Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Charter-members] [Election 2014] Elections starting tomorrow
Dear all, with all my respect to OSGeo and the CRO process, I would like to retire from this process as I realise I cannot be helpful anymore. my best regards Lorenzo On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Jorge Sanz js...@osgeo.org wrote: Hi all, OSGeo elections are about to start. The nomination period for new Charter Member starts tomorrow Saturday 19 of July. Please, consider nominating new Charter Members within the next two weeks and help keep the Foundation to be even more diverse, represented by people from even more countries, languages, profiles (e.g. Academic, Private, Government, etc.) and interests. For sure you know people that could bring new points of view and energy to OSGeo, so tell them about the elections and convince them to join such a vibrant community! Elections page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2014 News item: http://www.osgeo.org/elections_2014 Tweet: https://twitter.com/OSGeo/status/490096191346987009 https://twitter.com/OSGeo/status/490096191346987009 Please help spread the word and also reach out to communities who have not yet been connected with OSGeo. Best Regards Jorge (your CRO) -- Jorge Sanz http://www.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz ___ Charter-members mailing list charter-memb...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Chairpersons at foss4g2010 in Barcelona
Maria, it seems to me that there's no more paper to add. you can go on with the publication. thank a lot for your support! Lorenzo On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 3:35 PM, maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.itwrote: Dear Lorenzo if the list of the contributes uploaded is definitive, we will start the selection of the papers of the Academic Track to be published on special issues of journals or on journals we are in contact with. The final list of the papers, presented in Barcelona, that I have is the following: ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1. Comparison of GRASS-LiDAR modules and TerraScan in ground and vegetation filtering Sara Lucca Politecnico di Milano - Polo di Como 2. A FOSS4G model to estimate forest exploitation methods and biomass availability for renewable energy production Pietro Zambelli University of Trento 3. Developing a Line-of-Sight Based Algorithm for Urban Street Network Generalization Wen-Chieh (jeffrey) WangChaoyang University of Technology 4. Potential distribution of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus in Northern Italy derived from reconstructed MODIS Land Surface Temperature maps Markus Neteler Fondazione Edmund Mach 5. Drift-X WPS: Pesticide Atmospheric Dispersion Web GIS Nicolas Bozon 3LIZ 6. Geoinformation analysis for Conservation: experiences with OSS in the Natural Parks of BarcelonaAgustín LoboInstitut de Ciencies de la Terra Jaume Almera (CSIC) POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1. Legal information WPS for factory site location analysis Byung-Jo KimSejong Univ 2. Quality assessment of VGI based on Open Web Map Services and ISO/TC 211 19100-family standards Hans-Jörg Stark FHNW 3. The concept of web-based spatial decision support system for accessibility analysis Jan BurdziejNicolaus Copernicus University 4. Learning PostGIS using Sqltutor Martin LandaCTU in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering 5. Visualization and Spatial Analysis with QGIS and Geoserver: A Case Study of Geographic Information Collected through Citizen-participatory Surveys Toshikazu Seto Ritsumeikan University 6. Measuring spatial diversity in a free algorithmic environment Duccio Rocchini Fondazione Edmund Mach 7. A comparison between free/open-source and commercial geospatial software tools, based on a case study Federica Migliaccio Politecnico di Milano 8. FOSS geospatial libraries in Scientific Workflow Environments: Experiences and Directions Graeme Mcferren CSIR Meraka Insitute 9. Porting goGPS from MATLAB to Java: performance analysis, tests and results Eugenio Realini Osaka City University 10. Open source GIS solutions for access to information of public domainSarah Braccio Politecnico di Torino 11. Automatic procedure for superficial landslide hazard mapping using GRASSBianca Federici University of Genova Many thanks. Maria Def. Quota Lorenzo Becchi lore...@ominiverdi.com: Hi Maria, I've published the papers that have been sent to my address. The list is there. If you can't see your published, please, send it to me. thx Lorenzo On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:27 PM, maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.it wrote: Dear Lorenzo I checked the list of papers, but I could not find for instance the paper I sent (and presented) Comparison of GRASS-LiDAR modules and TerraScan in ground and vegetation filtering. A part from my paper, that I obsiously have, are you sure there are no other papers missing? We are starting analysing AT papers for decide which of them publish on the reviews we mentioned on the conference website, but we must sure to have all the papers to avoid problems with authors. Cheers!! Maria Def. Quota Lorenzo Becchi lore...@ominiverdi.com: Hi Maria, thanks again for your help this is the list of abstracts at the moment: http://2010.foss4g.org/papers/ I've seen I've received other papers but I had no time yet to publish them. hope to do it asap Lorenzo 2010/9/12 maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.it Dear Lluis at first I would like to thank you for the great help you have given for the success of the Academic Track at FOSS4G2010. Then I would like to ask you if you can make available the papers you received because we must start selecting the contributes to be published on Applied Geomatics (and also the other journal, but due to my involvement in Applied Geomatics I can offer myself to lead that processus). Many thanks again!! Maria Def. Quota Lluís Vicens ll...@sigte.udg.es: Dear all, We are looking for volunteers to become chairpersons to help in moderating sessions during the foss4g2010 conference in Barcelona. If some of you are interested to participate in the event as a chairperson, please, send me a reply to my personal email letting me know your availability. A lot of thanks
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Chairpersons at foss4g2010 in Barcelona
