[OSGeo-Discuss] QGIS Supporters...

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI from QGIS list...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Paolo Cavallini 
> Date: March 9, 2012 1:37:14 AM PST
> To: qgis-user 
> Subject: [Qgis-user] Support the meeting
> Reply-To: cavall...@faunalia.it
> 
> Hi all.
> The next developer meeting (AKA HackFest) is approaching:
> http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/7_QGIS_Developer_Meeting_in_Lyon_2012
> These are particularly important moments in the life of the project, and 
> every one
> marked a leap forward, with several strategic decisions, lots of new code and 
> bugfix,
> etc.
> If you use and enjoy QGIS, please consider sponsoring this meeting, either 
> with a
> sponsorship [0] or with donations [1]. Even small donations are important, 
> and will
> be acknowledged in the donors web page.
> You can find the Donate button on the QGIS home page [2], or you can ask me 
> for bank
> account details.
> Please help us spread the word.
> All the best, and Happy QGISsing!
> -- 
> Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
> www.faunalia.eu
> Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc
> 
> [0] http://qgis.org/en/sponsorship/sponsors.html
> [1] http://qgis.org/en/sponsorship/donors.html
> [2] http://qgis.org
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Awesome - really excited to see it so far along and well though
out already.

I only regret that I can't make it do to other speaking commitment, but
will be looking forward to promoting it for sure :)

Tyler

On 2012-01-23, at 12:26 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:

> On behalf of OSGeo North America, we’d like to invite you to attend
> the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial - North America
> (FOSS4G-NA) conference being held from April 10-12, 2012 at the Walter
> E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.  This event will
> serve as a regional follow-up to last September’s highly successful
> international FOSS4G 2011 conference in Denver, Colorado, focusing on
> the North American open source geospatial community.
> 
> The conference will be organized around three tracks:
> - open source technology best practices and tips;
> - deployment case studies; and
> - emerging ideas and trends in open source.
> 
> The call for abstracts is open now and can be submitted here:
> http://foss4g-na.org/abstract-submission/ .  We have space for about
> 50 presentations and 20 Ignite sessions, so get your submissions in!
> In addition, Michael Byrne, CIO of the Federal Communications
> Commission (FCC) will be delivering a keynote address, with more
> speakers to be announced soon.
> 
> Paul Ramsey (me!), Conference Chair of the 2007 FOSS4G conference,
> will be reprising his role, along with an experienced committee from
> the North America chapter of OSGeo to back him.
> 
> We have an open call for sponsorship, which can include exhibition
> space; for more information please visit
> http://foss4g-na.org/sponsorship/.  The event already has strong
> support from the community, with a growing set of sponsors that
> includes OpenGeo, Radiant Blue, AppGeo, and Spatialytics.
> 
> For more information, please visit our site at http://foss4g-na.org/.
> 
> Space is limited to 300 attendees only, so you should sign up today to
> ensure that you can be a part of this exciting event!
> http://foss4g-na.org/registration/
> 
> Related Links:
> http://foss4g-na.org/  FOSS4G North America 2012 Conference - Washington, DC
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/North_America_Regional/ OSGeo North America Chapter
> http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://2012.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2012 - Beijing, China
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] State of the Bounty?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

- Original message -
> > I wonder why would anyone answer no on this.
> That is easy; sometimes use of open source is a competitive advantage;
> advertise the services and results (not the tools used).

That too.  I can imagine for some shops that small bug squashing jobs may not 
be worth their time financially, but naturally the ecosystem makes up for it :)
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] An OSGeo Marketplace?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On October 11, 2011 02:21:30 PM Paul Ramsey wrote:
> Possible you have an error? Every one of the providers says they support
> Jump? P.

Indeed - good catch (it was late ok?)   Jump folks were only 14 :(
Now you've got me wondering about the PostGIS stats.  hmmm
Thanks!


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Moving On

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

This weekend the OSGeo Board of Directors held their annual face-to-face 
meeting where they hash out direction, budgets and other items for the 
upcoming year.  For me, the most important outcome from the meeting 
was that they decided to end my position as Executive Director.

It has been an incredible experience working in this position with so many 
great people, communities, technology, and friends.  All for which I'm very
grateful and, honestly, very inspired.

I am reviewing several options for how to continue to build on my experience 
running this social startup.  Open source geo will continue to be on the top 
of my list while I develop new initiatives on these fronts.

Formally I just wanted to wish everyone involved in OSGeo all the best and 
hope to keep in touch where our projects and interest will, undoubtedly, 
continue to overlap.

Over the next two months I'll be handing off my key responsibilities to the 
board
and others who might be available or interested.  So don't expect me to 
disappear
anytime soon.

Sincerely,
Tyler



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[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election Update

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

With less than a week remaining, we are still looking for about 35% of Charter 
Members to send in their votes.   I am sending harassing reminders to all who 
have not registered a vote yet.  Please check your junk mail folders for email 
from c...@osgeo.org if you haven't received your custom invitation already.

If you have voted using the online system, thank you.  I will send another 
confirmation email this week to those who did vote already, in case you were 
wondering if the system really recorded your votes.   Otherwise, if you are not 
receiving harassing email from me, then you know you did it right already.  You 
can also review your entry by going to your custom URL at any time to confirm 
(or change) your selection.

Have a colleague in your office who is also a Charter Member?  Be sure to ask 
if they've voted yet while you're hanging at the water cooler!

Thank you to the 65% of respondents so far who sent in their votes.  Hopefully 
we can get this closer to 100%.

Tyler


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Candidate's Thoughts on OSGeo

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Thanks Eduardo.  Indeed many of these are not even realised in North America, 
so they are very thought provoking for me.

Tyler

- Original message -
> hi Tyler,
> 
> Despite some thoughts below might not be new in north hemisphere,
> there goes my Latin American user vision:
> 
> #OSGeo is already inside the minds of power GIS users and GIS
> developers, we already know like things work and how/what to be done
> to work. Now maybe is the time to make OSGeo more visible and
> understood by users
> ##ok, it's a long process but it has to begin. eg.: general population
> already knows that "oh Linux? yes, I got. It's free of charge right?"
> and some commercial users, after 2008 economical crisis plus
> web2/social networking boom, already got that it's not just a matter
> of cost, but also because free/opensource tool will not make a big
> change of architecture, basic concepts/structures without talking to
> users ( eg.: MapServer mapfile programming structure is almost the
> same since it was born, but in some commercial tools things may change
> a lot in minor/major releases)
> ##these same end-users ( including independent workers, commercial
> users) must to see that F4G platform can help SERVICES market: helping
> to cut costs on software acquisition ( smaller total project/service
> costs) and making service providers FREE from this or that software
> supplier ( and to help services market is help on job opportunities
> too... a cool social role of foss and foundations)
> ##and maybe one way to help on that is to make more SOLUTION cases
> visible. First step is to prove that existing foss technology works
> and this is done. The step to enforce is to 'sell the fish' that
> integration with commercial solutions is possible and support on foss
> communities can even be better/faster than commercial support centers.
> ##certification and stamp matters: for corporate communities/users is
> important to ensure that this or that software/solution have an "OSGeo
> certified stamp". There are a lot of users that do not need more than
> one or two softwares. And most of them is always looking for work with
> only one, if possible. So, if the second tool the user will look for
> also has the "osgeo stamp", user may feel better with that. In this
> sense, a certification program (eg. Linux LPI) for professional geo
> users is a plus too.
> ##interoperation: another oportunity maybe could be to insert OSGeo
> stamp/talks on other kind of events - not only on GIS events but also
> on business events ( logistics, environmental, agriculture, forestry,
> mining, etc) with less tech language and more 'executive'
> presentations
> ##inside corporate world, acronym like GeoBI, GeoETL, GeoEAI or GeoCRM
> can take attention of sponsors ( managers, directors). And this will
> also help on base techs projects advertising.
> ##OSGeo partnering with academia projects ( R&D) and private/publich
> companies will always be welcome too.
> #for the power user who follow planet OSGeo is not hard to get the 1st
> contact with a new released tool. But, for the newcomers, a simple
> setup can take a month or months. How to help on that? More docs (
> 'for dummy' guides, quick ref cards, process oriented manuals and not
> only function guide/reference guide) and tutorials and this include
> local references.
> ##and for translation tasks, I believe it's not only to do the
> translation. But to adapt texts, images, data and senses can be a plus
> on users influence
> ##tools such as surveys (online, magazines, collected on events) could
> help to map local gap's and user desire/needs
> #communication: I think local committees/communities should always be
> in talk to international foundation goals and tasks and vice-versa.
> Parallel initiatives such as local groups must be inserted/combined on
> OSGeo projects/tasks - we should sum efforts and not divide. So, it's
> important to highlight the benefits on working together OSGeo to these
> parallel heads.
> 
> Ten or fifteen years ago I saw a lot of projects and services to be
> killed because the lack of free options or free cases. Now, we have a
> lot of options to replace or interoperate with. We need more
> visibility, more users enabled to call the attention of other users.
> 
> best
> 
> Eduardo Patto Kanegae
> http://www.webmapit.com
> 
> 
> 2011/8/5 Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) :
> > With a very encouraging list of nominees for the open board positions,
> > it might help (at least me!) if some could share their thoughts about
> > OSGeo and its future direction.
> > 
> > As a potential director:
> > * What important ar

[OSGeo-Discuss] Candidate's Thoughts on OSGeo

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

With a very encouraging list of nominees for the open board positions, it might 
help (at least me!) if some could share their thoughts about OSGeo and its 
future direction.

As a potential director:
* What important areas do you see OSGeo needing to fix or strive for in order 
to grow?
* What challenges do you see for OSGeo in the short and long terms?
* What kinds of goals do you have for the organisation?  (It's not  a 
presidential race, but curious on what you see as goals for the org).
* What is needed for a board to be successful?  ...For OSGeo to be a success?
* Have you had to deal with similar challenges before?
* Etc...

I'm sure others have good questions too, but thought I'd share the ones on my 
mind based on my experience working alongside the board.

Any thoughts?

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: feedback on OSS in Government Systems

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Begin forwarded message:From: jmw Date: March 10, 2011 11:14:51 AM ESTTo: o...@oss-institute.orgSubject: [Ossi] We'd like your feedback on OSS Adoption/Usage in Government SystemsReply-To: j...@oss-institute.org


  
  We'd like to get your
  feedback
  on government
  adoption of open source

(Thursday, March 10, 2011) As part of the Homeland Open Security
Technology (HOST) program, we are helping to study where, how and
why open source software is being used within government IT
systems.

A team led by representatives from the University of Texas at
Austin and Georgia Tech Research Institute are conducting
voluntary interviews by email and telephone of federal, state and
local government representatives who are willing to share their
experiences and insights on open source adoption within public
sector systems.

Information provided will help to identify common challenges,
solutions and resources available to public sector adopters.

We are looking for input from representatives from all branches
and levels of government and public sector, as well as those who
provide service and support for open source solutions to
government clients.

If you are interested in participating, please contact our
research team by email at: govoss-feedb...@oss-institute.org
.

Specifically we're looking for:


  END USERS: People in Government who use open source
software


  DEVELOPERS: People in Government who develop open
source software as part of their official duties


  ACQUISITION & VETTING: People in Government who
deal with acquisition decisions, information assurance (IA)
vetting and/or support software


  OPEN SECURITY: Developers who have had success in
getting government approval in the open security/open source
solutions


  VENDORS: Vendors who provide support for Open
Security/Open Source software in government spaces


If you meet this criteria, or know someone who does, please
contact us.   Our team will select a number of interview
candidates for approximately 20-30 minutes telephone interview.
Others, we will accept your stories and insights via email.

Conversations can be non-attribution, if preferred.  Prior to our
call, we will provide interviewees with a short list of questions
to consider.

We appreciate your consideration and hope that you can take a few
moments to share with us and others lessons that you've learned
from working with open source software within government IT.


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Anniversary Celebrations!

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Is it anniversary or birthday?  Ah, maybe both!

I started putting some of the ideas for celebrating onto the wiki page - add 
your ideas, challenge others, have some fun!  

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] not spam :)

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Oh darn, they put a silly subject line :)  Believe it or not, this is not 
SPAM... much tastier!

On 2011-02-03, at 9:35 AM, Tyler Mitchell wrote:

> 
> My 2 minutes cake decorating.  You can better, I challenge you!! :)
> 
> Tyler
> 
> To check the card, click here:
> 
> http://www.theoworlds.com/birthday/index.php?CardID=146004
> 
> ---
> TheoWorlds.com - make your message fun!
> Flash games, e-cards, applications...
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Yikes, we have the fifth OSGeo Anniversary TOMORROW!

