794 MOSS user's manual (@USGS)] | * [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/36794 MOSS user's manual (@USGS)] | ||
− | * [https://sites.google.com/site/reedsgishistory/ Reed's GIS History Notes] | + | * [https://sites.google.com/site/reedsgishistory/ Carl Reed's GIS History Notes] |
* [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fwsobs77_21 User needs assessment for an operational geographic information system] | * [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fwsobs77_21 User needs assessment for an operational geographic information system] | ||
* [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70004689 A 125 year history of topographic mapping and GIS in the U.S. Geological Survey 1884-2009, part 2: 1980-2009] | * [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70004689 A 125 year history of topographic mapping and GIS in the U.S. Geological Survey 1884-2009, part 2: 1980-2009] | ||
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* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/geology/COGS/MOSS/mossdoc.txt PC-MOSS VERSION 1.0 USER AND PROGRAMMER DOCUMENTATION (IBIBLIO)] | * [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/geology/COGS/MOSS/mossdoc.txt PC-MOSS VERSION 1.0 USER AND PROGRAMMER DOCUMENTATION (IBIBLIO)] | ||
* [https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a137104.pdf Implement of the computer-program system MOSS] | * [https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a137104.pdf Implement of the computer-program system MOSS] | ||
+ | * [[File:Draft Guidelines for Use of ADSARC and MOSSARC Commands 1993.pdf|thumbnail|Draft_Guidelines_for_Use_of_ADSARC_and_MOSSARC_Commands_1993]] (Source: BLM Library, 2019. Link broken: 20210125) [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160317083843/https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fwsobs77_54| preserved content: Internet Archive / Wayback machine]] | ||
+ | * [[File:Conversion of an ARC-INFO Coverage Containing Multipe Attribute Data to a MOSS.pdf|thumbnail|Conversion of an ARC-INFO Coverage Containing Multipe Attribute Data to a MOSS]](Source: BLM Library, 2019) | ||
+ | * [https://oc.diw.de/index.php/s/OmFQCYg4yaZ1jfS | Appendix C MOSS Line Styles and Font Styles ]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Points of contact == | ||
+ | * BLM: Deborah Harnke: Librarian (Reference) | ||
+ | * MOSS: Carl Reed | ||
+ | * MOSS repository 2020 (potentionally transient): Māris Nartiss | ||
+ | * MOSS GitHub repository (2021 - ...): Peter Löwe & [[Jeff McKenna]] | ||
+ | * sdts2dem GitHub repository: [[Jeff McKenna]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == MOSS Code Evolution (1978 - 1985) == | ||
+ | (according to Carl Reed, personal communication, September 2020) | ||
+ | # Carl programmed the original version of MOSS on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_Cyber CDC mainframe] (interactive to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4010 Tek 4010]). This version was completed in 1978/79. | ||
+ | # In 1979 he ported the CDC code to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General|Data General] [https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/d13505aa-1127-4989-9a48-e5d1e7c800eb/1/ C330] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General_AOS AOS]). This is the version that was then installed at some of the BLM State Offices. This is also the version that was integrated with WAMS. | ||
+ | # In 1980, the code was ported to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General#Desktop_Generation DG Desktop] (AOS) for a BLM field application for monitoring and mapping lightning strikes. This may be the very first use of a GIS integrated with a real time sensor system! | ||
+ | # In 1983 or so MOSS was ported MOSS/MAPS/COS/WAMS to an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_9000#Series_500 HP 550] (UNIX) for the US Army ([https://books.google.de/books/about/U_S_Army_Engineer_Topographic_Laboratori.html?id=8UwsAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y ETL] now [https://www.agc.army.mil/ AGC]). This was for the Terrain Analysis Work Station ([ https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a167473.pdf TAWS]) project. TAWS was a field deployable, mobile GIS and remote sensing capability. | ||
+ | # In 1984 Carl converted MOSS to a DEC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX VAX] (VMS) for the [https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a187978.pdf DMA Digital Land Mass Simulation] activity. | ||
+ | # In 1985 the [https://sites.google.com/site/reedsgishistory/Home/deltamap-genamap-tiled-topological-data-structure MOSS Arc/Node and DBMS Design project] was done. This work was funded by the USGS EROS Data Center | ||
+ | == MOSS Codebase Search & Rescue Effort (2019 - 2021) == | ||
