Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] All 7 OSGeo Students Successfully Pass Google Summer of Code 2023 | Congratulations

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Congratulations to all the contributors. :)
Thank you for your efforts and we hope to see continued contributions from
your side in the future.
Also, I would like to invite all of you to attend one of our contributor's
(Mr. Aryan Gupta) talk who has been shortlisted for the GSoC 2023 Lightning
Talk Series. Please find the appended email for more details.

Congratulations Aryan! Thanks for sharing your experience being a part of
the OSGeo GSoC contributor. All the best!

Best regards,
Rajat

[image: Google Summer of Code]

Hello!

We're excited to announce our GSoC 2023 Lightning Talk Series

this
year! We will have three 1-hour long talks over 3 weeks, where ~40 2023
GSoC Contributors will have the chance to give a short 3 minute lightning
talk showcasing the highlights of their GSoC 2023 project and/or learnings.

To see who is speaking, the organization they represent, and the date and
time of their talk check out the schedule
.
We'd like to extend the invite to watch this series to all of our 2023 GSoC
Mentors & OAs.

Mark your calendars if you'd like to attend any of the Lightning Talks
meetups:
Tuesday, September 19th 14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Thursday, September 28th 16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Tuesday, October 3rd 15:00 - 16:00 UTC 

Please note these talks will not be recorded.

You are all welcome to join any and all of the sessions. Please use the
links provided in the schedule

to
attend the talks on the date and time indicated.

If you have any questions, please email gsoc-supp...@google.com

The GSoC Team



On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 2:35 AM Ashish Kumar 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We are extremely delighted to share that all the 7 OSGeo Google Summer of
> Code 2023 Students have successfully passed the final evaluation and
> completed their respective projects [1]. 
>
> Please join us in congratulating them. We wish them a bright future ahead,
> expecting their continued contributions to the OSGeo community. :)
>
> A big thanks to the OSGeo mentors for their constant guidance and
> supervision throughout the GSoC. Their hard work and dedication played a
> significant role in making this initiative a success throughout the years.
>
> We are extremely positive about the increased participation of the
> contributors and projects in the coming years. Stay tuned for more news!
>
> Stay safe and stay healthy!
> Kind regards,
> OSGeo GSoC Administration Team
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2023_Results
>
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Re: [Zoo-discuss] ZOO-Project has graduated

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This is amazing news! My heartiest congratulations to the ZOO-Project
community and happy to be a part of it.
Thanks for your efforts and contributions.

Best regards,
Rajat


On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 3:25 AM Gérald Fenoy 
wrote:

> Dear all,
> It is a great pleasure for me to come to you today to announce a great
> achievement for the ZOO-Project.
>
> With the OSGeo board approval, the ZOO-Project is now officially an OSGeo
> Project. 
>
> I would like to thanks the PSC members for their active support during the
> incubation period and their patience.
>
> We would also like to thank the community for their support all over the
> years.
>
> We invite everyone in the community to update the documentation were
> needed and push the information about incubation status on different
> communication channels to celebrate this great achievement.
>
> We hope that everyone can celebrate this great event.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Gerald Fenoy
> Chair, ZOO-Project PSC
>
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Re: [Zoo-discuss] GSoC 2023 Introduction: Koushikey Chhapariya - Getting ready with ZOO-Project for the OGC Compliance Testing

[Rajat Shinde]

Hi Koushikey!

Thank you for your email and welcome to the ZOO-Project community.

We are excited to work with you in the GSoC 2023.

Kind regards,
Rajat



On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 5:24 AM Koushikey Chhapariya 
wrote:

> Hello Community Members,
>
> I am Koushikey Chhapariya, a Ph.D. student from the Indian Institute of
> Technology, Bombay. My Github [1 ],
> LinkedIn [2 ], and
> personal website [3 ] profiles
> are here.
>
> I am contributing to ZOO-Project on "Getting ready with ZOO-Project for
> the OGC Compliance Testing" [4
> ]. The project's main idea
> is to run test suites so that Zoo-Project gets ready for successful OGC
> compliance certification. Currently, the ZOO-Project does include some
> tests that are run automatically from the GitHub action. These tests are
> specifically designed for the project. This proposal aims to define the
> test based on OGC test suites (OGC Test Engine). So, after this project,
> these tests from test suites will be validated automatically on every
> single build from the GitHub action.
>
> To track the project's progress during the GSoC period, please check the
> wiki page [5
> ].
>
> I am a bit late in introducing myself, but I assure you my work deliveries
> on time. Please review my weekly timeline and let me know if there are any
> mistakes. Any feedback or suggestions you have would be great. I want to
> ensure I'm on the right track and that my project is developing well.
>
>
> Thank you. Regards,
> Koushikey
>
> [1] https://github.com/Koushikey4596
> [2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/koushikeychhapariya/
> [3] https://sites.google.com/view/koushikey
> [4] https://github.com/Koushikey4596/ZOO-Project
> [5] https://github.com/Koushikey4596/ZOO-Project/wiki/Research-Proposal
> Koushikey Chhapariya
> Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE)
> Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
> https://sites.google.com/view/koushikey
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Re: [Zoo-discuss] [ZOO-PSC] OGC-OSGeo-ASF Code Sprint 2023 report

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear Gérald,

Thank you for sharing the report. Great to see the updates and thanks to
all for their contributions.

Kind regards,
Rajat


On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 1:57 AM Venkatesh Raghavan 
wrote:

> Hi Gérald,
>
> Thanks for sharing about your nostalgiv trip to Lausanne
> and very fruitful work at the code sprint.
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
>
> On 5/16/2023 1:29 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> > Hi Gérald,
> >
> > Thanks for sharing about your nostalgiv trip to Lausanne
> > and very fruitful work at the code sprint.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Venka
> >
> > On 5/16/2023 12:25 AM, Gérald Fenoy wrote:
> >> Dear all,
> >> You can find here: [1] the report about my participation in the
> >> OGC-OSGeo-ASF Code Sprint in Lausanne from April 25th to 27th.
> >>
> >> Any feedbacks, remarks, or requests for modification are welcome.
> >>
> >> I hope you enjoy the read.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> [1]
> >>
> https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OGC-ASF-OSGeo_Code_Sprint_Report
> >>
> >> Gerald Fenoy
> >> Chair, ZOO-Project PSC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ___
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2023: Contributor Proposals Submission Started | Deadline - April 4th, 2023 1800 UTC

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

FYI. Please consider this as a kind reminder to submit your contributor
proposals. The deadline is *April 4th, 2023 1800 UTC*.
All the best!