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 2011-02-03, at 3:50 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote:
> Ok as Tyler is apparently very busy I'll post here some ideas (without
> of course any time to implement some)

Hehe, yes running behind on a few things, but I know your ideas would be better 
than mine anyway ;-)

> * A metapixel[2] image. The idea is to gather as much OSGeo related
> images (from FOSS4G and more) and create a (really) big metapixel image
> from the OSGeo banner and release it using OpenLayers to navigate to it.
> That is to say: you see when you enter the OSGeo logo and lemma and when
> you zoom in you can see the community in many different photographs

> [2] https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/metapixel/

Very cool idea.  

I also wonder about seeing how many personal videos people might be able to 
post telling us something fun or interesting.  

Lots more ideas out there... let's hear them! :)


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [FSF] Call for nominations for the 13th Annual Free Software Awards

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI - In case anyone wants to nominate their favourite OSGeo project or 
contributor...  

Tyler

Begin forwarded message:

> From: John Sullivan 
> Date: February 2, 2011 11:01:01 AM PST
> To: info-...@fsf.org, info-pr...@fsf.org
> Subject: [FSF] Call for nominations for the 13th Annual Free Software Awards
> Reply-To: i...@fsf.org
> 
> BOSTON, February 2, 2011--The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU
> Project today announced the opening of nominations for the 13th annual
> Free Software Awards. 
> 
> Please send your nominations to , on or
> before Wednesday, 16 February 2011.
> 
> ### Award for the Advancement of Free Software
> 
> The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software
> is presented annually by FSF president Richard Stallman to an individual
> who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of
> free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free
> software.
> 
> Last year, John Gilmore was recognized with the Award for the
> Advancement of Free Software for his contributions to network security.
> Gilmore joined a prestigious list of previous winners including Wietse
> Venema, Harald Welte, Ted Ts'o, Andrew Tridgell, Theo de Raadt, Alan
> Cox, Larry Lessig, Guido van Rossum, Brian Paul, Miguel de Icaza and
> Larry Wall.
> 
> ### Award for Projects of Social Benefit
> 
> Nominations are also open for the 2010 Award for Projects of Social
> Benefit. The Social Benefit award recognizes a project that
> intentionally and significantly benefits society through collaboration
> to accomplish an important social task.
> 
> Last year, The Internet Archive received this award, in recognition of
> its work to foster a growing body of creative, educational and
> scientific works that can be shared and built upon by others, and to
> raise awareness of the harm inflicted by increasingly restrictive
> copyright regimes.
> 
> Previous winners have included Creative Commons, Groklaw, the Sahana
> project, and Wikipedia.
> 
> ### Eligibility
> 
> In the case of both awards, previous winners are not eligible for
> nomination, but renomination of other previous nominees is encouraged.
> Only individuals are eligible for nomination for the Advancement of Free
> Software Award (not projects), and only projects can be nominated for
> the Social Benefit Award (not individuals).
> 
> The award committee has not been finalized, but the last year's award
> committee was composed of: Suresh Ramasubramanian (Chair), Peter H.
> Salus, Raj Mathur, Hong Feng, Andrew Tridgell, Jonas Oberg, Verner
> Vinge, Richard Stallman, and Fernanda G. Weiden.
> 
> Please send your nominations to , on or
> before Wednesday, 16 February 2011. Please submit nominations in the
> following format:
> 
>  * In the email message subject line, either put the name of the person
>you are nominating for the Award for Advancement of Free Software,
>or put the name of the project for the Award for Projects of Social
>Benefit.
> 
>  * Please include, in the body of your message, an explanation (40
>lines or less) of the work done and why you think it is especially
>important to the advancement of software freedom or how it benefits
>society, respectively.
> 
>  * Please state, in the body of your message, where to find the
>materials (e.g., software, manuals, or writing) which your
>nomination is based on. 
> 
> Information about the previous awards can be found at
> . Winners will be announced at an awards
> ceremony at the LibrePlanet 2011 conference[1] on March 19th, 2011, in
> Boston.
> 
> [1] http://libreplanet.org
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geenral question about pinging a service for "aliveness" . . .

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

You might also want to take a peek at how Nagios does it's monitoring - I'm 
sure there are a few good examples in there, if not a whole package you could 
tweak.  
I used it a long time back...  http://nagios.org/

Tyler

On 2011-01-24, at 8:17 AM, Bob Basques wrote:

> All,
> 
> I'm working on a system/services monitor, and got to wondering about how to 
> best ping a map service without too much overhead. an "I'm Alive" function in 
> the service would be the easiest way to approach it.  But that's probably not 
> a viable thing to require.  I'm afraid of this getting too complicated when 
> working across services as well, since the possible result types are so 
> varied.
> 
> I'm working on a MapServer (with WMS / WFS / KML) service first, but this 
> would likely go to other services as well.  We're running GeoMoose, so each 
> layer will be pinged and rated as well.
> 
> The Client is simply a self updating HTML page.  But I'm wondering about how 
> to set up the actual pinging process, what's the best thing to ask for, that 
> can be readily examined easily in a dynamic fashion, without undue overhead.
> 
> Also, if anyone knows of any PERL (or other CGI) type of product for this 
> kind of monitoring I would be interested in taking a look at it.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> bobb
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Seeking Articles, Reports, and Volunteers for Volume 9 of the OSGeo Journal

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 2011-01-14, at 7:20 AM, Landon Blake wrote:

> I don’t think there is a problem covering other programs or libraries, as 
> long as they are open source and related to geospatial data. 

Landon's definitely right on this - and Ann we'd love articles re: 52 North or 
and other "friends" that are open source.  And a few other areas we'd be 
interested in seeing:
* Open data articles might also be of interest
* Proprietary solution mixed with open source, that would be a good case study
* Project introductions - "here's how our program works"
* In-depth technical articles welcome too - e.g. agorithms or functions you are 
developing

We're working on our 9th volume - that's 9 volumes and going into our 5th year 
- hopefully we're starting to have an impact and providing a valuable forum.  
Keep those article proposals coming!

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[OSGeo-Discuss] What events are on your radar for 2011?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On osgeo.org/events we keep a list of events that relate to OSGeo, open source 
geospatial ideas in general or events that OSGeo and friends will have a 
presence at.  We've only got a few items posted into the calendar so far, if 
you have others you'd like to add, drop me an email.

Likewise, with news about the broader community, projects, chapters, etc. you 
can always email your news postings to news_i...@osgeo.org




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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foss4g sponsorship question

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On December 10, 2010 12:47:17 pm Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
> 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

Right Jeroen, that is part of the plan.  We hope to get a prospectus document 
out ASAP (next few days) and I think there might be a short extension to allow 
sponsors to still take advantage of this offer.  Glad to know you are 
anticipating sponsorship :)

Stay Tuned!
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Elevation and profile service

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On December 7, 2010 04:26:08 am nicolas bozon wrote:
> Hello Cédric,
> 
> One of the ZOO Project demo could fit to your second use case.
> 
> The user can draw a polyline on a DEM layer and see the corresponding
> elevation profile in a jquery dialog.
> The calculation is done using GDAL as a WPS ZOO Service, which takes the
> drawn LineString and the DEM layer as input data, and outputs the profile.
> 
> http://zoo-project.org/site/ZooWebSite/Demo/GdalProfile#ZOOelevationprofile
> demo
> 
> Hope it helps
> 
> Best,
> 
> Nicolas BOZON

Neat.. I tried to break it but wasn't successful.  Nice work.
http://spatialguru.com/files/crazy-profile.png
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Drupal 6.x translations..

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I'm looking at upgrading osgeo.org but it's Drupal 5.x site with lots of 
translated pages (using localization module), but in 6.x language handling is 
a core feature.  Anyone know off hand if this is going to get messy quickly? :)

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: International Free and Open Source Software Law Review

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI - some of you might find this useful re: open source law...

--  Forwarded Message  --

http://www.ifosslr.org/ifosslr 

You may also want to encourage government folks to subscribe to the 
International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSSLR, 
www.ifosslr.org). All of its articles are available under Creative Commons 
licenses.

js
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Article metadata help

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I've been told that our Journal system isn't spewing out the appropriate 
metadata for external harvesting systems to pick up for citations, etc.  
Anyone have experience with this sort of thing, in particular as it applies in 
Open Journal System?

http://osgeo.org/ojs

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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo @ GITA April - opportunities!

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi all,
Anyone planning to attend, or looking for an excuse to attend, the GITA [1] 
Geospatial Solutions Conference in 2011?  OSGeo will have a booth and several 
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (including conference discounts or free pass when 
speaking).

If you are planning to be there or are interested in doing a talk re: OSGeo or 
related software, please sign up here [2] and let me know.

Right now we are just trying to figure out how many speaking slots we need, so 
I'm trying to get an idea before soliciting abstracts more formally.

Thanks!
Tyler

[1] http://gita.org/events/events.asp
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GITA_2011


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2010 Charter Member Selection

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Excellent, thanks a lot Paul for running the process again this year!

Results are now added to our official page:
http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/members/voting_members.html

Welcome aboard!

Tyler




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On November 12, 2010 04:20:05 am Paul Ramsey wrote:
> OSGeo members,
> 
> The 2010 process is complete, and the new charter members are, in
> alphabetical order:
> 
>   • Alex Mandel
>   • Andreas Hocevar
>   • Anne Ghisla
>   • Astrid Emde
>   • Danilo Furtado
>   • Gavin Fleming
>   • Hirofumi Hayashi
>   • Jo Cook
>   • Maria Brovelli
>   • Milena Nowotarska
> 
> I apologize for not sending out more process reminders, but I was on
> the road in Japan and not really watching the clock. However, the
> voting period has now passed, and over 50% of the membership
> participated in the selection process.
> 
> Thanks to all the nominees who took the time to write to the discuss
> list about their nomination.
> 
> A significant number of voters expressed that the number of slots was
> not sufficient given the number of quality nominees, which is an issue
> I will refer to the Board for next year's process.
> 
> Thanks for your votes,
> 
> Paul Ramsey
> 2010 OSGeo Chief Returning Officer
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Towns listing

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I'd suggest asking on the Australia-New Zealand mailing list if you haven't 
already.  Getting access to local might be easy enough and others may have 
reformatted your local sources for you.

http://lists.osgeo.org

Tyler

On 2010-11-10, at 5:38 PM, Peter wrote:

> If i wanted to make a list of towns with their population, region and 
> district, for New Zealand, where would i start. So far ive found these, but 
> all are going to take lots of cleaning up.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> P.
> 
> Theres a list of electoral ward/district/population:
> 
> http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/subnational-pop-estimates-tables.aspx
> 
> Local authoritys
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Authorities_of_New_Zealand
> 
> Towns
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_New_Zealand
> 
> Stats Meshblocks
> 
> http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage/MeshblockDataset.aspx
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Town Hall Meeting for OSGeo?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Haha - only one response, I'm guessing there isn't general interest (only 1/10 
of 1%) or that local chapters are filling that need well enough... and that's 
great!

If anyone does want to meet up, ask questions, share encouraging stories, just 
say hi, etc.  I know I'll be available following our monthly board meetings 
and a couple others likely are too. 

This month's meeting has been postponed a couple times, but you can keep up 
with the next date from the wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board#Meetings

Also if you ever want to chat you can join IRC easily anytime:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#osgeo

Or feel free to add me as a Skype contact and send me a note whenever you 
want. (skype nick: spatialguru)

Stay well,
Tyler

On October 14, 2010 11:12:16 am Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
> Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > We should all be recovered from the FOSS4G by now and since so many of us
> > enjoyed meeting together I wondered if a virtual meeting might be of
> > interest to others on the list.
> > 
> > Would anyone be interested in having an online (IRC chat) meeting with
> > me, the OSGeo Board, committee chairs, etc. at some point?  It would be
> > nothing too formal, just a basic Town Hall meeting style.  [1]  We'd
> > pick a time and date, maybe a few key agenda points and just show up to
> > answer questions or debate.
> > 
> > I know it could be valuable for me at least to be able to get real-time
> > feedback on ideas and topics people care about.
> > 
> > Your thoughts?
> > 
> > Tyler
> > 
> > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_hall_meeting
> 
> Tyler,
> I like the idea. We could simply do it right after the Board meeting or
> have the same slot open in the three weeks between each Borat meeting.
> This would make planning easy.
> 
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
> 
> Hehe, lets see whether anyone else but me can appreciate the spelling
> error...
> 
> > Tyler Mitchell
> > Executive Director, OSGeo
> > tmitch...@osgeo.org
> > +1-250-303-1831
> > See you at FOSS4 2011 Denver in September!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] contacting project officers

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On November 5, 2010 11:02:33 pm Jody Garnett wrote:
> Only other thought was - should this just be for for all officers (as your
> private alias indicates) or should it be specific to projects?
> 
> I also noted the web page was currently incomplete; who are the current
> officers?

