[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [FOSDEM] Call for devrooms FOSDEM 2021 (online)
Hi all, Someone willing to help organise a geospatial devroom at FOSDEM in the next edition (online)? I'm quite late at forwarding this mail here (deadline is tonight), but if you let me know on monday or tuesday, we can still consider the application. Kind regards, Johan -- Forwarded message - From: Johan Van de Wauw Date: Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 9:42 AM Subject: [FOSDEM] Call for devrooms FOSDEM 2021 (online) To: FOSDEM visitors We now invite proposals for developer rooms. FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly developer-oriented, the event brings together some 8000+ geeks from all over the world. The tweny-first edition will take place Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February 2021, online. Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. Most content should take the form of presentations. Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. For obvious reasons we will unfortunately not be able to run a live conference this year, but we still want to give communities a place to meet online. We are working on a an online platform (streaming + chat) allowing devroom organizers to run the conference with prerecorded talks with live qa and live presentations with streaming and archiving. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY) Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at https://fosdem.org/devroom which contains further information. Questions or remarks? Contact us at devro...@fosdem.org. Key dates: 31 October - deadline for developer room proposals 10 November - accepted developer rooms announced 15 November (or earlier) - developer rooms issue Calls for Participation 31 December (or earlier) - developer rooms publish complete schedules Note that the demand for devrooms may exceed the supply (even for an online event). By applying for a devroom you are making a commitment to fill the schedule. Devroom coordinators must enter a complete schedule into our conference system by 31st December. It is particularly important to be available and to respond promptly to emails about the schedule for about a week either side of this date. As we also run this event online for the first time, we would like to get your input on what duration would be good for a devroom: one whole day, or rather two afternoon sessions? Please indicate whether you would prefer Saturday, Sunday or both days. Please let us know what according to you would be an interesting timespan for your devroom: eg one long slot on Saturday or rather two shorter slots on Sunday. ___ FOSDEM mailing list fos...@lists.fosdem.org https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [FOSDEM] Call for participation
The call for devrooms at FOSDEM (the largest open source conference in Europe) is ending this Friday. It would be nice if someone proposes a geospatial devroom for this year. If you are interested, feel free to contact me (I have run the devroom for several years). Having a stand at FOSDEM is another way OSGeo could meet a lot of other projects and exchange ideas. The deadline for a stand is November 1. Kind regards, Johan -- Forwarded message - From: Gerry Demaret Date: Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:52 AM Subject: [FOSDEM] Call for participation To: FOSDEM We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms, stands and lightning talks. FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly developer- oriented, the event brings together some 8000+ geeks from all over the world. The twentieth edition will take place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February 2020 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. We will record and stream all main tracks, devrooms and lightning talks live. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). If, exceptionally, you believe there is a legitimate reason why your presentation should not be streamed or recorded, you must seek our agreement via e-mail to prog...@fosdem.org before submitting it. Main Tracks --- Previous editions have featured main tracks centered around security, operating system development, community building, and many other topics. Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long (including audience questions) and should cater to a varied technical audience. The conference covers reasonable travel expenses agreed in advance and arranges accommodation for accepted main track speakers if needed. Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using Pentabarf: https://fosdem.org/submit. If you already created an account in the system for a previous edition, please reuse it rather than re-registering. You can reset your password here: https://penta.fosdem.org/user/forgot_password Submissions will be reviewed in two batches, beginning with those received by 11 October. The final deadline is 8 November. Questions or remarks? Contact us at prog...@fosdem.org. Key dates: - 11 October: deadline for first batch of main track proposals - 8 November: final deadline for main track proposals - 1 November onwards: main track talks announced (in batches) Developer Rooms --- Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. Most content should take the form of presentations. Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at https://fosdem.org/devroom which contains further information. Questions or remarks? Contact us at devro...@fosdem.org. Key dates: - 20 September: deadline for developer room proposals - 30 September: accepted developer rooms announced - 15 October (or earlier): developer rooms issue Calls for Participation - 15 December (or earlier): developer rooms publish complete schedules Stands -- FOSDEM offers open source and free software projects the opportunity to display their work during the event. At its stand, a project can share information, demo software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, and so on, and personally interact with the visitors. What we offer - one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with developer rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. Joint submissions that share a table between related projects will be favoured in the selection process. - two chairs per table - one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional sockets, please bring them yourself) - fast uplink shared wireless Internet access To apply, please fill out the form at: https://fosdem.org/stand which contains further information. Questions or remarks? Contact us at sta...@fosdem.org. Key dates - 1 November: deadline for stand proposals - 11 November: accepted stands announced Lightning talks --- Lighting talks are short — 15 minute long — talks on a wide variety of topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open source or free software topic can apply. We particularly encourage topics that do not fit in any of the developer rooms. Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf: https://fosdem.org/submit. Please select "lightning Talks" in the "track" field. If you already created an account in the system for a previous edition, please reuse it rather than re-registering. Questions or remarks? Contact us at lightningta...@fosdem.org. Key dates - 22 November: deadline for lightning talk proposals - 1
[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo.xyz
Hi all, A while ago I registered the domain-name osgeo.xyz, to make sure it was not squatted by somebody outside the community. If anyone has an interesting use of this, please let me know! Kind regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] call for participation for FOSDEM
Hi all, FOSDEM[1] is the largest European conference on Free and Open Source software, organised next year on 2&3 februari in Brussels, Belgium. For the past years, I've organised a geospatial devroom [2] there together with a team of other people. In the past OSM and OSGeo have also had a booth at the event. I believe it is one of the most interesting events one can attend in Europe - both on a technical level and to learn from other communities (eg there usually also is a community track [3]). It also gives the opportunity to people outside the geospatial world to learn about our solutions. I have decided that I will not be taking the lead for organising a track this year (I will be involved in organising the conference itself), but I hope some other people will pick this up. Note that the work one needs to do is spread and promote a call for presentations and make a selection of the speakers. FOSDEM itself is taking care of the venue, so one does not need to be from Belgium to organise, though of course you should be present during the event. The call for devrooms [4] is closing this Thursday. If people are interested in organising (or helping organising) the devroom - I can send you the proposal of last year. Also note that every year the number of requests for devrooms is much larger than the supply - writing a proposal does not guarantee a space. Kind Regards, Johan [1] https://fosdem.org/ [2] https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/geospatial/ [3] https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/community_devroom/ [4] https://fosdem.org/2019/news/2018-08-10-call-for-participation/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] SARbian: The free and open SAR software suite
Hello Sergio, You should really get in touch with the OSGeo live team ( live-d...@lists.osgeo.org ), who build a live image containing a number of geospatial tools. Kind Regards, Johan On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 4:11 PM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA < sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy> wrote: > SARbian: The free and open SAR software suite > https://eo-college.org/sarbian/ > > 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/ > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Two week to go before deadline CfP Geospatial DevRoom FOSDEM 2018 Brussels
Hi all, A reminder that the deadline for submitting is **tonight**. We already have a number of great proposals with presenters (often from core contributors) on projects such as GRASS, GDAL, geopandas, open streetmap, mapnik, boost.geometry and mysql. You will definitely be in good company ! Kind Regards, Johan On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 8:30 PM, Marc VLOEMANS wrote: > Dear community, > > > A quick heads up, to submit your talk/workshop/other for this unique event. > > > FOSDEM is a free non-commercial event bringing together 8000+ open source > software developers and communities in Brussels, Belgium. Participation is > free of charge (donations welcome). The next edition will take place on 3-4 > February 2018. For the 4th time there is a Geospatial devroom on Sunday > *4/2/2018*! > > Geospatial technologies and mapping used to be specialist work. Nowadays > location and maps have become part of many projects/applications. > > We welcome submissions about: > * Web & desktop GIS applications; > * Collaborative editing / versioning of geodata & metadata; > * Interoperable geospatial web services & specifications; > * Collection of data using sensors / UAVs / satellites; > * Geo-analytic algorithms / libraries; > * Geospatial extensions for classical databases (indexes, operations) & > dedicated databases; > * Big geodata, distributed & scalable GIS applications; > * Volunteered Geographic information - Crowdsourced geodata. > > HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL FOR A TALK > > Like to run a discussion, present your work, any other ideas? Submit your > proposal at: https://fosdem.org/submit > Make sure to select the 'Geospatial devroom' as 'Track'. If you have an > account from previous years, you should be using the same. > Please specify in the notes if you prefer a short timeslot (lightning talks > ~10 min) or a long timeslot (20 min presentation + discussion). Note that > time slots are indicative and will be assigned according to the timing of > the session. > > The DEADLINE for submissions: Thursday 1st December 2017 > > Notification of acceptance will be sent to the Authors by 11/12/2017 at the > latest. > For questions, please get in touch with the organizers at gisky.be! > Check out the videos and presentations of our previous editions. > > Organizers: Johan Van de Wauw, Margherita Di Leo, Anne Ghisla, Martin > Hammitzsch, Marc Vloemans > > [1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/geospatial/ > > [2] https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/geospatial/ > > > > Kind regards, > > Marc Vloemans > > Mobile +31(0)651 844262 > LinkedIn: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans > Twitter: http://twitter.com/marcvloemans > http://www.slideshare.net/marcvloemans > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Help organise a geospatial devroom at FOSDEM?
