[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU General Assembly next week: OSGeo Townhall with NASA on Tuesday, 19:00 hours

2023-04-19 Thread Peter Löwe via Discuss
of the Solar System. Kevin Murphy (NASA HQ, Washington) will present the Transform to Open Science (TOPS) initiative aimed at transforming agencies, organizations, and communities to an inclusive culture of open science. Peter Loewe will report how Persistent Identifiers (PID) like Digital Object

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geoff Zeiss

2022-09-21 Thread Peter Batty via Discuss
I wanted to share the sad news that Geoff Zeiss passed away last week. Geoff was involved in the founding of OSGeo in 2005-6 and was a former board member. He contributed a huge amount to the geospatial industry and was just a great person. He will be greatly missed.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Maps in HTML

2022-09-16 Thread Peter Rushforth via Discuss
sophically, or technically, and reasonable people can differ. Anyway, I'll stop here. Our current speculative polyfill uses Leaflet internally, but its API is quite different, and documented here <https://maps4html.org/web-map-doc/>. Cheers,

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU General Assembly 2022 - Call for Abstracts - Deadline extended: 26 January 2022

2022-01-21 Thread Peter Löwe via Discuss
magic part (for now). Kind regards, Peter Latest update on EGU GA 2022 -- In view of increasing event restrictions in Austria, currently limiting events to 2000 people, which the conference organizers anticipate will be relaxed later in the year and attendee concerns over the high infec

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN-GGIM The Future Trends in geospatial information management: the five to ten year vision

2020-11-08 Thread Peter Baumann
ng from ESRI instead - would the community enjoy that? Some Sunday thoughts, Peter [1] http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Third-Edition-of-UN-GGIM-Future-Trends-report-Inputs-for-Bridging-the-digital-divide-td5409578.html On 25.10.20 16:19, Suchith Anand wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN-GGIM The Future Trends in geospatial information management: the five to ten year vision

2020-10-25 Thread Peter Baumann
. Not a shining example for the principles this community is striving for. Disappointedly, Peter [1] https://rd-alliance.org/system/files/Array-Databases_final-report.pdf On 23.10.20 12:05, Suchith Anand wrote: > > The United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Improving usability of INSPIRE data in FOSS4G client applications

2019-12-21 Thread Baumann, Peter
at least some of the WCS functionality into the new OAPI syntax to get up to speed with modern, user-friendly services. -Peter On 21.12.19 10:52, Jody Garnett wrote: I think my point was that there is often funding available for servers to make new standards available; but without funding libraries

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Improving usability of INSPIRE data in FOSS4G client applications

2019-12-21 Thread Baumann, Peter
HO support for openly published R in the field (and not just implementation in one selected tool) would benefit the communities of developers, service operators, and users alike. my 2 cents, Peter [1] P. Baumann, J. Escriu: INSPIRE Coverages: An Analysis and Some Suggestions.<https://link

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU: OSGeo/OpenPlanetary Townhall on Open Science on Thursday

2019-04-10 Thread Peter Löwe
/EGU2019/session/33573 Further information about the EGU General Assembly 2018 can be found at http://egu2019.eu/ Please share this information with interested parties. Regards, Peter Löwe and Alessandro Frigeri The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit umbrella

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU General Assembly: 5th OSGeo/OpenPlanetary Townhall on Open Science

2019-04-04 Thread Peter Löwe
Further information about the EGU General Assembly 2018 can be found at http://egu2019.eu/ Please share this information with interested parties. Regards, Peter Löwe and Alessandro Frigeri   The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit umbrella organization for Free

[OSGeo-Discuss] MOSS code repo - where ?

