[OSGeo-Discuss] OGC 2018 Fort Collins TC Meeting - consolidated Closing Plenary slides posted

[Scott Simmons]

Dear OSGeo Participants,

In June of 2018, OGC held a Technical Committee Meeting in Fort Collins, CO 
USA. The consolidated slides from the Closing Plenary have now been posted here:
https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=80238 


Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards,
Scott

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme

[Cameron Shorter]

I've reached out to the artist to ask if they are interested in sharing 
an image under an open license with us. Lets see if they respond.



On 31/07/2018 7:07 PM, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:

Dear all,

Thanks for your comment and feedback.

Cameron, I agree with you. I can contact the artist 
(https://www.cyon.se/about/) if you want


or somebody from Africa Local Chapter or the Dar es Salaam LOC do it…

or I do it and can put somebody of you in cc for the follow-up ?

What do you think ?

Kind Regards,

Maë//e

2018-07-30 9:25 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter >:


Indeed, this is a beautiful collection of maps. I particularly
like the language map.

It also has a great story behind it. To date, we haven't linked to
the story behind the osgeolive basemap, but maybe it is time to
start doing so.

The one glitch is the copyright - in that we will be wanting to
have the map available under an Open license. Maelle, I think it
is a good idea to reach out to Nikolaj Cyon to sound out if she
would like her image to be available on an Open Source
distribution of software - noting that we would be wanting it to
be available under an open license. (She might be interested in
sharing a cut down version of the image in an Open format).

Cheers, Cameron



On 30/07/2018 1:01 AM, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:

Hello,

I take this occasion to share this map of Africa that I like. It
was Africa if colonialism had not occurred as imagined by Nikolaj
Cyon :

https://www.cyon.se/#/alkebulan-1260-ah/


If the Africa Local Chapter and the Dar es Salaam LOC likes it
too, we could try to contact the artist and see if we can use it...

Kind Regards,
Maë//e

2018-07-29 0:17 GMT+02:00 Ben Caradoc-Davies mailto:b...@transient.nz>>:

Or an historical noncolonial or postcolonial map of Tanzania
or Dar es Salaam? Or is this even a concern? I would like
advice from the LOC. It would be great to give Dar es Salaam
the same prominence (OSGeoLive background) as previous FOSS4G
hosts.

The Africa list rejects email from nonsubscribers such as
myself.  :-(

Kind regards,
Ben.


On 29/07/18 04:15, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:

Hello all,

Ben you are with your comment.

What do you think instead about an actual OSM Map from
Dar Es Salaam - that shows how great the region is mapped
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472


or maybe a nice photo instead of a map.

Astrid

Am 28.07.2018 00:17 schrieb Ben Caradoc-Davies:

I love historical maps. However, maps have been both
the tool and
emblem of colonisation, by which Africa has been
particularly badly
affected. The choice of an historical map of Africa
for the OSGeoLive
background must be informed by the actions of those
who used it and
their impact on the people of Africa, as well
consider of the
current-day appropriateness of the labels used on the
map. I would
follow the advice of the Africa Local Chapter and the
Dar es Salaam
LOC.

Kind regards,
Ben.

On 28/07/18 09:23, Mark Iliffe wrote:

I would vote for the map that you'd listed, but
linking in the Africa Local
Chapter :-)

Cheers,

Mark

On 27 July 2018 at 08:32, Cameron Shorter
mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> wrote:

The time has come to select a background
image for our next OSGeoLive
release, which is scheduled to be ready in
time for FOSS4G Dar es Salaam,
and we are looking for inspiration for a
background image.

Traditionally, we have drawn inspiration from
the image from the
conference location, and are hoping that
someone with a mapping or artistic
eye can suggest an interesting map, or image
that we can use. The image
needs to be available under an open license,
and will likely need to be
shaded so that icons will still stand out
against it.