Hi all, Fosdem is the largest free and open source developers meeting in Europe, with 7000+ participants. I have organised a geospatial devroom the last years, and I'm looking for people who would like to support doing another one next year (eg promote the event / help with spreading the call for papers / help with video during the event /... ) FOSDEM will take place 3&4 February 2018 in Brussels. Proposals for a devroom can be filed until _tomorrow_, so if you would like to join answer as soon as possible. It would be nice if the organising team can be a mixture of people from the different geo-communities so we can reach out to as many people as possible. Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Gildas Jr Boko
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: > On 06/09/17 15:03, Jeff McKenna wrote: >> >> Forwarding Gildas Jr Boko nomination by Maëlle Vercauteren. The 2017 >> member nominations list has been updated [1]. > > > I second this nomination. A big +1, I actually met Gildas when he was presenting at be-OpenGIS-fr in 2014 - where he was already promoting Open Geo! Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Schedule for geospatial@FOSDEM announced
Hi all, On the 5th of february, there will be another geospatial devroom at Europe's largest open source conference: FOSDEM in Brussels, bringing together more than 5000 developers of all types of open source projects. I'd like to invite all of you to Brussels, check our schedule here: https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/geospatial/ FOSDEM is free of charge and registration is not required. On Saterday evening (19h30), the evening before the geospatial devroom, some of us will have dinner together at Grimbergen Café[1], in the center of Brussels [2]. Afterwards we can visit one of the many pubs in that neighbourhood. If you are interested in joining - please let me know so we can reserve your seat. Hope to see many of you in Brussels! The organizers Johan Van de Wauw Margherita Di Leo Anne Ghisla Martin Hammitzsch [1] http://www.grimbergencafe.be [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.85120/4.34960 PS: careful readers may notice there is a small gap in the program at 15h00: two presentations were cancelled. If you would still like to present something, get in touch! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM 2017 on Sunday 5/2/2017 in Brussels
Hi all, This is a gentle reminder for the call for participation for the geospatial devroom at FOSDEM. For those of you who don't know FOSDEM, it is one of the biggest open source conferences, and a highly developer oriented one. Next to the geospatial devroom there will be lots of other talks in the main tracks and devrooms [1]. I'm sure it is also interesting for everyone active in OSGeo - so go ahead and submit :-) Hope to see many of you in Brussels Johan [1] https://fosdem.org/2017/news/2016-10-10-accepted-developer-rooms/ On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Margherita Di Leo wrote: > Call for Presentations > > Please forward! > > > FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event bringing together about 5000 > developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software > developers and communities a place to meet and share thoughts. The > participation is free of charge, although donations are welcome. The next > edition will take place on 4 - 5 February 2017. For the third (!) time there > will be a Geospatial devroom and will be happening on Sunday 5/2/2017! > > Geospatial technologies and mapping used to be specialist work, but nowadays > location and maps are becoming part of many projects/applications, which > usually use only a small subset of the possibilities the data and software > offer. > > The geospatial devroom is the place to talk about open, geo-related data and > software and their ecosystem. This includes standards and tools, e.g. for > spatial databases, and online mapping, geospatial services, used for > collecting, storing, delivering, analysing, and visualizing purposes. > > We welcome submissions about: > > Web and desktop GIS applications; > > Collaborative editing / versioning of geodata and metadata; > > Interoperable geospatial web services and specifications; > > Collection of data using sensors / UAVs / satellites; > > Geo-analytic algorithms / libraries; > > Geospatial extensions for classical databases (indexes, operations) and > dedicated databases; > > Big geodata, scalable GIS applications; > > Volunteered Geographic information - Crowdsourced geodata. > > > HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL FOR A TALK > > > Are you thrilled to present your work to other open source developers? Would > you like to run a discussion? Any other ideas? > > Please submit your proposal at: > > https://fosdem.org/submit > > Make sure to select the 'Geospatial devroom' as 'Track'. If you have an > account from previous years, you should be using the same. > > Please specify in the notes if you prefer for your presentation either a > short timeslot (lightning talks ~10 minutes) or a long timeslot (20 minutes > presentation + discussion). However, note that time slots are indicative and > will be assigned according to the timing of the session. > > > The DEADLINE for submissions is Thursday **1st December 2016**. > > Notification of acceptance will be sent to the Authors by 11/12/2016 at the > latest. > > Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with > the organisers of the devroom at fosdem-geospatial at gisky.be! > > Want to know what FOSDEM geospatial is like? Check out the videos and the > presentations of our previous two editions: [1,2] > > > The organizers > > Johan Van de Wauw > > Margherita Di Leo > > Anne Ghisla > > Martin Hammitzsch > > [1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ > > [2] https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/geospatial/ > > > > -- > Margherita Di Leo > > ___ > 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] [Election 2016] Board nomination for Dirk Frigne
Hi all, I also want to support the nomination of Dirk Frigne. I think Dirk has been one of the most active board members (eg foundation of the European chapter) and has been pushing OSGeo to grow even outside our comfort zone, eg by organising an OSGeo session at the Geospatial World Forum. Kind Regards, Johan On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > Forwarding nominations of Moritz Lennert and Gert-Jan van der Weijden for > Dirk Frigne. > > Best > Jorge Sanz > CRO 2016 > > ** > > Hello, > > I would like to nominate Dirk Frigne (dirk.fri...@geosparc.com) from > Belgium as a board member. > > Dirk has entered the Board recently and has since worked hard on > advancing OSGeo interests and on pushing an agenda of > professionalizing OSGeo as an organisation. He was one of the > co-founders of OSGeo.be in Belgium and has been one of the leaders of > the OSGeo-EU initiative which led to the creation of this new chapter > and which hopefully will allow breaking the stronghold of proprietary > software in EU institutions and allow the integration of more foss4g in > European initiatives and programmes, by federating European actors > into networks. > > He has a strong business perspective and thus ensures a voice for all > the small SME's active in foss4g. > > I feel that he has only just begun and that at his current rate of > pouring energy into OSGeo he will bring a lot to the community if he > is allowed to continue in the board. > > Moritz > > -- > Jorge Sanz > > Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity. > > -- Mensaje reenviado -- > De: "Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl" > Fecha: 12 sept. 2016 18:54 > Asunto: Board nomination for Dirk Frigne > Para: > Cc: > > > I would like to nominate Dirk Frigne for the Board of Directors of the > OSGeo.org foundation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dirk has already been in the Board since January this year, as a > "substitute" after Jeff McKenna stepped down from the Board. Because of > this "split-term" he is to be re-elected this year already. > > > > > > > > Dirk is not just formally -being one of OSGeo's vice-presidents- > visible, but also in discussions and actions both in the Board (as one can > tell by the Board mailing list) as well as outside the Board. > > > > > > > > As a founder and CEO of Geosparc (well know of GeoMajas), Dirk knows > inside out what's going in doing business in an open source ecosystem. > > > > Besides that, his efforts for putting open source for geospatial on the > European agenda forces respect. > > > > And on a local scale, Dirk is as members of the Board of Directors very > much involved in the Belgian local chapter. > > > > > > > > I think Dirk has proven in his first 8 month as a Board member that he > is of great value of putting topics on the agenda that are very meaningful > for a greater outreach of OSGeo.org as an organisation, and of Open Source > for Geospatial in general. > > > > Although I do not always agree on Dirk's opinions, I think this ability > to raise the right questions, combined with his broad background and > perspective continues to make Dirk a very valuable Board member. > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > > Gert-Jan van der Weijden > > ___ > 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] [Election 2016] Nominations reminder and campaign proposal
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > > The other point of this email is to follow up with Gert-Jan > proposal[2] to put a week between the nominations period and the > actual voting to let candidates to express their intentions for their > term. > Strong +1 here. Actually I proposed the same two years ago [1]. "So here is my proposal: For next year: - Make something like a "campaining period" a part of the election. Give candidates an official time to explain their plans and have room for discussion afterwards. " Kind Regards, Johan [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-August/013495.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo booth at state of the map
Hi all, Next week (23 - 25 september) there will be the yearly open streetmap conference (state of the map) in Brussels. OSGeo (technically speaking OSGeo.be) will have a booth there. If you are planning to join the conference and would like to staff our booth, please let us know, by mailing me or updating our wiki page: [1] We could also still use some marketing material (stickers/flyers/...). Anyone around who can send or bring those? Kind Regards, Johan See you at maptember: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium/Booth_SOTM2016 [1]: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium/Booth_SOTM2016 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-Be September 22, 2016 in Brussels
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Maelle Vercauteren wrote: > After the very succesful FOSS4G Belgium event in 2015, OSGeo.be will > organise an new edition of the FOSS4G Belgium Conference on Thursday > September 22, 2016 in Brussels, at the Environment and Energy Agency of > Brussels. > The following day, Friday September 23, starts the "State of the map" ( > http://2016.stateofthemap.org) until September 25, 2016 in Brussels too. > > A reminder for anyone wishing to present at FOSS4G.be : our call for contributions ends this week. So send your proposals to presentati...@foss4g.be Full details here: http://2016.foss4g.be/papers.php Hope to see many of you in Brussels! Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Tommy Oozeer as Charter member of OSGeo
