[OSGeo-Discuss] Anybody Interested in Helping Out With a Town Meeting on Suburban Redevelopment for #dosomethingday on 10/8

2024-09-18 Thread Miles Fidelman via Discuss
- which I envision as the hub of an internet of hyper-local media networks. I'd welcome the opportunity to chat about this - sooner, rather than later, given that #dosomethingday is 20 days away.  The best way to reach me is at 617-538-9249 (cell/txt - eastern time, best to txt

[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcome to This Old Neighborhood

2024-06-14 Thread Miles Fidelman via Discuss
Hi Folks, I'm setting off to rebuild suburbia - check out ThisOldNeighborhood.Net - subscribe to follow along, get on the bus. And if anybody from Open Plans is listening, we'd love to talk about including some community planning tools in the mix! Miles Fidelman, ThisOldNeighb

[OSGeo-Discuss] Memorandum For Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic CIVIC Network

2024-05-27 Thread Miles Fidelman via Discuss
of what we're up to. I look forward to you reactions - and, hopefully, to some of you getting involved. Best, Miles Fidelman, Chief Engineer, Civic.Net --- this just went out to a select group of email lists --- also check out "civic.net" --- My Fellow Internet Engineers,

[OSGeo-Discuss] worldbuilding tools?

2022-05-31 Thread Miles Fidelman via Discuss
ystems - equivalent to the MDMP, Air Operations planning processes, or similar doctrine.  I'd love to get a look at some of them.  And talk to folks who've actually used/developed some of them. Any pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks, Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no d

[OSGeo-Discuss] who's involved with climate change planning?

2019-09-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
ace to start talking. So.. anybody out there doing anything interesting that relates? Any suggestions on other currently active communities to plant some seeds in? Cheers, Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra T

[OSGeo-Discuss] today's xkcd

2018-08-07 Thread Miles Fidelman
... is just so relevant: https://xkcd.com/2029/ -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Dealing with proprietary data using OSS tools.

2018-03-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Ok.  But, and this may be a dumb question, it's a very fancy, expensive looking camera - one presumes that the person taking the pictures has the software that goes with it.  Can one not ask the person providing the imagery to convert the raw files to a more usable format? Miles Fidelman

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Dealing with proprietary data using OSS tools.

2018-03-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
to use a proprietary internal format, as long as they provide software to convert it to standard formats.  Particularly if it's a camera with some special sensor characteristics. The real question is whether they provide their software with the camera, or whether you have to pay beaucoup bucks

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Proprietary GIS on our OSGeo website

2017-09-20 Thread Miles Fidelman
view layers that come from a mix of ESRI, Google, and OGC-compliant sources. Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http

[OSGeo-Discuss] ancient Roman maps

2015-02-22 Thread Miles Fidelman
://plus.google.com/photos/115992823058286949429/albums/6118751220833900065 Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inaugural webinar of ”Open Geospatial Science & Applications” webinar series on 18th October

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Lluís Vicens wrote: On 18/10/13 15:05, Norman Vine wrote: On Oct 18, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Margherita Di Leo mailto:dileomargher...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi! looks like the system requirements for the platform chosen for the webinar do not support Linux.. I just received the confirmation email

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed "GeoServices REST API" document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
ogression from experimental to recommended to mandatory, but only after a long incubation period - and don't even think of using the word standard until there are at least 2 interoperable implementations. Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In pr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed "GeoServices REST API" document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
rvices. If that were true, I would expect (1) a list of resources at least as an example, and (2) an example of the structure and structuring principles of the URLs. A lot more precise than my reaction "it just isn't very RESTful." Miles Fidelman -- In theor

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

2013-05-04 Thread Miles Fidelman
on top of ESRI tracking server. Nope, everything uses Google Maps. Even the aircraft tracking stuff that used to run on ESRI seems all to be Google based these days. Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, th

[OSGeo-Discuss] Update: Who's interested in project management & collaboration tools?

2012-08-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Thanks to all who've sent me comments! The new, and hopefully improved Kickstarter page and video are now up at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th Take a look! Comments welcome. So are donations, likes, tweets, diggs, +1s, re-dis

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [CrisisCommons] Re: [CrisisMappers] Re: Who's interested in collaboration & project management tools? And...

2012-08-06 Thread Miles Fidelman
Pat Tressel wrote: Miles -- this project stems from some work on tools for mission planning and coordination that seem to have applicability for crisis management and more general project management. If you're heading in the direction of more general crisis / project management, w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [CrisisMappers] Re: Who's interested in collaboration & project management tools? And...