+ | # 20190327: BLM ceased during 2018 (exact date unknown) to host the MOSS sources on its FTP site. The BLM library did not archive a digital copy. | ||
+ | # 20190328 [http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Sol-Katz-MOSS-sources-gt-new-kind-of-quot-heritage-project-quot-td5400032.html#a5400124 Proposal to the OSGeo board to recognize MOSS as a OSGeo heritage project], to ensure future access to the codebase (if recoverable). | ||
+ | # 20190329: The wayback-machine of the Internet Archive did take snapshots of the FTP site, but apparently not the subdirectories: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/ | ||
+ | # 20190610: The BLM library was able to provide several scanned documents regarding MOSS (to be uploaded to this wiki). PL asked them to investigate wether a digital copy could still exist offline at BLM. | ||
+ | # 20190613: BLM reports that a digital copy of the codebase has not been retained. | ||
+ | # 20200904: Māris Nartiss discovers [https://store.lu.lv/?s=download&token=9a097760-ae01-4523-8b2a-bdae9758d2d7 a remaining copy] of the MOSS codebase. | ||
+ | # 20200917: Temporary (non-permanent) MOSS code archive at DIW Berlin | ||
+ | # 20210423: Sol Katz' utility sdts2dem source code uploaded to https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem | ||
+ | # 20210424: MOSS code archive uploaded to [https://github.com/ploewe/MOSS transient GitHub repo] (to be replaced by an OSGeo repo as soon as possible) | ||
+ | # 20210426: The MOSS code archive is long term preserved in the [https://zenodo.org/record/4719685 open access repository Zenodo]. It can now be cited by a [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4719685 persistent identifier (DOI)]: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4719685 | ||
+ | # 20210427: Presentation [https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-5492.html ''Raiders of the lost code''] at the European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2021 about the result of the Search and Rescue effort ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8XwbpQUAA8 video]). | ||
+ | # 20210427: MOSS Archive Release 1.0.0 | ||
+ | # 20210612: MOSS Archive Release 1.0.1 | ||
+ | # 20210618: Folder structure update. Fixes Floppy-disk-size related folder size limitations | ||
+ | # 20210622: [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/moss-archives MOSS-archive mailing list launched.] | ||
+ | # 20210622: MOSS Archive Release 1.0.2 | ||
+ | # 20210622: domain purchased: https://mossgis.org | ||
+ | # 20210709: new official repository home, hosted by the OSGeo foundation: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS | ||
+ | # 20210709: MOSS Archive Release 1.2.0 | ||
+ | # 20210709: initial website draft: https://mossgis.org | ||
− | == | + | == MOSS Incubation Process == |
− | + | # 20200928: [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2020-09-28#MOSS_Codebase Board decision] to make MOSS the first OSGeo Heritage Project. | |
+ | # 20210707: [https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS OSGeo MOSS repo at github created, based on the transient repo] | ||
+ | # 20210729: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5140319 OSGeo MOSS becomes an Open Access publication in the Zenodo repository, providing due credit for the authors.] | ||
+ | # 20210817: [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOSS_incubation_overview Incubation status overview table] | ||
+ | # 20210818: [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/moss/ OSGeo heritage project website] |
Latest revision as of 08:15, 25 August 2021
Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS)
Scope
This wiki page summarizes all currently available facts, links and references about the first open source GIS application MOSS.
Significance for OSGeo
The annual OSGeo award is named after the late Sol Katz, one of the project members of MOSS. See: Sol Katz Award
Heritage Source Code Repository
Websites
https://www.osgeo.org/projects/moss/
MOSS-archives mailing list
For discussions related to the archiving process of MOSS, subscribe to the mailing list at: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/moss-archives
- Wikipedia: Map_Overlay_and_Statistical_System
- OSGeo: Open_Source_GIS_History (points to broken blm-ftp-site: MOSS is still available to download (ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/))
- [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70013449 EVOLUTION OF THE MOSS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR 32-BIT COMPUTER SYSTEMS.com/site/reedsgishistory/Home/short-history-of-the-moss-gis short-history-of-the-moss-gis]
- On-line manual from the PC Version of MOSS as developed by Saul Katz
- Reed, C.R. 1982, Map Overlay and Statistical System User's Manual, Western Energy and Land Use Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Fort Collins, Colorado.