Hi Maria, I've published the papers that have been sent to my address. The list is there. If you can't see your published, please, send it to me. thx Lorenzo On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:27 PM, maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.itwrote: Dear Lorenzo I checked the list of papers, but I could not find for instance the paper I sent (and presented) Comparison of GRASS-LiDAR modules and TerraScan in ground and vegetation filtering. A part from my paper, that I obsiously have, are you sure there are no other papers missing? We are starting analysing AT papers for decide which of them publish on the reviews we mentioned on the conference website, but we must sure to have all the papers to avoid problems with authors. Cheers!! Maria Def. Quota Lorenzo Becchi lore...@ominiverdi.com: Hi Maria, thanks again for your help this is the list of abstracts at the moment: http://2010.foss4g.org/papers/ I've seen I've received other papers but I had no time yet to publish them. hope to do it asap Lorenzo 2010/9/12 maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.it Dear Lluis at first I would like to thank you for the great help you have given for the success of the Academic Track at FOSS4G2010. Then I would like to ask you if you can make available the papers you received because we must start selecting the contributes to be published on Applied Geomatics (and also the other journal, but due to my involvement in Applied Geomatics I can offer myself to lead that processus). Many thanks again!! Maria Def. Quota Lluís Vicens ll...@sigte.udg.es: Dear all, We are looking for volunteers to become chairpersons to help in moderating sessions during the foss4g2010 conference in Barcelona. If some of you are interested to participate in the event as a chairperson, please, send me a reply to my personal email letting me know your availability. A lot of thanks in advance for your collaboration and support. We appreciate your help. Lluís Vicens Organizing Committee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] pictures and video from FOSS4G2010
thanks Mateusz to all, please, tag it foss4g2010 too Lorenzo On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Mateusz Loskot mate...@loskot.net wrote: On 12/09/10 12:48, Lorenzo Becchi wrote: For those that want to contribute their pics and video, I've created a wiki page to share your links: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Media BTW, I'd like to encourage folks who use Flickr to submit their FOSS4G 2010 photos to the two groups: - general FOSS4G topics http://www.flickr.com/groups/foss4g/ - OSGeo folks, events, etc. http://www.flickr.com/groups/osgeo/ Cheers, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Chairpersons at foss4g2010 in Barcelona
Hi Maria, thanks again for your help this is the list of abstracts at the moment: http://2010.foss4g.org/papers/ I've seen I've received other papers but I had no time yet to publish them. hope to do it asap Lorenzo 2010/9/12 maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.it Dear Lluis at first I would like to thank you for the great help you have given for the success of the Academic Track at FOSS4G2010. Then I would like to ask you if you can make available the papers you received because we must start selecting the contributes to be published on Applied Geomatics (and also the other journal, but due to my involvement in Applied Geomatics I can offer myself to lead that processus). Many thanks again!! Maria Def. Quota Lluís Vicens ll...@sigte.udg.es: Dear all, We are looking for volunteers to become chairpersons to help in moderating sessions during the foss4g2010 conference in Barcelona. If some of you are interested to participate in the event as a chairperson, please, send me a reply to my personal email letting me know your availability. A lot of thanks in advance for your collaboration and support. We appreciate your help. Lluís Vicens Organizing Committee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Foss4g2010] Code Sprint
Venka, thank you for moving this. We are supposed to have 7 rooms (at least) for the BOSs (break out sessions). Here the rooms available: sala 6 (320 pax)sala 5 (250 pax)sala 3 (150 pax)sala 8 (100 pax) sala 4 (75 pax)sala 11 (78 pax)sala 12 (90 pax) BOFs are scheduled, for the moment, only on Wednesday afternoon, from 6 to 7 pm. The gala dinner is at 8pm of the same day. We are checking if, with many request of BOSs we can add another slot. I suppose that the distribution of the rooms will be made on how many subscribers there will be in the wiki page. Lorenzo On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Venka venka.os...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Several presentation on WPS implementation/application have been selected for presentation. This indicates growing interest amongst the FOSS4G communities. I have added request for WPS BoF (Break-out session) below. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Breakout_Sessions#WPS_BoF If you are interested in participating, please add your name on the wiki page above. Best regards Venka Lorenzo, whom can we contact for room allocation? Perhaps we can think of going ahead with the BoF if we have 5 or more participants. ___ Foss4g2010 mailing list foss4g2...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2010 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4G band
Hi all, we are looking for talented FOSS GIS experts that are talented in playing music too. The night of the Gala Dinner, Wednesday 8th, there will be a Jam Session and solo session for the public. Who wants to participate can contact me privately. I need a coordinator also for this activity, please, write me privately for this too. :) enjoy your trip to Barcelona and don't forget your swimwear, the climate is perfect to go to the beach too. Lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Which hotels do you go to for FOSS4G
from the registration form [1] you can choose Book a hotel room. This allows you special prices for the days around the conference. But: This online tool only allows you to make a reservation for one room at a time and during the indicated dates. If you need to make a group booking (from 5 rooms upwards) or wish to book dates prior to or after the event, please send your request to foss4g2...@pacifico-meetings.comhttps://forms.pacifico-meetings.com/ReservationForm/foss4g2...@pacifico-meetings.com best regards Lorenzo [1] https://forms.pacifico-meetings.com/ReservationForm/index.aspx?co=225 On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Yves Moisan yves.moi...@boreal-is.comwrote: Thanx Chaitanya for the reply. This looks more like a list of places. I didn't find *where* people go, which is what I'm really looking for. Thanx anyways, Yves There is a section with a list of places to stay at wikipage at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Barcelona_Local_Chapter_-_helping_FOSS4G_2010#Hostales.2Fbed.26breakfast . I created a separate wikipage listing the place and the persons planning to stay there. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Hotels_and_Hostels Please add the place you plan to stay. ___ 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Foss4G2010: Abstracts of Oral Presentation available online!
