Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] geospatial algorithm to create area midway boundaries from lines ?
You might want to consider a different idea: convert the line vector to a raster, then apply the r.grow.distance module to "fill" all null pixels in between the line pixels with the cat value of the closest line. Here's how it would work in the nc_basic_spm mapset, using the 'streams' vector: g.mapset -p #user1 g.region -ap rast=elevation g.copy vect=streams,mystreams v.to.rast mystreams output=streams_rast use=cat r.grow.distance input=streams_rast value=theissen_areas r.to.vect -s theissen_areas output=theissen_polys type=area Here is what the result looks like: https://pasteboard.co/IXYLwGI.png HTH, Micha On 3/7/20 1:16 AM, karsten wrote: Hi Pierre, I mean line segments like e.g. in a road or water GIS layer and they could be smooth or rather less smooth. The output I desire should be polygons and not lines. Overall I am looking for nothing exact here - any approximate interpolation about midway plus/minus would be fine... Karsten -Original Message- From: Pierre Abbat [mailto:p...@bezitopo.org] Sent: Friday, March 06, 2020 14:59 To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Cc: karsten Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] geospatial algorithm to create area midway boundaries from lines ? On Friday, 6 March 2020 17:36:15 EST karsten wrote: Hi All, a general geospatial question to all: I am trying to find out if there is any existing geospatial algorithm (in any open Open Source Geospatial software) that would allow to use a network of lines as a start point and expand those in such a way that I can create new area boundaries for each of the lines "coverage area". What I mean with that is if one could "buffer" the lines out in such a way to create boundaries where any potential buffers would meet at the middle way point between the lines so that in the end I could have an area within that is the starting line. On example could look like this (5 hand drawn lines in red and corresponding colored areas that I would want to create). Note that is exact but to communicate the idea) see http://terra5.terragis.net/sites/html/aeras_for_lines%20copy.png When you say "lines", do you mean polylines made of line segments, polyarcs, or polyspirals? If polyarcs, will they generally be smooth? If polyspirals, will adjacent spiralarcs osculate, just be tangent, or neither? What sort of lines would the output be? If the input is polyarcs, the output could contain pieces of hyperbola. If the input is polyspirals, the output could contain strange indescribable curves. The only curves used as land boundaries are line segments and circular arcs, so they'd have to be approximated. Pierre -- When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates. Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Micha Silver Ben Gurion Univ. Sde Boker, Remote Sensing Lab cell: +972-523-665918 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Do you remember this?
Here's the continuation: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/standards/2015-December/000960.html On 12/22/2015 03:45 PM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA wrote: I remember discussing this in April: "Open Letter for the need for Open Standards in LiDAR"; now I found this interesting post: http://rapidlasso.com/2015/12/19/the-darc-force-awakens-esri-escalates-lidar-format-war/ Is the empire striking back? Sergio Acosta y Lara Departamento de Geomática Dirección Nacional de Topografía Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas URUGUAY This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS-Tool for generating eww-files
On 4/30/2015 1:58 PM, Bischof, Richard wrote: Hello, I have a number of scanned aerial images in .ecw-format, which have to be georeferenced, using eww-file. How can I calculate the eww-file using multiple passpoints and transformation types like linear or polynomial? AFAIK, you cannot use a world file for any high order transforms, only an affine transform. Is there any open source tool,I can use? gdal_warp doesn't seems to be used to that. On the contrary, that is exactly what gdalwarp does. With gdal_translate you embed your ground control points into the raster, then use gdalwarp to do the transform. The '-r' option allows to choose the resampling method, or '-order' to choose the polynomial order for the transform. Thanks, Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Welcome to the Discuss mailing list
On 10/02/2012 10:05 AM, Muhammad Noman wrote: Hi, I have to make distance analysis in Grass software. Can anyone provide me help in this regard how to use these command.; if possible, can anyone contact me and give me a demo on how to execute the task. The GRASS module v.distance will do that. If you supply the parameters "upload=dist" and "column=which column to upload distance into " then in the attribute table of the "from" vector the distances to the closest feature in the "to" vector will appear. Also the parameter "output=line vector for connectors" specifies where to store the lines connecting the features between the "from" vector and the closest feature in the "to" vector. (You might want to post questions like this to the grass-users list instead) My main objective of using Grass GIS is to determine the minimum distance between one layer coordinates with other layer coordinates. I only have to display minimum/closest links in the form of line between two layers. Also,when grass displays the line, where does it store the information of distance between the coordinates that are representedby the line. Hope to have a positive response soon. This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Need for to to convert/deconstruct a shapefile to create a relational table
On 03/16/2012 06:52 AM, Simon Cropper wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know of a simple means to take a shapefile and create
a either a SQLite or xBase table?
