[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcome OSGeo and its members to the Geospatial World Forum (from 13-16 May 2024, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands).

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

Dear all,



I recently had a meeting with the organisers of the Geospatial World Forum 
conference in May this year in Rotterdam - The Netherlands. The following 
opportunity has been offered by GWF for OSGeo members for which I will act as 
intermediary. 



>From GWF:
Open source is an important part of the global geospatial ecosystem and it has 
been our endeavour to showcase collective value of the geospatial community in 
the world economy and society. To facilitate and encourage participation of 
OSGeo members, we are pleased to offer an extremely special discount of 50% on 
full delegate registration fee for up to 25 members of the OSGeo community.



We would also offer speaking opportunities (maximum five; one each in 
identified user focused sessions) to showcase utility and value of members of 
OSGeo in respective user sectors.



If you would like to use this opportunity, please contact me and I'll work with 
you to make it happen. It helps if you provide a short background of your 
affiliation with OSGeo and the project(s) you are involved in.



Let's make sure OSGeo and its ecosystem is well represented! It will help in 
making our software and mission known to a wider audience.



Cheers,

Jeroen


https://www.geocat.net 




Jeroen Ticheler 

E-mail: jeroen.tiche...@geocat.net

https://www.geocat.net 





Veenderweg 13 

6721 WD Bennekom 

The Netherlands 

Tel: +31318416664 





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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Planet

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

Thanks for taking care Jorge!






 On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:38:15 +0100 Jorge Sanz via Discuss 
 wrote ---



Hello everyone! 
 
 This message is a friendly reminder that OSGeo maintains a blog
  aggregator for community members who write about Geospatial and
  Open Source topics.
 
 http://planet.osgeo.org/
 
 The OSGeo Planet offers its content in unified [RSS][1] and
  [Atom][2] feeds that you can consume in many different ways[3].
  The OSGeo website features the Planet's content in the [Community
  News section][4], which also functions as an archive containing
  thousands of entries dating back to 2017.
 
 We welcome new citizens! Contact us at mailto:pla...@osgeo.org with your
  name, blog URL, feed URL, and an 80x80 head or logo image. For
  more details, visit the [wiki][5].
At changeset 12813[6] I've cleaned up a few feeds that were being
  marked as invalid, please if you got a new URL for your feed and
  want to be back on the Planet just let us know.

Come and get on board!
 
 Best regards
 The OSGeo Planet Team
 
 [1]: http://planet.osgeo.org/rss20.xml
 [2]: http://planet.osgeo.org/atom.xml
 [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators
 [4]: https://www.osgeo.org/community-news/
 [5]: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PlanetOSGeo#How_can_I_add_my_blog[6]: 
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/12813

-- 
Jorge Sanz | https://www.osgeo.org/member/jorge-sanz/


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Email filtering (was: Change in mailing list configuration)

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

Hi Sandro,



First of all, thanks for taking such great care, restoring the default list 
behaviour and taking time to discuss with a wider audience! 


Second, my personal experience with filtering based on header content is 
completely new. What you describe makes sense, but at the same time it may not 
be for everyone. And my email client does not provide me with such advanced 
filtering capabilities. Maybe that is because I use stupid mail clients (I use 
more than one to be honest), at the same time I'm convinced I'll not be the 
only one. If indeed I'm not alone here, a change to the mailing-list may make 
perfect sense (in fact emails from lists.osgeo.org  don't comply with all 
security checks and cause warnings for me), but filtering on headers may be a 
bridge to far!?



Cheers,

Jeroen






 On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:02:21 +0100 Sandro Santilli via Discuss 
 wrote ---



On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:10:13AM +0100, Christian Willmes wrote: 
 
> you are messing with my filter configuration and I dislike this (very much). 
 
Would you consider sharing detail of your filter software so that 
someone might help you with converting it to use email headers ? 
 
Email coming from this list have the following headers that may be 
used by filters: 
 
 X-BeenThere: mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org 
 List-Id: OSGeo Discussions  
 
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Re: Change in mailing list configuration

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Sandro and others,
My suggestion would be to re-instate the old configuration and first propose 
and discuss a possible update. Such discussion and eventual update should be 
announced first before it is applied. The Discuss mailing list, as other lists, 
has always worked well for me too. The header [OSGeo-Discuss] is used by many 
of us to filter email and keep things manageable. That can't just be modified 
on an important list as Discuss without broader consent IMHO.

My 2 cents. Cheers,

Jeroen






 On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:14:49 +0100 Sandro Santilli  wrote ---



On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:35:30AM +0100, Christian Willmes wrote: 
> As far as I understood it, the mailing list will continue to work as is in 
> the future? And discourse is only a mirror or an additional interface for 
> those who prefer to communicate via this app? 
 
This change has nothing to do with Discourse but with the ability of 
people to see the email address of the people who post and to verify that 
they are reall who they claim to be. 
 
The discussion happened in this ticket: 
 
 https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3011 
 
--strk;

[OSGeo-Discuss] Bolsena code sprint 13-23 June 2022 - 5 places left and cost reduced due to our sponsors

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

Hi OSGeo developers,

Our last code sprint in Bolsena - Italy was in 2019. And this year we are back! 
The code sprint will cover an extended period of 10 days, giving all that 
participate a chance to work and meet a little bit longer.

You, developers of OSGeo software projects, can still participate in this 
event! If you work on OSGeo projects and want to collaborate with other 
developers while also enjoying a great place and great company, do not hesitate 
to sign up for the last few places.

Dates: Monday 13 June until Thursday 23 June 2022
Place: Santa Maria del Giglio covent in Bolsena - Italy 
(http://conventobolsena.org)

The options on offer are:
1- Participate for 5 days (first or last 5 days of the event) - 380€/person 
including food and lodging (Excluding VAT) (was 550€ ex VAT)
2- Participate for the full 10 days - 520€/person including food (except the 
weekend) and lodging (the whole period) (Excluding VAT) (was 750€ ex VAT)

The reduced rates apply to all participants and are possible because of the 
generous sponsoring by OSGeo, Titellus and GeoCat.

You may want to check out some of the earlier events, photos etcetera here: 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Bolsena

Please sign up as fast as you can on the sprint Wiki page indicating what 
option you would prefer.

Bolsena Code Sprint sponsors:



Looking forward to hear from you and see you in Bolsena this year. Greetings,
Jeroen

Jeroen Ticheler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Bolsena code sprint 2022 - call for interest

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

Hi OSGeo developers,

Our last code sprint in Bolsena - Italy was in 2019. And this year we are back! 
The code sprint is planned for an extended period of 10 days, giving all that 
participate a chance to work and meet a little bit longer.

This email is intended to investigate interest from you, developers of OSGeo 
software projects, to participate in this event. With enough interest (between 
18 and 25 participants) I can proceed to make the required arrangements.

Dates: Monday 13 June until Thursday 23 June 2022
Place: Santa Maria del Giglio covent in Bolsena - Italy 
(http://conventobolsena.org)

The options on offer are:
1- Participate for 5 days (first or last 5 days of the event) - 550€/person 
including food and lodging (Excluding VAT)
2- Participate for the full 10 days - 750€/person including food (except the 
weekend) and lodging (the whole period) (Excluding VAT)

You may want to check out some of the earlier events, photos etcetera here: 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Bolsena

Please send me an email before 15 March indicating your interest in 
participating and indicating what option you would prefer. Also send me an 
email if you have an interest in sponsoring the event so we can reduce the cost 
per person.

Once there is enough interest, I will confirm the booking of the Convent and 
create a new WIKI page on the OSGeo wiki for people to sign up for real.

Looking forward to hear from you and see you in Bolsena this year. Greetings,
Jeroen

Jeroen Ticheler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Poll: Change FOSS4G structure to have some continuity of organization and management

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

Hi Maxi,
Thanks! I completely agree with those type of changes indeed. It makes sense we 
have a list of scenario’s forward and have a vote on that by the community.

For what the membership of the conference committee is concerned, I left simply 
because of the supposed/imposed barrier of not having been a conference chair, 
although I didn’t agree with that at all. Didn’t feel like fighting over it 
though. It would be better to make membership voluntary just like other 
committees. Possibly approved by the board or charter members.

Cheers,
Jeroen

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On 4 Feb 2022, 09:02 +0100, Massimiliano Cannata 
, wrote:
> Dear Jeroen,
> Thanks for your considerations.
>
> I wasn't proposing to extend the evaluation of proposals to the whole 
> community. I understand a dedicated committee should do this (even though I 
> believe a part of the evaluation of a proposal could be assigned by votes of 
> the community, maybe 10%?).
>
> My point is that decisions of changing the organisation of the FOSS4G cannot 
> be done without the involvement of the whole community. It's not about 
> changing the evaluation process, it's about deciding for example to have a 
> fixed location, to completely leave it to an external company, to pay the 
> committee members to do it, to have it online or in person, to cancel the 
> global and keep only to local conference...
>
> Another point is that so far there's the assumption that only organizer of 
> previous FOSS4G have the competence to understand technical matters. That's 
> quite aleatory and in no other committee there is such an entry barrier... If 
> you didn't play in NBA you cannot be a good coach? Can a government 
> self-elect his members? What about innovation, new ideas and other 
> experiences, or we're just close in our FOSS4G past events experience... 
> Because only if you run a global conference you have the competence...
>
> Sorry to be long, and this is not personal at all, I just like being 
> inclusive and have empowered participatory approach..
>
> All the best,
> Maxi
>
> > Il gio 3 feb 2022, 17:04 Jeroen Ticheler  ha 
> > scritto:
> > > Hi Maxi,
> > > Thanks for sharing your view on this. Although I sympathize with the idea 
> > > of a whole community having a say in how conference locations is selected 
> > > and organized, I’m not in favor of the process you propose. Reading LOI’s 
> > > and full proposals takes a lot of time and voting a lot of thought and 
> > > discussion. It really helps to have previous conference organizers on the 
> > > committee as well. At the same time I also think the committee should be 
> > > open to other members (I used to be a member long time ago while I never 
> > > chaired a conference, and I don’t think that mattered honestly).
> > > Concluding, I think selecting a conference / proposal should be taken 
> > > care of by the committee, not by all charter members or the whole 
> > > community. Maybe the board or the charter members should decide for an 
> > > elected committee similar to what we already do with the board elections.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jeroen
> > >
> > > Jeroen Ticheler
> > > Mobile: +31681286572
> > > E-mail: jeroen.tiche...@geocat.net
> > > https://www.geocat.net
> > > Veenderweg 13
> > > 6721 WD Bennekom
> > > The Netherlands
> > > Tel: +31318416664
> > > On 3 Feb 2022, 16:15 +0100, Massimiliano Cannata 
> > > , wrote:
> > > > Dear conference community,
> > > > why is the community left out from this decision / discussion?
> > > >
> > > > The FOSS4G conference is a property of OSGeo, and therefore of the 
> > > > community as a whole.
> > > > The conference committee has not been elected so cannot decide in 
> > > > representation of the community.
> > > >
> > > > As an OPEN community I strongly believe that all the charter members 
> > > > (at least) should have a word or vote on such an important decision.
> > > >
> > > > I hope this message is not ignored..
> > > >
> > > > Maxi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Il giorno gio 3 feb 2022 alle ore 15:04 Eli Adam 
> > > > >  ha scritto:
> > > > > > Hi all (particularly voting committee members),
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The current FOSS4G structure has a new LOC every year starting more 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Poll: Change FOSS4G structure to have some continuity of organization and management

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

Hi Maxi,
Thanks for sharing your view on this. Although I sympathize with the idea of a 
whole community having a say in how conference locations is selected and 
organized, I’m not in favor of the process you propose. Reading LOI’s and full 
proposals takes a lot of time and voting a lot of thought and discussion. It 
really helps to have previous conference organizers on the committee as well. 
At the same time I also think the committee should be open to other members (I 
used to be a member long time ago while I never chaired a conference, and I 
don’t think that mattered honestly).
Concluding, I think selecting a conference / proposal should be taken care of 
by the committee, not by all charter members or the whole community. Maybe the 
board or the charter members should decide for an elected committee similar to 
what we already do with the board elections.
Cheers,
Jeroen

Jeroen Ticheler
Mobile: +31681286572
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On 3 Feb 2022, 16:15 +0100, Massimiliano Cannata 
, wrote:
> Dear conference community,
> why is the community left out from this decision / discussion?
>
> The FOSS4G conference is a property of OSGeo, and therefore of the community 
> as a whole.
> The conference committee has not been elected so cannot decide in 
> representation of the community.
>
> As an OPEN community I strongly believe that all the charter members (at 
> least) should have a word or vote on such an important decision.
>
> I hope this message is not ignored..
>
> Maxi
>
>
>
> > Il giorno gio 3 feb 2022 alle ore 15:04 Eli Adam  
> > ha scritto:
> > > Hi all (particularly voting committee members),
> > >
> > > The current FOSS4G structure has a new LOC every year starting more or 
> > > less from scratch (some things like mailing lists and seed money are 
> > > passed on).  Over the years, many people have commented on the load of 
> > > work this creates for the LOC, the general inefficiency, the risk, and 
> > > the burnout.
> > >
> > > If you consider yourself a voting member of the committee 
> > > (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members), 
> > > please indicate your preference on this.
> > >
> > > This is an informal poll to see if the conference committee wants to:
> > > 1. Keep it the way it is and not change anything
> > > 2. Change the FOSS4G organizing structure to something else (discussion 
> > > of what we change it to can come later if people want to pursue this).
> > >
> > > As I've expressed several times, I prefer option 2, changing the FOSS4G 
> > > organizing structure.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time and participation.
> > >
> > > Best regards, Eli
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conference selection transparency (Was Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023)

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

My philosophy is and hopefully will always be that we have trust in the 
committee members that do the voting. They all put in their time and more 
importantly their heart. Whatever method you come up with, bias and personal 
preferences come into play. I trust in the people/members + the guidelines as 
we already have them. Sometimes the result is unfavorable for myself, most of 
the times it fits what the majority of the community (of like minded people 
working on FOSS) is happy with. Which one is more important?!
Merit is what a lot of trust within the FOSS community is based on. It is a 
core value of OSGeo and FOSS4G from my point of view. 
Cheers, Jeroen

> Op 13 jan. 2022 om 15:32 heeft Jonathan Moules via Discuss 
>  het volgende geschreven:
> 
> > And cognitive bias suddenly does not play a role anymore when you score a 
> > good friend vs a hated enemy against a "list of requirements"? It might 
> > look transparent but is not the tiniest bit more fair.
> 
> Sure the biases will still be there, but the justification for the score is 
> written down for all to see. Hence: Transparent. It'll be available for the 
> entire community to then read; if it's a rationalisation it'll be there for 
> all to see (and call out). 
> 
> Suggestions for even more fairness are welcome.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023

[Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss]

+1 Very well said Mark! 

Jeroen (fellow idiot)

> Op 13 jan. 2022 om 03:14 heeft Mark Iliffe via Discuss 
>  het volgende geschreven:
> 
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I would like to start this email with the caveat, statement, and admission 
> that "I am an idiot" to ensure all are provided with the requisite informed 
> context.
> 
> The environmental concerns of holding a conference are immense, that we would 
> be reticent not to consider. I for one love this planet, as I happen to be 
> living on it and I quite like living. Living involves whiskey, dim sum and 
> chocolate. In short, I don't want to stop living because I doubt those things 
> will be in it. 
> 
> To tell a story. I cried in an airport on 31 December. I had seen my parents 
> for the first time in a long time and was heading back 'home' to NYC. I was 
> listening to my very good friend Steven talk to my other good friend Ivan on 
> "The Politics of Geo". The emotion of hearing Ivan discuss the transitive 
> relationships within the nexus of economy, philosophy and geography provided 
> an emotional crescendo that I am sure made a few people quite uncomfortable. 
> We are social beings and we would be irresponsible not to take our community 
> to where it can have the maximum impact. I suspect we, in our own way, have 
> had these moments during these very challenging times over the past two years.
> 
> Through our work, we provide humanity with the very tools which will provide 
> its salvation. For example, through the efforts of FOSS4G in Dar es Salaam 
> (which was a privilege to co-chair with Msiliakle) from bringing the largest 
> (yet!) number of travel grant awardees to directly supporting an FGM charity 
> with resources to combat the horrid practice, we managed to achieve something 
> that would have simply been impossible virtually. It is with pride that I 
> note that one of our FOSS4G TGP awardees went on to Keynote in Argentina. I 
> write this as a past FOSS4G chair because of the mentorship of our community. 
> Others will come through our networking and will go on to achieve more and 
> drive more than we could have ever imagined. 
> 
> We must undertake efforts to make sure that there is geographically equitable 
> representation to inspire and foster the next generation. We have no choice 
> but to do this in person, not due to exacting mental health costs on us 
> imposed by our current challenges, but to inspire the next and undertake 
> every effort to ensure that all are capable of participating. The past two 
> years have demonstrated the hard limit of our virtual world and we do not 
> have the time to wait for the next 5 billion to come and join us - we must go 
> out to meet them and embrace them where they are, not where we are. To me, 
> the question is not the environmental cost of convening a FOSS4G, it would be 
> the cost to humanity of not convening one.
> 
> But, then again, this is my personal opinion and I am an idiot.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mark
> 
>> On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 16:51, Jonathan Moules via Discuss 
>>  wrote:
>> The problem with the social interaction arguments is the massive 
>> environmental cost.
>> 
>> It's about 22,000 km round trip from either NW USA or West Europe to Buenos 
>> Aires, Argentina for example.
>> Depending on the calculator you use, that's about 4 tonnes of CO2 for the 
>> round trip. The world target by 2030 is 2.1 tonnes per capita (Page XXV - UN 
>> Environment Programme report - 
>> https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/34426/EGR20.pdf?sequence=1=y
>>  ). So that's about two-person years of CO2 emissions for a ~4 day 
>> conference.
>> 
>> This is why I ask what actual benefits "networking" provides. It's not part 
>> of an anti-social crusade, it's because "business as usual" for us means 
>> "our grandparents screwed everything up for us" in a few generations. 
>> Jetting around the planet has a real-world cost even if it's one that's 
>> invisible to most of us right now.
>> 
>> We take our ability to jet around the globe by air for granted but forget 
>> that just 90 years ago it was impossible. Literally. The (turbo) jet hadn't 
>> been invented. And even today, the vast vast majority (> 90%, probably much 
>> higher) of the world's population never fly in a given year ( 
>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-much-worlds-population-has-flown-airplane-180957719/
>>  ).
>> 
>> 
>> > I think if a group of individuals[1], or several groups, want to put 
>> > forward proposals for the conference to be located in "Cyberspace"[2] then 
>> > that should not be disallowed, and then its up to the conference committee 
>> > to consider it fairly according to the criteria for selection.
>> 
>> On the surface, this is a good idea, but unfortunately it has a fundamental 
>> problem:
>> There are no "criteria for selection" of the conference beyond "the 
>> committee members voted for this proposal". There's zero transparency in the 
>> 

[OSGeo-Discuss] Membership process & email

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,
It is great to see the OSGeo community being so active and expanding! The 
process of proposing and voting new members is an extremely valuable part of 
that!