The first set of the abstracts for the presentations has been published online: http://2010.foss4g.org/presentations_gen_sel.php soon available the sets for posters and academic track best regards Lorenzo Becchi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] referring FOSS4G 2010
A little tribute to those sites and visitors that ends clicking on our website. here the list of top 120 referrals: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Marketing#TOP_120_Referrals thanks lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Community Program Review at FOSS4G 2010
At FOSS4G 2010 the community and conference registrants will have an opportunity to read through and score potential presentations prior to the selection of the final conference program. There is enough room in the conference schedule for 120 presentations. The conference committee will use the aggregate scores from the community review process to help choose which presentations to accept, and to assign presentations to appropriately sized rooms. The top quoted presentations will receive a special attention from the organization. Please follow this link to express your opinion: http://2010.foss4g.org/review/ best regards Lorenzo Becchi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Press Secretary
The White House has one! [1] we are looking too for the Press Secretary of FOSS4G 2010. duties? * distribute our Press Releases to the community leaders and check their are submitting the messages. * distribute our Press Releases to our Media Partners * checking for new communities to be included it's a duty that can be shared between more people and it should not be heavy. please write to me personally Lorenzo [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] do you already feel as an ambassador for FOSS4G?!?
Mercí bien Fred, j'espere on se rencontre à Barcelona, tu irá a encontré l'argent!!! :) lorenzo On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Fred Lehodey leho...@gmail.com wrote: Viva Lorenzo !!! Comment ça va Maitre acupuncteur ?? OUI, YES, SIM we are feeling as ambassadors ! http://geo.algarvedigital.pt Je sais pas si on aura de l'argent pour aller à Barcelona :-( mais on fait la pub !!! Abraço, Fred On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Lorenzo Becchi lore...@ominiverdi.comwrote: I'm sure I don't need long sentences to convince you: - FOSS4G is fundamental to OSGeo. - 50% of attendees at FOSS4G have heard of it through a friend or a colleague. - the conference in Barcelona will be amazing for size, interest, contents, fun, ... - we all want this conference to be cool let's keep the informal networking alive, think about who can be interest in it and feel free to promote it the way you like. Contact your communities, your geospatial-friends, your colleagues and explain why going to Barcelona worth to you. be creative and inspired, Barcelona is the town of eclectic artists! [1] [2] [3] [4] some resources: - website: http://2010.foss4.org - flyers, posters and other docs: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2010/documents/ - sponsorship prospectus: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2010/documents/sponsorship-prospectus-09122009.pdf - mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2010-announce more on the website, the mailing list or contacting me personally. note: abstract submission closes April 1st. see you in Barcelona lorenzo [1] Picasso: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso [2] Dalí: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD [3] Gaudí: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD [4] Miró: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3 ___ 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] do you already feel as an ambassador for FOSS4G?!?
I'm sure I don't need long sentences to convince you: - FOSS4G is fundamental to OSGeo. - 50% of attendees at FOSS4G have heard of it through a friend or a colleague. - the conference in Barcelona will be amazing for size, interest, contents, fun, ... - we all want this conference to be cool let's keep the informal networking alive, think about who can be interest in it and feel free to promote it the way you like. Contact your communities, your geospatial-friends, your colleagues and explain why going to Barcelona worth to you. be creative and inspired, Barcelona is the town of eclectic artists! [1] [2] [3] [4] some resources: - website: http://2010.foss4.org - flyers, posters and other docs: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2010/documents/ - sponsorship prospectus: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2010/documents/sponsorship-prospectus-09122009.pdf - mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2010-announce more on the website, the mailing list or contacting me personally. note: abstract submission closes April 1st. see you in Barcelona lorenzo [1] Picasso: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso [2] Dalí: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD [3] Gaudí: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD [4] Miró: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2010 identity update (logo, flyer, poster...)
Hi all, I've updated the page of the identity for the conference: http://2010.foss4g.org/identity.php changelog: - Added poster preview and download - added flyer preview and download - added squared logo preview and download feel free to use this material to promote our event! ciao lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Wiki Upkeep - Orphaned Pages
Alex Mandel wrote: So looking around there a few things that could use some work on the wiki and are easy enough for any community member to help with. 1. We have 327 Orphaned Pages, these are pages that exist but that no other page links to. Which means no one is likely to ever find them or their useful content. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Special:LonelyPageslimit=500offset=0 many seems to be user pages that did not made a redirect to their User:page... trying to be clear: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Becchi redirect to: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Ominiverdi the code to do it is pretty simple: #redirect[[User:Ominiverdi]] and has to be put in your: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Becchi ciao lorenzo 2. We have 455 Wanted Pages, these are pages that someone has put a link in the text for but that don't link to an existing page. In some cases it's due to spelling, in other's it's because no one's made a page on that topic, and for some of those it's unlikely that anyone ever will since it's not really relevant. Quite a few should probably external link to project homepages. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Special:WantedPageslimit=500offset=0 Cleaning up these to aspects will yield a more usable and navigable wiki. Please if you have 5 minutes cleanup a couple of links. If we all do a few we should be able to clean up rather quickly. Thanks, Alex ___ 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] Symbology/styles exchange
Andrea Aime wrote: ... Well, personally I don't have much time, but the idea is engaging. What I would like to see in such a platform is: - easy to get into it. Register and contribute - have some focus on the contribution license, it is important that whoever shares decides how others can reuse his work - peer review (voting system) - comments, possibly treaded - a discussion on each contribution - forum, where people can discuss map making more in general - visual, everything we talk about (style, symbols, softwares, data) should be accompained by at least one screenshot, the screenshot should appear in all listings - categorized, so that if I'm interested in symbols I know where to go... maybe we more than one way to categorize stuff, think point symbols vs fills but also geology vs road maps AFAIK, with a little customization (or maybe not) of Wordpress [1] you can do them all. It's plenty of plugin and it's easy to manage... easier then drupal, I mean. ;-) ciao lorenzo [1] http://wordpress.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