This is likely most up to date:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] contacting project officers

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On November 5, 2010 10:50:41 pm Jody Garnett wrote:
> Could we set up a mailing list containing project officers to help
> committees make contact? Even if it is just to invite project
> representatives to an IRC meeting or other activity; a contact mailing
> list would perhaps help.

I agree it would be a good idea.  These would be the primary contacts for 
committee chairs and project steering committees for the software projects.  
Let's see what others say.  I have a private alias that I set up to do such 
communications, but could push it into mailman quite easily too.

Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

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On November 5, 2010 03:05:44 am Mathieu Baudier wrote:
> - do some of you have experience with sensors/methodologies which
> would provide centimeter order precision, be transportable and usable
> in remote areas and not too expensive?

I've seen some pretty technical discussion of high precision open source 
hardware on the foss-gps list.  You might ask there and found some experts in 
the area.
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Steps for starting a local chapter

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Local chapters are integral part of OSGeo and the future ecosystem of FOSS4G 
software.  It's always a joy to watch a chapter start from the keen interest 
of usually one or two people.  I get a request or two per month about local 
chapters, so I put this page together to help describe the steps to getting 
started... hope it encourages you to start one if you aren't already part of 
one!

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Starting

Enjoy,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteer to help with Volume 8 of the OSGeo Journal.

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On November 4, 2010 11:46:26 pm Micha Silver wrote:
> 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.

Definitely!  Just put together an article and submit it via 
http://osgeo.org/ojs - drop me or Landon a note, or subscribe to 
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter to talk to the journal 
team.  That goes for anyone else who wants to get their names in light too!

Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] 2009 Annual Report Available - OSGeo Journal Volume 7

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

The OSGeo Journal team is glad to announce the availability of the 2009 Annual 
Report, including several reports about FOSS4G, various projects, local 
chapters and OSGeo sponsors:

* FOSS4G: 2009 conference review by the Conference Chair
* Software Project Reports: deegree, GeoTools, GRASS GIS, Mapbender, 
MapServer, OSSIM, Quantum GIS
* Local Chapter Reports:Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, California, China, 
Finland, Francophone, German, Greek, Italian, Japan, Ottawa, Poland, Quebec, 
Romania, Spanish, Twin Cities, United Kingdom
* Sponsors: Borealis, LizardTech

Thank you to all contributors!

Download directly: 
http://www.osgeo.org/ojs/index.php/journal/article/view/181/142 (10MB PDF)

For more information:
http://www.osgeo.org/ojs/index.php/journal/issue/view/30/showToc

Feedback and corrections welcomed at: 
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Drupal-ers unite!

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

As you may already know www.osgeo.org and several other sites in OSGeo are 
using Drupal.  So far there have only been a couple of us able to do much 
serious work on Drupal and we could use some more help or at least ideas from 
others who are good (hopefully better than me!) with administrating Drupal 
stuff.  In particular we are migrating from 5.x to 6.x and also rolling a 
custom theme.  

If you are interested drop me a private note or join up to the Web Committee 
list and say hi:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/webcom

Your work would be well appreciated :)

Thank you!
Tyler

p.s. I know a few folks have expressed interest in the past but I just can't 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Town Hall Meeting for OSGeo?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi everyone, 
We should all be recovered from the FOSS4G by now and since so many of us 
enjoyed meeting together I wondered if a virtual meeting might be of interest 
to others on the list.

Would anyone be interested in having an online (IRC chat) meeting with me, the 
OSGeo Board, committee chairs, etc. at some point?  It would be nothing too 
formal, just a basic Town Hall meeting style.  [1]  We'd pick a time and date, 
maybe a few key agenda points and just show up to answer questions or debate.

I know it could be valuable for me at least to be able to get real-time 
feedback on ideas and topics people care about.

Your thoughts?

Tyler

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[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2010 Early Bird discount closes on June 15

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http://www.osgeo.org/news/2010/foss4g_earlybird_ends_soon
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Feeds

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Just FYI - I started a wiki page to capture a simple list of various feeds 
from OSGeo sites/services.  Feel free to add to them.  I mainly focused on 
RSS, but you are welcome to add atom, etc. where applicable too.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Feeds

I'm using a new feed aggregator app on my PC so had to dig them up. Let me 
know if it's useful for you. 

Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Services restored (mostly)

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI - there was a system outage yesterday/today of one of the donated 
servers OSGeo uses.  Things should be mostly back to normal now.  The 
only outage still remaining affects Mapbender and GeoNetwork, and some 
other non-OSGeo services.  It is expected these will be restored by the 
end of the week.


If you still notice something else is not working please contact our 
systems admin team directly on our mailing list:

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/sac

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New installer - Release GeoNetwork opensource v2.4.3

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I think the site being down may be related to a service outage on one of 
our hosts, though perhaps all you want is the download and may find it here:


http://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork/

Tyler

On 04/26/2010 06:32 AM, Yves Jacolin wrote:

Jeroen, all,

The website seems down for me or too long to get an answer from it. Is it a
known problem?

Thanks,

Y.
Le lundi 26 avril 2010 14:39:59, Jeroen Ticheler a écrit :

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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7531 CW Enschede
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] A quick poll!

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Wow, in a few short hours the yes/no results in the poll went from 
38/38% to 85/5% - thanks for voting, that's very cool to see.


On a similar note, because many of the OSGeo libraries are also used 
behind proprietary products, many proprietary users won't even know that 
they actually do use open source without knowing it.  That's a big 
success story, in my opinion, and one I remind audiences about 
regularly.  Software "good enough" to be relied on by the massive 
commercial interests of proprietary vendors... says something positive 
about our quality.


Keep up the good work developers! :)

Tyler


On 15 April 2010 21:26, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) mailto:tmitch...@osgeo.org>> wrote:

I've been talking to the folks at gisjobs.com <http://gisjobs.com>,
encouraging them to add open source technology to their salary
survey.  But first he wants to see if how many visitors to his site
even use open source.

You might be interested in completing his current poll: "Do you ever
use Open Source GIS products?"

http://www.gisjobs.com/

The more people realise their OSGeo related software skills are in
demand, the better for everyone.

Best wishes,
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[OSGeo-Discuss] A quick poll!

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I've been talking to the folks at gisjobs.com, encouraging them to add 
open source technology to their salary survey.  But first he wants to 
see if how many visitors to his site even use open source.


You might be interested in completing his current poll: "Do you ever use 
Open Source GIS products?"


http://www.gisjobs.com/

The more people realise their OSGeo related software skills are in 
demand, the better for everyone.


Best wishes,
Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Interview ideas?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

lol - well that's an easy one as long as you come up with the questions ;-)


Landon Blake wrote:
> How about an interview with Tyler Mitchell? :] I can help with that.
> Might be a good article for the journal.
> 
> Landon
> Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
> Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
>  
>  
> -Original Message-
> From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
> (OSGeo)
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 1:49 PM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Interview ideas?
> 
> Hi, one area we've talked a bit about historically has been trying to
> capture more interviews - either as written documents or verbal
> podcasts.  I'm just putting out this note to invite you to
> suggest/brainstorm about good interview topics and people that would
> help get the open source geospatial message out in an influential way.
> You're welcome to suggest specific people/topics to me privately or we
> can talk generally on the topics or questions.
> 
> I'm now starting to carry a video camera in tow when I attend meetings,
> with the hopes of capturing a few interviews to share.  Hopefully in a
> months time I'll have some to put online.
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Interview ideas?

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Hi, one area we've talked a bit about historically has been trying to
capture more interviews - either as written documents or verbal
podcasts.  I'm just putting out this note to invite you to
suggest/brainstorm about good interview topics and people that would
help get the open source geospatial message out in an influential way.
You're welcome to suggest specific people/topics to me privately or we
can talk generally on the topics or questions.

I'm now starting to carry a video camera in tow when I attend meetings,
with the hopes of capturing a few interviews to share.  Hopefully in a
months time I'll have some to put online.

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Common map printing specifications project [Fwd: Students: Get Paid to work on this project]

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi all, just forwarding this note to this more general OSGeo channel,
since it applies to several projects and communities.

Year after year, one of the largest complaints about open source mapping
applications is the ability to output large, high quality, printable
maps.  It's often "the issue" that some proprietary users say prevents
them from moving to an open source platform.  Recognising that we can
always do better, the "Carto" project is an effort to address this in a
standard way, so that all open source applications may output
configuration files according to a specification and have a common
'engine' application produce an output file.  By using a standards-based
approach, developers can work together on improving printing output
overall instead of doing it in dozens of different ways.

That said, attached is my attempt to try to find some students to work
on the project through Google's Summer of Code :)  I'm also forwarding
it here for those others who are interested in trying to help move this
initiative along.  Either way, join our list and say hi.[1]  Except for
some interesting work with Mapnik and QGIS together (Dane Springmeyer's
 Quantumnik!) this is pretty much still theoretical.

Tyler

[1]  http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/carto
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Greetings everyone!

The OSGeo Carto mailing list [1] was created to discuss developing a
common approach to printable (vector-based) map output from open source
mapping applications.  With Google's Summer of Code program, we have a
great opportunity for students to be funded to work on this project!
Please forward this on to any students that you think might benefit.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Engine

Note there is room for a range of programming abilities, here are just a
few...

 * developing XML-based map definition and print standard specifications
 * writing a GUI-based app for doing map layout
 * converting project configuration files into a common format
 * enhancing Mapnik to handle layout and file output definitions
 * What else?  You tell us! Students are welcome to propose new ideas!

This year, we've tied this project directly to Mapnik (and indirectly to
QGIS or GRASS) just so it is clearly not a new project, but an
enhancement of an existing one.

Since it is really focused on developing and implementing standards, I'm
not opposed to using other projects in there for either the 'client' or
the engine - so if you're a student interested in MapServer or gvSIG,
for example, and would rather work on implementing it that way, then
please just propose it.  I only had to narrow our focus to keep it clear.

Time is running out for student applications, so let's get the word out!
 Even if you're not a student but are interested in helping in some way,
join the list and say hi.

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Viewer for 3D Maps

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Brent Fraser wrote:
>   We've used VTP (vterrain.org) and modified the GUI of it's Enviro
> viewer to be a little more end-user friendly.  VTP does a good job of
> providing an interactive 3d environment of DEM and texture (e.g 
> satellite image), and optionally 3d structure models.  On the downside,
> you have to author your datasets carefully (using VTBuilder) to get good
> performance, and you have to limit your map/model to an extent (it
> doesn't model a globe, only a projection).  There's a ton of 3d modeling
> info on the VTP web site.

You're bringing back some good old memories for me Brent!  I used VTP a
lot in my last job and it produced some wildly beautiful product and
exciting fly over animation abilities (among other things).  Ecologists
especially liked the function allowing you to draw/digitise onto the
terrain in 3D mode.

We had Python scripts that did all our dataset prep for us, and if my
memory serves me right, we even had ways of converting the digitised
stuff back into a shapefile for use in our other apps.

>   Ossim (www.ossim.org) has OssimPlanet which DOES model a globe but it
> can be an effort to set up (I've never tried it).

Binaries are available for download for most platforms.  Then you
probably want to get a terrain model (just one big download) and put it
in the right folder.  Other than that it's pretty easy to get started
with WMS or file datasources.

Thanks for the memories :)

Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

What I meant to say was...  Chris P. has strategic reasons for his
choices and was inviting others to share (offline) their strategic
reasons for their choices.  I wasn't trying to keep this thread running :)

Tyler

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> P Kishor wrote:
>> Listen, I personally appreciate the zeal for open sourcing software
>> and data (most of my personal religion is based on the belief that
>> open data are better for everyone), but trash talking closed software
>> makes the whole world blind.
> 
> Of course we never trash talk other open source languages either, do we?
>  Where would we be without all the good arguments for Python vs the
> 'others'... ;-)  Sorry, couldn't resist.
> 
> Just to say, we have done pretty good on this list avoiding platform or
> language wars, but I am interested to learn what
> strengths/features/ease-of-use others find in their language of choice.
>Just to be better educated, not to flame anyone.
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

P Kishor wrote:
> Listen, I personally appreciate the zeal for open sourcing software
> and data (most of my personal religion is based on the belief that
> open data are better for everyone), but trash talking closed software
> makes the whole world blind.

Of course we never trash talk other open source languages either, do we?
 Where would we be without all the good arguments for Python vs the
'others'... ;-)  Sorry, couldn't resist.

Just to say, we have done pretty good on this list avoiding platform or
language wars, but I am interested to learn what
strengths/features/ease-of-use others find in their language of choice.
   Just to be better educated, not to flame anyone.