The downside is that email traffic is exploding around this election. I fear 
the election processes in the coming years already. Should we find another way 
so propose and second nominees in the future to avoid flooding everyones inbox? 
(For me these emails seem to make up for about half of my email traffic over 
the last weeks ;-( ).

Cheers,
Jeroen
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Subject: Re: OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest

[Jeroen Ticheler]

+1
Jeroen

> Op 4 jul. 2017 om 21:35 heeft Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) 
>  het volgende geschreven:
> 
> +1 ∞
>  
> -Patrick
>  
> From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Steven 
> Feldman
> Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2017 10:45 AM
> To: OSGeo Discussions; OSGeo Board
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Subject: Re: OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest
>  
> It is so depressing that barely 6 weeks before our major event, when dozens 
> of people are working every hour available while still doing a day job, that 
> this kind of a conversation distracts the BLOC and the wider community. 
>  
> Is "presented by” “hosted by” “organised by” such a big deal? I really fear 
> that we may be losing a sense of perspective. If the board wants to vote on 
> this and change the guidance given to the BLOC then so be it, I would hope 
> that they have higher priorities. 
>  
> Otherwise let’s say a massive thanks to Guido, Michael and the Boston team 
> and leave them to get on with organising OUR conference.
> __
> Steven
> 
> 
>  
> On 3 Jul 2017, at 20:00, discuss-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote:
>  
> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:49:20 +
> From: Guido Stein 
> To: Till Adams , discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a
>guest
> Message-ID:
>
> 

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: 10th(!) Bolsena Hacking Event open for registration! - June 11 to June 17 2017

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,

We still have space for developers to join the tenth Bolsena Hacking Event this 
year from 11 June to 17 June 2017. 

The code sprint focusses collaboration between open source software developers. 
People can share experiences and come up with creative new ideas and 
collaborations. The week allows developers to actively work together and get 
their hands dirty coding great new stuff.

You are welcome to sign up and join the group. There is limited space (25 beds 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Nomination for OSGeo Board: Marc Vloemans

[Jeroen Ticheler]

I also second the nomination of Marc! I know Marc for almost ten years now and 
he has always been pushing open source geospatial software with great 
enthusiasm and energy. Especially in The Netherlands, but in the last years 
also more and more at an international level. It is great to see him stand for 
election to the osgeo board now and I'm convinced he'll bring lots of new ideas 
and energy with him. With his  business and marketing background he could well 
be the person to give open source geospatial software an extra boost as a solid 
commercial alternative to proprietary software. 
Cheers,
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> Op 18 sep. 2016 om 18:53 heeft Bart van den Eijnden <bart...@osgis.nl> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> Seconded. I've known Marc since he stood up a cooperation of small companies 
> that focus on open source geo in 2009 in The Netherlands, where he was really 
> good at getting a common ground for those diverse companies and people. He 
> was also director in the past of one of the better open source GIS companies 
> in The Netherlands, B3Partners.
> 
> Marc can play a diverse field from marketing to business development and also 
> a bit of sales. I'm positive he will make a difference in the OSGeo board.
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 18 sep. 2016, at 17:40, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Forwarding Marc Vloemans nomination for the Board of Directors by Gert-Jan 
>> van der Weijden.
>> 
>> - on behalf of
>> CRO 2016
>> 
>> 
>>  Forwarded Message 
>> 
>> I would like to nominate Marc Vloemans for the Board of Directors of the 
>> OSGeo.org foundation.
>> 
>> I know Marc now for approximately 10 years. The first years simply as 
>> fellow-Dutchmen working in spatial IT in The Netherlands. But since Marc 
>> joined the Board of Directors of the Dutch Local Chapter "OSgeo.nl" in 2015, 
>> and since we both were members of the Local Organizing Committee of FOSS4G 
>> in Bonn this year, I have worked with Marc more closely than ever before.
>> 
>> I guess a  lot of you (the participants of FOSS4G) can't have missed Marc 
>> since he was the central person in manning the OSGeo.org booth at FOSS4G.
>> 
>> He has a broad management experience in "spreading the open source word" in 
>> both commercial and public organizations, not just in Europe but also in 
>> other continents. But his organizational experience is not tied to just our 
>> well-known FOSS4G ecosystem.
>> 
>> Therefore I think Marc can build bridges to other organisations and 
>> ecosystems, and thus bring OSgeo.org a step further in its maturity.
>> 
>> And besides that, I know Marc as someone you can have a good beer/talk & 
>> laugh with!
>> 
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Gert-Jan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Fwd: Incubation, osgeo-EU and FOSS4G

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Max,
Good to have a summarized discussion about what OSGeo is. Let me only react on 
the business side you discussed. I absolutely disagree with what you are saying 
;-) I'll explain:

People can only contribute voluntary (or professional) time if at some point 
they earn a salary that pays their bills. And if businesses didn't flourish, 
there wouldn't be governments, universities etcetera because there wouldn't be 
money for governments to fund itself nor academia. I've been a government 
employee for many years and I'm convinced governments and academia are 
indispensable in a well developed society. Some things are better done there 
than in business. BUT, many other things are better done in business. I often 
see a lot of distrust from the public sector towards the business sector, 
including in your expressed view. This is harmful to OSGeo! If I can send my 
whole company to FOSS4G to present our work, provide free workshops, sponsor 
AND learn this is a highly valuable thing in my opinion. It is ALL about 
individuals contributing and learning and sharing knowledge equally. 

I have spend many years in Africa, both as a child and as an adult. As a kid 
I've even travelled on food trucks delivering aid in refugee camps. I don't 
need many words to describe the impression that made on me: people (Tuaregs in 
my case) that lost their cattle and thus their work, suffered deeply, but still 
had their pride and served us tea on the edge of the desert. They had nowhere 
to go and were forced to abandon their nomad lifestyle to settle as farmers on 
land that was unsuitable for agriculture. You can't sink much further in life. 
This led me to work at the UN and then change to business because I thinks 
that's where the real difference can be made if done right. One of my main 
objectives is to develop knowledge that is non-exclusive and also helps those 
living in less favorable economic conditions. Technology won't be of much help 
to those Tuaregs, but I'm always looking at opportunities to get some company 
kickstarted there (hopefully under the GeoCat umbrella) so solid commercial 
activity can be developed locally. And for that, I won't ignore the commercial 
interests I have because I'm convinced in doing so that the development of a 
local company has the largest chance of success. And thus this company can 
contribute to the lives of its employees and pay (the least possible, but 
proper amount of) taxes to its government. When successful, also those 
employees could attend a local or global OSGeo event. Every successful company 
can contribute significantly to improving the lives of individuals. And open 
source is a great vehicle for this. FOSS4G and OSGeo are great vehicles for 
this too. Companies must be able to benefit from them, because it is the people 
in those companies and their families that benefit. And it is government and 
academia that can then pay salaries to you.

NEVER IGNORE COMPANIES AGAIN IN OSGEO OR FOSS4G! THEY ARE NOT A THREAT, THEY 
ARE A NECESSITY.  

Warm hearted greetings,
Jeroen

> Op 11 mei 2016 om 11:01 heeft massimiliano cannata 
>  het volgende geschreven:
> 
> BUSINESS AND OSGEO(EU)
> OSGeo is an organisation of people. Not of sectors or groups or parties. Of 
> course people belong to categories and this tend to influence the way they 
> see the world. For this reason people tend to contribute to the community for 
> their competence and interest within committees or working groups. It is not 
> the mandate of OSGeo making lobbies or acquire mandates. To me OSGeo should 
> get together great projects and people to offer the world the possibility of 
> advance and improve the life of people. I know It is a bit exaggerated but 
> when i think of open source i see it as a mean of equity: like making  
> accessible food and sanitation and drinking water and medicine to everyone in 
> the world. Making tools for a better governance available to all.
> OSGeo is about mutually sharing experiences, ideas, solutions not building 
> business. For this LocationTech which is a community of companies / entities 
> I understood is more suited.
> So my vision is OSGeo focused on people not on companies or groups. Splitting 
> the community is not an advancement but a loss of value.
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: 9th Bolsena Hacking Event open for registration! - June 5 to June 11 2016

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,

We still have space for developers to join the ninth Bolsena Hacking Event this 
year from 5 June to 11 June 2016.

The code sprint focusses collaboration between open source software developers. 
People can share experiences and come up with creative new ideas and 
collaborations. The week allows developers to actively work together and get 
their hands dirty coding great new stuff.

You are welcome to sign up and join the group. There is limited space (25 beds 
with only 10 beds remaining) so please book your place as soon as possible to 
guarantee your place. Full boarding for the week, including food, is 550 Euro 
(excl VAT) per person, the same as last years.

Sign up and read more at: Bolsena Hacking Event 2016 ( 
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Hope to see a good crowd again this year!

Ciao,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Rasdaman and OSGeo Incubation: Proposed way forward

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear Peter, dear Bruce,
I've been silent in the previous discussions and only respond because I've been 
in a similar role Peter is in now. And because I feel that the situation the 
incubation of Rasdaman is in now is no good one for anybody. Indeed I think 
that there is no need at all to remain stalled. 

My 1 cent advice to Peter would be to embrace the suggestion Arnulf also gave, 
namely "remove your personal name from the role of chair of the PSC". I was a 
benevolent dictator for years on the GeoNetwork project. I think it served the 
project well for a long time. And indeed I can safely say that when we needed a 
final decision on a direction to take, my vote/verdict would still weigh a 
little more than those of other PSC members ones we established a PSC when 
going through the OSGeo incubation project. Establishing a PSC, moving away 
from the benevolent dictatorship model proved good for the project. I've never 
feared the project would be "governed by a "dictatorship of voting"" as you put 
it. You are still there to ensure it won't! :-) Hence (and I am aware this may 
raise resistance to what I'm suggesting. I hope it won't because I'm not trying 
to judge in any way) I hope that you can drop the resistance against replacing 
a person's name as the person making the ultimate decisions with a role (chair 
of the PSC). It reads to me as if that simple change causes fear to lose 
control. I'm convinced it doesn't work like that in practice. It just makes 
governance more transparent in the long run. 
I sincerely hope my suggestion can help to avoid a stalled (or even failed) 
incubation process. It is in fact the only reason why I did not vote on the 
proposal earlier on. I had hopes it was a minor thing to change in the project 
governance instantly. 

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> Op 8 mei 2016 om 23:27 heeft Bruce Bannerman 
> <bruce.bannerman.os...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Dear Rasdaman Community members,
> 
> As per below, I proposed a 3 month period of time for the Rasdaman Community 
> to reflect on the OSGeo Incubation discussion over the last two weeks and to 
> decide how the Rasdaman Community wishes to proceed (or not) with OSGeo 
> Incubation.
> 
> Peter Bauman has responded on your behalf that this time for reflection is 
> not wanted. He would like OSGeo to make the decision now.
> 
> I will allow a three day period for comments from the Rasdaman Community 
> before taking further action.
> 
> I would like to hear the view of Rasdaman Community members on this, so 
> please respond. An email response to the Rasdaman Users list is all that is 
> required.
> 
> Bruce Bannerman
> OSGeo Mentor for the Rasdaman Project
> 
>> On 8 May 2016, at 21:02, Peter Baumann <p.baum...@jacobs-university.de> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Allow me to respectfully disagree.
>> 
>> rasdaman is leading technology due to rigorous science and excellent 
>> engineering. This is what rasdaman users enjoy and what rasdaman developers 
>> are proud of. Independent research shows that rasdaman is much faster than 
>> Apache SPARK and other related technology. Today, rasdaman databases exceed 
>> 100 TB in size in operational setups by leading data centers, and we are 
>> going Petabyte now.
>> 
>> Still, OSGeo wants us to replace this "design by innovation" by a "design by 
>> committee" approach governed by a "dictatorship of voting". (Note that the 
>> term "dictatorship" is not brought up by me, but the provocative term has 
>> been used on us first by OSGeo in an intense discussion preceding this mail).
>> 
>> Disclaimer: TL;DR:
>> 
>> Don't get me wrong, the team and myself will always listen to input, and 
>> will discuss it openly. Decision will be solely based on technical merits, 
>> and nothing else. In particular: no majority vote. Yes, this obviously 
>> requires decent hardcore Computer Science skills, and these do not come by 
>> vote. Feel invited to join the party under these conditions, and you will 
>> find that we value genius over committees.
>> 
>> To add more background, rasdaman is now entering its seventh year of 
>> incubation (for comparison: OSGeo has celebrated its 10th anniversary). This 
>> gives a hint that OSGeo's own governance might be worth reinvestigating. 
>> BTW, OSGeo has not passed its own incubation rules and thinks this is not 
>> necessary.
>> 
>> 

[OSGeo-Discuss] 9th Bolsena Hacking Event open for registration! - June 5 to June 11 2016

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,

I'm proud to invite you for the ninth Bolsena Hacking Event this year from 5 
June to 11 June 2016.

The code sprint focusses collaboration between open source software developers. 
People can share experiences and come up with creative new ideas and 
collaborations. The week allows developers to actively work together and get 
their hands dirty coding great new stuff.

You are welcome to sign up and join the group. There is limited space (25 beds 
with only 15 beds remaining) so please book your place as soon as possible to 
guarantee your place. Full boarding for the week, including food, is 550 Euro 
(excl VAT) per person, the same as last years.

Sign up and read more at: Bolsena Hacking Event 2016 ( 
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Hope to see a good crowd again this year!

Ciao,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Enough already. (was: LocationTech, privacy, foss4gna emails, ...)

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Same here, great idea!
Jeroen

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> Op 18 dec. 2015 om 14:08 heeft "arnulf.chri...@metaspatial.net" 
> <arnulf.chri...@metaspatial.net> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Tanks Michael, 
> this is a great idea and I fully support it.
> 
> Have fun, 
> Arnulf
> 
> http://metaspatial.com
> We spatially enable your business
> 
> - Reply message -
> Von: "Michael Gerlek" <m...@flaxen.com>
> An: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
> Betreff: [OSGeo-Discuss] Enough already. (was: LocationTech, privacy, 
> foss4gna emails, ...)
> Datum: Fr., Dez. 18, 2015 13:58
> 
> I suggest creation of a separate mailing list — "osgeo-politics”, perhaps, or 
> maybe “osgeo-internal-affairs” — for discussions about OSGeo that, while of 
> legitimate concern to a number of people in this community, nonetheless do 
> not directly address the general topic of open source, geospatial software.
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GNA - Someone is watching you :-o

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Thanks Ian for this email! I fully support what you are writing. It is very 
much time to stop the negative sentiments around LocationTech, FOSS4G 
conference offers that had LocationTech as a partner and so forth. Constructive 
collaboration is all we need within OSGeo AND with others in the 
(geo-)community.

I’ve heard negative sentiments about the FOSS4G 2017 selection process. As a 
member of the Conference Committee I would like to state here that I am 
convinced the LocationTech issue was not as decisive for most members as people 
outside the committee seem to think. It was an aspect discussed thoroughly, as 
were other aspects of the proposals.

I hope the Face to Face meeting end of January by the OSGeo board hosted in our 
GeoCat office will be constructive and positive from all angles. But at this 
stage I also call upon the OSGeo Board to come forward with a statement that 
helps to unify the OSGeo community and give directions. There seems to be a 
vacuum in the leadership right now with Jeff’s sudden resignation that should 
be filled as soon as possible.