OSGeo GSoC Admins Team


On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 11:38 AM Rajat Shinde 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> FYI, the GSoC Contributor proposal period has started. This email is a
> gentle reminder to the potential GSoC contributors interested in
> participating in GSoC 2023.
>
> *If you are a contributor interested in contributing to the geospatial
> open source with OSGeo as an umbrella organization, then this is high time*
> :
>
>1. To go through the *OSGeo GSoC 2023 project ideas list* [1]. Make
>sure to check the list frequently, as it is being updated regularly with
>new ideas.
>2. *Contact the project mentors* via the Developers' mailing list or
>the community chat channels to discuss the project idea/ideas of your
>interest.
>3. Start working on the *proposal draft* and share it with the
>community as soon as possible to receive feedback and comments.
>
> Please go through the GSoC Contributors/Students Guide [2] to get an
> overall understanding of the problem. *From Google admins:
> "GSoC Contributors who engage with their organization early (and often)
> are more likely to be accepted and then succeed"*.
>
> Remember to submit your proposal well in advance, so that you can make
> the most out of the feedback from mentors and the community at large and
> refine your proposal until the final deadline. Read the application
> instructions here [3]. The same page contains all the info you need before
> taking action, so please read it carefully.
>
> Please note that the contributor application period starts *March 20,
> 2023 - 18:00 UTC* and all the student proposals must be submitted before 
> *April
> 4, 2023 - 18:00 UTC*. Please don't wait for the deadline. Refer to the
> GSoC Timeline [4] for more details.
>
> We are looking forward to working with you toward another awesome edition
> of GSoC! Good luck everyone!
>
> Please forward this email to your developer and community mailing list.
>
> Kind regards,
> Your OSGeo GSoC Admins
>
> [1]. https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2023_Ideas
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2022_Ideas>
> [2]. https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/
> [3]. https://wiki.osgeo
> .org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students#Application_instructions
> [4]. https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
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[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2023: Contributor Proposals Submission Started | Deadline - April 4th, 2023 1800 UTC

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Dear All,

FYI, the GSoC Contributor proposal period has started. This email is a
gentle reminder to the potential GSoC contributors interested in
participating in GSoC 2023.

*If you are a contributor interested in contributing to the geospatial open
source with OSGeo as an umbrella organization, then this is high time*:

   1. To go through the *OSGeo GSoC 2023 project ideas list* [1]. Make sure
   to check the list frequently, as it is being updated regularly with new
   ideas.
   2. *Contact the project mentors* via the Developers' mailing list or the
   community chat channels to discuss the project idea/ideas of your
   interest.
   3. Start working on the *proposal draft* and share it with the community
   as soon as possible to receive feedback and comments.

Please go through the GSoC Contributors/Students Guide [2] to get an
overall understanding of the problem. *From Google admins:
"GSoC Contributors who engage with their organization early (and often)
are more likely to be accepted and then succeed"*.

Remember to submit your proposal well in advance, so that you can make the
most out of the feedback from mentors and the community at large and refine
your proposal until the final deadline. Read the application instructions
here [3]. The same page contains all the info you need before taking
action, so please read it carefully.

Please note that the contributor application period starts *March 20, 2023
- 18:00 UTC* and all the student proposals must be submitted before *April
4, 2023 - 18:00 UTC*. Please don't wait for the deadline. Refer to the
GSoC Timeline
[4] for more details.

We are looking forward to working with you toward another awesome edition of
 GSoC! Good luck everyone!

Please forward this email to your developer and community mailing list.

Kind regards,
Your OSGeo GSoC Admins

[1]. https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2023_Ideas

[2]. https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/
[3]. https://wiki.osgeo
.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students#Application_instructions
[4]. https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
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Re: [Zoo-discuss] ZOO-Project officially become a Reference implementation 

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear Gerald,

Thank you for sharing the great news. Indeed, this is a big achievement.
Congratulations!

Kind regards,
Rajat

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 7:39 PM Gerald Fenoy 
wrote:

> Dear community,
> I am thrilled to come to you today as a PSC Chair to bring you this great
> news about the ZOO-Project.
>
> We’ve been involved during few weeks in updating the ZOO-Project to make
> it passing all the tests from the OGC ETS for the OGC API - Processes -
> Part 1: Core. After this work finished, we taken the responsibility to
> submit an application for certification, and yesterday we get informed that
> our application was accepted.
>
> Also, the ZOO-Project became a Reference Implementation [1].
>
> I wish that the whole community have a great day and celebrate this
> amazing news. 
>
> All this was possible with your help and support. So, I also take
> advantage of this email to thanks everyone from the community for the help
> and support.
>
> Best regards,
>
> [1] https://www.ogc.org/resources/product-details/?pid=1767 (
> https://www.ogc.org/resources/product-details/?pid=1767)
>
> Gerald Fenoy
> Chair, ZOO-Project PSC
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[OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo in GSoC 2023] Call for Project Ideas - GSoC 2023 | Deadline - Jan 31, 2023

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Dear All,

Greetings! Wishing you all a very happy new year.

It is the time of the year to start preparing for OSGeo's participation in
the Google Summer of Code 2023 [1]. With the great success of GSoC 2022
projects [2], we are highly excited and motivated to invite the OSGeo
projects (Projects, Incubation projects, Guest Projects) to begin compiling
the project ideas for GSoC 2023.

In order to participate in proposing ideas as a project under the OSGeo
umbrella organization, you just need to send us (admins:  ) the URL for your project's GSoC ideas Wiki page. If you are
participating for the first time, then you may visit [3] for reference.


*Please remember that every idea should indicate:*

   1. A title
   2. Brief descriptions of projects that can be completed in ~175 hours or
   ~350 hours of your GSoC contributor’s time (and labeled appropriately)
   3. 3 Mentors' Details - Name, Email (Primary and Supporting mentors)
   4. For each project, a list of prerequisites, a description of
   programming skills needed, and an estimation of the difficulty level
   5. A test for the students to submit to your evaluation. The test aims
   at evaluating if the student is capable of the project, so please design
   the test having in mind the basic skills required to complete the project.

The organization application period starts *Jan* *23, 2023* and will be
open till *Feb 7, 2023*. So, we expect all the URLs by *Jan 31, 2022* (~12
days from now). Here is the complete GSoC 2023 timeline [4].

*Note*:
1. GSoC 2023 follows the new changes introduced with GSoC 2022. We
sincerely recommend going through the announcement mentioning new changes
[5].
2. If you floated ideas in GSoC 2022 but couldn't progress ahead, then it
is a great time to start working on those ideas again.

Thanks, and please forward the information to your respective project's
mailing list! Always waiting for further queries. :)

(PS- A call for contributors to the OSGeo project ideas with instructions
on interacting with projects will be sent soon, so please be ready for
welcoming new members to the community.)

Cheers,
Rajat for OSGeo GSoC Administration Team

[1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2022_Results
[3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2022_Ideas
[4] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
[5]
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2022/11/get-ready-for-google-summer-of-code-2023.html
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[OSGeo-Discuss] New Year Wishes - Message from the OSGeo Board

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Dear OSGeo Community,

We trust you are all doing well and we wish you a happy new year, full of
happiness, peace, and power to achieve whatever you plan.

Let us take a moment to reflect on the last year and congratulate ourselves
for the amazing work we accomplished as a community.

After a 2-year break, our community enjoyed a successful FOSS4G 2022 in
Florence, Italy. A big shout out to the FOSS4G 2022  LOC (local organizing
committee) for their immense hard work.

Now, we are excited to support FOSS4G 2023 [1] which will take place in
Prizren, Kosovo. We wish the best to the LOC, the FLOSSK in their work and
echo they have our full support.

It is extremely satisfying to see that our community is expanding. This
year, we had 37 new members joining as Charter Members [2]. A warm welcome
to all and we look forward to your continued contributions in 2023. OSGeo’s
official Telegram channel [3] was reactivated just after FOSS4G 2022 for
enhancing connectivity. It is also bridged via OSGeo’s matrix - so you can
communicate with everyone if you want to use IRC, Element, or a matrix
client of your choice [4] - as well as the Telegram client. Please join in
if you haven’t already (https://t.me/+CPX1K4L0uuY0MDA0). 