I'm also seconding this nomination. As a secretary of the Belgian chapter, Tommy has been very active in organising both foss4g.be and our other activities. Kind Regards, Johan On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Maelle Vercauteren wrote: > Hello, > I second the nomination of Tommy Oozeer as a charter member for OSGeo. > Kind regards, > Maë//e > > 2016-07-14 23:04 GMT+02:00 Vasile Craciunescu : > >> Forwarding Tommy Oozeer nomination by Dirk Frigne. >> >> Best regards, >> Vasile >> 2016 OSGeo Elections CRO >> >> >> Forwarded Message >> Subject: Nomination of Tommy Oozeer as Charter member of OSGeo >> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:16:52 +0200 >> From: Dirk Frigne >> Reply-To: dirk.fri...@geosparc.com >> Organization: Geosparc >> To: c...@osgeo.org >> CC: Tommy Oozeer >> >> Dear CRO, >> >> I want to nominate Tommy Oozeer (in cc) as a charter member for OSGeo. >> >> Tommy is advocating open Geo software already a long time and promotes >> it as a user and as a developer. >> >> I know Tommy already a long time as a professional in Geo related >> projects. He is one of the founding members of OSGeo.be and is >> volunteering very actively as the secretary of our local chapter. >> >> Last year Tommy helped with the organisation of the first FOSS4G >> conference in Belgium. He is always open to help in community related >> matters. >> >> >> Dirk. >> -- >> Yours sincerely, >> >> >> ir. Dirk Frigne >> CEO @geosparc >> >> Geosparc n.v. >> Brugsesteenweg 587 >> B-9030 Ghent >> Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 >> GSM: +32 495 508 799 >> >> http://www.geomajas.org >> http://www.geosparc.com >> >> @DFrigne >> be.linkedin.com/in/frigne >> >> >> ___ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL > Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES > > Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03) > Campus du Solbosch > Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50 > B-1050 Bruxelles > Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143 > > ___ > 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] Fwd: Nominating Gaël Kruwialis as a OSGeo charter
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Vincent Picavet (ml) < vincent...@oslandia.com> wrote: > Hello, > > On 14/07/2016 11:35, Dirk Frigne wrote: > > I second the nomination of Gael Kruwialis (in cc) as a charter member > > for OSGeo. > > And one more support from my side ! > Regards, > And one more. Gael has been on of the main driving forces behind foss4g.be last year. Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Jonathan wrote: > Hi Till, > On the issue of conferences, I'd like to chip in. I've never organised one, > but my other half has so I know how much work they are, so plenty of respect > for the effort you've both put into them. > > I suppose I'd ask two questions of any given element of a conference - Is it > necessary, and how much should it cost? Conference centres are very > expensive, this much is clear, but does FOSS4G really need a single space > that can handle all of its delegates at once for the plenaries? How much > does that add to the cost? Would universities be cheaper as hosts? They > certainly have the facilities, including wi-fi, canteens, and (potentially) > cheap accommodation; I note that the FOSDEM conference ( > 5000 delegates > for all of whom it is free) is hosted yearly at a university in Brussels. Hello Jonathan, I want to comment as I have been involved in several editions of FOSDEM and other conferences. You certainly can not copy the model of FOSDEM easily to FOSS4G or any other conference. FOSDEM has a much broader focus and as a result more potential sponsors. As the largest Open Source conference in Europe it gets a lot of sponsorship (the winner takes it all applies here). To give you an idea, speakers in the 3 main tracks can apply for travel costs. Nevertheless there are still a lot of costs made (network, security, cleaning (the toilets of ULB seem to be cleaned only during FOSDEM), video, ...). Anyway, finding a different location to host it even with the same budget is nearly impossible. One of the reasons it could grow so large is because it was organised every year at the same place, which also leads to confidence between the university and the organisation. Some of the other reasons that FOSDEM can be organised for free may nevertheless apply to FOSS4G: 1) It is held in a weekend. This makes universities as a location possible. This also means that you may still find volunteers to eg help with catering. During a working week this is much harder. Additionaly, there are only two days, so less places to fill with people. 2) There is a large crew of volunteers at FOSDEM. Not just the people who actually organise the event, but volunteers are people helping out with setting up, staffing booths, cloackroom, ... for a number of hours during the event. 3) Food. Food is not supplied by the organisation. There is a (large) number of foodtrucks. Sandwiches and pastry are sold at the cafetaria (outsourced to a student union - which knows what to expect from previous years). Anyway, OpenStreetMap is hosting state of the map this year in Brussels. They were not able to get the premises of the ULB (which FOSDEM uses) but they could reach an agreement with another university (VUB, which is not the same one). They have a system with two ticket prices: 75 euro (early bird rate) for "community members" and a regular ticket of 180 euro (early bird, ending today - grab one if you intend to go!). Perhaps this is something to conside? A "regular ticket" perhaps including vouchers for lunch etc and a 'starving hacker' ticket. So people who come to FOSS4G professionaly choose the regular ticket and sponsor the community members? I should note that 75 euro still is a threshold even for some of the Belgian contributors of OpenStreetMap to join, something to consider in a world where hourly rates often exceed that. Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mantra request (OsgeoID)
Maybe the mantra should be posted to this list with a link to this discussion. I'm quite sure that blocks most spam and removes a barrier to reporting a bug/contributing. Now people have to register for the mailinglist, confirm. Ask for a pw. Wait for it. Register. Confirm ... Op 19-mei-2016 18:04 schreef "Yves Jacolin" : > On Thursday, May 19, 2016 15:56:08 Mateusz Loskot wrote: > > On 19 May 2016 at 15:30, Yves Jacolin wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > What is a mantra? Sorry for so this naive question :) > > > > http://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/ldap_create_user.py > > > > See the note starting with "Due to..." > > > > Best regards, > Many thanks to all :) > > Y. > ___ > 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] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: > > What I personally haven't really understood, yet, is what the rasdaman > community is really afraid of. If the community works as well as described, > why would the creation of a PSC-like structure create such problems ? > > Moritz This is indeed the only issue. Nobody questions the quality of rasdaman. Personally I would love to see the project under the OSGeo umbrella. I expect an explosion of high spectrum raster data in the coming years, so also an explosion in software usage. Rasdaman has been setting the standards, also at ISO and OGC, so it is logical to look to them first. The decision OSGeo project or not is black/white, but this really does not mean that OSGeo does not like Rasdaman or its contributors. We just don't like one part of their governance. To the point: I really don't see what Rasdaman can loose by having a PSC which takes decisions by majority. And you know what? In fact Peter will still have a final say if it is not in the procedure. Because he employs the majority of the PSC. We have a similar situation in geomajas, FDO and mapguide. If Autodesk decides that mapguide should be reimplemented in java or Dirk Frigne decides that geomajas should be implemented in .net, it will happen. Even if the PSC disagrees. Because they fund the project. Whether they should still remain OSGeo projects if that happens is another thing. I think we can have the same thing for Rasdaman. Rasdaman gmbh keeps the trademark, so in the *highly unlikely* situation that Peter wants to go another direction than the PSC, he can. And at that point we can discuss whether it should still remain an OSGeo project. In the mean time, why not (if they accept the majority PSC rule)? Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo?
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Peter Baumann wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > while OSGeo and rasdaman share the strive for quality we come from different > approaches: OSGeo believes in the power of committees and strong regulation > whereas rasdaman has a culture of unbureaucratic, technocracy based > collaboration. In other words: good ideas are always welcome - we live this > daily, based on humanistic ideals, not on law enforcement. I disagree with this conclusion. Both allowunbureaucratic and technocracy based collaboration, as proven in many projects such as QGis, OSGeo live, ... It is only when a large part of the PSC has a different opinion then the benevolent dictator that a difference between both arise. If such occasions arise the project definitely has a problem, and I don't think having one person deciding the way forward as the default option is a good one. I should add that the benevolent dictator style is not always succesful, also in important projects. See eg glibc [1]. I do think it can be succesful if the "BDFL" shows leadership and I think it is a good model to avoid some bikeshedding. But in every sucessful BFDL open source project you see that there is in fact a larger group of people involved (similar to a PSC), and I don't know any examples where the BDFL chose a direction which was opposite of this groups opinion and where this worked out well. Kind Regards, Johan [1] eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_C_Library#Debian_switches_to_EGLIBC_and_back "In March 2012, the steering committee voted to disband itself and remove Drepper in favor of a community-driven development process" ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-EU toward a new OSGeo scenario?
On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 8:53 AM, wrote: > So I agree with Marc on most of his points but like to put the focus more on > the business side of view: Please keep in mind, that in order to get at leat > a tiny bit of influence in Brussels and EU-related organisations requires a > European Organisation. No matter that this is related to a global, > US-resident organisation. > +1 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo?
