Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan
Yes, this is excellent nomination for the great contribution Venka has been making for FOSS4G community over many years. Suchith From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Kastl Sent: 18 September 2012 04:17 To: solkatzaw...@osgeo.org; osgeo-discuss Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan I think there is not much more to add to what Jeff and Ravi have already said. I also second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award. Thanks to Venka there is today strong FOSS4G community in Asia (and also in South Osaka ;-) Daniel On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Ravi Kumar ravivundavall...@yahoo.commailto:ravivundavall...@yahoo.com wrote: I second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award. I agree with Jeff. Venka is the inspiration behind FOSS GIS sweeping across Asia and much of the world. I have known him from the very First FOSS GIS conference in Asia, and he encouraged us resulting in the FOSS workshop in the Geological Survey of India in 2005. He continues to physically visit most of the places where 'FOSSGIS is in action', and connects to young researchers readily. The projects he promotes are the very building blocks of our FOSS GIS initiative the world over. His contributions in FOSS GIS for Geologists, like 3-D models are unique. In short Venka is the leading light for FOSS GIS in Asia and the world. V.Ravi Kumar Friend /Fellow Geologist (Charter member of OSGeo, Ex Board Member, Joint Secy OSGeo India) * * Development of SISGeM-An Online System for 3D Geologic Modelinghttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.11.9970rep=rep1type=pdf An Online System for 3D Geologic Modeling -. Tatsuya Nemoto*, Venkatesh Raghavan**, Shinji Masumoto*, Kiyoji Shiono*. * Department of Geosciences ... From: Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.commailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com To: solkatzaw...@osgeo.orgmailto:solkatzaw...@osgeo.org solkatzaw...@osgeo.orgmailto:solkatzaw...@osgeo.org Cc: osgeo discuss@lists.osgeo.orgmailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan I have the honor of nominating Venkatesh Raghavan[1] for the 2012 Sol Katz Award. I would classify Venka as the builder of all things FOSS4G. It was Venka who created the term FOSS4G back in 2004, using it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted Free and Open Source Software for Geomatics all around the world. Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He is still very active on the Board mailing list, and often shares his broad experience with the OSGeo Board members. A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. His students and research teams have improved FOSS software with international character support and translations for projects such as MapServer, GRASS, and QuantumGIS. Venka actively travels around the world promoting FOSS4G, and works closely with various international event committees each year for such events as GIS-IDEAS in Vietnam, FOSS4G-Japan, and FOSS4G-India. In 2010 Venka was awarded a Guest Professorship at the China University of Mining and Technology in Beijing for his Outstanding contribution to Open Source Geospatial Technologies. As you can see his FOSS4G reach is world-wide. Many people have been touched by his passion. He is a boots on the ground kind of a guy, who is a master at connecting geospatial communities. Many of us all around the world have grown our careers and skills through his advice. I believe Venka would be an excellent recipient for the Sol Katz Award. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan -Jeff McKenna OSGeo Board member/friend ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.orgmailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.orgmailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Georepublic UG Georepublic Japan eMail: daniel.ka...@georepublic.demailto:daniel.ka...@georepublic.de Web: http://georepublic.dehttp://georepublic.de/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for
[OSGeo-Discuss] needing info of distance learning courses
Hi all; I am writing this post to get information about distance learning Master courses in GIS or geoinformatic sciance in a good university. Currently, I work full time in the field of geomatics (GIS) and have studied B.Sc of Surveying. For increasing my expertise and knowledge in GIS science in my career, I want to earn a degree in this field; therefore I am searching for a distance learning in Englush language. I want somewhere which needs very few visits to the university. Anyone can have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Faezeh Karimi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] African universities on google maps
This just disturbed me: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsworld.php?id=694668 NAIROBI, Sept 14 (BERNAMA-NNN-KBC) -- Students from more than 90 universities in 12 sub-Saharan African countries have come together for a two-week mapping exercise to put their university campuses and surrounding areas on Google Map. Are we all now shouting Why not OpenStreetMap? at our screens? Maybe the data can be used in OSM as well, I'm not sure what TCs are imposed on user-supplied Google Map data... discuss. Barry ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan
I also strongly support Venka's nomination. As one of a the founding member of OSGeo, Venkatesh had, is and will always share his passion for open source and FOSS4G. Among his numerous contributions to OSGeo, he notably helped lots of asian local chapters to be and grow, and participated to several OSGeo projects that Jeff quoted. He also initiated open source software projects. Venka is one of best OSGeo assets for software projects and ideas, but also for human networking and community management. He is the best OSGeo advocate i know so far. Nick 2012/9/18 Suchith Anand suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk Yes, this is excellent nomination for the great contribution Venka has been making for FOSS4G community over many years. ** ** Suchith ** ** *From:* discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Kastl *Sent:* 18 September 2012 04:17 *To:* solkatzaw...@osgeo.org; osgeo-discuss *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan ** ** I think there is not much more to add to what Jeff and Ravi have already said. I also second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award. Thanks to Venka there is today strong FOSS4G community in Asia (and also in South Osaka ;-) ** ** Daniel ** ** On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Ravi Kumar ravivundavall...@yahoo.com wrote: I second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award. I agree with Jeff. Venka is the inspiration behind FOSS GIS sweeping across Asia and much of the world. I have known him from the very First FOSS GIS conference in Asia, and he encouraged us resulting in the FOSS workshop in the Geological Survey of India in 2005. ** ** He continues to physically visit most of the places where 'FOSSGIS is in action', and connects to young researchers readily. ** ** The projects he promotes are the very building blocks of our FOSS GIS initiative the world over. His contributions in FOSS GIS for Geologists, like 3-D models are unique. In short Venka is the leading light for FOSS GIS in Asia and the world.*** * ** ** V.Ravi Kumar Friend /Fellow Geologist (Charter member of OSGeo, Ex Board Member, Joint Secy OSGeo India) **· ** **· **Development of SISGeM-An Online System for 3D Geologic Modelinghttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.11.9970rep=rep1type=pdf An Online System for 3D Geologic Modeling -. Tatsuya Nemoto*, Venkatesh Raghavan**, Shinji Masumoto*, Kiyoji Shiono*. * Department of Geosciences ... ** ** -- *From:* Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com *To:* solkatzaw...@osgeo.org solkatzaw...@osgeo.org *Cc:* osgeo discuss@lists.osgeo.org *Sent:* Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan I have the honor of nominating Venkatesh Raghavan[1] for the 2012 Sol Katz Award. I would classify Venka as the “builder” of all things FOSS4G. It was Venka who created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted Free and Open Source Software for Geomatics all around the world. Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He is still very active on the Board mailing list, and often shares his broad experience with the OSGeo Board members. A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. His students and research teams have improved FOSS software with international character support and translations for projects such as MapServer, GRASS, and QuantumGIS. Venka actively travels around the world promoting FOSS4G, and works closely with various international event committees each year for such events as GIS-IDEAS in Vietnam, FOSS4G-Japan, and FOSS4G-India. In 2010 Venka was awarded a Guest Professorship at the China University of Mining and Technology in Beijing for his “Outstanding contribution to Open Source Geospatial Technologies”. As you can see his FOSS4G reach is world-wide. Many people have been touched by his passion. He is a “boots on the ground” kind of a guy, who is a master at connecting geospatial communities. Many of us all around the world have grown our careers and skills through his advice. I believe Venka would be an excellent recipient for the Sol Katz Award. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan -Jeff McKenna OSGeo Board member/friend ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list
[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Christopher Schmidt for the Sol Katz Award
I Nominate Christopher Schmidt for the Sol Katz Award. I can not imagine where the OpenLayers project would be without Chris' energy and enthusiasm. Chris burst onto the FOSS4G scene at the 2006 conference in Lausanne and his name was immediately synonymous with OpenLayers. I hope that other members of our community who are closer to the OpenLayers project will support my nomination and provide more detail of Chris' contributions. Rich -- Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com www.greenwoodmap.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source GIS and Transportation
