[OSGeo-Discuss] how can I add blog-like or translation content to OSGeo wiki?
OSGeo staffs, I am brian, a Chinese native speakers from China. I am accessing and reading OSGeo wiki at http://wiki.osgeo.org. But I don't find links or approach to add multi-lingual support to exsting OSGeo wiki pages. Meanwhile whether I can add my own blog-like content to wikis? thanks brian Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Call for Papers: LocWeb2008 in Conjunction with the WWW 2008 Conference
Dear OSGeo-ers, I am sending out a second call for papers for the First International Workshop on Location and the Web that will be held April 22 in Beijing in conjunction with WWW2008. The submissions, on any and all geospatial aspects of the web, are due in full by Feb 1, 2008. As I am on the program committee, I would love to see some OSGeo participation. Puneet. The original CFP follows -- On 1/9/08, P Kishor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Below is the call for papers for the First International Workshop on Location and the Web in Conjunction with the WWW 2008 Conference. I hope some of you will consider submitting papers and boosting the OSGeo presence. Disclaimer: I am one of the organizers. Please circulate widely. http://medien.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/LocWeb2008/index.html Scope The First International Workshop on Location and the Web (LocWeb 2008) focuses on all the geospatial aspects that are related to the Web. A location-aware Web will spawn network effects among geo-referenced data models and services, improving interoperability and interaction by providing a well-defined location concept for the Web. We encourage submissions that will enable mobile search, search in automotive, special local search engines in specialized fields. The workshop will look at the theme of location and the Web from a macro-level, interdisciplinary perspective. In recent years, the topic of location appears in many communities and is achieving great attention - user-generated content, location-related multimedia Web content, Web scale geo-content mining, and mobile search are only some of these developments. -- Puneet Kishor ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS GIS Podcasts
...Hi Landon, a) It's not a podcast (but still a ...cast, and it's fresh...subcribers of the Italian mailing lists, my apologies for re-posting): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOQSn5tyqQ This is a sort of teaser video on GIS and the role that awareness raising organizations may play in promoting FOSS GIS (eventually talking about GFOSS.it for Italy). The message is directed to people who are not typical OSGeo discussion readers ;) , but I'd still appreciate feedback from the list. Maybe you can find some ideas of use for an introduction... b) I'd like to have more episodes gradually delving into more substantial topics, such as applications etc...time and resources allowing I'll be keeping an eye on material you may develop -and other links which are being flagged out- as they may be a starting point for new stuff. Regards! andrea, aka pibinko http://pibinko.altervista.org http://www.gfoss.it 2008/1/22, Nick Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.opengeodata.org/?cat=13 - have some interesting podcasts,.. Are there other existing FOSS GIS podcasts? Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Geo Database
just as another note, as of GRASS 7 it looks like they will be moving their default DB format to SQLITE instead of the traditional DBF format http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_7_ideas_collection#Database it might make sense to have a community effort contribute to this as a whole. The positive side is that there is already adoption of an OSGEO product as GRASS is moving in this direction. Determine a comon schema that can be shared around between projects and voila. Or we could ignore this and then revist this same issue again in the future with no movement forward. just thought I'd share. Cheers From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Basques Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 09:40 To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Geo Database All, Don't know the specifics about the engine being used, but we discussed using the Plone storage mechanism, a few times, for spatial data. Just didn't seem like a quick enough payoff to try anything out. At least not on the surface. There was a thought that there might be something to start with though. bobb Miguel Montesinos wrote: Hi, ¿Does anyone know about similar projects using object oriented databases, such as db4objects[1], which is a GPL product with native engines for Java, Java ME, Mono, .NET, ...? Cheers [1] http://www.db4o.com/ - Miguel Montesinos Director Técnico PRODEVELOP C/ Conde Salvatierra, 34 - 10 46004 Valencia. Spain e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.prodevelop.es Tlf: +34 963510612 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Hardisty Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:08 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Geo Database David and All, A nice up-and-coming open Java geodatabase format is H2 + spatial extensions. The H2 database is by the same guy that wrote that HSQL db. H2 has some good properties, most importantly, it's small (1 Mb), works well in embedded mode, and is fast. Adding in spatial data in JTS format, and providing a spatial index, is the basic concept. Two implementations that I know of are 1. The French research group IRSTV, lead programmer seems to be Erwan Bocher. http://geosysin.iict.ch/irstv-trac/wiki/H2spatial/Download 2. GeoTools has a H2 spatial module, written by Justin Deoliveira. Here's a link to the compiled jars: http://maven.geotools.fr/repository/org/geotools/gt2-h2/2.5-SNAPSHOT/ Both are under active development. regards, -Frank On Jan 14, 2008 3:14 PM, Sampson, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Folks, Just wondering if there is still thought out there from the previous thread about a portable and open geodatabase. I came across the nemesis project an experimental finite element code. Utilizes SQLite to store, handle and retrieve geometry and analysis data. http://www.nemesis-project.org/index.php/Main_Page Thought that might be a good place to start that is already using geometry in sqlite. As for software adoptions it looks like GRASS already has an SQLITE driver. QGIS looks hopeful. Here is a GRASS/QGIS-SQLITE tutorial http://whatnick.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-sqlite-with-qgis-grass-tool box.html GDAL has some SQLITE http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_sqlite.html Just some more info for the fire. Cheers
[OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets
A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of India. He asked me today where he could find some good map data on India and I had to reply that I have no clue. I know that this list is not the appropriate venue for this sort of question, but I am hoping that maybe someone on this list would know and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Thanks, Erik ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 03:22:38PM -0600, Erik Uzureau wrote: A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of India. He asked me today where he could find some good map data on India and I had to reply that I have no clue. You could try the freemap.in list - http://lists.freemap.in/mailman/listinfo/freemap - this is more a source of high-resolution data for particular cities than an india-wide effort. e.g. http://mumbai.freemap.in/ There's also an OSGeo-India local chapter, and i bet some overlap between these lists. http://mappinghacks.com/2005/08/22/open-geodata-policy-shift-in-india/ is an old blog entry with a bunch of India-policy links, but not data ;P I'm sure others will have more concrete suggestions. and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Well, it's interesting to hear about use cases there. And the committee has a remit to run a public geodata registry / repository; so we ideally *should* be able to offer this kind of answer. cheers, jo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 04:41:53PM -0500, Chris Holmes wrote: committee has a remit to run a public geodata registry / repository; so we ideally *should* be able to offer this kind of answer. Yeah, my thought was that ideally that list would have a bunch of people who are really good at finding GIS data, and when someone asks a question like that if it's not already in the repository they would have good leads on how to hunt it down, and then be able to easily add it to the repository. But I realize that's not how it's set up now, which was why my answer was unconvincing. Recently when i run across unusual sets of particularly boundary and other vector data, I've been noting them down in the CKAN index - http:/www.ckan.net/ - at least this provides a way of publically noting name, url, keywords, that is guaranteed to stay around awhile. It has no spatial properties or query but is a place to start. http://www.ckan.net/tag/read/geodata I *have* been working on a CKAN-inspired spatial metadata/search project for a little while and would love to test out an open source release on OSGeo's systems but i don't want to talk about it too much yet Of course there's GeoNetwork, OSGeo's own metadata catalog system, I see they have a new release candidate due out very soon. It raises the bar somewhat, offering support for OGC and ISO standards which may be overkill for simple web mapping use cases. The more the merrier though, and there are plenty of systems resources to run all this stuff on, what's missing is peoples' time to setup and contribute to a repository effort that'll make future questions easier to answer without repeating ourselves :) cheers, jo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Open Geo Database
/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080123/6fdd341d/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:22:38 -0600 From: Erik Uzureau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of India. He asked me today where he could find some good map data on India and I had to reply that I have no clue. I know that this list is not the appropriate venue for this sort of question, but I am hoping that maybe someone on this list would know and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Thanks, Erik -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:36:35 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 03:22:38PM -0600, Erik Uzureau wrote: A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of India. He asked me today where he could find some good map data on India and I had to reply that I have no clue. You could try the freemap.in list - http://lists.freemap.in/mailman/listinfo/freemap - this is more a source of high-resolution data for particular cities than an india-wide effort. e.g. http://mumbai.freemap.in/ There's also an OSGeo-India local chapter, and i bet some overlap between these lists. http://mappinghacks.com/2005/08/22/open-geodata-policy-shift-in-india/ is an old blog entry with a bunch of India-policy links, but not data ;P I'm sure others will have more concrete suggestions. and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Well, it's interesting to hear about use cases there. And the committee has a remit to run a public geodata registry / repository; so we ideally *should* be able to offer this kind of answer. cheers, jo -- Message: 5 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:41:53 -0500 From: Chris Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Well, it's interesting to hear about use cases there. And the committee has a remit to run a public geodata registry / repository; so we ideally *should* be able to offer this kind of answer. Yeah, my thought was that ideally that list would have a bunch of people who are really good at finding GIS data, and when someone asks a question like that if it's not already in the repository they would have good leads on how to hunt it down, and then be able to easily add it to the repository. But I realize that's not how it's set up now, which was why my answer was unconvincing. C cheers, jo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss !DSPAM:4005,4797b36b254038362916074! -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: cholmes.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 282 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080123/f40e90c2/cholmes-0001.vcf -- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:15:24 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 04:41:53PM -0500, Chris Holmes wrote: committee has a remit to run a public geodata registry / repository; so we ideally *should* be able to offer this kind of answer. Yeah, my thought was that ideally that list would have a bunch of people who are really good at finding GIS data, and when someone asks a question like that if it's not already in the repository they would have good leads on how to hunt it down, and then be able to easily add it to the repository. But I realize that's not how it's set up now, which was why my answer was unconvincing. Recently when i run across unusual sets of particularly boundary and other vector data, I've been noting them down in the CKAN index - http:/www.ckan.net/ - at least this provides a way of publically noting name, url, keywords, that is guaranteed to stay around awhile. It has no spatial properties or query but is a place to start. http://www.ckan.net/tag/read/geodata I *have* been working on a CKAN-inspired spatial metadata/search project for a little
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets
Erik A place to start may be the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) registry: http://registry.gsdi.org/browse.php?order=title Bruce Bannerman Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/01/2008 08:22:38 AM: A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of India. He asked me today where he could find some good map data on India and I had to reply that I have no clue. I know that this list is not the appropriate venue for this sort of question, but I am hoping that maybe someone on this list would know and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Thanks, Erik ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the prior written consent of the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the recipient to check for and remove viruses. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. You are not authorised to use, communicate or rely on the information contained in this email. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