Hello everyone, First of all, I'm a bit disappointed that this issue is only raised now, when the final vote for graduating is taking place. For the future I think it should be clearer for projects what rules have to be obliged much earlier. Just this week, in another conversation I mentioned that you need rules for when things go bad, and not when things are going well (which luckily is the case for Rasdaman). So I think we should focus on what resolution we want when things "go bad". It may be my knowledge of English, but I'm not sure how I should understand: "Should such consent exceptionally not be reached then Peter Baumann has a casting vote". If it means that if the PSC reaches 50% - 50% or a lot of abstintent voting, Peter can take the decision, then I think it is a logical rule and I see no issues with it. If it means that if a majority of the PSC votes for the proposal that it can still be overruled by Peter Baumann (or the chair of the PSC), then I'm against it. I do believe that would be an unlikely scenario but at such a time I don't think we can still call it an OSGeo project at that point. Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Install Proj and GEOS on Raspbian
Nico, I'm forwarding to the Debian GIS list where you have the largest chance of getting help. Did you run apt-get update before installing? What is the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list I am not sure the debian gis packages are available on raspbian. Kind Regards, Johan On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:37 PM, Alex M wrote: > Poking around the Debian world there is no package called proj (maybe > there was at some point). > > proj-bin proj-data, libproj0 and libproj-dev should be it. > > Are you missing some functionality? > > I think you're just running into selecting packages that go by other > names. Try doing some apt-cache search or using autocomplete to find > matching packages. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On 04/20/2016 02:23 PM, Nico Aliotta wrote: >> i'm tryng to install Proj and GEos on Raspbian on my raspberry pi3 >> >> >> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ >> *sudo apt-get install proj proj-bin proj-data libproj-dev* >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> Package proj is not available, but is referred to by another package. >> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or >> is only available from another source >> >> E: Package 'proj' has no installation candidate >> >> same for >> >> >> *sudo apt-get install libgeos-c1v5 libgeos-dev* >> is there any way to install them? >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Help on patent infringement claim
Andrea, I have seen ask patents being used to find prior-art to patent claims. See eg: http://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/119/timeline-display-for-vehicle-fleet-management-patent-application-prior-art-r Kind Regards, Johan On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:17 AM, andrea antonello wrote: > Thanks to everybody that gave contributions to this. > > I will post some updates. > > Cheers, > Andrea > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 7:30 PM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA > wrote: >> >> A really worrisome topic... >> >> >> Sergio Acosta y Lara >> Departamento de Geomática >> Dirección Nacional de Topografía >> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas >> URUGUAY >> >> De: Discuss en nombre de Jody Garnett >> >> Enviado: viernes, 08 de abril de 2016 12:56 >> Para: andrea antonello >> Cc: ML osgeo discuss >> Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Help on patent infringement claim >> >> That is terrible Andrea, and not at all off topic - it is one of the >> reasons we have OSGeo as as software foundation. I also really respect the >> open innovation network and their approach. >> >> While I have built a couple systems as you describe they were after to >> 2000 date. >> >> -- >> Jody Garnett >> >> On 8 April 2016 at 06:09, andrea antonello >> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> this might be slightly off-topic (I think not). >>> >>> In a couple of companies a few years ago we developed a fleet tracking >>> software all based on open source software. >>> The mobile android part is basically a customization of geopaparazzi, the >>> server side base on the usual open webmapping stuff (bare with me on this >>> oversemplification). >>> >>> The project had some internal issues and we never really came to an >>> official release, even if the website went online to be used for commercial >>> purposes. >>> >>> A few weeks ago we were contacted by one of those "innovating" companies >>> that do nothing else than buying patents and search project from which they >>> can gather money. >>> >>> Needless to say that our project has been targeted. >>> >>> HydroloGIS, our company, is part of the Open Invention Network, so we >>> first asked them for support. It is obvious that a small company as ours >>> gets scared quickly from a letter claiming patent infringement and possible >>> litigations. >>> >>> We are now trying to document the (very superficial) claims we got (like >>> having a map - Openstreetmap - visualized on a device), as OIN suggested us >>> to. One more thing we have been asked, is to gather as many articles, >>> scientific or not, that deal with what the patent claims and that might be >>> dated before the patent's date (patent has been filed in 09/2000 and granted >>> in 11/2007). >>> >>> I know it is a long shot, but maybe some of you have already had to do >>> with this and might be able to help, send some references. >>> For reference the patents are: >>> US 6754580 B1 >>> EP 1218697 B1 >>> >>> Basically it is a system to track vehicles made up of a client (mobile >>> device) and a server application. >>> If you have papers, articles, anything related to that at hand, please >>> let me know. >>> >>> Thanks for any help, >>> Cheers, >>> Andrea >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FDO Oracle driver
All providers can be found in svn. Check kingoracle: https://svn.osgeo.org/fdo/trunk/Providers/ On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > Il 08/03/2016 08:37, Paolo Cavallini ha scritto: >> Hi all, >> anyone knows the state of this? It seems an OSgeo project: >> https://fdo.osgeo.org/fdooracle/index.html >> but the site seems down. >> Is the code available somewhere? > > It's responding now. > However, I cannot find the source code: anyone has a link? > All the best, and thanks. > > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > ___ > 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] geospatial @ apache foundation
Hi all, I recently bumped across this article about a geospatial track which may be organised at apachecon. Maybe some people from OSGeo can reach out to them and see if we can organise this together? And look for future collaboration? http://thenewstack.io/apache-sets-geospatial-voyage/ Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Schedule Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM (Brussels - 31/1)
I have the honour to present to present to you the schedule for the geospatial devroom at FOSDEM , which will happen on Sunday 31/01/2016. https://fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/geospatial/ We have a nice lineup with some well known GIS tools, moving over to new developments happening at OSGeo and Open Streetmap. 3D visualisation is the topic of different presentations around noon. And should you prefer backend work, the afternoon has a lineup of no less than 4 different geospatial databases. To close the day we expect a nice keynote - stay tuned for more info! For all of you who don't know FOSDEM: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event bringing together about 5000 developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet and share thoughts. The participation is free of charge, although donations are welcome. The next edition will take place the last weekend ofJanuary 30 - 31 2016. This year for the second time there will be a Geospatial devroom on Sunday 31/1/2016. Hope to see all of you in Brussels! Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Report of a succesful FOSS4G.be
Hi all, On Thursday, November 29, 2015 at the Environment and Energy Agency of Brussels, the Belgian chapter of the OSGeo Foundation [1] organised the first FOSS4G Belgium [2]. More than 300 people participated in this day of conferences, demonstrations, debates and meetings about OSGeo topics ! The event brought together the community of users, developers, policy makers and just curious FOSS geomatics. You can find on our website the talks [3] as well as photos [4] and a short video [5 ] of the event. Many thanks to the sponsors, volunteers and participants for their commitment. We wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016. The FOSS4G.be team, Marc Ducobu – Dirk Frigne – Gael Kruwialis - Moritz Lennert - Oliver May - Tommy Oozeer - Johan Van de Wauw - Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium/FOSS4G [3] http://foss4g.be/presentations/foss4g/ [4] https://www.flickr.com/photos/levvie/albums/72157661420302750 [5 ] https://vimeo.com/144855459 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Call For papers Geospatial devroom @FOSDEM 2016
Please forward! FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event bringing together about 5000 developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet and share thoughts. The participation is free of charge, although donations are welcome. The next edition will take place the last weekend ofJanuary 30 - 31 2016. This year for the second time there will be a Geospatial devroomon Sunday 31/1/2016, organised by members of the OSGeo, Locationtech and OpenStreetMap communities. Geospatial technology is becoming rapidly mainstream. The idea underpinning the geospatial devroom is bringing together developers with different backgrounds to disclosethe opportunities offered by cutting-edge open source geospatial technologies. Due to the success of last years devroom, a Belgium local chapter of OSGeo, OSGeo.be was founded, and is now taking part of the organisation of the devroom as driving community. The Geospatial devroom is the place to talk about the state of the art of open, geo-related data, free and open source geospatial software and its ecosystem. This includes standards and tools, e.g. spatial databases, online mapping tools, geospatial services, used for collecting, storing, delivering, analysing, and visualizing geodata. We welcome submissions about: * Web and desktop GIS applications * Interoperable geospatial web services and specifications * Collection of data using sensors/drones/satellites * Open hardware for geospatial applications * Geo-analytic algorithms/libraries * Geospatial extensions for classical databases (indexes, operations) and dedicated databases * Collaborative editing/versioning of geodata * Big geodata, scalable GIS applications * Volunteered Geograpic information - Crowdsourced data HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL FOR A TALK Are you thrilled to present your work to other open source developers? Would you like to run a discussion? Any other ideas? Please submit your proposal using the Pentabarf event planning tool at: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16 Make sure to select the 'Geospatial devroom' as 'Track'. Please, specify in the notes if you prefer for your presentation either a short timeslot (lightning talks ~10 minutes) or along timeslot (20 minutes presentation + discussion). However, note that time slots are indicative and will be assigned according to the needs of the session. The DEADLINE for submissions is Tuesday **1st December 2015**. Notification of acceptance will be sent to the Authors by Friday 11/12/2015 at the latest. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the organisers of the devroom at fosdem-geospat...@gisky.be! Johan Van de Wauw Margherita Di Leo Astrid Emde Anne Ghisla Martin Hammitzsch Andy Petrella Dirk Frigne Olivier Courtin Thomas Gratier ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Live-demo] [Ica-osgeo-labs] Ideas/inputs for having a cloud service that runs the OSGeo-Live VM
I believe it should be rather straighforward to convert our vmdk to a vhd and add a vhd of OSGeo live to the VM-depot of MS Azure: https://vmdepot.msopentech.com/List/Index Then anyone interested can start up a VM using that base image. This can be done using trial accounts. Kind Regards, Johan On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Suchith Anand wrote: > Thanks Cameron, Angelos, Giuseppe , Peter and everyone who contributed to > these discussions. I am ccing this to discuss list so that the wider > community and users who want a cloud service can let their views known and > how they would use and benefit from an OSGeo-Live cloud service. > > That way, we will get better idea if there is need/demand and a sustaining > community who will step up to keep the project maintained with each > OSGeo-Live release. > > All - please look though the ideas/inputs below that Cameron summarised for > OSGeo-Live sustainable cloud service based discussions we had so far in > education and live lists. If you are able to contribute to this , please let > us all know. Thanks. > > Suchith > > > > From: ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of > Angelos Tzotsos [gcpp.kal...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:01 PM > To: live-demo; ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Ideas/inputs for having a cloud service that > runs the OSGeo-Live VM > > I realize that my previous e-mail was not received by the list so I > summarize: > > 1. OSGeo-Live is already cloud-ready on Synnefo stack > http://www.synnefo.org/ > So basically we could deploy synnefo + geneti on OSGeo infrastructure and > have a Free Software solution. > Alternatively we could deploy an OpenStack instance. > https://www.openstack.org/software/ > We should ask SAC if the above options are feasible. > > 2. In case we want to deploy OSGeo-Live on AWS, it seems straightforward: > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/VMImportPrerequisites.html > https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/vm-import/ > > Any other options in mind? > > Best, > Angelos > > > On 10/18/2015 01:32 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > Bringing a few different email threads back to one, and answering Suchith's > "next steps" question: > > On 16/10/2015 12:43 am, Suchith Anand wrote: > > Cameron - from your experiences with OSGeo live community, what do you think > is the best way now forward ? Can you please summarise all discussions so > far and reply to the public lists.Thanks. > > Suchith > > If we are to be successful at setting up an OSGeo-Live sustainable cloud > service, I suggest we consider: > > 1. Would a cloud service be used? By who? > I'd suggest that people who want a cloud service speak up, say how you would > use an OSGeo-Live cloud service. We are looking here to determine if there > is a sustaining community who will step up to keep the project maintained > with each OSGeo-Live release. > > 2. What are the steps technically required to set up the cloud service? > Hopefully someone will step up to do the research on what is required, and > will set up a Proof-of-Concept. > > 3. What will hosting a cloud service cost? Would it be a pay-as-you-use > model? Would we be asking the OSGeo Foundation to sponsor? Would we be > asking workshop providers to pay for the service? > I suspect that we could ask the OSGeo Foundation for base funding to prove a > Proof of Concept (by paying for a cloud service for 1 year or so), but ask > workshop providers and other users to pay for the service in moving forward. > This is something that can be decided once costs are understood. > > 4. But the bottom line is that the best chance of success will occur if > someone stands up and champions its development. Do we have someone > interested to do the hard work of making it happen? (Speak up if > interested). It certainly would be a valuable contribution to the OSGeo > community. > > > Warm regards, Cameron > > > On 14/10/2015 7:59 pm, Peter Baumann wrote: > >> 1.Do you think it is important to have a cloud service that runs the >> OSGeo-Live VM > > not necessarily a cloud, as the whole OSGeo Live is not prepared. > But definitely hosting it on a VM (for easy cloning + move) is an asset - > any > demo just needs to show a URL then. > > >> >> 2.What are the steps that we need to take to make this possible > > find a caretaker with a machine. > Jacobs University can do that, for example, in tight collaboration with > Angelos > on technical level. > > -Peter > > > > On 15/10/2015 2:53 am, Giuseppe Amatulli wrote: > > Hi, > under the http://www.spatial-ecology.net/ initiative we use the the > OSGeo-Llive for courses and intensive training in Geo Computation. > > In this line we have been used also Amazon Web Service to teach remote > connection and scripting routines in the cloud. For this I was customize a > Ubuntu Instance very similar to the OSGeo-Llive. > > Nonetheless, would be grate to have the OSGeo-Llive di
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM 2016?!