I am part of a Transportation GIS group and we are looking to be put together a webinar on using Open Source for Transportation in the United States. Is anyone interested or know if anyone? Thanks Tom Mueller GIS 4 LIFE !___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 18/09/2012 13:51, nicolas bozon ha scritto: He is the best OSGeo advocate i know so far. Regardless of the strong merits of Venkatesh (I don't know you personally, but I do agree with others about your exceptional contribution to the community), I wonder if it is really OK to have a public thumbs up session for candidates rather than leave it to the committee to decide. Especially towards other potential candidates (there may even be others candidates already, AFAIK, since e-mails have to be submitted to a separate, private address and not to the discussion list). If this sounds over-bureaucratisation of our community standards, I apologise in advance. Cheers, steko -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQWICLAAoJEDBz7sDeHMxYyO4P/3ox0/EAhjQsW1fLX+inYO+x I9sk6zMAQc4aqlcZDwd4yuDs6IWUDwnYAf7+xngy55FpnbvLGOCoQtBkDACSPjKb ek+eozJhBDDL17ObvXEdalc0gHazZOkDq1G724k20Xj2XTPONyEI3nnCtYwPlWmY ALtff3U3j123tYTHDTCv3dQnQjpe+9Gef2RtjoU1n3bA7JV1gcyLemG7ogx/jK+H U1qH37rUqUu3F8zmjZE8pu/BKb3vUaylOEl+J9cApM9DmeegWMuHu2wcrMQKM0Vm SSLheAoCL+ojfzld6kAjI+GcchAvBVhYwKJgezGqIs2NN6tPIu+ufjJI1htebqpX WQzXaVPCVH0KRCLJKnp/tvt6AVnqxUTzDONjmVhyNpycznxjHEEgk6dWSHbU1RUv i63Yekhpam7ApoNJprt4nZesKoztkstvU8wN78FN4t7d8YEjPPqCENgLvjvGpWVO 86AQnXv8yUIserQqJaQFKvaAZciqfRTbJkYesymDPKrma0j2zioSg6J6HMZN77hu h1GFGS6hAkLQDKtfL4x/zhXrAwtnPYwB8uysU1EfvV4SbxXzlawVy6ZFRFwrtFOf 1wcbzQ+w4sNSrAmgkXmVnlS0rVNM/qK/WrJtYuInmMFuH+AJADHEBtCAz6QvYYm2 LaMG5i9+1Q/+oMkT8ceP =n3Tv -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Christopher Schmidt for the Sol Katz Award
I dunno who's eligible to vote here, but this lurker - who's committed to using OSM in our F/OSS projects only because of OL's opening our eyes to it - strongly agrees. AS On 9/18/12, Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com wrote: I Nominate Christopher Schmidt for the Sol Katz Award. I can not imagine where the OpenLayers project would be without Chris' energy and enthusiasm. Chris burst onto the FOSS4G scene at the 2006 conference in Lausanne and his name was immediately synonymous with OpenLayers. I hope that other members of our community who are closer to the OpenLayers project will support my nomination and provide more detail of Chris' contributions. Rich -- Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com www.greenwoodmap.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan
Hi Stefano, I share your concerns. This is the first year that this is happening, and it's not outlined at all in the request for nominations. Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS - http://osgis.nl On Sep 18, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Stefano Costa st...@iosa.it wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 18/09/2012 13:51, nicolas bozon ha scritto: He is the best OSGeo advocate i know so far. Regardless of the strong merits of Venkatesh (I don't know you personally, but I do agree with others about your exceptional contribution to the community), I wonder if it is really OK to have a public thumbs up session for candidates rather than leave it to the committee to decide. Especially towards other potential candidates (there may even be others candidates already, AFAIK, since e-mails have to be submitted to a separate, private address and not to the discussion list). If this sounds over-bureaucratisation of our community standards, I apologise in advance. Cheers, steko -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQWICLAAoJEDBz7sDeHMxYyO4P/3ox0/EAhjQsW1fLX+inYO+x I9sk6zMAQc4aqlcZDwd4yuDs6IWUDwnYAf7+xngy55FpnbvLGOCoQtBkDACSPjKb ek+eozJhBDDL17ObvXEdalc0gHazZOkDq1G724k20Xj2XTPONyEI3nnCtYwPlWmY ALtff3U3j123tYTHDTCv3dQnQjpe+9Gef2RtjoU1n3bA7JV1gcyLemG7ogx/jK+H U1qH37rUqUu3F8zmjZE8pu/BKb3vUaylOEl+J9cApM9DmeegWMuHu2wcrMQKM0Vm SSLheAoCL+ojfzld6kAjI+GcchAvBVhYwKJgezGqIs2NN6tPIu+ufjJI1htebqpX WQzXaVPCVH0KRCLJKnp/tvt6AVnqxUTzDONjmVhyNpycznxjHEEgk6dWSHbU1RUv i63Yekhpam7ApoNJprt4nZesKoztkstvU8wN78FN4t7d8YEjPPqCENgLvjvGpWVO 86AQnXv8yUIserQqJaQFKvaAZciqfRTbJkYesymDPKrma0j2zioSg6J6HMZN77hu h1GFGS6hAkLQDKtfL4x/zhXrAwtnPYwB8uysU1EfvV4SbxXzlawVy6ZFRFwrtFOf 1wcbzQ+w4sNSrAmgkXmVnlS0rVNM/qK/WrJtYuInmMFuH+AJADHEBtCAz6QvYYm2 LaMG5i9+1Q/+oMkT8ceP =n3Tv -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan
Hi Stefano, Bart, all, I simply sent my nomination to solkatzaw...@osgeo.org and CC'd Discuss - I did this on my own doing. I don't have a blog, so my opinions are posted through mailing lists, so I don't see an issue with posting my thoughts here in public. In fact I am very proud to post my nomination for Venka publicly. Although now it seems I was wrong. -jeff On 12-09-18 11:40 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: Hi Stefano, I share your concerns. This is the first year that this is happening, and it's not outlined at all in the request for nominations. Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS - http://osgis.nl On Sep 18, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Stefano Costa st...@iosa.it mailto:st...@iosa.it wrote: Il 18/09/2012 13:51, nicolas bozon ha scritto: He is the best OSGeo advocate i know so far. Regardless of the strong merits of Venkatesh (I don't know you personally, but I do agree with others about your exceptional contribution to the community), I wonder if it is really OK to have a public thumbs up session for candidates rather than leave it to the committee to decide. Especially towards other potential candidates (there may even be others candidates already, AFAIK, since e-mails have to be submitted to a separate, private address and not to the discussion list). If this sounds over-bureaucratisation of our community standards, I apologise in advance. Cheers, steko ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source GIS and Transportation
