[OSGeo-Discuss] MAPACTION HACKATHON 2013
http://www.mapaction.org/hackathon.html -- Best regards, Margherita DI LEO Postdoctoral Researcher European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Picking a name for "OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network"
All, Suchith's OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network is becoming more and more successful, with new educational institutions being added every week or two. (Are we up to 20 to 25 Universities now?) I see the list of emails has 46 people on it. So there is discussion about: 1. Setting up an email list for all these people 2. Setting up a landing web page, something like http://labs.osgeo.org 3. Setting up a wiki page 4. Collecting names of participants, similar to http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate But before doing all the above, we need to pick an abbreviated name for the "OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network" Ideas floated so far: * labs.osgeo.org (Probably the best name, but this name is current being used by projects which haven't started incubation yet). * Osgeo Specialist Labs * OSGeo REL - research and education labs * OSGeoEduLabs I'm personally in favour of the OSGeo Research Labs claiming the "OSGeo Labs" name as I believe that OSGeo Research Labs have already been using the term "OSGeo Labs" for quite some time in correspondence, the "Research Labs" are likely to become much more prominent than the current "OSGeo Labs", and I know the person who originally coined the "OSGeo Labs" term won't be offended (as it was me who originally coined the "OSGeo Labs" term). I'd suggest moving the existing "OSGeo Labs" to "OSGeo Pre-incubation" (or a similar term). I suggest that we wait for up to one week, before settling on a domain name, in order to give everyone a chance to add their comments. -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Geospatial Labs network - and OSGeo-Advocate page
On 19/03/2013 3:45 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote: We should create a map like we have for the OSGeo advocates wiki (perhaps just copy what is there?) Talking about the OSGeo advocates wiki - it is beautifully done (kudos to Cameron), should we have something like this for the labs as well? Cameron what do you think? This may help students to quickly find potential places where to apply for PhD with FOSS4G focus or where there are advisors with similar interests. Links to course materials could also be part of each lab entry. Helena, Rather than duplicating the OSGeo-Advocate page, I'd suggest that we keep things simple and central. We can do that by adding a new category of OSGeo-Advocate descriptions, such as "OSGeo-Educators" or "OSGeo-Labs", or ... -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Picking a name for "OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network"
Thanks Cameron. What others might not have seen is the much discussion off-line about this today. Earlier today I pointed out that the name "OSGeo Labs" is currently in use, and then Helena recommended "OSGeo REL" (Research and Education Labs) which I like very much. I also earlier recommended that Suchith or whoever install a CMS/portal on their servers, and then we could use an osgeo subdomain such as xxx.osgeo.org (this would get around us having to work it into our current CMS). I recommended the group file some SAC tickets for the subdomain creation and mailing list creation. Wiki: can be started right away on our OSGeo wiki! :) You could even create your own "REL" category so all related pages are nicely viewed :) (i sound like the arnulf-bot more and more everyday) I am happy to see this moved to public discussion. /me goes quiet -jeff On 2013-03-18 5:27 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > All, > Suchith's OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network is becoming more and > more successful, with new educational institutions being added every > week or two. (Are we up to 20 to 25 Universities now?) > > I see the list of emails has 46 people on it. So there is discussion about: > 1. Setting up an email list for all these people > 2. Setting up a landing web page, something like http://labs.osgeo.org > 3. Setting up a wiki page > 4. Collecting names of participants, similar to > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate > > But before doing all the above, we need to pick an abbreviated name for > the "OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network" > > Ideas floated so far: > * labs.osgeo.org (Probably the best name, but this name is current being > used by projects which haven't started incubation yet). > * Osgeo Specialist Labs > * OSGeo REL - research and education labs > * OSGeoEduLabs > > I'm personally in favour of the OSGeo Research Labs claiming the "OSGeo > Labs" name as I believe that OSGeo Research Labs have already been using > the term "OSGeo Labs" for quite some time in correspondence, the > "Research Labs" are likely to become much more prominent than the > current "OSGeo Labs", and I know the person who originally coined the > "OSGeo Labs" term won't be offended (as it was me who originally coined > the "OSGeo Labs" term). > > I'd suggest moving the existing "OSGeo Labs" to "OSGeo Pre-incubation" > (or a similar term). > > I suggest that we wait for up to one week, before settling on a domain > name, in order to give everyone a chance to add their comments. > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
Hi Barry and others, Is Open Source Geospatial Atlas idea still alive? I hope so. Just to remind this good idea ... best regards, Robert On 05.08.2012 19:05, Barry Rowlingson wrote: For all those interested in the atlas project, I've started up a github site: https://github.com/barryrowlingson/osgeoatlas The .tex file there isn't compilable as it stands because the included map.pdf files aren't included, they are kinda large and I didn't want to clog the repo up with them. Maybe I could. Anyway. In the downloads is a compiled pdf - it uses the latex-tufte style and looks quite lovely. If only the maps were, I just did a couple of quick print composers in Qgis as proof-of-concept. They won't make the final cut. Please add comments and ideas as issues on the github tracker. Barry ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Robert Szczepanek wrote: > Hi Barry and others, > > Is Open Source Geospatial Atlas idea still alive? > I hope so. > Just to remind this good idea ... There were opinions that a printed atlas wouldn't be a worthwhile project due to quality, cost, effort and 'print is dead we're doing all our maps on the interwebs now' considerations. There should be a map exhibition at FOSS4G2013 in September, which will include mostly online map projects and some kind of video wall of mapping goodness. I've left the curation of this to other rmembers of the conference team. Barey ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
