Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo, Open Source GIS, Open Hardware, Open (Geo)Data in Agriculture - examples wanted.

Hi Peter, Sure, talk to the farmers about hardware, geodata, yadda yadda, all that stuff that is so 2016. But also talk to them about open source seeds :) http://osseeds.org And yes, please do share your presentation with us once you are done. Puneet > On Dec 29, 2016, at 9:09 PM, Peter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] easiest setup on Windows

Whoa ! qgis2web is super sweet ! My compliments to the team that created it. Not a long term solution, but really nice to get folks interested and excited. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Ian Turton wrote: > > look at the qgis2web plugin see >

[OSGeo-Discuss] easiest setup on Windows

hello OSGeo, I am helping some friends migrate their work to a real GIS (from a hodgepodge of AutoCad and MS-Excel spreadsheets). Unfortunately, for me, they use Windows (the last time I used Windows was 1997). I will try and convince them to start using some kind of Linux, at least for their

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and Open Data?

I can confidently say that at least one important iteration of my career in/with open data is a result of my involvement with OSGeo. > On Oct 17, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Arnulf Christl > wrote: > > Kind of: If somebody approaches OSGeo with a good > cause we are

[OSGeo-Discuss] developing a slippy maps app while offline

I will be offline (for mapping purposes) for a few weeks, but would like to continue working on my projects. Is there a way I can develop a leafletjs app while offline? I don’t want to create an offline map storage as I really don’t want to look at the maps. I just want leafletjs to not throw

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] geotagging analog photos

Thanks Bob, for the link to GeoSetter. However, as Markus says, GeoSetter is not open source, and for now, I am looking for not just open source but also non-Windows programs (only because I have not used nor have had access to a Windows machine now for almost two decades). > On Sep 21, 2016,

[OSGeo-Discuss] geotagging analog photos

Background: a colleague has a pretty incredible collection of analog photos (prints and slides) from various expeditions in Nepal. These are invaluable photos because they offer a time-series view (repeated expeditions to the same locations over many years) at a very high resolution. Problem:

[OSGeo-Discuss] storage and display of time-geo data (rasters)

Besides Pg, what are the existing solutions for storing and mapping time/space values with the usual time and space operators - within - contained - near - etc. - between time1 and time2 - before time1 - after time1 - at time1 and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FW: Some more stuff about coordinate reference systems

This is really useful, thanks. Also, perhaps this is one of those use cases where “Good Enough” is good enough http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GoodEnough and http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1988603 Caveat emptor and all that -- Puneet Kishor Just Another Creative Commoner http://punkish.org/About

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] selection of points between lines

You need to provide way more info and context than you have. What is a “line plan for a river”? What does “between lines” mean? For example, what is the “between” if the lines are orthogonal? > On Jun 22, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Subbu Sravan wrote: > > I have

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo?

Hi Peter, Let me ask you: what do you hope to gain by getting an OSGeo mark? And, whatever that is, is that worth all this negotiation? Personally, I use a product if it is good for me, not because it has a certain blessing on it. There are many non-OSGeo products I use, and there are many

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] how did the Paris code sprint go

If the response had been enthusiastic then perhaps your help wouldn't have been needed. That you think the response was mixed/tepid and that it could have been better is perfect reason for you to jump in and take leadership here. I seriously can't think of a better, ahem, response and suggestion

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI

Thanks Patrick for surfacing this. Yes, this should be opened up for scrutiny by the entire community and we should all weigh in. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Suchith Anand suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk wrote: Hi Patrick, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I believe the OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] schedule for the geospatial devroom @FOSDEM announced

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Johan Van de Wauw johan.vandew...@gmail.com wrote: We were all pleasantly suprised by the number and the quality of the proposals. All speakers have now confirmed, so I'm really happy I can share the schedule with all of you:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: I am also pondering of suggesting to the Board, later when we get to that point, of possibly querying the Charter Members, in a referendum of sorts. Not sure, I'm just speaking openly here. Please do. As I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Polling charter members

very quiet, i am sure they must have a view __ Steven On 17 Sep 2014, at 20:00, conference-europe-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: *From: *Massimiliano Cannata massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch *Subject: **Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo* *Date: *17 September 2014 19:22:24 BST *To: *P Kishor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Polling charter members