Interested, here, although participation will depend on several factors, including your thoughts re appropriateness. I'm the chief cook and bottle-washer on an Open Source Computer-Aided-Dispatch application - see www.ticketscad.org. While our geo engine currently is GMaps, we're moving that towards OSM and Leaflet/OpenLayers. AS On 9/18/12, T M calu_...@yahoo.com wrote: I am part of a Transportation GIS group and we are looking to be put together a webinar on using Open Source for Transportation in the United States. Is anyone interested or know if anyone? Thanks Tom Mueller GIS 4 LIFE ! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name somewhere. And spreading a little recognition around to hard working members of our community surely doesn't hurt. Rich On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: Hi Stefano, Bart, all, I simply sent my nomination to solkatzaw...@osgeo.org and CC'd Discuss - I did this on my own doing. I don't have a blog, so my opinions are posted through mailing lists, so I don't see an issue with posting my thoughts here in public. In fact I am very proud to post my nomination for Venka publicly. Although now it seems I was wrong. -jeff On 12-09-18 11:40 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: Hi Stefano, I share your concerns. This is the first year that this is happening, and it's not outlined at all in the request for nominations. Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS - http://osgis.nl On Sep 18, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Stefano Costa st...@iosa.it mailto:st...@iosa.it wrote: Il 18/09/2012 13:51, nicolas bozon ha scritto: He is the best OSGeo advocate i know so far. Regardless of the strong merits of Venkatesh (I don't know you personally, but I do agree with others about your exceptional contribution to the community), I wonder if it is really OK to have a public thumbs up session for candidates rather than leave it to the committee to decide. Especially towards other potential candidates (there may even be others candidates already, AFAIK, since e-mails have to be submitted to a separate, private address and not to the discussion list). If this sounds over-bureaucratisation of our community standards, I apologise in advance. Cheers, steko ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com www.greenwoodmap.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
I don't want to be a PITA, but I want to bring up another point for discussion. Is it a good idea for people from the selection committee to be nominating? That kind of defeats their neutral position. Or how does the selection committee normally come to a decision? Consensus, voting, something else? Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS - http://osgis.nl On Sep 18, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: On 12-09-18 11:53 AM, Richard Greenwood wrote: I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name somewhere. And spreading a little recognition around to hard working members of our community surely doesn't hurt. My feelings exactly. Thanks Rich. -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
Hi Bart, The process can change each year, but last year each member of the Selection Committee ranked their top two choices, and the person with the most first place votes won. Selection committee members have always been allowed to nominate. Looking back at old selection committee emails/discussions now, it seems last year I made a mistake also (I compiled all nominations on a wiki page - I got a strong wrist slap by all other selection committee members). -jeff On 12-09-18 12:05 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: I don't want to be a PITA, but I want to bring up another point for discussion. Is it a good idea for people from the selection committee to be nominating? That kind of defeats their neutral position. Or how does the selection committee normally come to a decision? Consensus, voting, something else? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