Grmbl, pressed send too fast: the draft proposal is here: [4] https://titanpad.com/VCAR6DZfHG On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: > Hi all, > > Just like last year [1], I would like to organise a geospatial devroom > at FOSDEM[2].The call for devrooms is now open [3], and I'm going to > submit another proposal. > > Last year, we had a large team promoting the devroom which lead to a > very interesting schedule. If you would like to be part of the team, > please add yourself to the draft proposal [4] or drop me a mail. > > Note that the deadline for proposals is already this friday, so don't pospone! > > Kind Regards, > Johan > > [1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ > [2] http://www.fosdem.org > [3] https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2015-September/002180.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM 2016?!
Hi all, Just like last year [1], I would like to organise a geospatial devroom at FOSDEM[2].The call for devrooms is now open [3], and I'm going to submit another proposal. Last year, we had a large team promoting the devroom which lead to a very interesting schedule. If you would like to be part of the team, please add yourself to the draft proposal [4] or drop me a mail. Note that the deadline for proposals is already this friday, so don't pospone! Kind Regards, Johan [1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ [2] http://www.fosdem.org [3] https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2015-September/002180.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl wrote: > With respect for all the board candidates and their busy agenda, I think for > the election campaign (manifestos + discussion) this is as good as it gets. > > > > For 2016, we might try to weave the election campaign into the FOSS4G : have > candidates 2 weeks before FOSS4G, let the candidates state a manifesto, and > have a election debate in the main hall in Bonn (which is the former German > parliament chamber!) I agree we need more time for a manifesto and discussion on that. Actually, I proposed such a "campaigning period" also last year [1]. Kind Regards, Johan [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-August/013495.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Lidar News magazine false statements on (L)GPL (Was [OSGeo-Standards] REPORT: my OGC membership slot)
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Martin Isenburg wrote: > Another curious thing is that I (and the open source license LGPL) was > attacked vehemently in a recent column called "Open Source Mania" by Lewis > Graham that was published in the LiDAR News magazine. Viewer discretion > advised and parental guidance suggested ... you will not like this FUD > attack: > > http://www.lidarmag.com/PDF/LiDARNewsMagazine_Graham-OpenSourceMania_Vol5No4.pdf > I read the article and there are a lot of statements there which are false. " if you touch a piece of GPL code with the nine foot pole of launching it with a Python script, that script must now be GPLed" not true "Suppose you have developed some very, very clever algorithm on which you and your university have applied for a patent. If you have coded your algorithm and used any GPL whatsoever, you just GPLed your patent. The patent rights effectively transfer to the Open Software Foundation for free distribution." Completely untrue. The Open Software Foundation does not exist. You don't transfer patent rights at all. A well known counter-example is the algortihm for MP3, where the code (lame) was released under LGPL. I think as OSGeo we should reply to the statements, this is an attack on our community. Perhaps we can ask someone from the Free Software Foundation Europe to help write a response? Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo Elections 2015] Nomination for Maelle Vercauteren
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > Forwarding Maelle Vercauteren nomination by Vincent Picavet. > > > I would like to nominate Maëlle Vercauteren for OSGeo Charter Member. > > Maëlle is a dynamic supporter of OpenSource Geospatial technologies and > OpenData. She teaches Opensource GIS at the University of Bruxelles, > with a special course dedicated to developing countries professionals. > She put a lot of efforts into the organization of the first > Be-OpenGIS-fr event, and now contributes to the organization of FOSS4G > Belgium. > +1 I also strongly support this nomination. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: nomination for Moritz Lennert
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > > Dear CRO, > > I would like to nominate Moritz Lennert for the OSGeo Charter members > election: > > Moritz Lennert (email: mlenn...@club.worldonline.be) is PSC Member and > developer for GRASS GIS since a long time. He is also an > OSGeo advocate : http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Moritz_Lennert > > Moritz is one of the founding members of the local chapter OSGeo.be and > he is part of the organisation team for the first FOSS4G conference in > Belgium. I second this nomination and I also would like to add that Moritz was one of the organisers of the excellent beOpenGISfr conference[1] last year as well. Kind Regards, Johan [1] http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2015] Elections 2015 starting today
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > Dear Cameron, > > Thank you for the reminder. The invitation to add an entry to the OSGeo > Advocates wiki page is part of the e-mail each nominee is receiving from CRO > after nomination. I'm thinking in adding this kind of invitation to > add/update the OSGeo Advocate profile in the invitation to vote e-mail, > after the end of nomination period. > Just a remark. I know different people who have done a lot for OSGeo and the larger FOSS4G world, but who are not eager to put their name under "OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the OSGeo foundation. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining. ". For our charter members I believe we should draw from a larger group than people considering themselves to speak well and authorative. Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] How to quantify the economic impact of OSGeo software? Your help needed for a research article
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:22 AM, Suchith Anand wrote: > The missed economic and innovation opportunities are too big to be > quantified. Students instead of being developed as creative innovative minds > and future innovators turn to be just users of a particular properitory > software. I think this is big moral question for educators and policy makers. > > The quote from Eben Upton , Cofounder of Raspberry Pi initiative is > something all educators and policy makers should give deep thinking "The > lack of programmable hardware for children – the sort of hardware we used to > have in the 1980s – is undermining the supply of eighteen-year-olds who know > how to program, so that's a problem for universities, and then it's > undermining the supply of 21 year olds who know how to program, and that's > causing problems for industry." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_Foundation Another example is cloud computing. It is really open source which made cloud computing possible: using commodity hardware and distributed computing instead of centralised expensive servers was simply not feasible using the licensing models of proprietary software. They are adopting now - but they didn't set the trend. On the other hand of the spectrum the same is true for lightweight devices (netbooks; smartphones, IOT). Anyway, I just want to tell also that money as an indicator of value is very skewed based on purchasing power.I find mapping in developing countires (just a random example: [1]) valuable, but expressed in money it may be much less than eg tools which find the best store location in a developed country. Kind Regards, Johan [1] http://blog.smc.org.in/mapping-efforts-in-an-unsurveyed-land-koorachundu/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to quantify the economic impact of OSGeo software? Your help needed for a research article
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Newcomb, Doug wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Vaclav Petras wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Suchith Anand >> wrote: >> I don't know about their calculation but here is mine: >> >> If I provide service for $100 per customer and I give the same service to >> 10 customers for free, I could claim that I donated $1000. But this would be >> wrong. I need some money to run the service for the non-paying customers and >> I need to get this money from the paying customers. Thus, the price $100 >> already contains money to run the service for non-paying customers and the >> gift $1000 is therefore overestimated. >> >> Well, these are my two cents. Correct if I'm wrong. You should see value and price disconnected. Probably your customers will gain more value than $100 when purchasing your product (or when obtaining it for free). In economic terms, you should not only count the producer surplus, but also the consumer surplus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_surplus ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Belgium - Brussels, 29 October 2015
English version [dutch and french below] After different succesful events, such as OSGeo Ghent (2013)[1], beOpenGIS (2014)[2] and the geospatial devroom at FOSDEM in 2015[3], the Dutch speaking and French speaking Open GIS communities in Belgium have decided to join their forces and organise the first FOSS4G Belgium. The event will be hosted in Brussels at BEL[4], The Environment and Energy Agency of the Brussels. The date will be **29 October 2015**. The goal of the conference is to target a broad audience. Apart from a plenary session there will be place for interactive workshops and debates, both in English and in the major official languages of Belgium: Dutch and French. A call for participation will be launched soon - keep an eye on this place. If you are interested in helping to organise FOSS4G Belgium - get in touch with the organisers at our mailinglist[5] and feel free to join! http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium/FOSS4G **Nederlands** Na verschillende succesvolle activiteiten, zoals OSGeo Gent, beOpenGIS en de [geospatial devroomhttps://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/] op FOSDEM in 2015 hebben de Nederlandstalige en Franstalige OpenGIS gemeenschap de handen in elkaar geslagen om de eerste FOSS4G België te organiseren. De dag zal doorgaan bij Leefmilieu Brussel. De datum ligt nu vast op **29 Oktober 2015**. De bedoeling van het congres is om een breed publiek aan te spreken. Daarom voorzien we naast een aantal plenaire sessies ook ruimte voor interactieve workshops en debatten, zowel in het Engels als in het Nederlands en het Frans. Een oproep tot deelname zal binnenkort hier verschijnen. Voel je je geroepen om mee te helpen met de organisatie? Neem dan contact op met de organisatoren of sluit je aan op onze mailinglijst [5]. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium/FOSS4G **Français** Après plusiers activités fructueses telles que l'OSGeo Gand (2013), beOpenGISfr (2014) et le "geospatial devroom" au FOSDEM (2015), les communautés Open-SIG néerlandais et français ont battu leurs forces pour organiser la première FOSS4G Belgique. La conférence aura lieu à Bruxelles, au Bruxelles Environnement. La date est maintenant fixeé: le **29 Octobre 2015**. Le but de la conférence est de cibler à un large public: pas seulement des session plénaires, mais aussi des ateliers et des débats interactifs, à la foi en anglais, mais aussi en néerlandais et français. Un appel à participation sera lancé bientôt. Vous sentez-vous appelés à aider à l'organisation? Ne hésitez pas à contacter les ofganisateurs et rejoignez notre liste de diffusion [5]. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium/FOSS4G [1] http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 [2] http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ [3] https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ [4] http://bel.brussels/ [5] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/belgium http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium/FOSS4G ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo welcomes 13 students for Google Summer of Code 2015
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Clément Igonet wrote: > How to be considered as a student fo GSoc? > > Could I suggest my free and open source project for GSoC? You are too late now, a call was launched in february: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-February/013934.html This being said, adding your project to OSGeo live (http://live.osgeo.org) or incubating in OSGeo may give more visibility to your project which will definitely help in being selected if there would be a new edition. Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Belgium update
