From 8473e34eb436d39be3b02f199d423b4bb95056a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aashish Chaudhary Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:32:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Minor improvements to the introductory text --- README.md | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ec8f9f9422..e1e1645352 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,43 +6,29 @@ [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/OpenGeoscience/geojs.svg)](https://gitter.im/OpenGeoscience/geojs?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge) Primarily developed by [Kitware](http://www.kitware.com) and -[Epidemico](http://epidemico.com/), GeoJS is a high performance -visualization and analysis library targeted for GeoInformatics. - -![Historical hurricane data Visualization in GeoJS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/hurricanes/thumb.jpg) - -Documentation -============= -You can find more information on GeoJS installation and usage in our [Documentation](http://geojs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html). -For live examples visit [Github.io](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/index.html). - -Support -======= -We would love to get your feedback and bug reports. Please send us an email at -[geojs-developers](http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/geojs-developers) -for questions related to feature requests, roadmap or in-depth -technical discussions. Use [geojs-users](http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/geojs-users) -if you have general questions or bug reports on GeoJS. - -License -======= -Copyright 2015 Kitware Inc. - -Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); -you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. -You may obtain a copy of the License at - - http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 - -Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software -distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, -WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. -See the License for the specific language governing permissions and -limitations under the License. - -Get Involved -============ -GeoJS is developed to meet needs of developers and domain-specific researchers, -and we are always open for collaboration. We have been doing open source development -for the last 17 year and understand and appreciate what it takes to develop open -source software. So fork GeoJS, do great things and let us know if we can help. +[Epidemico](http://epidemico.com/). GeoJS is intended to bridge the gap between +[GIS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system), +[Geospatial Visualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geovisualization), +[Scientific Visualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_visualization) and +[Infovis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_visualization). +GeoJS is not just a GIS library as users can create scientific plots +such as vector and contour and can embed infovis plots using [D3.js](https://github.com/d3/d3). +*GeoJS aims for high-performance visualization and interactive data exploration of scientific +and geospatial location aware datasets*. + +GeoJS supports features such as *Point*, *Line*, *Polygon*, and advanced features +such as [Pixelmap](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/pixelmap), +[Contour](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/contour), +[Heatmap](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/heatmap), and +[Choropleth] http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/choropleth). + +GeoJS can read and render data from [GeoJSON](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/geoJSON) file, +and [WMS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/wms) server. +Additional features includes [Annotations](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/annotations), +[Legend](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/legend), +[Animated Transitions](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/transitions), and +[Widgets](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/widgets). + +**For live examples visit [Github.io](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/index.html)** + +![Historical hurricane data Visualization in GeoJS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/hurricanes/thumb.jpg) \ No newline at end of file From 460371d0704ef79a6258e1b850bbf61fa0ecb0f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aashish Chaudhary Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:03:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Made text consistent --- README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e1e1645352..9aa3bc8f4a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Primarily developed by [Kitware](http://www.kitware.com) and [Geospatial Visualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geovisualization), [Scientific Visualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_visualization) and [Infovis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_visualization). -GeoJS is not just a GIS library as users can create scientific plots +GeoJS is more than just a GIS library as users can create scientific plots such as vector and contour and can embed infovis plots using [D3.js](https://github.com/d3/d3). *GeoJS aims for high-performance visualization and interactive data exploration of scientific and geospatial location aware datasets*. @@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ such as [Pixelmap](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/pixelmap), [Heatmap](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/heatmap), and [Choropleth] http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/choropleth). -GeoJS can read and render data from [GeoJSON](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/geoJSON) file, -and [WMS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/wms) server. +GeoJS can read and render data from [GeoJSON](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/geoJSON) files, +and [WMS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/wms) servers. Additional features includes [Annotations](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/annotations), -[Legend](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/legend), +[Legends](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/legend), [Animated Transitions](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/transitions), and [Widgets](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/widgets). From b22c14070c63e42cb65db1d1108c41f7b10e31bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aashish Chaudhary Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:37:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Re-added sections on documentation and support --- README.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9aa3bc8f4a..4aa2dab025 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GeoJS supports features such as *Point*, *Line*, *Polygon*, and advanced feature such as [Pixelmap](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/pixelmap), [Contour](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/contour), [Heatmap](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/heatmap), and -[Choropleth] http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/choropleth). +[Choropleth](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/choropleth). GeoJS can read and render data from [GeoJSON](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/geoJSON) files, and [WMS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/wms) servers. @@ -29,6 +29,30 @@ Additional features includes [Annotations](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs [Animated Transitions](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/transitions), and [Widgets](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/widgets). -**For live examples visit [Github.io](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/index.html)** -![Historical hurricane data Visualization in GeoJS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/hurricanes/thumb.jpg) \ No newline at end of file +Examples +======== +For live examples visit [Github.io](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/index.html) + +[![Historical hurricane data Visualization in GeoJS](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/hurricanes/thumb.jpg)](http://opengeoscience.github.io/geojs/examples/hurricanes) + +Documentation +============= +You can find more information on GeoJS installation and usage in our [Documentation](http://geojs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html). + + +Support +======= +We would love to get your feedback and bug reports. Please send us an email at +[geojs-developers](http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/geojs-developers) +for questions related to feature requests, roadmap or in-depth +technical discussions. Use [geojs-users](http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/geojs-users) +if you have general questions or bug reports on GeoJS. + + +Get Involved +============ +GeoJS is developed to meet needs of developers and domain-specific researchers, +and we are always open for collaboration. We have been doing open source development +for the last 17 year and understand and appreciate what it takes to develop open +source software. So fork GeoJS, do great things and let us know if we can help. \ No newline at end of file