The board elections were also conducted successfully with Ariel Anthieni
joining the board and replacing Dr. Michele Tobias who decided to not run
again. We thank Dr. Michele Tobias for her timely and productive
contributions to the Board. The new board [5] convenes for the first time
in  January 2023.

With the intention of being closer to the community, in 2022 the OSGeo
Board started to send a succinct summary of meetings. We hope that in the
rush of every day’s work, the community members can find out in a 3 min
read what the board has been up to. For a more direct line, the meetings
are held on an open platform and are open for public participation. The
meeting minutes for the last meeting can be found at [6].

In 2022, we progressed with starting and concluding various initiatives and
signing new MoUs. This truly strengthens our community, so we plan to keep
it up in the year to come!

In name of the whole board, I wish you all the best for 2023!

Cheers,

Rajat


[1] https://2023.foss4g.org/

[2]
https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/welcoming-our-new-osgeo-charter-members-2022/

[3] https://t.me/OSGeoorg

[4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Matrix

[5] https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/

[6] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-12-29

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Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Google Summer of Code 2022 with OSGeo - Results and FOSS4G 2022 Report

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Dear all,

Please join us in congratulating the 6 successful
OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2022 contributors who have successfully passed
the final evaluation and completed their respective projects [1]. 

We wish them a bright future ahead, expecting their continued contributions
to the OSGeo community. :)

In the 2nd year of its inception, the 6 OSGeo GSoC contributors presented
their work in a special session during the FOSS4G 2022 [2]. We will share
the recording of the session soon.

A big thanks to the OSGeo mentors for their constant guidance and
supervision throughout the GSoC. Their hard work and dedication play a
significant role in making this initiative a success throughout the years.

We are extremely positive about the increased participation of the
contributors and projects in the coming years. Stay tuned for more news!

Stay safe and stay healthy!
Kind regards,
OSGeo GSoC Administration Team

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2022_Results
[2] https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-2022/talk/9XUSWF/
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Join the Official Telegram Channel for the OSGeo

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Dear all,

Hope you are doing well. 

We had a memorable and cherishable time last week during the FOSS4G 2022.
Following that, on behalf of the OSGeo community, I take the pleasure to
invite you all to the official Telegram channel of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation - OSGeo (if you haven't already). Join in for the
discussion!

Link to the Telegram channel: t.me/OSGeoorg
Link to the Matrix Telegram bridge - https://matrix.to/#/#general:osgeo.org

Best regards,
Rajat

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: Special session for OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2022 Contributors in the FOSS4G 2022

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Dear OSGeo GSoC Contributors,

We are elated to share with you that following the trend that started in
FOSS4G 2021, the International FOSS4G 2022 conference organizing team has
allotted a special session for all the OSGeo GSoC 2022 participants. This
is a wonderful opportunity for all of you to share your work. The schedule
of the session can be accessed here [1].

In this regard, we request you to be prepared for your talk. You can
include an introduction of your work, the state of the project before you
started working, your developments, and most importantly, your experience
while working with the OSGeo community.

*Next Steps:*
1. For us:

   1. Adding all of you as speakers to the session.

2. *For you*:

   1. *You might have already received an email from the FOSS4G 2022 team
   regarding your registration details. If not, kindly let us know urgently.*
   2. Acknowledge this email as soon as you read this (even "I am in!"
   works :-) ) so that we know that you know about the announcement.

We thank the FOSS4G 2022 team for their support and for giving an
opportunity to the students to showcase their work to the global open
source geospatial community. :)

Kind regards,
OSGeo GSoC Administration Team

[1] https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-2022/talk/9XUSWF/
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Re: [Zoo-discuss] Contribute to Integrating ZOO services with QGIS for GSoC '22

[Rajat Shinde]

Sounds great. Please feel free to discuss any queries/doubts with us.

Best,
Rajat

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 11:23 AM Sandeepan Dhoundiyal <
dsandeepan...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Rajat,
> Thanks for the slack link, I'll drop a message there. In the meantime, I
> have been working on the tests. I have forked the Zoo-Project repo, and
> have been compiling a report on working with the standardized web services
> in QGIS. I'm not quite sure exactly what to write so it's a bit of a
> scattershot right now. I'll make it coherent and share it by Tuesday.
> Regards,
> Sandeepan.
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 8:47 PM Rajat Shinde 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sandeepan,
>>
>> Thanks for reaching out and apologies for the delay in response.
>> We are happy to see your interest (Cool projects!). Please join the
>> MapMint
>> <https://join.slack.com/t/mapmint/shared_invite/zt-15l0qikgm-APDKPSQ3If0LPAH8zLjuRw>
>> slack channel so that we can discuss the topic and the steps ahead.
>> Primarily, you need to start working on the proposal for the Contributor
>> Application.
>>
>> Best,
>> Rajat
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rajat Shinde
>>
>> PSC Member - ZOO-Project
>>
>> Vice President - Board of Directors <https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/>
>>
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
>>
>> http://home.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 7:50 PM Sandeepan Dhoundiyal <
>> dsandeepan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone.
>>> I am Sandeepan, a grad student at the Indian Institute of Technology
>>> Bombay, working on developing web services for processing planetary remote
>>> sensing data. I have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and
>>> Engineering and have worked extensively with geospatial data and OGS
>>> standard web services (Please find projects on WFS, WMS and WCS at
>>> https://github.com/sdhoundiyal/WebGISProject. and on SOS at
>>> https://github.com/sdhoundiyal/SOSProject).
>>> I have been familiarizing myself with the code base of the Zoo-project
>>> and would like to contribute to Integrating ZOO services with QGIS in this
>>> year's GSoC. I have started working on the test and will follow up with
>>> updates soon.
>>> Please let me know of directions to proceed further.
>>> Regards,
>>> Sandeepan Dhoundiyal.
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Re: [Zoo-discuss] Contribute to Integrating ZOO services with QGIS for GSoC '22

[Rajat Shinde]

Hi Sandeepan,

Thanks for reaching out and apologies for the delay in response.
We are happy to see your interest (Cool projects!). Please join the MapMint
<https://join.slack.com/t/mapmint/shared_invite/zt-15l0qikgm-APDKPSQ3If0LPAH8zLjuRw>
slack channel so that we can discuss the topic and the steps ahead.
Primarily, you need to start working on the proposal for the Contributor
Application.

Best,
Rajat

--

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PSC Member - ZOO-Project

Vice President - Board of Directors <https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/>

Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).

http://home.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde


On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 7:50 PM Sandeepan Dhoundiyal <
dsandeepan...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone.
> I am Sandeepan, a grad student at the Indian Institute of Technology
> Bombay, working on developing web services for processing planetary remote
> sensing data. I have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and
> Engineering and have worked extensively with geospatial data and OGS
> standard web services (Please find projects on WFS, WMS and WCS at
> https://github.com/sdhoundiyal/WebGISProject. and on SOS at
> https://github.com/sdhoundiyal/SOSProject).
> I have been familiarizing myself with the code base of the Zoo-project and
> would like to contribute to Integrating ZOO services with QGIS in this
> year's GSoC. I have started working on the test and will follow up with
> updates soon.
> Please let me know of directions to proceed further.
> Regards,
> Sandeepan Dhoundiyal.
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Re: [Zoo-discuss] OGC OSGeo ASF Code Sprint

[Rajat Shinde]

Hi Gérald,

Thanks for the reminder.