2019-03-09 Thread Peter Löwe
://trac.osgeo.org/moss4g/) seems to be unrelated to ol' MOSS. best, Peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] Opportunity: Enabling FAIR Data project commitment statement

2018-09-10 Thread Peter Löwe
ntal-sciences/signatories/ BTW: The commitment statement can be signed individuals, too. best, peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Diversity in FOSS4G

2018-08-12 Thread Peter Baumann
On 12.08.2018 11:28, María Arias de Reyna wrote: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Peter Baumann > wrote: >> +1 for every word in Jonathan's excellently worded message. Science at its >> heart >> is open (!) to any and all provable insights (and even conjectur

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Diversity in FOSS4G

2018-08-12 Thread Peter Baumann
wrong conclusions probably because bias of the researchers". -Peter On 11.08.2018 23:34, Jonathan Moules wrote: >> Let me tell you something: having legal rights doesn't mean you have >> equal opportunities. Those studies are falling into the wrong >> conclusions probably bec

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

2018-08-02 Thread Peter Baumann
Dear Maria, On 28.07.2018 20:08, María Arias de Reyna wrote: > Dear Peter, > > Thanks for the explanation, I'm a software engineer and I know very well how > the process work. SQL is indeed a good example of a good standard almost > everyone follows. But I would bet that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

2018-07-28 Thread Peter Baumann
e for your understanding! cheers, Peter On 25.07.2018 10:53, Christian Willmes wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > > good point! And fair enough for your example on SQL which is an open standard > and thus reproducible in theory and practice. My Point is more general, > although it

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

2018-07-28 Thread Peter Baumann
Dear Maria, On 25.07.2018 10:06, María Arias de Reyna wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Peter Baumann <mailto:p.baum...@jacobs-university.de>> wrote: > > Hi Christian, > > > while I could not agree more to what you say the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

2018-07-25 Thread Peter Baumann
assured thereby that both systems will deliver the same results. So standards actually are a prerequisite for science to be comparable, but surely not open source. my 2 cents, Peter > > Third, if you accuse someone of “Fake Science” please make sure to offer > evidence about this particular mi

[OSGeo-Discuss] Friends of OSGeo vs. OSGeo partners: Definition ?

2018-04-19 Thread Peter Löwe
artnership is the signing of a MoU between both organisations. What are the requirements to establish a friendship ? Is this already documented in the wiki ? best, Peter <peter.lo...@gmx.de> ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.o

[OSGeo-Discuss] Helena Mitasova awarded 2018 Waldo-Tobler GIScience Prize

2018-04-05 Thread Peter Löwe
Dear Helena, congrats - this is well deserved ! Seems like there's a bit of synchronicity sloshing around: Next week the MoU between OSGeo and AGU will (hopefully) be signed - in Vienna, of all places ! best, Peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsorship opportunities for 2018

2018-03-12 Thread Peter Mooney
page [https://www.osgeo.org/events/irish-osgeo-symposium-2018/] With best wishes, Peter (on behalf of the organizing committee) On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Till Adams <till.ad...@fossgis.de> wrote: > Dear Jody, > > many thanks for this information! Indeed you missed one

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU GA 2018: Deadline upcoming

2018-01-09 Thread Peter Löwe
on how to submit an abstract can be found at https://egu2018.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html best regards, Peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: Participatory webinar Friday Nov 10 7:00 PM GMT Collaborative education research across GeoForAll labs?

2017-11-09 Thread Peter Mooney
from the webinar. Thank you for the initiative. Peter On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 5:28 AM, Maria Antonia Brovelli < maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote: > Dear Charlie > Thanks for organising the event. I'm not able to attend and, as I'm > currently in China, I can't reach Google applic

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fellowship positions at rOpenSci available

2017-08-07 Thread Peter Löwe
Dear all, apologies for crossposting. The ropensci community has three Fellowships available, which might be of interest for our community. Details below. Best, Peter Subject: [Discuss] apply for rOpenSci Fellowships by Sept 1 Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:40:31 + From: Stefanie Butland

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Please help GeoForAll look good

2017-06-27 Thread Peter Mooney
Is it possible to access the coordinates from the Wiki page? On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 6:40 PM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA < sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy> wrote: > ​As long as I know it was Luca Delucchi and Vaclav Petras who did the > original map. I cannot help in this but maybe they (if they are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN-GGIM Academic Network

2017-06-15 Thread Peter Mooney
-roots, type of educational network where a single, small, dedicated and motivated lab within a complex system like a University can join (based on agreeing to the GeoForAll MOU) and working with open principles for open education and learning. Peter On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Maria Antonia