Essentially it is taking an attached attribute table, inserting
the coordinates in a field and saving the new file in a designated
format.
Most of the data being converted is point data or fixed area
samples. Ideally the converter could record the centroid for grid
cells with details of the furthest point.
I know of various tools that can do this 'manually' one step at a
time but as I have many files that come regularly, I would like to
somehow automate the process.
Since spatialite can be run with SQL commands as parameters on
the command line (i.e. spatialite data.sqlite "SELECT * FROM
table1;") you could pass the '.loaddbf' command to spatialite, and
with some wildcard trickery loop thru all your shapefiles:
for f in *.shp; do spatialite data.sqlite ".loaddbf ${f}"; done
or so.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Correct List for Newcomers
On 30/03/2011 18:06, Bob Kerstetter wrote: On Mar 29, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Peter wrote: 4. Try to get an accurate vector layer of the same terrain, that has recognizable locations that match your raster, load that up, and then use the from map tool, itll be the easiest way. Any suggestions where to find vector maps? All the ones I have found are somewhat squishy in their placement of islands and the details of coastlines. I have tried geological survey websites plus the general commercial web. I have some older maps I may scan in and trace the vectors myself. How do I determine the projections of these maps?___ There's also the global shoreline layers from NOAA: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. -- Micha Silver Arava Development Co 052-3666918 http://www.surfaces.co.il ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4G rpm packaging
On 17/11/2010 12:03, vijinair wrote: Hi, I am a Fedora project contributor and have been working on Linux for the last 10+ years, specifically on GIS projects for the last 4+ years. We are adding more GIS application to fedora. If everything goes fine, there will a GIS/Geo spin for Fedora 15. Please have a look at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Geo_Spin http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GIS The following new packages have been pushed for Fedora 13/14 and rawhide (F15), currently under testing. pgRouting (Provides routing functionality to PostGIS/PostgreSQL) tilecache (A web map tile caching system) To test: yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install python-tilecache yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install pgRouting If you are interested in becoming a contributor, we are very happy. Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries. Thanks Viji Nair https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Viji_V_Nair Good news. I'm also looking forward to cooperation between this project and elgis. I tried to look thru the list of packages (Actual Content) on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GIS but each link goes to a Invalid PackageBuild name page. Where can we see what's already available? Thanks, -- Micha Silver http://www.surfaces.co.il/ Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteer to help with Volume 8 of the OSGeo Journal.
