Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mailing list for .NET work?

2010-03-26 Thread Alex Mandel
On 03/26/2010 09:10 AM, P Kishor wrote: On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Michael P. Gerlek m...@lizardtech.com wrote: I'm thinking there might be a reasonable number of .NET folks lurking around here, and that it might be nice to have a mailing list for .NET-specific open source geo work

[OSGeo-Discuss] 2010 Summer of Code

2010-02-11 Thread Alex Mandel
Just wanted to give a heads up and get people thinking and talking, Org applications will be due March 8-12, 2010 http://socghop.appspot.com/ Alex ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Raster Tracing - Results

2010-02-05 Thread Alex Mandel
Landon Blake wrote: Thank you for all of the responses. I will summarize here for everyone's benefit: - Line Trace Plugs was a raster to vector conversion program used by the SCS, BLM and Forest Service. It was historically distributed with GRASS. It may now be available at ltplus.org.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for OS softwre to stitch aerial photos automatically

2010-01-22 Thread Alex Mandel
I've been using Hugin in an attempt to do this process. While the control point generation works out ok (note there are some licensing restrictions due to patents in all the current algorithms) the stitching never comes out quite right because of hugin's insistence on warping to a projection that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] density maps

2010-01-07 Thread Alex Mandel
miblon wrote: Hi there folks, I am currently investigating the open source options for generating density maps. I currently have some php code that could form the bases to do this, but I would prefer to use more general available api's such as geotools if that would be possible. From a

[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: COM.Geo 2010 (Computing for Geospatial) Washington, DC - Call for Submissions]

2009-11-23 Thread Alex Mandel
Just hit my radar, hadn't heard about it before. Anyone familiar with this conference/org? - Alex = COM.Geo 2010 http://www.com-geo.org 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Computing

[OSGeo-Discuss] AGU in December (Volunteers)

2009-11-11 Thread Alex Mandel
All, Tyler is speaking at the American Geophysical Union conference Dec 14-18(Booth is 15-18) in San Fransisco. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AGU_2009 I'm interested to know who is already planning to go to the AGU and could help at the booth occasionally? Several members of the California chapter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: AAG Extends Deadline for Abstracts to Nov. 18

2009-10-29 Thread Alex Mandel
The session mentioned was posted by Eric Wolf who took over organizing it this year in my stead. http://n2.nabble.com/CGP-AAG-2010-Open-Source-Tools-and-Standards-in-GISc-Research-and-Education-td3830239.html#a3830239 I would encourage the creation of a 2nd session or panel aimed at less

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteers needed to record FOSS4G for prosperity

2009-10-17 Thread Alex Mandel
Cameron Shorter wrote: I think you meant posterity. Alex ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 3D visualization

2009-08-27 Thread Alex Mandel
P Kishor wrote: Am looking for suggestions on how to take raster-style data (values per grid) and create 3D surfaces out of it. This would be not just for terrain but for anything... for example, a 3D surface of income, or age or any other parameter. Many thanks in advance. R would

[OSGeo-Discuss] Workstation that starts fresh every time

2009-07-17 Thread Alex Mandel
Joe was asking on IRC about ways to boot with a fresh copy of a GIS workstation every time, ie all changes made during the last use are gone. Here are some ideas: 1.Install a live disc to a harddrive, it's read only by default so it will reset every time you boot. See

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ISO 19115

2009-06-23 Thread Alex Mandel
Landon Blake wrote: Can anyone recommend a good English language tutorial or article on the metadata standard formalized as ISO 19115? I'm particularly interested in how if relates to the former FGDC metadata standard used in the United States, and the differences between the two standards.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Qgis-user] Desktop metadata editing...

2009-06-08 Thread Alex Mandel
Sampson, David wrote: Ahh.. Metadata As I am going through creating some plugins and learning about OWS services and trying my hand at a catalogue plugin I got to thinking, what does the open source world do for managin their metadata on their desktop? I know and quite like projects like

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Desktop metadata management for FOSS4G

2009-06-08 Thread Alex Mandel
The plugin aims to allow for ISO, FGDC and Dublin Core editing and saving to xml per the standard that CatMdEdit, ArcGIS, Geonetwork etc all use XML. Someone did file a ticket to add Geonetwork export, I'd welcome anyone from the Geonetwork side helping out with that. Auto, or Triggered updating

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] opensource GIS case studies

2009-06-03 Thread Alex Mandel
Maxim Dubinin wrote: Hi all, We're preparing a roundtable discussion on the topic of Opensource GIS to take place on rather big GIS event in Russia in about a week and I looking for some information that can attract more users and developers to geospatial opensource. The

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] opensource GIS case studies

2009-06-03 Thread Alex Mandel
Jacolin Yves wrote: Le Wednesday 03 June 2009 11:29:16 Alex Mandel, vous avez écrit : I'll see about getting them linked in a more obvious place. Hi, here they are : http://www.osgeo.org/journal (english and french release). Regards, Y. Ah, not quite, Maxim wanted the complete pdf

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Comparision between MapServer/OpenLayers and ESRI ArcIMS