I am completely with Howard on this. +1 -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Howard Butler Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:15 AM To: Richard Greenwood Cc: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan) On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com wrote: I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name somewhere. And spreading a little recognition around to hard working members of our community surely doesn't hurt. I disagree. The history of the award has been a cloistered deliberation of private nominations. The award is not a political exercise, or at least it hasn't been to this point, and public nominations tip things toward the lobbying direction. Every open source contributor wouldn't mind an award in the field of excellence, and every contributor deserves a pat on the back or two. Open nominations opens up a more than few cans of worms: - I won't say some stuff about a person in a public nomination that I would in a private one. First off, I don't want to embarrass them, as some people are embarrassed by public fawning. - Not every activity and action needs to be billboarded. If you look at the list of past winners, a common trait they all share is they all have kept their heads down and done a lot for the community as whole without regard to recognition. - I might not want everyone to know who I'm nominating. - Are we voting on the award? Lobbying the committee? What does a public nomination achieve other than to provide a (biased) public attaboy? There are plenty of opportunities for those that do not have to be conflated with a nomination process. The award is selected by an exclusive group of individuals, and this act makes it an exclusive award. The Oscar or Peabody or Pulitzer of open source GIS is much more interesting than the People's Choice. Let's keep it that way. Howard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Fawcett, David (MPCA) david.fawc...@state.mn.us wrote: I am completely with Howard on this. +1 Same here, +1 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award#Process In past years, it seemed that only the rather small selection committee has known who did not win the Sol Katz award. In fact, did all nominees even know they were nominated? (Presumably the winner was contacted in advance to coordinate their presence at the award ceremony and perhaps give them a slight notice to prepare something to say.) Eli -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Howard Butler Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:15 AM To: Richard Greenwood Cc: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan) On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com wrote: I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name somewhere. And spreading a little recognition around to hard working members of our community surely doesn't hurt. I disagree. The history of the award has been a cloistered deliberation of private nominations. The award is not a political exercise, or at least it hasn't been to this point, and public nominations tip things toward the lobbying direction. Every open source contributor wouldn't mind an award in the field of excellence, and every contributor deserves a pat on the back or two. Open nominations opens up a more than few cans of worms: - I won't say some stuff about a person in a public nomination that I would in a private one. First off, I don't want to embarrass them, as some people are embarrassed by public fawning. - Not every activity and action needs to be billboarded. If you look at the list of past winners, a common trait they all share is they all have kept their heads down and done a lot for the community as whole without regard to recognition. - I might not want everyone to know who I'm nominating. - Are we voting on the award? Lobbying the committee? What does a public nomination achieve other than to provide a (biased) public attaboy? There are plenty of opportunities for those that do not have to be conflated with a nomination process. The award is selected by an exclusive group of individuals, and this act makes it an exclusive award. The Oscar or Peabody or Pulitzer of open source GIS is much more interesting than the People's Choice. Let's keep it that way. Howard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
With Howard. -- Puneet Kishor science, data, policy... yeah On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Howard Butler hobu@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com wrote: I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name somewhere. And spreading a little recognition around to hard working members of our community surely doesn't hurt. I disagree. The history of the award has been a cloistered deliberation of private nominations. The award is not a political exercise, or at least it hasn't been to this point, and public nominations tip things toward the lobbying direction. Every open source contributor wouldn't mind an award in the field of excellence, and every contributor deserves a pat on the back or two. Open nominations opens up a more than few cans of worms: - I won't say some stuff about a person in a public nomination that I would in a private one. First off, I don't want to embarrass them, as some people are embarrassed by public fawning. - Not every activity and action needs to be billboarded. If you look at the list of past winners, a common trait they all share is they all have kept their heads down and done a lot for the community as whole without regard to recognition. - I might not want everyone to know who I'm nominating. - Are we voting on the award? Lobbying the committee? What does a public nomination achieve other than to provide a (biased) public attaboy? There are plenty of opportunities for those that do not have to be conflated with a nomination process. The award is selected by an exclusive group of individuals, and this act makes it an exclusive award. The Oscar or Peabody or Pulitzer of open source GIS is much more interesting than the People's Choice. Let's keep it that way. Howard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
