Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UK local chapter

2016-03-21 Thread Ari Jolma
The Finland local chapter, which was incorporated last year, sends best wishes to the, now incorporated, UK local chapter! :) ...and our ALPO2016 (FOSS4G2016 in Finnish) is May 17th in Helsinki. Best regards, Ari 21.03.2016, 17:54, Jo Cook kirjoitti: Hi All, This is just a heads up that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Starting the build process for OSGeo-Live 9.5

2015-11-30 Thread Ari Jolma
22.11.2015, 21:18, Cameron Shorter kirjoitti: We are starting the build cycle for version 9.5 of the OSGeo-Live [1] DVD/USB/VM which will be released in March 2016, ready for several special events, including FOSS4G-NA, FOSSGIS (Salzburg, Austria), among others. We would like to hear from

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open source / open data related to addressing/geocoding

2015-04-21 Thread Ari Jolma
21.04.2015, 11:10, Serena Coetzee kirjoitti: Dear all, on Thursday this week, I am presenting about open source and open data to the Addressing Group of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a UN organization with 192 member countries [1]. If you know about interesting open source software or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Dan Ames

2013-07-23 Thread Ari Jolma
+1 Ari Jolma -- Lähetetty Nokia N9 -puhelimestani Anne Ghisla kirjoitti 24.7.2013 0:04: Hello all, I would like to nominate Dan Ames [DA] as Charter Member. Dan is the founder of MapWindow [MW], an open source GIS in C#. He is an active promoter of open source geospatial

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] EGU 2013 and FOSS GIS in geoscience, OSGeo, OSGeo Live, Open Source

2013-04-16 Thread Ari Jolma
On 04/16/2013 11:23 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote: Freie Software für Tsunami-Simulation. Open Source in den Geowissenschaften. https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/o1-digital-leben/id28970?mt=2 ITunes? How do I view these in Linux? Linux - Open Source, you know. Cheers, Ari have fun

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Anymore Contributions for the OSGeo Journal Volume 12?

2013-04-08 Thread Ari Jolma
Landon, We'll send you an annual report from the Finnish Chapter (In Formation) soon. We did put a quite a lot of effort into a FOSS4G bid and there are other interesting things worth reporting. Can you give a deadline report template perhaps? Best regards, Ari On 04/03/2013 02:38 AM,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is Your Project In OSGeo Labs?

2012-12-08 Thread Ari Jolma
Landon, others, A comment on the name OSGeo Labs. I just did a Google search with it and it brings up also the university laboratories that have been set up under the auspices of the ICA - OSGeo MoU. Thus it seems to mean two things, and it might be confusing - for example the Slashgeo.org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is Your Project In OSGeo Labs?

2012-11-28 Thread Ari Jolma
On 11/29/2012 02:31 AM, Landon Blake wrote: I'm in the process of trying to take over as the steward for OSGeo Labs as part of my duties with the OSGeo Incubation Committee. As part of this process I'd like to get a handle on the projects that are in labs. There is a short list of stable and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Future perspectives for OSGeo

2012-05-10 Thread Ari Jolma
On 05/02/2012 08:32 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Il 02/05/2012 19:04, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) ha scritto: We see new opportunities by starting joint activities with the Eclipse foundation - which is in the process of spawning activities explicitly focused on geospatial. They have lots of high

[OSGeo-Discuss] Directions Magazine's predictions

2011-12-13 Thread Ari Jolma
will get its act together We'll see... I think these predictions reflect how the role of OSGeo is seen differently by different people. Clearly some people have been expecting more while some see a success. I think more the latter. Regards, Ari Jolma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: RE : Distracting discussions of discussing [was:] What is, North America?

2011-11-25 Thread Ari Jolma
On 11/25/2011 12:30 PM, Dimitris Kotzinos wrote: Hi all, now that the issue on the North America chapter is settled and explained, what about forming an European chapter in order to also promote inside-EU (especially but not only) cooperation and policies for Open Source and Open Standards

[OSGeo-Discuss] Proj4 texts in spatialreference.org missing +towgs84=0, 0, 0

2011-07-05 Thread Ari Jolma
the same today with PostGIS converting from 2393 to 3067. Best regards, Ari Jolma ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open StreamMap?

