[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Qgis-user] GDAL Tools icons

2009-10-02 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Robert Szczepanek ha scritto: A few are still missing: - proximity - near black - warp - grid - clip All the best. This task is for next week :) Can you help me finding self-explaining names for those icons and use them later in naming convention: object action object-action

[OSGeo-Discuss] Development of INSPIRE data application profile support in GEOFOSS

2009-10-02 Thread Jeroen Ticheler
Dear all,I have submitted a BOF for FOSS4G2009 where I would like to invite those of you present in Sydney and with interest in the topic "Development of INSPIRE data application profile support in GEOFOSS".Details are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Development of INSPIRE data application profile support in GEOFOSS

2009-10-02 Thread Jo Cook
Hi Jeroen, I won't be at FOSS4G but I'm trying to gauge the interest for this in the UK at the moment, though it's at early days. I think, having spoken to both some developers/FOSS suppliers and to some governmental people in the UK that there's definitely interest in a solution. I think it

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

2009-10-02 Thread Peter Batty
A good discussion and one which is important for OSGeo's future. I agree with Cédric's initial statement that The OSGEO is very developer centric and probably need more input from management, end user, marketing etc... and I think that the responses to this thread reflect that. Most developers in

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

2009-10-02 Thread Ian Turton
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Peter Batty pe...@ebatty.com wrote: I think that programs to encourage greater use of OSGeo products in universities would be a great idea too - ESRI dominate in this area at the moment, but this would be another way to get the word out to a broader audience.

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

2009-10-02 Thread Paul Ramsey
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Ian Turton ijtur...@gmail.com wrote: So *I* think that universities are a lost cause and we should focus on high schools Forget the great unwashed, think about providing useful materials online to people who actually *want* to learn about the tools.

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

2009-10-02 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2009/10/2 Ian Turton ijtur...@gmail.com: Currently universities are locked in a vicious circle with GIS software in that the students demand we teach them on ESRI software because that's what employers want and employers use ESRI software as that is what the universities are teaching the

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

2009-10-02 Thread Rafal Wawer
Hi Ian, My colleague teaches both: ESRI and FOSS software at our University (KULeuven). We first exercised it during the Summer School with lot of sweat and stress (-; http://www.sadl.kuleuven.be/sadl/opleidingenDetail.aspx#FOSS Then he included it in his regular teaching in GIS. From our

[OSGeo-Discuss] REMINDER: Call for Nominations - Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software

2009-10-02 Thread Jeff McKenna
Only one week left to submit your Sol Katz award nominations! (more details below). --- The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2009 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software. The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source

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

2009-10-02 Thread Agustin Diez Castillo
I think is the other way around, Universities should teach only with FOSS. I like to think that at the universities we try to educate citizens no technicians, so if we want that our graduates become free citizens we only have a way to do so, teach them with free tools. For years now, I've been

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

2009-10-02 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
Agustin Diez Castillo agustin.d...@uv.es 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

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

2009-10-02 Thread Charlie Schweik
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: 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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Development of INSPIRE data application profile support in GEOFOSS

2009-10-02 Thread Claude Philipona
Hi Jeroen, I will be there and I'm looking forward to attend the INSPIRE BoF. Claude On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:56, Jeroen Ticheler jeroen.tiche...@geocat.netwrote: Dear all, I have submitted a BOF for FOSS4G2009 where I would like to invite those of you present in Sydney and with interest

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

2009-10-02 Thread 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