[OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal Software Translation Portal
Hi, as you may know, some of the OSGeo software projects come with translated messages. E.g. GRASS has been translated (partially) into more than 10 languages. We (GRASS) have a dedicated mailing list for this and a translation manager who takes care of synchronization, update and message standardization. So far - so nice. But. We could gain more translators with a Web based solution (think rainy day and you just want to translate 10 messages and don't want to mess around with .po files from CVS and so forth). Our suggestion is to set up a Web based solution for all interested OSGeo projects (e.g. using pootle). To better brainstorm on that, we have made a Wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Software_Translation_Portal Comments welcome, Markus Neteler Stefano Costa -- Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ http://osgeo.org/grass ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal Software Translation Portal
I wonder if an organisation like www.translate.org.za would want to get involved, say by: - offering their facilities for FOSS GIS translations - helping out with FOSS GIS translations through OSGeo channels - extending their model beyond South African languages ? Gavin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Neteler Sent: 21 September 2007 08:05 AM To: OSGeo-discuss Cc: GRASS translations Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal Software Translation Portal Hi, as you may know, some of the OSGeo software projects come with translated messages. E.g. GRASS has been translated (partially) into more than 10 languages. We (GRASS) have a dedicated mailing list for this and a translation manager who takes care of synchronization, update and message standardization. So far - so nice. But. We could gain more translators with a Web based solution (think rainy day and you just want to translate 10 messages and don't want to mess around with .po files from CVS and so forth). Our suggestion is to set up a Web based solution for all interested OSGeo projects (e.g. using pootle). To better brainstorm on that, we have made a Wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Software_Translation_Portal Comments welcome, Markus Neteler Stefano Costa -- Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ http://osgeo.org/grass ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal Software Translation Portal
Markus Neteler wrote: Hi, as you may know, some of the OSGeo software projects come with translated messages. E.g. GRASS has been translated (partially) into more than 10 languages. We (GRASS) have a dedicated mailing list for this and a translation manager who takes care of synchronization, update and message standardization. So far - so nice. But. We could gain more translators with a Web based solution (think rainy day and you just want to translate 10 messages and don't want to mess around with .po files from CVS and so forth). Making use of the Translation Project might open the door to the existing pool of translators who are already used to working with .po files because they are already working on translations in many languages for many projects. http://translationproject.org/html/welcome.html -- Dave Patton Degree Confluence Project: Canadian Coordinator Technical Coordinator http://www.confluence.org/ FOSS4G2007: Workshop Committee Conference Committee http://www.foss4g2007.org/ Personal website: Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal Software Translation Portal
2007/9/21, Dave Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Markus Neteler wrote: Hi, Making use of the Translation Project might open the door to the existing pool of translators who are already used to working with .po files because they are already working on translations in many languages for many projects. Yeah. Probably you are right, Dave. But some people maight have issues with the disclaimer: http://translationproject.org/html/whydisclaim.html I still don't have an opinion on that. Just stating that some people _might_ have issues. -- Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX -22.915 -42.224 = GG86jc Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org http://www.kombato.org - Seja seu próprio guarda-costas ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoFunctions FOSS4G BOF
Greetings FOSS4Gers, Just a reminder that we are planning a birds of a feather session for GeoFunctions, next Tuesday: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_BOF_Sessions#GeoFunctions_-_X SLT_2_functions_for_GEO_using_saxon Just a reminder that GeoFunctions is an incipient geoprocessing function library for XSLT, GML and all other things (geo and xml). We are in the community building stage, and we are seeking like-minded open sourcers with a little time and energy to contribute to this new, very cool, geo processing environment. Hope to see you there! Cheers, Peter Rushforth ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoNetwork opensource 2.1.0 released