*is* important topic - two big organisations are trying to find a way, how to cooperate in the future for better free and open source software for geospatial! This is good. If for nothing else, then for clarifying OSGeo's position. Jachym 2014-09-17 22:42 GMT+02:00 P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com: My

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

Good questions Rich. I had never heard of LocationTech until this discussion started, which indicates to me how removed I am from this discussion (and general OSGeo day-to-day admin/affairs). Nevertheless, seems like everything is sorted out and everyone is happy. Let's get back to coding and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nominations finish tomorrow!!

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Jorge Sanz js...@osgeo.org wrote: There are more than 60 nominations, so checking every nominee discussion will take a while for Charter Members, but it's a very important excercise to be responsible on our vote on who will be accepted. Will the list of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

Membership dues for OSGeo could very well work, but they would change the nature of the organization. While it makes sense for those who are professionals and thus want to belong to professional organizations, many OSGeo members are not professionals in the sense of depending upon OSGeo's projects

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Google Summer of Code: 23 accepted students for 2014

My word! Congratulations all. May you make awesome things and set them free. -- Puneet Kishor Manager, Science and Data Policy Creative Commons On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Anne Ghisla a.ghi...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, and sorry for cross posting, let us warmly welcome the 23

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software

On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Ravi Kumar ravivundavall...@yahoo.com wrote: ​ ​ How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right ​ ​ Pl give a link where the rationale is explained especially for OSGeo. I am aware that Free Software Foundation has things explained. This is to a

[OSGeo-Discuss] Law and the GeoWeb

Law and the GeoWeb == A workshop on Intellectual Property and Geographic Data in the Internet Era sponsored by Creative Commons and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in conjunction with the annual meeting of AAG, April 11, 2011, Seattle, Washington. The workshop will be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2010 Charter Member Selection

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Paul Ramsey pram...@cleverelephant.ca wrote: OSGeo members, The 2010 process is complete, and the new charter members are, in alphabetical order: .. Congratulations to all those who were elected. Now get to work. ;-) But, most of all, thanks to everyone who

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Congrats New Charter members

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Ian Turton ijtur...@gmail.com wrote: .. I was waiting for a final announcement from Paul that voting was closing - I didn't want to vote to early as the were still candidate statements coming through that I wanted to read and consider. So I know it was

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] offline maps

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:58 AM, carlos sousa springal...@gmail.com wrote: Hello OSGEO enthusiasts I would like to create, starting from the point where hard disk space is not a problem, a repository of raster maps that can be accessible offline, when for exemple, we have to go to the field

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] offline maps

also use QGIS or uDig. The latter is more attractive, the former is more capable. Everything I need to use my data is on my laptop. I can disconnect Ethernet, turn off Airport, and happily see all my data. Thanks On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:08 PM, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] offline maps

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Arnie Shore shor...@gmail.com wrote: Yes that, and how you obtain the GMaps terrain without the internet. I don't. It is impossible to do that. You can't cache those as that would violate Google TOS even if you figured out how to do that. I just live without

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] offline maps

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM, carlos sousa springal...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Ian and Kishor, It's strange you refer to google's TOS, which kinda reminds me of microsofts agreements on the stickers of original software, you have to buy but is never yours. Nothing strange about it. It has

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] offline maps

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Arnie Shore shor...@gmail.com wrote: A semi-minor point, re ... Google prohibits offline caching of their data. ... :  Not axactly.  The major TOU restriction is that their images may be used *only* with their API. Possibly. I haven't studied their terms in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member candidates, pls step forward! [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Bruce Bannerman b.banner...@bom.gov.au wrote: Hi Michael, I don’t like beating my own drum... Michael makes a very important point. I haven't heard your drum. That is not anyone's fault, but we can easily remedy it. I would like to hear your drum, so please