2009-05-29 Thread Alex Mandel
Julia Harrell wrote: Have you considered whether surplused hardware from within your organization could be used for some of this? It may not suffice for a windows server, and i did not see if you already have linux boxes. Surplus would work for a dev/test box, if/when you can manage

[OSGeo-Discuss] Talk Slides from CGS (Spatialite)

2009-05-07 Thread Alex Mandel
I recently gave a talk at the California Geographical Society on Spatialite. Several people have asked so here are my slides with notes. http://www.scribd.com/doc/15063620/Spatialite-CGS-2009 Enjoy, Alex ___ Discuss mailing list

[OSGeo-Discuss] Wiki Upkeep - Orphaned Pages

2009-04-21 Thread Alex Mandel
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.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Wiki Upkeep - Orphaned Pages

2009-04-21 Thread Alex Mandel
Markus Neteler wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com 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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What usually your local chapter exhibit in a conference?

2009-04-13 Thread Alex Mandel
To get you started, you'll want to get an Exhibition Pack, these are the basic items to setup an exhibit. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Exhibition_Pack You'll also want to make a wiki page for your event like: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CGS_2008 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AAG_2009 These pages will

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo is now on Facebook

2009-04-13 Thread Alex Mandel
Are you on facebook, or have a bunch of students who probably are? OSGeo now has a facebook group, just one more way to network and outreach to new people. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=155488650251 Alex ___ Discuss mailing list

[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: [CISG] ASPRS - Special Session: Open Source Solutions for Geographic Information Science and Systems]

2009-04-01 Thread Alex Mandel
Original Message Subject: [CISG] ASPRS - Special Session: Open Source Solutions for Geographic Information Science and Systems Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:03:42 -0600 From: Michael P Finn mf...@usgs.gov To: c...@esg1.cos.gmu.edu Hi All, The GIS Division of ASPRS is planning a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] osgeo4w setup.exe source code?

2009-02-25 Thread Alex Mandel
Building an msi just adds complication. I also have not seen any open source tools to do it either. In reality an msi is just a microsoft compressed database format they invented. Because typical installers write to registry using an msi prevents you from running more than one at the same time. In

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: [Majas-dev] [Majas-users] Flex in geomajas

2009-02-24 Thread Alex Mandel
Christopher Schmidt wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:01:34AM -0300, Leonardo Mateo wrote: Ok, here's my grain of sand. I don't know what geomajas is, so I don't know how much Flex would impact on this. I've been working with Flex from the past two years or so, now a days a little less

[OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Inaugural Meeting

2009-02-19 Thread Alex Mandel
are not a problem. Please feel free to forward, Alex Mandel ___ California mailing list califor...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/california ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Membership map, querying the wiki and more...

2008-12-09 Thread Alex Mandel
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: I'm always looking for more ways to summarise statistics about OSGeo and was reminded recently about some of the good work shown here - a map and a member list based on wiki categories and properties: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Member It's not

[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: Re: [CISG] call for reviewers for editorial introduction to DGIP research paper of the IJGIS special issue on DGIP]

2008-11-14 Thread Alex Mandel
I think I've seen some IRC traffic on this so someone in OSGeo probably has an opinion on this. - Alex Original Message Subject: Re: [CISG] call for reviewers for editorial introduction to DGIP research paper of the IJGIS special issue on DGIP Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:38:12

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] kicked the ESRI habit, now weening from Bentley MicroStation..looking toward FOSS4G

2008-10-29 Thread Alex Mandel
: I'll have to run that by the boss. Since you are tied to CISG, it'll be easier. I am supposed to be presenting in Ming Tsou's session Internet GIS, Virtual Globes, and related Cartographic Research. -Eric On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Alex Mandel [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Eric Wolf wrote

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] methods for programatically adding fields to shapefiles

2008-10-29 Thread Alex Mandel
Tyler Erickson wrote: I am interested in approaches for adding a populated field to a shapefile (for example, adding a new field named 'source_url' with the value 'http://somewebsite.com'). I would like to do this for several thousand files. At first I thought that I might be able to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESRI Spain conference incident

2008-10-23 Thread Alex Mandel
Miguel Montesinos wrote: De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] en nombre de Dave Patton Enviado el: sáb 18/10/2008 18:22 Para: OSGeo Discussions Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESRI Spain conference incident On 2008/10/17 12:15 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote: Hi All, I resend this mail to OSGeo discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can we use a LiveDVD for workshops and labs at FOSS4G 2009?