I'm wondering whether a historic navigating
  

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme

[Maelle Vercauteren]

Dear all,

Thanks for your comment and feedback.

Cameron, I agree with you. I can contact the artist (
https://www.cyon.se/about/) if you want

or somebody from Africa Local Chapter or the Dar es Salaam LOC do it…

or I do it and can put somebody of you in cc for the follow-up ?

What do you think ?

Kind Regards,

Maë//e

2018-07-30 9:25 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter :

> Indeed, this is a beautiful collection of maps. I particularly like the
> language map.
>
> It also has a great story behind it. To date, we haven't linked to the
> story behind the osgeolive basemap, but maybe it is time to start doing so.
>
> The one glitch is the copyright - in that we will be wanting to have the
> map available under an Open license. Maelle, I think it is a good idea to
> reach out to Nikolaj Cyon to sound out if she would like her image to be
> available on an Open Source distribution of software - noting that we would
> be wanting it to be available under an open license. (She might be
> interested in sharing a cut down version of the image in an Open format).
>
> Cheers, Cameron
>
>
>
> On 30/07/2018 1:01 AM, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I take this occasion to share this map of Africa that I like. It was
> Africa if colonialism had not occurred as imagined by Nikolaj Cyon :
>
> https://www.cyon.se/#/alkebulan-1260-ah/
>
> If the Africa Local Chapter and the Dar es Salaam LOC likes it too, we
> could try to contact the artist and see if we can use it...
>
> Kind Regards,
> Maë//e
>
> 2018-07-29 0:17 GMT+02:00 Ben Caradoc-Davies :
>
>> Or an historical noncolonial or postcolonial map of Tanzania or Dar es
>> Salaam? Or is this even a concern? I would like advice from the LOC. It
>> would be great to give Dar es Salaam the same prominence (OSGeoLive
>> background) as previous FOSS4G hosts.
>>
>> The Africa list rejects email from nonsubscribers such as myself.  :-(
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Ben.
>>
>>
>> On 29/07/18 04:15, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Ben you are with your comment.
>>>
>>> What do you think instead about an actual OSM Map from Dar Es Salaam -
>>> that shows how great the region is mapped
>>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472
>>>
>>> or maybe a nice photo instead of a map.
>>>
>>> Astrid
>>>
>>> Am 28.07.2018 00:17 schrieb Ben Caradoc-Davies:
>>>
 I love historical maps. However, maps have been both the tool and
 emblem of colonisation, by which Africa has been particularly badly
 affected. The choice of an historical map of Africa for the OSGeoLive
 background must be informed by the actions of those who used it and
 their impact on the people of Africa, as well consider of the
 current-day appropriateness of the labels used on the map. I would
 follow the advice of the Africa Local Chapter and the Dar es Salaam
 LOC.

 Kind regards,
 Ben.

 On 28/07/18 09:23, Mark Iliffe wrote:

> I would vote for the map that you'd listed, but linking in the Africa
> Local
> Chapter :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
> On 27 July 2018 at 08:32, Cameron Shorter 
> wrote:
>
> The time has come to select a background image for our next OSGeoLive
>> release, which is scheduled to be ready in time for FOSS4G Dar es
>> Salaam,
>> and we are looking for inspiration for a background image.
>>
>> Traditionally, we have drawn inspiration from the image from the
>> conference location, and are hoping that someone with a mapping or
>> artistic
>> eye can suggest an interesting map, or image that we can use. The
>> image
>> needs to be available under an open license, and will likely need to
>> be
>> shaded so that icons will still stand out against it.
>>
>> I'm wondering whether a historic navigating chart of Africa would be
>> good?
>> Maybe something like this:
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMH-7121-KB_Map_of_Africa.jpg
>>
>> Or maybe a drawing of some of the big African animals.
>>
>> Are there any people in the mapping or African communities who would
>> be
>> willing to help us out here?
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254Mark Iliffe 
>>
>>
>>
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