2012-08-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Hi Lee, Lee Sanders wrote: Greeting Miles: First, I lived in Newton for a few years. Went to BC. Small World. Yes it is :-) I have been involved in project management for several years prior to returning to school and new vocation in GIS. As a result, I thought I would offer some commen

[OSGeo-Discuss] Who's interested in collaboration & project management tools? And...

2012-08-04 Thread Miles Fidelman
w to reach them, and what might motivate them enough to take a look at what I'm doing? Thanks very much, Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] Crowd Coordination Project (Kickstarter)

2012-08-01 Thread Miles Fidelman
a large event - I'm looking for scenarios to support - particuarly if you're funded And there's a 30-day clock running, so sooner is better! Thank you very much for any support you might offer, Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice

[OSGeo-Discuss] map of back bay fire impacts?

2012-03-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
So.. anybody know of any good maps of what's been going on in Boston's Back Bay? Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra ___ Discuss mailing li

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open source for local government resources

2011-01-27 Thread Miles Fidelman
dhat has a page on State & Local Government use of Linux at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/government/state/ - with some links to resources and case studies Miles Fidelman, Principal Protocol Technologies Group -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] are there any unpaid developers?

2010-04-20 Thread Miles Fidelman
(wide adoption, long-term sustainability) open source projects that are pure labors of love. Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra ___ Discuss mailing list Di

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Hosting Solutions

2010-02-08 Thread Miles Fidelman
There are LOTS of hosting companies out there, ranging from Amazon and Google cloud services (as well as various other smaller vendors), folks who sell virtual slices of machines, generic hosting on a shared machine, dedicated servers, rack space for your own hardware, and various combinations.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Question about FOSS4G Business Models

2009-11-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
daniele.ocu ocu wrote: Dear all, Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions on reading material about business and FOSS4G. The idea for this report would be a summary with metrics showing how companies have changed after adopting FOSS4G. It would be a document to present why adop

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Question about FOSS4G Business Models

2009-11-25 Thread Miles Fidelman
Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: > I think what Daniele is looking for is some kind of > a "How to convince a venture (or social) captitalist > to invest in FOSS4G technnologies and/or companies". > Guess the venture capitalist would be inerested to > see some statistical data on how FOSS4G based companie

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Question about FOSS4G Business Models

2009-11-24 Thread Miles Fidelman
One more reference: Wikipedia's history of open source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_history) has a pretty good discussion of the early days of software development - when pretty much everything was open source, but the term had not been coined yet. Miles Miles Fidelman

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Question about FOSS4G Business Models

2009-11-24 Thread Miles Fidelman
e - dating back to the period when government funded work automatically entered the public domain (thus predating the entire notion of open source licenses). Almost ALL early software was funded by the government (notably DARPA and NSF), was shared as academic research, and automatically entered

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry

2009-11-17 Thread Miles Fidelman
Landon Blake wrote: Andrea Aime Wrote: I believe the idea that OSGEO projects contributor tend to be paid to work on the project itself is the result the very selection criteria to become an OSGEO project: - mature project - established user base - a formal governance model You wrote: "This tel

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new: OSGeo women mailing list

2009-11-17 Thread Miles Fidelman
Landon Blake wrote: My main point is that we should encourage more diversity in our professions. Software development and land surveying would benefit from more women, and nursing would likely benefit from more men. (Ironically, I have a good friend that is in school for nursing right now, a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry

2009-11-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Tyler Mitchell wrote: Perhaps we can turn the thread to discussing what are the real or perceived barriers people, in general, find to getting involved with OSGeo. I'm sure that any barriers women would have might also affect others, so it might be useful to broaden the discussion so more pa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Location Services

2009-11-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
e work ii. there are serious "business" reasons for open sourcing the code - broadening a user base, reducing development and support costs, etc. - and serious attention was/is paid to organization and management issues Miles Fidelman -- Miles R. Fidelman, Director of Government Progr

[OSGeo-Discuss] DoD Open Source memo now on official web site

2009-10-28 Thread Miles Fidelman
Somebody asked, here's where to find it: http://www.defenselink.mil/cio-nii/sites/oss/ -- Miles R. Fidelman, Director of Government Programs Traverse Technologies 145 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02111 mfidel...@traversetechnologies.com 857-362-8314 www.traversetechnologies.com _

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new military OSS policy

2009-10-27 Thread Miles Fidelman
link to it from: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Case_Studies#Open_Source_Policies Miles Fidelman wrote: ... fresh from the OSD e-press ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osge

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Insurance for contractors?