Andrea Aime wrote: Doh, interesting, and I thought it was for blog posts only... do you have some reference in mind, like one or more example sites I can look at? there's a huge catalog[1]. an example chosen quickly is this: http://www.freshapps.com/ (click on a title to see details expanded and look at browse section) Do you know any site made with wordpress that has this kde-looks ability to show the most interesting items by category with a screenshot, title and short description? (the visual component is key to such a site). it was easier than what expected to find one[2]: the Plugin directory of WordPress site offers a directory tree, with the number of related posts and a per popularity order. Then I see they have a Newest and Recently Updated index, guess this is not that difficult to customize. What is lacking is the image but I still guess that should not be difficult to add one. ciao lorenzo [1] http://www.freshapps.com/ [2] http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/browse/popular/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 3.0 OpenLayers code sprint - call for sponsorships
Hi David, this event seems really a good idea. I have a couple of doubts: why not to join the OSGeo Hacking Event in Bolsena [1] in June? maybe two hacking events so close in time are too many. This year the event in Bolsena has been successful to many, afaik. Well at least to me. :-) The other problem I have is that I will go to the Spanish FOSS GIS [2] meting of Girona in mid march. ciao lorenzo [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Hacking_Event_2009 [2] http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ David JONGLEZ wrote: Hello, This mail is a call for sponsorships to organize the « 3.0 OpenLayers code sprint ». This event enables European OpenLayers community and OpenLayers developers from around the world to meet. The likelihood of an OpenLayers code sprint (for version 3.0) is taking shape. It is scheduled to take place for 4-5 days during the month of March 2009 in France, in a remote and isolated part of the Alps (a quiet place to achieve better work on this major release!). The cost of the stay (travel expenses excluded) is about 750 € per person. As organizers, we want to cover all incurred expenses during the event as well as the maximum of travel expenses i.e. a budget of about 10'000 € for 6 persons. Only the time spent at the event would then be at the charge of the developers (and/or their respective organization/company). Any kind of support is welcome... A PayPal account is an easy means to carry out a sponsoring activity, even a small one, as an individual or as a company's endorsement. For a larger sponsorship, please do not hesitate to contact me or Virginie Jourdan directly – virginie.jourdan at camptocamp.com : we can suggest a communication partner plan (based on OpenLayers community's sponsoring activities). Thank you for supporting this initiative which will encourage the promotion of French and European Open Source Geoinformatics within the OSGeo. Sincerely yours, David Jonglez PS: For more information on the Code Sprint, please look up the following: * Event Web page: http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/CodeSprint2009 * Mailing list discussions: http://www.nabble.com/Code-Sprint-2009-td20722889.html * Page on Version 3.0 of OpenLayers: http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/three PayPal account : codesprint_sponsoring at camptocamp.com (using for example the send-money https://www.paypal.com/ch/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money ) ___ 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] OS GIS challenge on Postigis WKT raster support
I've been reading about the Postgis Raster support initiative [1]. Pierre Racine has designed a draft of the specifications [2] and Sandro Santilli seams available to develop it. The group of co-founders needs to grow, is there anybody else that want to join this project? ciao lorenzo [1] http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2008-December/022076.html [2] http://www.cef-cfr.ca/uploads/Membres/WKTRasterPostGIS.ppt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foreign Language Community Support
Christopher Schmidt wrote: does http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/GettingHelp/ForeignLanguageSupport seem like an appropriate way to enocurage people to seek help? Does my suggestions for how to handle lack of speaking a language make some sense? I think this is a good initiative. trying to be a bit critic, it is the kind of page that a person who knows a little of English doesn't need because they can write to the international list. a person who knows nothing of English cannot understand all that text, probably. To make it easy, we can maybe add links to the automatic translation to many different languages, ex: -- Version en Español, linking to: http://translate.google.es/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftrac.openlayers.org%2Fwiki%2FGettingHelp%2FForeignLanguageSupportsl=entl=eshl=enie=UTF-8 -- better would be to create human translations of your text but it will take more time. I think that using the language chapters as reference is a good idea. I would put a bigger emphasis on them. Talking about the Spanish Language Chapter List, I can say that there are already some good expert on OpenLayers (and not only). I would suggest other projects with small/medium communities to do the same. A little note about Interested in English Language List. I would avoid to live this part here. If a lot of people starts to add his name there, that page will convert soon in a mess, loosing the target of the message. I would leave to local chapters the organizations of list request if the traffic on a single project (ex: OpenLayers) starts to be aggressive. thx lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] foss4g in portugal
Hi, just to remember that the first Portuguese event [1] of the young local chapter has been a success. I have a post on ominiverdi's blog [2] and some pictures [3] available. ciao lorenzo [1] http://sigaberto.org/ [2] http://blog.ominiverdi.org/index.php?/archives/64-First-Foss4g-meeting-in-Portugal.html [3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ominiverdi/sets/72157608342085614/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Cape Town conference materials
Hi, wandering around the conference web site I've seen that some materials started to appear in the Presentations page[1]. I've tried to download them but I've ended with a blank page. is Safari the problem? (or maybe me :-/ ) is there a chance to see more pdf and zip files in that page? regards lorenzo [1] http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/presentations ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Code Sprint: How Much?
+1 IRC would make the bridge. don't go too far west! ;-) Erik Uzureau wrote: If there were a north american event happenning at the same time as the bolsena one, I would like to attend. Erik On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10-Oct-08, at 6:23 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote: Thanks for that Lorenzo and Arnulf! Indeed, mark your calendars because I've booked the week of 15 – 21st June 2009 in Bolsena Judging by the great feedback of Jeroen's Bolsena event last year, I think it must be a great formula to replicate elsewhere as well. (Aside from the FOSS4G focused sprint). One person to lead it, pick a spot, set a price, set a minimum attendees and invite the developer world. Cancel if there isn't enough interest. Maybe unrealistic, but having a non-European event at the same time as Bolsena event might provide some level of real-time communication between dispersed teams who couldn't all make it to the same location. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org mailto: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] New Job Opportunity with FBK-MPBA
Giovanni you can send a message to the Jobs mailing list too: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] you don't need to be subscribed it will be moderated by us ciao lorenzo G. Allegri wrote: I've filled a new job opportunity with FBK-MPBA (Trento-Italy) on the Jobs Board http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jobs_Board Giovanni ___ 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] Code Sprint: How Much?
