[OSGeo-Discuss] Where are all the FOSS OGC Client implementations?
Hi Folks Has anyone made a table showing which FOSS projects provide client implementations for the various OGC standards? I have a client who is trying to build an interoperable system based on OGC standards. The OGC site lists the a heap of standards (see below from http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards). Assuming I want to test the system with FOSS clients, has anyone created a list of FOSS OGC clients that they can point me to? We won't be using all the standards listed below, but having a complete list for reference would be very worthwhile. I'm also interested to know if there are any gotchas - e.g. software XYZ will only work against specific implementations of standard ABC Catalogue Service CityGML Coordinate Transformation Filter Encoding Geographic Objects Geography Markup Language Geospatial eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (GeoXACML) GML in JPEG 2000 Grid Coverage Service KML Location Services (OpenLS) Observations and Measurements Sensor Model Language Sensor Observation Service Sensor Planning Service Simple Features Simple Features CORBA Simple Features OLE/COM Simple Features SQL Styled Layer Descriptor Symbology Encoding Transducer Markup Language Web Coverage Service Web Feature Service Web Map Context Web Map Service Web Processing Service Web Service Common Any pointers will be most appreciated! Regards -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) == Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting & Support Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net == signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Call For Papers, OGRS 2009
--- Call For Papers - OGRS 2009 First International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium 2009 Dates & place: July 8th to 10th, 2009, Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France) Website: http://www.ogrs2009.org --- Dear colleagues, (our apologies for cross postings) From July 8th to 10th, 2009, during the tenth edition of Libre Software Meeting, the Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techniques (IRSTV) in partnership with the University Of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Prefecture and Council of Region Pays de La Loire will organize a Research and Innovation Symposium about free and open source geospatial methods and technologies. Main goals of this symposium are : * to build a panel of new scientific works built on open source models or using open source tools * to build and discuss a scientific framework about open source technology usage (benefits and limitations) * to provide a platform to network and develop ideas for future collaborative works between the academic research world and the everyday operational world (companies, local authorities ...) The symposium will integrate scientific conferences (research papers), companies and authorities testimonies (showcases) and training sessions (labs). Thus, we invite to submit contributions which can be a full paper for the research session or an abstract for the labs session. Notice, the call for showcases will also be launched during January 2009. Contributions should address the following overall topics but are not limited to : * Cartography and advanced styling ; * Cultural heritage ; * Earth Observation ; * From Webmapping to WebGIS ; * Integrated risk and disaster management for society ; * GIS and SDI interoperability (data, knowledge, language, ...) ; * GIS and SDI for participatory learning and action ; * GIS concept and theory (semantics and ontology) ; * Landscape and ecology ; * Spatial Analysis and Integration ; * Spatial and Spatio-temporal data and analysis ; * Sustainable Development and Governance ; * Urban and Environmental Planning ; * Visual Languages and Querying ; * Web and desktop convergence in the geospatial field. Keynote speakers : * Câmara Gilberto, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research * Neteler Markus, Fondazione Mach - Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Italia * Steiniger Stefan, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada See committee members on OGRS2009 website : http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=committee Research paper submission : * Full paper deadline : March, 1st 2009 * Submit a 500-1000 words abstract and a 12 pages full paper * Notification to authors: April 12th, 2009 * Final paper due: June, 1st, 2009 * See http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=cfpmenu:research Lab abstract submission : * Submit a 500-1000 words abstract before : March, 22th 2009 * Notification to authors : April 12th, 2009 * Final documents, material and tutorial aure due for : June, 1st, 2009 * See http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=cfpmenu:labs Contacts : * for research submission : resea...@ogrs2009.org * for lab submission : l...@ogrs2009.org * for other questions : i...@ogrs2009.org We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other interested parties of your acquaintance. Best regards and best wishes for the coming new year, OGRS2009 program committee begin:vcard fn:Olivier ERTZ n:ERTZ;Olivier org:HEIG-VD;Comem+ adr:Bureau T154a;;Centre St-Roch, Avenue des Sports 20;Yverdon-les-Bains ;VD;1401;Switzerland email;internet:olivier.e...@heig-vd.ch url:http://geosysin.iict.ch version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