Dear all, Finally, after much effort by a tremendous group of people, I think we managed to make an excellent release of GeoNetwork opensource version 2.1.0. I'm still not sure why we ever thought this was only a 0.1 upgrade from the last version 2.0, as it is a very substantial new release! The search interface has been completely overhauled, providing AJAX based, highly interactive searching and interactive web map viewing. Connect to whatever Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service and overlay it on the base layers served by the embedded GeoServer map server. Export the map you created as a PDF and send it to others. You'll soon be able to also send them by email or save them as a geotiff for use as a background layer in a GIS. The catalog handles the latest ISO19115:2003 geographic metadata format based on the ISO19139 schemas, as well as the older ISO19115 final draft format, FGDC and Dublin Core. Specific application or country profiles can be added as well. The editor is able to handle a major part of these complex standards, providing default, advanced and XML editing online. The new version has a number of different harvesting interfaces, allowing you to connect your server to many other catalogues arround the world. It is the open source reference implementation for the OGC Catalog Service for the Web 2.0 (CSW2.0.1) specification. It has webdav harvesting and harvesting from GeoNetwork 2.0 and 2.1 nodes. Harvesting from Open Archive Initiative (OAI) and Z39.50 are upcoming in update releases very soon, they just didn't make the deadline. We've added advanced online and offline administration functionality to configure, backup and migrate the application. We've added a convenient import and export format MEF, or Metadata Exchange Format, that allows you to move metadata, previews and even data in a convenient single file. Work is done to have export and import plugins to other software supporting MEF. All in all, much to much to describe in one email. I would say Just try it and join the GeoNetwork opensource Community to help further improve the system for the future. http://geonetwork-opensource.org Thanks to all those that contributed in many different ways. Especially to Andrea Carboni, Patrizia Monteduro, Emanuele Tajariol, Roberto Giaccio and Francois Prunayre as well as to FAO, UNEP and OCHA. Greetings from Rome, Jeroen ___ Jeroen Ticheler FAO-UN Tel: +39 06 57056041 http://www.fao.org/geonetwork 42.07420°N 12.34343°E ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Possible Purchase Of Magellan Mobile Mapper Pro Units
Mr. Skeen, I work for a land surveying and civil engineering company in the California Central Valley. We are currently considering the purchase of two (2) to three (3) mobile GIS/GPS units. We had first considered the Juno ST/TerraSync units from Trimble, but were a little dismayed at the price of the required office software. I was tasked with considering other options. I've had a look at the Moble Mapper Pro (http://pro.magellangps.com/assets/datasheets/MobileMapper_EN_l.pdf) units from Magellan Professional, and it seems like one of these units with the Mobile Mapper Office software would be a comparable package at a much lower price. I was wondering if it would be possible to arrange a demonstration of a Mobile Mapper Pro unit in the next few weeks, perhaps on a previously planned trip to the Central Valley? I was also wondering if it would be possible to obtain an evaluation copy of the Mobile Mapper Office software. Thank you for considering my inquiry. Landon Blake - Project Surveyor (LSIT) KSN Inc. - Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors 711 N. Pershing Avenue Stockton, California 95203 Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Work Cell Phone: (209) 992-0658 Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Possible Purchase Of Magellan Mobile Mapper ProUnits
Sorry about this list. I hit the wrong address on the To button in Microsoft Outlook. Landon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Landon Blake Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Possible Purchase Of Magellan Mobile Mapper ProUnits Mr. Skeen, I work for a land surveying and civil engineering company in the California Central Valley. We are currently considering the purchase of two (2) to three (3) mobile GIS/GPS units. We had first considered the Juno ST/TerraSync units from Trimble, but were a little dismayed at the price of the required office software. I was tasked with considering other options. I've had a look at the Moble Mapper Pro (http://pro.magellangps.com/assets/datasheets/MobileMapper_EN_l.pdf) units from Magellan Professional, and it seems like one of these units with the Mobile Mapper Office software would be a comparable package at a much lower price. I was wondering if it would be possible to arrange a demonstration of a Mobile Mapper Pro unit in the next few weeks, perhaps on a previously planned trip to the Central Valley? I was also wondering if it would be possible to obtain an evaluation copy of the Mobile Mapper Office software. Thank you for considering my inquiry. Landon Blake - Project Surveyor (LSIT) KSN Inc. - Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors 711 N. Pershing Avenue Stockton, California 95203 Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Work Cell Phone: (209) 992-0658 Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Sunday Icebreaker
This sounds cool - the OSM mapping partyers will be ending up in the Sticky Wicket on Sunday evening too. See you there. On 9/19/07, Paul Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those of you arriving early, for workshops, teaching and touristing, I hope you will all join us on Sunday evening at the Sticky Wicket in the Clubhouse (initially, perhaps it will be sunny and we can move to the roof for some beach volleyball) from 6pm onwards. Workshop teachers, make sure to finish your classroom inspections before hitting the beer. :) The Wicket will, by virtue of its size, be our conference Default Hangout, so wander by there every evening to hook up with the conference scene. http://tinyurl.com/2vtcpr Paul -- Paul Ramsey Refractions Research http://www.refractions.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 250-383-3022 Cell: 250-885-0632 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Nick Black http://www.blacksworld.net ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