best Sprint I've ever been: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/European_GIS_Code_Sprint ciao lorenzo ps: thanks Jeroen! Paul Ramsey wrote: Everyone loves a good code sprint... or do they? 2007 brought you the one-day sprint (with the GeoToolsers and uDiggers going for an extended weekend sprint). 2008 brings you another day. 2009 is still thinking about it. How much sprinting would you do? 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 days? I am wondering if the right way to handle the sprints is to turn them from something the conference quietly subsidizes to something that OSGeo pays for directly. That way the conference organizers don't feel like they are having it taken out of their hide, and it can be as long as people like. Also, it fits directly into the OSGeo mission of promoting the development of the software. Book-keeping-wise it's a left-pocket-to-right-pocket transaction for OSGeo, but from a authority and decision making PoV it removes the issue from the plate of the conference team and puts it into the hands of the software promoting team (whomever they may be). Paul ___ 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] GeoFOSS LiveDVD - test it before we burn it
I'm a lazy european, sorry ;-) Mark, why the name is still on Alpha? do you think you'll have the time to go on refining soon? ciao Lorenzo Mark Leslie wrote: Tim, The dvd image is now available at http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha4.iso. Happy burning. -- Mark Tim Bowden wrote: Mark, Please don't let that cutoff slip. How long will your upload take? I've got to start a download as soon as it's finished (note to self- I wonder if I can start slurping shortly after you start uploading? Is there an rsync daemon on the server? That might make it quicker). I'm taking a hard copy with me in case the duplication house has issues with the download size (they've flagged this yesterday as the size has grown a bit). I'll be leaving tomorrow at lunchtime, so that's cutting it fine as is. If there is anyone already in Cape Town on a fast link who can download in a timely manner, please drop me a line. I prefer to have more contingency plans ;-) Regards, Tim On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 09:04 +1000, Mark Leslie wrote: Lorenzo, That would be much appreciated, and I'll get the mapfile in right away. We are planning on starting to build the 'final' image this afternoon, so we've got an effective cutoff of 3pm AEST. Anything you can get in before then we'll be sure to add. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=9day=24year=2008hour=15min=0sec=0p1=240 I've put together a quick, and not especially impressive, mapfile and cgi template using some australian data, so that will be in there as well, but the cgi interface doesn't look too impressive. -- Mark Leslie Geospatial Software Architect LISAsoft - Ph: +61 2 8570 5000 Fax: +61 2 8570 5099 Mob: +61 Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf 19-21 Pirrama Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009 - LISAsoft is part of the A2end Group of Companies http://www.ardec.com.au http://www.lisasoft.com http://www.terrapages.com Lorenzo Becchi wrote: I've made a mapfile to show mapserver with the Alaska dataset: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc:mapfile_for_mapserver#WMS_calls what time is the deadline to close the final ISO? If I have time I'll try, on Wednesday, to do a zip file containing: * a home page for localhost with links to: ** Mapserver WMS getCapabilities, getMap, getLegend ** a page with OpenLayers showing available layers ** geoserver demos ciao lorenzo Tim Bowden wrote: I'm planning on using the live-DVD to load the OSGeo booth PC. If anyone wants to take advantage of the provided stack for loading some demos, please drop me a line. The plan atm is to have the PC wired to the local lan, so it can offer web services etc locally if it is set up in time. Regards, Tim Bowden On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 15:04 +1000, Cameron Shorter wrote: Correct, please test FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso From now on we plan to only fix bugs and address cosmetic changes (like populating an index.html). We don't plan to add features. Also, we have extra testing time until Wednesday 24 September, but please test earlier rather than later so we have time to turn around any fixes. Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: Just to clarify, it is the file: FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso then is the latest for testing, right? Tyler On 19-Sep-08, at 4:21 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: LISAsoft have built a LiveDVD containing a stack of quality, Open Source, Geospatial Software. The DVD will be handed out at FOSS4G 2008 http://foss4g.org/index.php/foss4g/2008 and we want help testing it before we burn it. Download Download the FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD image from: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/ . Deadline for testing Please download and complete testing by Close of Business, Monday 22 September. (We might get a little extra time for testing depending on the burn process). Could you please download the image, see if you can boot your computer from using the LiveDVD image, and report your results on our wiki at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Testing ... Remaining details at: http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2008/09/geofoss-livedvd-test-it-before-we-burn.html -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Systems Architect Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Tyler Mitchell Executive Director Open Source Geospatial Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: +1-250-277-1621 M: +1-250-303-1831 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD
Cameron, would be a great start. from our part we need to know if Luca (doktoreas) is available, he's the liveCd Man. btw, Bruce, encouraging comments, thank you if Luca has time it would be great to keep you two in touch and fix the problem. this is what we were looking for ciao Lorenzo Cameron Shorter wrote: I have a meeting clash, I suggest the following time instead: Friday 4pm Sydney, 8am Europe http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2008month=9day=12hour=6min=0sec=0p1=240p2=215 Cameron Shorter wrote: I'm very excited to hear Markus and Lorenzo correct me and tell me that GeoFOSS packaging is live and well. And yes, we would be delighted to work with you, building upon your work rather than starting again from scratch. The success of a packaging project will come from a strong community. We have been planning to create a simple live CD (based upon Debian or Ubuntu) for the Java stack - something that we think we could achieve. But if there are others working on this as well, together we could make something more ambitious for foss4g2008. Who is interested and what timezones are we in? LISAsoft is in Sydney, Australia. Markus and Lorenzo are in Europe? How about we meet on IRC #osgeo on Friday: 5pm Sydney, 9am in Europe? http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2008month=9day=12hour=7min=0sec=0p1=240p2=215 If this doesn't suit, suggest another time. Markus Neteler wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Cameron Shorter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to Mark's comments, Our intent is to try and compliment and work with existing packaging efforts rather than compete with them. From our digging around, it seems that prior LiveCD efforts are not being maintained any more. (Please correct me if I'm wrong). I take liberty to correct you: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/cdrom.php at least also - slaxGIS - ArcheOS and the aforementioned Ominiverdi CDROM are up to date. We are focusing initially on packaging the java stack as we felt this could benefit the most from a little attention, While this is fine, the title of your LiveCD should reflect this to minimize confusion. FOSS4G LiveCD sounds like all included incl C/C++ stack to me. Best Markus ___ 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] Re: Voting for new OSGeo Charter Members open until 6th June 2008