Andrea Aime wrote: Doh, interesting, and I thought it was for blog posts only... do you have some reference in mind, like one or more example sites I can look at? there's a huge catalog[1]. an example chosen quickly is this: http://www.freshapps.com/ (click on a title to see details expanded and look at "browse" section) Do you know any site made with wordpress that has this kde-looks ability to show the most interesting items by category with a screenshot, title and short description? (the visual component is key to such a site). it was easier than what expected to find one[2]: the Plugin directory of WordPress site offers a directory tree, with the number of related posts and a "per popularity" order. Then I see they have a "Newest" and "Recently Updated" index, guess this is not that difficult to customize. What is lacking is the image but I still guess that should not be difficult to add one. ciao lorenzo [1] http://www.freshapps.com/ [2] http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/browse/popular/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
Lorenzo Becchi ha scritto: Andrea Aime wrote: ... Well, personally I don't have much time, but the idea is engaging. What I would like to see in such a platform is: - easy to get into it. Register and contribute - have some focus on the contribution license, it is important that whoever shares decides how others can reuse his work - peer review (voting system) - comments, possibly treaded -> a discussion on each contribution - forum, where people can discuss map making more in general - visual, everything we talk about (style, symbols, softwares, data) should be accompained by at least one screenshot, the screenshot should appear in all listings - categorized, so that if I'm interested in symbols I know where to go... maybe we more than one way to categorize stuff, think point symbols vs fills but also geology vs road maps AFAIK, with a little customization (or maybe not) of Wordpress [1] you can do them all. Doh, interesting, and I thought it was for blog posts only... do you have some reference in mind, like one or more example sites I can look at? Do you know any site made with wordpress that has this kde-looks ability to show the most interesting items by category with a screenshot, title and short description? (the visual component is key to such a site). Cheers Andrea -- Andrea Aime OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
Andrea Aime wrote: ... Well, personally I don't have much time, but the idea is engaging. What I would like to see in such a platform is: - easy to get into it. Register and contribute - have some focus on the contribution license, it is important that whoever shares decides how others can reuse his work - peer review (voting system) - comments, possibly treaded -> a discussion on each contribution - forum, where people can discuss map making more in general - visual, everything we talk about (style, symbols, softwares, data) should be accompained by at least one screenshot, the screenshot should appear in all listings - categorized, so that if I'm interested in symbols I know where to go... maybe we more than one way to categorize stuff, think point symbols vs fills but also geology vs road maps AFAIK, with a little customization (or maybe not) of Wordpress [1] you can do them all. It's plenty of plugin and it's easy to manage... easier then drupal, I mean. ;-) ciao lorenzo [1] http://wordpress.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:58:44AM +0100, Andrea Aime wrote: > RAVI KUMAR ha scritto: > >Hi, > >symbology is of particular significance for Geologists. Orientation > >(Rotation) of symbols and labelling through attribute table are essential. > >OpenJUMP user list has made great contribution towards this. Wish to know > >if any other Open GIS has similar resources. > > Any software using SLD should be able to rotate symbols, > at least point ones. GeoServer does for example, I think > MapServer does too. OpenLayers does too. http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/styles-rotation.html Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
RAVI KUMAR ha scritto: Hi, symbology is of particular significance for Geologists. Orientation (Rotation) of symbols and labelling through attribute table are essential. OpenJUMP user list has made great contribution towards this. Wish to know if any other Open GIS has similar resources. Any software using SLD should be able to rotate symbols, at least point ones. GeoServer does for example, I think MapServer does too. But maybe you're not referring to simple points? Can you provide more details? Cheers Andrea -- Andrea Aime OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
Hi, symbology is of particular significance for Geologists. Orientation (Rotation) of symbols and labelling through attribute table are essential. OpenJUMP user list has made great contribution towards this. Wish to know if any other Open GIS has similar resources. Cheers Ravi Kumar --- On Fri, 12/26/08, Olivier ERTZ wrote: > From: Olivier ERTZ > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange > To: "OSGeo Discussions" > Date: Friday, December 26, 2008, 4:25 PM > Hi, > while you read my little answer, just imagine a big smile > on my face, because what you describe in your call is > something that really motivates me. I was currently doing a > kind of same investigation, and Osmarender, Kosmos, MassGIS > Wiki on SLD, ... could all be added to your starting list, > and I came to the same conclusions : having a symbology and > styling platform to share would be great, and I sign up with > two hands. So, I'm ready to help in building a wiki page > to write the specification of such a platform. Of course, > OSGeo_map_symbol_set is then to be taken in consideration, > and for sure people who wrote this wiki page will feel > concerned... > > Best regards, > Olivier > > Andrea Aime wrote: > > Hi, > > lately I was looking around for places where > > sample map styles, sample map symbols, and > > public discussions (forums/ml) about the topic > > of map making on web/desktop platforms. > > > > I've found something around, like the MapServer > > symbology exchange, or the italian OSGEO chapter > > site collecting some free SVG symbols. > > And some discussions as well, but sprinkled