- Reed, C., 1984, Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS), System Reference Manual, prepared by Autometric, Inc., Falls Church, VA
- MOSS user's manual (@USGS)
- Carl Reed's GIS History Notes
- User needs assessment for an operational geographic information system
- A 125 year history of topographic mapping and GIS in the U.S. Geological Survey 1884-2009, part 2: 1980-2009
- [Carl Reed GIS History Fort Collins]
- PC-MOSS VERSION 1.0 USER AND PROGRAMMER DOCUMENTATION (IBIBLIO)
- Implement of the computer-program system MOSS
- File:Draft Guidelines for Use of ADSARC and MOSSARC Commands 1993.pdf (Source: BLM Library, 2019. Link broken: 20210125) [preserved content: Internet Archive / Wayback machine]
- File:Conversion of an ARC-INFO Coverage Containing Multipe Attribute Data to a MOSS.pdf(Source: BLM Library, 2019)
- | Appendix C MOSS Line Styles and Font Styles ]
Points of contact
- BLM: Deborah Harnke: Librarian (Reference)
- MOSS: Carl Reed
- MOSS repository 2020 (potentionally transient): Māris Nartiss
- MOSS GitHub repository (2021 - ...): Peter Löwe & Jeff McKenna
- sdts2dem GitHub repository: Jeff McKenna
MOSS Code Evolution (1978 - 1985)
(according to Carl Reed, personal communication, September 2020)
- Carl programmed the original version of MOSS on a CDC mainframe (interactive to a Tek 4010). This version was completed in 1978/79.
- In 1979 he ported the CDC code to a General C330 (AOS). This is the version that was then installed at some of the BLM State Offices. This is also the version that was integrated with WAMS.
- In 1980, the code was ported to DG Desktop (AOS) for a BLM field application for monitoring and mapping lightning strikes. This may be the very first use of a GIS integrated with a real time sensor system!
- In 1983 or so MOSS was ported MOSS/MAPS/COS/WAMS to an HP 550 (UNIX) for the US Army (ETL now AGC). This was for the Terrain Analysis Work Station ([ https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a167473.pdf TAWS]) project. TAWS was a field deployable, mobile GIS and remote sensing capability.
- In 1984 Carl converted MOSS to a DEC VAX (VMS) for the DMA Digital Land Mass Simulation activity.
- In 1985 the MOSS Arc/Node and DBMS Design project was done. This work was funded by the USGS EROS Data Center
MOSS Codebase Search & Rescue Effort (2019 - 2021)
- 20190327: BLM ceased during 2018 (exact date unknown) to host the MOSS sources on its FTP site. The BLM library did not archive a digital copy.
- 20190328 Proposal to the OSGeo board to recognize MOSS as a OSGeo heritage project, to ensure future access to the codebase (if recoverable).
- 20190329: The wayback-machine of the Internet Archive did take snapshots of the FTP site, but apparently not the subdirectories: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/
- 20190610: The BLM library was able to provide several scanned documents regarding MOSS (to be uploaded to this wiki). PL asked them to investigate wether a digital copy could still exist offline at BLM.
- 20190613: BLM reports that a digital copy of the codebase has not been retained.
- 20200904: Māris Nartiss discovers a remaining copy of the MOSS codebase.
- 20200917: Temporary (non-permanent) MOSS code archive at DIW Berlin
- 20210423: Sol Katz' utility sdts2dem source code uploaded to https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem
- 20210424: MOSS code archive uploaded to transient GitHub repo (to be replaced by an OSGeo repo as soon as possible)
- 20210426: The MOSS code archive is long term preserved in the open access repository Zenodo. It can now be cited by a persistent identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4719685
- 20210427: Presentation Raiders of the lost code at the European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2021 about the result of the Search and Rescue effort (video).
- 20210427: MOSS Archive Release 1.0.0
- 20210612: MOSS Archive Release 1.0.1
- 20210618: Folder structure update. Fixes Floppy-disk-size related folder size limitations
- 20210622: MOSS-archive mailing list launched.
- 20210622: MOSS Archive Release 1.0.2
- 20210622: domain purchased: https://mossgis.org
- 20210709: new official repository home, hosted by the OSGeo foundation: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS
- 20210709: MOSS Archive Release 1.2.0
- 20210709: initial website draft: https://mossgis.org
MOSS Incubation Process
- 20200928: Board decision to make MOSS the first OSGeo Heritage Project.
- 20210707: OSGeo MOSS repo at github created, based on the transient repo
- 20210729: OSGeo MOSS becomes an Open Access publication in the Zenodo repository, providing due credit for the authors.
- 20210817: Incubation status overview table
- 20210818: OSGeo heritage project website