2011-05-28 Thread Ari Jolma
Charlie, There are existing global databases of surface water boundaries, water quality, DEMs, etc. In some cases more than one. Those could be one starting point - license permitting. The other would of course be OSM itself, which already contains surface water features. Adding a

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM

2010-12-14 Thread Ari Jolma
) http://fosdem.org/2011/certification -- Professor Ari Jolma Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Aalto University tel: +358 50 347 6463 Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi http://geoinformatics.tkk.fi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org

[OSGeo-Discuss] Where to, OSGeo?

2010-09-12 Thread Ari Jolma
discusses and to present some opinions of mine. I wish luck for the new board in its work. Best regards, Ari Jolma Where to, OSGeo? I've seen, heard, and discussed now twice Tyler's (Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo CEO) presentation on OSGeo strategy. First in Nottingham in June and now in Barcelona

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: OSGeo Board Election 2010 Results

2010-08-27 Thread Ari Jolma
On 08/27/2010 09:53 AM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote: Paul, thanks again for organizing the board elections. It is great that we could get this done in time prior to FOSS4G so that the new board can meet there in real life. This promises to become a very productive meeting. Howard, Ari, thanks

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are Ari Jolma and Howard Butler standing for re-election to the OSGeo Board?

2010-08-12 Thread Ari Jolma
Landon Blake wrote: I’m just curious, because I didn’t see there names listed on the nominations list. Landon, AFAIK, nobody have submitted nominations for me or Howard. On the wiki there are four nominations and I've seen two more (Lorenzo Becchi and Daniel Morrissette) on this list. I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Data format frustration - too general!

2010-08-04 Thread Ari Jolma
berryman kirjoitti: For instance, I'm not just interested in the location of streets, I'm interested in the location of each lane. I also need to know how street topology and traffic direction so that I can make path planning determinations. Finally, it would even be ideal if I could encode

[OSGeo-Discuss] Vandalism on http://gallery.openlayers.org/

2010-02-05 Thread Ari Jolma
Didn't know who to send this note. Somebody please fix http://gallery.openlayers.org/ Ari ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] Any gurus available?

2009-01-23 Thread Ari Jolma
, OpenLayers, uDig, ...) and good presentation skills were in the neighborhood at that time and would be willing to give a show? Modest expenses will be covered. Regards, Ari -- Prof. Ari Jolma Environmental Management Information Technology Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Language Specific Lists Summary

2008-11-11 Thread Ari Jolma
-- Prof. Ari Jolma Environmental Management Information Technology Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology tel: +358 9 4511 address: POBox 5300, 02015 TKK, Finland Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://geoinformatics.tkk.fi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conference sponsors

2008-10-12 Thread Ari Jolma
etc. Ok, so they're all big, got lots of money (still, I hope!) and love open source, but they share another common trait; we haven't yet been able to get them on board. If anyone has any good contacts within those companies, please let us know. Regards, Tim Bowden -- Prof. Ari Jolma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-14 Thread Ari Jolma
and it'd show me a map and not data. The second thing would be to have a free OSGeo map symbol set, which the map description file would refer to and the software use when creating the map. Do I make any sense? Cheers, Ari -- Prof. Ari Jolma Geoinformatiikka / Geoinformatics Teknillinen

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-14 Thread Ari Jolma
useful to be able to import and export visualization information files from desktop apps. Sometimes the problem solving could be based on shared development of such files. Just thinking out loud, Ari -- Prof. Ari Jolma Geoinformatiikka / Geoinformatics Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-13 Thread Ari Jolma
? Set up a svn repository somewhere? Regards, Ari -- Prof. Ari Jolma Geoinformatiikka / Geoinformatics Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology tel: +358 9 451 3886 address: POBox 1200, 02015 TKK, Finland Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://www.tkk.fi/~jolma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Use cases for FOSS-GIS in universities

2007-05-12 Thread Ari Jolma
Tim Michelsen kirjoitti: Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to discuss this but I just start. We have OSGeo-edu, a working group and a list. The edu-list might be a better place to discuss this, so I include all your message in this and set replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] At my

[OSGeo-Discuss] Clarifications on the use of geospatial data in Europe

2007-05-08 Thread Ari Jolma
on that table? If I describe the terrain verbally, what then? :) I guess there must be guiding legal principles that I'm missing. Cheers, Ari -- Prof. Ari Jolma Geoinformaatio- ja paikannustekniikka / Geoinformation and positioning Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology tel