Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2016: call for mentors

[Alexander Bruy]

Hi Margherita,

this year I am again available to [co]mentor a project related to
QGIS (in C++ or Python).

Among other things I am interested in extending QGIS analytical
capabilities and improving the Processing geospatial processing
framework for QGIS.

I've read Mentors responsibilities and will do my best to follow
them.


2016-03-02 19:03 GMT+02:00 Margherita Di Leo :
> Dear All,
>
>
> Following the acceptance of OSGeo as mentor org also this year, we are now
> recruiting mentors! Remember that mentors are the building blocks of GSoC:
> we are not going anywhere without you! [1]
>
> There is nothing like automatic mentors renewal. If you are available for
> mentoring this year (again), you need to fill in this simple form [2] and
> read and commit to the mentors’ responsibilities here [3]. If you’re not yet
> subscribed to the soc ML [4], please do so. Remember that we require two
> mentors for each accepted idea: so please spread the word among your
> community and recruit mentors!
>
>
> Looking forward to build a strong team of geo-mentors!
>
>
> Madi and Anne
>
> your OSGeo GSoC admins
>
>
> [1]
> https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.qkme.me%2F36e89g.jpg=1
>
> [2]
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Administrative#Mentors
>
> [3]
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Administrative#A_Mentor.27s_Responsibilities
>
> [4] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc
>
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Funding code Sprints

[Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)]

Maxi, Dirk and All,

For WorldWind’s part, we are more the marathon type or at least 10k, otherwise 
known as ‘in it for the long haul’ versus sprints or hackathons.

And we would dearly appreciate any OSGeo budget that might be made available, 
please!

This would go exclusively to student winners of the Europa Challenge.

Kind regards,
-Patrick

From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of dirk frigne
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 8:23 AM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Cc: managementsupp...@dfc.be
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Funding code Sprints

Maxi,

I think we can solve that concern by divide the budget in 2 parts:
Assumption that we know already the really strategic code sprints for 2016.
(like the FOSS4G codes sprint in Bonn)

From past years the board  can make a good assumption what the budget for the 
strategic code sprints should be, and reserve that for these activities for 
2016. The second part can be allocated to new and ad-hoc initiatives following 
a RFP.
(and in 2017 we can have several periods with RFP's so we can instantiate a 
continue process).

Dirk

On 22-02-16 09:42, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:

Dear all,
the fact that made me rise this discussion is:
- we are facing more and more sprint code support requests (really really great)
- we do have limited budget (we may not be able to support all the requests)

So, how to prevent, for example, that a request in September for a very 
strategic sprint code is not funded because all the money were already spent?
Shall we have a call for sprint code with defined criteria of selection so that 
all the projects are aware of this possibility and knows the rules?

This was my concerns...

Best,
Maxi

2016-02-22 8:12 GMT+01:00 Mr. Puneet Kishor 
>:

On Feb 22, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) 
> wrote:

For my two-pence, which won't even get you a cup of chai in Mumbai

Correct. The current going rate is about 15¢ or 10p.

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[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2016: call for mentors

[Margherita Di Leo]

Dear All,

Following the acceptance of OSGeo as mentor org also this year, we are now
recruiting mentors! Remember that mentors are the building blocks of GSoC:
we are not going anywhere without you! [1]

There is nothing like automatic mentors renewal. If you are available for
mentoring this year (again), you need to fill in this simple form [2] and
read and commit to the mentors’ responsibilities here [3]. If you’re not
yet subscribed to the soc ML [4], please do so. Remember that we require
two mentors for each accepted idea: so please spread the word among your
community and recruit mentors!

Looking forward to build a strong team of geo-mentors!

Madi and Anne

your OSGeo GSoC admins

[1]
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.qkme.me%2F36e89g.jpg=1

[2]
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Administrative#Mentors

[3]
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Administrative#A_Mentor.27s_Responsibilities

[4] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Funding code Sprints

[dirk frigne]

Maxi,

I think we can solve that concern by divide the budget in 2 parts:
Assumption that we know already the really strategic code sprints for 2016.
(like the FOSS4G codes sprint in Bonn)

>From past years the board  can make a good assumption what the budget
for the strategic code sprints should be, and reserve that for these
activities for 2016. The second part can be allocated to new and ad-hoc
initiatives following a RFP.
(and in 2017 we can have several periods with RFP's so we can
instantiate a continue process).