[OSGeo-Discuss] Heads up: First OSGeo Reception at EGU General Assembly in Vienna / OSGeo-Townhall

2017-04-18 Thread Peter Löwe
are this information with interested colleagues. Best regards, Peter <peter.lo...@gmx.de> ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The Rise of Open Street Map as a World Mapping Agency

2017-03-02 Thread Peter Mooney
Hello everyone, Hello Suchith, The idea of OpenStreetMap (OSM) as a World Mapping Agency is very exciting. In many ways it is already happening. Through the OSM API, Geofabrik, Mapzen, etc etc I can easily access high quality, up-to-date geographic for any region, city or country in the world. Or

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU General Assembly 2017: OSGeo events: Ideas ? Volunteers ?

2017-01-16 Thread Peter Löwe
ur thoughts about this ? More information about the EGU GA 2017: http://egu2017.eu/information/general_information.html Best, Peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU General Assembly 2017: Final deadline for OSGeo-themed abstracts: January 20 2017

2017-01-16 Thread Peter Löwe
, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Geoinformatics and Geosciences Conveners: Jens Klump, Peter Löwe, Edzer Pebesma, Markus Neteler Details: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/22866 The processing charge by EGU is 80 EUR. Please contact the conveners directly if you

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

2016-12-29 Thread Peter Mooney
on. I'll report back to the mailing lists. Greetings for the holiday season and best wishes for 2017, Peter Mooney Maynooth University, Ireland [http://www.cs.nuim.ie/~pmooney/] European Co-Chair Geo-For-All Upcoming events: http://www.cs.nuim.ie/~pmooney/eurosdr2017/, http://www.cs.nuim.ie/~pmoon

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board Nomination for Maria Brovelli

2016-09-19 Thread Peter Mooney
I also agree. +1 from me. Sostengo Maria! On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Monia Molinari wrote: > I agree, +1 for Maria! > > Monia > > - > Monia Molinari > GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano Como Campus > Via

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

2016-09-07 Thread Peter Baumann
without any need for change, it already has a scalable backend. I'll glad to discuss any & all details with you. HTH, Peter On 09/07/2016 11:33 AM, P Kishor wrote: > Besides Pg, what are the existing solutions for storing and mapping > time/space values with the usual time and space

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Detect and define the coordinate system of gis data with no projection information automatically

2016-09-01 Thread Peter Baumann
Hi Manfred, On 09/01/2016 05:55 PM, manf...@egger-gis.at wrote: > Hello Peter, > > Sorry, I have never heard of this standard. it is not a standard, it is a service offered by OGC (and based on standards). > Is there a existing sample application using this dat

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Community project invitation

2016-05-26 Thread Peter Baumann
OSGeo" (in times even fed, actually). Maybe at a later time we will reconsider. best, Peter On 05/25/2016 10:08 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: > Peter: > > Are you interested in submitting Rasdaman as an OSGeo community project > <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Project

[OSGeo-Discuss] project bashing -- was: Re: Does rasdaman CE solve an open source geospatial problem?

2016-05-23 Thread Peter Baumann
ss. My 15-hours days are calling on me with other duties. So we continue awaiting faithfully the final OSGeo verdict on incubation, whatever it is after 6 years. -Peter On 05/22/2016 03:23 PM, Edzer Pebesma wrote: > Cameron, my comment is in-line: > > On 21/05/16 14:06, Cameron Shorter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does rasdaman CE solve an open source geospatial problem?

2016-05-21 Thread Peter Baumann
Science data. -Peter On 05/21/2016 09:56 AM, Peter Baumann wrote: > Hm, first of all: this is opening a different thread, talking about > functionality of rasdaman community. Next, it is based on assumptions - > without details (because off topic): conclusions are wrong. > >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Rasdaman has been in OSGeo Incubation for 4.5 years, not 6 years

2016-05-21 Thread Peter Baumann
the incubation ticket was filed on 2010-apr-05, trac calls this "6 years ago" [1]. We may or may not call this mark the start of the incubation process, but if we start breaking down to the details this shows that it took 1.5 years to respond to our initial request. -Peter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does rasdaman CE solve an open source geospatial problem?