On 11/05/2010 04:08 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote: Landon, I'm wondering about a short regular article on education news. This might be a way for me to survey what people have done and try and summarize? What do you think? Charlie Hello Charlie: An excellent idea. I'd personally like to see education issues as a permanent column in the Journal. -- Micha On 11/4/2010 8:21 PM, Landon Blake wrote: We are getting started with the publication process for Volume 8 of the OSGeo Journal, which we hope to publish before the year's end. We would love to have additional volunteers to lighten the load on the existing Journal editing and publication team. If you have been looking for a way to get involved with OSGeo, this is a good opportunity. Please let me know if you would be willing to help with any of the following tasks on Volume 8: - Document to LaTex conversion and publishing. - Document to XHTML conversion, CSS styling, and EPUB publishing. - Editorial Review - News Gathering You can shoot an e-mail to sunburned.surve...@gmail.com mailto:sunburned.surve...@gmail.com or lbl...@ksninc.com mailto:lbl...@ksninc.com if you are interested in giving us a hand. Thanks! Landon and the OSGeo Journal Editing and Publishing Team *Warning: *Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. -- Micha Silver Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918 http://www.surfaces.co.il ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Best tool, shapefile to png, web
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:41:41 -0700 Mike Toews mwto...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 August 2010 15:39, Peter web...@pl.net wrote: - open a http socket to a CGI eg Opps, my bad. MapServer operates in two modes: CGI and MapScript. It looks like you want to go into MapScript mode for your application. Available in almost all of the P languages: PHP, Perl and Python. #!/usr/bin/python import mapscript map = mapscript.mapObj(/home/mapdata/mymap.map) img = map.draw() img.save(/home/mapdata/mymap.png) Again, the MAP file is required, but you can probably template that somehow and use it in a temporary file for your script. Just to round out this suggestion, mapserver comes with an executble shp2img which does, I believe, exactly what the OP wants. You do indeed need the MAP file, (which can be made with QGIS, as someone mentioned) then you just run shp2img -m your *.map -o your image.png Should be a piece of cake. No books required ;-) -- Micha -Mike ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] email response to post to the discuss list
On 08/12/2010 06:54 PM, Gustavo Fariña Fernández wrote: Hello, this is my email address gus.videa...@gmail.com mailto:gus.videa...@gmail.com and I would like to be able to post in the discuss list. You just did ;-) Thanks in advance. This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Erasmus IP Open Source GIS Summer School course materials now available
On 07/31/2010 01:26 AM, Noli Sicad wrote: Hi Suchith, Thanks for sharing. I think it might be good to include these resource materials to OSGeo Educational Content Inventory. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Educational_Content_Inventory Suchith: If you decide to add a link to this material in the OSGeo Educational Content Inventory, please use the newer, searchable page (as pointed out by Charlie Schweik) To enter a new resource: https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content To view the directory: http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content Regards, Micha Thanks. Regards, Noli On 7/31/10, Suchith Anandsuchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk wrote: Dear All, I am happy to inform that all lecture and tutorial materials of the 10 day Erasmus IP Open Source Opportunities in GIS Summer School at Girona are now made available online for the benefit of the wider geospatial community. Details at http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2010/programme/Materials Please feel free to share this resource with your colleagues and students. Special thanks to all staff from the collaborating universities who contributed for this initiative and the students who participated in the summer school. Best wishes, Suchith Anand Dr Suchith Anand Centre for Geospatial Science The Nottingham Geospatial Building University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU Tel: (0)115 82 32750 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suc hith%20Anand.htm http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Su chith%20Anand.htm http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. -- Micha Silver Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918 http://surfaces.co.il ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Anyone know of a FOSS GIS solution to creating terrain profiles from contours lines or an elevation raster (DEM)?
On 06/09/2010 06:03 AM, Simon Cropper wrote: On Wednesday 09 June 2010 12:44:16 Simon Cropper wrote: I have searched actively and looked at gvSIG, OpenJUMP, SAGA, Sextante, QGIS but nothing is obvious. Hi, I'll answer my own question. It is amazing how you can search for something using every conceivable technical term to no avail. As it was I found what I wanted in gvSIG+Sextante. Sextante has an option under 'Profiles' -- go figure. ...and QGIS has a Profile Tool plugin, and GRASS has the r.profile module. -- Micha Silver Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918 http://www.surfaces.co.il ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux
(in 5.4) and Argeo Plus (for Qt4)) http://www.argeo.org/linux/argeo-el/5/gis-plus/SRPMS/ - qgis (1.0.2 and 1.4.0) - postgis (1.4.1 and 1.5.1) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. -- Micha Silver http://www.surfaces.co.il/ Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] discussion or FUD