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] implementation of WFS in MapGuide OS

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi Paras,
Good to meet you.  I think you'll find more help directly on the
MapGuide Open Source users mailing list:

http://mapguide.osgeo.org/user.html

Hope that helps,
Tyler

p.s. I'm curious how you came to the OSGeo Discussion thinking it was
for MapGuide discussions - can you tell me?  There must be a bad link
somewhere that I can update so it is clearer.  Thanks!



Paras BHALLA wrote:
> Dear all,
>  
> Recently, I started my internship in a company and being a newcomer in
> the world of Autodesk, I am still finding answers to my questions.
>  
> It will be a great help if somebody from you could help me out in
> providing me an information on "Implementation of Web Feature Service
> (WFS) in MapGuide OpenSource". It would be a great help if somebody has
> some experience or knows some possibilities to find out solution to the
> said theme.
>  
>  
> Looking forward to your valuable feedback.
>  
>  
> best regards,
>  
> Paras
> 
> 
> 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: GeoWeb CFP Deadline Is This Friday, March 12th]

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI - if you need an excuse to go to Vancouver, submit your abstracts
for GeoWeb this week.  Several OSGeo friends are usually there.

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GeoWeb 2010 Conference Submission Deadline
Abstracts are Due this Friday (March 12th)

Want to be in the Program? Time is Running Out!
The deadline is fast approaching. Abstracts can be submitted online no
later than 4pm PST Friday, March 12th. The emphasis for GeoWeb 2010 is
Going Real Time. GeoWeb is about the technologies for information
sharing and collaboration respecting events and activities in the real
world. It is about designing our world and reacting to the changes in
the world around us. It is about managing our way in the world using the
best information about the current and probable future state(s) of the
world.

All submissions must include a title, theme, a detail abstract (<200
words) and a short description (<75 words). Presentation sessions will
be 35 minutes in length. Workshops will be 3 hours in length and should
focus on a key technology or standard.

Presenters will be chosen based on a formal selection process led by the
2010 GeoWeb Planning Committee and will be notified of the status of
their submission by March 25, 2010. Please note that all approved
presenters will be provided with a 25% discount on the registration fee
but are responsible for their own travel and expenses.

To learn more about GeoWeb, the details for the Call for Submissions,
please visit GeoWebConference.org. Questions can be directed to James
Sakamoto.

Be Connected, Spread the Word
Watch previous keynote and invited speakers, make comments, or chime in
on a discussion. Stay connected to the GeoWeb Community:
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[OSGeo-Discuss] How OSGeo helps you?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi all,
I'm working on responding to some questions relating to our 501c3
application with US govt and would really like your opinion, stories,
examples to make sure I hit the nail on the head.

I'd like to describe two aspects of what OSGeo does and how it helps the
public.  In particular relating to education and to charitable
activities.  I know how I'd answer, but what about you?

1. In what areas/topics/information do we teach to new users or educate
the public in general?  Basically, what is the 'content' of our
education endeavours?

2. How does OSGeo provide a charitable benefit to the public?  Don't
link it directly back to education, but think about how our features,
abilities and products get used to benefit the public.  Take it beyond
just having free access to software generally, and share in particular
the charitable ways it helps the public (charitable as in helps people,
the world, etc. not as in just being free).

Yes, somewhat vague questions, but I really want them to know the
details about these not just a cursory mention of our workshops and our
no-cost software :)

I only have a day or two to get my answers together, but a longer thread
is also welcomed to help share your perspective.

Take care,
Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Db connect

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi Ravi, what kind of error are you getting?

Tyler
Ravi wrote:
> Hi,
> am using OSGeo4W bundle and the apache and php there in.
> Apache installed OK showing as aservice and in the browser
> http:\\localhost
> issues the OSGeo4w welcome screen and phpthere on
> 
> with the following wish to connect to PGSQL 8.4 and postGIS there in
> with the following. But it doesnt work. Where am I going wrong ?
> 
> $db_handle = pg_connect(”host = localhost port = 5432 dbname = postgis user = 
> postgres password = GrassJump”); $query = “SELECT * FROM rjybound”; $result = 
> pgexec($dbhandle, $query);
> 
> Ravi Kumar
> 
> 
>   Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! 
> http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] A FOSS Geo Project in India

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

If you are interested in writing an article on this topic for our OSGeo
Journal - you are welcome to submit a proposal at http://osgeo.org/ojs

Sajith VK wrote:
> Hi all,
> We are proud to share with you that Keltron, a PSU under government of
> Kerala, has completed development of an integrated, GIS based total
> solution for Kolkata Police. This consists of,
> Development of Large scale map of the area
> A GIS based area traffic control system
> Vehicle Tracking system
> GIS based distress call response management system etc
> 
> The complete solution is developed purely on Free and Open Source
> solutions, including PostGIS, OpenLayers, Mapserver, GRASS &
> Geodjango. Technology demonstration and pilot run for all modules are
> over and large scale deployment is going on. AFAIK, this is the
> biggest FOSS Geo initiative in India, and one of the major GIS project
> in the government sector. I hope this project will help us in bringing
> other projects also into the FOSS way.
> 
> Thanks to OSGeo. The very existence of the Foundation helped us to
> convince our client that FOSS Geo tools are matured, and are actively
> supported. We also thank the user and developer community around the
> major FOSS tools, for their fast response to our questions and
> clarifications.
> 
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> 
> Sajith VK
> Freedom is not Free
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Hosting Solutions

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> Richard Greenwood wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Kumaran Narayanaswamy
>>  wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We are in the process of looking out for a best hosting provider to host the
>>> FOSS4G Web applications. Can anyone suggest us the best and affordable
>>> hosting solutions to deploy MapServer, GeoServer applications?
>>
>> I've been very happy with Micro Resources http://spatialserver.com/
> 
> Same here for several years now.

I should note, that's for my personal (non-OSGeo related) services :)
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Hosting Solutions

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Richard Greenwood wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Kumaran Narayanaswamy
>  wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We are in the process of looking out for a best hosting provider to host the
>> FOSS4G Web applications. Can anyone suggest us the best and affordable
>> hosting solutions to deploy MapServer, GeoServer applications?
> 
> 
> I've been very happy with Micro Resources http://spatialserver.com/

Same here for several years now.
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[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: 4th African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons - IDLELO 4 (Australians have a +)]

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI

> Hi people.
> 
> The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) will be
> hosting its bi-annual conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons. Idlelo
> 4 (www.idlelo.net ) is the biggest and most
> important FLOSS event in the continent.  The Vice President of Ghana,
> who received a delegation from the Foundation
>  has given his backing to chair.  Idlelo
> is billed to begin on the 13th and end on the 21st of May, in Accra,
> Ghana. It happens at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in
> ICT.  It is a multiple events conference.   Here is a quick breakdown of
> stuff
> 
> The hands-on trainings are billed to begin the weekend of May 13 to 15. 
> We are working around:
> 
>1. CHISIMBA
>   
> 
>2. USHAHIDI  and FrontlineSMS
>3. Migration
>4. FLOSS4Edu
>5. Desktop
>6. FLOSS 4 Business
>7. LPI Paper exams.
> 
> On the 16th, we are planning a Community Conference which will follow
> the un-conference setting.
> On the 17th, we would like to do the Africa FOSS Agenda, which is the
> AGM of FOSSFA.
> On the 18th, the E-Government Track has now been upgraded to a one-day
> conference where we are inviting ministers from the African countries,
> as well as some outside of the continent.
> The preliminary program 
> that we have shows the sessions that are in for now.  There is still a
> whole lot of space for:
> 
>1. Partner events
>2. Launches
>3. Parallel events
>4. Technical tracks
> 
> Of course an exhibition is planned.  Will kick off same days with the
> conference.
> 
> So this is an invitation to all Foundation members.  If you would want
> to see anything in the program, do a side thing, a plenary presentation
> or a training, please let us know.  We will be glad to schedule you
> accordingly.
> 
> On logisitics:
> 
>1. We want to say thanks to Linux Fund that is supporting fundraising
>   for this
>2. We are discussing with DELTA Airlines to partner as official
>   carrier, especially for those coming from outside of Africa.
>3. We are still looking forward to sponsors at different levels.. and
>   would very much appreciate any leads you might give us.
> 
> 
> On a final note, the Australian High Commission in Accra will be willing
> to support Australians who may want to come to Idlelo.  Please let us
> know asap.
> 
> director-gene...@aiti-kace.com.gh
> secretar...@fossfa.net
> 
> Cheers
> 
>  
> Nnenna Nwakanma
> FOSSFA Council Chair
> ch...@fossfa.net
> www.fossfa.net 
> 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2010 Call for Abstract

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstract for the FOSS4G (Free
and Open Source Software for Geospatial) 2010 conference, being held
September 6-9, in beautiful Barcelona, Spain.

Held annually, FOSS4G is the premier conference for the open source
geospatial community, providing a full-immersion experience in
established and leading edge geospatial technologies for developers,
users, and people new to open source geospatial.

http://2010.foss4g.org

FOSS4G 2010 presentations are 25 minute talks, with 5 minute question
and answer sessions at the end. Presentations cover the use or
development of open source geospatial software. Anyone can can submit a
presentation proposal and take part in the conference as a presenter.

Some topics of interest for this year are:

* Case Studies: Relate the experiences of you and your organization
  using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly?
  What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you
  recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks: Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How
  do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for
  others?
* Visualization: Tell about your tips and tricks for effective
  visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way?
  3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and
  hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development: What are the new developments in your open source
  geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use
  it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing: Have you put together something novel or cool
  this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us
  your gizmo!
* Collaboration: What techniques are you using to improve
  collaboration between organizations and between individuals.
  Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open
  standards, de facto standards, and more!

If you have an open source geospatial story to tell, we want to hear it!

For more information, see the FOSS4G site:

http://2010.foss4g.org/presentations.php

The deadline for abstract submissions is April 1, 2010. Submit early,
submit often!


Academic Track

The FOSS4G 2010 academic track aims to bringing together researchers,
developers, users and practitioners carrying out research and
development in the geospatial and the free and open source fields and
willing to share original and recent research developments and experiences.

The academic track will act as an inventory of current research topics,
but the major goal is to promote cooperative research between OSGeo
developers and the academia. The academic track is the right forum to
highlight the most important research challenges and trends in the
domain, and let them became the basis for an informal OSGeo research
agenda. It will foster interdisciplinary discussions in all aspects of
the geospatial and free and open source domains. It will be organized in
a way to promote networking between the participants, to initiate and
favour discussions regarding cutting-edge technologies in the field, to
exchange research ideas and to promote international collaboration.


  Submission guidelines

All submissions to the academic track must be original unpublished work
written in English. Papers should not exceed the 6000 words limit.
Formatting guidelines will be available soon. Submitted papers will be
thoroughly reviewed by three members of the international scientific
committee and refereed for their quality, originality and relevance.


  Submission deadline (full paper for the academic track) - May,
  31th, 2010


upcoming milestones

* 15 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens
* 30 Jan 2010, Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes
* 1 Feb 2010, Call for Abstracts opens
* 16 Feb 2010, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials
* 22 Feb 2010, Registration for workshop and tutorials opens
* 1 Apr 2010, Abstract submission deadline
* 1 May 2010, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks
* 15 Jun 2010, Author/Early registration deadline
* 15 Jul 2010 Full article submission deadline
* Aug 2010, Completed program available
* 6-7 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Workshops
* 7-9 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
* 10 Sep 2010, FOSS4G Code Sprint

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Website News Editor(s) welcome

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi all,  have a few minutes a week to help post news/events on the OSGeo
website?  Frank and I usually take care of these items but could use a
bit of help to keep things running smoothly.

There is a (volunteer) opportunity for at least one person to help out
in the role of OSGeo News Editor.  The job is quite simple, posting
news/events information that are sent in and usually consists of a few
postings per week.  Posting the information on the website is quite easy
and uses a few simple forms.  Most of the time all the info to be posted
is sent in by other members and is simply copied over (e.g. you don't
have to be a writer :-) )

If you're interested, drop a note to news_i...@osgeo.org and say hello.

More information about the processes we use:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/News_Queue

Have a great week,
Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Gov't adopting open source ?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I'm just starting to dig into this question myself, but thought I'd ask 
if anyone else knows of a resource/document/site, etc. that shows which 
governments (nationally, regional or municipal) have committed to open 
source software?


Seems the list grows each month in my head, but I'm sure there are many 
more than I know.


Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Opensource Geospatial Job Tracking Software

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 06/01/10 3:29 AM, Kumaran Narayanaswamy wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  
>
> I am currently looking out for web based Open source Geospatial Job
> Tracking Software similar to Job Tracking for ArcGIS?
>
>  
>
> http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/jobtracking/index.html
>
>  
>
> Are there any open source projects  out there that you know of that
> cover these features similar to ESRI product?
>
>  
>
> Regards
>
> Kumaran
>
This is a good question and I'm very interested in any answers you
receive.  This sort of workflow/project management software is much
needed in the GIS industry sector and I've not seen any open source
options out there that met my specific needs when I looked previously. 
One that might help at least on the conersion/transformation side is
Talend studio with it's spatial component:
http://www.spatialdataintegrator.com/

But that's likely only one piece of the puzzle.  I believe that much of
what is required for job tracking and workflow can be developed through
some simple web interfaces, with open source apps sitting on the server
side.   I've taken several attempts on doing this but never devoted
enough time/focus to get very far.  If any else is interested in
developing such tools, I'd be interested in discussing it further.  I
believe these are necessary to streamline workflow and gain back
efficiency that has been lost during the industry's general move toward
using point-click GUI environments for everything.

Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] 2009 Annual Report Startup!

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Happy New Year!  On that note... let's kick off summarising last years' 
activities.


This is the opportunity to brag about what your project, committee and 
local chapters have been up to and progress you've made.  All of this is 
an important part of showing that our community and projects are active 
and engaging and for showing value to our sponsors, members and supporters.


Submit the report here:
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_2009
Or email me directly.

If the wrong name is beside the report, please change it accordingly or 
let me know.  Holler if there is anything confusing.


* I'd like to wrap this up by the end of January, so if you need a hard 
deadline please aim for January 18th or tell me when to expect it.


If anyone is interested in helping coordinate this report with me, let 
me know (e.g. to help with final layout and emailing/harassing potential 
authors).


I encourage you to forward this invitation to your project teams and 
local contacts.


Looking forward to hearing what you've been up to!
Best wishes for 2010,

Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Will there be an OSGeo Desktop shootout atFOSS4G 2010?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Daniel Ames wrote:
>> I teach ArcGIS 9.3 every semester, so I'll happily provide that
>> perspective (as well as the MapWindow desktop perspective).
>> By the way Tyler gave an awesome OSGeo talk at AGU in San Francisco
>> last week and handled the "how does this stack up to ESRI" question
>> brilliantly. I believe the answer was, "We see ESRI as a major
>> success story for OSGeo since they've adopted GDAL and OGR." Couldn't
>> have been addressed more perfectly. 
>
> Folks,
>
> To be clear, I am unaware of any adoption of OGR by ESRI. They do make
> extensive use of GDAL for raster translation and raster data access.
Minor note - usually when I give this answer I say GDAL/OGR as a blanket
project name, but I can see how that can be confusing when spoken
verbally :)
>
> While this is a good point to mention, and helps point out that things
> aren't as simple as "us and them", since even them is often one of us
> in some respects, I'd like us to be able to give a deeper answer.
>
> Many workloads that are currently done with ArcGIS could also be done
> with FOSS tools (most web mapping, much desktop work, and some deep
> analysis).  I'd like to get white papers, and presentations addressing
> some of these easily transferrable workloads.
I'd also like this workflow assessment angle from the perspective of
"how I got this project done using FOSS tools" - with a backdrop of what
they'd have to do otherwise (e.g. using a proprietary package).

Tyler

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Will there be an OSGeo Desktop shootout atFOSS4G 2010?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

> So if this is true, then that means that 80% of GIS users are asking
> the question, "Why should I use desktop open source XXX instead of ESRI?"

I get more questions asking about the differences between FOSS projects
than between FOSS and proprietary products.  If people are already
coming to FOSS4G, or to OSGeo in some other way, they likely already
want to use open source but want help choosing a path.

I do agree that many wonder how we stack up to proprietary but I hope we
stick to what we know best.  That is, unless proprietary folks join the
shootout.  :)

Just a thought,
Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Marketing] [Fwd: COM.Geo 2010 (Computing for Geospatial) Washington, DC - Call for Submissions]

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Never heard of it.. will have to feel it out now though :)

On Monday 23 November 2009 12:58:26 Alex Mandel wrote:
> Just hit my radar, hadn't heard about it before. Anyone familiar with
> this conference/org? - Alex
> 
> 
> 
> =
>   COM.Geo 2010
> http://www.com-geo.org
> 
> 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Computing for Geospatial
> 8-11 June 2010 Washington, DC
> =
> 
> The explosion of computing driven location based applications in the past
> few years has revolutionized the way we live and work. COM.Geo is an
> international conference and exhibition on computing for geospatial, which
> focuses on the latest computing technologies for multidisciplinary
> research
> and development that enables the exploration in geospatial. COM.Geo is
> an exclusive event that connects researchers, developers, scientists, and
> application users in both computing and geospatial fields.
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Annual Report in Lulu.com

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

A better url :)

http://stores.lulu.com/osgeo 
 
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To: "OSGeo Discussions" discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:07:24 -0800
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> FYI - The 2008 Annual Report is now available for purchase as a hardcopy
(55
> pages) from lulu.com at the following location:
> 
> 
> http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/osgeo-2008-annual-report/
> 7414939
> 
> Downloads are always free from the OSGeo Journal website:
> http://journal.osgeo.org
> 
> Cheers,
> Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Annual Report in Lulu.com

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI - The 2008 Annual Report is now available for purchase as a hardcopy (55
pages) from lulu.com at the following location:

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/osgeo-2008-annual-report/7414939

Downloads are always free from the OSGeo Journal website:
http://journal.osgeo.org

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AGU in December (Volunteers)

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Unfortunately, I just learned that there is no remaining booth space
available at the AGU event now.
 
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:47:37 -0800
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> All,
> 
> Tyler is speaking at the American Geophysical Union conference Dec
> 14-18(Booth is 15-18) in San Fransisco.
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AGU_2009
> 
> I'm interested to know who is already planning to go to the AGU and
> could help at the booth occasionally?
> 
> Several members of the California chapter have volunteered to run the
> booth, we're just looking to make sure we have some additional help
> before we commit the funds.
> 
> We need to know before the marketing meeting tonight, 11pm PST if we
> have enough people to do the booth or not.
> 
> Thanks,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding an OSGEO-related job in London

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

To add to Chris' comments... I suggest any job seeker offer to host an
OSGeo-UK meetup... bring the employers to you instead :)

Seriously though - there may be an opportunity here for those who have some
momentum for a local OSGeo chapter nearby. Get on the mailing list, ask for
ideas for a venue to meet and plan a meeting using the wiki or mailing list
- a couple folks will often volunteer to do a talk or provide a discussion
point. 

I believe that many local chapter OSGeo'ers are just waiting for a chance to
chat over a beer or talk and plan in a local boardroom. The upside to
helping plan it is you can give yourself a speaking slot to introduce what
you've been doing/playing with/learning and a URL to your CV at the end will
drive the point home :)

Best wishes!
Tyler
 
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:34:18 + (GMT)
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> And of course OA Digital, but while in the UK is not London. London is
under the 
> influence of the "if it don't cost, it ain't worth nothing" although we're

> hopeful revent gov't policy announcements and news like that of the recent

> systems change at the London Stock Exchange might change that; if there's
going 
> to be anything, I'd sniff around the London mayor's office, Transport for
London 
> and some of the London councils.
> 
> Chris
> 
> - "Landon Blake" lbl...@ksninc.com wrote:
> 
>> Matthew,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It doesn?t look like anyone responded to your post, so I will offer
>> some brief comments. I don?t think it likely that you will find a job
>> focused specifically on open source GIS. I am one of the moderator of
>> the OSGeo Jobs mailing list, and job postings there are quite rare in
>> our current economy.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I think you may have to settle for a job in GIS, with perhaps an
>> opportunity to occasionally dabble in open source GIS software. I can
>> think of only a handful of companies that work extensively with open
>> source GIS software, especially on the desktop. Examples are
>> Refractions Research, Vivid Solutions, and LISASoft. The first two are
>> Canadian companies, the second is in Australia.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> A better option may be to take a ?regular? GIS job but to hone your
>> programming skill set by volunteering with one of the OSGeo projects.
>> (Let me know if you are really bored. I could put you to work on a
>> couple of things right now.) :]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Or you could possibly work part-time as a consultant trying to help
>> organizations get started with open source GIS.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At any rate, post a link to your resume on the OSGeo Jobs mailing
>> list. That can?t hurt.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Landon
>> 
>> Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
>> 
>> Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Pulis
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:12 AM
>> To: discuss
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding an OSGEO-related job in London
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am moving to London in late January 2010 and am trying to find a job
>> /
>> career in GIS preferably using Open Source GIS. I am finding it quite
>> hard
>> 
>> to find job openings in this field, especially in the GIS-T area;
>> which area
>> is my area of expertise. Anyone can recommend some job hunting
>> websites
>> which are more attributed to OSGEO please?
>> 
>> 
>> (Sorry for double posting but the previous one had the wrong subject
>> pasted)
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Matthew
>> 
>> --
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Re: Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

> According to the Freemind FAQ, there is an applet that will allow the
> mindmap to be presented via a Web Page [1].
> 
> 
> I have not tried this yet.
> 
> Perhaps something hosted by OSGeo if the applet works OK?

Hi, it definitely works and I've used it for years. When I was using S5
format web presentations I handled it two ways. One, would be to link a
graphic in my presentation to a separate web page with the applet embedded.
The other was to embed it directly in my presentation page (if a smaller
window was warranted). I've got it online running here:
http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/community/presentations/20070925-Victoria/OSGeoCommunity.html

Note, it crashed my Firefox (on OSX) but ran in SAfari okay. Note also the
applet requires a web url and can't point to a local file - which can be a
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Re: Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Looks like it says it's 0.8.1 Freemind map version. I've looked a bit at
other clients but they are usually involving a conversion step. e.g. you can
do mm format into S5 presentation format and a few others. I'd like a more
dynamic 'flowing' viewer for presentations - any hints and I'd like to hear
them too.

Tyler
 
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To: "OSGeo Discussions" discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:16:25 -0500
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> Bruce,
> 
> Yeah I got that to work, but was wondering if there were other client 
> that could read it.
> 
> I use a similar (pay for) application called Inspiration that allows for 
> building of similar diagrams. I thought it might open the MM file, but 
> no go.
> 
> Nice file BTW.
> 
> bobb
> 
> 
> 
> Bruce Bannerman wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > What's the best Client for this MM stuff? A little research
>> > on it reveals there are more than one version of the file
>> > format as well as more than one version of client, and not
>> > all clients read all formats . . .
>> >
>>
>> The format is Freemind mind mapping software.
>>
>> As per my original post:
>>
>> >>
>> >> Details are at:
>> >>
>> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bruce.bannerman
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> I've received a few emails advising me that some people's email 
>> clients have hidden the above URL.
>>
>> Two suggestions to get around this:
>>
>> - view the email source
>>
>> - go to the OSGeo Wiki and search for 'User:Bruce.bannerman'. You will 
>> find the details there.
>>
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I've had one too - it's quite incomplete (re: people involved now) but
general structure reflect OSGeo in particular - I think Bruce's is much
broader. We both have them in SVN:

http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/community/mindmaps 
 
I love using mine for interactive presentations.

Tyler

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To: aust...@lists.osgeo.org, discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:04:07 +1100
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> I have been developing a Mind Map for a number of years, showing various
> Open Source spatial projects, with a summary of project features and links
> to project urls.
> 
> It should help as an aide-memoire for Open Source spatial projects.
> 
> I've released this under a Creative Commons license with the source in the
> OSGeo subversion repository.
> 
> 
> 
> Details are at:
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bruce.bannerman
> 
> 
> The information in the mind map is a little dated. Perhaps a few of us can
> collaborate to maintain it.
> 
> 
> Thanks to Tyler for his help in getting this into subversion.
> 
> 
> 
> Bruce Bannerman
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[OSGeo-Discuss] WMS Performance Shootout at FOSS4G 2009

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Sydney, Australia. 5 October 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org

GeoServer, MapServer, and ArcGIS Server will be competing for the
title of "Fastest Web Map Server (WMS)" at the FOSS4G 2009 conference
at the end of October. The Web Mapping Performance Shoot-out compares
Web Map Servers in a variety of real world use cases.

This third installment of the FOSS4G shoot-out looks to be even more
exciting with the introduction of a team from ESRI. "ESRI supports
interoperability with the OSGeo and open source community" says Satish
Sankaran, PhD., ESRI Product Manager for Interoperability, " and, as
such, are happy to participate in the OSGEO demonstration-'shootout'
at FOSS4G. We are also participating in the OGC's Climate Change
Integration Plugfest at FOSS4G, and with our colleagues from 52North
who will be in the technical exhibits area."

