[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: [SDI-Africa] MapServer and open source geospatial software and data workshops at the University of Pretoria
From: sdi-africa-boun...@lists.gsdi.org [mailto:sdi-africa-boun...@lists.gsdi.org] On Behalf Of Serena Coetzee Sent: 20 September 2012 22:04 To: sdi-afr...@lists.gsdi.org Subject: [SDI-Africa] MapServer and open source geospatial software and data workshops at the University of Pretoria Join us for two open source geospatial workshops in celebration of the launch of the ICA/OSGeo Laboratory at UP. Limited seats are available, therefore booking is essential. You are welcome to stay on for some socialising with Jeff, Gavin and CGIS after the workshops. Date: 5 October 2012 Time: 10:00-13:00 RSVP: Erika Pretorius erika.pretor...@up.ac.zamailto:erika.pretor...@up.ac.za by Monday, 1 October 2012. Please indicate clearly which workshop you want to attend. Workshop 1: MapServer Presenter: Jeff McKenna, OSGeo Board Member and MapServer Project Steering Committee Member http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna Venue: Geography Building 2-3 (GIS lab), Hatfield campus, University of Pretoria This hands-on workshop is intended as an introduction to Web mapping with the MapServer open source software project (http://www.mapserver.org). The participants will go through the process of setting up a MapServer environment which includes configuring a Web server and creating a MapServer application. The creation of a MapServer application will include step-by-step examples of building a map file, including defining the WEB object, the LAYER objects, and assigning symbology to these objects. Once a map file is created, the participants will then go through the process of creating a Web-based interface. You can work on one of the PCs in the lab or bring your own laptop or PC. Workshop 2: Open source geospatial software and open data Facilitators: Gavin Fleming with assistance from CGIS students and lecturers Venue:Geography Building 2-9, Hatfield campus, University of Pretoria Bring your own laptop or desktop computer and we will assist you and each other with: - trying out or installing OSGeo Live [2] - getting started with FOSS GIS - setting up a FOSS GIS workstation with UbuntuGIS [3] - setting up a Windows FOSS workstation with OSGeo4W [4] - trying out or installing FOSS alternatives to any GIS software you can think of - how to ask questions and report bugs - finding out how to migrate to FOSS or work in a mixed environment - editing or capturing OpenStreetMap data - trying out or installing Ubuntu Linux [1] Popular open source geospatial software we will have available to install on Windows, Mac and Linux and even Android includes: Quantum GIS, PostGIS, GeoServer, MapServer and OpenLayers. This is an unstructured event and will not be 'presented' or 'taught'. Expect to try things out yourself in a friendly environment. How it turns out will depend on who comes and what everyone is keen on doing! [1] http://ubuntu.com [2] http://live.osgeo.org [3] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS [4] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w 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 viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] African universities on google maps
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:49:21 +0100 Barry Rowlingson b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: 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... From my understanding of Google Maps TOS http://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html it is forbidden to (2b) redistribute, sublicense, rent, publish, sell, assign, lease, market, transfer, or otherwise make the Products or Content available to third parties, and (2g) use the Products to create a database of places or other local listings information. So I would say that is impossible to take the user contribted data from Google Maps and import them into OSM. The alternative is to do the mapping again in OSM... Best, Anne -- http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] African universities on google maps
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Anne Ghisla a.ghi...@gmail.com wrote: From my understanding of Google Maps TOS http://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html it is forbidden to (2b) redistribute, sublicense, rent, publish, sell, assign, lease, market, transfer, or otherwise make the Products or Content available to third parties, and (2g) use the Products to create a database of places or other local listings information. So I would say that is impossible to take the user contribted data from Google Maps and import them into OSM. The alternative is to do the mapping again in OSM... What's not clear is whether the user-contributed data has been incorporated into Google Maps just like any other content (with the collectors presumably losing rights on it) or if they've put it into My Maps or similar, in which case one hopes they do still have rights over it. I'm wondering if OSGeo and OpenStreetMap should be capitalising on all the Apple mapping news going on now. Barry ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] African universities on google maps
On 9/21/2012 9:09 AM, Anne Ghisla wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:49:21 +0100 Barry Rowlingson b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: 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... From my understanding of Google Maps TOS http://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html it is forbidden to (2b) redistribute, sublicense, rent, publish, sell, assign, lease, market, transfer, or otherwise make the Products or Content available to third parties, and (2g) use the Products to create a database of places or other local listings information. So I would say that is impossible to take the user contribted data from Google Maps and import them into OSM. The alternative is to do the mapping again in OSM... Thank maybe the ideal situation is for them to add their tracks to OSM maps first and then add their tracks to google maps. Since it their tracks, I do not think they loose ownership by contributing them to a project, the they may loose ownership of the data IN the project that they contributed to and therefore may not be able to use the data as reference out of the contributed project. IANAL, but that would be my take on it. -Steve ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
