Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Topology -> Geography

2007-03-26 Thread nicholas . g . lawrence
I would describe the topological relationships as something like this; region A connects to regions B, C & D region B connects to regions A & E region C connects to region A and so on And then the (hypothetical) tool would construct geometry that satisfies the above topological relationships, wh

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conf for 2008

2007-03-26 Thread Paul Ramsey
If you commit to a schedule now, that will give the teams time and MOTIVATION to start organizing themselves and figuring out things they need to know in advance of the request (what venues, what costs, what committee members, etc, etc). For example: - April 31, release RFP - May 31, close RFP

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conf for 2008

2007-03-26 Thread Jeff McKenna
As the conference committee chair I was thinking of an end of April release of the hosting-RFP (as Perry, it has been also on my mind, but Mar31st deadlines get in the way!). jeff Pericles S. Nacionales wrote: Hey, Tim, I was going to bring it up to the conference committee but you beat

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conf for 2008

2007-03-26 Thread Pericles S. Nacionales
Hey, Tim, I was going to bring it up to the conference committee but you beat me to it. You're absolutely right, of course, get the process started now so that the next year's host will have time to prepare. Many of the big conference facilities need reservation almost a year in advance. Th

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal articles and preparation

2007-03-26 Thread Tyler Mitchell
Contributors to the upcoming release of the OSGeo Journal (formerly called "the Newsletter") have been hard at work and we starting to wrap up draft versions. This is the last call for any news tidbits, event summaries or developer announcements about open source software projects. Drop m

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conf for 2008

2007-03-26 Thread Paul Ramsey
Absolutely correct Tim. Hop on the conference committee list and agitate :) P On 26-Mar-07, at 4:39 AM, Tim Bowden wrote: Ok, so we haven't even had this years conf, but given the time it takes for a local chapter to organise a conf, I think it would be a good idea to start the process f

[OSGeo-Discuss] Conf for 2008

2007-03-26 Thread Tim Bowden
Ok, so we haven't even had this years conf, but given the time it takes for a local chapter to organise a conf, I think it would be a good idea to start the process for selecting the location for the 2008 conf. If all goes well, perhaps the 2008 conf location could be announced at the closing sess