Greetings,
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> On 16 dec. 2015, at 12:29, Ian Edwards <iedwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "there seems to be a fairly strident Location Tech bashing going on"
> 
> This negative "bashing" of other organisations has to completely stop because 
> it is having a massive negative impact on OSGeo.
> 
> We've recently lost a respected former board member (who has resigned his 
> charter member status) and the OSGeo president, both in relation to how we've 
> conducted ourselves in relation to other organisations in the community.  
> These internal losses are not due to there being other organisations in the 
> geospatial world, nor how they are acting - but instead our losses are due to 
> how we ourselves are thinking and behaving.
> 
> OSGeo should positively support all elements of the geospatial community 
> including users, developers and also other organisations to the fullest and 
> best of our ability.  By doing this we become stronger (instead of weaker) 
> and will remain useful, relevant and of interest to the community who will 
> continue to invest their energy and efforts with us and recognise our unique 
> value and position.
> 
> In relation to LocationTech - similar divisions exist across the entire Open 
> Source world (take a look at LibreOffice and OpenOffice, or MariaDB and 
> MySQL).  The broard "FOSS4G" community (encompassing both OSGeo and 
> LocationTech) is not alone in facing this, and my hope is that OSGeo can once 
> again be a beacon to the rest of the open source world and show how best to 
> embrace these differences, understand the strengths and weakness in both 
> camps, and work together for the positive benefit of our diverse community.
> 
> 
> --
> Ian Edwards
> 
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Puneet Kishor <punk.k...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:punk.k...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Dec 16, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Pat Tressel <ptres...@myuw.net 
> > <mailto:ptres...@myuw.net>> wrote:
> >
> > If you want to point at a company as being the Evil Empire these days, 
> > you'd be more accurate pointing at Apple (cancelling licenses for Mac 
> > clones, suicides at Foxconn, restrictions on getting apps on iTunes, 
> > removing fitness tracker products from their stores because they might 
> > compete with the Apple Watch, etc. -- do a search for "apple anti 
> > competitive practices")
> 
> You were doing fine until above. The rest of your post is indeed very 
> relevant and useful and argues correctly for sanity instead of knee-jerk 
> accusations (until the above assertions, of course).
> 
> The point is, there seems to be a fairly strident Location Tech bashing going 
> on, and it is getting to be tiring. Let's stick to keeping OSGeo a fun, 
> useful champion of free and open geospatial without becoming 
> anti-anything-free, partisan and possibly irrelevant.
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

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Hi Jeff,
Great initiative, I've just signed up to the committee. 
Cheers,
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> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> 
> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a new committee, focused on 
> the UN/United Nations.  I have drafted an initial wiki page for the 
> committee, that gives some background.  Please, if you are interested in 
> helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its members states, 
> definitely add your name to the wiki page.  We will likely organize the first 
> committee meeting sometime in November.  Thanks!
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2015] Board of Directors elections results

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Indeed, a very warm welcome to the new board! 
And thanks to the other electable candidates for standing and to Vasile for 
facilitating the process!
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> Op 30 sep. 2015 om 14:22 heeft Maria Antonia Brovelli 
> <maria.brove...@polimi.it> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Congratulations and the warmest welcome to the New Directors! 
> We thank you for having decided to sit a so time demanding chair. 
> In any case, count on us!
> Cheers!
> Maria
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
> Politecnico di Milano
> 
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> OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS AB; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET
> Sol Katz Award 2015
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> e-mail2: prorettr...@como.polimi.it
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Da: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> per 
> conto di Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org>
> Inviato: mercoledì 30 settembre 2015 14.12
> A: OSGeo Discussions; charter-memb...@lists.osgeo.org
> Cc: CRO
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2015] Board of Directors elections results
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Theses are the final results from the 2015 elections[1] for the open
> seats[2] of the OSGeo Board of Directors. There were *five* seats open
> and they have been filled by (alphabetical order):
> 
> - Anita Graser
> - Helena Mitasova
> - Jody Garnett
> - Sanghee Shin
> - Venkatesh Raghavan
> 
> Thanks to all candidates for going through the elections process.
> Overall voting participation was 88% (246 from 280):
> 
> - 246 complete votes;
> - 8 incomplete responses (the survey was open but not submitted);
> - 26 members did not open the survey at all.
> 
> There were no tie scores to arbitrate. Thank you to all who voted!
> 
> The complete resulting Board for 2015/2016 is presented bellow:
> 
> - Anita Graser
> - Helena Mitasova
> - Jody Garnett
> - Massimiliano Cannata
> - Michael Smith
> - Sanghee Shin
> - Vasile Craciunescu
> - Venkatesh Raghavan
> 
> With the election results published[3] the new Board of Directors[4]
> becomes effective as of now. According with the rule established last
> year, the detailed scores of each nominee will be published ASAP on our
> wiki.
> 
> Congratulations and please, dear members, welcome the new OSGeo directors!
> 
> We wish to thank the outgoing directors for their continued support of
> OSGeo and for helping to run a fantastic organization with a great
> membership and lots of energy. Anne, Jachym, Jorge, Gerald and Bart,
> thank you very much!
> 
> We thank all candidates who stood in this election and all OSGeo
> Charter Members for their contribution and votes. Nimalika and Dirk,
> thanks for stepping up, we are looking forward to work with you and the
> rest of the members to keep the foundation growing and improving.
> 
> My role as CRO is ending now. It was a privilege to work with you to
> further grow OSGeo. Personally, I would like to also thank Jorge for all
> his hard work put in the electronic voting system and to Jeff for his
> continuous support. In the following weeks I will get back to you and
> reopen two discussions:
> 
> - Election process for the following years (survey conclusions and
> analysis);
> - Mechanisms for assuring up to date charter members contact channels
> and retirement of inactive members (I will present some voting
> statistics for the last couple of years).
> 
> Best regards.
> Vasile
> CRO 2015
> 
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2015
> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_2015_Results
> [4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for admin for MapServer lists

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear Milo,

This is something to discuss on the MapServer mailinglist, not with 6000+ OSGeo 
members. I can't suppress the feeling that your step is related to your earlier 
message about OSGeo's performance from your perspective. 

Having been at every single FOSS4G I can only disagree with that perspective. 
There are many things that can be improved, as in ANY other thing in life. 
OSGeo is no exception to that. But the vibe and commitment of those attending 
the conferences is fantastic. And if there was just one single reason to have 
OSGeo, it would be for bringing communities together in conferences, education, 
business and international networks. 

OSGeo thrives on the shoulders of people committing lots of voluntary effort, 
just like you have done for a long time too. I'm sure many are grateful for 
your efforts, including myself. 

I wish you all the best and hope there will be a time where you again feel like 
contributing to OSGeo's mission and projects. 

Greetings,
Jeroen

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> Op 26 sep. 2015 om 01:14 heeft Milo van der Linden <m...@dogodigi.net> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> As I no longer have time to be involved with OSGeo, I would like to resign as 
> list manager for the MapServer lists.
> 
> Anyone that would like to step up and take over?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Milo
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo Elections 2015] Nomination for Marc Vloemans

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi All,
I would like to second the nomination of Marc. He has been, and is very active 
in promoting sustainable use of FOSS for geospatial applications in the 
Netherlands for many years. 
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 Op 29 aug. 2015 om 10:05 heeft Vasile Craciunescu vas...@geo-spatial.org 
 het volgende geschreven:
 
 Forwarding Marc Vloemans nomination by Just van den Broecke.
 
 Best regards,
 Vasile
 
 
  Forwarded Message 
 Subject: Nomination of Marc Vloemans as Charter Member
 Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:45:29 +0200
 From: Just van den Broecke j...@justobjects.nl
 To: c...@osgeo.org
 
 Dear CRO,
 
 It is my pleasure to nominate Marc Vloemans as Charter Member for the
 2015 elections.
 
 Marc Vloemans is currently a board member of the OSGeo.nl Local
 Chapter/foundation and member of the LOC for FOSS4G 2016. He is an
 accomplished market developer cum evangelist for open spatial IT. As an
 international presenter, lobbyist, writer, marketeer and entrepreneur he
 has contributed to the dissemination of projects - such as PostGIS,
 GeoServer and OpenLayers - among end-users and decision makers.
 
 I am convinced that his technical-commercial qualities will complement
 those present within the Foundation.
 
 His advocate page is at:
 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans
 
 Kind regards,
 
 --Just - http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Just_van_den_Broecke
 
 Just van den Broecke  j...@justobjects.nl
 Just Objects B.V. tel +31 65 4268627 Skype: justb4
 The Netherlands   http://www.justobjects.nl
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Code of Conduct in Real Case

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear Sanghee,

In my opinion these are perfectly fine. But could you please remove a couple of 
other pictures picturing OSGeo developers (male dominated, generalizing men as 
nerds)?

;-) Joking apart, I’ve not been in favor of the CoC in the first place. I think 
it creates more unwanted side effects (like this request to remove art or 
remove single sex pictures) than that it prevents a person with bad intentions 
to refrain from them. A plan for the LOC on how to deal with a person acting 
offensively makes more sense to me. I trust our community members are able to 
behave as sensitive and sensible people that can auto-regulate issues like this 
in the same way we collaborate in FOSS projects.

The CoC has been established, not sure if it was adopted by the OSGeo board? If 
it was, we have to deal with it, so this discussion may be useful indeed. 
Otherwise, I vote for removing the CoC again and work towards a plan for LOC’s 
to deal with offensive behavior towards others.

Cheers,
Jeroen

 On 24 jun. 2015, at 12:22, Sanghee Shin shs...@gaia3d.com wrote:
 
 Dear All, 
 
 It’s now time to apply OSGeo CoC(Code of Conduct)[0] in real case. 
 
 I was asked to remove a few slides from my presentation 7 Reasons why you 
 should come to FOSS4G 2015 Seoul”[1], which is at the main page of FOSS4G 
 Seoul, as being possibly offensive to women. Specifically to say, slide #6 
 (nude female in painting) and slide #20 (row of female models) are those 
 controversial ones. 
 
 I refused this asking immediately because I don’t believe my presentation 
 breach the OSGeo CoC and I don’t agree with that view. 
 
 However since this is not the first time asking me to remove those slides 
 from my presentation and OSGeo now have CoC, I think we’d better discuss this 
 issue more openly to reach conclusions. 
 
 I might be wrong and I’d like to hear other people’s opinion on this from all 
 around the world. Also I expect Conference Committee’s input as well, because 
 this is the matter of OSGeo conference. 
 
 I’m open to remove/amend/keep those slides after hearing other people’s 
 opinions on this. Also I believe it’ll be a great chance for OSGeo to learn 
 how to apply CoC in real cases. 
 
 *Sidenote for defending myself:
 - Slide #6 is the part of Salvador Dali’s well known painting named “Lincoln 
 in Dalivision”[2]
 - Slide #20 is the picture of famous girl group, Girls’ Generation(SNSD)[3], 
 which I believe as symbolic icon of wide spread of Korean culture(K-Culture) 
 in/around Asia. 
 
 All the best, 
 
 Sanghee
 
 [0]http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct
 [1]http://2015.foss4g.org 
 [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_in_Dalivision
 [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%27_Generation
 ---
 Sanghee Shin, Chair of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul 
 Toward Diversity! FOSS4G Bigbang from Seoul!
 http://2015.foss4g.org
 Twitter: @foss4g
 Facebook: FOSS4G2015
 email: foss4gch...@osgeo.org
 
 
 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Membership (was Re: [Board] motions from June 18 meeting - making OSGeo Charter membership more exclusive)

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Jeff,
What’s the offensive part? I read some teasing statements in Arnulf’s 
triggering style. And in fact, I think it makes perfect sense that we move to a 
more regular membership of OSGeo where people even pay a small membership fee 
to the foundation. Older members that loose interest in OSGeo, change their 
lives, do other things, will smoothly leave OSGeo while new ones can quickly 
join and come to action. Even if they are not yet well known within OSGeo.
Cheers,
Jeroen

 On 24 jun. 2015, at 20:20, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote:
 
 Hi Arnulf,
 
 I don't see the need to become offensive to make your point.
 
 Since you mention a do-ocracy, and you have pointed out clearly what you 
 believe must and must not happen, are you willing to champion the changes 
 that you feel are needed?
 
 We are, as always, hiring champions.
 
 Yours,
 
 -jeff
 
 
 
 On 2015-06-24 2:28 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
 Hash: SHA1
 
 On 22.06.2015 21:49, Jorge Sanz wrote:
 2015-06-22 21:14 GMT+02:00 Vasile Craciunescu vas...@geo-spatial.org:
 Sure, actually I was about to ask the board if such a survey make sense
 before the elections and then to shape up the questions together.
 
 
 Looking at recent discussions, it makes a lot of sense and it's great
 that we finally start using this to get our CMs opinions in an
 organized manner. Thanks Vasile for putting the wheel on moving.
 
 Folks,
 now things are starting to make sense. What we really need is a regular
 OSGeo membership that can be polled and asked and that can vote. It
 should not be tied to an annual election and certainly should not be
 tied to a self pollinating Charter Membership.
 
 If you go to the roots of the term Charter Member [1] it means those
 who were there when things started. The founders [2]. We misused this
 term in the past years to emulate something completely different, namely
 the representation of a vibrant and growing and caring community of
 spatially interested IT people. Instead of trying to implement rules and
 conducts and election thresholds and fearing a hostile take over we
 should strive to at last put a regular membership in place. It will
 require us to ask people for some personal information (which we have to
 keep private) to be able to authenticate them. OSGeo was never really
 set up to do this kind of adminstrivia which is why we shied away and
 tried to misuse the Charter Member role for this purpose. To create
 something that might resemble a somewhat democratic election. They are
 not ever. We are self pollinating from an arbitrary initial group. With
 the number of Charter Members growing there will be more and more people
 who don't know each other and will likely never meet in person. Charter
 Member is simply the wrong tool for what we are really trying to achieve.
 
 Once we have regular membership these issues go away. Then OSGeo will be
 really open for anybody. Any time, not just once a year and not for a
 limited number of people only. Then we can have real elections and polls
 that make sense. People who excel through their commitment, knowledge
 and initiative will be elected into the board [3]. Those who care about
 their membership will elect the board, not some dreary old Charter
 Members from a decade ago (no offense meant, haha).
 
 While we are at it we could even ask for a low annual membership fee
 (remember Paul suggesting the Burger Index to find a somewhat fair
 global price tag?). This would make authentication a lot easier and
 demonstrate some kind of commitment from the new member. Can you picture
 hundreds of people becoming regular members, giving personal information
 and transfer (even some small amount of) money just to take over
 OSGeo? Come off it.
 
 
 Apart from this there is a Charter. It is the DNA of OSGeo and I see no
 reason why it should be fundamentally changed.
 
 There will be more amendments and bylaws and in dog's name even a CoCk.
 But there will be no fundamental changing of the Charter (support Open
 Source Geospatial, bla, bla). This is why it is a charter. It has been
 written down on paper to be there for everybody to read. Not to change it.
 
 Oh, by the way - where is our Charter? My guess is we don't even have
 one. All we have is this: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Bylaws
 
 
 Have fun,
 Arnulf
 
 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter
 [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Charter_Members
 [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Do-ocracy
 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoNetwork 3.0.0 released

[Jeroen Ticheler]

 Dear all,
 
 We're proud to announce the release of GeoNetwork opensource v3.0.0 
 (http://geonetwork-opensource.org/).
 
 This is a major release for the project that provides a brand new user 
 interface with great functionality, helping all those that need to publish 
 their data, services and maps with standardized metadata.
 
 You can find the software at
 https://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork/files/GeoNetwork_opensource/v3.0.0/
 
 You can find a list of new functionality in v3.0.0 at 
 https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/wiki/Geonetwork-Change-Proposals#300-release
 
 If you have any improvements you want to contribute back, the best is to use 
 git to get a local copy of the source code, apply the fix and put out a Pull 
 request so your improvements can be integrated quickly. Otherwise you can 
 also create new Tickets in the issue tracker: 
 https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/issues
 
 Thanks and congratulations to the all community members and developers that 
 have been putting a huge amount of effort and energy in this release!
 
 
 Francois Prunayre
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[OSGeo-Discuss] 8th Bolsena Hacking Event open for registration! - May 31 to June 6 2015

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,

I'm proud to invite you for the eight Bolsena Hacking Event this year from 31 
May to 6 June 2015. 

The code sprint focusses collaboration between open source software developers. 
People can share experiences and come up with creative new ideas and 
collaborations. The week allows developers to actively work together and get 
their hands dirty coding great new stuff.

You are welcome to sign up and join the group. There is limited space (25 beds 
with only 13 beds remaining) so please book your place as soon as possible to 
guarantee your place. Full boarding for the week, including food, is 550 Euro 
(excl VAT) per person, the same as last years.

Sign up and read more at: Bolsena Hacking Event 2015 ( 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2015 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2015 )

Hope to see a good crowd again this year! 

Ciao,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] forestry at OSGeo

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hey Jachym,
Same for me. Studied tropical forestry and moved into GIS and RS during my 
studies in Wageningen - The Netherlands. Added software development to the mix 
too. 
Cheers,
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 Op 23 sep. 2014 om 15:58 heeft Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepi...@gmail.com het 
 volgende geschreven:
 
 Hi,
 
 just wondering, how many members of your community do have their
 origin in forestry? Seems relatively many, wondering why.
 
 I start with myself - I studied forestry at university of life
 science, Prague,  after that I moved to (OS)GIS
 
 Jachym
 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Jachym, Andrew and others,

Most of what you wrote below Jachym sounds good. I've written an email [1] 
about the FOSS4G trademark to the board and conference list and feel that the 
way the FOSS4G NA 2015 now uses the FOSS4G trademark, with OSGeo and 
LocationTech as equal collaborators, does indeed injustice to this. It should 
IMO indeed be something like Hosted by OSGeo, organised in collaboration with 
LocationTech. My vote at this stage(!) would be No and No to Andrews questions.

