===================================== BACON-PIG Meeting of October 23, 2008 ===================================== :Coordinates: `NASA/Goddard Visitor Center`_, Thursday, October 23, 5:30 - 7:30 PM :`PyCon 2008`_ and `SciPy 2008`_: Steve Waterbury gave a very brief overview of these conventions *(slides to be added soon)*. :Introductions: Everyone introduced themselves and described briefly how they are using or would like to use Python_. :`Sensor Observation Service Project`_: Ben Welton, an undergraduate student intern at Goddard, presented his project. He is using Python to develop a web service that implements the `Sensor Observation Service (SOS)`_ specification to distribute earth observation data in support of Goddard's EO-1_ mission. :`Space Telescope Science Institute`_: Perry Greenfield described how he and the `Space Telescope Science Institute`_ got involved in helping to enhance and further develop the `Numpy and SciPy`_ libraries. :matplotlib_: Michael Droettboom of the `Space Telescope Science Institute`_ presented the matplotlib_ web site, which uses the new Sphinx_ Python documentation system to excellent effect. :Open discussion: The group discussed priorities and future meeting plans for the **BACON-PIG** -- the discussion will be continued on the `bacon-pig list`_. -- *Steve Waterbury* .. _bacon-pig list: https://pangalactic.us/mailman/listinfo/bacon-pig .. _EO-1: http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/ .. _matplotlib: http://matplotlib.org/ .. _NASA/Goddard Visitor Center: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/home/index.html .. _Numpy and Scipy: http://docs.scipy.org/doc/ .. _Python: http://python.org .. _PyCon 2008: http://us.pycon.org/2008/about/ .. _SciPy 2008: http://conference.scipy.org/ .. _Sensor Observation Service Project: http://pangalactic.us/bacon-pig/SOSPresentation.odp .. _Sensor Observation Service (SOS): http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sos .. _Space Telescope Science Institute: http://www.stsci.edu/resources/ .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/