While I am all for openness in general, I share Howard's concerns in this specific case and think we should continue with private nominations. Daniel On 12-09-18 11:15 AM, Howard Butler wrote: On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood richard.greenw...@gmail.com wrote: I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name somewhere. And spreading a little recognition around to hard working members of our community surely doesn't hurt. I disagree. The history of the award has been a cloistered deliberation of private nominations. The award is not a political exercise, or at least it hasn't been to this point, and public nominations tip things toward the lobbying direction. Every open source contributor wouldn't mind an award in the field of excellence, and every contributor deserves a pat on the back or two. Open nominations opens up a more than few cans of worms: - I won't say some stuff about a person in a public nomination that I would in a private one. First off, I don't want to embarrass them, as some people are embarrassed by public fawning. - Not every activity and action needs to be billboarded. If you look at the list of past winners, a common trait they all share is they all have kept their heads down and done a lot for the community as whole without regard to recognition. - I might not want everyone to know who I'm nominating. - Are we voting on the award? Lobbying the committee? What does a public nomination achieve other than to provide a (biased) public attaboy? There are plenty of opportunities for those that do not have to be conflated with a nomination process. The award is selected by an exclusive group of individuals, and this act makes it an exclusive award. The Oscar or Peabody or Pulitzer of open source GIS is much more interesting than the People's Choice. Let's keep it that way. Howard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Daniel Morissette http://www.mapgears.com/ Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Problem with Geos-3.2.2, Python Swig
Hi Thomas, Since GEOS 3.0, the Python bindings are unsupported, but the `--enable-python` option is still exposed in case a new developer wants to step in and support it. Try removing this option. However, the good news is that you can use Shapely to do the same work, as it uses the GEOS C API. Probably the best list for GEOS questions is geos-devel http://lists.osgeo.org/listinfo/geos-devel -Mike On 19 September 2012 00:57, SIEFFERT Thomas thomas.sieff...@c-s.fr wrote: Hi everyone, I don't know if it's the right place but still, I have a little problem while the compilation process of geos (v3.2.2). Here is the error : Traceback (most recent call last): File /freeware/python-2.5.1/lib/python2.5/runpy.py, line 87, in run_module raise ImportError(No module named + mod_name) ImportError: No module named odern make[2]: [geos_wrap.cxx] Erreur 255 (ignorée) Traceback (most recent call last): File /freeware/python-2.5.1/lib/python2.5/runpy.py, line 87, in run_module raise ImportError(No module named + mod_name) ImportError: No module named odern make[4]: [geos_wrap.cxx] Erreur 255 (ignorée) Dans le fichier inclus à partir de geos_wrap.cxx:135: /freeware/src/Python-2.5.1/Include/Python.h:8:22: erreur: pyconfig.h : Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce type Dans le fichier inclus à partir de /freeware/src/Python-2.5.1/Include/Python.h:57, à partir de geos_wrap.cxx:135: /freeware/src/Python-2.5.1/Include/pyport.h:734:2: erreur: #error LONG_BIT definition appears wrong for platform (bad gcc/glibc config?). /freeware/src/Python-2.5.1/Include/pyport.h:550: erreur: declaration of ?double hypot(double, double)? throws different exceptions /usr/include/bits/mathcalls.h:163: erreur: from previous declaration ?double hypot(double, double) throw ()? geos_wrap.cxx: In function ?int SWIG_CanCastAsInteger(double*, double, double)?: geos_wrap.cxx:2786: erreur: ?errno? was not declared in this scope geos_wrap.cxx:2786: erreur: ?EDOM? was not declared in this scope geos_wrap.cxx:2786: erreur: ?ERANGE? was not declared in this scope geos_wrap.cxx: In function ?PyObject* _wrap_geomFromWKB(PyObject*, PyObject*)?: geos_wrap.cxx:8247: attention : déréférencement du pointeur type-punned brisera les strictes d'aliases geos_wrap.cxx: In function ?PyObject* _wrap_geomFromHEX(PyObject*, PyObject*)?: geos_wrap.cxx:8367: attention : déréférencement du pointeur type-punned brisera les strictes d'aliases make[4]: *** [_geos_la-geos_wrap.lo] Erreur 1 make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1 make[2]: *** [all] Erreur 2 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1 make: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1 -- Herewith the config.log file. If you need more information please let me know. This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Daniel Morissette dmorisse...