Dave Patton wrote: Changing the policy may be appropriate, but not during the process. +1 to Dave. I don't think it's a good idea to change policy now. Lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Planet OSGeo
Mateusz Loskot wrote: ... The OSGeo Community is pretty open and there is no formal membership - everybody invloved in FOSS4G initiavites is allowed to call herself an OSGeo member. So, in the OSGeo Planet idea, everybody involved in FOSS4G is welcome to add her blog to the Planet, without any artificial requirements (post about FOSS4G or do not post at all). However, I'd limit the OSGeo Planet to people who are involved in OSGeo activities in some way (users, speakers, developers, translators, any other contributors). Just to keep some orientation to the OSGeo world. what about just Charter Members? will it be just boaring because of we the Charter Members? Lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Jobs list
Hi all, we have 40 subscribers until now. I'm sure there's more people interested to signin and offer or find beautiful long/short/progamming/scholar/etc jobs. this is the page: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs ciao Lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Jobs Board
thanks to Frank, it is possible to register to the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs Landon, Michael and me will moderate any massage posted to that list. Mateusz, if you want to step in, you're welcome. I can add you as moderator. if/when the list will take place we will send a post on osgeo.org news. then maybe further promotion. don't be shy, subscribe and post your requests ciao Lorenzo Landon Blake wrote: I have modified the Jobs Board page on the OSGeo wiki page created by Frank Wammerdam to serve as our OSGeo Jobs Board. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Landon *Warning: *Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org Thank ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
Landon, hi I guess that moderation should be made through mailman system am I wrong? The list moderators have more limited permissions; they are not able to change any list configuration variable, but they are allowed to tend to pending administration requests, including approving or rejecting held subscription requests, and disposing of held postings. Of course, the list administrators can also tend to pending requests. I think we should ask SAC (in CC) to kindly make a mailing list and set our 3 e-mail addresses as moderators. can this mail be considered a request to SAC? otherwise I'll do it via Trac ciao lorenzo Landon Blake wrote: I think we've got three people to moderate a mailing list. I think we should move forward with that. I'll tackle the wiki page if there are no objections. People interested in posting their job and/or resume on the wiki page could contact me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me know if there are any objections to this. If there are no objections, then I will set up the wiki pages. Landon -Original Message- From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:32 AM To: Frank Warmerdam; Landon Blake Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted I've no interest in maintaining a wiki page -- but I'd be happy to own the occasional (biweekly) summary emails pointing to the wiki. Landon? -mpg -Original Message- From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:18 PM To: Michael P. Gerlek; Landon Blake Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted Michael P. Gerlek wrote: Umm, me and Landon, I think. -mpg -Original Message- From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:22 AM To: Michael P. Gerlek Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted Michael P. Gerlek wrote: +1 to Frank (as usual...) -- the more overhead we put into this, the less likely it will be sustainable. Pick a mailing list -- either Discuss or a new one -- and I think we've already got at least two volunteer moderators. Michael, Who were these 'at least two volunteers'? Landon, Is Michael right that you were willing to participate as an OSGeo Jobs moderator of some sort? Michael / Landon, Assuming so, I'd like as much as possible to turn this topic over to the two of you to pursue. I'm happy to prepare a mailing list for you when you want me to. I'd appreciate your contributing to: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Jobs_Board I love Michael's idea of the jobs moderators summarizing positions to the discuss list periodically. I'd like to think every two weeks would be managable, but given enough currency to make it useful. You might find it helpful to write up some brief notes on what you would do as moderators. Something roughly akin to what we did for the News Editors at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/News_Queue That makes it easier for folks to know what you are doing, and easier to hand off the job to someone new after a while. I think it would be prudent to consider the jobs mailing list and associated job finding resources an activity of the web committee though that distinction is likely not too important most of the time. But if we want to get approval for a plan, that could be the place. And it will be the web committee that provides our web presence once we move onto the main site. Best regards, -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| President OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ 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] Job Postings / Job Wanted
wow, the thing is getting bigger... I18n, is a great idea but I still feel that a set of mailing list can do honestly the dirty job. I volunteer, hopefully I'll not be the only one, to moderate the first English mailing list. ciao Lorenzo Tim Bowden wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 18:50 +0100, Yves Jacolin wrote: Hi, I would like to give my 2 cent's. OSGeo is an internationnal fundation, which means a lot of people from differents countries AND langages. However, all this website seems only speaking english, they are, may be, only here for example. It seems important to me to take care for I18n and localization. Which means : link to local website which can propose job offers/resume, or an interface with several langages as OSGeo did for its own website. Local chapters can both provide and consume a geoRSS feed? Not sure how you'd go about charging advertisers in that sort of scenario, but just a thought. Thanks, Y Regards, Tim Bowden . Le vendredi 25 janvier 2008 18:35, Steve Lime a écrit : Something like this, at least at the moment, is going to be relatively low traffic. I search the GJC periodically for Open Source related positions and they do show up but not that often. That says to me that partnering with existing sites would be more efficient