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Representing Places With Intelligent URLs

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Landon Blake lbl...@ksninc.com wrote: could be good for 80% of the world. I wouldn’t go that far... perhaps for 20% of the world, maybe perhaps. I personally know at least a couple of fairly large swaths of this world where no such (or any) structure would fly.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WMS and layer stacking.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ian Turton ijtur...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Bob Basques bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us wrote: All, does anyone know if there is a layer hierarchy setting in the WMS service, which layers are on top of which layers (Z value=)? There

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WMS and layer stacking.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Christopher Schmidt crschm...@crschmidt.net wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 04:33:04PM +0200, P Kishor wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ian Turton ijtur...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Bob Basques bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us wrote

[OSGeo-Discuss] help with geotifcp usage

I have a file a.tif with correct proj info embedded in it. I have another file b.tif with no proj info in it. I want to take the proj info within a.tif and embed it into b.tif. When I try the following -- geotifcp -g a.tif b.tif b.tif my b.tif goes from around 321K to 8 bytes. Obviously that is

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] help with geotifcp usage

analog as `copygeo`. What a shame its not so. bobb On 9/15/2010 4:07 PM, P Kishor wrote: I have a file a.tif with correct proj info embedded in it. I have another file b.tif with no proj info in it. I want to take the proj info within a.tif and embed it into b.tif. When I try the following

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] help with geotifcp usage

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:20 PM, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Bob Basques bo...@gritechnologies.com wrote:  Hmm, the help file doesn't say much does it.  Did you try using a thrid file name on the end instead of b.tif (again)? Seems like

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] help with geotifcp usage

[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of P Kishor Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:07 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] help with geotifcp usage On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:20 PM, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Bob Basques bo

[OSGeo-Discuss] GIScience 2010

I will be at GIScience 2010 in Zurich next week. I would love the company of like-minded folks, so if anyone of you are there, please holler. -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN FAO and FOSS / OSGEO Projects

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Paolo Cavallini cavall...@faunalia.it wrote: Il 21/07/2010 00:35, Joseph Reeves ha scritto: Now, do you know any other UN FAO sponsored FOSS / Geo projects? Not only software, but data too; the FAO have released Africover data: http://www.africover.org/

[OSGeo-Discuss] Final CALL FOR PAPERS: OneSpace2010

- Final CALL FOR PAPERS: OneSpace2010 [ apologies for multiple copies ] - 3rd International Workshop on Blending Physical and Digital Spaces on the Internet (OneSpace2010) http://onespace.kmi.open.ac.uk/2010/ In conjunction with

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: land records management with open source GIS

, and if there is a link to it somewhere. I will keep the list posted if I learn something new. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:12 AM, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Thanks for replying, everyone. Instead of replying to each one of you separately, I am replying to myself, primarily to add

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: land records management with open source GIS

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Christopher Schmidt crschm...@crschmidt.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:12:43AM -0500, P Kishor wrote: Hi all, Thanks for replying, everyone. Instead of replying to each one of you separately, I am replying to myself, primarily to add more info

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: land records management with open source GIS

/10, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: From: P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: land records management with open source GIS To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Date: Tuesday, 22 June, 2010, 6:12 Hi all, Thanks for replying, everyone. Instead of replying

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: land records management with open source GIS

Hi all, Thanks for replying, everyone. Instead of replying to each one of you separately, I am replying to myself, primarily to add more info to this query. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:24 AM, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: does anyone know of an existing product, or a firm that develops

[OSGeo-Discuss] land records management with open source GIS

does anyone know of an existing product, or a firm that develops such a product catering to cadastral and land records management, but using a completely open source stack? -- Puneet Kishor ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 5 Star OSGeo project maturity rating

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Daniel Morissette dmorisse...@mapgears.com wrote: Cameron, AFAIK the objective of incubation is *NOT* to rate the maturity of projects: it is to verify that they have an open and active users and developers community, open and documented decision and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: postgis vs osx sleep