Kind regards,
Rajat

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:38 PM Gérald Fenoy  wrote:

> Dear all,
> I would like to remind you that tomorrow is the first day of the 2022 OGC
> OSGeo ASF Code Sprint.
>
> I hope you will be able to register [1] and to join us for the tasks [2]
> we have identified to be handled during this 3 days Code Sprint.
>
> In case you have other ideas and you want them to be added to the list,
> please feel free to add them to the GitHub repository specifically made
> available by the organizers [3].
>
> Wishing all the best to everyone.
>
> Best regards,
>
> [1] https://portal.ogc.org/public_ogc/register/220225asf_codesprint.php
> [2]
> https://github.com/GeoLabs/developer-events/tree/master/2022/Joint-OGC-OSGeo-ASF-Code-Sprint%202022/ideas/ZOO-Project
> [3] https://github.com/opengeospatial/developer-events
>
>
> Gerald Fenoy
> Chair, ZOO-Project PSC
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GSoC 2022 - Call for Project Ideas] Final Extension in Deadline for Submitting Ideas Page | New Deadline - Feb 19, 2022 1800 UTC

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Dear All,

We are extending the deadline till February 19th, 2022 1800 UTC.
Please note that this is the final extension. We sincerely hope to receive
your Project ideas page for the GSoC 2022 with OSGeo.

Thank you.
Kind regards,
OSGeo GSoC Admins Team

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 8:42 PM Rajat Shinde 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> This is regarding our earlier call for project ideas for Google Summer of
> Code 2022 with OSGeo [1]. *Please note that we are extending the deadline
> to share the URL to the project ideas page by February 16, 2022*.
>
> Please follow [1] for instructions on preparing the Project ideas page.
>
> (PS: Org Application period has already started (February 7, 2022 onwards)
> and shall be open till February 21, 2022. Kindly share the news in your
> project community. Thanks.)
>
> As always, please feel free to reach us for further queries.
>
> Stay safe!
> Kind regards,
> OSGeo GSoC Administration Team
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/announce/2022-January/000585.html
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[OSGeo-Discuss] [GSoC 2022 - Call for Project Ideas] Extension in Deadline for Submitting Ideas Page | New Deadline - Feb 16, 2022

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Dear All,

This is regarding our earlier call for project ideas for Google Summer of
Code 2022 with OSGeo [1]. *Please note that we are extending the deadline
to share the URL to the project ideas page by February 16, 2022*.

Please follow [1] for instructions on preparing the Project ideas page.

(PS: Org Application period has already started (February 7, 2022 onwards)
and shall be open till February 21, 2022. Kindly share the news in your
project community. Thanks.)

As always, please feel free to reach us for further queries.

Stay safe!
Kind regards,
OSGeo GSoC Administration Team

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Re: [Zoo-discuss] ZOO-discuss Digest, Vol 87, Issue 1

[Rajat Shinde]

This is great news. Congratulations to all.
Sincere thanks for your efforts, Gerald. :)

Best regards,
Rajat

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 1:30 AM  wrote:

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>1. ZOO-Project 1.9.0 release (G?rald Fenoy)
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 17:42:22 +0100
> From: G?rald Fenoy 
> To: ZOO-discuss 
> Subject: [Zoo-discuss] ZOO-Project 1.9.0 release
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>
> Dear all,
> I am pleased to announce the publication of the ZOO-Project 1.9.0 release.
>
> You can see the release note and download the source archives from here
> [1], [2].
>
> Don?t hesitate to share your experience on the mailing list, to report
> bugs using the GitHub issue tracking [3] or, to request for new feature [4].
>
> Best regards,
>
> [1] https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/releases/tag/rel-1.9.0
> [2] https://zenodo.org/record/5940464#.YflhofXMJzU
> [3]
> https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/issues/new?assignees==bug=bug_report.md=
> [4]
> https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/issues/new?assignees==enhancement=feature_request.md=
>
> Gerald Fenoy
> Chair, ZOO-Project PSC
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[OSGeo-Discuss] [GSoC 2022 - Call for Contributors] Announcing GSoC 2022 with OSGeo | Instructions and What's New with 2022!

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Dear All,

Wishing you a happy New Year and hope you are doing well.

(Disclaimer: It's a long email so please read patiently.)

After the successful wrap-up of GSoC 2021, with all the 12 projects
successfully completed and the contributors presenting their work in FOSS4G
2021, we are ready for GSoC 2022 [1] with OSGeo.

*If you are a contributor interested in contributing to the geospatial open
source with OSGeo as an umbrella organization, then this is high-time to
connect with the projects of your interest and interact with the project
community.*

GSoC 2022 comes with new structural changes, so we recommend you to follow
the official announcement (link 3 below) in detail. Citing below the
significant changes for quick reference-

1. Starting in 2022, the *program will be open to all newcomers of open
source that are 18 years and older*, no longer focusing solely on
university students. With folks around the world changing careers,
returning to the workforce, learning on their own (outside of academic
programs) we see an opportunity to reach a plethora of excited individuals
who want to learn more about open source and be a part of our amazing GSoC
communities.

2. GSoC Contributors will also be able to *choose from multiple size
projects ~175 hour (medium) and 350 hour (large)*. We understand not
everyone can spend 30 hours a week on a coding project for 12 weeks but
they would like to be a part of these communities with the help of mentors.

3. We are building increased *flexibility around the timing of projects* -
there is an option to extend the standard 12 week coding time frame to a
maximum of 22 weeks. This is to allow for folks who may realize that
spreading the work over say, 16 weeks, is a more realistic goal with their
current life situation. Or for contributors who have life happen in the
middle of the program and they can’t work on their projects for a few
weeks, but they can come back to it after a month to finish it. Hopefully
this makes it easier for GSoC Contributors and mentors to be able to
navigate together when obstacles occur and the GSoC Contributor can
successfully complete their project.

Also, we strongly suggest to go through following links for getting overall
understanding of the program-

1. GSoC 2022 Timeline -
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
2. GSoC Contributors/Student guide -
https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/
3. Official Announcement of GSoC 2022 on Google Open source Blog -
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2021/11/expanding-google-summer-of-code-in-2022.html
4. OSGeo Project Ideas for GSoC 2022 -
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2022_Ideas (Keep checking
this frequently)
5. Link to FOSS4G 2021 video presentation explaining the entire process for
contributing to OSGeo with GSoC - https://youtu.be/Flr1tcrcAvE

Please note that this is a heads-up for the contributors to get started
with the interaction, and the official process will commence post OSGeo's
*acceptance* (not application) as an organization to the GSoC (Org.
application starts - Feb 7th, 2022; List of accepted mentoring
organizations published - March 7th, 2022).

Please feel free to reach us at gsoc-admin (AT) osgeo (DOT) org for further
queries and we excitingly look forward to welcoming you to our amazing
OSGeo community.

(PS- A call for project proposals to the OSGeo projects, community projects
and guest projects with instructions on preparing the project ideas page
shall be announced soon.)

Stay safe!
Kind regards,
OSGeo GSoC Administration Team

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2021 OSGeo Board of Directors election results

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Dear OSGeo Community,

Thank you for the wishes and for participating in the elections. Also,
thanks to our OSGeo CROs for their efforts.
I am short of words in describing my happiness but also I am aware that it
was indeed special for me to be nominated alongside an amazing panel and
inspiring personalities. Having said that, I would try my best to fulfill
my responsibilities to the best of my skills and capabilities. Thank you
for the trust and support! 

Congratulations to the newly elected board and I am looking forward to a
great learning experience ahead.