and would result in broader access. For the GJC one idea might be to update the job schema to allow posters to flag postings that have requirements for Open Source skills. Then I could create RSS or GeoRSS feeds for just those types of positions. There has also been talk of setting up a contracts section were shorter term contact positions. Steve On 1/25/2008 at 10:40 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25-Jan-08, at 6:31 AM, Fawcett, David wrote: http://www.gjc.org/ ? Nice.. maps and RSS - great improvements since I last used it. I'd much rather go with something like this, since neither mailing lists or customising our web site tools could match its function or its history. If there was a way to search for postings that were optionally marked as open source or even OSGeo Projects friendly - that would meet my needs. Also, if we were able to ingest the RSS feed (specifically for open source ones) - that we could possibly display the last couple jobs in a component on the OSGeo web site. I'd like to hear Steve Lime's opinion on the job board topic since he runs GJC! Tyler ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
Mailing list -mailman has already a moderation system Wiki - surely a mess: - to post something you need to know how Wiki syntax works - moderation is so difficult because you don't have a cue and have to look at any change. Web Form - needs development - needs moderation too - doesn't offer public debate (can you please refine your offer?!?, I'm not sure what you want to say about..., ecc.) my 0.02 € again Mateusz Loskot wrote: Landon Blake wrote: I like this idea. But it means that someone has to volunteer to moderate. :] Another similar suggestion would be to collect job postings until there were X postings. I think we could combine this with a wiki page. I would be willing to maintain a wiki page for job postings. There is a risk that wiki page will turn into a mess. People want to filter, search, etc. through job postings. Also, it would be nice to have simple 3-5 fields form for submissions. Mailing list archives provide such options. Though, mailing list seems to be/is spam prone. How much of work would be required to prepare form + generate job offers listing on the website using Drupal features, as Tyler suggested already? Perhaps it would be worth to spend some time to prepare small engine and than to organize long term maintenance procedure. Cheers ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Matt Perry's post on Ubuntu/GIS has gained a lot of attention
this link better: http://www.theopendisc.com/ Luca Casagrande wrote: Hi Jachym Il giorno ven, 26/10/2007 alle 11.55 +0200, Jachym Cepicky ha scritto: [..] There is no need for new special repositories. Maybe it makes sense for backports. Of course, one place, where Windows users could get all the FOSS4G stuff would be good :-) I think that a project like this would be very good: http://theopendisc.com/ Luca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] packaging FOSS GIS for Ubuntu in education
We prefer to use CD instead of DVD because many of the particpants do not have access to DVD reader in their home countries. I do agree, one solution we though with Luca was to create a liveCD for desktop applications and documentation and a server LiveCD with minimal or no X11 (graphic interface) to store data and offer Web Services for desktop clients. Luca is working acutally at the server edition. hope to offer something soon to play with. ciao Lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] packaging FOSS GIS for Ubuntu in education
Cameron analysis is clear and well centered to me. With others, we've started trying to do something in this direction since one year ago. it is clear to us that if we base the development of such a platform on volunteers, we will need a long time to succeed. lng time. If we want something for the next year, an investment in time and money is needed. I know geeks capable to do the technical part (see: Luca, Jachym and Frankie) but I don't know who's interested to invest enough money on such a project. with Luca, as a challenge, we've decided to make a donation program for our liveCd. In one year we've collected around 500€ (200 are mine) and we barely pay bandwidth, for the external host. This is just an example, we are not the only ones, but it's clear that without investments there will be poor future for such a thing. from the other side, downloads are growing continuously. try to search for GIS live Cd on google, and try to list projects that made more then one distro for longer then a year. Please, don't stop reading google list, go and see those pages, most of projects barely have a home page or are off since long. ciao Lorenzo Cameron Shorter wrote: Gavin, I think the time is ripe to consolidate upon this goal. I'd like to expand the goal a bit and then break it down into achievable steps. *The goal:* Powerful, Simple, Used, Integrated, Open Source Geospatial Applications *Current status* We already have powerful applications, but we still need geeks if you want to install and then use a full stack of OSGeo software. Our applications are often easy to install by themselves, but project release schedules are independent of each other and it is hard to keep up with which versions of software work with each other. Documentation and training material is still in an early phase. This material needs to be cross project, and matched to the software versions too. *Key Steps* *Set up project version dependency table* A table which lists for each project version, the other project versions it depends upon. This dependency table can be used by UbuntuGIS, DebianGIS, liveCD, a windows packager etc. For this we should be able to tap into expertise from liveCD and linux distribution communities. Once this dependency table exists, the onus on maintaining it will become the responsibility of projects (and become an entry criteria for OSGeo projects). For efficiency, it would probably help to set a release timetable for snap shots of the dependency list, which should be timed to link with with other distributions. *OSGeo Workshops Tutorials* * I see an immediate opportunity to present OSGeo Workshops at Geospatial Conferences. Agencies want to learn about OSGeo, and workshops are a great advertising tool for companies looking for OSGeo work. * Together we can collectively build some quality documentation here, and we have the resources (potential presenters) to develop the documentation. * These workshops require a stable set of software, so should be able to seed the dependency table as well. *Further documentation* Comprehensive documentation which has already started in the education committee should be able to tap into and get a boost from the workshops and tutorials. I'll let others comment on the path this should take. Gavin Fleming wrote: While Venka is on the topic of packaging FOSS GIS for Ubuntu, I'd like to put a niche request / challenge to the community. High schools in South Africa and elsewhere need a FOSS alternative to use and teach GIS, which is a compulsory part of the syllabus from this year. FOSS GIS at present is too inaccessible. My challenge is to have a packaged CD for Ubuntu to launch at FOSS4G2008 in Cape Town. This CD (or DVD) would have: -one-click installation for Linux, Windows or Mac. -Integrated software stack so teachers and learners have to launch a minimal number of applications -Simplified and customised GUIs to lower the entry threshold. -for teachers to teach curriculum requirements of GIS -for teachers to use GIS to teach geography and other subjects -for learners to use for hands-on work -Free, integrated global and local data package -excellent documentation -framework for local contributors to structure and contribute exercises, lessons, etc. -central website for resources -possible advanced options for network deployment, more sophisticated users, 'computer studies' learners (i.e. developers), school web map services, etc. Any takers? Gavin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re arcGIS and Grass compatibility (k4mik4ze)