over > > various mailing list as part of a different main > > topic. > > The scenario is somewhat discouraging, and I was > > thinking of ways to improve the situation, > > have more users exchange, discuss and participate > > in a community of electonic map makers. > > > > What I have in mind is a platform like > > gnome-look.org allowing everyone to post and > > share their work, organize it in categories, > > have other people vote and comment/discuss > > Examples: > > - map symbols > > - map styles, be it SLD, mapfiles, mapnik config file, > >ESRI projects (why not?) > > - data itself, be it real downloadable data, or > >pointers to sites where the data is available > > > > Here are some user stories I have in mind for such > > a site: > > - a user has made a map is proud of. He posts > >on the site a screenshot of the map, the style > >used to create it, and the license under which > >the style is distributed. Other people can comment, > >eventually show how the same map can be created > >using a different GIS system > > - maybe the above map contains self made symbols > >(SVG, TTF, MapServer symbols, ...) that can be > >published in a map symbol sharing area of the > >same site > > - the same map is done using some data, maybe the > >data can be shared, or the map has been produced > >over some well known free data set. This would > >help others make the same map with another > >system, or take the initial map and propose > >variations/improvements on top of it > > > > Adding a forum where people can discuss about map > > making would be good as well. > > This would be in competition with the various support > > forums of the existing projects, so it has to provide > > something more than the existing ml do not provide. > > What that is, is comparisons between different > > products, approaches to make maps: that would break > > the user communities silos and stimulate some lively > > exchange on the merits of each platform > > (yeah that may degenerate sometimes, > > but I believe most of the times it would be healthy > > and very interesting for users and developers alike). > > > > How to pull something like this off? Well, it would > > be nice if gnome-look (as the site code) was open > source, > > thought as of now I haven't found any indication > of > > the code being available. The forum could be the > > usual php-bb or something like that. > > Maybe the above are not 100% suited to the task > > at hand, but it would be an easy start to see if > > the idea has merit and can pull togheter a community > > of users. > > Does anybody have suggestions on existing software > > platforms that could be used to put togheter such > > a site? > > > > Soo... wondering what other people think about this? > > I would be willing to put some of my time on this, > > but I'm already quite busy with other stuff > > in GeoServer/GeoTools land so I'm wondering if > there > > is anybody else interested in such a thing? > > > > Cheers > > Andrea > > > > > > > -- HEIG-VD, University Of Applied Sciences Western > Switzerland > IICT, Institute for Information and Communication > Technologies > Olivier ERTZ Avenue des Sports 20 > CH-1401 Yverdon-les-Bains > olivier.e...@heig-vd.ch > +41 24 55 77570 > -> http://www.heig-vd.ch > -> http://geosysin.iict.ch > > __
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange
Olivier ERTZ ha scritto: Hi, while you read my little answer, just imagine a big smile on my face, because what you describe in your call is something that really motivates me. I was currently doing a kind of same investigation, and Osmarender, Kosmos, MassGIS Wiki on SLD, ... could all be added to your starting list, and I came to the same conclusions : having a symbology and styling platform to share would be great, and I sign up with two hands. So, I'm ready to help in building a wiki page to write the specification of such a platform. Well, personally I don't have much time, but the idea is engaging. What I would like to see in such a platform is: - easy to get into it. Register and contribute - have some focus on the contribution license, it is important that whoever shares decides how others can reuse his work - peer review (voting system) - comments, possibly treaded -> a discussion on each contribution - forum, where people can discuss map making more in general - visual, everything we talk about (style, symbols, softwares, data) should be accompained by at least one screenshot, the screenshot should appear in all listings - categorized, so that if I'm interested in symbols I know where to go... maybe we more than one way to categorize stuff, think point symbols vs fills but also geology vs road maps The kde-looks.org plaftorm seems to offer all of the above with little/no effort. If there is no dedicated team to build a new site going to that platform seems a good way to test out the concept with little investment. The one thing I don't like much about kde-looks.org platform is that I don't understand well its licensing issues, if any, and the fact that a map styling site would be better owned by OSGEO. But in the end, I'd prefer to see one site with some chance of success despite some issues, that a lengthly discussion about tools, people that want to make them up with different technologies, and end up with nothing done because all the energy is lost in discussion, if you know what I mean. I'm more of looking for technologies that provide all of the above (or most of the above) out of the box and see what comes out by comparing them. Of course, OSGeo_map_symbol_set is then to be taken in consideration, and for sure people who wrote this wiki page will feel concerned... I don't believe there should be any concern... the page can get its representation in a such a community based site, or be an alternative to it. Cheers Andrea -- Andrea Aime OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