Wishing all a very happy and healthy new year!
With kind regards,
Rajat


On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 7:07 PM John Bryant via Discuss <
discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Congrats and thank you to all candidates!
>
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2021, 6:18 pm Jorge Sanz via Discuss, <
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 at 10:41, Anne Ghisla via Discuss - discuss at
>> lists.osgeo.org wrote:
>>
>>> Dear OSGeo members and friends,
>>>
>>> Thanks to all candidates for going through the election process and
>>> thank you all for your participation in this election.
>>>
>>> These are the results from the 2021 elections for the 5 open seats on
>>> the OSGeo Board of Directors.
>>>
>>> The results in alphabetical order are:
>>>
>>> * Adam Steer
>>> * Codrina Maria Ilie
>>> * Marco Bernasocchi
>>> * Rajat Shinde
>>> * Vicky Vergara
>>>
>>>
>> Congrats to the elected Board members and best of luck with your term!!
>>
>> Thanks, Tina for participating in the elections as well 
>>
>> Best regards
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Regarding OSGeo Board Election 2021 - Manifesto | Rajat Shinde

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Dear OSGeo Members

Please accept my greetings and I hope you are doing well.

I would like to thank Astrid and Vicky for nominating me for the OSGeo
board position. It's indeed a special feeling for me.

With great pleasure and honor, hereby, I am sharing my manifesto for your
kind perusal.
My manifesto can now be accessed online:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2021_Candidate_Manifestos#Rajat_Shinde.2C_India_.28OSGeo_profile.29

My primary interest is in learning and propagating the experiences to the
new members to the best of my capabilities. Also, to encourage new members
to join the community and contribute to the OSGeo community projects with
OSGeo’s initiatives like Google Summer of Code with OSGeo.

Please feel free to send your queries and feedback. I would be happy to
address them and would really appreciate it. Thanks!

Stay healthy!
Kind regards,
Rajat

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo would like to welcome our 15 new OSGeo Charter Members 2021

[Rajat Shinde via Discuss]

Heartiest congratulations and welcome! :)

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:43 PM Jorge Sanz via Discuss <
discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Congrats and welcome!! 
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 19:54, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) - astrid_emde at
> osgeo.org <
> ra+aqmpixpikydgohgdwvvohpmbbqnbhwptetdqavluugogfcp...@simplelogin.co>
> wrote:
>
>> Newsitem:
>>
>> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/welcoming-our-new-osgeo-charter-members-2021/
>> 2021-12-13
>> 
>>
>> OSGeo would like to welcome our new OSGeo Charter Members 2021.
>>
>> In 2021, we had 15 nominations and all were accepted. This year, 230
>> votes were casted. It was a lower number than last year (304 in 2020,
>> then 209 in 2019, 276 in 2018 for comparison). The OSGeo board approved
>> the new members in November 2021.
>>
>> We are happy to announce that the following people were accepted as
>> OSGeo Charter Members:
>>
>> Enock Seth Nyamador (2021) Ghana
>> Maia Williams (2021) Australia
>> John Duncan (2021) Australia
>> Amin Mobasheri (2021) Germany
>> Peter Rushforth (2021) Canada
>> Fernando Mino (2021) Ecuador
>> Julien Cabièces (2021) France
>> Loïc Bartoletti (2021) France
>> Ashish Kumar (2021) India
>> Stefan F. Keller (2021) Switzerland
>> Linda Kladivová (2021) Czech Republic
>> Nick Bearman (2021) UK
>> Adrien André (2021) France
>> Nicolas Rochard (2021) France
>> Malika Gunawardana (2021) Sri Lanka
>>
>> We send a warm welcome to our new OSGeo Charter Members.
>>
>> You find a list of all charter members [1].
>>
>> OSGeo now has a total number of 497 members for 64 countries. Below is a
>> summary of our membership (you can access the interactive version [2]).
>>
>> Thanks a lot to Anne Ghisla and Jorge Gustavo Rocha (2021 OSGeo
>> Elections CROs) for organizing the OSGeo Election 2021.
>>
>> Now it is time for the OSGeo Board Election 2021. You find the
>> nominations [3] and the candidate manifestos [4].
>>
>> About the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>
>> --
>> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(4)
>> organization to empower everyone with open source geospatial. The
>> software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach
>> and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal
>> support for the open source geospatial community.
>>
>> OSGeo works with GeoCat, OPENGIS.ch, Gaia3D, Astun Technology and other
>> sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to
>> software, standards, data and education.
>>
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> https://www.osgeo.org/
>>
>> [1] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
>> [2]
>>
>> https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/d05b9316-41f6-4bf3-b959-eb3f2333afce/page/zgVoB
>> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2021
>> [4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2021_Candidate_Manifestos
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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Welcomes 12 students for GSoC 2021 | Heartiest Congratulations!

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear OSGeo Community,

We are proud and extremely elated to announce that 12 students have been
selected to work on OSGeo projects for GSoC 2021. 

Browse the projects at:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5336634351943680/

Please join us in congratulating all the students and welcoming them to the
OSGeo community. We are excited about the development they shall be doing
in the coming months.

We congratulate other students (who are not selected) for their hard work
and interest in contributing to OSGeo. Please remember that a dedicated
effort is the first step, and you all should be proud of yourself for
already taking that step. We wish you the best for a bright future and
career!

Also, it is imperative to recognize our Mentors' support. None of this
could have been possible without them. Thank you, dear Mentors. We all
really appreciate your efforts. 

We shall be sending further instructions about onboarding soon. Please stay
tuned and keep checking the OSGeo SoC (Summer of Code) mailing list.

Stay safe!
With kind regards,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-UN Challenge

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear Community,

The call for proposals is open for the annual OSGeo-UN Open Educational
Challenge 2021. The call is open for the following 2 challenges:

Challenge 1: *Training on Satellite Data Analysis and Machine Learning with
QGIS (Satellite_QGIS)*
Challenge 2: *Workshop material for pgRouting*

If you are interested in participating and excited about contributing to
the global open geospatial education initiative then this call is for you.
Please visit [1] for more details.

Also, in this regard, we would be starting a short pgRouting Workshop
Sprint, Monday, post 01:30 PM UTC. The objective is to work on the upcoming
release of the workshop. You are welcome to join on the pgRouting Gitter
[2] to get started with the workshop (usage and development).

[1]
https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/2021-osgeo-un-committee-educational-challenge/
[2] https://gitter.im/pgRouting/pgrouting

Thanks!
Kind regards,
Rajat
(On behalf of OSGeo-UN Open Challenge 2021 Mentors)
URL: https://www.osgeo.org/member/shinde/


On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:32 AM Vicky Vergara  wrote:

> Hello community,
>
> The annual OSGeo-UN Challenge is open:
> With 2 challenges this year:
> *Challenge 1: Training on Satellite Data Analysis and Machine Learning
> with QGIS (Satellite_QGIS)**Challenge 2: Workshop material for pgRouting*
>
> For more details see [1]:
> [1]
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/2021-osgeo-un-committee-educational-challenge/
>
> Regards
> Vicky
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[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2021: OSGeo Accepted as Mentor Organization!

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear All,

We are delighted to share that OSGeo has been accepted as one of the
mentoring organizations for the Google Summer of Code 2021. This will be
our 15th year participating as a mentoring organization starting 2007
onwards (Congratulations to all of us, this is indeed a great achievement).