Guillaume Sueur wrote: another one here : http://owston.blogspot.com/2009/05/price-free-of-open-source-software-has.html how can we have ignore that guy for so long , Hey, look on the bright side. In the above post he says he has many clients already using open source solutions. -- Micha Regards, Guillaume ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo
Charlie Schweik wrote: . This connects back to my earlier education post that Frank Warmerdam responded to. He asked: I would have thought it would be more productive to take existing curriculum guidelines and get project support in rebuilding them around foss projects/products. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding? I agree with this point, and I think that is what some, like Tyler M has been suggesting. However, I find myself wondering from a technology-learning angle, are there more specialized knowledge needed in the FOSS Geo space? What kinds of skills are needed to contribute to the further development of various FOSS Geo technologies (this gets at the joining/recruitment issue of new developers) or building a community of user-driven innovators? And what kinds of skills are needed for users of FOSS Geo technologies? E.g., Desktop or Web-based GIS? For example, if I want to show a student how to map using OpenLayers, what would that student need to know? Or what skills would a student need to have to implement a Map Server application? Is the idea of a curriculum around FOSS Geo technologies -- such as a certificate -- a useful idea for us to pursue? Charlie: That's a fascinating idea. Offering certification in FOSS GIS software (even at more than one level) would help to: promote the use of the FOSS GIS stack probably expand the user base directly address the problem that has been raised that it's hard to get started with FOSS. help fend off the claim that the job market requires certified professionals. And this seems to be something that should be right up OSGeo's alley. As an umbrella organization for many (most?) FOSS GIS projects, the training know-how is right at hand. Both training material and exams could be online. If I'm not mistaken, Red Hat's RHCE is highly respected. Organizing something along that line would be a valuable and worthwhile goal for OSGeo. -- Micha Or am I off target here? If I'm not, I'm open to ideas on how to mobilize a group to work on this curriculum effort... William Kinghorn who I met in South Africa has written ideas on exam areas that might be a start... if people want to join in this idea let me know and perhaps I should schedule a Skype conference call to discuss more... I'd also like to find someone to take the lead on organizing and running this curriculum effort. Charlie This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [GRASS-dev] terminology issues in grass7
Martin Landa wrote: Hi, 2009/5/14 Martin Landa landa.mar...@gmail.com: [...] I agree, anyway I wonder in which period we can reach some consensus and change the terminology in GRASS7... to summarize, is there any real objections to change terminology in GRASS7 map - layer (Map Layer) Yes, that sounds right to me. A map in other GIS context is the final product of many overlapping layers. I'd like to see that change propogated to both raster and vector. layer - catset (Category Set) This change does not remove the confusion. The concept of layer is explained both on the vectorintro wiki page [1], and in the manuals as database links. If that's what it is, that's what it should be called. So layer might become data link or attribute link And what will the term cat be changed to?? I still like Michael Barton's suggestion [2] of cat being renamed key (or id) [1]http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Vector_Database_Management#Concepts_and_jargon [2] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_7_Terminology Then I would vote to start changing terminology in trunk ASAP (including manual pages, etc.). Regards, Martin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Comparison between Proprietary and OS
Andre Grobler wrote: ... So the hurdles for me to OS were acceptance specifically for the following reasons: Free and easy access and training of ESRI at varsity. Autocad did the same and look where that got them. Linux, just mentioning command lines has me a little nervous. (I know this is changing, but the field calculator is enough programming for me, thanks) ... So in short I am doing what somebody already suggested, get ESRI for day to day soft landing and learn OS GRASS and OSSIM meanwhile for real work;-) Hopefully in a while I'll wonder what the fuss was about... and possibly contribute, if only to the dummies FAQ section. André Grobler Andre: I had the privilege recently to give a short beginners course in GIS to a small group of undergrads in environmental science. Before the semester started I had decided to give the course based on FOSS tools. I first sat down with the network technician, who told me that they have ArcGIS 9, network licence, but he don't know where the disks were, and was concerned about space on the server, network traffic, bogging down their Terminal Server etc, etc. So I (rubbing my hands together) told him, no problem, we're going with Open Source Software. Turned out some of the students had MACs and one was using Ubuntu, so the choice to go with OSS tools was a no brainer. To my surprise, by the forth lesson we had gotten to watershed analysis, and students were running the GRASS modules (within QGIS). Admittedly we leapfrogged over some stuff, but still I doubt I could have reached that level with Arc* tools in such a short time span. The comfort zone problem is well know and likely the most difficult hurdle to overcome when trying to migrate to OSS tools. But to some extent it's nothing more than a matter of perception. Proprietary software vendors have surrounded us with distorting mirrors. Once you step away, things look quite different. Regards, Micha ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Israel and Romanian local chapter?
