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This page is about organizing an '''Orfeo ToolBox''' users meeting and hackfest in 2015.

==What?==
A 3 day meeting with otb users, with the following schedule.

If possible, a short visit of the Fablab nearby La Serre will be organized.

===Wed. june 3: Plenary session===

==== 09:30 - 10:00 : Welcome ====

==== 10:00 - 12:00 presentations from the development team ====
Lightning talks about the following topics, followed by a short discussion.

* ''Steering OTB: an introduction to the new OTB PSC'' (Julien Michel)
* ''What's ahead: An overview of OTB roadmaps'' (Jordi Inglada)
* ''The modular architecture of OTB 5.0'' (Julien Malik)
* ''Contributions via remote modules'' (Julien Michel)
* ''Superbuild and the new third parties policy'' (Guillaume Pasero)
* ''Insight on the applications framework'' (Manuel Grizonnet)
* ''The current state of Monteverdi2'' (Mickaël Savinaud)

==== 12:00 - 14:00 : Lunch break ====

====14:00 - 17:00 : presentations from volunteers from the audience ====
Short talks (15 minutes) focused on OTB usage and feedback, followed by discussion. See guidelines bellow.

* ''OTB support in ZOO-Project'', Gerald Fenoy
* ''Monitoring tropical forest cover - Activities of ONFI in remote sensing'', Anne-Cécile Capel
* '' various uses : training set for MEDDE and CEREMA users, integration in a processing chain (OTB, ogr & gdal application), thematic (land cover for city planning, coastline monitoring, hasards flood)'', Dominique HEBRARD
* Presentation from Arnaud Durand about the use of OTB at SERTIT
* Presentation from someone from CS, about the use of OTB in ground segments
* Presentation from Mathieu Fauvel about the use of OTB at ENSAT-INP Toulouse

==== 17:00 - 19:00 : Happy hours and install / make it work party ====

==== Evening: social event ====

Possible restaurants:
* De Danu
* Le point d'Ogre
* La braisière

===Thu., june 4: Technical session===

==== 09:30 -  12:00 : Tutorials====
* Gradual tutorial covering applications, remote module, and possibly writing new filters (Manuel & Guillaume)
** We will use the template for remote module  : [https://github.com/orfeotoolbox/otbExternalModuleTemplate]
** Part one : Presentation of remote module architecture
** Part two : Clone and compilation of template module
** Part three : Write your own application

* Application session (Manuel & Guillaume & Christophe)
** Discover the new BandMathX application
** Discover extended filenames

==== 12:00 - 14:00 : Lunch break ====

==== 14:00 - 17:00 : Group brainstorming ====

* ''Roadmaps and features request (what do you want in future versions of OTB ?)'' (Jordi Inglada)
* ''How to enhance OTB documentation ?'' (Manuel Grizonnet)
* ''Bug sorting party'' (Mickaël Savinaud)
* ''Refactoring: what and how'' (Julien Malik)
* ''Roadmap of Monteverdi2'' (Julien Michel)

==== 17:00 - 19:00 : Happy hours (open questions and discussion with the development team) ====

==== Evening: free ====

===Fri., june 5: Hackfest===
At the beginning of the day, a 30 minutes meeting with all participants will be held to plan the hackfest.
'''Note that this hackfest is primarily dedicated to users, with the following tasks planned:'''

* Write the code you need with the help of a member of the development team

* Documentation review: live enhancement of the documentation (applications, software guides): you spot, we fix

* Live bugfixes: You think you found a bug? We investigate and fix it with you

* Packaging improvement

* If there is time left: guru code hacking

==When?==
The event will take place on June 3-5 2015.

[https://framadate.org/g8xncksyln2v9sne '''Link to the poll''']

==Where?==
The meeting will take place in '''Toulouse''', in a place called La Serre [http://www.la-serre.org/]. 

La Serre in located "27 bis Allée Maurice Sarraut, Toulouse" [http://osm.org/go/xVYACItLq?node=3129455892].

Take the Metro Line A (Basso Cambo direction) and get off at “Patte d'Oie”.

==Who?==
Anybody interested in joining!

If you want to attend, please register your name in this list:
* Julien Michel
* Arnaud Durand
* Julien Malik
* Manuel
* Jordi
* Rashad
* Gérald Fenoy
* Andréa Bozza
* Nicolas Bozon
* Rémi Cresson
* Anne-Cécile Capel
* Dominique Hebrard
* Gilles Fouvet
* Guillaume Pasero
* Mathieu Fauvel
* Frédéric Moine
* Jean-Guilhem Cailton
* Philippe

== Guidelines  ==

=== Guidelines for participants === 

* Registration for lunchs : [https://bimestriel.framapad.org/p/OTB_Users_Meeting_2015]
* Bring your laptop if possible, with a working installation of OTB (we will distribute a VM with everything as a last resort option),
* Be prepared: questions, feedback, requests, problems you can not solve, pieces of code that do not work as you wish ...
* Update the pad with your participation details (it helps us planning lunches and breaks)

=== Guidelines for all speakers ===

* Lets make the talks short. Each topic should be presented in 15 min. at most.
* The language for the event will most probably be French (if everybody speaks French in the room), however slides and materials should be in English if possible, to ease publication
* We will try to do some video recording for further publishing online. If you do not wish to be recorded, please let us know

=== Guidelines for users presentations (first afternoon) === 

Here are a set of questions that can help you prepare your talk :
* In what context are you using OTB, what part of OTB and what for ?
* What other software do you use along with OTB ? Do they have to interact with each others ?
* What is working and what is not ?
* What performances do you get (time, quality) ?
* What is missing ?
* Did you achieve everything you planned to ?

=== Possible topics for hackfest (friday) ===
* Extend TileFusion app with a mode using the gdal/vrt method (started in tutorial session)
* Unanify application
* Handling of no_data flag in input/output (write a no_data flag, read the no_data_flag)
* Application to build a no_data mask
* Optimization of Image Functions when processing vector images ([[OptimizingVectorImageProcessing]]).

* Manuel ideas
** Improve continuous integration of OTB with Jenkins
** Modernize OTB with Clang (http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-modernize.html)
** OTB & Docker
** Improve OTB Coverage (http://dash.orfeo-toolbox.org/viewCoverage.php?buildid=184300) 
** Documentation party
** Improve Extended filename (http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/ExtendedFileName)
*** Add support in Qt applications (GUI)
*** Add support box parameter on reader
*** Add option to filter output and/or input by bands or band interval
** Integration of SMAC in OTB (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/otb-users/Qz3VGJJvMAc)

* Guillaume ideas
** Multi-scale registration framework appli
** Point clouds on OTB
* Fred/Jean
** UAV Image /Pléiades over Haiti, Ortho-rectification (sensor to ground) /Pan-sharpening / Classification

==ToDos==
* <s>Pad for participants details : Mickaël</s>
* Cattering (coffee breaks, <s>lunch</s>, happy hours, social event) : Mickaël
* Power sockets, network, video recording / broadcasting : Sébastien
* Digital camera and camera stand : Julien Michel
* Organize a visit of the nearby Fablab : Sébastien
* <s>Create materials for tutorials : Manuel and Guillaume</s>
* <s>Detailed program and guidelines for speakers : Julien Michel</s>
* <s>Dispatch Orfeo ToolBox dev team presentations : Julien Michel</s>
* <s>Make a map for participants : Julien Malik</s>
* VM with everything installed : Jordi has a ready to use VM but it misses monteverdi2 and ice