January 2016

API discussions

Jeremy Easton-Marks led a discussion of the authentication and session handing for PIC-SURE. This both allows PIC-SURE to use the latest web mechanisms for authentication and allows it to "wrap" legacy authentication systems.

2016: A PIC-SURE Awakening

Chirag and Chirag updated us on the geographically-oriented environmental PIC-SURE API-reachable resources including:

  • Geometry databases, geographic ID table that allows mapping different semantic views of a geographic area. This then includes a FACT table with time-constrained facts.
  • Discussed interaction with GIS-aware database management systems.
  • Updated us on the public PIC-SURE NHANES...
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