Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software

On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Ravi Kumar wrote: ​> ​ How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right ​ ​ > Pl give a link where the rationale is explained especially for OSGeo. > I am aware that Free Software Foundation has things explained. > This is to a great extent true only in c

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Google Summer of Code: 23 accepted students for 2014

My word! Congratulations all. May you make awesome things and set them free. -- Puneet Kishor Manager, Science and Data Policy Creative Commons On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Anne Ghisla wrote: > Hello all, and sorry for cross posting, > > let us warmly welcome the 23 accepted students an

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

Membership dues for OSGeo could very well work, but they would change the nature of the organization. While it makes sense for those who are professionals and thus want to belong to professional organizations, many OSGeo members are not "professionals" in the sense of depending upon OSGeo's project

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nominations finish tomorrow!!

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > There are more than 60 nominations, so checking every nominee > discussion will take a while for Charter Members, but it's a very > important excercise to be responsible on our vote on who will be > accepted. > Will the list of nominees and tho

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

Good questions Rich. I had never heard of LocationTech until this discussion started, which indicates to me how removed I am from this discussion (and general OSGeo day-to-day admin/affairs). Nevertheless, seems like everything is sorted out and everyone is happy. Let's get back to coding and makin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > I am also pondering of suggesting to the Board, later when we get to that > point, of possibly querying the Charter Members, in a "referendum" of > sorts. Not sure, I'm just speaking openly here. Please do. As I gently indicated in an ea

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Polling charter members

ry quiet, i am > sure they must have a view > __ > Steven > > > On 17 Sep 2014, at 20:00, conference-europe-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: > > *From: *Massimiliano Cannata > *Subject: **Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo* > *Date: *17 September 2014 19:22:24 BST

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Polling charter members

ity, because of this IMHO *is* important topic - two big > organisations are trying to find a way, how to cooperate in the future > for better free and open source software for geospatial! This is good. > If for nothing else, then for clarifying OSGeo's position. > > Jachym >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] forestry at OSGeo

I came from env sciences, but did work in forestry ("hi Steve! its been a while!) for a couple of years before moving to geosciences and then leaving it all for policy. But as Steve says, some sciences are just more amenable to using the more readily available, good quality spatial data such as fro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] schedule for the geospatial devroom @FOSDEM announced

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Johan Van de Wauw < johan.vandew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We were all pleasantly suprised by the number and the quality of the > proposals. All speakers have now confirmed, so I'm really happy I can > share the schedule with all of you: > > https://fosdem.org/2015/

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI

Thanks Patrick for surfacing this. Yes, this should be opened up for scrutiny by the entire community and we should all weigh in. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Suchith Anand < suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I believe the OSGe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] how did the Paris code sprint go

If the response had been enthusiastic then perhaps your help wouldn't have been needed. That you think the response was mixed/tepid and that it could have been better is perfect reason for you to jump in and take leadership here. I seriously can't think of a better, ahem, response and suggestion th

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo?

Hi Peter, Let me ask you: what do you hope to gain by getting an OSGeo mark? And, whatever that is, is that worth all this negotiation? Personally, I use a product if it is good for me, not because it has a certain blessing on it. There are many non-OSGeo products I use, and there are many OSG

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] selection of points between lines

You need to provide way more info and context than you have. What is a “line plan for a river”? What does “between lines” mean? For example, what is the “between” if the lines are orthogonal? > On Jun 22, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Subbu Sravan wrote: > > I have Line plan for a RIVER and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FW: Some more stuff about coordinate reference systems

This is really useful, thanks. Also, perhaps this is one of those use cases where “Good Enough” is good enough http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GoodEnough and http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1988603 Caveat emptor and all that -- Puneet Kishor Just Another Creative Commoner http://punkish.org/About

[OSGeo-Discuss] storage and display of time-geo data (rasters)

Besides Pg, what are the existing solutions for storing and mapping time/space values with the usual time and space operators - within - contained - near - etc. - between time1 and time2 - before time1 - after time1 - at time1 and

[OSGeo-Discuss] geotagging analog photos

Background: a colleague has a pretty incredible collection of analog photos (prints and slides) from various expeditions in Nepal. These are invaluable photos because they offer a time-series view (repeated expeditions to the same locations over many years) at a very high resolution. Problem:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] geotagging analog photos

Thanks Bob, for the link to GeoSetter. However, as Markus says, GeoSetter is not open source, and for now, I am looking for not just open source but also non-Windows programs (only because I have not used nor have had access to a Windows machine now for almost two decades). > On Sep 21, 2016,

[OSGeo-Discuss] developing a slippy maps app while offline

I will be offline (for mapping purposes) for a few weeks, but would like to continue working on my projects. Is there a way I can develop a leafletjs app while offline? I don’t want to create an offline map storage as I really don’t want to look at the maps. I just want leafletjs to not throw an

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and Open Data?

I can confidently say that at least one important iteration of my career in/with open data is a result of my involvement with OSGeo. > On Oct 17, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Arnulf Christl > wrote: > > Kind of: If somebody approaches OSGeo with a good > cause we are happy to support it. -- Puneet Ki

[OSGeo-Discuss] easiest setup on Windows

hello OSGeo, I am helping some friends migrate their work to a real GIS (from a hodgepodge of AutoCad and MS-Excel spreadsheets). Unfortunately, for me, they use Windows (the last time I used Windows was 1997). I will try and convince them to start using some kind of Linux, at least for their g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] easiest setup on Windows

Thanks ! I will check out OSGeo4W. Strangely, there is no link for it from the OSGeo home page so I didn’t know about it. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:58 PM, Siki Zoltan wrote: > > I would offer your friends OSGeo4W. Apache, server and client side GIS are > included (optionally installable), easy

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] easiest setup on Windows

Whoa ! qgis2web is super sweet ! My compliments to the team that created it. Not a long term solution, but really nice to get folks interested and excited. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Ian Turton wrote: > > look at the qgis2web plugin see > https://anitagraser.com/2015/10/01/quick-webmaps-w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo, Open Source GIS, Open Hardware, Open (Geo)Data in Agriculture - examples wanted.

Hi Peter, Sure, talk to the farmers about hardware, geodata, yadda yadda, all that stuff that is so 2016. But also talk to them about open source seeds :) http://osseeds.org And yes, please do share your presentation with us once you are done. Puneet > On Dec 29, 2016, at 9:09 PM, Peter Moon

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

On 2/26/07, Jeroen Ticheler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Today the osgeo.org showed up in Chinese (at least partially) for me. Though I like the characters on my screen, it will take me some time to understand it ;-) My browsers are Flock and Firefox (on the Mac), my language settings have

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Requesting an article review...

On 3/12/07, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am working on an article that will introduce readers to the topic of spatial relationships for the first issue of the OSGeo Newsletter. I was hoping I might find someone that would be willing to do a brief review of the article before I subm

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Update on the Free GIS Book

On 3/21/07, Allan Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Which mailing list is the "official" one for OSGeo Free GIS Book work? I want to set up a pointer from the original list and site. People are still signing up on the original list. Is it the edu-discuss list (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listi

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

sorry to bung into this conversation given that neither am I organizing, nor presenting, not even being there in person. Nevertheless, I echo Dan's viewpoint about the relative value of 20 mins presentations vs. longer workshops. I have been a few conferences in the lifetime, and I just can't imag

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Libre Graphics Meeting - Montreal, May 4-6

On 4/6/07, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was talking to some folks involved with the Libre Graphics Meeting (below) and I think it'd be interesting to try to find some synergies between our geospatial visualisation needs and their applications: Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita

[OSGeo-Discuss] open data access

Dear all, In a workshop I will be attending in Brazil in a few weeks time, I have been asked to propose a "cooperative activity" that would improve access to digital scientific data, particularly in Latin America. Well, I turn to your collective and collaborative brainpower to come up with ideas

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: open data access

On 18 Apr 2007, at 08:35, I asked: Dear all, In a workshop I will be attending in Brazil in a few weeks time, I have been asked to propose a "cooperative activity" that would improve access to digital scientific data, particularly in Latin America. Well, I turn to your collective and collaborat

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata

I am following up on this thread, and cross-posting to several lists -- sorry for the noise -- to inform you all of my related activities. I have spent the past five days in Atibaia, Brazil at a CODATA-organized () workshop on "Open Access to Scientific Data" (

[OSGeo-Discuss] A report on my recent trip to Brazil

[I have put the following report on the wiki as well. It may not be the most appropriate place, but I don't seem to have access to a Tyler Mitchell-style blog ;-) ] The second week of May I attended three different but related meetings of interest in Atibaia, Brazil (São Paulo). Here is a brief r

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] A report on my recent trip to Brazil

Chris, Please see my response below -- On 5/21/07, Chris Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4. After 5 days of meetings, I visited Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas > Espacias (INPE) , the premier > Brazilian National Institute for Space Research at the inv

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] *Nominations: New Charter Members*

On 5/25/07, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo CRO) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Nominations for new Charter Members is now open * The Board of Directors has asked me to coordinate the election of up to 15 new Charter Members[1]. The process they have approved is described here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Follow Up To "Standards - An Ugly Truth"

On 6/25/07, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ..> I'm almost afraid to blog anymore on these topics, after realizing how narrow my own perspective can be. .. That is silly. You have the right to remain vocal about your viewpoints. Everything you say can and will educate others, and their

[OSGeo-Discuss] Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights at NAS on July 25, 2007

Dear all, I am happy to announce a public seminar titled "Intellectual Property Rights: Wrong for Developing Countries?" to be held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC. The featured speakers are Bruce Lehman of the International Intellectual Property Institute and John Wilbanks o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] how many open source gis in the world

Besides Jeroen's counter-questions it would also help if you answer, "How do you define a GIS?" That would be a good start to answering the original question. On 7/18/07, Jeroen Ticheler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Broad Sky (?) A lot ;-) Browse www.osgeo.org and other sites like http://www.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO & OGC spec development

Lorenzo, Might I ask, what will a separate list accomplish that posting on just the main OSGeo list won't? Standards are a sufficiently important subject that all should be concerned with it, and definitely knowledgeable about. Managing all these separate lists is becoming a pain in the derrière

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

This is not a definitive "weigh-in," and frankly, I had not even thought of seeing the vote count until the suggestion, but it might be worthwhile (I am not saying "do it"; I am saying, think about doing it... there might be benefits). In the spirit of openness, it would be worthwhile seeing where

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

This is not a definitive "weigh-in," and frankly, I had not even thought of seeing the vote count until the suggestion, but it might be worthwhile (I am not saying "do it"; I am saying, think about doing it... there might be benefits). In the spirit of openness, it would be worthwhile seeing where

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

do with my position on this issue) > > > On Aug 9, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote: > > > P Kishor wrote: > >> In the spirit of openness, it would be worthwhile seeing where the > >> charter members thought it best to cast their votes. While > >>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Geographic Diversity

On 8/10/07, Steve Lime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all: Perhaps this has been discussed before, but... Given the apparent > desire to maintain geographic diversity amongst OSgeo leadership perhaps in > the future we might consider regionally based board seats. This is absolutely the most won

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Geographic Diversity

ht to DEL. On 8/11/07, P Kishor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/07, Steve Lime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all: Perhaps this has been discussed before, but... Given the apparent > > desire to maintain geographic diversity amongst OSgeo leadership perhaps in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Geographic Diversity

g, we all became aware of this issue. Now I go back to my remaining mangoes of the season here in the still hot Lucknow, India. On 8/17/07, Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would love hear from others about what they th

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Geographic Diversity

On 8/17/07, Dave Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > > I believe pegging Board-membership to geography is a good thing > > > I also believe that while one can contribute as much while being an > > ordinary member as opposed to a charter or a Boa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Demonstration Theatre

"Sidney Opera House" for the Map 2.0 generation On 8/21/07, Jody Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you may have heard, we will have a full demonstration theatre at this > years conference, with a dedicated room, seating, sound and projection. > It will be in the "Sidney" room, directly next

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains

wouldn't it be wiser to just have www.foss4g.org/2007 or /2008 and so on? Right now the foss4g.org domain goes to a GRASS-Japan portal site. Perhaps a little bit of negotiation...? On 8/23/07, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it not wise to already claim domains like fo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains

Actually, hit me please if I am being silly.. but why this foss4g business (which seems so contrived to me... I recently came across GIT&S... geog. info. tech. and systems! that really got my eyes rolling). Why can't we just have www.osgeo.org/conferences/ ? On 8/23/07, P Kisho

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains

On 8/23/07, Tim Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 15:48 +0530, P Kishor wrote: > > Actually, hit me please if I am being silly.. but why this foss4g > > business (which seems so contrived to me... I recently came across > > GIT&S... geog

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains

On 8/23/07, Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > That, and > > the fact that I don't particularly care for this foss4g business... I > > am surprised no one has yet chimed in with floss4g > > Puneet, > > I assure you, all the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Return on Equity

Very well written Howard. In tribute to your writing, I will promptly snitch some ideas from your writing below. I have been tackling this issue of "selling" open geospatial, particularly to agencies for whom generally financial cost is a non-issue. I try to tell them that in most "classes" open s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source software application that will draw a graticule on a map?

On 9/6/07, Brent Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ,, > Yikes! Is National-Topographic-Series quality cartography > dead? Am I destined to print only pastel polygon "diagrams" > on letter size paper if I adopt Open Source? ;) Write an emai to Markus Neteler and ask him for samples of stuff he h

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo in Paris

posted to two lists... some will get this twice. Friends, I have been invited to a workshop in Paris on common use licensing of scientific data products. The workshop is jointly organized by CODATA, GBIF, and Science Commons, and will be held at the Sorbonne on Sep 24, 25. I am writing this

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source software application thatwill draw a graticule on a map?

"The first project to produce a stable and complete ArcView > 3 replacement will gobble up a huge user share, and become > the default application for building the "high end" analysis > and cartography functionality." > > Brent Fraser > GeoAnalytic Inc. > Cal

[OSGeo-Discuss] Globalbase

I came across Globalbase earlier today. http://www.globalbase.org Does anyone in the OSGeo community have any insights/opinions on this effort? -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (O

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there any thoughts on how organisations can work with OSGeo projects?

This is a very relevant and interesting topic to pursue further. On 9/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have been involved in a number of discussions over the last year or so > where people representing organisations have expressed an interest in > extending Open So

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial Events Calendar?

On 10/14/07, Cameron Shorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone set up (and maintaining) a Geospatial Events Calendar? > Ideally one that I can import into my Google Calendar. > It would be useful for picking future OSGeo conference dates that don't > clash. > http://punkish.eidesis.org/cal_

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial Events Calendar?

ree and Open Source Geospatial 2008 (FOSS4G2008) > Cape Town, South Africa > 29 Sept - 3 Oct 2008 > www.foss4g2008.org > > many thanks > > Gavin Fleming > conference chair > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of P Kishor >

[OSGeo-Discuss] podcast of seminar on IPR might be of interest to many on these lists.

This is triple-list posted... many members are not common, so please bear with me if you receive duplicates. Here is a roundabout invitation to get you to come to my website and pick up the podcasts of the summer NAS seminar on IPR. http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/11/08/ipr-podcasts

[OSGeo-Discuss] idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

So, I am thinking, Shapefile is the de facto data standard for GIS data. That it is open (albeit not Free) along with the deep and wide presence of ESRI's products from the beginning of the epoch, it has been widely adopted. Existence of shapelib, various language bindings, and ready use by product

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

who love Java should definitely work on tools for accessing and working with this new format as it would only make the format more widely used and adopted. Ok, enough for now. On Nov 13, 2007 8:52 AM, P Kishor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I am thinking, Shapefile is the de facto data

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

one more thing -- the new format should be the default format for a very popular project like MapServer, yet, MapServer should be able to import the normal Shapefile format seamlessly. This feature would be crucial for rapid dissemination and adoption of such a format. On 11/13/07, P Kishor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

e data are laid out, except that we utilize the SQLite-compatible binary format for relational data handling, so that SQLite-enabled spatial tools can access this new format. And, put this format into public domain. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

On 11/13/07, Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > So, I am thinking, Shapefile is the de facto data standard for GIS > > data. That it is open (albeit not Free) along with the deep and wide > > presence of ESRI's products from the beginni

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

there's standards wanking. > > > > Perhaps there's an art to wanking standards as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seriously though, this is so kafka-esque. When OSM started it was >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

On 11/14/07, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 04:12:21AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would just love to click open and see something nice, specially if > > someone has already taken the time to make it beautiful. > > > > Think of it as the output of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

disclaimer: I speak from a position of complete ignorance about SDF, so everything I might say could be wrong. On 11/14/07, Robert Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A little clarification on SDF, since it comes up once or twice in this > thread. Jason's earlier descriptions of it's capabilities ar

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

On 11/14/07, Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > I find two problems with Shapefiles -- one, that it is not in public > > domain (I am not even sure of what licensing there is on it), and > > while ESRI is not likely to pull

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open data format

On 11/14/07, David William Bitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I never (I think I never did) argued that Shapefile is not open. I > > argued that it is not Free. I could be wrong. > > > > > > > > Here's the open published specification: > http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pd

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open-Source Geolocator??

On 12/15/07, Ted Habermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello OSGeo, > > Does anyone know of an open-source or inexpensive tool that can read > text in a bunch of files, find location names, and associate lat/lons > with each file? > http://search.cpan.org/~sderle/Geo-Coder-US-1.00/US.pm _

[OSGeo-Discuss] Science Commons Open Access Data Mark

Dear members of [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], and geowankers (don't grumble if you are a member of all three lists and get three copies of this) I am happy to tell you that the Science Commons Open Access Data Mark has been announced. You can read a little bit about it on my website

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Propietary vs. FOSS4GIS round-table in Spain

On 12/26/07, Miguel Montesinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi to everybody, > > A round-table with subject "free software, propietary software and GIS" was > held at Madrid, Spain, last december, the 18th of 2007, with people talking > from the propietary side (top managers from ESRI and Intergr

[OSGeo-Discuss] summary of VGI workshop in Santa Barbara Dec 13-14, 2007

Greetings, I posted my brief summary of the recently held VGI workshop on the geowanking list, and am reposting it here as well. I hope you find this useful -- Workshop on Volunteered Geographic Information Dec 13-14, 2007 Upham Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA Approximately 30 participants. The partici

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for Papers: LocWeb2008 in Conjunction with the WWW 2008 Conference

volks, Below is the call for papers for the "First International Workshop on Location and the Web in Conjunction with the WWW 2008 Conference." I hope some of you will consider submitting papers and boosting the OSGeo presence. Disclaimer: I am one of the organizers. http://medien.informatik.uni

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Call for Papers: LocWeb2008 in Conjunction with the WWW 2008 Conference

As I am on the program committee, I would love to see some OSGeo participation. Puneet. The original CFP follows -- On 1/9/08, P Kishor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Below is the call for papers for the "First International Workshop on > Location and the Web in Conjunction with

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does Open Source need a supervisory government body?

On 1/25/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO: > > > Sorry for the inflamatory subject heading. I'm hoping to get a few bites > with my fishing... > > > > I'm currently reviewing a high level government strategy paper (in draft) > and intend submitting a formal response. > > I'd

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

On 2/12/08, Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto: > > > Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until > > now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless > > suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :-( Too ba

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Handling in RDBMS

On 2/22/08, Gilberto Camara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear OSGEO > > I also beg to differ with Paul about the number of cases where image data > handling in RDBMS is useful or necessary. > > In corporate applications where vectors and raster live together, and data > processing and editing o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Handling in RDBMS

On 2/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO: > > Hi Puneet. > > Thanks for the comments. > > > > > That brings us back to PostGIS supporting images. Clearly, most folks > > who use it don't see it worth the effort implementing. I suggest two > > things -- > > > > one. This

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Comparison of Open Source Desktop GIS Software

On 3/19/08, Mateusz Loskot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > For those who do not monitor the Slashgeo, a very detailed and > interesting comparison of FOSS GIS for desktop has been compiled by > Stefan Steiniger: > > http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ Indeed, a commendable compilation. Su

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FW: [GSDI Technical] blog - "We need a Wikipedia for data"

On 4/16/08, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thought this might be of interest: > > ..Tom > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kate Lance > Sent: 15 April, 2008 1:02 PM > To: SDI technical > S

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] about fire eagle

On 4/18/08, Gao Ang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all: > > I'd like to test a new location service provided by Yahoo! > It's called fire eagle > http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/ > And want to test it with the Ruby gem: http://fireeagle.rubyforge.org/ > > But fire eagle is still in alpha version

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?

On 4/25/08, Arnulf Christl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .. > Legacy GIS Architect > In the world of neogeography punks, this is a nice throwback to the future. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discu

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

On 4/26/08, Andre Grobler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I think that is probably another aspect us proprietary experienced people do > not remember, there's a ton of stuff I don't need in ArcView that I'm paying > for… What I do need from it unfortunately comes from the whole spectrum of > i

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

I apologize in advance for conflating two different means in your thoughtful reply, but... On 4/26/08, Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > > To paraphrase the popular saying, "There are 10 kinds of people in > > this world -- those who see

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

On 4/27/08, Arnulf Christl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > >> My original sentiment still stands -- if you have the money, but don't > >> have the skills, and don't need it "yesterday," it might be better in the > >> long-term to fund an extension of a good OSS project than to take the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

On 5/6/08, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .. > > I think the ability to fork open source code puts a real limitation on > the ability of any one entity to create an "open source monopoly". Forks > are the ultimate evil in the open source world, but they sometimes > become the necessary

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?

On 5/6/08, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:00:54PM +0200, Dirk Frigne wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:21:21PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote: > > > > What was a Desktop GIS exactly? I only have a browser and for some > > > strange > > > > reason

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

On 5/8/08, Schuyler Erle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 12:03 +0200, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > > > Yes it does. Karl Fogel describes it very well in his book > > (http://producingoss.com). I strongly recommend it to project leaders > > and developers who maintain just-opened an

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/14/08, Michael P. Gerlek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not looking to start a debate, but... > you just did, and a good one at that. > >> We call on all governments to: > >> > >> 1. Procure only information technology that implements free and > open standards; > >> 2. Deliver e-g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/15/08, Lester Caine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > > On 5/14/08, Michael P. Gerlek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm not looking to start a debate, but... > > > > > > > you just did, and a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/15/08, Chris Puttick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- "P Kishor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > But disagree there. Switching from M$ documents to 'real' open > > source > > > documents and dropping licen

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

On 5/15/08, Benjamin Henrion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fee, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080515]: > > Benjamin Henrion wrote: > > > > >> The only application that reads 100% proprietary > > >> file formats is the application that goes with it. > > > > Well shoot, that can be said about a lot of fo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

On 5/28/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO: > > > An issue has come up recently on the OSGeo-AustNZ list that I'd appreciate > some feedback from our wider OSGeo Community. > > > The context of this issue is that we are exploring ways to support > development of the GeoNetwork

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

On 5/28/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO: > > > Thanks for the comments Puneet, > > > > > > Actually, a variation on the above may be the best metric -- "create > > feature X that we need in our organization and that works for us." > > That would allow your organization

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

selecting what's good for > him/her. I think that Ubuntu as a popular release is one of the proofs that > too much choice does not help to reach the large crowd. By limiting the > installed default software packages they quickly reached a huge user group. > > My 2 cents, ciao,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Voting for new OSGeo Charter Members open until 6th June 2008

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:41 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear all, > > The list of nominations for new OSGeo Charter Members is here: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2008 > > From today until the end of Friday 6th June 2008, votes for > 15 new Charter Members are being acc

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Voting for new OSGeo Charter Members open until 6th June 2008

arbitrary a number as 18. My choosing 15 out of the list is going to 100% irrational and arbitrary. I'd rather err on the side of inclusion. On 5/30/08, Mateusz Loskot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 31, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > P Kishor wrote: > > > &

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: on Google Code and export restrictions

On 6/5/08, Marco Tuckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list members, > I would like to follow up here and ask for a official statements from OSGEO > on > this topic. > I expected some more replys to this topic. When it first came up on this list > it was even ignored. > > In principle, th

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