The list of accepted organizations is at [0].
Our OSGeo GSoC 2021 application is available at [1].

Please note the Student Application Period opens *March 29 - April 13,
2021, 18:00 UTC*.
Students interested in participating with OSGeo are recommended to start
discussing the application ideas [2] with the OSGeo mentoring projects.
They shall register and submit their applications beginning March 29 till
April 13, 2021. All proposals must be submitted before the deadline of
April 13, 2021, 18:00 UTC.

We still have time for more projects to participate with ideas [2].
It is an amazing opportunity to:

   - Add functionality to your projects.
   - Attract more contributors participating in the projects; sometimes
   they become long-term contributors. :)

If you wish to participate, please send your project ideas list to us at
the gsoc-admin (AT) osgeo (DOT) org.
OSGeo projects, Incubating projects, and Community projects are welcome.

Stay tuned for further instructions on the next steps, and let us be
prepared for another geospatial GSoC with OSGeo!

Yours,
OSGeo GSoC Admins Team

[0] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/
[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Application_2021
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2021_Ideas
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo @ GSoC 2021] Call for Projects to Prepare Project Ideas Page for Google Summer of Code 2021

[Rajat Shinde]

Hello Vicky,

Thanks for the additions! :)

Kind regards.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 9:01 PM Vicky Vergara  wrote:

> Hello Community
>
> I would like a small summary about the difference between last year and
> this year:
>
> What are the changes for 2021 from 2020?
>
>1. *Smaller project size** - *all students participating in the 2021
>program will be working on a 175 hour project (instead of a 350 hr
>project).
>Reasoning from GSoC administrators:
>
>
>- Currently we are missing out on many wonderful students who could
>never commit to such a huge project and time commitment but would be great
>contributors to your community. This is a significant change as we now are
>no longer strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their
>summer. Students have many other responsibilities especially during the
>pandemic that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a project.
>- We realize this is going to require all of you to think about
>smaller projects and update your project ideas.
>
>
>1.
>
>*2 evaluations  (instead of 3)* - There will be an evaluation after 5
>weeks and the final evaluation will take place after the 10th week. We are
>also no longer requiring students complete their first evaluation (though
>we encourage them to do so), so if a student doesn’t complete the first
>evaluation they will not automatically be removed from the program. They
>are still required to complete the final evaluation.
>2.
>
>*Eligibility requirements* - In 2020 there are many ways students are
>learning and we want to acknowledge that so we will be allowing students
>who are 18 years old AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a
>post-secondary academic program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated from a
>post-secondary academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, 2021
>to apply to the GSoC program.
>
>
>- What this means is that now the program will be open to folks
>participating in a variety of different academic programs, not just
>accredited university programs. This includes licensed coding camps,
>community colleges, and many other programs that may not be accredited yet
>but are post-secondary academic programs.
>
> Regards
> Vicky Vergara
> GSoC Mentor since 2015
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo @ GSoC 2021] Call for Projects to Prepare Project Ideas Page for Google Summer of Code 2021

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear All,

Greetings!

It is the time of the year to start preparing for the OSGeo's participation
with the Google Summer of Code 2021 [1] and we need your help for the same.
With a 100% success for all the GSoC 2020 student projects [2], we are
highly excited and motivated to invite the OSGeo projects (Projects,
Incubation projects, Guest Projects) to begin compiling the project ideas
for GSoC 2021.

In order to participate in proposing ideas as a project under OSGeo
umbrella organisation, you just need to send us (admins:  ) the URL for your project's GSoC ideas Wiki page. If you are
participating for the first time, then you may visit [3] [4] for reference.

Please remember that every idea should indicate:

• A title
• A description
• 2 Mentors' Details
• A test for the students to submit to your evaluation. The test aims
at evaluating if the student is capable for the project, so please design
the test having in mind the basic skills required to complete the project.

The organisation application period starts Jan 30, 2021 and will be open
till Feb 20, 2021. So, we expect all the URLs by Feb 10, 2021. Here is the
complete GSoC 2021 timeline [5].

*Note:* GSoC 2021 comes with some new changes in the program. We sincerely
request to go through the announcement mentioning new changes [6].

Thanks and please forward the information to your respective projects
mailing list!

Kind regards,
Rahul and Rajat
(On behalf of the OSGeo GSoC Admins Team)

[1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020
[3] https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas:-2021
[4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Ideas
[5] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline
[6]
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/10/google-summer-of-code-2021-is-bringing.html
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[OSGeo-Discuss] [Wrapping-up] Google Summer of Code 2020 | OSGeo GSoC 2020 Mentor Summit Report

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear OSGeo Community Members,

Hope you all are doing well.

We are pleased to share the OSGeo GSoC 2020 Mentor Summit report [1] and,
what could be a better time than sharing it during the OSGeo Community
Sprint 2020.

The report includes details of the virtual GSoC Mentor Summit 2020. It also
highlights the changes announced by the Google OSS Team regarding the GSoC
2021 [2]. All the details of the OSGeo GSoC 2020 participation can be
accessed by following [3].

It is noteworthy to mention that all the 10 selected OSGeo GSoC 2020
projects were successfully completed. The GSoC 2020 Results [4] and the
GSoC 2020 Working Status Report [5], presents more details about the same.
It is very motivating to see the fantastic work progress and promptness in
submitting the reports and deliverables, during each week of the GSoC 2020
[5].

Let's take this opportunity to congratulate all the successful GSoC
students and wish them a great future ahead. @ Dear Students: We thank you
for your contributions and you are welcome to the great OSGeo community for
continued contributions.

We extend our gratitude to the amazing mentors for taking out their time
and helping the students in completing the projects. @ Dear Mentors: You
all are awesome. Also, this could have never been possible without the
support of the Community Members. A big thanks to you all!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon, with increased participation in the
GSoC 2021! :)

Kind regards,
Rajat Shinde and Rahul Chauhan
Your OSGeo GSoC 2020 Administrators Team

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Mentor_Summit
[2]
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Mentor_Summit#Noted_Important_Anouncements_for_GSoC_2021
[3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020
[4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Results
[5]
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Student_Status_Report
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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Welcomes 10 students for GSoC 2020!

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear Community Members,

We are proud and extremely delighted to announce that 10 students have been
selected to work on OSGeo projects for GSoC 2020.

Browse the projects at:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5173753207586816/#projects

Please join us in congratulating all our students and welcoming them to the
OSGeo community. We are excited for the development they shall be doing in
the coming months.

We congratulate other students (who are not selected) too for their
hard-work and interest in contributing to OSGeo.

Also, none of this could have been possible without our Mentors' support.
Thank you Mentors, we all really appreciate your efforts and wish the same
ahead.

We would be sending further instructions soon.

Stay safe!
With kind regards,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can someone test a program with point clouds?

[Rajat Shinde]

-- Resending it again with reduced size, please ignore if received twice. --

Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Initially, I tried with a huge point cloud scene but it was getting
difficult to visualize so then I sampled a small subset out of it. The
subset is having a valley sort of and hence it was expected to produce
steep triangles. All the experimental results are in the attached zip file.
The experiments were done for Release 0.3.3
<https://github.com/phma/perfecttin/releases/tag/0.3.3>, 0.3.6
<https://github.com/phma/perfecttin/releases/tag/0.3.6> and 0.4.0rc1
(master).