Hi k4mik4ze, we've been doing something similar at Ominiverdi. have a look here: http://pywps.ominiverdi.org/ latest developed interface: http://pywps.ominiverdi.org/demo/embrio/ka-map/htdocs/index_wps_qgis.html all code is available under GRASS, PyPWS, Mapserver, Ka-Map projects web pages. ciao Lorenzo k4mik4ze wrote: Thanks a lot, I know about migration proyects, and linux, but i had never migrated before GIS data, from arcGIS to X, so, I think the real question is, Can i develop a web application for grass, using all data available in a geo DATABASE? Thanks a lot, all information previously sent about this issue, was really helpfull, but i still need that question to get an answer. Thanks again. -- !!!***k4mik4ze***!!! Linux user #383955 ___ 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping Party in Victoria
not sure this info already come on this list. There will be an OSM Mapping Party in Victoria the week-end before Foss4g [1] I'll try to be there. ciao Lorenzo [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Victoria_mapping_party ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO OGC spec development
I agree on [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this list will be spammed even before starting... ) should we proceed creating the list? does anyone disagree? ciao Lorenzo Frank Warmerdam wrote: Michael P. Gerlek wrote: I'd not go so far as to create a list yet -- I'm not sure we know what we're all looking for at this point. For example: do we really want [EMAIL PROTECTED], or perhaps more generally [EMAIL PROTECTED]? To my mind, these are two related-but-different, and equally-interesting, ideas to explore... Michael, I think it should be a standards list, not an OGC list, even though for practical purposes it will be mostly OGC standards. Best regards, ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO OGC spec development
Michael P. Gerlek wrote: Not all of us are interested in standards development, just as not all of us are interested in FundRaising or Metadata or... I'd much prefer to keep the main list for announcements and general topics, not specific threads. P Kishor wrote:, Might I ask, what will a separate list accomplish that posting on just the main OSGeo list won't? Standards are a sufficiently important subject that all should be concerned with it, and definitely knowledgeable about. well I see there are good reasons from all sides. I guess that for announcements there is the announcements list; IMO standards is a pretty complex thread and could cause a high traffic time to time. There are 4 OGC meeting a year, would be nice to coordinate for each meeting and give support to subscribed participants filling recommendation or whatever else. The coordination can go from a very technical level, as for each standard specification, to a very practical one (who will attend meetings, when, who can support even offering a bed, whatever...). This is the grade of coordination I dream to reach. I don't know if there is the critical mass to start such a debate but I hope it. If we are at least 10 persons interested to reach such a target, who knows when, I guess a dedicated list would be useful. Then the Wiki can be very useful too. I have to admit I still don't know which is the level of support I can give to such an initiative, I'm a lamer on many aspects about standards. Anyway I've lately spent and I'll spend a lot of time playing/developing on OGC standards in the near future and I hope to have soon a better overview of standards related issues. we can always decide it is not yet the moment to try to coordinate. Zàijiàn Lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO OGC spec development
I guess this thread is pretty hot, there are many sub-threads and maybe a good solution could be to set up a mailing list, for the beginning, as: ogc AT osgeo.org Trying to be practical I can offer myself to administer the list as I'm doing with the Spanish Chapter and the Spanish GIS Book. There will be the possibility to define possible actions, participation to OGC meeting, support to OSGeo new standards (as for Tile Map Service), creating or not a Committee ecc ecc. I guess we can, as minimum target, set up a lobby of OSGeo softwares to promote effective interoperability of OGC standards. ciao Lorenzo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Spanish] nuevo usuario [era: no leo ningun mensaje]
Hola Felipe, esta lista es una version en idioma Español de la lista OSGeo Discussions (discuss@lists.osgeo.org). En esta pagina wiki se explican los roles y las responsabilidades de quien participa en OSGeo: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Español#Roles_del_Cap.C3.ADtulo_.28es.29 me parece justo que te mire la pagina oficial de OSGeo pera que pueda tener una idea mas clara. saludos Lorenzo Felipe González Espinoza wrote: Saludos, Bueno, en mi caso, soy nuevo en la lista. Me inscribí por el concepto de los SIG. Tengo la oportunidad de moderar otra lista con unos 400 miembros y en esa lista hemos hablado mucho de las aplicaciones de código abierto. Es así que llegué a esta lista y antes de participar buscaba ver la dinámica y si puedo colaborar con gusto lo haré. Creo mucho en la riqueza de nuestro idioma y de los SIG, sobre todo cuando son código abierto aunque el dominio de ese tema sea muy corto. Me indican un poco de la historia de esta lista, los objetivos y lo que se espera lograr. Estoy seguro que al saberlo bien puedo participar más activamente y no causar incomodidades como los famosos correos basura. Un saludo desde el cálido Honduras, Felipe 2007/6/12, Cecilia [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: SOy unpoco torpe con los ordenadores (mas de lo que mi profesion me deberia permitir) y desde hace unas semanas no puedo leer los mensajes de la lista. sólo leo esto: ¿alguien sabe por que? GRacias Cecilia Poyatos ___ Spanish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/spanish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Spanish Language Local Chapter
A process to form a Spanish Language Local Chapter has begun. As references we actually have an OSGeo wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Spanish and an OSGeo Mailing List: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/spanish This 2 days old mailing list has already 48 subscribers from different countries. Debating with Arnulf Christl, we've decided to join our efforts with the previous attempt to form a Sudamerica chapter. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Sudamerica This is not a definitive solution but we invite everybody to form a strong and widespread community. Even the Local Chapter name has to be decided. Who's interested forming this Local Chapter is invited to add it's name under the Lista de Interesados: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Spanish#Lista_de_Interesados best regards Lorenzo Becchi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