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:35 AM, William Kyngesburye wokl...@kyngchaos.com wrote: I've had Postgres on my MacBook for years, across 3 system versions, and I haven't had problems with mysterious waking.  .. I have been running Pg (since v 8.3.x to the latest) on my Macbook, always compiled

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:18 AM, John Lindsay jlind...@uoguelph.ca wrote: Hi Chris, Thank you for your feedback. I think, however, you might be staring a gift horse in the mouth. I write software primarily because I need it and am happy to share it with others. For me, open-source is about

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

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 -- what projects are being done, what

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Chris Puttick chris.putt...@thehumanjourney.net wrote: Please understand I am in no way criticising your software, which sounds of interest although out of reach for me. I am also highly appreciative of the work you and others like you put into developing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) tmitch...@osgeo.org wrote: P Kishor wrote: Listen, I personally appreciate the zeal for open sourcing software and data (most of my personal religion is based on the belief that open data are better for everyone), but trash talking

[OSGeo-Discuss] long-term data interoperability

Last week I gave a presentation titled Long-term data interoperability at a meeting on e-Infrastructure for Scientific Data at the European Commission in Brussels. You might find the presentation of interest as everything in it is applicable to spatial data. The presentation is accessible at

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

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: Just hit my radar, hadn't heard about it before. Anyone familiar with this conference/org? - Alex I could be wrong, but sounds like a scam-ference, speling misstakes and all.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Location Services

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: P Kishor wrote: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: David, LISAsoft has a java implementation of OpenLS which we would like to Open Source if we can find a sponsor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Location Services

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@traversetechnologies.com wrote: P Kishor wrote: On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: As you are probably aware, just dumping code into sourceforge is not an effective way to start

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Location Services

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Daniel Morissette dmorisse...@mapgears.com wrote: P Kishor wrote: On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: P Kishor wrote: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: David

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Location Services

by a commercial entity, that are currently closed source throw up a lot more thinking before they can be made open source; 2. This is something I just had never thought about. I need to study this a lot more, in greater detail and breadth. Many thanks Cameron, for your patience and answers. P Kishor wrote

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Location Services

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: David, LISAsoft has a java implementation of OpenLS which we would like to Open Source if we can find a sponsor to cover our packaging costs. What kind of costs are packaging costs, and what do they amount to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] A brief survey of the kind of data you use in yourdaily work

of things do you expect to get out of this survey, the questions seem fairly general in nature, and without a real big response group, I don't see how much meaningful can be interpreted from it. bobb P Kishor punk...@eidesis.org wrote: http://www.punkish.org/Raw-Data-vs-Interpreted

[OSGeo-Discuss] A brief survey of the kind of data you use in your daily work

http://www.punkish.org/Raw-Data-vs-Interpreted-Data/ Really, only 5 questions, almost no thinking required. I will give you your money back if it takes you more than a minute to answer. So, no matter what your field of study, research or work, please take a few moments to answer the questions at

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009/9/30 Cédric Moullet cedric.moul...@camptocamp.com: .. - The OSGEO is very developer centric and probably need more input from management, end user, marketing etc... .. noo! Let our work, and not marketers and management, speak for us. -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2009 Board Election Results

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Paul Ramsey pram...@cleverelephant.ca wrote: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_2009_Results Here are the final results from the voting for the open seats of the OSGeo Board of Directors.  There were five seats open and they have been filled by, in

[OSGeo-Discuss] 3D visualization

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. -- Puneet Kishor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Geodata as Public Record in U.S.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Richard Greenwoodrichard.greenw...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe this URL will work. http://home.centurytel.net/wilsonlandsurvey/docs/GIS Data as Public Record.pdf The previous one had an extraneous space at the end. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Richard

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Landon Blakelbl...@ksninc.com wrote: Cameron wrote: Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo industry. I believe governments in Canada are much more supportive of open

[OSGeo-Discuss] CALL FOR PAPERS: 2nd International Workshop on Blending Physical and Digital Spaces on the Internet (OneSpace2009)