The performance shoot-out will see GeoServer, MapServer, and ArcGIS
Server compared in terms of how long they take to generate a map
image, from a common set of spatial data. The data formats used will
be shapefile, geotiff, ECW, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, and
SDE on Oracle. Benchmarking scripts will be executed on a common
platform running Red Hat Linux.

GeoServer will be represented by Andrea Aime (OpenGeo) and Simone
Giannecchini (GeoSolutions). "With the rapid expansion of GeoServer's
capabilities each year, these benchmarking exercises are an excellent
forum for us to test it in new and challenging ways," said Chris
Holmes, Managing Director of OpenGeo and founder of the GeoServer
project.

One of the most important 'rules of engagement' for each Web server
team is that all parties must contribute any changes that they make to
their software for this exercise, back to their community. As
explained by Steve Lime, founder of Mapserver, "Past benchmarking
presentations have brought about many improvements in the servers,
such as MapServer's improvements in large shapefile indexing, raster
read optimization, and labeling placement. The MapServer Project
Steering Committee is excited to help with this presentation again."
MapServer will be represented by Daniel Morissette (Mapgears), Jeff
McKenna (Gateway Geomatics), and Frank Warmerdam.

For more information about the Web mapping performance shootout, see
the wiki at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2009, or follow
along discussions in the benchmarking mailing list at:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/benchmarking.

== About FOSS4G ==

FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October
2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest,
and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers,
Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the
latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs,
business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms,
location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing,
development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data,
Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services,
Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.

== Upcoming milestones ==

20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint

== Media Sponsors ==

Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
SlashGeo: http://slashgeo.org

For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising
Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at:
http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/

or contact:

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and
Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
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RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

"Fawcett, David"  wrote:
> Mateusz, 
> 
> Thanks for posting this reference, I wasn't aware of it.  It is a gold
> mine!
> 
> Obviously, thanks to Chris for putting this course together and making
> it available to the world too.
> 
> David.
> 

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FOSS4G Meeting - Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Annual General Meeting 2009

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Just a reminder - our OSGeo annual meeting page is pretty blank.  Anyone
interested in giving a talk should sign up soon.  Or else add any topic for
further discussion.  If we aren't running the guantlet of presentations this
year, we will have lots of time for discussion - that'd be neat.

Hope to see you there.
Tyler

"Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)"  wrote:
> Hi all, 
> As usual we'll be holding our OSGeo Annual General Meeting (AGM) during
> the FOSS4G event, this time in Sydney on the October 21st following the
> main event.
> 
> In previous years we've packed it pretty tight - getting as many smiling
> faces in front of the fans as possible.  This year I'd like to take a
> slightly different approach to help maximize time a bit better.
> 
> Since most software projects will have a good chance to present at
> FOSS4G I'd like to focus on local chapters, committees and sponsors to
> present.  If we get too many then I will probably pull back a bit on one
> of those groups as well.
> 
> That said, if you'd like to share a few slides (4-5 max) on your
> committee, chapter, or from an OSGeo sponsor - please add yourself to
> the wiki.  The program will still be tight, so each person will likely
> only have 2-3 minutes... yes, it's the OSGeo Lightning AGM ;-)
> 
> For those projects who are not presenting elsewhere in the conference, I
> will make a sign-up list for projects to meet at the OSGeo booth - then
> interested folks can come by at the selected time.  There is also the
> Demo Theatre which will be available to show off stuff.
> 
> You are also welcome to add any questions or discussion point
> suggestions to the wiki page.
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2009#Discussion_Ideas
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Tyler
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

"Agustin Diez Castillo"  wrote:
> you're right we should teach techniques and no software packages but more
than
> that we should educate free citizens. 
> Truly, I can not understand why Universities teach closed knowledge when
we
> should knowledge [openness is required to be knowledge]. We should teach 
> how to fish instead of give away fishes because this is what our students
> demand.
> To sum up, Universities should be the perfect place for Free Speech and in
GIS
> packages Free Speech is FOSS4G.
> Anyhow, High Schools are a good place to start.

You beat me to it Agustin.  I agree with your points and was going to warn
that we not try to play at the same game as corporations that seek to embed
their products into schools.  Since, in the end it is what is taught that is
important, not what tool they learn.  Instead, I suggest we come at it from
the angle of providing additional tools to enable educators (at any level)
to teach the liberal arts/science aspects of a geographic education.  I
could be wrong, but it's my impression that in the past when this was done,
I believe universities were actually *producing* FOSS as an outgrowth of the
knowledge the students learned instead of merely ingesting some product. 
Any truth to that?

I'm proposing the education group help match up existing FOSS teaching
material with a recognised curriculum.  e.g. the curriculum might say that a
student needs to learn about geographic coordinate systems - so we match up
a module that provides sample data and shows how to witness the effects of
transformations, projections, etc. using Proj.4 commands, then visualising
it in a desktop app, etc. that they may choose.  

In the end maybe I do agree a bit with Ian, in that I don't think it's
profitable to be trying to usurp particular existing software roles in
academia - which many professors will have personally chosen.  How do you
fight a choice after all?   But we should come at it from a totally
different angle more along Agustin's philosophy and providing choices for
foundational teaching aligned with curriculum.  I'm personally not
interested in taking on an anti-proprietary angle in the debate and
encourage us to look at the problem afresh, with hope of possibilities :) 
Okay, that may be mostly just rhetoric, but we can't forget that even the
big proprietary guys are users and supports of some of OSGeo products and
libraries - a real success story for us.

Please note, for those who are unaware, we do have an Education discussion
mailing list where we talk about these things regularly too:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/edu_discuss

Best wishes,
Tyler

p.s. In many universities I think we have been witnessing a move toward
'training' for careers as opposed to foundational concepts for critical
thinking.  I suspect it has to do with competing with colleges and
independent training programs for student dollar$.  I don't think it's the
actual professors, but higher up that the mentality seems to set in. 
Consider also that all proprietary software has their own professional
training courses, material and training providers already - perhaps even at
lower cost and higher effectiveness than taking a full university course
over months and months.  Odd to think about in my mind :)  But it helps
remind me that there is also a market for education outside of established
academics as well... how much of a market remains to be seen.


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

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"Jacolin Yves"  wrote:
> Hello Cédric,
> 
> I think more people think same as you relating this point of view :) :
> 
> Le Wednesday 30 September 2009 16:28:20 Cédric Moullet, vous avez écrit :
>> The OSGEO is very developer centric and probably need more input from
>> management, end user, marketing etc...


Thanks for the great discussion,

I can relate to Yves and Cédric's comments.  Cédric's comment is the primary
feedback I get from end users, local chapters and developers alike.  They
ask for more information and material to share with others at events or
meetings, etc.  They don't tend to point out technical barriers to their
projects success, they already know and love a project and just want to tell
others about it.  Of course we all have our software feature wishlists of
functionality but I don't think most of us expect OSGeo to be the venue for
developing them.  Like Frank says, don't tell the projects what to do ;-)

Not to say there aren't some powerful synergies to be gained at more
technical levels through OSGeo and some projects are certainly getting used
to depending on OSGeo services, but aside from requests to our systems admin
group, I rarely hear end users, advocates or even developers say OSGeo needs
to do anything further at a technical level (except maybe more benchmarking,
live demo disks or binary package development).

I'm sure there will be some more good discussion over the upcoming months as
to focus and effort.  I see the education side as an obvious common goal,
and marketing as well, but I'm curious to hear more about some of the more
'developer centric' ideas people have in mind. I'm keen to hear further
ideas along Cédric's line of thinking too.

By the way, the Marketing Committee has a mailing list, all are welcome to
join to share ideas and volunteer.  It's been pretty quiet lately, so don't
be shy and come and share your thoughts:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing

Best wishes,
Tyler



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Los Angeles

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Been busy lately Landon? Hope all is well, keen on your input re: Journal.

Landon Blake wrote:


David,

Sorry for the delayed response.

I believe we have a few lurkers in the Southern California area, but 
not anyone really active that I can think of. I do remember someone 
from Southern California that listened into one of our meetings. (His 
first name was Joe?) Most of the activity in our chapter is coming out 
of the UC Davis Campus. Alex Mandel is taking the lead there. We’ve 
also got someone from the Sacramento area that works at the California 
Geological Survey, if I am not mistaken.


Brian Hamlin is also quite active, and I believe he hangs his hat in 
the Bay Area. I’m in the Central Valley.


The size of our state is a challenge to organizing OSGeo activities. 
We’ve talked about organizing smaller regional chapters in the state, 
but I don’t think we have the support for that yet. Personally, I 
would like us to think about how we can draw more OSGeo enthusiasts 
from California together via online means. Alex has focused a lot on 
getting an OSGeo presence at California conferences, which is great, 
but I’m personally interested in seeing what we can do as a group on 
the software front. Our chapter is home to Silicon Valley, after all. :]


I’ve been meaning to bring this up, but haven’t had the time to put 
together an intelligent e-mail. I will try to make time to do so this 
week.


**Landon**

Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268

Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658



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I'm looking to meet up with fellow Los Angeles based osgeo people. I 
put a call out in the California chapter email list but did not get a 
response. Perhaps you all are lurking here on the main list? I work in 
downtown LA. Let me know where you at!


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2009 Board Election Results

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Thanks also to Paul for running the election process.  Good job.

Tyler

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,

Paul Ramsey
CRO 2009
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: 2009 Board Election - Statements

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI Nominees!  

I've heard from several voters that they are waiting for more statements
from the 5 remaining candidates before voting.  So, if you've got a
draft statement sitting in your email app, I suggest you complete it
sooner than later.  Otherwise you seriously jeopardise your chances of
receiving some of these critical votes.

• Voting closes midnight (your timezone) 29-September-2009 (end of
Monday)

Tyler

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 09:57 -0700, Paul Ramsey wrote: 
> Dear Board Candidates,
> 
> There are 14 of you, and only 5 board slots open this year, so it is  
> going to be tough for members to vote. In the interests of providing  
> the members with some more to go on than the nomination statements, it  
> would be great if you could take time out in the next day or so and  
> write a brief note to discuss@lists.osgeo.org stating your goals/ 
> objectives/vision/hopes or some subset/superset thereof for OSGeo.
> 
> If you could use a subject line: "Board Election: Your Name" in your  
> note, that will help folks see your statement in the list traffic. As  
> I see them, I'll put your statements into the nomination wiki page (or  
> if you're feeling generous, you can do it for me).
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Paul Ramsey
> OSGeo Chief Returning Officer 2009


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Annual General Meeting 2009

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi all, 
As usual we'll be holding our OSGeo Annual General Meeting (AGM) during
the FOSS4G event, this time in Sydney on the October 21st following the
main event.

In previous years we've packed it pretty tight - getting as many smiling
faces in front of the fans as possible.  This year I'd like to take a
slightly different approach to help maximize time a bit better.

Since most software projects will have a good chance to present at
FOSS4G I'd like to focus on local chapters, committees and sponsors to
present.  If we get too many then I will probably pull back a bit on one
of those groups as well.

That said, if you'd like to share a few slides (4-5 max) on your
committee, chapter, or from an OSGeo sponsor - please add yourself to
the wiki.  The program will still be tight, so each person will likely
only have 2-3 minutes... yes, it's the OSGeo Lightning AGM ;-)

For those projects who are not presenting elsewhere in the conference, I
will make a sign-up list for projects to meet at the OSGeo booth - then
interested folks can come by at the selected time.  There is also the
Demo Theatre which will be available to show off stuff.

You are also welcome to add any questions or discussion point
suggestions to the wiki page.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2009#Discussion_Ideas


Best wishes,
Tyler


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Geoff Zeiss

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I nominate Geoff Zeiss for the OSGeo Board of Directors.  Geoff doesn't
need much of an introduction, being so active on the international
conference speaking circuit.  He has been a keen promoter of OSGeo from
the beginning, in particular through spreading our message during his
presentations but even more through helping building connections between
OSGeo and others he knows.

Geoff has more than 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial
solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works
industries. His particular interests include streamlining the
infrastructure management workflow at utilities, telecommunications
firms and local government, open source geospatial and Web 2.0 and its
impact on infrastructure management, and converged BIM/CAD/GIS/3D
solutions.

Geoff's work experience gives him a strong understanding of management
teams and technical aspects of software development by being a chief
technology visionary for several companies.  His birds-eye view of the
larger IT and geospatial landscape is very well informed and respected.
His support and encouragement of OSGeo has already been very helpful in
several ways, including helping raise sponsorship.  As a board member he
would bring considerable experience, enthusiasm and a strategic
perspective that could help in the years to come. 