That said, I'm convinced the two entities are very complimentary and can learn 
a lot from each other and collaborate intensively. OSGeo should serve its 
business supporters better, LocationTech could do with a stronger community 
atmosphere. If both do a good job, the whole community will benefit 
tremendously. It could result in a global annual event and many local ones that 
serve the different communities from grassroots to corporate (Sounds silly to 
separate people in groups though).

Thanks,
Jeroen

1[ http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2014-September/012113.html ]

On 17 sep. 2014, at 16:06, Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepi...@gmail.com wrote:

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[OSGeo-Discuss] 7th Bolsena Hacking Event open for registration! - June 1 to 7 2014

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,I'm proud to invite you for the seventh Bolsena Hacking Event this year from 1 to 7 June 2014.The code sprint focusses collaboration between open source software developers. People can share experiences and come up with creativenew ideas and collaborations. The week allows developers to actively work together and get their hands dirty coding great new stuff.You are welcome to sign up and join the group. There is limited space (25 beds with only 13 beds remaining) so please book your place as soon as possible to guaranteeyour place. Full boarding for the week, including food, is 550 Euro (excl VAT) per person, the same as last years.Sign up and read more at: Bolsena Hacking Event 2014 (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2014)Hope to see a good crowd again this year!Ciao,Jeroen
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo upcoming events list needs love

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Daniel,
I always add the Bolsena event to the OSGeo agenda. Next year's event will be 1 
to 7 June, also already listed there. 
Cheers,
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 Op 30 okt. 2013 om 18:15 heeft Daniel Morissette dmorisse...@mapgears.com 
 het volgende geschreven:
 
 Dear OSGeo Community (CC: news_i...@osgeo.org),
 
 The OSGeo upcoming events list badly needs love, it is essentially empty:
 
 http://www.osgeo.org/events
 
 It would be great if we collectively could adopt a more proactive approach to 
 keeping this list up to date.
 
 For now, here are a few events I could think of, could news_i...@osgeo.org 
 please add them to the list:
 
 - FOSS4G 2014, Portland, Sept 8-13, 2014, http://2014.foss4g.org/
 
 - Vienna Code Sprint, March 24-28 2014, http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/
 
 - LocationTech Tour, Nov. 4 to 14, 2013, http://tour.locationtech.org/
 
 - FOSS4G-Europe, summer 2014??, http://foss4g-e.org/
 
 - FOSSGIS 2014, March 19-21, 2014, http://www.fossgis.de/
 
 
 Other event organizers and community members, please forward your 
 OSGeo-related events info to news_i...@osgeo.org
 
 Thanks to all
 
 -- 
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 http://www.mapgears.com/
 Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000
 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] nomination for Volker Mische

[Jeroen Ticheler]

I second that. Indeed hard to believe both Just and Volker are not charter 
members yet!
Jeroen

On 9 jul. 2013, at 13:46, Bart van den Eijnden bart...@osgis.nl wrote:

 I'd like to nominate Volker Mische for OsGeo charter membership, since to my 
 *GREAT* surprise he is not already a charter member.
 
 Volker hardly needs any introduction. He is the creator of GeoCouch and works 
 at Couchbase. I'm sure many of you have seen his talks @FOSS4G conferences on 
 this subject.
 
 He also contributed to OpenLayers, has co-created a library that integrates 
 OpenLayers with jQuery (MapQuery).
 
 Volker is very active member in the OsGeo community already, and was involved 
 in the organisation of FOSS4G in 2009 in Sydney.
 
 See also: http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/programm/speakers/33.de.html
 
 Best regards,
 Bart
 
 -- 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Release of GeoNetwork 2.10.0 Stable version

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,

We're proud to announce the release of GeoNetwork opensource v2.10.0.
This is a major release for the project that provides great new
functionality, helping all those that need to publish their geographic
data and services with standardized metadata.

You can find the software at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork/files/GeoNetwork_opensource/v2.10.0/

This release includes the following new or improved functionality:
http://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/2.10.0/eng/users/quickstartguide/newfeatures/index.html

GeoNetwork opensource ( http://geonetwork-opensource.org ) is a
standards based geospatial catalog application that helps people and
organizations to organize and publish their geospatial data through
the web. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure
initiatives across the world.

The GeoNetwork community has been expanding quickly over the last
years. The current release has been possible because of all those that
contributed to the project through code contributions, testing, bug
reports and fixes as well as many suggestions.

GeoNetwork opensource is part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
(OSGeo, http://www.osgeo.org) software stack, providing software you
can trust to be free, open and sustainable. Voluntary support is
provided through mailing lists, websites and online forums.
Several companies also provide commercial support to help
organizations to implement, integrate and maintain the software. You
can find them in the Service Provider directory on the OSGeo website.

Thanks and congratulations to the all community members and developers that 
have been putting a huge amount of effort and energy in this release!

François Prunayre
PSC member

And 

Jeroen Ticheler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham Update

[Jeroen Ticheler]

I concur with Markus. 
I was also surprised to see none of our GeoNetwork related workshops 
represented although they were always well received at previous conferences. It 
would have been nice if we'd had feedback on the reasoning behind that. 
Considering about half the national INSPIRE geospatial catalogs in Europe run 
on the product I consider it a relevant OSGeo product. Reading the thread, I 
note we should also put up a page with high GeoNetwork workshop fees instead of 
always providing them for free at FOSS4G conferences. I may actually start to 
consider that ;-)
Jeroen

On 10 mei 2013, at 10:12, Markus Neteler nete...@osgeo.org wrote:

 On 5/10/13, Barry Rowlingson b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote:
 On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:27 AM, andrea antonello
 andrea.antone...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Also I would have another wish. Is there a way to understand how the
 workshops were chosen.
 I see important projects missing, whereas several have kind of
 double or even triple workshops.
 
 Yes, surprising also for me.
 
 Given the few available slots, I would have expected more
 differentiation.
 
 Would be really keen to understand the process, if there is a simple
 way to do so.
 
 The workshop selection process was handed to our workshop subcommittee
 - I've asked them to respond to these issues here on the mailing list
 and personally to you two if that's necessary.
 
 The balance looks quite good to me, where there is duplication it
 seems to be different aspects of the same project - Postgis Intro and
 Postgis 3d have different audiences, for example. Its possible that
 other projects weren't represented in the proposals which would
 explain their absence.
 
 While I submitted an advanced GRASS GIS 7 workshop, I didn't even
 receive a 'your proposal was not considered' notification.
 A bit sad for a cofounder of OSGeo and participant of the first ever
 FOSS4G Conf 2004 in Bangkok.
 
 There are a few workshops from OpenGeo, but if
 you go to their website and see how much they charge for commercial
 training, you might see this as us giving people the opportunity to
 get some great training cheaply from some great trainers.
 
 ... well, not a convincing argument.
 
 Anyway, our Workshop Team will address these issues later.
 
 Better sooner :)
 
 Markus
 (FOSS4G trainer since 1996)
 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is OGC losing its Way?

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Thanks for sharing that Cameron and others! 

I suggest we as OSGeo (The board? Project officers/chairs of OSGeo projects?) 
write a letter in support of the one reflected below. It makes perfect sense to 
me and will hopefully strengthen their call for action. 

Jeroen

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Op 7 mei 2013 om 22:53 heeft Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com het 
volgende geschreven:

 It seems this email from Edric Keighan to osgeo discuss must have bounced as 
 he was not subscribed (or maybe due to having an attachment).
 
 On 8/05/2013 3:27 AM, Edric Keighan ekeighan AT cubewerx com wrote:
 Dear All;
 
 We have been following with a lot of interest numerous emails exchanged 
 between OSGeo members and others regarding the positioning of OSGeo 
 vis-a-vis the proposed OGC GeoServices REST API. This email is just to 
 inform you that an opposition is also building up within the OGC membership 
 community and the attached letter has been sent to all OGC TC voters who 
 have not yet exercised their vote. People in OGC and outside of OGC deserve 
 to know the impact of such standard on the future of OGC. It is our hope 
 that a larger opposition will be forming and solutions developed to meet the 
 obvious needs for interoperability in our industry.
 
 Regards,
 
 Edric Keighan - CubeWerx Inc.
 
 On behalf of:
 Cameron Shorter - LISASoft.
 Ron Lake - Galdos Systems Inc.
 Martin Daly - Cadcorp Ltd.
 Barry O'Rourke - Compusult Limited.
 
 Original letter was in PDF, I've copied into text to make it easier for 
 archiving. ...
 
 The OGC Interoperability
 Movement Team Leaders
 
 To: All OGC members
 
 May 6, 2013
 
 Re: Is OGC losing its Way?
 
 Dear OGC Member,
 This is to inform you that an important OGC event deserves your immediate 
 attention. This note is in reference to a vote that is taking place at OGC on 
 a proposed specification named OGC GeoServices REST API. If approved, it 
 will have costly, far reaching, negative impacts on interoperability, and 
 significantly tarnish the OGC’s reputation as a champion of interoperability.
 
 During the last 15 years or so, we all have benefited from the collaborative 
 effort of a large number of public and private organizations around the world 
 to resolve numerous interoperability problems that have plagued our industry 
 for many years. This has been an impressive achievement! But this movement 
 will come to an end with the adoption of the proposed OGC GeoServices REST 
 API.
 
 The voting process has already started and we recommend that you add your NO 
 vote to the list of OGC voters that already expressed their clear opposition 
 to this standard.
 
 While there is indeed support for RESTbased API ‘s in the geospatial 
 community, REST is no more than a particular architectural style and should 
 not be instantiated as a separate set of specifications as proposed by the 
 OGC GeoServices REST API. If the OGC community perceives a need for a REST 
 style, then that should be developed in a general way (i.e. applicable to all 
 OGC services) from the existing services. Note that a REST version of OGC 
 WMTS exists and an OGC WFS version is currently being developed as part of 
 OGC WFS 2.5 activities.
 
 It is important that any REST API be general in nature and not bound to 
 specific software tools such as Flex and Silverlight.
 
 The proposed GeoServices REST API specification will create an immense amount 
 of confusion in the marketplace that is not good for OGC, or for its mission 
 of interoperability. For example, if this passes, OGC will have two RESTbased 
 feature services and two RESTbased map services which are incompatible with 
 one another. And soon after there will be duplicate REST implementations for 
 all current OGC web service specifications. One solution to the confusion 
 would be to just drop existing OGC services, or let the marketplace decide. 
 In either case, there is then little need for the OGC as an active and 
 innovative body to solve interoperability and information infrastructure 
 problems.
 
 If your organization is one that supports the activities and mission of the 
 OGC, and believes that interoperable interfaces and encodings can be 
 developed through a communitybased consensus process, then you need to look 
 at the issues, make up your mind, and vote. This is not a time for 
 complacency.
 
 It is our hope that the arguments below will convince you to support an 
 already well entrenched interoperability movement at OGC:
 
 * We see no viable outcomes and benefits to OGC members in rubberstamping 
 software products if this will result in creating more interoperability 
 problems.
 
 * We believe that ‘rubber stamping’ existing software from a single vendor is 
 unfair and anti-competitive, and not appropriate for OGC. This will only 
 create an environment where the vendor with the deepest pockets wins to the 
 detriments

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Would you be concerned if the GeoServices REST API became an OGC standard?

[Jeroen Ticheler]

All,
Having read this thread I support what has been said by Adrian, Bruce and 
others. If anything, acceptance of a set of standards that basically replicates 
what W*S standards already do will confuse customers. Maybe that is exactly 
what esri hopes to achieve, it definitely doesn't help our (the geospatial 
community) business. And as Bruce states, it will have serious impact on the 
OGC credibility. As OSGeo I can imagine that we then decide to start our own 
standardization process and build a standards brand around OSGeo products. Not 
a nice perspective, let's hope OGC won't go down that route.
Jeroen

On 6 mei 2013, at 01:08, bruce.bannerman.osgeo 
bruce.bannerman.os...@gmail.com wrote:

 Cameron,
 
 My personal opinion is that if this proposal was accepted, it would be a bad 
 move for OGC.
 
 Remember that OGC is a community and its Technical Committee membership are 
 the people who vote on the acceptance of Standards. The TC comprises many 
 different organisations.
 
 
 I do understand that OGC are trying to be inclusive in their processes and to 
 try and cater for alternative approaches to a problem, much the same as OSGeo 
 does in supporting multiple projects that essentially handle similar use 
 cases (e.g. GeoServer, MapServer and Degree).
 
 I have also personally witnessed ESRI's commitment to helping to further the 
 development of Open Spatial Standards through their work on OGC Working 
 Groups and at OGC Technical Committee meetings.
 
 ESRI also have made a valid point in their response to the 'NO' vote for the 
 GeoServices REST API that the OGC has already allowed alternate approaches 
 with the acceptance of netCDF as a data format and KML as a combined 
 data/presentation format.
 
 With the GeoServices REST API, I think that the approach proposed:
 
 - is very divisive for the OGC community.
 - essentially appears to propose an alternate way for working with spatial 
 services that does not utilise or build on the W*S suite of services that 
 have been developed through robust community processes for in excess of a 
 decade.
 - does not provide REST bindings to the W*S suite of standards that have been 
 widely implemented in a range of software.
 - will result in confusion within the user community that are trying to 
 utilise 'OGC' services.
 
 
 If this approach were to be adopted, I believe that OGC will go too far down 
 the alternate solution approach and will risk losing its public acceptance as 
 one of the key leaders of open spatial standards.
 
 
 I'm interested in hearing other OSGeo members opinions as to how this 
 proposal would affect their projects.
 
 Would you consider implementing the GeoServices REST API within your projects?
 
 If you did, would you maintain support for both it and traditional W*S 
 services?
 
 Bruce

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] inspire conference 2013: help with presentation proposal

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,
I've read through the proposal and that looks quite nice! I have put myself to 
the list of people that would like to take part in the workshop as a speaker.

The only thing unclear to me is the section Ping-Pong match: OSGeo  INSPIRE. 
Maybe that idea could be moved to another section or be part of another 
workshop? Or is it a suggestion to have a real ping-pong match somewhere? I 
don't understand it :-)

Anything else I can do for you to be able to submit this Jachym?

Cheers,
Jeroen


On 14 mrt. 2013, at 18:46, Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepi...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,
 
 can anybody please have a look at the proposal of presentation of
 INSPIRE conference, I've prepared at [1]?
 
 I'm not native speaker, nor do I use the language (English) very
 fluently, so any help mostly welcomed.
 
 I would also like to ask, if someone has the capacity and inspiration,
 that he/she could extend or rewrite completely the proposal I've
 prepared (and add his/her name at the top).
 
 Thanks for help, more work will come if the proposal will be accepted
 
 Jachym
 
 [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_conference_2013#Paper_proposal
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Bolsena Hacking Event 2013 open for registration now! - June 2 to 8 2013

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Dear all,I'm proud to invite you for the sixth Bolsena Hacking Event this year from 2 to 18 June 2013.The code sprint focusses collaboration between open source software developers. People can share experiences and come up with creative new ideas and collaborations. The week allows developers to actively work together and get their hands dirty coding great new stuff.You are welcome to sign up and join the group. There islimited space (25 beds) so please book your place as soon as possible to guarantee your place. Full boarding for the week, including food, is 550 Euro (excl VAT) perperson, the same as last year.Sign up and read more at:Bolsena Hacking Event 2013 (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2013)Hope to see a good crowd again this year!Ciao,Jeroen
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election 2012 Results

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Congratulations to the new board! Looking forward to another great year for 
OSGeo. 
Cheers,
Jeroen

Op 14 aug. 2012 om 09:33 heeft Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) arn...@osgeo.org het 
volgende geschreven:

 Dear OSGeo Members,
 the election 2012 has been completed and we are happy to announce the
 new board of directors [1].
 
 Here are the final results from the voting for the open seats of the
 OSGeo Board of Directors. There were five seats open and they have been
 filled by, in alphabetical order:
 * Anne Ghisla
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Daniel Morissette
 * Cameron Shorter
 * Frank Warmerdam
 
 Thanks to everyone for running, all candidates received good support (
 40 votes each). The voting participation was 68% and there were no tie
 scores to arbitrate. Thank you to all who voted.
 Your complete resulting Board is:
 * Peter Batty
 * Michael Gerlek
 * Anne Ghisla
 * Mark Lucas
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Daniel Morissette
 * Cameron Shorter
 * Frank Warmerdam
 
 Congratulations and please welcome the new and and re-elected OSGeo
 directors!
 
 With the election results published the new board of directors becomes
 effective as of now.
 
 We wish to thank the outgoing directors for their continued support of
 OSGeo and for helping to run a fantastic organizations with a great
 memberships and lots of energy. We thank all candidates who stood in
 this election and all OSGeo Charter Members for their contribution and
 votes.
 
 
 Best regards,
 Michael and Arnulf
 
 [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_2012_Results
 
 -- 
 OSGeo Chief Returning Officers
 Arnulf Christl and Michael Gerlek
 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2012
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Ah, how come I always had the impression it was for old conference organizers 
only... Funny how such idea just sticks in ones head. But I guess you have a 
point here. I'm considering joining if there's a need for new people?
Cheers,
Jeroen

Op 19 jun. 2012 om 15:21 heeft Jody Garnett jody.garn...@gmail.com het 
volgende geschreven:

 Charter members are able to join the conference committee right? I would 
 invite those interested in helping with this decision to join the committee.
 
 A vote that is not backed by effort does not reach very far.
 -- 
 Jody Garnett
 
 On Tuesday, 19 June 2012 at 4:14 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
 
 Maybe this is off-topic for the subject, but, here's a thought: I
 propose to let OSGeo Charter members vote for the location of the annual
 FOSS4G event.
 