2009-09-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael P. Gerlek wrote: * in the US, sole proprietorship is the way to go for simple one-person, garage-based shops Having contracted as both a sole proprietorship and a corporation, I'd qualify that one. Sole proprietorship is easy, but. - you don't get quite as many tax benefits

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors?

2009-08-31 Thread Miles Fidelman
For what it's worth, I believe IEEE offers a professional liability policy to members. If it's in line with their other insurance, the price will be reasonable (I've carried their life insurance for years, and their medical policy when I was out on my own for a while). I wouldn't be surprise

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Where are all the FOSS OGC Client implementations?

2009-01-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
There's a pretty good On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 15:17 +0100, Miguel Montesinos wrote: Yes I mean list FOSS products and which OGC standards they support (and whether as client or server if applicable). There's a pretty good list of clients, both FOSS and commercial, at http://geoserver.org/

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are United States R&D Tax Credits Applicable to Open Source Software Development?

2008-11-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Landon Blake wrote: I’m currently working on a proposal to secure some corporate funding for development of OpenJUMP, an open source desktop GIS viewer. I’d like to know if any of you have experience with applying research and development tax credits to the development of open source software

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Layers

2008-09-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
Mateusz Loskot wrote: Bob Pawley wrote: Hi I am looking at Open Layers to display Postgis data. I have a couple of questions to start. - Can Open Layers connect directly to Postgis or does it require other software? - Is there documentation that shows how to make the connections and put t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Language

2008-06-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Paul Ramsey wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The reality is that the software world is dominated by the western world and the English language. (How many programming languages do you know of that are written in Russian?) :] There's always

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Should OSGeo get involved in the Information Architecture realm and nurture the development of definitive spatial ontologies?

2008-05-25 Thread Miles Fidelman
Bruce Bannerman wrote: We need robust debate on these types of issues if we are to progress them. Ok.. let's try this :-) I see that there are two main ways of utilising spatial information: - producing a pretty picture that helps people understand an issue. We have a number of types of pr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Frank Warmerdam wrote: ""Real artists ship. For everyone else, there is wanking." For the record, while I acknowledge a kernel of truth in this, I find the statement so elitist and dismissive of the varied efforts that it takes to make things work that I cringe every time I hear it. Discussi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 05:14:40PM -0500, P Kishor wrote: On 5/8/08, Schuyler Erle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: is that the number-one sine-qua-non of *any* potentially successful software project is *shipping working code*. Until a developer does that,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Tim Bowden wrote: On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 21:28 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: Michael P. Gerlek wrote: Or, to quote the IETF, "rough consensus and running code". Except that the reference is to the informal criteria for when one might even beginning to firm up a sta

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-08 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael P. Gerlek wrote: Or, to quote the IETF, "rough consensus and running code". Except that the reference is to the informal criteria for when one might even beginning to firm up a standard. In the IETF community - unlike pretty much every other standards body on the planet - there's a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-08 Thread Miles Fidelman
P Kishor wrote: On 5/8/08, Schuyler Erle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One important point that Fogel makes that I think is worth noting here is that the number-one sine-qua-non of *any* potentially successful software project is *shipping working code*. Until a developer does that, the discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-07 Thread Miles Fidelman
Howard Butler wrote: On May 6, 2008, at 3:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the past i've heard it suggested that really successful open source projects now need serious organisational backing. They can't be built by a network of partly-funded enthusiast contributors alone. I think really su

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Your open source career

2008-05-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Landon Blake wrote: The lack of good user documentation is a weakness of many open source projects. The problem is that most of us like to code, but few of us like to write! It is something that needs to be addressed, although I am unsure of the solution. Maybe we need to invent an IDE for user d

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: OS and proprietary

2008-04-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
P Kishor wrote: For the two good examples of OSS that you provide that had well-funded parents who lost interest in their children, Perl and Python and PHP and Linux are four that didn't have well-funded parents, but once they became successful, they attracted well-funded uncles and aunts. Not fa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: OS and proprietary

2008-04-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
P Kishor wrote: To paraphrase the popular saying, "There are 10 kinds of people in this world -- those who see open source lacking what they need and choose a proprietary software instead and those who see open source lacking what they need and choose to make it better." If you have the money th

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

2008-02-23 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael P. Gerlek wrote: Bruce- It is not clear to me what sort of "study" you would need to convince you, as the ISO standard for encoding data into the JPEG-2000 file format is by construction mathematically and numerically lossless process. (Indeed, "compression", i.e. throwing away bits