Dirk

On 22-02-16 09:42, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> Dear all,
> the fact that made me rise this discussion is:
> - we are facing more and more sprint code support requests (really
> really great)
> - we do have limited budget (we may not be able to support all the
> requests)
>
> So, how to prevent, for example, that a request in September for a
> very strategic sprint code is not funded because all the money were
> already spent?
> Shall we have a call for sprint code with defined criteria of
> selection so that all the projects are aware of this possibility and
> knows the rules?
>
> This was my concerns...
>
>
> Best,
> Maxi
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2016-02-22 8:12 GMT+01:00 Mr. Puneet Kishor  >:
>
>
> > On Feb 22, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> > wrote:
> >
> > For my two-pence, which won't even get you a cup of chai in Mumbai
>
>
> Correct. The current going rate is about 15¢ or 10p.
>
>
>
> ___
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org 
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>
> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>
> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>
>
> Istituto scienze della Terra
>
> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>
> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>
> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>
> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
>
> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
>
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch 
>
> _www.supsi.ch/ist _
>
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming ideas from all for MapStories for Geo4All Cartographic Challenge on how How Openness can help to reduce inequality

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Jon,

Thank you for the Education map link. This is a great starting point which all 
of us can make of to bring together ideas to convey the wider impact of 
education initiatives (also help cross reference it later with other key 
economic and societal development indicators ) worldwide for helping create a 
better world.

Once your new website is ready in April following new updates , we will also 
plan to announce the Geo4All - MapStory partnership for advancing spatial 
literacy education for schools globally. We will be adding MapStory link in our 
Training section of the website and our Geo4All School education chairs (Nikos 
and Ela) will be in touch with more ideas on how we can all work to provide 
some intro materials as well as take steps to translate the content in 
different languages etc.

I understand that Pradeep is looking into the timeline and developments of  
IT@Schools's growth in Kerala. This is good example for the Geo4All 
Cartographic Challenge in support of the International Map Year of the UN .

Pradeep -  Thank you for looking into this and it will be good if you can get 
few of your colleagues and students at the University of Kerala to also help 
you with this and create a MapStory. If you have any technical  queries on the 
platform or creating a new MapStory etc, please email  Jon and he will be happy 
to help.

All - May i  request colleagues who have other examples to please contribute 
your ideas/inputs for this.It will greatly help policy makers understand the 
impact of open principles in education in empowering students globally and 
making them part of the digital economy opportunities.

I am also ccing the wider OSGeo community as i am sure that there might be more 
examples that can help with this. If you have good examples for education , 
please email the list or Dr Silvana Camboim (UFPR, Brazil)   or Mike Finn  
(USGS) whose details are below. Thanks in advance for your help.

Best wishes,

Suchith



From: Jonathan Marino [mar...@mapstory.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 9:41 PM
To: Christopher Tucker
Cc: Suchith Anand; A.P.Pradeepkumar; Silvana Camboim; Finn, Michael; 
ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: Welcoming ideas from all for MapStories for Geo4All Cartographic 
Challenge on how How Openness can help to reduce inequality

Apologies. Correct link to the Initiative Page is 
http://mapstory.org/initiative/education.

Best,
Jon

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Jonathan Marino 
> wrote:
Hi all,

Have enjoyed following this thread. As someone with an education background 
before coming on to help grow MapStory.org, I'm getting excited about the 
possibility of using MapStory to mobilize a global community in mapping access 
to education - through time - on a number of indicators.

I'd love to dedicate time in March and April to getting this going in earnest. 
It would be an ideal demonstration of MapStory.org's new feature set.

As Chris mentioned, by April we will have better instructional videos and a 
stable workflow so that any registered user - even students - will feel 
comfortable in uploading and editing StoryLayers and composing their own 
MapStories.

But, we don't have to wait until then to get started as a group.

It sounds like a first step would be getting some starter data on the Kerala 
experience and the IT Schools growth. We should identify some of the variables 
were interested in showing (schools with access to X resource, for example, or 
type of school).

The way MapStory is being designed is that a "StoryLayer", our word for a 
spatio-temporal dataset, will be "opened for editing", at which point others 
can add and modify features directly in the web browser. So, if we had, say, 
all the schools in Kerala that offer certain services, we could then launch a 
global effort to map schools worldwide that have that same set of resources, 
and invite students, teachers, etc to 'add to the map'. Edits will be able to 
be made one at a time, or in bulk using our "Append" feature. The culmination 
would be a "StoryLayer" that shows the growth spread/growth of what was mapped 
over time, with tracked changes of who added what, when.

If there are "StoryLayers" we want to create but don't have any starter data to 
upload, we can "Create" new StoryLayers natively inside MapStory.org and just 
start adding features.

Secondly, as we amass these StoryLayers, we can use them in an unlimited number 
of "MapStories". MapStories are just geospatial narratives that combine 
multiple storylayers, media objects, text, etc with the goal of making a point 
or drawing out a theme. For example, a "StoryLayer" might just show the 
descriptive spread of schools of some type in Kerala, but a "MapStory" might 
add text, videos and other narrative in order to make an argument about why 
this phenomena happened. What laws changed? Who took leadership? Etc.

I went ahead and