Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?

[Dan Little]

There is always cost to making software.

James is pointing out the meaning of “free” in this context. There is an
implication the software is also free of cost to use for an end user.

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:44 karsten  wrote:

> For me it means both though
>
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> *From:* James Klassen [mailto:klassen...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 26, 2021 09:40
> *To:* karsten
> *Cc:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; OSGeo Discussions
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?
>
> I think there may be some confusion over the meaning of "free" in FOSS.
> "Free" in FOSS means free as in libre, referencing the "Four Essential
> Freedoms", not free as in no cost.  It is actually a stronger statement
> than "open".
>
> See:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition
>
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:26 karsten  wrote:
>
>> HI Sergio,
>>
>> well it might not be open source but is 'free just as in the acronym FOSS
>> = Free and Open Source Software  (as for example the OSGEO flagship
>> conference FOSS4G), so while open is certainly more desirable 'only' free
>> as I see it is also part of FOSS. That is just to say one potentially
>> should not prevent someone presenting on that software based only because
>> it is free but not open source - at least I think so because it could still
>> be useful for users out there
>>
>> Just my 2 cents
>>
>> Cheers
>> Karsten
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>> *From:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA [mailto:sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy]
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 26, 2021 05:04
>> *To:* karsten; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?
>>
>> Thank you Karsten. The question was because we are receiving proposals
>> for a congress that we are organizing and we ask -if possible- to use open
>> source software.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Departamento de Geomática
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>> --
>> *De:* karsten 
>> *Enviado:* jueves, 25 de marzo de 2021 17:12
>> *Para:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>> *Asunto:* RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?
>>
>> Hi Sergio,
>>
>> while it appears to be free to me it see,s not to be open source because
>> in that case one would be be to find the source code (and I could not).
>> Also note that this tool might be kind of outdated (seems to use an old
>> version of extjs as a JS library as user GUI) so be ware that it might be a
>> bit outdated.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Karsten
>>
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>> *From:* Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of 
>> *SERGIO
>> ACOSTAYLARA
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 25, 2021 13:04
>> *To:* discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GmapGIS open source?
>>
>> ​Sorry for my ignorance but I couldn't find out if this tool is open
>> source. Thanks for your help.
>>
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Departamento de Geomática
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] us election data

[Dan Little]

There isn't a real "national rollup" of this data that will be readily
available. You will need to go to each state's Secretary of State
website and get that date. Quality and formats will vary. Minnesota's
is quite good:
 - 
https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Select/MediaFiles/Index?ersElectionId=136

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 5:08 PM karsten  wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> would anyone have knowledge a source they can share to openly available  
> geodata related to the recent US election ?
> I have already US Census administrative boundaries (such as census tracts, 
> bloc group , blocs or counties)  and voting precinct geometries
> now I am looking for information such as voter turnout and elections results 
> (% or number of votes for each party)  for the geometries above
> Any leads or hints ?
>
> Thanks so much
> Karsten
>
> Karsten Vennemann
>
> Terra GIS LTD
> www.terragis.net
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship

[Dan Little]

IBM, Google, and I believe even Microsoft have all sponsored various forms
of the conference over the years. There are commits in repos from ESRI
employees. Python, gdal, and other projects are used directly in ESRI
software.  Sponsoring a conference is a pretty small, but visible way, to
show support.

On Feb 25, 2018 08:57, "Stefano Campus" <skam...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Obviously, as I said before, this is my perspective and I am ready to hear
> different opinions and to change mine.
>
> Thank you
>
> s.
>
>
>
> Il 25/Feb/2018 03:54 PM, "Dan Little" <theduckylit...@gmail.com> ha
> scritto:
>
> You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
>
> On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus" <skam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your quick reply,  Maria.
>> This is certainly my mistake, since I had not noticed it.
>> But apart from that,  am I the only one feeling that this sponsorship is
>> not exactly 'normal'?
>>
>> Stefano
>>
>>
>>
>> Il 25/Feb/2018 03:32 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" <
>> maria.brove...@polimi.it> ha scritto:
>>
>> Dear Stefano, this is not a novelty. It happened also in the previous
>> years (see the websites of the conferences).
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Maria
>>
>>
>>
>> A course worth your attending:
>> http://sws.cept.ac.in/course-detail/geodata-and-gis-for-natu
>> ral-and-built-environment-management-S18FT005
>>
>> Have a good reading:
>>
>> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65633-5.pdf
>>
>>
>> **
>> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
>> Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=P.zza+Leonardo+da+Vinci,+32+-+Building+3+-+20133+Milano+(Italy=gmail=g>
>> )
>>
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 <+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867
>> <+39%20328%20002%203867>,   <maria.brove...@polimi.it>maria.brovel
>> l...@polimi.it
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Da:* Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Stefano
>> Campus <skam...@gmail.com>
>> *Inviato:* domenica 25 febbraio 2018 15:26
>> *A:* Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>> *Oggetto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship
>>
>> Hi,
>> I see ESRI is one of the sponsor of FOSS4G 2018.
>> Do the OSGeo Board and Local Committee think it is appropriate?
>> Our Romans ancestors used to say: 'Pecunia non olet' (money don't smell)
>> but sometimes...
>>
>> Thank you for your reply
>>
>> Stefano Campus
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship

[Dan Little]

You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.

On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus"  wrote:

> Thank you for your quick reply,  Maria.
> This is certainly my mistake, since I had not noticed it.
> But apart from that,  am I the only one feeling that this sponsorship is
> not exactly 'normal'?
>
> Stefano
>
>
>
> Il 25/Feb/2018 03:32 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" <
> maria.brove...@polimi.it> ha scritto:
>
> Dear Stefano, this is not a novelty. It happened also in the previous
> years (see the websites of the conferences).
>
> Best,
>
> Maria
>
>
>
> A course worth your attending:
> http://sws.cept.ac.in/course-detail/geodata-and-gis-for-natu
> ral-and-built-environment-management-S18FT005
>
> Have a good reading:
>
> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65633-5.pdf
>
>
> **
> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
> Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy
> 
> )
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 <+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867
> <+39%20328%20002%203867>,   maria.brovel
> l...@polimi.it
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> *Da:* Discuss  per conto di Stefano
> Campus 
> *Inviato:* domenica 25 febbraio 2018 15:26
> *A:* Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> *Oggetto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship
>
> Hi,
> I see ESRI is one of the sponsor of FOSS4G 2018.
> Do the OSGeo Board and Local Committee think it is appropriate?
> Our Romans ancestors used to say: 'Pecunia non olet' (money don't smell)
> but sometimes...
>
> Thank you for your reply
>
> Stefano Campus
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

[Dan Little]

This is literally the most Jeff McKenna question every asked on the
mailing list.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jeff McKenna
 wrote:
> Hi Guillermo!
>
> Great news about FOSS4G-Ecuador plans, this is wonderful.  There are very
> few limitations and rules for holding a FOSS4G in your country, and that is
> why it has spread around the whole world so fast! :)  You should quickly
> purchase the domain http://foss4g.ec and then start thinking of your logo:
> really the only consistent part of FOSS4G (besides the FOSS4G spirit) is the
> ribbon in the logo, which symbolizes sharing and the flow of ideas and
> innovation in the community - check here for some past ideas
> http://foss4g.org but there are many more out there.  Another great example
> is the FOSS4G-SOTM Argentina 2017 logo: http://www.foss4g-ar.org/
>
> In terms of Latin America and FOSS4G, it is great to see so many events
> popping up for 2017 (Argentina, Brazil, Peru,...).  I also try to help these
> events along, so I will be happy to join your local committee meetings
> remotely and provide any help along the way - my pleasure!
>
> So yes please share the FOSS4G spirit in Ecuador and plant the seed for our
> future generations! :)  Thank you Guillermo! (and talk soon)
>
> -jeff
>
> --
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> President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2016-12-06 5:48 PM, Guillermo Pizarro wrote:
>>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I have a question: If I want to organize "FOSS4G in Ecuador" (latin
>> american country), what I have to do? or who should I speak with?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Guillermo Pizarro
>>
>>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Dan Little]

I'm actually a +1 for this.  Changing to "The OSGeo Conference" would
give the description right on the tin and ensure that OSGeo remains
more actively relevant in the minds of members and newbies approaching
the organization.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Barry Rowlingson
 wrote:
> Okay, this is probably sticking a match under a pile of dry wood but
> here goes...
>
> Can we rename The FOSS4G Conference to The OSGeo Conference?
>
> Cons:
>
>  1. FOSS4G is an established brand
>
>  2. FOSS4G sidesteps the "Free" vs "Open Source" argument by including both.
>
> Counters to those:
>
>  1. Really? Perhaps amongst OSGeo people, but outside our sphere I
> have to expand the acronym and then go on to mention OSGeo.
>
>  2. Let's have that argument somewhere else, okay?
>
> Pros:
>
>  1. Puts the *Geo* visible, not tucked away as a G at the end.
>
>  2. Gets rid of the "4G", which may have been a cool thing 2 do ten
> years ago, but not now :)
>
>  3. Removes any confusion with 4G telecoms networks.
>
>  4. Clearly brands the conference as an OSGeo conference. Recent
> discussion about the prominence and significance of OSGeo to FOSS4G
> becomes moot.
>
>  5. Is easy to explain. The OSGeo Conference is the open source
> geospatial conference. See the OSGeo web site. Search for OSGeo. One
> acronym to remember.
>
> [I toyed with the idea that the conference should be called "OSGeo
> Live!" and renaming the OSGeo Live operating system disc as "OSGeoOS"
> but that might be a bit too much :)]
>
> So, this is the discuss list, discuss.
>
> Barry
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Which web project supports clipping/intersection?

