Hi, I intend [1] to package the mapcode utility and Bas Couwenberg suggested that I do this in the Debian GIS team. I have applied to the alioth project, too.
I am a DD and am maintaining apache2 and related packages. Since the time I can spend in Debian is rather limited these days, I don't expect to have significant time to help with other GIS releated packages besides mapcode. Cheers, Stefan [1] ITP: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842784 A mapcode represents a location. Every location on Earth can be represented by a mapcode. Mapcodes were designed to be short, easy to recognise, remember and communicate. They are precise to a few meters, which is good enough for every-day use. Locations in densely populated areas often get shorter mapcodes. See http://www.mapcode.com/ This package contains a command line utility that can convert to and from mapcodes.
