[OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: Microdonations for OSGeo

2009-03-12 Thread Markus Neteler
Hi, (ealier posted to board list, now here for wider discussion) I would like to bring up the idea of accepting microdonations as general donations to OSGeo: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Microdonations Given the success of OSM, Wikipedia and others in that area of fund-rising I don't see a reason

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance

2009-03-12 Thread maning sambale
This are really nice examples. Please keep it coming! On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:36 AM, wrote: > Mecklenburg County , NC,  USA. > Geospatial portal .  Source code availabe to site. > http://maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/ft/?p=307 > > http://maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/gp/ > Doug Newcomb > USFWS > Rale

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance

2009-03-12 Thread Doug_Newcomb
Mecklenburg County , NC, USA. Geospatial portal . Source code availabe to site. http://maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/ft/?p=307 http://maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/gp/ Doug Newcomb USFWS Raleigh, NC 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov ---

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Usermap

2009-03-12 Thread Christian Willmes
Thanks Bob, that $wgLogo is just the default mediawiki Logo, it says how to replace it with your own picture in the mediawiki settings. I was just to lazy to set up a own logo, because that wiki is (for now) just for testing. ;-) regards, Christian Bruce, Bob (CON) schrieb: > Hi Christian: >

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Usermap

2009-03-12 Thread Bruce, Bob (CON)
Hi Christian: I have found it to be a nice easy interface to use. This significantly improves the usermap. However, I am curious about the message at the top left of the page about $wgLogo - is this meant to be there and if so, how do we use it? Bob Bruce -Orig

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance

2009-03-12 Thread Pieter De Graef
Rafal Wawer schreef: Hi Maning, For me the best success story is gvSIG project, which was actually created on behalf of Valencia's local government. I am sure there are planty of gvSIG users on that mailing list - they can tell best how it works. gvSIG's website: http://www.gvsig.gva.es/ At

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance

2009-03-12 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi All, All members who have interest in participating in the GIS/SDI Community of IDABC's Open Source Observatory and Repository are welcome to join at http://www.osor.eu/communities/gis/gis-software-community The Community's goal is to promote the exchange of software and experience in this f

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Usermap

2009-03-12 Thread Christian Willmes
Thanks for the feedback Pedro-Juan, I will take care of the issues you mentioned. Especially the twisting of lat/lon and lon/lat. The mapView name is just for internal use, to define different div id's for the OL Maps, to have the posibillity to include different maps on one page, but I will point

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance

2009-03-12 Thread Rafal Wawer
Hi Maning, For me the best success story is gvSIG project, which was actually created on behalf of Valencia's local government. I am sure there are planty of gvSIG users on that mailing list - they can tell best how it works. gvSIG's website: http://www.gvsig.gva.es/ At the European level yo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Usermap

2009-03-12 Thread Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
Hello Christian, Just in case you are not following the page, I left a couple of suggestions in: http://wiki.christian-willmes.de/index.php/Talk:Usermap_user_documentation bests, -- Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía Valencia (España)

[OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance

2009-03-12 Thread maning sambale
Hi, We are looking for case studies/success stories in deploying FOSS Geo for local government. I earnestly believe that FOSS tools are available for adoption in local government. Critical is how to integrated them to a provincial/city wide government IT infrastructure. In the Philippines, geos