@mapgears.com wrote: While I am all for openness in general, I share Howard's concerns in this specific case and think we should continue with private nominations. Agreed (for what is worth). It would be sad if we started seeing sorts of mass voting against a nomination thread, mostly because it would look a lot like a political election (my idea of the Soul Katz Award is that OSGeo is looking for an excellence which is not necessarily the one of just being popular, thought of course strong commitment in the community has that side effect) However... maybe someone should push the OSGeo community to send private nominations more? I have no idea, no raw data, but in the years I have had the impression that the importance of nomination period could be stressed more, thus getting more nominations and as a result a better sampling from the community. Just rambling here, don't take me too seriously :-p Cheers Andrea -- == Our support, Your Success! Visit http://opensdi.geo-solutions.it for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 962313 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it --- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
On 12-09-18 4:34 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: However... maybe someone should push the OSGeo community to send private nominations more? I have no idea, no raw data, but in the years I have had the impression that the importance of nomination period could be stressed more, thus getting more nominations and as a result a better sampling from the community. As usual Andrea, you read my mind. I often find that sometimes you must make a public mistake (and sure I have made lots) to wake up the community (all of a sudden those lurkers post responses, it's really like magic). So, my point is, now we should see lots and lots of nominations sent to solkatzaw...@osgeo.org :) -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Andrea Aime andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it wrote: However... maybe someone should push the OSGeo community to send private nominations more? Andrea, I don't have a strong position on public vs. private, but I will note we are receiving lots of private nominations, as is the case each year. Best regards, -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| Geospatial Software Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source GIS and Transportation (T M)
I'm interested in open source GIS and transportation. Though I am on the east coast of Australia... Kind regards, Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer| Geospatial, Road Assets Design Engineering Technology| Department of Transport and Main Roads Floor 6 | Spring Hill Office Complex | 477 Boundary Street | Spring Hill Qld 4000 GPO Box 1412 | Brisbane Qld 4001 P: (07) 38342477 | F: (07) 38342998 E: nicholas.g.lawre...@tmr.qld.gov.au W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org wrote on 19/09/2012 01:11:17 AM: From: Anita Graser anitagra...@gmx.at To: calu_...@yahoo.com Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Date: 19/09/2012 01:11 AM Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source GIS and Transportation (T M) Sent by: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org Hi Tom, I would be interested to hear what you are planning and how to collaborate. I'm working in transportation research (not US but Europe) and the main tools we use for spatial data analysis are PostGIS and QGIS. Regards, Anita - Message: 1 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:32:37 -0700 (PDT) From: T M calu_...@yahoo.com To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source GIS and Transportation Message-ID: 1347978757.67184.yahoomail...@web122903.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I am part of a Transportation GIS group and we are looking to be put together? a webinar on using Open Source for Transportation in the United States.? Is anyone interested or know if anyone? ? Thanks Tom Mueller ? GIS 4 LIFE ! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20120918/ ffc3f869/attachment-0001.html - ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss *** WARNING: This email (including any attachments) may contain legally privileged, confidential or private information and may be protected by copyright. You may only use it if you are the person(s) it was intended to be sent to and if you use it in an authorised way. No one is allowed to use, review, alter, transmit, disclose, distribute, print or copy this email without appropriate authority. If this email was not intended for you and was sent to you by mistake, please telephone or email me immediately, destroy any hardcopies of this email and delete it and any copies of it from your computer system. Any right which the sender may have under copyright law, and any legal privilege and confidentiality attached to this email is not waived or destroyed by that mistake. It is your responsibility to ensure that this email does not contain and is not affected by computer viruses, defects or interference by third parties or replication problems (including incompatibility with your computer system). Opinions contained in this email do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, or endorsed organisations utilising the same infrastructure. *** ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