 Background points:
 
 - OSGeo Charter members deserve more say in the organization, this vote
 will give them more control
 
 - I initially created the OSGeo Conference committee years ago, it is
 made up of many past organizers from different areas of the globe, but
 really only contains less than 15 people
 
 - the OSGeo Conference Committee would still be overlooking the process,
 but the final vote will go to the OSGeo Charter members
 
 What do you all think?
 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo Ambassador role

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear Puneet,

The idea is that conference organizers usually look for people to give keynotes 
etcetera at their event that have a higher than average visibility so they will 
attract a large audience to the conference in order to make it a success. Isn't 
it kind of natural to have such leaders in communities that stand out? We call 
them presidents, kings and queens, ministers, ambassadors, Nobel prize winners 
etc.. They are not super humans and we are not worth less than them. But 
reality is that it works this way. Even communist systems didn't manage to make 
us all equal. My street will be pretty crowded when our queen would walk by, 
but is very silent when I walk by. Still I consider myself equally human and 
accept that we all have different roles in life.

We as OSGeo are not much different. It kind of makes natural sense to have our 
community leaders stand out a little more, even if it is just for the benefit 
of our community. More publicity and thus more value for OSGeo. 

At the same time the discussion of having Ambassadors should not be mixed with 
OSGeo's democratic / do-ocratic nature. It will not create a new hierarchy 
level with a special voting right or so. It is just a way to do a better job 
towards the outside world in marketing OSGeo. The last years have shown that 
just on that aspect we need to do a better job and that it doesn't work to have 
the whole community serve as community leaders.

Just to be sure: I am NOT saying that we shouldn't ALL volunteer time and 
energy to OSGeo. Just that I think there are very good reasons to also have 
Ambassadors (or whatever we call them).

Cheers,
Jeroen

On 31 mei 2012, at 00:29, Puneet Kishor wrote:

 
 On May 30, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
 
 On 31/05/2012 12:08 AM, Jo Cook wrote:
 My thoughts- initially I thought the idea was too complicated, but if we 
 envisage outside organisations/conferences coming to us for speakers, then 
 we will need something like you suggest. I wonder, in all honesty, how much 
 that is going to happen, but at least we will have somewhere to point them 
 to.
 
 Jo,
 In 2012, there have been 22 events that I'm aware of that have/are planning 
 to made use of the OSGeo-Live DVD (or the presentation): 
 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
 
 At most/all of these events there an OSGeo presentation, usually based upon 
 our OSGeo-Live presentation, and I've usually been involved in finding 
 someone to give these presentations.
 
 I suspect that Arnulf and others could testify to similar numbers of 
 approaches.
 
 So, from personal experience, I would find it very useful to have a list of 
 ambassadors to point conference organisors at.
 
 
 
 Here is what I don't understand --
 
 Why call them ambassadors?
 
 Why not simply have a list of Charter Members who have volunteered to make 
 themselves available all around the world, and then, when an event comes up, 
 ask the CMs close by (the event) if they would give a presentation, stand at 
 a booth, demo an OSGeo-Live DVD, etc.?
 
 In fact, I would contend that such volunteers need not even be a CM. They can 
 simply be *any* user of OSGeo-endorsed products and knowledgeable about OSGeo 
 in general.
 
 Personally, I am with Jo in that I find this a needless extra hierarchy, but 
 more than that, (as I mentioned in an earlier email), I find the language of 
 the proposal a bit off-the-spirit of OSGeo. I point to the following text 
 fragments in particular, as they connote clubs --
 
   elite of the OSGeo community 
   outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community
   strongly contested selective process
 
 
 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo Ambassador role

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Thanks Puneet,

Good to have some sharpening opinions here that reveal that most of us likely 
agree with the need for an easy to find pool of prominent OSGeo ambassadors. 

And yes, also those promotors that are not CMs could be Ambassadors in my 
opinion. It would just be nice if they connected a little more to OSGeo and 
become charter members also :-)

Cheers,
Jeroen

On 31 mei 2012, at 13:03, Puneet Kishor wrote:

 top posting...
 
 
 To be clear, I am completely for the need that the proposed ambassadors 
 would fulfill. I am against --
 
 1. Creating another level of organizational complexity; and
 
 2. The club-ish language in the proposal that seems to create a subjective 
 value-laden hierarchy.
 
 I personally know folks who are not even a charter member who generate an 
 immense amount of goodwill through their work with open source GeoSpatial 
 technologies, and would also make great ambassadors for the general 
 principles and ideas that power OSGeo.
 
 As CMs, we have no other responsibility currently other than voting for the 
 Board. This has been lamented by many. Well, here is an opportunity. We 
 already have a db of CMs and their locations. Let us add to that our 
 willingness to speak/demo/present on behalf of OSGeo at events in our area 
 (some of us already do that, ahem). Then, when an event organizer is looking 
 for a speaker, a CM in that event area can be contacted and asked to speak. 
 What could be simpler?
 
 /purely pointless personal viewpoint ahead not meriting a response:
 No, having kings and queens is not natural, not in today's day and age. But, 
 that is neither here nor there.
 
 On May 31, 2012, at 5:16 AM, Jeroen Ticheler jeroen.tiche...@geocat.net 
 wrote:
 
 Dear Puneet,
 
 The idea is that conference organizers usually look for people to give 
 keynotes etcetera at their event that have a higher than average visibility 
 so they will attract a large audience to the conference in order to make it 
 a success. Isn't it kind of natural to have such leaders in communities that 
 stand out? We call them presidents, kings and queens, ministers, 
 ambassadors, Nobel prize winners etc.. They are not super humans and we are 
 not worth less than them. But reality is that it works this way. Even 
 communist systems didn't manage to make us all equal. My street will be 
 pretty crowded when our queen would walk by, but is very silent when I walk 
 by. Still I consider myself equally human and accept that we all have 
 different roles in life.
 
 We as OSGeo are not much different. It kind of makes natural sense to have 
 our community leaders stand out a little more, even if it is just for the 
 benefit of our community. More publicity and thus more value for OSGeo. 
 
 At the same time the discussion of having Ambassadors should not be mixed 
 with OSGeo's democratic / do-ocratic nature. It will not create a new 
 hierarchy level with a special voting right or so. It is just a way to do 
 a better job towards the outside world in marketing OSGeo. The last years 
 have shown that just on that aspect we need to do a better job and that it 
 doesn't work to have the whole community serve as community leaders.
 
 Just to be sure: I am NOT saying that we shouldn't ALL volunteer time and 
 energy to OSGeo. Just that I think there are very good reasons to also have 
 Ambassadors (or whatever we call them).
 
 Cheers,
 Jeroen
 
 On 31 mei 2012, at 00:29, Puneet Kishor wrote:
 
 
 On May 30, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
 
 On 31/05/2012 12:08 AM, Jo Cook wrote:
 My thoughts- initially I thought the idea was too complicated, but if we 
 envisage outside organisations/conferences coming to us for speakers, 
 then we will need something like you suggest. I wonder, in all honesty, 
 how much that is going to happen, but at least we will have somewhere to 
 point them to.
 
 Jo,
 In 2012, there have been 22 events that I'm aware of that have/are 
 planning to made use of the OSGeo-Live DVD (or the presentation): 
 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
 
 At most/all of these events there an OSGeo presentation, usually based 
 upon our OSGeo-Live presentation, and I've usually been involved in 
 finding someone to give these presentations.
 
 I suspect that Arnulf and others could testify to similar numbers of 
 approaches.
 
 So, from personal experience, I would find it very useful to have a list 
 of ambassadors to point conference organisors at.
 
 
 
 Here is what I don't understand --
 
 Why call them ambassadors?
 
 Why not simply have a list of Charter Members who have volunteered to make 
 themselves available all around the world, and then, when an event comes 
 up, ask the CMs close by (the event) if they would give a presentation, 
 stand at a booth, demo an OSGeo-Live DVD, etc.?
 
 In fact, I would contend that such volunteers need not even be a CM. They 
 can simply be *any* user of OSGeo-endorsed products and knowledgeable about 
 OSGeo in general

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Themes

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Jo,

Yes, I think a good conference theme is useful, both for participants, 
presenters and the conference organizers to help focus the conceptualization 
and programming of the conference. A good theme should really help to shape the 
conference and give people handles they can use when targeting their 
presentations and workshops, as well as focussing pre-conference collaborations.

I purposely said theme and not themes. Although two themes may still work well, 
having ten themes kind of defeats the purpose if you ask me. 

Cheers,
Jeroen

On 14 mei 2012, at 14:40, Jo Cook wrote:

 Hi All,
 
 A question really to previous FOSS4G organisers- did you think about having a 
 theme for the event, or did you just stick with the Free and Open Source 
 Software for Geospatial tag-line and leave it at that? Do people think that 
 conference themes are useful/beneficial? Do they help with coming up with 
 clearly defined tracks for papers?
 
 Thanks
 
 Jo
 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Bolsena Hacking Event 2012- five years anniversary! - June 10 to 16 2012

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Dear all,The bad news is: we only have 7 subscribers to the Bolsena 2012 code sprint so far. To ensure the code sprint can indeed take place we need at least 15 people to participate, so make sure you get your colleagues together and join us in June.The good news is that coming to Bolsena will give the creative you a boost and enough inspiration to keep you busy for the rest of the year!The fifth Bolsena Hacking Event takes place 10 to 16 June 2012.The code sprint focusses collaboration between open source software developers. People can share experiences and come up with creative new ideas and collaborations. The week allows developers to actively work together and get their hands dirty coding great new stuff.You are welcome to sign up and join the group. Last years were very nice, relaxing and productive at the same time. There islimited space (25 beds) so don't hesitate to book your place. Full boarding for the week, including food, is 550 Euro (excl VAT) perperson.Sign up and read more at:Bolsena Hacking Event 2012(http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2012)Hope to see a good crowd again this year!Ciao,Jeroenps. apologies for any cross-postingGeoCatintroducesBridge©An extension to ArcGIS©to instantly publish data and metadata on GeoServer and GeoNetwork.Seehttp://geocat.netfor more details.Jeroen TichelerGeoCat bvVeenderweg 136721 WD BennekomThe NetherlandsTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email.___
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open GIS Overview

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Hi Carsten,Some years ago I made this graphic to illustrate that, including a legend: http://eos.geocat.net/download/SDI-Architecture.pdf (to big for inclusion in the email)Although there are a few outdated and a few new components around today (OpenLayers is not yet listed in thin-clients for example), I think it is still a good starting point. I'm sure others have made more recent versions also.Kind regards,Jeroen
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On 2 okt. 2011, at 09:47, Carsten Troelsgaard wrote:Can anyone point me to a sort of OpenGis Overview ..anything that can support me in choosing which GIS-tool/s is best suited for a particular problem and what sort of problems the available GIS-tools best tackles?I have a strong interest in general GIS, and a very limited user-experience .. but that will be the situation of meny new potential GIS-users. I'm confused as to what tools to take a focus on, in preparation for taking on a 'real' but undefined geo-related problem.I'm not sure weather the following keywords covers all importent components that a minimum workable GIS setup contains:Client, Server, Data, Network If these suffice then .. would it be possible to map some of the most important(or all)OpenGIS acronyms to these 4 basic components? .. I'm not sure that it will solve the problem of overview since a confined programmable consept that a 'module' constitute may not conform.I'm trying to get a glimps of the elefant but only find potential snouts, tails, knees ... That's atleast what I feel.Would it be possible to pull a KIS? (design-principle for 'keep it simple").Feel free to smile and think "ah, .. another one that doesn't want to do his homework!"CarstenT___Discuss mailing listDiscuss@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss___
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo has been accepted as an organisation for Google Summer of code!

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Anne,
That's great news! This year GeoNetwork will also participate. 
Ciao,
Jeroen

Op 18 mrt. 2011 om 22:14 heeft Anne Ghisla a.ghi...@gmail.com het volgende 
geschreven:

 Hello all,
 
 Wolf, Hamish and I have the great pleasure to announce that OSGeo has
 been accepted again as a mentoring organization to the Google Summer of
 Code program [0]!
 
 So, what's next?
 
 - OSGeo projects: let the admins know if you want to participate, by
 replying to this email :)
 - Would-be mentors: go to the SoC application, create a profile and
 apply to become a mentor [1]
 - Would-be students: talk with your preferred project(s) and start
 building up your proposals. Please have a look at the ideas page. [2]
 - All: feel free to discuss on soc mailing list on how to improve this
 year's SoC, and add them to the wiki [3]
 
 [0]
 http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/program/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2011
 and http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/show/google/gsoc2011/osgeo
 [1]
 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2011_Administrative#How_to_register_as_a_mentor
 [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2011_Ideas
 [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2011_Improvements
 
 All the best,
 
 Anne Ghisla, Wolf Bergenheim and Hamish Bowman
 OSGeo GSoC Administrators
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Join Bolsena Hacking Event 2011 now

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Dear all,After three successful years there will another code sprint in Bolsena this year from 19 to 25 June 2011.You are welcome to sign up and join the group. Last years were very 
nice, relaxing and productive at the same time. There is limited space 
(25 beds) so don't hesitate to book your place. Full boarding for the 
week, including food, is 500 Euro (excl VAT) per person.Sign up and read more at:Bolsena Hacking Event 2011( http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2011 )Hope to see a good crowd again this year, ciao,Jeroen
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Metadata Server applications?

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Hi Ken,
On 4 mrt 2011, at 16:43, Ken wrote:I am looking to see if there any new open source metadata server applications. I have looked into GeoNetwork, is there anything else?I currently use ISITE2 which is a great product, supported by a great individual. Is there anything new out there I can replace it with?The developer of ISITE, Archie Warnock, is now working on improvements on GeoNetwork also so it can take the place of ISITE instances.What I need:- index all the xml files in selected folders/drives on our network either by crawling, or by a provided listGeoNetwork can crawl a local drive directly and also a remote drive exposed through the WebDAV interface.- ability to search one or more specific tags for keywords from a web application built with PHP or Python, also be able to share access to our catalog by other websites/applications.You could use CSW for that, or one of the detailed search services GeoNetwork also provides as xml service.- response from search to provide basic details and ability to target specific file for opening in full.- needs to run on a windows server with IIS webserverGeoNetwork runs on Jetty or Tomcat (easy to configure on Windows as a service). You can configure IIS to forward incoming traffic for the catalog to the Tomcat servlet engine.Greetings,JeroenGeoCatintroducesBridge©An extension to ArcGIS©to instantly publish data and metadata on GeoServer and GeoNetwork.Seehttp://geocat.netfor more details.Jeroen TichelerGeoCat bvVeenderweg 136721 WD BennekomThe NetherlandsTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email.We have our own web mapping applications, webserver already setup, metadata editors, etc. I just need the metadata server portion.Thanks,Ken___Discuss mailing listDiscuss@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Jobs list

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi!

Maybe a good opportunity to discuss this :-) Traffic on the OSGeo Discuss list 
is not very high these days, but it has by far the largest number of 
subscribers. When posting a job opportunity you want to have a large crowd 
reading it. 

Maybe we should reconsider if it is indeed a problem for the community to 
receive job postings on the discuss list or not?

I personally don't have problems with jobs posted on the discuss list. I also 
think that people will immediately respond when someone abuses the list for 
inappropriate posts, so there will be a community moderation effect also. (I 
can't immediately think of inappropriate postings for jobs).

Greetings,
Jeroen

On 3 mrt 2011, at 16:49, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

 A gentle, periodic reminder: OSGeo has a jobs mailing list!
 
 You can post there if you...:
 
  - want a new job
  - trying to hire someone for a job  - 
  - are searching for a contractor or consultant
  - want to find work as a consultant or contractor
  - have opportunities for graduate students
  - etc
 
 As long as it is job related and pertains to OSGeo's charter, it's fair
 game.
 
 This is a moderated, very low-volume list, so subscribing wont' cause undue
 stress on your inbox.
 
 You can sign up (or view the archives) here:
 http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs
 
 -mpg, and the osgeo-jobs list team
 
 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Join Bolsena Hacking Event 2011 now

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Dear all,After three successful years there will another code sprint in Bolsena this year from 19 to 25 June 2011.You are welcome to sign up and join the group. Last years were very 
nice, relaxing and productive at the same time. There is limited space 
(25 beds) so don't hesitate to book your place. Full boarding for the 
week, including food, is 500 Euro (excl VAT) per person.Sign up and read more at:Bolsena Hacking Event 2011( http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2011 )Hope to see a good crowd again this year, ciao,Jeroen
GeoCatintroducesBridge©An extension to ArcGIS©to instantly publish data and metadata on GeoServer and GeoNetwork.Seehttp://geocat.netfor more details.Jeroen TichelerGeoCat bvIrisstraat 527531 CW EnschedeThe NetherlandsTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email.

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[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoNetwork opensource v2.6.2 released - Important security fixes included!