- CALL FOR PAPERS: OneSpace2009 - 2nd International Workshop on Blending Physical and Digital Spaces on the Internet (OneSpace2009) http://onespace.ace.ed.ac.uk/2009/ In conjunction with the Future Internet Symposium 2009 (FIS2009)

[OSGeo-Discuss] WisconsinView data, now available under CC0

My friend Sam Batzli, Director, WisconsinView, is now making available all of the program's satellite imagery (more than 6 Terabytes worth) under the CC0 mark. A little press release announcing this follows. Since 2004, WisconsinView (http://www.wisconsinview.org) has made aerial

[OSGeo-Discuss] OGC geospatial rights mgt. summit

I will be attending the OGC Geospatial Rights Mgt. Summit to be held at MIT on June 22. I will be giving a 10 min. lightning talk on SC's thoughts on spatial data, and also be participating in the panel discussions. Please do send me your input on questions/concerns that you would like to see

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

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:38 AM, John Callahan john.calla...@udel.edu wrote: I've dealt with this question before but not quite with those specifics.  Actually, I've had these issues from a different angle: people who already have the ESRI suite because their larger company or government agency

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Libraries

-free policy. - Dan On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:24 AM, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Daniel Ames amesd...@isu.edu wrote: Nenad, The OSGeo projects use a variety of licenses. You'll see LGPL, MPL, GPL, MIT, and others. If you are developing commercial

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Libraries

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Christopher Schmidt crschm...@crschmidt.net wrote: On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 11:55:47AM -0500, P Kishor wrote: .. Thanks Dan (and Christopher and others), I see the distinction now between GPL and LGPL. However, I am reading the actual GPL text and its extensive

[OSGeo-Discuss] a lay person's guide to licensing geographic data

http://www.punkish.org/Licensing-Geographic-Data Needless to say, this is, for now, US-centric, as that is where I live, and that is what I (don't) understand. Please send me feedback and comments so I can improve it, make it clearer, etc. Hopefully, I will be able to follow this up with some

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Windows Installer resources

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Jason Birch jason.bi...@nanaimo.ca wrote: Hi all, I've recently been helping to create a WiX based (MSI) installer for MapGuide Open Source.  As part of this I've generated the following OSGeo-generic resources:  - Large BMP for welcome page for

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

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Leonardo Mateo leonardoma...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Dirk Frigne dirk.fri...@dfc.be wrote: Sorry for the cross posting, but I found an interesting mail about performance and webmapping in the majas developers list. Today, Geomajas is

[OSGeo-Discuss] public domain ontology

a quick update from the Ontology for the National Map workshop in DC. Mostly academia and several private industries here, but as far as I can tell, thus far, I am the only avowed representative of OSGeo, and will be making my usual pitch for user involvement and Science-Commons-ish public domain

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: CC0 Private Announcement

go adopt yerself a public domain waiver... be an early geog. data and tools adopter now, willya. -- Forwarded message -- From: Thinh Nguyen th...@creativecommons.org Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:49 PM Subject: CC0 Private Announcement .. Dear Friends of Science Commons: I'm

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] copyright question

On 12/10/08, Chris Puttick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - P Kishor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if the project had been formed, but does not contain any source code as yet it's possible? Or am

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] copyright question

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, today I was in a meeting about GeoExt, and the following question came up: Is it possible for OsGeo to take copyright for a project which yet has to form and has not passed incubation as such?

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] copyright question

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Frank Warmerdam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P Kishor wrote: Any right is only as good as its defense in the court. Just because reputable IP lawyers may draft copyright assignments in works that don't yet exist doesn't mean that actual copyrights in those works

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Raster data on a DBMS

On 11/4/08, Chris Puttick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not necessary to store the image file itself in the database to get concurrency control, data protection, integrity and management features. There are a number of good document management systems (Alfresco, KnowledgeTree) that offer

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Raster data on a DBMS

On 11/3/08, Gilberto Camara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. Allow me to reiterate my earlier argument, which is that FOSS4G should **allow** users the option of storing raster data in a database. Storing images in a database is not recommended in each and every situation. The user should