[Dan Little]

We are also working on building these capabilities into GeoMOOSE using
JSTS. Our 2.8 release will allow users to buffer their vectkr drawings
completely in the client.
On Jul 15, 2015 4:55 PM, Jorge Gustavo Rocha j...@osgeopt.pt wrote:

 Hi Dan,

 Maybe you can also check some more generic and powerful library like
 OpenLayers [1,2] or Leaflet [3].

 To use OpenStreetMap data, you can start play with Overpass API [4].

 It is also wise to clip the features on the server side; not on the client
 side.

 I hope it helps,

 J. Gustavo

 [1] http://openlayers.org/
 [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers
 [3] http://leafletjs.com/
 [4] http://overpass-turbo.eu/

 On 15-07-2015 22:10, Dan Ames wrote:

 Hi all, as a long time desktop developer, I'm now building web mapping
 applications and am feeling like a major newbie.

 Can someone point me in the right direction?

 Is there a javascript library that can perform basic geoprocessing on
 geoJSON features?

 We're retrieving features from OpenStreetMap and need to clip/intersect
 features...

 Thanks in advance,

 Dan


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] linux distro preferences

[Dan Little]

I've used the lot of them and some more times than not, it has come down to
client requirements for which distro needs to be used.

I will ring a voice in favour of CentOS.  Maybe it's really in favour of
RHEL which is where I've spent quite a bit of time.  And really, I think
I'm in favour of using RPM.  I've found myself much happier using RPM to
build deployable packages for clients, including localized RPM-install
databases, than I have been using .DEB deploys.  It could be that I don't
have the zen of Deb down yet, a complete fault of my own, but RPM has been
easier, it seems, for that type of work.

That said, when I'm whipping up a light-weight sever or running things on a
laptop, I'll gravitate towards one of the Debian/Ubuntu variants such as
Mint, Bohdi, or raw-Debian for server stuff.



On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Mark Iliffe markili...@gmail.com wrote:

 Echoing Jo's note on Ubuntu LTS. Personally experience of Centos was just
 too painful.

 Best,

 Mark

 On 17 Nov 2014, at 12:32, Jo Cook joc...@astuntechnology.com wrote:

 We use Ubuntu LTS for our AWS servers. I know it wasn't part of the
 question, but we have two under very similar load, doing the same things,
 one with SSD and one without- and I would definitely recommend SSD.

 Jo

 On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:29 PM, George Silva georger.si...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 I use Ubuntu for my servers. Some clients use CentOS.

 Never tried OpenSuse and Debian.

 On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Petr Suk petrx...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi all,
 I need to choose one linux distro for running our geospatial
 applications on AWS. It means running mainly GeoServer, MapServer,
 MapProxy, PostGIS and so on . I have my hot candidate but it's always good
 to know others opinion.
 I know that it is not as simple, but please, can you just write your
 favorite one?
 The shortlist is as follow:
 OpenSuse, Centos, Ubuntu, Debian

 Thanks for your tips.
 Petr

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Projects mailing lists

[Dan Little]

As have I.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:36 PM, James Klassen klassen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have signed up for GeoMoose.

 On Oct 8, 2014 6:47 PM, Jachym Cepicky secret...@osgeo.org wrote:

 Hi,

 I would like to ask all our OSGeo projects contact points, to join the
 projects mailing list [1], so we have one single contact point for all
 projects.

 I would also like to ask projects chairs/contact points, to update the
 wiki [2] with your e-mail address, as described in my previous mail
 [3] and let me know (preferably in response to this mail), that you've
 done this. Please, let me know (preferably in response to this mail),
 that you have done so.

 Some of you already did (thank you! and sorry, if you have to read
 this message one more time)

 We just want to make sure, there is up-to-date link between OSGeo and
 it's projects

 Thank you.

 Jachym - Secretary

 [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/projects
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 [3] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2014-September/002490.html
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