Hi all, As was previously announced on this list[1], we had a first meeting of "OSGeo Belgium" last week on Wednesday. A full report of the meeting can be found on the OSGeo wiki[2]. Our goals are in line with the goals of OSGeo: * Community-building and networking * Organisation of events * Lobbying * Networking with other OSGeos (notably OSGeo-fr and OSGeo.nl) * Support to higher levels of OSGeo * Possibly: OSGeo focal point for EU-related activities Our first concrete goal is to try organising a one day event "FOSS4G Belgium" in October/November, where we could officialy launch an OSGeo Belgium chapter. In the meantime it would be useful to have an OSGeo Belgium mailinglist so everyone interested can join our discussions! Kind Regards, Johan [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-March/014093.html [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150415 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] videos from the geospatial devroom @FOSDEM
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:53 PM, P Kishor wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Johan Van de Wauw > wrote: >> >> We were all pleasantly suprised by the number and the quality of the >> proposals. All speakers have now confirmed, so I'm really happy I can >> share the schedule with all of you: >> >> https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ > > > > > This is indeed a great lineup. Any chance it will be recorded? Hi all, For all of you interested: most presentations were recorded (some of the first are missing due to some technical issues). You can find them here: http://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-geospatial/ Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo in Belgium
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Dirk Frigne wrote: > 1. Do you agree with the fact that we investigate how we can join forces > with the open knowledge foundation Belgium to start up the Belgium > chapter of OSGeo We should definitely work together. I believe we should first set our goals with OSGeo Belgium and then choose whether it makes sense to be under their umbrella. Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo in Belgium
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Dirk Frigne wrote: > Thanks for your reaction Gert-Jan, > > Some people are indeed cross-border Open Source Geo, but many arn't. > To address these people, such a local chapter can be interesting to > learn them about the OSGeo solutions. I agree with Dirk (and said so before [1]) that we definitely need a local conference if we want to reach out to end-users. Small firms, local and regional governmentsare not very likely to join a conference in a different country. And many of them have attended the previous two events we had in Ghent and Brussels. In both cases attendance exceeded the expectations, and inscriptions for the conference in Brussels had to be closed. This does not exclude cooperating with the dutch/french language chapters. Kind Regards, Johan [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-September/013538.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to add a point on Map
Hello Arfan, You better ask mapguide specific questions at the mapguide mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/listinfo/mapguide-users Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] schedule for the geospatial devroom @FOSDEM announced
Talks will be recorded. Note that we can still use volunteers in the video team,so anyone interested in helping out may contact me. On Dec 20, 2014 3:53 PM, "P Kishor" wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Johan Van de Wauw < > johan.vandew...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> We were all pleasantly suprised by the number and the quality of the >> proposals. All speakers have now confirmed, so I'm really happy I can >> share the schedule with all of you: >> >> https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ >> > > > > This is indeed a great lineup. Any chance it will be recorded? > > > -- > Puneet Kishor > Manager, Science and Data Policy > Creative Commons > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] schedule for the geospatial devroom @FOSDEM announced
Hi all, FOSDEM is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet at. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 -> 1/2/2015. This year for the first time there will be a geospatial devroom on Sunday 1/2/2015! We were all pleasantly suprised by the number and the quality of the proposals. All speakers have now confirmed, so I'm really happy I can share the schedule with all of you: https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ Hope to see many of you in Brussels! The devroom organisers Johan Van de Wauw Margherita Di Leo Astrid Emde Anne Ghisla Julien Fastré Martin Hammitzsch Andy Petrella Dirk Frigne Gael Musquet ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: CfP Geospatial devroom @FOSDEM; Deadline is TOMORROW!
Hi all, A quick reminder that the Call for papers for the geospatial devroom @FOSDEM has it's deadline tomorrow. For those still hasitating to come: Already a lot of interesting talks have been submitted, from geospatial algorithms to well known tools (postgresql, grass), from building GPS hardware to shiny new javascript libraries and more! If you are short on time now, feel free to submit only a title now, you can still update the abstract later on, but then we can already start creating a balanced schedule. Regards, Johan -- Forwarded message -- From: Johan Van de Wauw Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:39 AM Subject: Call For papers Geospatial devroom @FOSDEM To: OSGeo Discussions Please forward! FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet at. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 -> 1/2/2015. This year for the first time there will be a geospatial devroom on Sunday 1/2/2015! Geospatial technology becomes more and more part of mainstream IT. The idea is to bring together people with different backgrounds to better explain and understand the opportunities Geospatial can offer. This devroom will host topics explaining the state of the art of geospatial technology, and how it can be used amongst other projects. The geospatial devroom is the place to talk about open, geo-related data and software and their ecosystem. This includes standards and tools, e.g. for spatial databases, and online mapping, geospatial services, used for collecting, storing, delivering, analysing, and visualizing puposes. Typical topics that will be covered are: Web and desktop GIS applications Interoperable geospatial web services and specifications Collection of data using sensors/drones/satellites Open hardware for geospatial applications Geo-analytic algorithms/libraries Geospatial extensions for classical databases (indexes, operations) Dedicated databases HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TALK PROPOSAL Are you thrilled to present your work to other open source developers? Would you like to run a discussion? Any other ideas? Please submit your proposal at the Pentabarf event planning tool at: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM15 When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the 'Geospatial devroom' as 'Track'. Please specify in the notes if you prefer for your presentation a short timeslot (lightning talks ~10 minutes) or a long timeslot (20 minutes presentation + discussion). The DEADLINE for submissions is **1st December 2014** Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the organisers of the devroom at fosdem-geospat...@gisky.be! Johan Van de Wauw Margherita Di Leo Astrid Emde Anne Ghisla Julien Fastré Martin Hammitzsch Andy Petrella Dirk Frigne Gael Musquet [1] http://www.fosdem.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] linux distro preferences
Oops forgot to send to the list On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Petr, > If you decide to use a Debian based distribution, such as Ubuntu, you likely > will appreciate the install scripts we use for the OSGeo-Live project: > https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/ > > These install scripts are tested and verified every 6 months on Lubuntu, but > most (all?) should work on any Ubuntu flavour. > > You can customise main.sh to install just the packages you are interested > in. I would not recommend this approach for a server. You better stick to the packages provided in the archives. Packages on osgeo live don't get security updates, some installation scripts put data where it does not belong, others add unsecure options to configuration files, there is no upgrade path, ... If packages are not present in the distribution but are present on osgeo live you can consider using the install script for that specific package. Limit the exposure. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] linux distro preferences
Petr, All will do, But since you ask for a recommendation: I recommend Debian. Their GIS team has grown a lot recently and debian has packaged many GIS packages [1], and has been providing security updates to them quickly in the past (see eg [2]). Definitely the upcoming "jessie" release will contain a large number of GIS packages out of the box. Johan [1]http://blends.debian.net/gis/tasks/ [2] http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/m/mapserver/mapserver_6.0.1-3.2+deb7u2_changelog On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Petr, > If you decide to use a Debian based distribution, such as Ubuntu, you likely > will appreciate the install scripts we use for the OSGeo-Live project: > https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/ > > These install scripts are tested and verified every 6 months on Lubuntu, but > most (all?) should work on any Ubuntu flavour. > > You can customise main.sh to install just the packages you are interested > in. > > > > > On 18/11/2014 12:06 am, Dan Little wrote: > > 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 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 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 >> 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 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> George R. C. Silva >>> SIGMA Consultoria >>> >>> http://www.consultoriasigma.com.br/ >>> >>> ___ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jo Cook >> Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 >> 7RL, UK >> t:+44 7930 524 155 >> iShare - Data integration and publishing platform >> >> * >> >> Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. >> Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. >> 864201149. >> >> ___ >> 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 > > > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Cameron Shorter, > Software and Data Solutions Manager > LISAsoft > Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, > 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 > > P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 > > > ___ > 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Call For papers Geospatial devroom @FOSDEM
*Please forward!* *FOSDEM*[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet at. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 -> 1/2/2015. This year for the first time there will be a *geospatial devroom* on Sunday 1/2/2015! Geospatial technology becomes more and more part of mainstream IT. The idea is to bring together people with different backgrounds to better explain and understand the opportunities Geospatial can offer. This devroom will host topics explaining the state of the art of geospatial technology, and how it can be used amongst other projects. The *geospatial devroom* is the place to talk about open, geo-related data and software and their ecosystem. This includes standards and tools, e.g. for spatial databases, and online mapping, geospatial services, used for collecting, storing, delivering, analysing, and visualizing puposes. Typical topics that will be covered are: - Web and desktop GIS applications - Interoperable geospatial web services and specifications - Collection of data using sensors/drones/satellites - Open hardware for geospatial applications - Geo-analytic algorithms/libraries - Geospatial extensions for classical databases (indexes, operations) - Dedicated databases *HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TALK PROPOSAL* Are you thrilled to present your work to other open source developers? Would you like to run a discussion? Any other ideas? Please submit your proposal at the Pentabarf event planning tool at: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM15 When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the *'Geospatial devroom' *as 'Track'. Please *specify* in the notes if you prefer for your presentation a *short timeslot* (lightning talks ~10 minutes) or a *long timeslot* (20 minutes presentation + discussion). The *DEADLINE* for submissions is ***1st December 2014*** Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the organisers of the devroom at *fosdem-geospat...@gisky.be *! *Johan Van de Wauw* *Margherita Di Leo* *Astrid Emde* *Anne Ghisla* *Julien Fastré* *Martin Hammitzsch* *Andy Petrella * *Dirk Frigne* *Gael Musquet* [1] http://www.fosdem.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board-fr] Free GIS Day November 6, 2014 OSGéo - IGEAT (ULB) Brussels (Belgium)