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Jeroen Ticheler for Board

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I nominate Jeroen for re-election to the OSGeo board.  He has served as
a director for the past two years and has helped move OSGeo forward in
an appreciated and valuable way.  In particular, he has helped lead some
of the marketing developments that were really needed and gave critical
feedback on board issues as they arose.  He has served as a very helpful
sounding board for ideas and direction and has helped bring good
representation of the European environment, having worked for UN FAO in
Italy and, more recently, starting his own consulting company in the
Netherlands.

He is project lead for the GeoNetwork project and has helped build large
scale applications of various parts of the OSGeo stack in large
organisations.  He is committed to OSGeo's mission and keen to continue
participating in the future of OSGeo at the board level.


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Loading ArcSDE features

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi Gido,
Good to hear from you!  You might get more help directly on the MapGuide
users mailing list.  This OSGeo "discuss" list is usually for more
general discussions.

See:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users

Best wishes,
Tyler

On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 14:50 -0400, Langen, Gido wrote:
> I am using MapGuide 2010.  I used MapGuide Studio 2010 to set up a
> connection to an ArcSDE layer.  It worked to a degree.  I could
> establish the connection, and see the tabular data.  But I cannot
> display the spatial features; I get the following error message: "The
> ArcSDE Provider does not support non-aggregate functions or
> expressions in the select aggregates command."
> 
> After I created the layer from the source data, I could not see any
> features either; worse: NO feature, but the geographic extent was out
> of this world - the X/Y Coordinate values were in the billion range.  
> 
> Does anyone know what causes this issue or how to remedy it? 
> Thanks so much, 
> Gido 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [mapserver-users] Updated MapServer flyer

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Not a bad idea Bob.  I'd also like to take it a step further and have
some basic web forms that help to create the flyers so that no software
is required on the client - e.g. enter the info, press create and
download a PDF.  Anyone want to help put their CGI and PDF lib skills
into this kind of thing?  It could even be used for creating business
cards, etc.

On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 08:38 -0500, Bob Basques wrote:
> All, 
> 
> 
> OK, probably a weird idea, but. . . . while looking for the brochure
> mentioned here (only found the old one so far . . .came into the
> thread in the middle) . . .a thought occurred to me.   Why not make
> this project brochure creation thing a step in the incubation
> process.  Use some sort of basic template and each project has it's
> own brochure. 
> 
> 
> bobb 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >>> Lars Lingner  wrote:
> 
> 
> Steve Lime schrieb:
> > Hi Lars, thanks for working up an updated brochure, looking at the
> old one
> > it could use it. Some comments...
> >
> >   - I think I'd avoid the MapServer website screen shot in favor of
> another
> > app. The website text features the security fix announcements which
> while
> > a reality in a project aren't marketing friendly. I can offer a
> couple of sites
> > as could others I bet. I like your example, nice and colorful.
> 
> If someone could point me to MapServer powered sites, I'll update the
> screenshot in the flyer.
> 
> >
> >   - Perhaps the screen shots could be a bit taller, more of a square
> aspect
> > ratio?
> 
> Ok, I'll take a further look.
> 
> >
> >   - Under features it might make sense to highlight output options:
> all sorts
> > of raster images, PDF, SWF, SVG and templated text
> >
> >   - Might include input and the new output plugin architectures as
> features
> >
> >   - The "Leverages best-of-breed" sentence could be reworked to say
> we
> > leverage other OSGeo projects including GDAL, GEOS, PostGIS and
> Proj.4. I
> > think we should really emphasize the reliance on other OSGeo
> projects.
> >
> >   - In the last feature sentence I think MapBuilder can be removed.
> There are
> > some frameworks specific to (or that at least favor) MapServer (e.g.
> p.mapper
> > and GeoMoose) that could get some love here...
> 
> Thanks for this info. I'm putting it in.
> 
> >
> > I think the 5.6 features are performance centric (raster rendering
> improvements,
> > single pass, etc...). The 6.0 release *should* have a more
> output-based focus
> > with full support for the rendering plugin, new object structures
> including
> > references, better SLD support, styles within labels and so on. XML
> mapfiles
> > will be in 5.6. It's important to note that XML mapfiles allow users
> to define
> > a configuration in XML but you must transform it to a .map file for
> use. I hope
> > that might really have an impact on wysiwyg editors eventually.
> >
> 
> Sounds like an interesting roadmap, I'll spread the word... ;)
> 
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Elections 2009

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 16:49 -0700, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 
> Anyone can submit a Board nomination, however only Charter Members are
> eligible to serve on the Board. The complete list of charter members
> is available by combining
> 
> * (2009 additions)
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2009
> * (Prior years) http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members

FYI - I've added all the new members in the main page now:
http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi everyone, a recent chat I was asked about our vision for OSGeo over
the next 3 and 5 years.  I'd really like to hear thoughts on the matter
and pool a few of the ideas together for further discussions amongst
committees, projects, chapters and the board.  

It's also a good way for the board nominees in the upcoming election to
get a sense of where other members are thinking these days.

Best wishes,
Tyler

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

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I've been on all three sides of this issue in Canada as well.  

1 - Hiring requirements due to a funding source required insurance prior
to letting a contract - so the one man shop we had previously hired had
to get insurance to remain working with us (prior to OSGeo, I might
add).  

2 - I've been on the contractor side in a large firm where we _did_ have
insurance, so it wasn't issue then, but I knew other companies who
couldn't bid on similar work because of it.

3 - I also bid on a project before as an independent contractor only to
find this restrictions as a showstopper (there was no guarantee of the
work, so I wasn't going to spend the money).  

At the end of the day, it certainly *felt* like the issue being
addressed was less about professional insurance and more about keeping
independent contractors out of the bidding market.  Sorry to hear you
are hitting it.

Tyler

On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 14:00 -0700, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: 
> Well, this is interesting...
> 
> I've already received a number of private responses from people who do not 
> have insurance but wish to remain anonymous so their potential employers 
> don't ask about it.
> 
> Feel free to email me directly with your responses to the below questions, 
> and I'll post a summary in a few days with no names attached.
> 
> -mpg
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:03 AM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors?
> 
> In the past I've hired some people for contract or consultant work (both open 
> source projects and more general stuff) -- generally these people have been 
> independent, one-man shops found by word of mouth and reputation, as opposed 
> to hiring someone from an agency.
> 
> I'm getting pushback now from the administrative side of my company saying 
> that any contractor I hire needs to have proof of insurance.  I understand 
> the legal reasons for this, but I'm wondering how many of you out there 
> actually have business/contractors insurance?  Do companies you work for 
> insist on it, or not?  And how many of you are formally set up as LLCs or 
> sole proprietorships or such?
> 
> [while this is likely a US-centric issue from the hiring side, I'm interested 
> in international responses too since I've hired some foreigners as well over 
> the years]
> 
> -mpg
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[OSGeo-Discuss] The Easy steps to get your project on the FOSS4G Live DVD]

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_28
> 
> To Geospatial Open Source Project Leaders:
> 
> The Arramagong Live DVD , GISVM 
> , and OSGeo Live-Demo 
>  projects are collaborating to 
> create a set of simple, automated install scripts for a wide variety of 
> Free and Open Source GIS projects, and we're calling on each project to 
> help us write a script for their software. Projects that can write their 
> install script this week will be included on The Arramamgong Live DVD 
> which will be given to all delegates at the FOSS4G 
>  conference.
> 
> The scripts should cover the installation and configuration of each 
> project into a base Xubuntu  9.04 system. 
> Separate scripts can optionally cover data, demos and tutorials. As a 
> bonus, these scripts are exactly what packagers require to bundle your 
> project into Debian and Ubuntu, so you will be taking the first steps 
> toward getting your project into a Linux distribution.
> 
> The base version of the FOSS4G2009 GISVM/Arramagong Live DVD can be 
> trialed in a VMWare virtual machine and downloaded from: 
> http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/Arramagong_GISVM_FOSS4G2009_alpha1.7z
> 
> 
> Timeline
> 
> Date  DateMilestone
> 7 Sep 2009in 1 week   LiveDVD Feature Freeze
> 11 Sep 2009   in 2 weeks  LiveDVD Beta Release
> 18 Sep 2009   in 3 weeks  LiveDVD Final Freeze
> 20 Sep 2009   in 3 weeks  LiveDVD Final Release & sent to printers
> 
> 
> Packaging Howto
> 
> For projects already packaged for Ubuntu  
> or DebianGIS , an install script will 
> likely be as simple as:
> 
> install_mapserver.sh 
> 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> apt-get install cgi-mapserver
> 
> 
> Projects that haven't been packaged yet are slightly more complicated:
> 
> install_udig.sh 
> 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # 
> # Purpose: Installation of udig into Xubuntu
> # Author:  Stefan Hansen 
> #
> #
> # Copyright (c) 2009 Open Geospatial Foundation
> # Copyright (c) 2009 LISAsoft
> #
> # Licensed under the GNU LGPL.
> # 
> # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> # by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License,
> # or any later version.  This library is distributed in the hope that
> # it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, without even the implied
> # warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> # See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details, either
> # in the "LICENSE.LGPL.txt" file distributed with this software or at
> # web page "http://www.fsf.org/licenses/lgpl.html";.
> #
> 
> # About:
> # =
> # This script will install udig into Xubuntu 
> 
> # Running:
> # ===
> # sudo ./install_udig.sh 
> 
> TMP="/tmp/udig_downloads"
> INSTALL_FOLDER="/usr/lib"
> DATA_FOLDER="/usr/local/share"
> UDIG_FOLDER="$INSTALL_FOLDER/udig"
> BIN="/usr/bin"
> USER_NAME="user"
> USER_HOME="/home/$USER_NAME"
>  
> ## Setup things... ##
>  
> # check required tools are installed
> if [ ! -x "`which wget`" ] ; then
>echo "ERROR: wget is required, please install it and try again" 
>exit 1
> fi
> # create tmp folders
> mkdir $TMP
> cd $TMP
> 
> 
> ## Install Application ##  
> 
> # get udig
> if [ -f "udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz" ]
> then
>echo "udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz has already been downloaded."
> else
>wget 
> http://udig.refractions.net/files/downloads/branches/udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz
> fi
> # unpack it and copy it to /usr/lib
> tar -xzf udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz -C $INSTALL_FOLDER
> 
> 
> ## Configure Application ##
> 
> # Download modified startup script for udig
> if [ -f "udig.sh" ]
> then
>echo "udig.sh has already been downloaded."
> else
>wget https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/udig-conf/udig.sh
> fi
> # copy it into the udig folder
> cp udig.sh $UDIG_FOLDER 
> 
> # create link to startup script
> ln -s $UDIG_FOLDER/udig.sh $BIN/udig 
> 
> # Download desktop icon
> if [ -f "uDig.desktop" ]
> then
>echo "uDig.desktop has already been downloaded."
> else
>wget https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/udig-conf/uDig.desktop
> fi
> # copy it into the udig folder
> cp uDig.desktop $USER_HOME/Desktop
> chown $USER_NAME:$USER_NAME $USER_HOME/Desktop/uDig.desktop
> 
> 
> ## Sample Data ##
> 
> # Download udig's sample data
> if [ -f "data-v1_1.zip" ]
> then
>echo "data-v1_1.zip has already been downloaded."
> else
>wget http://udig.refractions.net/docs/data-v1_1.zip
> fi
> #unz

[OSGeo-Discuss] Server back online

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Just an FYI for those who noticed a few missing services this past 
week.  They should all be back up and running now. (Thanks John!)  Thank 
you for your patience.


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Applying Open Source Principles to Federal Government

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Thanks Mark,
In what capacity can OSGeo get involved with Open Source for America?

Tyler

> The Open Technology Development Roadmap that we wrote for Ms Sue
> Payton is highlighted as well as Open Source for America (RadiantBlue
> is one of the founders)
>
> Good talk.
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [postgis-users] pg_routing 1.02

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Just generally keep in mind though as well, that some open source is
only intended to run on Windows and many projects do recognise the
importance of that platform, particularly in the GIS arena.  So while
many may not like, many don't seem to really mind and look at it as one
more diverse OS to support.

