Maxi, Cameron and all,
Perhaps the term "Education Committee" could be replaced with
Geo4All as it represents the educational outreach project of
OSGeo.
Mapbuilder which is listed as an Foundation project has
retired [1] and and can be removed or shown
"Past Project".
Regarding "Public Geodata Project", I expressed my views in
the recent e-mail [2]. I would be happy to work together with
anyone who would like to take up on forming the "Data4All"
initiative with OSM, HOT and others in the Open Data
community.
Best
Venka
[1]
http://cameronshorter.blogspot.jp/2008/07/end-of-life-for-community-mapbuilder-we_29.html
[2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2016-October/016812.html
On 10/21/2016 4:53 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Hi Maxi,
I'm not sure our software incubation checklist is the correct criteria
to apply to "OSGeo Outreach Projects".
--
The education committee is a huge success story of OSGeo, attracting
educators from around the world who are promoting Open Source to
future generations. OSGeo should be promoting this community.
OSGeo-Live likewise has hundreds of contributors, provides a easy way
for new users to find out about Open Source projects, and maintains a
high level of quality. It should be promoted. Note, we have considered
taking OSGeo-Live through graduation. Checklist here:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist
One concern I have is that OSGeo-Live includes more projects than just
those incubated. A casual observer would naturally deduce that if
OSGeo-Live has reached incubation quality, then all included packages
should have also reached such quality. This assumption is incorrect
and should not be promoted by OSGeo, and is a reason for OSGeo-Live
not to be officially recognised as an OSGeo incubated project.
--
The OSGeo Data Committee is a great idea, but has lost impetus. This
might be a candidate for dropping from the home page. Possibly we
should be pointing people to Open Street Map or similar.
Warm regards, Cameron
On 21/10/2016 12:20 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
dear Board,
in the OSGeo landing page (www.osgeo.org <http://www.osgeo.org>) in
the "OSGeo projects" frame are listed the so called "Outreach Projects".
To my understanding and knowledge these listed projects (Public
Geospatial Data, Education and Curriculum, OSGeo Live) have not been
nor incubated nor graduated.
I'm therefore asking for clarification, and in the case my
understanding is correct, to immediately remove these projects from
the landing page.
Two of them are actually committee, at the same level of the other
OSGeo committee, that in my opinion should be equally promoted and
listed togheter.
Best,
Maxi
--
*Massimiliano Cannata*
Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
Responsabile settore Geomatica
Istituto scienze della Terra
Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch <mailto:massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>
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