As mentioned, the spikes are visible in 0.3.3 but it gets pretty smooth and
smaller in 0.3.6 and 0.4.0rc1. Please check it. I have also added some
screenshots for visual comparison.

Not sure about the attachment size on the mailing list, so the results can
also be accessed here
<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D9fAAooisQCO5BH_Ir12pyLe84Cqmy0z?usp=sharing>
.

I hope of not missing out on anything. Please let me know if I did.
I would love to see Dr Steer's reply; he is really point cloud heavy and I
have been following his articles lately. :)

Kind regards,
Rajat

On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 3:37 PM Rajat Shinde 
wrote:

> Thanks for the detailed instructions.
> Initially, I tried with a huge point cloud scene but it was getting
> difficult to visualize so then I sampled a small subset out of it. The
> subset is having a valley sort of and hence it was expected to produce
> steep triangles. All the experimental results are in the attached zip file.
> The experiments were done for Release 0.3.3
> <https://github.com/phma/perfecttin/releases/tag/0.3.3>, 0.3.6
> <https://github.com/phma/perfecttin/releases/tag/0.3.6> and 0.4.0rc1
> (master).
>
> As mentioned, the spikes are visible in 0.3.3 but it gets pretty smooth
> and smaller in 0.3.6 and 0.4.0rc1. Please check it. I have also added some
> screenshots for visual comparison.
>
> Not sure about the attachment size on the mailing list, so the results can
> also be accessed here
> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D9fAAooisQCO5BH_Ir12pyLe84Cqmy0z?usp=sharing>
> .
>
> I hope of not missing out on anything. Please let me know if I did.
> I would love to see Dr Steer's reply; he is really point cloud heavy and I
> have been following his articles lately. :)
>
> Kind regards,
> Rajat
>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 1:57 AM Pierre Abbat  wrote:
>
>> On Friday, April 17, 2020 2:57:13 PM EDT Rajat Shinde wrote:
>> > Hi Pierre,
>> >
>> > I would be very happy to do it. My PhD thesis involves LiDAR Point Cloud
>> > processing and these days I am fully covered up with LAS/LAZ files.
>> Though,
>> > I have not used PerfectTIN till now, but I can see the earlier releases
>> > available at https://github.com/OSGeo/perfecttin/releases.
>> >
>> > Please suggest me on how to proceed.
>>
>> Thanks! Here are the steps:
>>
>> Clone the repo (the latest commit should be on 2020-04-07 or later).
>>
>> Check out 0.3.3 and run it on some point clouds, looking for some where
>> the
>> TIN has big spikes (most likely in holes).
>>
>> Check out later commits and run them on the same clouds. The spikes
>> should
>> become smaller in horizontal area (they may be less than a millimeter
>> thick)
>> and then disappear. Thin spikes may appear in places they weren't before
>> (I've
>> seen them in falsely rough asphalt that is an artifact of photogrammetric
>> processing of pine needle shadows), but should disappear by the latest
>> commit.
>>
>> Also, would you like to contribute a translation?
>>
>> Pierre
>> --
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can someone test a program with point clouds?

[Rajat Shinde]

Hi Pierre,

I would be very happy to do it. My PhD thesis involves LiDAR Point Cloud
processing and these days I am fully covered up with LAS/LAZ files. Though,
I have not used PerfectTIN till now, but I can see the earlier releases
available at https://github.com/OSGeo/perfecttin/releases.

Please suggest me on how to proceed.

Kind regards,
Rajat

On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 12:11 AM Pierre Abbat  wrote:

> I'd like to release PerfectTIN 0.4.0, but I need someone to verify that
> the
> output is free of spikes. The person who was going to do this cannot meet
> his
> coworkers because of the pandemic. If you work with point clouds
> (preferably
> in LAS format, but it can read PLY if compiled with a library) and can
> view a
> TIN and turn it around, please let me know.
>
> Pierre
> --
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> Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2020: Adjustments to the Timeline and Around 1 week remaining for Student Application Period

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear All,

We hope that you all are healthy and safe and taking good care of dear
ones.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, there has been some adjustments done in the GSoC
2020 timeline by the Google OSPO team.

Yes, GSoC 2020 is still happening with the following significant
adjustments to the timeline:

1. 3 weeks to review student proposals (updated from 2 weeks)

   - Adjusted duration for Student proposal review is now *March 31-April
   20.*

2. Extended Community Bonding period to 4 weeks (updated from 3 weeks)

   - The official coding period starts *June 1. *The Community Bonding
   Period will be from *May 4-31. *This will allow enhanced mentor-student
   interaction and will help the student in getting familiar with the project
   community.

Please note that there is no change in the Student Application Period
(which has already started on March 16). The deadline for submitting the
final project proposals by the Students is unchanged i.e. *March 31 1800
UTC*. The updated timeline is available at [1].

We have already started receiving student proposals for feedback and
comments and are expecting more responses in the coming days. Thanks to the
students for sharing their proposals.

@Students: It is high time for start preparing your draft proposals and
sharing it with the community for feedback and comments. Don't forget to
update adjustments in the timeline if you have already prepared the draft
proposal. The final proposal should be submitted after logging into the
GSoC Dashboard. Please take a moment to get well-versed with the Dashboard
to avoid last minute hassle.

Finally, nothing is more important than health and safety of human life.
Please continue taking good care of yourself and loved ones.

Stay safe and keep sanitizing your keyboard!

With kind regards,
Your OSGeo GSoC Admins

[1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline
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[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2020: Students Application Period Begins Today (March 16, 2020 18:00 UTC)

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear All,

The student application period for GSoC 2020 begins today i.e. March 16,
2020 18:00 UTC. The application deadline is March 31 18:00 UTC. Please
refer [1] for timeline.

*@Prospective Students:*
It is a high time to refer to OSGeo Ideas page [2] and student
recommendations, particularly application instructions [3]. It is
recommended to start preparing your draft of the proposal and share it on
the OSGeo discuss and OSGeo SoC mailing list at the earliest to receive
feedback and comments. Remember to provide proper sharing access to the
document so that comments could be added to the proposal.
Please don't wait till the last moment as it becomes very difficult to
provide feedback for all proposals during the last period. The final
proposal needs to be submitted from the GSoC Dashboard.

*@Mentors:*
There is still time to subscribe as a co-mentor. It is must to have at
least 2 mentors for every project idea otherwise the proposal will be
discarded irrespective of the quality of the proposal (Due to COVID-19
outbreak, it is also possible to have 3 mentors for projects so that one of
the mentors is always available for the discussions). Please remember that
the GSoC mentors must be of age 18 years or more following the new change
introduced in GSoC 2020 program. If you have not signed for becoming a
mentor or have not received the invitation yet then please fill in the form
[4].

Looking forward to a great time ahead.

*Please forward this email to your project communities*.

Kind regards,
Your OSGeo GSoC Admins

[1] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Ideas
[3]
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students#Application_instructions
[4] https://forms.gle/LACjb4x2DTCHvngK6
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[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2020: Call for Projects and Instructions

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear OSGeo Community members,

Please consider this e-mail as a gentle reminder to our previous e-mail
[1]. With the great news of OSGeo being accepted as mentoring organization
for GSoC 2020 [2], now "We need you!"

If you want to participate proposing ideas for GSoC 2020, you just need
to send us (admins:  ) the URL for your project's
ideas page.

Remember that every idea should indicate:

• A title
• A description
• 2 mentors
• A test for the students to submit to your evaluation. The test
aims at evaluating if the student is capable for the project, so
please design the test having in mind the skills required to complete
the project.