2016-05-21 Thread Peter Baumann
ly ok to have the opinion you have. Others, though, may disagree. I am one of those. respectfully, Peter On 05/20/2016 09:30 AM, Edzer Pebesma wrote: > As a scientist, I teach my students that for doing science it is a > requirement to work with open source software, because only then &g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-20 Thread Peter Baumann
Hi all- there is a bunch brilliant people to carry on "after me", should that be the concern. -Peter On 05/15/2016 03:30 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: > On 15/05/16 14:40, Marco Afonso wrote: >> Hi Anita, >> >> Aha! So there is a ponderation weight on software qu

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Baumann
great to have you in, Rob! Please allow me a few days until after the holidays, I'll come back. -Peter On 05/15/2016 06:29 PM, Rob Emanuele wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Thank you for the invitation. I have just registered, and am looking forward > to working with you. > > Best, >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Baumann
://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/array-database-working-group.html Participation is at no cost and open, same the results. Just register yourself with RDA and let me know so that we canplan contributions. Looking forward to welcoming you on board, Peter On 05/15/2016 06:10 PM, Rob Emanuele wrote

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Baumann
aside from the misconception about science, and that this discussion is all but "open" spirit: why then does OSGeo not have enough courage and refuse rasdaman publicly (after 6+ years!), instead of providing a forum for some (!) people to rant and insult? -Peter On 05/15/201

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Baumann
many more examples exist) explanations (ie, theories) should be established with an unbiased mind, and tests _must_ be conducted and evaluated with an unbiased mind. "Committees on truth" have not really contributed to scientific progress. This is why Freedom of Science is essential to human

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Baumann
Marc, it puzzles me that all over the (derogative, right?) word "dictatorship" is eagerly used while you now frown on "activist". If we are minding language now we should _all_ be careful. -Peter On 05/15/2016 03:22 AM, Marc Vloemans wrote: > Peter, > > Wit

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Baumann
groups. -Peter On 05/14/2016 03:00 PM, Rob Emanuele wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > This is the second time I've heard you defend your position by simply saying > the greatness of the project justifies whatever model you'd like for project > governance, and mention some independent stud

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

2016-05-14 Thread Peter Baumann
all benchmarks over GeoServer, SPARK, etc. -Peter PS: suggesting a fork just because OSGeo follows a narrow principle that does not accommodate rasdaman makes me frown about the ideals behind :) On 05/12/2016 02:57 PM, Ian Turton wrote: > I've been trying to stay out of the arguments ab

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

2016-05-11 Thread Peter Baumann
- we live this daily, based on humanistic ideals, not on law enforcement. Scientific evidence? No, unfortunately not - we concentrate on technology, and that IMHO is more a field for social scientists to explore. Likely a research gap there, but I may miss something existing. cheers, Peter On 05

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

2016-05-09 Thread Peter Baumann
Hi Marc, I understand your position, and I appreciate your thoughtful deliberations. Still, these are all on meta level, not fact level. This is where voting-based decisions, rather than scientific/technologically sound decision can lead to a failure indeed. -Peter On 05/09/2016 11:28 AM, Marc

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

2016-05-09 Thread Peter Baumann
Marc- bright minds do not need votes to get heard here, there's no obstacle. Servus, Peter On 05/08/2016 04:56 PM, Marc Vloemans wrote: > Peter, > > I did certainly not realise there was such a cultural gap between academia > and open source. > > Also, I gather that bazar

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

2016-05-08 Thread Peter Baumann
money. Maybe look at my mail again, it is about skills and genius in fact. (No pun intended!) Tot ziens, Peter PS: Just to remind, this code of conduct discussion some time back was not guided by a general negotiation, and not even by a vote of the OSGeo membership at large (just some activists

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

2016-05-05 Thread Peter Baumann
But I am not imposing nor judging. Just trying to explain. HTH, Peter On 05/04/2016 09:18 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Hi Peter, > Could you please answer Even and Johan's question. > > I'm happy to use another term for the governance model. > "Does one person have ultimate contro

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

2016-05-04 Thread Peter Baumann
t can accept a model based on scientific ethics ...or not. best, Peter On 05/04/2016 02:01 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Hi Peter, > Are you open to considering relinquishing rasdaman's current "benevolent > dictator" governance model? > > Many (most?) OSGeo projects th

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

2016-05-03 Thread Peter Baumann
or whoever-else expects fulfilment. Bottom line, the atmosphere in rasdaman is highly cooperative and consensus-based, I just reserve jumping in as a last resort. Someone has questioned the term used in this discussion as not quite adequate; I like the diplomacy aspect raised. -Peter On 05/03/201

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU General Assembly 2016: OSGeo Townhall on Tuesday April 19

2016-04-13 Thread Peter Löwe
and the software communities. Refreshments will be served. An (incomplete) overview over open source related sessions at the EGU GA 2016 can be found here: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Townhall_2016#Sessions Best regards and looking forward seeing you soon in Vienna, Peter Löwe for the Townhall

[OSGeo-Discuss] Links to the OSGeo conferences overview wiki page ?

2016-01-06 Thread Peter Löwe
the page (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Global_conferences_overview) is not being suitably linked and is therefore hard to find. What would be appropriate places in the OSGeo-Wiki or -website to place links to this wiki page ? Best, Peter <peter.lo...@gmx

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Overview of all current FOSS4G conferences

2016-01-05 Thread Peter Löwe
, if possible. best, Peter <peter.lo...@gmx.de> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 05. Januar 2016 um 10:31 Uhr > Von: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> > An: "Andrea Ross" <andrea.r...@eclipse.org>, "Peter Löwe" <peter.lo...@gmx.de>

[OSGeo-Discuss] European Geosciences Union 2016: Sessions on Free and Open Source Software (Earth and Space Science Informatics)

2015-12-23 Thread Peter Löwe
Austria, 17-22 April ESSI2.8 : Quality-checked Software as a safe investment in Science: Lessons from Open Source communities Conveners: Peter Löwe (TIB Hannover), Massimiliano Cannata (SUPSI), Margherita Di Leo (JRC), Raffaele Albano (UNIBAS) http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Orientation standard

2015-10-20 Thread Peter Baumann
e proposed specification didn’t come from members but could come active from > OGC side. Where there is a will, there is a way: is there the possibility to > create a premium standard for premium members? This would surely increase the > number of members. > I like your modesty. -Peter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-19 Thread Peter Baumann
settlement of the root cause we might all reach out hands now and consider it settled. thanks again, Peter On 2015-09-19 00:58, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Please understand that OSGeo is having its big annual conference FOSS4G in > Seoul now, and that you sent all this right be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
violations (now with my hat as Charter Member on). Just to emphasize, this thread is not about incubation (yes, I am less than happy about that too, but out of scope here). -Peter On 2015-09-17 23:21, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Hi Peter, > I think your request to have ownership of Ra

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
Hi Jeff, no problem: on the OpenHub page for rasdaman, OSGeo is listed as owner. This is misinformation, owner is rasdaman GmbH. You are right, this upsets me, and I am requesting that OSGeo restores the real owner immediately. -Peter On 2015-09-17 22:56, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hi Pe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
hm, if this is not a case of conduct violation, in this case in the name of OSGeo and hence harming the reputation of the whole organization, then I cannot see what else qualifies. -Peter On 2015-09-17 23:17, Camille Acey wrote: > I am having a hard time seeing how this is a CoC matter. > C

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
hm, this is not my current interest, but I observe in passing that the term "code of conduct" in OSGeo appears ...let's say... used by some people with very focused interests. But as said, my concern gets first, and to me it is secondary who acts as long as somebody acts :) -Peter On

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
so first OSGeo steals a project identity and then just says "go cure yourself"? That won't fly. -Peter On 2015-09-18 17:30, Markus Neteler wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Stephen Woodbridge > <wood...@swoodbridge.com> wrote: >> Ok, maybe I don't understa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
is clearly stated in my very first mail: "request to immediately "give back" the project as a remedial action" ...and a public (ie, list) excuse. I will not do that myself. The defaulting party has the moral (and professional) obligation to remedy. -Peter On 2015-09-18 18:1

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] code of conduct: another real case

2015-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
just to clarify: it is a _very_ simple step: OSGeo needs to login to OpenHub (obviously they have one, otherwise this false claim could not have been established) to undo that claim. That simple. So, when will OSGeo do that? -Peter On 2015-09-18 17:02, Stephen Woodbridge wrote: > Ok, mayb

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Kicking off Elections 2015 process

2015-07-31 Thread Peter Baumann
all the enthusiasts come together. Both make sense, but IMHO should be differentiated in the questions. my 2 cents, acting as Guinean Pig ;-) Peter On 2015-07-30 15:46, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: Thanks everyone for feedback. I did my best to incorporate your suggestions in the survey

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Code of Conduct in Real Case

2015-06-25 Thread Peter Baumann
wise words, will do so :) -Peter On 06/25/15 10:34, Sanghee Shin wrote: Dear All, Thank you for all your great opinions, advices and inputs through this mailing lists and through to my private mail. I think we’ve discussed enough on this. I agree with Maria and Maxi’s suggestion to have

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Code of Conduct in Real Case

2015-06-25 Thread Peter Baumann
of the matter as such. On this occasion I found the English synonym carping. -Peter — Andy On Jun 24, 2015, at 10:19 AM, Milo van der Linden m...@dogodigi.net mailto:m...@dogodigi.net wrote: Hahaha! I appreciate this. Maybe we need to add some statistics to your political-correctness-o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Code of Conduct in Real Case

2015-06-25 Thread Peter Baumann
to get advice from a graphic designer, and also have someone proofread the text. diversity - can we accept that non-English-natives have typos on their slides? Let me suggest to establish an OSGeo Committee of Censorship (CoC) to formalize all the criticism. -Peter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Code of Conduct in Real Case

2015-06-24 Thread Peter Baumann
+1 -Peter On 06/24/15 13:01, Jeroen Ticheler wrote: Dear Sanghee, In my opinion these are perfectly fine. But could you please remove a couple of other pictures picturing OSGeo developers (male dominated, generalizing men as nerds)? ;-) Joking apart, I’ve not been in favor of the CoC

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure

2015-03-05 Thread Peter Baumann
for this is achievement transparency for the reader. Links under the stars might explain the meaning, or refer to the individual project's mentor assessment on the particular facet. Again, this would increase transparency IMHO. my 0.02, Peter On 03/05/2015 09:13 PM, Stephen Woodbridge wrote: I think

[OSGeo-Discuss] EGU 2015: Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Geoinformatics and Geosciences

2014-12-19 Thread Peter Löwe
://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/abstractsubmission/17174 EGU 2015 will be held from 12 - 17 April, 2015 in Vienna, Austria. The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 07 January 2015, 13:00 CET. We look forward to your participation and contribution. Peter Löwe, Jens Klump, Dominik E. Reusser, Yann Chemin

[OSGeo-Discuss] open-source WCS client apps available

2014-10-29 Thread Peter Baumann
/15/tree/trunk/iOS/EarthServer-SG-Mobile/ To check out src code: svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/ctsciencegtwys/mobile/trunk/iOS/EarthServer-SG-Mobile EarthServer-SG-Mobile Roberto (on cc) can answer technical questions being leader of the development team. cheers, Peter -- Dr. Peter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] open-source WCS client apps available

2014-10-29 Thread Peter Baumann
. -Peter On 10/29/2014 07:34 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: Hey Peter, when you say “new I was a bit surprised to see the code was last updated mid 2013. What’s the story with that? Best regards, Bart On 29 Oct 2014, at 19:19, Peter Baumann p.baum...@jacobs-university.de mailto:p.baum

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] open-source WCS client apps available

2014-10-29 Thread Peter Baumann
. -Peter On 10/29/2014 07:34 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: Hey Peter, when you say “new I was a bit surprised to see the code was last updated mid 2013. What’s the story with that? Best regards, Bart On 29 Oct 2014, at 19:19, Peter Baumann p.baum...@jacobs-university.de mailto:p.baum