2008-10-19 Thread Alex Mandel
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 19-Oct-08, at 5:30 PM, P Kishor wrote: I have no skin in this game, but I would second the above sentiment. While not free as in beer should not be as much of a problem as not free as in speech, ignoring Windows is perilous and foolish. Because of its lack

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AAG 2009 Call for Papers

2008-10-10 Thread Alex Mandel
edge Free and Open Source solutions in geographical research. *Anticipated Attendance:* 25 Once again the wiki page is at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AAG_2009 Thanks, Alex Alex Mandel wrote: The Association of American Geographers 2009 conference is now open for paper abstracts

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Marketing] AAG 2009 Proposal

2008-10-08 Thread Alex Mandel
, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 1125 Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208 North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695-8208 http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/ On Oct 8, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Alex Mandel wrote: Was there any resolution on this proposal at the conference. We need to move fast

[OSGeo-Discuss] AAG 2009 Call for Papers

2008-09-28 Thread Alex Mandel
The Association of American Geographers 2009 conference is now open for paper abstracts. This year I'd like organize paper sessions for the conference around FOSS. http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/papers.htm Depending on how many papers we get I am aiming for 2-3 sessions (12-15

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AAG 2009 Call for Papers

2008-09-28 Thread Alex Mandel
/Presentations.html Contact me if you are interested, and I'll give you the latest versions and abstracts as well. Alex Mandel wrote: The Association of American Geographers 2009 conference is now open for paper abstracts. This year I'd like organize paper sessions for the conference around FOSS

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoFOSS LiveDVD - test it before we burn it

2008-09-24 Thread Alex Mandel
I intend to due some refinements in October with GIS Day in November being the next deadline. You can see my ideas on the wiki page. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc under Long Term Plan Alex Lorenzo Becchi wrote: I'm a lazy european, sorry ;-) Mark, why the name is still on Alpha?

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

2008-09-10 Thread Alex Mandel
Mark Leslie wrote: Alex Mandel wrote: Mark Leslie wrote: Greetings, We at LISAsoft are in the process of setting up a Live CD. While the ultimate goal is a 'comprehensive' version by FOSS4G2009, we're starting with a fairly short java-centric stack of software in order to get

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

2008-09-09 Thread Alex Mandel
Mark Leslie wrote: Greetings, We at LISAsoft are in the process of setting up a Live CD. While the ultimate goal is a 'comprehensive' version by FOSS4G2009, we're starting with a fairly short java-centric stack of software in order to get the details worked out and get something out the door

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] project management software (foss) for GIS projects

2008-08-04 Thread Alex Mandel
GIS projects. I'll try postgis versioning though. Thanks! maning On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Alex Mandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maning sambale wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a FOSS PMS for managing GIS projects. Are there any you can recommend? I'm looking at trac, it's primarily

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Advice request - Python in FOSS4G presentation

2008-06-20 Thread Alex Mandel
Mateusz Łoskot wrote: Folks, Today, PyCon 2008 PL event was announced for the first time. It will be a small version of PyCON for users in Poland http://liwo.polsl.pl/pycon-pl (website in Polish only) So, call for papers has been opened. I've got an idea about giving an overview use of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeospatialWebServices2008 : Live webcast update

2008-06-17 Thread Alex Mandel
To be a little more constructive. I suggest you look into streaming with VLC or embedding VLC in the browser as Google Video has done. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/streaming.html I do see the current issue primarily is that the webcasting is being outsourced so you have little control. Anyone

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] on Google Code and export restrictions

2008-05-28 Thread Alex Mandel
P Kishor wrote: On 5/27/08, Chris Puttick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Frank Warmerdam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Patton wrote: Frank Warmerdam wrote: I agree that we ought to consider developing a similar policy to Apache's. I'll add an agenda item for the next board

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at AGU 2008 fall meeting

2008-05-19 Thread Alex Mandel
Not yet, but I think there would be enough of us California OsGeos to do an exhibit if booth, some gas and food was put into a marketing budget. Space for an exhibit must be premium if they want $1000 for a non-profit. We'd have to bring a wall of screens to match that kind of bling. A

[OSGeo-Discuss] Where 2.0 - OsGeo Flyers

2008-05-05 Thread Alex Mandel
Anyone going to the Where 2.0 conference this coming week want some of my leftover OsGeo project flyers from tabling at CGS. I realized I'll be in the Bay Area over the weekend and can drop them off. I guess no one's tabling otherwise they would have asked for the skirt and banner. Speaking

[OSGeo-Discuss] AAG Boston Social Next Week

2008-04-10 Thread Alex Mandel
So any progress planning an OSGeo social next week for the AAG in Boston. I know we've got at least 10 people to bring together (at least 5 from UC Davis). Even just picking a hang out for one night would be cool, although you had mentioned MIT before... What do the locals say? Alex

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AAG Boston Social Next Week

2008-04-10 Thread Alex Mandel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:21 AM To: Christopher Schmidt; Helena Mitasova; Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo); OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] AAG Boston Social Next Week So

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting

2007-11-04 Thread Alex Mandel
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 30-Oct-07, at 6:02 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote: I am planning to attend and I will be willing to chair a session - I planned to submit an abstract today please let me know if we have enough people for the session so that I can adjust the abstract accordingly. I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting

2007-10-29 Thread Alex Mandel
to teach an intro course in GIS with QGIS) based on some of the course materials being uploaded by various members? Alex Mandel Helena Mitasova wrote: Allan, I am planning to submit a paper (and I will check with others in the growing OSGeo community here in Triangle who may be planning to go too

[OSGeo-Discuss] Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting

2007-10-17 Thread Alex Mandel
I think this is a great opportunity for OSGeo to reach a wider audience of general users. As and organization I think we should consider having a 'vendor' booth in the exhibit hall, running a workshop, and maybe an organized session. I'll volunteer to help with whatever we pick to do. The

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