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,We're happy to announce the release of GeoNetwork v2.6.2. This is a minor release that fixes a number of bugs and adds a number of great new improvements listed below.A security hole was discovered that is fixed in this release. We strongly advise you to upgrade your existing implementations of GeoNetwork to this version!You can download the release from http://geonetwork-opensource.org/downloads.htmlI would like to thank all contributors to make this release possible!I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very good 2011!Kind regards,Jeroen TichelerPSC Chair GeoNetwork opensource--- Bug fixes- Be sure id is an integer when creating SQL query. Thanks Pierre Mauduit- Fix download with special character- Protect code in getMetadataFromIndex if createDate or changeDate are null (for example, if created/harvested invalid metadata without this fields)- Removed Download link (doesn't work within release documentation unless generic)- Use permanent redirect instead of temporal redirect to avoid some issues when running with Apache proxy- XSL processor configuration- Fix #387 : GN vulnerable to other application's TransformerFactory- Fix #397 : Thesaurus name after adding keyword- Fix #398 : INSPIRE keywords not multilingual- Fix #399 : Map in editor does not work correctly- Fix #400 : Security hole in GeoNetwork -- search for owner- Fix #413 : Fix typo in SQL scripts- Fix #415 : Simple numeric indexing--- Changes- 2.6.x documentation updates- Added documentation for ArcSDE harvester- ArcSDE harvester documentation update- GN logo points to http://geonetwork-opensource.org- Improved documentation- Improved pdf search print layout- Removed InterMap log removal- Small GUI improvements in search form- Update version number in installer- Updated Russian language files (thanks Irina Romanova)- Updated documentation license- Updated navigation for documentation- Updated sql files for 2.6.2- #376 : Configurable stopwords- #391 Metadata Notifications to Remote Targets- #407 : Option to discard invalid harvested metadata- #410 : My Metadata function- #411 : INSPIRE - support for CSW LANGUAGE parameter- #412 : Add isPublishedToAll to geonet:infoGeoCatintroducesBridge©An extension to ArcGIS©to instantly publish data and metadata on GeoServer and GeoNetwork.Seehttp://geocat.netfor more details.Jeroen TichelerGeoCat bvIrisstraat 527531 CW EnschedeThe NetherlandsTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email.

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Foss4g sponsorship question

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi FOSS4G organizers,
I read there's a discount for early sponsors when committing before 1 january 
2011. But there's no document telling us how and how expensive this is... Time 
is running out :-(

http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Sponsor_Page

Cheers, Jeroen

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[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoNetwork opensource v2.6.1 released

[Jeroen Ticheler]

 developers and contributors!

Kind regards,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2010: Good, Bad and the Ugly

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi All,

On 15 sep 2010, at 11:38, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:

 d) Had to pay for FOSS4G2010 T-Shirt

I very much supported this idea of paying for the shirts! How many T-Shirts end 
up being unused? It makes a lot of sense from an ecological / sustainability 
point of view to not just give away for free. 

The other thing I appreciated were the simple conference bag in that respect. 
Same thing here, conference bags will often not be used anymore after the 
conference.

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [GeoNetwork-users] Please support us in the competition and make an OSGeo software win!

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Thanks Jorge,

I should have mentioned that you _only_ have to select the Nationaal 
Georegister (Geonovum) and you can skip all other options when voting.

Cheers,
Jeroen

On 27 aug 2010, at 09:10, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote:

 El 26/08/10 22:12, Jeroen Ticheler escribió:
 Dear all,
 
 The Dutch National georegistry is nominated as government ICT-project of the 
 year!
 
 Readers of Computable (a recognized ICT website in The Netherlands) have 
 nominated the National Georegistry as government ICT project of the year. 
 
 Please cast your vote before 23 September 2010 at: 
 http://www2.computable.nl/computableawards/stem/
 
 GeoCat implemented the National Georegistry on the basis of GeoNetwork 
 opensource
 
 Thank you for supporting us!
 Jeroen
 
 
 Done, (thanks to google translate)
 
 But besides georegistry I've voted a bunch of things I don't have any
 idea :-)
 
 See you!
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Please support us in the competition and make an OSGeo software win!

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,
The Dutch National georegistry is nominated as government ICT-project of the year!Readers of Computable (a recognized ICT website in The Netherlands) have nominated the National Georegistry as government ICT project of the year.Please cast your vote before 23 September 2010 at:http://www2.computable.nl/computableawards/stem/GeoCatimplemented the National Georegistry on the basis of GeoNetwork opensourceThank you for supporting us!JeroenJeroen TichelerGeoCat bvIrisstraat 527531 CW EnschedeTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email.



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Automatic-Metadata Catalogueing

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Hi all,

On 24 aug 2010, at 06:47, Tyler Mitchell wrote:
 = this works well after some fixing.
 But how do I best use the generated XML file?
 
 Nice to hear that you found the script and got it to work!  I'd love to see 
 what fixes you applied and would roll them into the official code. 
 
 How you use the resulting xml brings up a good question.  How did you 
 envision using the metadata results?  

GeoNetwork opensource can browse your local or remote (through webdav) 
filesystem and ingest your metadata xml files. These will then be indexed and 
are searchable in the GeoNetwork user interface.

 
 My plans were to build a gui and simple query system next.  But ultimately I 
 want a tool in my desktop GIS to allow quick browsing and loading of certain 
 layers easily.

You can configure ArcCatalog to connect to your GeoNetwork CSW service 
(provided out of the box) and search the catalogue. See for details this blog 
entry (translated from a Dutch blog entry from ESRI:

http://www.ticheler.net/node/19

Cheers,
Jeroen

 
 There are some hacks in there that can output sql or csv if you need 
 something simpler.
 
 Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4G band

[Jeroen Ticheler]

He he, I can offer myself as drummer for a small session. I'm not a great 
player at all though, so I may loose a lot of credits stepping up ;-)
Ciao,
Jeroen

On 23 aug 2010, at 15:32, Lorenzo Becchi wrote:

 Hi all,
 we are looking for talented FOSS GIS experts that are talented in playing 
 music too.
 The night of the Gala Dinner, Wednesday 8th, there will be a Jam Session and 
 solo session for the public.
 
 Who wants to participate can contact me privately.
 I need a coordinator also for this activity, please, write me privately for 
 this too.
 :)
 
 enjoy your trip to Barcelona and don't forget your swimwear, the climate is 
 perfect to go to the beach too.
 
 Lorenzo
 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Bed and Breakfast room available in Barcelona to take over

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,
I have a surplus reservation for a bed and breakfast place in Barcelona. 
Someone can take it from me, I did a small downpayment for the room already. 
Booking is from 5 to12 september and the room has a double and a single bed.

Details: http://www.guesthousejardinets.com/ The room is the Sand triple/double 
room

First come first served.
Cheers,
Jeroen

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Dutch National Georegistry nominated as Public Sector ICT project of 2010. Please vote!

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,We're very proud to learn that the Dutch National Georegistry (NGR, "HET NATIONAAL GEOREGISTER") has been nominated as one of five public sector ICT projects for 2010 by Computable.The NGR is based on GeoNetwork opensource and is developed for Geonovum. The NGR brings together geospatial data from government agencies and companies and also serves as national access point for the INSPIRE program in Europe.(unfortunately all in Dutch, but you may translate online and see if you still understand the result ;-) )http://www.computable.nl/artikel/computable_awards/3358588/1853296/genomineerde-ictprojecten-van-het-jaar-2010-in-de-publieke-sector.htmlVoting:http://www2.computable.nl/computableawards/stem/Please all vote, it would be a great milestone for the open source geospatial software community!Cheers,Jeroen
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[OSGeo-Discuss] New installer - Release GeoNetwork opensource v2.4.3

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,
This morning I uploaded a new installer file replacing the one I uploaded on 
Saturday. The only change is that this installer should be running properly 
with Java 1.5 and higher. The first one had an incompatibility issue for Java 
1.5 which has been resolved now.
Kind regards,
Jeroen

 Dear all,
 We're happy to announce a new release of GeoNetwork opensource v2.4.3. This 
 is a minor release, but with some good improvements that may be of interest 
 to you!
 Main things that have changed in this release:
 
 - INSPIRE support, including a specific search form (disabled by default, 
 enable in the System preferences panel)
 - CSW ISO profile updates and test suite
 - GeoServer upgrade to v2.0.1 with the REST API and SLD Styler included
 - Search speed improvements (more to come in v2.6.0, due in August 2010!)
 - Added Portuguese language and improvements for others
 
 The rest can be read in the changes log file.
 Thanks to our dedicated developer team and supporting community! Enjoy!
 
 http://geonetwork-opensource.org/software/geonetwork_opensource/releases/2.4.3
 
 Or directly to the files:
 
 https://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork/files/
 
 Greetings,
 Jeroen
 (Chair PSC GeoNetwork)
 
 Jeroen Ticheler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Bolsena Code Sprint June 2010 - still open for subscriptions

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,
Here's another invitation to get you to participate to the great code
sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

We still have space left for you to join us. You are free to choose your
project(s) you want to work on. The purpose is to have a great week of
coding, meeting and enjoying life in a relaxing place.

After two successful years we will this year again have a code sprint in
Bolsena from 6 to 12 June 2010. You are welcome to sign up and join the
group. Last years were very nice, relaxing and productive at the same
time.
There is limited space (25 beds) so don't hesitate to book your place.
Full
boarding for the week, including food, is 500 Euro per person.
Sign up and read more
at:http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2010 [1]
Hope to see a good crowd again this year, ciao,Jeroen
 Jeroen TichelerGeoCat
bv
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Dear all,
Here's another invitation to get you to participate to the great code
sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

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sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

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sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

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sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

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sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

Dear all,
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sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

Dear all,
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sprint in Bolsena - Italy this June.

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WCS - Catalog

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Frans,
I suggest you post your question to the geonetwork-users mailing list ( 
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geonetwork-users )
Catalog standards are used to make it possible to share your information with 
others through their applications, websites or catalogues (and not only through 
your own catalogue/website)
Kind regards,
Jeroen

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 i just learning geonetwork, but found the catalog standard
 
 any tips to help me, why should we use this catalog standard?
 
 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Development of INSPIRE data application profile support in GEOFOSS

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Dear all,I have submitted a BOF for FOSS4G2009 where I would like to invite those of you present in Sydney and with interest in the topic "Development of INSPIRE data application profile support in GEOFOSS".Details are here:http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather#INSPIRE_Data_Profile_Support_in_FOSS4GOther things may be coming up, but I hope this provides a good starting point for some discussion and possible collaboration.Please add your points to the list and feel free to modify/improve those I already listed.Ciao,Jeroen Jeroen TichelerGeoCat bvGrotenhuisweg 617384 CT WilpTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email. ___
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: 2009 Board Election Results

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Congratulations to the new board members!
I am honored to have served on the board over the last two years and  
hope to be able to support the foundation in many other ways in the  
coming years. Thanks for all the good things I took away from being a  
board member and for the cool collaboration with my fellow board  
members and the community so far.

Cheers,
Jeroen

On Sep 29, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:


http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_2009_Results

Here are the final results from the voting for the open seats of the
OSGeo Board of Directors.  There were five seats open and they have
been filled by, in alphabetical order:

* Chris Schmidt
* Geoff Zeiss
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler (re-elected)
* Ravi Kumar

Thanks to everyone for running, it was a very large field of really
excellent candidates, it's a shame the board isn't bigger.  The voting
participation was middling at 73% and there were no tie scores to
arbitrate.

Your complete resulting Board is:

* Ari Jolma
* Arnulf Christl
* Frank Warmerdam
* Howard Butler
* Markus Neteler
* Chris Schmidt
* Geoff Zeiss
* Jeff McKenna
* Ravi Kumar

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors

Yours,

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary Algorithms

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Excellent idea! It would need a little bit of content management to  
avoid getting spam in these fields and getting feedback preferably  
back to the source, but that might be overcome with some  
brainstorming :-)

Cheers,
Jeroen

On Aug 26, 2009, at 4:51 AM, Ted Habermann wrote:

Lots of discussions on standardization of data formats, lots of  
challenges there. One thing that has not been mentioned (I think) is  
the idea of standardizing responses from users about 1) uses of data  
and 2) limitations of data (files too big fits in here). Both of  
these are included in the MD_Usage object that is part of the ISO  
19115 Standard included in GeoNetwork. Would be very cool to build  
into GeoNetwork the capability to accept user feedback about  
datasets and to associate that feedback with the appropriate  
datasets in the GeoNetwork catalog and to make it available to 1)  
data providers and 2) future users...


Seems straightforward,
Ted

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[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoNetwork opensource v2.4.0 released

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,We're proud to announce the release of GeoNetwork opensource 2.4.0. This is a major release for the project.GeoNetwork opensource ( http://geonetwork-opensource.org ) is a standards based geospatial catalog application that helps people and organizations to organize and publish their geospatial data through the web. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world.Important improvements have been made to ease of use, advanced metadata editing, performance and interoperability making it one of the most advanced, if not the most advanced geospatial metadata catalog available on the market today.The software provides an easy to use web interface to search geospatial data across multiple catalogs, combine distributed map services in the embedded map viewer, send annotated interactive maps to friends by email, publish geospatial data using the online metadata editing tools and optionally the embedded GeoServer map server. Administrators have the option to manage user and group accounts, configure the server through web based and desktop utilities and schedule metadata harvesting from other catalogs.You will find support for a number of metadata formats (ISO19115/19119 following ISO19139, FGDC and Dublin Core), a number of catalog interfaces (OGC-CSW2.0.2 ISO profile client and server, OAI-PMH client and server, GeoRSS server, GEO OpenSearch server, WebDAV harvesting, GeoNetwork to GeoNetwork harvesting support).A single, platform independent installer allows to install and run the software on a PC or a server on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The installer can be downloaded as an executable Windows file or as a platform independent .jar installer. It creates a Start menu on Windows computers. Command line installations are also possible for remote installations. Please refer to chapter 6 of the manual for detailed installation instructions.The GeoNetwork community has been expanding quickly over the last years. The current release has been possible because of all those that contributed to the project through code contributions, testing, bug reports and fixes as well as many suggestions. GeoNetwork opensource is part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo, http://www.osgeo.org) software stack, providing software you can trust tobe free, open and sustainable. Voluntary support is provided through mailing lists, websites and online forums.Several companies also provide commercial support to help organizations to implement, integrate and maintain the software. You can find them in the Service Provider directory on the OSGeo website.Thanks and congratulations to the all community members!Jeroen Ticheler Jeroen TichelerGeoCat bvGrotenhuisweg 617384 CT WilpTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email. ___
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Using Firebug for debugging in IE, Opera Safari

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,
I was pointed to this Firebug Lite by Mathieu Coudert, developer on  
the GeoNetwork opensource project. Useful if you want to use Firebug  
to debug in Internet Explorer for instance.


http://getfirebug.com/lite.html

Cheers,
Jeroen

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: TOP 20 OSGeo Mailman subscriber statistics - GeoNetwork stats

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Here are the GeoNetwork opensource mailing list subscribers  
statistics, running on sourceforge:


User mailing list: 430
User mailing list in French: 21 (new mailing list)
Developer list: 249
Commit mailing list: 44

Cheers,
Jeroen

On Apr 25, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Markus Neteler wrote:


TOP 20 OSGeo Mailman subscriber statistics:

I have written a small script to count the *enabled* subscribers of  
all

OSGeo hosted mailing lists, here the top 20 lists:

mapserver-users: 1667
gdal-dev: 1006
grass-user: 938
announce: 868
discuss: 864
mapguide-users: 748
qgis-user: 728
grass-windows: 382
mapserver-dev: 335
gdal-announce: 335
spanish: 303
grass-dev: 299
mapbender_users: 278
mapserver-announce: 274
grass-announce: 270
qgis-developer: 251
grass-stats: 234
geodata: 229
africa: 229
portugal: 227

Best
Markus
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Date change Bolsena Hacking event

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi All,

I have had to change the dates of the OSGeo Bolsena Hacking event. It  
will be two weeks later than originally planned (that is the week  
after the GSDI conference in The Netherlands!).


The new dates are 21-27 June 2009

Details can be found at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Hacking_Event_2009

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Ciao,
Jeroen

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: OSGeo Hacking Event 2009, Bolsena, Italy

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi All,Like in June this year, I have booked the Monastery in Bolsena, Italy again for June 2009. I hope we can repeat the great experience of last year and see many of you join us there!Details can be found at:http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Hacking_Event_2009Looking forward to see you in Bolsena! First come first served is the motto, so please sign up quickly!Ciao,Jeroen Jeroen TichelerGeoCat bvGrotenhuisweg 617384 CT WilpTel: +31 (0)6 81286572http://geocat.netPlease consider the environment before printing this email. ___Discuss mailing listDiscuss@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss___
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ISO 19115 metadata schemas

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Paul,
Schemas used in GeoNetwork for ISO19115 are the ISO19139:2007 schemas  
that define the encoding for 19115. They are indeed part of the  
GeoNetwork application as Tyler said.

Jeroen

On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:21 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:


Hi Paul,
I don't know where, but maybe it is included somewhere in the  
GeoNetwork opensource code?

http://geonetwork.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geonetwork/trunk/

On 10-Dec-08, at 1:34 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

Does anyone know where to get the XML schema (or DTD) for the ISO  
19115 metatda?




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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2009 Code sprint

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Tim,

On Oct 12, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Tim Bowden wrote:

Just to confuse things again, we're reconsidering the idea of having  
it

before.  It runs the risk of diverting attention from the last minute
things that need to be done in the run up to the conf itself.  After  
is

looking like a great option right now (which would reduce by 1 the
number of nights accommodation as well).


I think that if there's a clear goal set for the Code Sprint and its  
relation to the conference, it can actually help to get a good turnout  
and instead of diverting attention it could increase it. If it is  
organized as _just a code sprint_ without objective(s) the risk is  
indeed there, otherwise I think the contrary can be true.