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Projects mailing lists

2014-10-09 Thread Peter Baumann
done for rasdaman. cheers, Peter On 10/09/2014 01:47 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: Hi, I would like to ask all our OSGeo projects contact points, to join the projects mailing list [1], so we have one single contact point for all projects. I would also like to ask projects chairs/contact points

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Peter Baumann receives Kenneth D. Gardels OGC Award

2014-10-06 Thread Peter Baumann
thanks, Jeff, much appreciated! Indeed, this great honour came totally unexpected. So let's jointly continue working on open, interoperable technology! cheers, Peter On 10/06/2014 03:19 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Congratulations to the recent chair of FOSS4G-Europe, Peter Baumann! http://jacobs

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo GIS Day...

2014-09-26 Thread Peter Löwe
literature via a research- or university library. Heres an example from Potsdam: http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:292659 Best, Peter peter.lo...@gmx.de Gesendet:Freitag, 19. September 2014 um 13:47 Uhr Von:Nicolas Gignac gignac...@gmail.com An:discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Polling charter members

2014-09-18 Thread Peter Baumann
. With some of the last posts I see that we are embarking in this direction, and I very much applaude to that. cheers, Peter [1] http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeo On 09/18/2014 09:59 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: This ' LocationTech and OSGeo collaboration ', appears to be some thing that the OSGeo Charter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 91, Issue 17

2014-07-21 Thread Peter Baumann
supporting Stephan from my side as well, he is doing precious work on not just one, but several levels. -Peter On 07/21/2014 09:16 PM, Anita Graser wrote: On 2014-07-21, 8:32 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: I forward Stephan Mei?l nomination for the OSGeo Charter Membership elections. I support

[OSGeo-Discuss] new OSGeo list: industry

2014-07-19 Thread Peter Baumann
there, Peter -- Dr. Peter Baumann - Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 26793) www.rasdaman.com, mail: baum...@rasdaman.com tel: 0800-rasdaman, fax: 0800-rasdafax, mobile: +49-173-5837882 - Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen www.faculty.jacobs-university.de

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

2014-06-30 Thread Peter Baumann
The proposal as it stands is in high danger of establishing a self-sustaining oligarchy. I am concerned that a body that claims to have international impact (through project branding) high responsibility must be exercised in terms of transparency, openness, and democratic principles. -Peter On 06/29

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

2014-06-30 Thread Peter Baumann
, opennness, inclusiveness - the perceived need to have projects represented cheers, Peter On 06/30/2014 09:27 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: Hey Peter, so what would be your suggestions to make the process more of the 4 bullet points you mentioned? Best regards, Bart On 30 Jun 2014, at 09:24, Peter

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

2014-06-19 Thread Peter Baumann
, outsiders will...well, face a hurdle. So the contrary of open. Just an idea: what about applying the OSGeo incubation checklist to OSGeo itself to determine feasible procedures? cheers, Peter On 06/19/2014 07:28 PM, Dimitris Kotzinos wrote: Dear all, some thoughts on the proposed changes

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] any spatial databases for high performance geo-computing

2014-05-20 Thread Peter Baumann
you might look at rasdaman running on top of PostgreSQL (www.rasdaman.org). Supports n-D arrays + an SQL-style array query language. -Peter On 05/20/2014 12:04 AM, Zhang, Shuai wrote: Hi All, sorry for asking, but what do you think is a good choice of spatial database for high performance

[OSGeo-Discuss] OGC Academic Summit 2014 - Call For Paper

2014-03-13 Thread Peter Baumann
, United Kingdom Peter Baumann, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany Umesh Bellur, IIT Bombay, India Tien-Yin Chou, GIS Research Center, FCU, Taiwan David Coleman, University of New Brunswick, Canada Jianya Gong, Wuhan University, China Chih-Yuan Huang, University of Calgary, Canada Thomas H. Kolbe, TUM

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G Sri Lanka -2014 (Colombo) Call for Presentations

2014-02-06 Thread Peter Baumann
Hi Nimalika, what a pity I cannot be present and listen! With that incentive I'm sure the conference will be even more fun than usual. All the best, Peter On 02/06/2014 10:47 AM, nimalika fernando wrote: Hello Peter, Thanks for linking us there. Your well wishes meant a lot to us.This

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [Conference-europe] hello again!