Tyler

René A. Enguehard wrote:
> Open source software is exactly that: open source. That means you can
> take the source and compile it for whichever OS you want, really. For
> Windows things get a bit... involved and you might have to use
> something like Cygwin, but it IS possible. You should probably get in
> contact with David Techer as he would know how exactly to do this
> regarding pgRouting.
>
> However, you should note that in general people in the open source
> community aren't actively trying to discourage using Windows, we just
> hate having to do anything with/for Windows and so it is rare to get
> Windows binaries. That doesn't mean it's not possible. Porting an open
> source application to a new OS take comparatively very little work to
> a proprietary application. But it's still a heck of a lot of trouble
> to go through for an OS (Windows) which we thoroughly dislike. :)
>
> Ravi wrote:
>> Hi Listers,
>> have been trying this on windows for a long time.
>> I was discouraged 'pl post on the list meant for it' etc..
>>
>> Now it is a stright 'discourage'.
>> It again takes me back to a fundamental.. Is opensource and operating
>> system centric. Say in India, this is a big road block. Propagation
>> of GIS may be encouraged irrespective of OS used.
>>
>> Ravi Kumar
>>
>> --- On Thu, 6/8/09, Anton Patrushev  wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> From: Anton Patrushev 
>>> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] pg_routing 1.02
>>> To: "PostGIS Users Discussion" 
>>> Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 5:05 PM
>>> Hi Ishwari,
>>>
>>>
 The links to download pg_routing 1.02 windows binaries
   
>>> in the http://pgrouting.postlbs.org/ do not work. Is there an
>>> alternate location where these files can be downloaded
>>> from?
>>>
>>> I'm afraid no. Windows binaries were maintained by David
>>> Techer only.
>>> Actually we don't recommend to install it on Windows.
>>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How about an OSGeo Credit Card?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4577&tag=nl.e539

Who on this list would be potentially interested?  (Assuming it's a
realistic possibility and administratively simple).

Email me off list so I can get a rough estimate of interest.  Note also if
you are in USA.  If there was much interest I would dig into the options
and feasibility further.

Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Missing email..

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Oops, I just realised that for the last several days many of my OSGeo
emails have appeared to be sent on my end, but indeed have not been :( 
Just an FYI  for the many of you who might receive a response twice and
wonder why.. as I resend a batch.  Also if you are looking for a reply to
something and wondered why I was silent, now you know.  Sorry for any
confusion!  Feel free to harass me directly again if I miss you the second
time around.

Tyler

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcements, news and service providers

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

== Announcements, News ==

Just a reminder to everyone that may have newsworthy items to share, we 
have a process available that posts news items to our www.osgeo.org 
website, into a news RSS feed and gets sent to our announcement only 
email list (~1000 subscribers).


For instructions on posting news items, please see:
* http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/submit_news.html

If in doubt about the applicability of your announcement, send it anyway 
and ask for an opinion.


== OSGeo Service Provider Directory ==

This is also a reminder to Service Providers, those who provide service 
(commercial or otherwise) for open source geospatial applications, that 
we have a directory available for your organisation to be highlighted 
in.  With over 140 entries so far, the directory covers 30 countries, 
over 20 languages and 23 different software projects.


* Search the directory: http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile
* Add your own entry: http://www.osgeo.org/spd_help

Sincerely,
Tyler

Tyler Mitchell
Executive Director, OSGeo

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[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Abstracts announced + Early Bird registration looming

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

= FOSS4G Abstracts announced + Early Bird registration looming =

Sydney, Australia. 20 July 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org

== Abstracts Announced ==

A comprehensive list of presentations has been announced for the 
international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, 
in Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009.


Abstracts presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, 
Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals include the latest geospatial 
applications, standards, government programs, business processes and 
case studies.


Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd 
sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration 
of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web 
Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software 
and more.


For the full list of quality abstracts, view: 
http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/


Community participation in the abstract selection was impressive, with 
over 150 community members selecting 85 general track abstracts from the 
183 submitted and a further 12 academic abstracts selected by 52 
academic peers.


== Early Bird Registration ==

After getting inspired from the breadth of abstracts, be sure to 
register for the FOSS4G conference. Early Bird registration closes in 
just over two weeks, on 7 August, 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/


== Upcoming milestones ==

*  7 Aug 2009, __Early bird registration deadline__
* 14 Sep 2009, __Completed program available__
* 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
* 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
* 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint

== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/

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For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising 
Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: 
http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/


or contact:

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial 
Systems Architect at LISAsoft


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webcasts of OSGIS 2009

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Awesome thanks - that's quite the good sleuthing :)

Christian Willmes wrote:

Hi,

Thanks to a WinXP VM, I got out the URLs of the video streams. :-)

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webcasts of OSGIS 2009

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

> We are pleased to make available the webcasts of presentations (Stream
> 1) of The First Open Source GIS UK Conference at Centre for Geospatial
> Science  at http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/for the benefit of the
> wider GIS community.

Great to hear Suchith!

If anyone finds a way to play these on Linux, I'm sure a few of us would 
be interested.


Tyler

Suchith Anand wrote:

Dear All,


The key aims of OSGIS conference series is to:

*   act as a focus for open source GIS research
*   to provide platform to network and develop ideas for future
collaborative work in open source GIS
*   to hear presentations from government, academic, industry and
policy makers on open source geospatial technologies
*   to understand current developments in open source GIS


We also congratulate the winners of  the Open Source GIS UK Conference
Awards 2009. 


CGS Best Presentation winner for OSGIS 2009 is

Mapping Future Climate : A Case Study for the Deployment of the Open
Source Geo-stack in Scalable Web-based Applications 
Philip James, Simon Abele, David Alderson,Stephen Pascoe, Ag Stephens 
Newcastle University, and British Atmospheric Data Centre, Rutherford
Labs, UK 

CGS Best Presentation runner up prize for OSGIS 2009 
SEXTANTE - The free geoprocessing library 
Victor Olaya, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain 


CGS Best Presentation runner up prize for OSGIS 2009
An introduction to Mapwindow 
Dr Daniel Ames, Idaho State University, USA



The Wiley BlackWell prizes for best full paper prizes are awarded to the
following papers 



Development of Sensor Web Applications with Open Source Software 
Arne Broring,Eike Hinderk Jurrens, and Simon Jirka from 52  North and

Christoph Stasch from the Institute for Geoinformatics, University of
Muenster.

The SDIlight OSGEO stack at ITC 
Barend Kobben, Rob Lemmens, Javier Morales, Rolf de By, Theodor Foerster


International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth
Observation (ITC),Enschede, The Netherlands.

Visualising Alternative Futures using Open Source technologies
William Cartwright , RMIT University, Australia

Congratulations to all winners... Well Done...

Once again we thank the GIS Community for the fantastic support provided
to us on this initiative and we look forward to your active
participation for OSGIS 2010. Please email me if you or your
organisation are interested in being involved in OSGIS Conference
Series.

Best wishes,

Suchith Anand

Dr Suchith Anand
Centre for Geospatial Science
Sir Clive Granger Building
University of Nottingham
Tel: (0)115 846 8408
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html 
http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ 
http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ 




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[OSGeo-Discuss] 2008 Annual Report Published

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I'm pleased to announce that the 2008 OSGeo Annual Report is now
complete!  It is filled with reports from across the OSGeo world: 
software projects, local chapters, sponsors and more produced by 49 
different contributors and project teams.


It comes as a print-ready PDF that can be downloaded from:
http://www.osgeo.org/annual_report_2008

Thank you to all those who contributed and thank you for reading!

I hope you enjoy it,
Tyler

Tyler Mitchell
Editor in chief, OSGeo Journal
http://osgeo.org/journal
tmitch...@osgeo.org
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 5th gvSIG Conference: We keep growing

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

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Alvaro,
I've added a link to the event on the OSGeo events catalogue:
http://www.osgeo.org/events

It will also appear on the front page of www.osgeo.org in a few more
days.  If you would like to change the text let me know and I will help you.

Tyler

Alvaro Anguix wrote:
> The 5th Edition of the gvSIG Conference [1], organized by the Regional 
> Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (CIT), will be held from 
> December 2nd until December 4th at the Feria Valencia Convention and 
> Exhibition Center, and will once again host the eclipseDay.
> 
> In these difficult times when collaboration is most important, we cope 
> with the adversities together with the aim of coming out strengthened 
> by them. We continue moving ahead together. This is part of the gvSIG 
> project and through this approach we keep on growing. This is our 
> slogan for the fifth edition of the gvSIG Conference: We keep growing.
> 
> The call for papers for the Fifth Edition of the gvSIG conference is 
> now open. As of today communication proposals can be sent to the email 
> address: contacto-jornadas-gv...@gva.es; they will be evaluated by the 
> scientific committee as to their inclusion in the conference program.  
> There are two types of communication: paper or poster. Information 
> regarding to regulations on communication presentations can be found  in
> the report?s section [2]. Abstracts will be accepted until  September 21st .
> 
> Organizations interested in collaborating in the event can find 
> information in the section: How to collaborate? [3]
> 
> [1] http://jornadas.gvsig.org/home/view?set_language=en
> [2] http://jornadas.gvsig.org/reports
> [3] http://jornadas.gvsig.org/how-to-collaborate
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Some cialis spam in the wiki...

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

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Anne Ghisla wrote:
> Is this enough to avoid such spam? Is't captcha better?
> I can have a look at how it can be implemented in user login (I know it
> is already active when a user adds external links to a page).

Go for it.  If you find instructions, I can enable it.

Tyler
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[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2009 Abstract Voting Open

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FOSS4G 2009
Abstract Voting Open

Sydney, Australia. 15 June 2009.
You can now vote on the papers you'd like to see at FOSS4G 2009! We  
have had over 170 abstract submissions. Have your say on what you  
would like to see at the conference. You can read the abstracts and  
cast your votes for your preferred papers. Voting is open now and  
will close on Sunday 28th June.

To vote follow the link here: http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/
For instructions on how to vote, please refer to the voting page on  
the Conference website or http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ 
FOSS4G_2009_Program#Presentation_Voting
Successful authors will be notified on the 20th of July. A  
preliminary program will be in place by August.

Upcoming FOSS4G milestones

15-28 June 2009, Abstract Voting is Open
31 Jul 2009, Early registration deadline
14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
Media Sponsors

Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising  
Committee, join our announcement list or twitter feed at: http:// 
2009.foss4g.org/contacts/

or contact:
Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and  
Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The first (in)formal meeting of Poland OSGeo Chapter

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi Tomasz, do you happen to have an information on a web page or wiki  
I can point people to?  Just having a wiki page on wiki.osgeo.org  
would be a good help.


Tyler


On 18-May-09, at 2:44 PM, Tomasz.Kubik wrote:


Dear All,
Just to let you know I would like to announce the first (in)formal  
meeting of Poland OSGeo Chapter.
The meeting will take place on the 22nd June 2009, starting from  
18:30 CET at

Zakład Klimatologii i Ochrony Atmosfery,
Instytut Geografii i Rozwoju Regionalnego,
Uniwersytet Wrocławski
ul. Kosiby 6/8, Wrocław
The meeting will precede one-day conference:
"Wolne oprogramowanie dla wykonawstwa i administracji geodezyjnej"
(Open-source for geodetic execution and administration).

Tomasz Kubik

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Live Disk grant nomination

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI...  comment on this nomination for helping support further  
development of an education-focused Live Disk for OSGeo:

Our nomination: http://tinyurl.com/matc-osgeo


More below...

Begin forwarded message:


From: "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" 
Date: May 15, 2009 2:36:01 PM PDT (CA)
To: live-d...@lists.osgeo.org, OSGeo-edu 
Subject: Live Disk grant nomination

Hi all,

I just submitted a nomination for a potential funding award to  
support further OSGeo Live Disk enhancements and I encourage you to  
voice your support for it by leaving a comment.  More info below...


I focused on items particularly related to the Education disk  
theme.  The timelines were a bit tight for me so, unfortunately, I  
was not able to work as closely with others as I would normally  
like on describing it.  However, the description of the project and  
future dreams for it fit our common goals.


I had hoped to describe the history (and all the great folks who  
helped with the various projects) a bit clearer but ran into their  
word count limit, so please don't think I forgot those who have  
done the main work on these projects.


The nomination process allows public comments on the nomination, so  
I encourage you to voice your support for it.  The deadline for  
nominations has passed but I believe you will still be able to add  
comments.  They should help to build the case for the importance of  
the project.


Also, as part of the process I have pointed to the Live GIS Disc  
wiki page, so if you have other ideas to add, please do so there.   
I'll be sure to update the wiki page for more details on the  
education perspective.


MATC award program in general: http://matc.mellon.org/
Our nomination: http://tinyurl.com/matc-osgeo
Our wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc

Note that Charlie (Education Committee Chair) has also nominated  
some of the curriculum focused work that he, his group at his  
university and the Education Committee have been working towards.   
I encourage you to comment on that as well:


http://tinyurl.com/matc-education-proposal

Hope you find it encouraging, to say the least.
Best wishes,
Tyler


Tyler Mitchell
Executive Director
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
tmitch...@osgeo.org
P: +1-250-277-1621
M: +1-250-303-1831


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