You suggested the idea of an interoperability integration showcase,  
maybe as a permanent platform that shows both proprietary and open  
source software interoperate. I think that is an excellent idea and is  
well worth pursuing in collaboration with OGC and vendors. If such  
goal is pursued, a three days final preparation code sprint would be  
extremely valuable, also with respect to the workshops in the  
conference.


I realize that both conference and code sprint are tiring events, so  
having them in one rush can be exhaustive. If there's a good chance to  
relax between the two (a long weekend) however, it may be worthwhile.


My 2 cents, ciao,
Jeroen
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Code Sprint: How Much?

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Thanks for that Lorenzo and Arnulf! Indeed, mark your calendars  
because I've booked the week of 15 – 21st June 2009 in Bolsena.


I would be happy to work with people to try to get sponsorship lined  
up for the event this year. I think last year's event was extremely  
economical from the point of view of participating (ignoring travel  
cost!). The total cost was well under 500 Euro for the full 7 days  
with full boarding.


It will be the same next year, except that for reasons of  
simplification the price will be 500 Euro to participate (again, full  
boarding and a dinner in a special restaurant :-) ). The single  
payment is instead of splitting things up in detail (if you're  
participating 3 or 7 days, eating all nights, or just 2, etc...). We  
have space for about 30 people in total, but more precise details will  
follow on the WIKI later. Start getting organized :-) First come,  
first served.


Suggestions and help to find sponsors are very welcome.

Ciao,
Jeroen

On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:


On Sat, October 4, 2008 01:19, Lorenzo Becchi wrote:

best Sprint I've ever been:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/European_GIS_Code_Sprint


ciao lorenzo

ps: thanks Jeroen!


+1

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Hacking_event

And better even, it will take place again.


Paul Ramsey wrote:


Everyone loves a good code sprint... or do they?


2007 brought you the one-day sprint (with the GeoToolsers and  
uDiggers

going for an extended weekend sprint). 2008 brings you another day.
2009 is still thinking about it.


How much sprinting would you do? 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 days?


I am wondering if the right way to handle the sprints is to turn  
them
from something the conference quietly subsidizes to something that  
OSGeo
pays for directly.  That way the conference organizers don't feel  
like

they are having it taken out of their hide, and it can be as long as
people like. Also, it fits directly into the OSGeo mission of  
promoting

the development of the software.

Book-keeping-wise it's a left-pocket-to-right-pocket transaction for
OSGeo, but from a authority and decision making PoV it removes the
issue from the plate of the conference team and puts it into the  
hands of

the software promoting team (whomever they may be).

Paul
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conference Photos

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Chris,
Thanks for that! It's really cool to see someone that took lots of  
pictures of people attending!! You did a terrific job!

Ciao,
Jeroen

On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:

I finally finished uploading all the photos I took at/around the  
FOSS4G

conference.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/sets/72157607549536663/

Includes photos from:
* Various nights hanging out at the bars/hotels during the conference
* A trip up Table Mountain with OpenLayers/OpenGeo folks
* GeoDjango Workshop
* Sessions, exhibition hall, etc.
* PIctures from the Gala Dinner at Moyo
* Closing Session
* OSGeo AGM
* OpenLayers Workshop
* GeoServer Workshop

Photos that are taken at the conference center/of conference  
proceedings

are also tagged with foss4g2008:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/tags/foss4g2008/

And most photos of people who I recognized are tagged with first  
name in

the title, and with a username (as used on IRC or other unique
identifier) attached as a tag:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/tags/seven/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/tags/stvn/

Photos of the AGM are also tagged as such:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/tags/osgeo,agm/

I've made my tagging settings as open as possible, but I believe you
still need to be a contact on flickr in order to add notes/tags to
photos: simply add me as a contact, and I'll add you back.

Any names I got wrong, please let me know, either via email or by  
simply

commenting on the flickr photo.

Thanks to all for helping to create such a photogenic conference.

Regards,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] End of life for Community Mapbuilder

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Cameron and others,
Congratulations indeed for the decision and way forward!
Looking at what for instance the Apache Jakarta Project does, adding a  
Retired projects page seems a good solution. Elegant and clear. See http://jakarta.apache.org/site/retired-projects.html
I have no problem with seeing such a link in the current projects  
listing on the OSGeo homepage.

Ciao,
Jeroen

On Jul 28, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:


Cameron Shorter wrote:

 End of life for Community Mapbuilder
We, the Mapbuilder Project Steering Committee, have agreed that the  
time has come for the Community Mapbuilder http://communitymapbuilder.org/ 
 project to gracefully retire. We will release a final, stable 1.5  
version of the software, and afterwards there are no planned  
enhancements to Mapbuilder. The web pages and code will be kept  
alive, a few bugs might be fixed and we will likely continue  
answering user queries, but we expect Mapbuilder will gradually  
fade away into history.


Cameron,

I think this is an excellent and professional approach - given a  
clear heads
up to the community on the status of things.  In fact, I've been  
just thrilled
by the degree of cooperation achieved between several of the web  
mapping client

side projects in recent years.  The experience and efforts focused on
improvement and exploitation of OpenLayers by those involved in  
Mapbuilder,
ka-map and other projects has helped turn OpenLayers into what I  
would argue

is the best of breed role it plays now.

As far as OSGeo process, I agree that we (perhaps within the  
incubation
committee?) need to work out an end-of-life/retired status for  
projects.
There is no problem continuing to host project resources of course,  
but at
some point we would want to release the project from live status  
reporting
and governance requirements and to remove it from the front page so  
not too

many new users are guided to it as a promoted project.

If there is no objection, I'll distribute the eol announcement via the
OSGeo announce mechanism.

Best regards,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Andrea,
I had the same thing :-) Had to fill out the form while I also  
registered online. I guess the form is the formal sealing of the deal  
although I was also confused a bit. You still need to register for  
other workshops you want to attend and for the gala dinner.

Ciao,
Jeroen

On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:45 PM, andrea antonello wrote:


Hi, that will sound strange, but indeed I have some problems in
registering at Foss4g.

I did my registration process with a workshop presenter code, which
should mean I have full discount (do both workshop predenters have
full discount?).
Well, the registration ended up in... nothing. No great, you
subscribed or similar. Now, after some time, this email comes (ok,
the header tells me they had some problems) in which I am asked to
send a fax and do my payment by means of today to get the early bird.
Since one of the presenters probably will have to pay, I tried to
understand from the website, tried to contact organisers and
reviewers, but got no answer.

Since no one else is bothering, I assume I'm the only one with this  
problem.
So could someone with clear ideas in mind give me some feedback  
please?


Thanks,
Andrea
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The New Board to be and Global representation

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,
I have recently seen several discussions where the geographical  
representation sentiment, perceptions toward OSGeo being US or North  
America centric and so on and so forth get in (the way). So I could  
pick one randomly to react on. I'll pick this because of its title :-)


We should not be blind for perspectives and try to deal with them with  
care. However, there is _no one_ I know that is trying to purposely  
make the foundation centric to any specific country. As Cameron  
rightly mentioned in a previous email, there are countries that are  
native English speaking and that makes communication easy at the  
global community level for them. This same issue can be a problem for  
others though and can help the bias towards the largest English  
speaking communities on this planet even if it should not. I know that  
our members from North America actually do care a lot about what's  
going on across their borders. It is frustrating to see they are put  
into a defensive position too many times. They should not be and we,  
as a community have to avoid that from happening.


Again referring to Cameron's excellent email, we are a Meritocracy and  
not a political body that has to deal with country politics, disputed  
areas and global trade. This is actually the point that is most  
important to me when it comes to representation. I don't want to see  
geographical representation come into the discussion at all! :-) Every  
charter member of the community can make his/her choice based on  
personal considerations. I do consider that myself when voting, and I  
do consider giving a (higher) vote when it comes to balanced  
representation, be it geographical, gender or other factors. But in  
the end what counts for me is how much merit that person has and what  
we see that person brings to the community.


So my call upon the community: forget about geographical  
representation as a driving factor or political means in discussions  
or voting! My email gets to you if I would send it from Khartoum in  
the same way it does now that I'm sending it from Rome. Do you care?  
Or instead do you care about the content? Focus on the last when  
voting; what is the added value of that person as a board member to you.


Ciao,
Jeroen


On Jun 13, 2008, at 8:21 AM, RAVI KUMAR wrote:


Hi All,
some new blood is added to the OSGeo charter members, and now we are  
poised to get new board members too. If one can remember, there was  
a discussion on the geographical representation of the board members  
after the last election.


It is pertinent to have a global representation of OSGeo board  
members.
I hope the election to Board members will yield results that will  
represent a global interest of OSGeo.


In spite of the fact that internet is nearly erasing the political  
boundaries, still in countries like India, Geospatial technologies  
are yet to make a mark in semi-urban and rural societies.


OSGeo Coding verses OSGeo software usage(ratio):
Unlike the developed world where the ratio is evenly matched or  
slightly tilted towards users, in India it is very highly tilted  
towards OSGeo software usage.

So the priorities are different in promoting OSGeo.



Cheers
Ravi Kumar

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Driving licenses for geofoss?

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,

I'm curious to hear some opinions from people on the European Computer  
Driving License (see http://www.ecdl.org ) Foundation.


There's a specific option to obtain certificates on (proprietary) GIS  
software. Since we're talking about a Foundation, FOSS4G providers  
should be able to offer similar certification. http://www.ecdl.org/products/index.jsp?b=0-102pID=771nID=772


Now, there's two ways about this to put it bluntly (a) ignore (b)  
participate ;-)


I guess that also the education committee is interested in as well as  
universities offering GIS courses.


Ciao,
Jeroen


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hmmm, I tend to strongly disagree here. Forking indeed can prevent a  
lock-in if that is becoming a serious issue in the project. Otherwise  
it just causes lots of duplication of efforts and dilution of energy  
into different forked versions.


It also does not help the average user much in selecting what's good  
for him/her. I think that Ubuntu as a popular release is one of the  
proofs that too much choice does not help to reach the large crowd. By  
limiting the installed default software packages they quickly reached  
a huge user group.


My 2 cents, ciao,
Jeroen

On May 28, 2008, at 12:01 PM, P Kishor wrote:


Forking is not a bad thing. I have no idea why it is viewed as such.
Forking is one of the beauties of open source, brings diversity in the
code base, and even ensures longevity. The ability to fork is what
ensures that in open source there will not be any lock-in.

The beauty of this approach is the open source is not treated as
something special. It becomes as normal as non-open source software.
..
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear Markus,
I think this is a VERY good idea!! There's definitely a need for  
something like this that would help to get uniform output from a  
number of applications using the same markup.

Ciao,
Jeroen

On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:


Dear OSGeo,

I would like to launch the idea of an OSGeo Cartographic Library to
share concepts, source code and regression tests:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Library

GRASS, QGIS and others are in the need of own map printing tools
for high quality output but these projects should not start from  
scratch.
There is a wealth of underlying code already in Mapserver, Mapguide  
etc

which could be re-used in the terms of their respective licenses and
certainly of programming language compatibility.

Please hack the wiki page and post your ideas.

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[OSGeo-Discuss] The GeoNetwork opensource geospatial catalog v2.2.0 is out!

[Jeroen Ticheler]

We're happy to announce the release of GeoNetwork opensource 2.2.0.  
This is a mayor release for the project.


GeoNetwork opensource (http://geonetwork-opensource.org) is a  
standards based geospatial catalog application that helps people and  
organizations to organize and publish their geospatial data through  
the web. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure  
initiatives across the world.


The software provides an easy to use web interface to search  
geospatial data across multiple catalogs, combine distributed map  
services in the embedded map viewer, send annotated interactive maps  
to friends by email, publish geospatial data using the online metadata  
editing tools and optionally the embedded GeoServer map server.  
Administrators have the option to manage user and group accounts,  
configure the server through web based and desktop utilities and  
schedule metadata harvesting from other catalogs.


You will find support for a number of metadata formats (ISO19115/19119  
following ISO19139, FGDC and Dublin Core), a number of catalog  
interfaces (CSW2.0 ISO profile client and server, OAI-PMH client and  
server, GeoRSS server, GEO OpenSearch server, WebDAV harvesting,  
GeoNetwork to GeoNetwork harvesting support).


A single, platform independent installer allows to install and run the  
software on a PC or a server on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The  
installer can be downloaded as an executable Windows file or as a  
platform independent .jar installer. It creates a Start menu on  
Windows computers. Command line installations are also possible for  
remote installations. Please refer to chapter 6 of the manual for  
detailed installation instructions.


The GeoNetwork community has been expanding quickly over the last  
years. The current release has been possible because of all those that  
contributed to the project through code contributions, testing, bug  
reports and fixes as well as many suggestions.


This release is also the milestone for the Open Source Geospatial  
Foudation (OSGeo, http://www.osgeo.org) incubation process the project  
is going through. The GeoNetwork Project Steering Committee will now  
ask OSGeo to graduate the project.


Thanks and congratulations to the all community members!

Downloads at: http://geonetwork-opensource.org/software/geonetwork_opensource

Enjoy!
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Green light: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,

I'm happy to inform you that the hacking event in Bolsena will take  
place! Enough people have confirmed their participation for me to  
decide to make the booking :-)


Those participating, you will need to make and advance payment of 100  
Euro to me to guarantee your place. Please contact me privately by  
email so we can arrange that. I've no problems if you later need to  
change as long as you make sure there's someone taking your place :-)


For what the food concerns, there will be a cook who will serve  
breakfast, lunch and dinner for 30 Euro per person per day.


We'll discuss other technicalities as they come up, i.e. assistance if  
you need to rent a car, organize to travel together, public transport  
etc... Please feel free to use the WIKI page for that or create a sub  
page.


There's still space for more people. I will soon add a floor plan so  
that rooms can be organized. Some rooms are single bed, some have two  
beds so people have to share the room and there are a couple of rooms  
with double beds.


You can sign up here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Hacking_event

Very much looking forward to this!
Cheers,
Jeroen



Dear all,
I've been thinking of getting an OSGeo hacking or code sprint  
event setup in an Italian monastry. Friends of mine take care of the  
place which is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to 25  
people in small bedrooms :-) . Its probably one of the coolest  
places for such an event. Quiet, isolated and serene. There's a good  
wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my  
hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should  
be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail.


The cost would be about 200 Euro per person for the week (food not  
included, we can organize that separately). There's a large kitchen  
and large dining space. Obviously since the weather most likely  
permits, we would eat outside overlooking the lake.


Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery:

http://www.conventobolsena.org/

Where: http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby

Are people interested in such a thing? Looking at availability of  
the place, best would be June or possibly in May (not always  
available!).


If there's enough interest, I can start getting people to sign up  
and get a booking done. There would be 7 days time, so it can also  
be divided into smaller time chunks that are occupied by different  
projects.


Let me know, greetings from Rome,
Jeroen



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Last chance before cancelling: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)!?

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Chris,
With another six from your side and hopefully others to join up we are  
getting pretty close to a minimum required number! We might go for it  
with another four that will confirm this week. In that case it will  
have to be in the week three (second option in June) since that has  
most people already confirmed.

Let me know soonest!
Ciao,
Jeroen

On Feb 12, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Chris Holmes wrote:

Oh shoot.  We were discussing this internally for awhile (maybe too  
long...).  I think TOPP can commit to funding at least 6 of our  
people to come.  And potentially another 4-5 if things work out well  
and there's some other OpenLayers critical mass.  And we're hoping  
to encourage some other GeoServer devs to come.


Any chance there's another 6 people that could confirm  
participation? Or a chance that we could rent just half of the place?


Chris


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Incubator] Service Provider Directory: Prioritization

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Frank,

On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:57 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:


To be clear, I'm not suggesting that OSGeo have any policy for project
contributors other than that they identify contributors identified  
by the
project PSCs.  If a project PSC does not choose to identify any  
contributors
then no one would appear in the SPD listed as a contributor to that  
project.


OK, so that's a clear change from what we have at present! I fully  
agree with such requirement.


Ciao,
Jeroen
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Sign up now: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)!?

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,
Further to my earlier email (below), I have now created a WIKI page  
and filled out the possible weeks that an event could be held.


To make a final booking, I want to be sure to have at least 15 people  
that confirm their participation and an indication of at least another  
20 people that the have an interest to join. Otherwise it may end up  
being an expensive experiment from my side ;-)


You can sign up here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Hacking_event

Please sign up before 8 February, after which a decision will be made.

Greetings,
Jeroen



Dear all,
I've been thinking of getting an OSGeo hacking or code sprint  
event setup in an Italian monastry. Friends of mine take care of the  
place which is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to 25  
people in small bedrooms :-) . Its probably one of the coolest  
places for such an event. Quiet, isolated and serene. There's a good  
wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my  
hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should  
be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail.


The cost would be about 200 Euro per person for the week (food not  
included, we can organize that separately). There's a large kitchen  
and large dining space. Obviously since the weather most likely  
permits, we would eat outside overlooking the lake.


Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery:

http://www.conventobolsena.org/

Where: http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby

Are people interested in such a thing? Looking at availability of  
the place, best would be June or possibly in May (not always  
available!).


If there's enough interest, I can start getting people to sign up  
and get a booking done. There would be 7 days time, so it can also  
be divided into smaller time chunks that are occupied by different  
projects.


Let me know, greetings from Rome,
Jeroen



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[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Board] FOSS4G 2007 Wrap Up

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear Paul,
I would like to thank you once more for the great work you and your  
whole team did in organizing the conference!! I'm sure to do that on  
behalf of the whole community. It was a great event that we won't  
forget soon. You've put the bar high for those that are next in line.