2014-02-05 Thread Peter Baumann
thanks for forwarding, Jeff! BTW, for subscribing, see the list's info page at http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/conference-europe cu there, Peter On 02/05/2014 02:09 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Original Message Subject: [Conference-europe] hello again! Date: Tue

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G Sri Lanka -2014 (Colombo) Call for Presentations

2014-02-05 Thread Peter Baumann
hello friends in Sri Lanka, greetings from Europe, and all our best wishes for a successful event with lots of discussion, insights, and fun! Have linked you here: http://kahlua.eecs.jacobs-university.de/~foss4g-europe/?q=past-foss4g-conferences cheers, Peter On 02/05/2014 09:12 PM, Jeff

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New home for FOSS4G-Europe discussions

2014-01-31 Thread Peter Baumann
that's awesome - thanks so much, Jeff! So let's chat a little and populate the list... -Peter On 01/31/2014 03:06 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: General note that FOSS4G-Europe discussions now will live at the new 'conference-europe' mailing list (this replaces the old 'conference-cee' list). Past

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] About Interactive Map patent application by Apple Inc.

2014-01-07 Thread Peter Baumann
multiple B-Trees - exactly something I had been asked in my oral diploma exam a decade back :) ). best, Peter On 01/02/2014 07:28 PM, Carl Reed wrote: Peter - The OGC has already compiled an extensive list of potential prior art related to web mapping. This information was compiled in 2001

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] About Interactive Map patent application by Apple Inc.

2013-12-21 Thread Peter Baumann
Hi Carl, George, this should be of interest to OGC as well IMHO. It might be that they patent WMS facets. best, Peter On 12/21/2013 07:05 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: Dear All, I think the OSGeo should express strong objection to the Interactive Map patent filed by Apple on 17 Dec 2012

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo rep at FOSS4G-Europe 2014?

2013-12-18 Thread Peter Baumann
Challenge student contest winners, and we are working on co-locating a Big Earth Data conference in addition. The organizing team is most eager to welcome (and present, of course) OSGeo representatives. I'll be glad to enter into conversation to arrange all. cheers, Peter -- Dr. Peter Baumann

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo rep at FOSS4G-Europe 2014?

2013-12-18 Thread Peter Baumann
line: a nice opportunity to discuss and establish a common policy. We'll be glad to bring in our humble experience, together with all the other FOSS4G-* organizers now and in the past. cheers, Peter On 12/18/2013 10:01 AM, b.j.kob...@utwente.nl wrote: Interesting to see that according

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo rep at FOSS4G-Europe 2014?

2013-12-18 Thread Peter Baumann
Hi Jeff, wow, that's more than we could expect - thanks so much for making yourself available! We are dancing on the roof to have you with us. Gimme a second, I will come back for details. cheers, Peter On 12/18/2013 02:24 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Hi Peter, I agree that FOSS4G-E is very

[OSGeo-Discuss] UK Interoperability Assessment Plugfest - Reply to Mike Saunt

2013-09-30 Thread Peter Cotroneo
. If issues are uncovered during sprint 1, then vendors have time to either fix them or to indicate how they will resolve them in the future through their road maps. I believe the latter will be seen as quite positive in the GI industry. Peter This email is only intended for the person to whom

[OSGeo-Discuss] UK Interoperability Assessment Plugfest

2013-09-26 Thread Peter Cotroneo
link gives more information about the plugfest, including a call for participation document. http://www.opengeospatial.org/node/1892 The deadline to participate is the 2nd of October. I hope that OSGeo can join us! Cheers, Peter Peter Cotroneo CGeog (GIS) FRGS Senior Manager - Geospatial Web

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteering for the OSGeo Booth in Nottingham

2013-08-30 Thread Peter Batty
a minute to look at the program etc! Cheers, Peter. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: Hello everyone! If you will be attending FOSS4G-Nottingham please consider to help out at the OSGeo Booth, by signing up for a time slot here: http

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