Barend, Thanks for raising the issue. Belgium is indeed a complicated country [1]. I have two feelings on this: 1) I'm really happy this event is organised in Brussels and I believe it supports the goals of OSGeo. 2) Rather than having a problem with the fact that the event is only in French, I think an event called FOSS4G-* or OSGeo-* should give opportunity to local OSGeo contributors to participate, eg by having a call for papers/workshops. These type of local events are one of the few opportunities individuals/companies contributing to OSGeo have to reach out to (potential) customers. Feeling 1 is bigger than feeling 2 for me, so I support the name this time, but I think we should definitely sit together after the event, to make sure that if a next event is organised we can do so jointly. Actually, I think we should form a local Belgian chapter. For me being part of the Dutch (language) chapter does not make sense that much. Many/Most of our users/clients are either Bilingual or French. They are much more likely to attend an event in Brussels than in the Netherlands/France. And people can still choose to join a language chapter if they prefer that. Johan [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceg6NQKHd70 On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:40 AM, wrote: > Nasty question from a Dutch (Netherlands) member of OSGEO.nl: Have you > consulted the Flemish OSGEO community about claiming the .be (=Belgium) > suffix for a French/Wallonic speaking event...? > > Sorry, but I feel it has to be asked... > > Barend > > -- > Barend Köbben > Senior Lecturer ITC-University of Twente > PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (Netherlands) > @barendkobben > > > > > > On 01-09-2014 17:16, "Vincent Picavet" wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>As far as OSGeo-fr is concerned, we have been consulted and are happy to >>see >>that event taking shape. We will support the event as much as we can. >> >>Vincent >> >>Le lundi 1 septembre 2014 17:57:58, Maelle Vercauteren a écrit : >>> Dear, >>> >>> I am contacting you about the potential use of the name ³FOSS4G-Be² and >>> about the participation of OSGeo-fr for a future freeGIS day in Belgium >>> (Website and Event): >>> >>> We want to organize a French OSGeo event (the so called FOSS4G-Be) in >>>early >>> November 2014, in relation with the GIS courses and masterclass held at >>>the >>> Université Libre de Bruxelles, IGEAT research Unit: >>> It will be a one day event. There will be a selection of plenary >>> communication related to free SIG use in public or private environment >>>and >>> 2 or 3 practical workshops. >>> >>> This event will cover the following 3 topics: >>> >>> 1) FOSS4G tools/software: Establishment/creation or storage of >>> infrastructure and web sharing of spatial data >>> 2) Data & Services: Presentation on the freely available data and >>>services >>> 3) Applications: use of Open GIS (also with guest speakers from the >>>South) >>> >>> >>> Would you be willing to support us and work together on this project and >>> could we use the name ³FOSS4G-Be²? >>> >>> Could the event be co-organized by the ULB and OSGeo-fr? >>> If so, it would be nice to have an OSGeo-fr stand with a representative >>>of >>> the association and of its activities (as well as a plenary >>>presentation if >>> you are interested in). >>> >>> >>> Feel free to contact me if you have questions or if you would like to >>>share >>> your suggestions. >>> >>> >>> Thank you in advance for your reply, >>> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Maë//e >>___ >>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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free GIS Day November 6, 2014 OSGéo - IGEAT (ULB) – Brussels (Belgium)
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Dirk Frigne wrote: > Hi Maelle, > > Using the name "FOSS4G-Be" is no problem for activities related with the > promotion and use of FOSS4G software. > In 2013 I organized the OSGeoGhent event [1] and wanted to organize a second > version in May this year. > > The Global FOSS4G conference will start next week in Portland [2], so if you > could provide more details later this week about the venue and the right > date, we can announce the event on the general assemblee of OSGeo next week. > > Will the event be in English or in French? +1. Happy to see that more and more things around Open Source Geo are moving in Belgium. Is there a call for participation/papers somewhere? Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Board candidates: what are your plans?
Hello everyone, I'm relatively new to OSGeo (at least the organisational part), but I'm a bit surprised by the board elections. I'm seeing two phases: a nomination phase and a voting phase. I double checked and last year it was the same. In my opinion we are missing the most important step: a "campaigning period". I'd like to know what each candidate would like to do, how they see the future of OSGeo,... Now - don't get me wrong- we have (up to now) 7 excellent candidates for 5 positions, and probably many other charter members have done so much for the community that they deserve to be on the board. But as much as I would like to thank all of them, I would like to use different criteria for selecting board members.What are your vision and goals? Where should OSGeo head to? What about the financial situation? I'd like to know each candidate's vision before voting. Actually, all other volunteer run organisations where I've been involved have such a phase. Usually it happens "offline" during general assemblies, but at least for debian they are online [1]. The actual examples from debian are for choosing the project leader and are way too long, but I'd definitively like to read a paragraph or two which vision each candidate has on OSGeo. So here is my proposal: For next year: - Make something like a "campaining period" a part of the election. Give candidates an official time to explain their plans and have room for discussion afterwards. I actually think this would be a better place for "endorsements" than the nomination phase. Endorsing a candidate for his/her future plans based on his/her current achievement is imho a stronger signal than some of the endorsements we saw on the list before. For this year: - Even if there is no official period, I'd still love to see the vision/answers to the above questions from the candidates. Johan [1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [location-iwg] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Martin, There is always a call for papers (see the list for last year: https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-10-02-accepted-devrooms/). But it is up to the organizers to choose who presents what, so we can definitely invite/encourage people to come. Just keep in mind that FOSDEM will not provide funds for accomodating them (we could look for sponsors for the devroom, but it will be with low visibility). If you have "high profile" people in mind you could try convincing them to submit a talk for a main track (or even keynote - I'm thinking about Humanitarian Open Streetmap). Then selection is done by FOSDEM staff. They can make sure the talk will not be on the same day as the devroom. An then it is up to us to convince them to pay us a humble visit :-) Johan On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Martin Hammitzsch wrote: > Okay, thanks a lot. So we may talk about a potential schedule for the > geospatial devroom. I agree, we should keep the type of schedule since > it is known. But, as suggested, we might mix it with what you have > summed up very nicely (ideas sharing, collaborative sessions ...). So > a day could be structured as follows: > > Arrive and coffee > Welcome, housekeeping, about the day and its format > Keynote(s) (invited speakers) > Coffee break > Lightning Talks (me and my projects, 2min each, to get introduced to each > other) > Coffee break > Talks, talks, talks (speakers 20-30min each) > Lunch break > Talks, talks, talks (speakers 20-30min each) > Coffee break > Pitching ideas / topics for breakout sessions / collaborative discussions > Breakout sessions / collaborative discussions (in groups) > Coffee break > Results / summaries of break out sessions > Wrap-up > > We may reduce or extend the parts following the unconference type. But > it would still mean that speakers are an essential part of the > geospatial devroom. > > Johan, next question: Speakers are invited or do they apply / submit > an abstract? > > Martin > > > > > On 7 August 2014 11:11, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Martin Hammitzsch >> wrote: >>> Hi Johan, >>> >>> I am bit lost in understanding the format of devrooms. First I was >>> thinking of a space where developers meet for pitching their ideas and >>> forming groups to get their hands dirty in 1-3 days of collaborative >>> ideas generation, of drafting concepts, and of programming. But then I >>> read something about talks and checked the schedule of FOSDEM 2014 - >>> it seems that a devroom is something similar to a session or track we >>> know from other conferences and thus contains lots of talks instead of >>> programming. However, at least the talks seem to be from programmers >>> for programmers. Nevertheless, I am a bit confused. >>> >>> I very much like the idea of a geospatial devroom. But I would be >>> happy to clarify first what format you and others have in mind - just >>> talks, unconference, hackdays, ..., a mix of it? Please let me know >>> what you have in mind. >>> >> >> Martin, >> >> Thanks for your comments. I've been at FOSDEM so many years that I >> just assumed everyone would understand. >> >> Indeed, until now most devrooms were more or less like conference >> talks, but as you say from developer to developer. I think we should >> more or less keep to this type of schedule if we want to attract >> people from other projects to the room. If we just don't have >> something catchy on the schedule people from outside our projects may >> be unlikely to join. >> This being said I think we could definitely add one timeslot where >> everyone in the room can present quickly his ideas. Or timeslots where >> we can have a collaborative discussion eg "Let's build openaerialmap". >> I think it would be useful to have at least timeslots with a title >> and a description for the schedule to lure in other developers. >> >> Everything above is just my opinion and I should add that I little or >> no experience with going to any unconferences/... and I'm really open >> to any other suggestions and ideas. >> >> Johan > ___ > 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] [location-iwg] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Martin Hammitzsch wrote: > Hi Johan, > > I am bit lost in understanding the format of devrooms. First I was > thinking of a space where developers meet for pitching their ideas and > forming groups to get their hands dirty in 1-3 days of collaborative > ideas generation, of drafting concepts, and of programming. But then I > read something about talks and checked the schedule of FOSDEM 2014 - > it seems that a devroom is something similar to a session or track we > know from other conferences and thus contains lots of talks instead of > programming. However, at least the talks seem to be from programmers > for programmers. Nevertheless, I am a bit confused. > > I very much like the idea of a geospatial devroom. But I would be > happy to clarify first what format you and others have in mind - just > talks, unconference, hackdays, ..., a mix of it? Please let me know > what you have in mind. > Martin, Thanks for your comments. I've been at FOSDEM so many years that I just assumed everyone would understand. Indeed, until now most devrooms were more or less like conference talks, but as you say from developer to developer. I think we should more or less keep to this type of schedule if we want to attract people from other projects to the room. If we just don't have something catchy on the schedule people from outside our projects may be unlikely to join. This being said I think we could definitely add one timeslot where everyone in the room can present quickly his ideas. Or timeslots where we can have a collaborative discussion eg "Let's build openaerialmap". I think it would be useful to have at least timeslots with a title and a description for the schedule to lure in other developers. Everything above is just my opinion and I should add that I little or no experience with going to any unconferences/... and I'm really open to any other suggestions and ideas. Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Cameron, > Good idea. You might want to weave in concepts of an OSGeo Code Sprint, > and/or OSGeoLive event? I've been thinking about doing a codesprint friday before the conference (should we have devroom).With presentations in 15 parallel sessions [1] in other rooms I think we will not attract anyone for a codesprint during the conference. I should also add that the technical level of most participants of FOSDEM is *very* high (eg open source companies as Red Hat and Mozilla fly in hordes of engineers). I think you are more likely to find new developers for projects than translators. Or for OsGeo live packagers (lots of debian developers are present). For everyone reading this: this should be a very good reason to present *your project or idea* there :-) Johan [1]to get an idea, the schedule for last edition: https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/roomtracks/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Hello everyone, FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers together in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet to. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 -> 1/2/2015. Last edition (in february this year) both Osgeo and Openstreetmap had a stand and there was a lot of interest in geospatial technologies. That is why the idea was coined to organise a geospatial devroom the next edition. Since the call for participation for developer rooms and main tracks is now open [2], I would like to start writing a proposal [3], so hopefully we can have a geospatial devroom next year. Rather than organising the devroom organised by one project FOSDEM really prefers joint organisation "Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged." That's why I'm sending this mail to Osgeo, OSM and locationtech. If you would like organising the devroom (writing the proposal and selecting the presentations) and will be present, please get in touch or add your name to my current draft proposal [3]. Note that one can also propose main track presentations. For main track speakers travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by the organisation. This is not the case for the devroom. Finally a reminder that we are only sending a proposal for a devroom -> We are not sure it will be accepted. Competition will be fierce. Cheers, Johan [1] http://fosdem.org [2] https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/ [3] https://titanpad.com/GptTJKIKJB ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] cross compiling geos-3.4.2 for mips:Can not compile without isnan function or macro
Saurabh, The same version of geos was built succesfully on mips in debian[1]. You may want to have a look at the changes that were made on debian or just clone their repository: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-grass/geos.git/ Johan [1]https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=geos&arch=mips&ver=3.4.2-5&stamp=1398661961 On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:52 PM, spark wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to cross compile geos-3.4.2, for mips platform. But > the make always fails with error message > > "#error "Can not compile without isnan function or macro"" > > and also > > "geom/Coordinate.inl:77:28: error: 'ISNAN' was not declared in this > scope" > > I have tried to search about this but could not find a solution. > > Details of the compile environment are given below: > > *toolchain: mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc > > *build : i686-pc (ubuntu-12.04) > > Also in configure log it shows: > > "checking for isnan ... no" > > Please help... > > Regards, > Saurabh > > > > > ___ > 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] Gender bias in nominations
All, Other open source projects have excellent information on why less women are participating and more importantly what can be done about it. This is an excellent text: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ In debian you have the debian women team who has raised awareness about the issue a lot: https://www.debian.org/women/ . Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Final OSGeo-Live 7.9 testing sprint - call to action
Massimiliano, Have a look at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project More specifically make sure you answer these questions: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply Johan On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote: > Hi Cameron, > would it possible to include istSOS > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/istsos/) to live dvd ? > > In the case, could you indicate me the procedure? > > Thanks, > maxi > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Cameron Shorter > wrote: >> >> We are calling for help for the final OSGeo-Live testing sprint, this >> weekend, 22-23 February 2014, and the following couple of days. We really >> want OSGeo seasoned developers to find any outstanding issues, rather than >> having them found in workshops or by new users in the released version. >> >> So please consider joining our testing-sprint to verify everything works. >> (The many testers in our last sprint made a big difference to quality of our >> 50+ applications) >> >> Sign up at: >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_46#Participants >> Download ISO from: http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/7.9/ >> Chat about your progress with us at: irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive >> Update your testing status at: >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=13 >> >> We aim to have each application tested by both someone familiar with it, >> and someone less familiar. >> >> Schedule >> >> 21 Feb 2014: OSGeo-Live 7.9 RC3 available for download >> 22 Feb 2014: UAT testing starts >> 07 Mar 2014: OSGeo-Live 7.9 (final) sent to printers >> >> -- >> Cameron Shorter, >> Software and Data Solutions Manager >> LISAsoft >> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, >> 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 >> >> P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 >> >> >> ___ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > 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 > > www.supsi.ch/ist > > > ___ > 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] Fwd: postgis 2.0.4 debian asBinary() function error
Try ST_AsBinary PostGIS has begun a transition from the existing naming convention to an SQL-MM-centric convention. As a result, most of the functions that you know and love have been renamed using the standard spatial type (ST) prefix. Previous functions are still available, though are not listed in this document where updated functions are equivalent. The non ST_ functions not listed in this documentation are deprecated and will be removed in a future release so STOP USING THEM. from http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/reference.html On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 5:46 AM, Max Demars wrote: > > HI! > > I have installed postgis 2.0.4 on debian wheezy. > > Im trying to use mapnik but the asBinary function returnes error function > does not exists > > the log is the following: > > ERROR: function asbinary(geometry) does not exist > LINE 1: SELECT AsBinary("geom_multipolygon") AS geom,"label" from (s... > > Postgis is installed correctly and the extension is created on the database. > > Any idea why this function not found and how to install it? > > Thanks > > Max Demars > > -- > Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/users/1914034/burton449 > GIS Overflow: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/14426/burton449 > LastFm: http://www.lastfm.fr/user/burton449 > > > > ___ > 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] pyramides on vector data
Topojson does this, and the wiki contains some pointers to other projects which do (partly) the same, including mapshaper and arcgis E00 format https://github.com/mbostock/topojson/wiki Johan On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Jáchym Čepický wrote: > The second, data structure simplification and generatlisation at less > detailed levels > > J > > On St, 2014-01-08 at 10:34 +, Mateusz Łoskot wrote: >> On 8 January 2014 10:21, Jáchym Čepický wrote: >> > >> > could anybody give me advice, whether there is some project lying >> > around, which would implement kind of "pyramids" on vector features? >> > >> > Something, that would recognize, then bigger polygons are build out of >> > small polygons (countries from states, states from districts, ..) >> >> Jáchym, >> >> Do you mean pyramid as (sort of) semantic-driven hierarchy of objects >> or pyramid as data structure simplification and generalisation >> at less detailed levels? >> >> Best regards, > > -- > Jachym Cepicky > URL: http://les-ejk.cz > e-mail: jachym.cepicky at gmail com > PGP: http://les-ejk.cz/pgp/JachymCepicky.pgp > @jachymc > > ___ > 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] About "Interactive Map" patent application by Apple Inc.
http://patents.stackexchange.com/ may be a good place to start a topic. These guys have managed to block some patents. On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Simon (SPDBA) Greener wrote: > While I am not sure of the features in osgeo software to which Venkatesh > refers, most of what appears in the patent application are natural > improvements to existing map functionality that is common to any mapping > software. I can't see Google letting this through without a fight. I agree > with Venkatesh that an objection be lodged. > Simon Greener > > On 21 Dec 2013 17:05, Venkatesh Raghavan > wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> I think the OSGeo should express strong objection to the "Interactive Map" >> patent filed by Apple on 17 Dec 2012 [1]. The contents of the patent [1] >> describe features that OSGeo software already provides for over a decade. >> >> Best >> >> Venka >> >> [1] >> http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28715%2F771.CCLS.+AND+20131219.PD.%29&OS=ccl/715/771+and+pd/12/19/2013&RS=%28CCL/715/771+AND+PD/20131219%29 >> ___ >> 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] RE : Re: OSGEO4W future
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > I am in favor of both OSGeoLive and OSGeo4W going through a few weeks > incubation process. > > Best, > Angelos > > I'd like to add that I think both projects could be working together very closely. For me the major value in OSGeoLive are the project overviews and quickstarts. I''ve pointed them out to many windows users interested in open source GIS to get an overview of what is possible with open source gis,and I'm actually basing a training on them as well. My own impression is that if we want to reach out to non-geek GIS users the ideal way would be a system like portable GIS with the great documentation of the live dvd, ie run and test the programs without needing to be admin or having to install different programs. My experience of building packages on windows is scanty, but if more people support this idea I'm definitely willing to stand up and do part of the work, if only because I'll need training material for windows. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Would you be concerned if the "GeoServices REST API" became an OGC standard?
As someone who is both an ESRI services user /developer and an open source GIS developer I thought It was interesting enough to write a blog post about it: http://blog.gisky.be/2013/05/should-geoservices-rest-api-become-ogc.html#more bottomline: So you would expect that I'd support the Geoservices REST API as an OGC standard? Well, no. Quite a large number of valid points have been raised: the name is bad, the existing reference implementation is commercial without available sources, ... But I'd like to raise a different point: there are too many different services involved: the proposed standard comes in _8 different parts_, all covering services which in my opinion _unrelated_. This is the opposite of the unix philosophy: have one tool for the job. This is what in my opinion services should be about: have one service for every job, so one standard for every service. I don't understand why a good feature service should also provide geocoding, maps or any other service. Yet these small tools will not be able to comply to the standard because they can provide only one service. So my proposal would be: break up the proposal. Check where new standards may be useful or where RESTFul implementations of existing services (and we already have a long list) are more appropriate. The services provided by ESRI prove that such an implementation really boosts productivity. Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss