Ya, thats a hard question to answer re: why not mix osgeo &sotm? On the #osm-ca IRC it can be chatted about, as we all have conflicting ideas about this. And at the same time, are all missing pieces to this geo puzzel.
One reason is that people dont know that OSGeo is all about, so the spotlight would be overpowered. Another is that OSM has gotten so big that knowone knows everything that is going on. So it will still be some time before the wiki / svn gets cleaned up. One thing that could be improved is the OSM wiki page that talks about OSGeo, and what tools are currently in use, and who are the contacts. And on the OSGeo wiki, have an OSM page listing the tools that use OSM, and who the contacts are. Cheers, Sam On 7/2/10, Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> wrote: > Sam Vekemans wrote: >> >> And YES, the OSM Canada team should get more involved with the now 4 >> local OSGeo Canada chapters. >> > > I fully agree with this. OSM and OSGeo should work together closely - > indeed this is why I wanted OSM's SoTM and OSGeo's FOSS4G event > together..but, shockingly for me, for some reason the OSM community did > not want that. (a better discussion for the main OSM email list? But I > would love an explanation for this) Instead both events are to be held > in the exact same country yet at different dates (?!?!). > > As I sit on the Board of OSGeo, I would like OSGeo to work closely with > the OSM community. > > For example, it would be great if OSGeo can use OSM infrastructure, and > OSM use OSGeo infrastructure. Or is this already happening? (again > another topic for the main OSM mailing list???) > > -jeff > > > > -- > Jeff McKenna > MapServer Consulting and Training Services > http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