Thanks again and congratulations,
Jeroen

On Jan 15, 2008, at 6:28 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:


All,

I want to thank OSGeo for bringing FOSS4G 2007 to Victoria. We had  
a great conference, and for me personally it was a peak life  
experience, never to be replicated!


Our conference organizer, Sea To Sky Conferences, has been steadily  
closing off the books over the last few months, paying our  
suppliers and bringing in the final receivables.  Today I received  
the final report, and have placed a public version online on the  
conference site.


http://www.foss4g2007.org/foss4g2007-final-report-public.pdf

Thanks to a paid attendance that was 60% higher than expected,  
refunds from our A/V supplier (due to the wireless network and  
plenary issues) and lower than expected food costs, FOSS4G 2007  
will return a surplus of just over $110,000CAD to OSGeo.


The huge extra attendance was a great reflection on the enthusiasm  
for OSGeo and what we are doing in the larger geospatial  
community.  The comments and evaluations in the final report are  
well worth reading, they reflect the high value that people felt  
the presentations, labs, workshops and demos provided -- when our  
community gets together to talk, what we have to say has tremendous  
value.


Thanks again, everybody, for a great conference, and really  
memorable week.


Yours,

Paul
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN's program..: ESRI and cities mapping

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Ravi,
As a UN employee I guess I have to react on your statement :-)
As UN we are trying to provide and use quite a bit of open source  
technologies. The OSGeo GeoNetwork opensource that I work on is an  
example of that and there are a number of other activities existing  
or starting up. take a look at the UN produced DVD GeoNetwork  
opensource that contains nothing but geospatial open source software  
and is distributed for free to many people all over the world.
It remains a fact that many applications are (still?) build on  
proprietary applications and there is not much wrong with that  
happening also. At present I bet there are more developers that work  
on proprietary systems and have no interest or knowledge to develop  
using open source software and sometimes applications are simply not  
there yet in open source. Mind you, I'm saying this as a profound  
open source advocate :-)
As said, there are multiple initiatives that support open source, but  
the world does not change in a day while many existing problems need  
to be addressed immediately.

Ciao,
Jeroen

On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:00 PM, RAVI KUMAR wrote:


Hi all,
It is unfortunate that United Nations nearly advocates Proprietory  
GIS.
Time we react to this. The developing world is already throwing  
billions into

un-sustainable Proprietory GIS for various GIS jobs.

Fope the FOSS4G will discuss this and send a memorandum to UN..

ww2.unhttp://habitat.org/guonet/gis.asp
Cheers
Ravi Kumar

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[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoNetwork opensource 2.1.0 released

[Jeroen Ticheler]

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
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for workshops for the Third annual GeoNetwork workshop

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear Colleagues,

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has the pleasure to  
inform you that the GeoNetwork opensource third annual workshop will  
be held from 5 to 9 November 2007 at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.


This year we hope to welcome 80-100 participants from several UN  
Agencies as well as from the GeoNetwork opensource community.


During the week we have time slots scheduled for half-day to one-day  
technical sessions on Open Source Web-Mapping and Desktop GIS  
Applications. We strongly encourage workshop submissions on  
interoperability and spatial data infrastructures based. Workshops  
from (OSGeo) Free and Open Source Software projects will receive  
preference in the selection process.


Each session should consist of a brief presentation of the software's  
functionality as well as a practical hands-on part targeted to GIS  
professionals.


If you are interested in presenting your project in a technical  
session at the workshop, please provide us with a short session  
proposal until 19 September.


The workshops will be free for participants and workshop presenters.

We look forward to seeing you in Rome as a workshop presenter.

Greetings,

Jeroen Ticheler
Patrizia Monteduro
Martin Seiler

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Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome - Italy
Tel/Fax: +39 06 570 56041/53369
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO OGC spec development

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Lorenzo,

On 17 Jul 2007, at 1:09 PM, Lorenzo Becchi wrote:


Jeroen, all, very important thread to me too.

generic questions:
- what would it mean to create an OGC Committee?


A place where those involved / interested in OGC spec development  
connect with each other and where OSGEO interests in standards  
development are coordinated or at least communicated.


It could also be the place where members agree to take up issues in  
the TC meetings in the relevant working groups. The meetings are held  
every 3 months and I think most of us are unable to always attend them.



- is it an overhead for the board?


I think it would be the same as the other existing Committees that  
OSGEO now has.


- will there be a board member to support this Commitee? is this  
needed?


Good question :-)


- does it mean to subscribe as OSGeo to OGC? how much does it cost?


I mentioned that initially this would not be my idea, I would just  
start with coordination first.


Later it may evolve in that direction if deemed necessary or more  
efficient than individual membership by OSGEO contributing  
individuals/ organizations/ companies. At the same time that could be  
a financial commitment OSGEO can not permit itself.


TC membership is 11.000 USD per year. Many small companies or  
individual contributors are unlikely to be able to afford that.
 (See http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/join/levels ) It gives 2  
persons free access to the meetings.


There's the non-voting Associate membership that gives access to all  
documents and meetings as an alternative though. This would also  
apply to OSGEO as far as I can see and would only cost 1.100 USD per  
year. It gives 1 person free access to the meetings.


There are some advantages in terms of marketing OGC compliance of  
OSGEO projects. To use the OGC Trademark there are fees to be paid  
for those products. See http://www.opengeospatial.org/compliance/ 
#products




I think every OSGeo project is more or less supporting at least one  
OCG standard. New standards has been created too under OSGeo  
umbrella and it would be great to present them and make them  
officially OGC.
This will strength interoperability between OSGeo softwares and  
other softwares. Between OSGeo softwares and OSGeo softwares.  
Between ... I love interoperability!

:-)


Indeed, I agree. In my email I didn't try to cover all OGC spec  
development OSGEO members work on as I only wanted it to trigger some  
internal discussion. The list of specs used in OSGEO is a substantial  
one. It's also a way to influence the ISO/TC211 standards development  
that is out of reach to OSGEO except through members that hold some  
observing status to that committee. OGC specs have been and probably  
will be used as input into the TC211 standardization process.


Ciao,
Jeroen




ciao
Lorenzo


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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO OGC spec development

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,
Last week I attended the Open Geospatial Consortium Technical  
Committee (OGC-TC) meeting in Paris.


For those not to familiar with this meeting, it consists of a series  
of Working Group (WG) meetings that mostly run around the development  
of specifications (or standards if you wish) dealing with geo- 
informatics. The most prominent specifications coming from OGC are  
Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS) and Geographic  
Markup Language (GML). There's a whole list of other specs available  
or under development. OSGEO projects work with a substantial number  
of them. See http://www.opengeospatial org for more details.


With this email I would like to touch upon two issues that I think  
are relevant to OSGEO. I hope bringing this up can trigger some  
discussion on how OSGEO would best benefit from the OGC spec  
development process:


1- Discussions related to Google's KML and Web Map Context
2- Discussions related to a Tiled Web Map Service specifications

There was discussion on the possibility that KML becomes an OGC  
specification and, more importantly, that it could be used to replace  
the wining Web Map Context (WMC) specification. A number of OSGEO  
projects use the Styled Layer Descriptors (SLD (symbology))  
specification and the WMC. There's a great deal of overlap between  
these and KML. It is likely in the interest of these projects to  
share their experience with OGC and see some of that reflected in  
future OGC specs.


There was also discussion about a new Tiled WMS specification. Such  
spec can have different forms, and could be conceived as a new spec  
or as an extension (or application profile) of a Web Map Service. Two  
approaches were presented and two other approaches were mentioned,  
among which the approach taken within the OSGEO community.


Observing these discussions, my impression is that OSGEO has an  
important role to play in the further development of these OGC specs.  
We can obviously take the easy route and let OGC go its way. We could  
than come up with in-house, open specifications that will compete  
with OGC specs still under development. The development of the specs  
is likely to be quicker than going through OGC. However, I feel that  
with limited effort by the community we can have a very positive  
influence on the OGC spec development. We can make sure experiences  
in OSGEO are reflected in the OGC specs. The WMS-T is an obvious  
example of this. It was kind of frustrating to not see that  
experience properly represented at the WMS-WG.


OSGEO is very young still, so frustration is not an expression of  
dissatisfaction in this case :-) rather, I think it might be time to  
establish a way to formally represent OSGEO in OGC. This could be  
through those OSGEO members that already hold a TC level membership  
to OGC (the logical first step I would think) and later possibly  
through a direct OSGEO TC Membership to OGC. Also, we could consider  
a focal point in OSGEO where specification development is discussed  
and coordinated. This may have the form of a Committee for instance.  
I'm hesitant to propose new Committees, but if there's enough  
interest to have a central coordination point dealing with standards  
and specs, it may make sense :-)


Greetings from Rome,
Jeroen

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ISO 19115

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi,
In GeoNetwork opensource ( http://geonetwork-opensource.org ) we've  
been using ISO19115 for a long time now. We are now finalizing a  
release of the software that has among other things, support for the  
following standards:

Metadata:   ISO19115 validated against ISO19139 implementation standard.
FGDC
Dublin Core
Catalog:OGC CAT 1.0  Z39.50
OGC CSW 2.0.1 based on the ISO profile

GeoNetwork opensource is an incubator project of OSGEO and can be  
found at http://www.osgeo.org/geonetwork


We find it useful and have been using it to document large numbers of  
spatial datasets. For example at http://www.fao.org/geonetwork (where  
I work), http://vam.wfp.org/vamsie , http://geonetwork.unocha.org/ 
mapsondemand and http://csi.cgiar.org/geonetwork to name a few. All  
these organizations share their metadata collections among catalogs.


Ciao,
Jeroen

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On 16 May 2007, at 7:40 AM, Raj Singh wrote:

In the geospatial standards community (I work for OGC), ISO 19115  
is sort of a bible. The problem with this, and most ISO documents,  
is that it's too abstract to design software around. You generally  
need to go to another level of specificity to do real coding. For  
example, the OGC catalog work http://www.opengeospatial.org/ 
standards/cat conforms to ISO 19115 and gets much closer to  
something implementable.

---
Raj


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I noticed the existance of ISO 19115

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail? 
CSNUMBER=26020ICS1=35ICS2=240ICS3=70


Particularly the cataloguing of datasets

Has anyone read this? Is it useful?


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4G 2007 Workshop Submission

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Paul,
Hard not to be frustrated if I look at the closed ranking/review  
process, the final list that includes non-OSGEO workshops and the  
fact that no consultation has taken place with workshop submitters on  
possible alternatives. Just the blunt email that closes the door.

Jeroen

On Mar 29, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:


Jeroen,

I appreciate your frustration, and I know it is shared by many  
others, as only 12 of the 34 3-hour workshop submissions could be  
hosted.  The criteria the workshop committee used in their  
evaluation are here:


http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/ 
FOSS4G2007_Workshops#Criteria_used_by_the_workshop_committee_to_review 
_workshop_submissions


All the committee members ranked the submissions on those criteria  
and the rankings were averaged.  Two workshops in the top 12 that  
were topic duplicates were removed and the next-lowest-ranked non- 
duplicates were moved up.  It appears that being on the committee  
is no guarantee of satisfaction with the final result. The average  
of a bunch of lists people want is a list that no one is 100% happy  
with.


Paul

On 28-Mar-07, at 10:36 PM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:


Dear people,

Thank you for your information. I have to say I find that pretty  
frustrating and annoying knowing that GeoNetwork opensource is one  
of the incubator projects of OSGEO, the number of OSGEO projects  
is (still) limited and FOSS4G is the OSGEO conference.


Participating with the project in OSGEO has multiple reasons, one  
of them being that it provides opportunities to work on synergies  
and work on marketing the OSGEO software stack. Now how does the  
intent of OSGEOs mission fit with refusing a (single) workshop on  
one of its projects. Maybe I miss something, but I'd assumed there  
was at least some kind of a relation!?


Looking forward to some good feedback and discussion on this, also  
on the OSGEO mailing list as I consider that discussion very  
relevant in the further development of outreach strategies for  
ourselves and the OSGEO foundation through conferences.


Core question:

Should OSGEO projects have guaranteed workshop and presentation  
space for at least one session?


Regards,
Jeroen

On Mar 28, 2007, at 5:58 PM, FOSS4G 2007 wrote:


Dear Jeroen Ticheler,

We regret to inform you that we will not be able to accept your  
Half Day
workshop, Using the GeoNetwork opensource Spatial Data Catalog,  
for the
FOSS4G 2007 program.  We had a very large number of submissions  
this year, and

 have been able to accept less than half of them
.

We hope you will consider bringing some of your ideas to the  
conference in the
 form of a presentation. The Call for Presentations is currently  
open, and

there is room for 120 presentations at the conference this year
.

http://www.foss4g2007.org/presentations

Yours,

The FOSS4G 2007 Conference Committee





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[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4G 2007 Workshop Submission

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear people,

Thank you for your information. I have to say I find that pretty  
frustrating and annoying knowing that GeoNetwork opensource is one of  
the incubator projects of OSGEO, the number of OSGEO projects is  
(still) limited and FOSS4G is the OSGEO conference.


Participating with the project in OSGEO has multiple reasons, one of  
them being that it provides opportunities to work on synergies and  
work on marketing the OSGEO software stack. Now how does the intent  
of OSGEOs mission fit with refusing a (single) workshop on one of its  
projects. Maybe I miss something, but I'd assumed there was at least  
some kind of a relation!?


Looking forward to some good feedback and discussion on this, also on  
the OSGEO mailing list as I consider that discussion very relevant in  
the further development of outreach strategies for ourselves and the  
OSGEO foundation through conferences.


Core question:

Should OSGEO projects have guaranteed workshop and presentation  
space for at least one session?


Regards,
Jeroen

On Mar 28, 2007, at 5:58 PM, FOSS4G 2007 wrote:


Dear Jeroen Ticheler,

We regret to inform you that we will not be able to accept your  
Half Day
workshop, Using the GeoNetwork opensource Spatial Data Catalog,  
for the
FOSS4G 2007 program.  We had a very large number of submissions  
this year, and

 have been able to accept less than half of them
.

We hope you will consider bringing some of your ideas to the  
conference in the
 form of a presentation. The Call for Presentations is currently  
open, and

there is room for 120 presentations at the conference this year
.

http://www.foss4g2007.org/presentations

Yours,

The FOSS4G 2007 Conference Committee



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[OSGeo-Discuss] Sign New Public Access Petition

[Jeroen Ticheler]

This is a message forwarded from BOAI, to sign a petition to support  
public
access to research funded by the US government. Please take a moment  
to sign

it, since this is one way to assure that we have open access to our
important research.

Jeroen Ticheler

---

Dear Friends,

Momentum for public access to publicly funded research reached a  
height last
month with the celebration of a National Day of Action by students  
across
the U.S. and the presentation of over 21,000 individual and  
organizational
signatures to the European Union's Commissioner for Science and  
Research.


To build on this momentum, several leading American organizations -
representing libraries, health groups, students, and consumers - are  
jointly
supporting a Petition for Public Access to Publicly Funded Research  
in the

United States.

This petition, which is open to supporters around the world, will
demonstrate clearly to U.S. policymakers the depth and breadth of  
support

for access to federally funded research in the United States.
As U.S. lawmakers consider policies and legislation to advance public
access, it is critical that supporters step forward and be counted.

Even if you signed the European petition, it's important that you  
sign the

U.S. petition as well. Here's why:
The European Commission petition was written explicitly to support
Recommendation A1 of the EC's Study on the Economic and Technical  
Evolution

of the Scientific Publication Markets of Europe.

The U.S. petition is written to support public access to research  
funded by
the U.S. government as well as the reintroduction and passage of the  
Federal

Research Public Access Act.

The U.S. petition collects state-specific information, which is  
essential to

making the case for public access to individual lawmakers.
The Petition for Public Access to Publicly Funded Research in the United
States (http://www.publicaccesstoresearch.org) is open to individuals  
and
organizations of all types. If you are a researcher whose work is  
funded by

the federal government, your signature is especially important since it
shows that you want your work to be shared and used.

Please distribute this message and invite your members, friends, and
colleagues to sign the petition immediately in order that as much  
progress

as possible may be made in the 110th Congress.

Sincerely,

Heather Joseph

Executive Director, SPARC

P.S. - Please don't delay. Visit (http://
www.publicaccesstoresearch.org) now and add your name to the list of  
public

access supporters. Then ask your friends and colleagues to do the same.

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Multi lingual osgeo.org shows up in Chinese

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Gao,
I know I can select my own language, but I want to read the English  
page. The fact is that that page shows up with Chinese (or is it  
Japanese) in locations that have been translated. This is related to  
the content, not to the default translations offered by Drupal.

Now it seems that English shows up again normal :-)
Ciao,
Jeroen


On Feb 26, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Gao_Ang wrote:


Jeroen:

I think that osgeo.org maybe use the Drupal(http://drupal.org/) to  
manage the content.
But I haven't found out which theme and modules has been used in  
this site.
Drupal support many languages besides English. User can switch the  
interface to their favorite language.
You can find your own language at the official website of this CMS  
http://drupal.org/project/Translations

Regards.

=== 2007-02-26 16:52:42 ===


Hi all,
Today the osgeo.org showed up in Chinese (at least partially) for me.
Though I like the characters on my screen, it will take me some time
to understand it ;-)
My browsers are Flock and Firefox (on the Mac), my language settings
have English (en) and English/United States (en-us) as the two
default languages. No Chinese or anything else in there. My default
encoding is UTF-8
I can select many other languages, but not English :-(
Ciao,
Jeroen

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