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

On 10/29/08, David Bianco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have experience using Perl and the DBI module to do work like this. I've read from dbf files in the past, but have not written to one. Still, I see no reason why it would be a hangup.Let me know if you'd like to go in that direction.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] defining a Geospatial Integration Showcase to be launched at FOSS4G 2009

Chris's comments are very valid and very important. I speak from the position of having been involved in the entire process that gave rise to the CC0 protocol. Every jurisdiction has its own laws. Here in the US, databases, for the most part, cannot be copyrighted. Creative Commons License is

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

On 10/19/08, Daniel P. Ames [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. As you all know, there is a growing interest in open source for Windows. Especially with Microsoft's release of its developer tools in free express editions and the availability of such tools as SharpDevelop and Mono.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] help help main project

On 9/30/08, Mohammed Rashad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i want to do my btech final year computer science main project on GIS please help i don't know where to start. what is actually gis how it can be used in main project if u can please suggest a good topic based on GIS Why don't you first

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter, network and structuration

On 8/26/08, Landon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave wrote: If people are saying they can't attend [insert name of OSGeo event here], then it would be useful to state why they can't attend. There is a difference between travel/accommodation cost is 'too high' and my workplace has to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thematic Mapping Engine as Open Source?

On 6/23/08, Christopher Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto: I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I don't have commercial interests, but I would like the project to be

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

Hi Anand, On 6/17/08, Anand Suchith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, Just a reminder to welcome you to watch today's talks of Geospatial Web Services workshop. We are doing live webcast of the Geospatial Web Services workshop talks and podcasts for the benefit of the wider GIS

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

On 6/6/08, Paolo Cavallini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank Warmerdam ha scritto: PS. I would note that download.osgeo.org supports mirroring using rsync. I would encourage local chapters or individuals with their own servers to consider mirroring the download server for the sake of fast

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

On 6/5/08, Marco Tuckner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear list members, I would like to follow up here and ask for a official statements from OSGEO on this topic. I expected some more replys to this topic. When it first came up on this list it was even ignored. In principle, the thing

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Voting for new OSGeo Charter Members open until 6th June 2008

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear all, The list of nominations for new OSGeo Charter Members is here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2008 From today until the end of Friday 6th June 2008, votes for 15 new Charter Members are being accepted at

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Voting for new OSGeo Charter Members open until 6th June 2008

is as arbitrary a number as 18. My choosing 15 out of the list is going to 100% irrational and arbitrary. I'd rather err on the side of inclusion. On 5/30/08, Mateusz Loskot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 31, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: P Kishor wrote: This is a great list. Each one

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

On 5/28/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMO: An issue has come up recently on the OSGeo-AustNZ list that I'd appreciate some feedback from our wider OSGeo Community. The context of this issue is that we are exploring ways to support development of the GeoNetwork ANZLIC

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

On 5/28/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMO: Thanks for the comments Puneet, Actually, a variation on the above may be the best metric -- create feature X that we need in our organization and that works for us. That would allow your organization to determine what

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

that Ubuntu as a popular release is one of the proofs that too much choice does not help to reach the large crowd. By limiting the installed default software packages they quickly reached a huge user group. My 2 cents, ciao, Jeroen On May 28, 2008, at 12:01 PM, P Kishor wrote: Forking

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/15/08, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P Kishor wrote: On 5/14/08, Michael P. Gerlek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not looking to start a debate, but... you just did, and a good one at that. We call on all governments to: 1. Procure only information

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/15/08, Chris Puttick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - P Kishor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But disagree there. Switching from M$ documents to 'real' open source documents and dropping licensed graphical data in favour of OSM and other free map data opens the door

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/15/08, Benjamin Henrion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fee, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080515]: Benjamin Henrion wrote: The only application that reads 100% proprietary file formats is the application that goes with it. Well shoot, that can be said about a lot of formats even those

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/14/08, Michael P. Gerlek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not looking to start a debate, but... you just did, and a good one at that. We call on all governments to: 1. Procure only information technology that implements free and open standards; 2. Deliver e-government

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