Hi Tyler: I'd certainly be pleased if there were more OSGeo activity here in Israel (and adoption of other open source software as well). However ESRI is very solidly implanted here. For the most part Israelis equate GIS with Arcview, and are not aware of alternatives. In my estimation, there's an uphill climb before reaching the level where we can start talking about a local chapter. Cheers, Micha Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: Is anyone on this list interested in or working on local chapter work in Israel or Romania? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was sent via Kinneret Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Case Studies
Hi Cameron: Cameron Shorter wrote: Excellent. Have I broken the sections in the Case_Studies page up appropriately? You've separated the case studies by technology, but I would guess that some (many?) projects will use a variety of technologies, mixing and matching OSS with proprietary. Another option might be to categorize the case studies by sector: Something like Government, Private, Academic, International,... I don't suppose you'd be tempted to provide a link + explanation line to the case studies from appropriate section in http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Case_Studies I've added a few additional lines to the last sections on writing a case study, with an appeal to contribute to the OSGeo Journal. Does it look suitable to you? Micha Silver wrote: Hello Cameron As discussed recently on this list, case studies are a powerful tool used to sway potential users to Open Source. Quite right, and in addition there is also the Case Studies section of the OSGeo Journal which will continue to be a suitable venue for diseminating implementations of OSS GIS tools. -- Micha Silver Arava Development Co, Sapir, Israel tel: +972(8)6592270 cell: +972(52)3665918 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Case Studies
Hello Cameron As discussed recently on this list, case studies are a powerful tool used to sway potential users to Open Source. Quite right, and in addition there is also the Case Studies section of the OSGeo Journal which will continue to be a suitable venue for diseminating implementations of OSS GIS tools. -- Micha Writing a case study about your project gives others the confidence to follow your footsteps which in turn increases investment in your tools of choice. I've started a wiki linking to existing Case Studies: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Case_Studies I strongly encourage projects to invite their users to write Case Studies and link them into this page, and of course link to any existing Open Source related case studies. -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Systems Architect Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This mail was sent via Kinneret Mail-SeCure System. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Who's in incubation, who has graduated?
I think this topic has been discussed before. On the OSGeo home page there's the list of OSGeo projects, but no indication of which projects have finished the incubation and are OSGeo certified. To find out, you have to make your way to the Incubation Committee wiki page, and there is the only list (I could find) of which projects have graduated. Furthermore on that page it says: The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained which *might* be misconstrued to mean that those projects are no longer considered part of OSGeo. Why not give some clear visual indication (font color, etc) on the main OSGeo web page of which projects have finished, giving them the credit they deserve? Cheers, Micha -- Micha Silver Arava Development Co +972-8-6592270 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Who's in incubation, who has graduated?
Arnulf Christl wrote: On Tue, January 29, 2008 10:54, Micha Silver wrote: I think this topic has been discussed before. Indeed, it has a history of being ignored, thanks for bringing it up again. Now that some major projects are moving we might also get more backing. Marketing has ordered a Logo for graduated projects that should come soon. It is a starting point. Good news. Another issue that I have brought up long ago but which was also never followed up on. The only process in place now is a report by the PSC that is due ... whenever someone feels like it. Some of the issues dealt with in the incubation documents are to put good processes in place so that you will (hopefully) never have to bother about copyright and licenses anymore but things like the community, governance and general activity should be monitored in some way. How about a report in the Journal every 6 months or so (every other journal issue) from the incubator committee detailing which projects started incubation, which graduated, and how the others are moving along. And this could be the right venue to promote the benefit to FOSS projects of going thru the incubation procedure. -- Micha Silver Arava Development Co, Sapir, Israel tel: +972(8)6592270 cell: +972(52)3665918 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Labs
Frank Warmerdam wrote: Bob, I see the template questions being quite different for people, sponsors and projects, but I also think they should just be a starting point and the interviewer and interviewee should have quite a bit of freedom to go where they need. I've added a list under editors for potential editors to indicate an interest in helping. (hint, hint!) http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Spotlights#Editors I've been following this thread with interest and I'm willing to conduct interviews with Spotlight candidates, so I've added my name to the wiki page. To maintain a pace, as Frank suggested, of a few interviews a month, several editors will be needed. And furthermore some mechanism is needed to connect between each spotlight candidate and a certain editor. Best regards, ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