*For Possible Mentors:*If you are willing to act as a mentor for a project
[3], fill in this form:

< https://forms.gle/LACjb4x2DTCHvngK6 >

*For Students:*
If you are willing to participate as a Student and contribute to an OSGeo
project then this is a high time:
1. To go through the OSGeo project ideas list [3]. (Check it
frequently, as it is being updated regularly with new ideas).
2. Contact the project mentors via the developers mailing list or their
e-mail addresses to discuss the project idea/ideas of your interest.
3. Start working on the proposal draft and share it with the community
as soon as possible to receive feedback and comments.

Please note that the student application period starts March 16, 2020 18:00
UTC and all the student proposals must be submitted before March 31, 2020
18:00 UTC. Refer [4] for more details.

Thanks! Please forward this e-mail to your developer mailing list.

Kind regards,
Your OSGeo GSoC Admins

[1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2020-January/038760.html
[2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2020-February/038788.html
[3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Ideas
[4] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline
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[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2020: OSGeo Accepted as Mentor Organization!

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear all,

We are happy and feel excited to announce that OSGeo has been accepted once
again as a mentor organization for GSoC 2020.

The list of accepted organizations is at [0].
Our OSGeo GSoC 2020 application is available at [1].

Please note the Student Application Period opens March 16 - 31, 2020.
Students will be able to register and submit their applications during
March 16-31, 2020. All proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2020 18:00
UTC.
We still have time for more projects to participate with ideas [2].
It is a good opportunity to:
• Add functionality to your projects.
• Attract more contributors participating to the projects, some times
they become long term contributors.

OSGeo projects, Incubating projects, and community projects are welcome.

[0] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/
[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Application_2020
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2020_Ideas

Stay tuned for further instructions on next steps and be prepared for
another geospatial GSoC with OSGeo!

Yours,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GCI-private] Announcing OSGeo’s 2019 Google Code-in winners

[Rajat Shinde]

Congratulations to all the students! :)
Indeed, it was a great experience working with the students and the awesome
co-mentors and GCI Admins.

Regards,
Rajat

Rajat Shinde
http://home.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 11:44 PM Cameron Green 
wrote:

> Google Code-in (GCI) is an annual online competition aimed at introducing
> pre-university students (13-17 years old) to open source projects,
> development and communities, through short 3-5 hour tasks [1]. As opposed
> to the Google Summer of Code program, in GCI students are not selected by
> the organizations, but freely pick up tasks from one or more mentoring
> organizations and complete them. Students qualify for different prizes
> (i.e. certificate, t-shirts, hoodies and the grand prize of visiting
> Google’s main headquarters in San Francisco) depending on the number of
> tasks they complete. During GCI, OSGeo project members have a unique
> opportunity to interact with pre-university students and to encourage them
> to become part of their respective projects.
>
> The OSGeo team consisted of 16 community members that contributed 110
> tasks from 11 projects (e.g. istSOS, GRASS GIS, GeoServer, pgRouting,
> PostGIS, GeoNode and OpenLayers) and also OSGeo, FOSS4G and GeoForAll.
>
> The 2019 Google Code-in (GCI) took place 2 December 2019 - 21 January 2020
> and OSGeo had 401 students that completed a task with us. These 401
> students completed 976 tasks [2] which is the most amount of completed
> tasks to date for OSGeo! This is an improvement from last year and this can
> be contributed to the change in dates of the competition going back to the
> original dates. The completed tasks range from designing badges for the
> OSGeo website, to tests for GRASS GIS, or bug fixes for PostGIS. These
> tasks might seem simplistic in some cases, but the combined results are of
> great value to OSGeo.
>
> OSGeo is pleased to announce the 2019 Google Code-in Grand Prize winners,
> who each receive a free trip to Google headquarters in California, along
> with a parent/guardian, are students (note that these are the student’s
> account names, due to privacy concerns):
>
> OSGeo’s Google Code-in Winners:
> • Navya Garg
> • Pranay
>
> OSGeo’s Google Code-in Runners Up:
> • Dhanus SL
> • Lucifer
>
> OSGeo’s Google Code-in finalists (who receive Google hoodies) are:
> • TanvirSingh
> • anishagnihotri
>
> See here: https://codein.withgoogle.com/winners/#winners the winners from
> all organisations [3].
>
> Congratulations to the winners and finalists! But also a special
> congratulations to all students that received a certificate and/or t-shirt.
> We greatly appreciate your contribution to OSGeo!
>
> Lastly, thank you to the OSGeo mentors for the time they spent on the
> tasks and mentoring the students. Without your commitment this would not
> have been possible.
>
> Thank you to everyone involved, mentors and students.
>
> Regards,
> OSGeo GCI admins 2019
>
> [1] https://codein.withgoogle.com
> [2] https://codein.withgoogle.com/tasks/?sp-search=OSGeo
> [3] https://codein.withgoogle.com/winners/#winners
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2020 need new Lead Admin to take over

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear OSGeo Community Members and OSGeo GSoC Admins,

Greetings!

Sincere thanks to all the Admins for their constant help and support
throughout the past years in organizing the Summer of Code. For me, GSoC
plays a very important part of my career and I feel it would be same for a
lot of us.

Having mentioned that, I personally believe that it would be sad if the
GSoC is not continued. I feel that this also calls for an opportunity to
people like me who can jump into new shoes under the guidance of ex-Admins
to carry forward the continous open-source contribution in the geospatial
domain under the umbrella of the OSGeo.

So, I would be honored to be a part of the GSoC Admin team. It would be a
great learning experience for me and a progressive step moving ahead in my
life. In the past, I have completed GSoC 2017 as a student under the OSGeo
(MapMint project). I also got an amazing opportunity to co-mentor the
projects for MapMint in 2018 and 2019. Unfortunately, I missed out the
opportunity to be a part of the OSGeo representative committee for the GSoC
Mentor Summit in 2019 due to visa issues. Currently, I am mentoring for the
OSGeo Google Code-in.

Before taking this step, I wanted to be sure that I would be able to carry
forward this responsibility and hence, I tried to do a bit of research on
the basis of conversations stored in the Archives. Please be assured that I
am making a well thought decision, and my commitment in this new endeavour
is 100%.

Thanks!
With kind regards,
Rajat Shinde
OSGeo Charter Member(Since 2018)
URL:http://home.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 2:19 PM Margherita Di Leo 
wrote:

> From GSoC mentors mailing list:
>
> "*Open Source Organizations* that wish to be mentoring orgs for GSoC 2020
> can now apply. Orgs please remember the organization application period
> will close on Wednesday, February 5th. You can go to g.co/gsoc to
> complete your organization's application."
>
> Due to personal reasons, we admins realized none of us has the time to
> allocate to GSoC this year. So, OSGeo needs a new Lead Admin or there won't
> be GSoC at OSGeo this year.
>
> What's needed to carry out the task?
> The Lead Admin is:
> - willing to not go offline during the summer
> - familiar with GSoC environment (has read all the rules and is capable to
> explain / enforce them)
> - prompt to respond to emails
> - capable of meeting deadlines
> - proactive and self-starter
>
> These are only suggestions, we're not recruiting. The process should go on
> without us. I'm personally willing to give some support if needed,
> compatibly with time availability.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kind regards,
> your former OSGeo-GSoC Team
>
> --
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Google Summer of Code 2019 Mentor Summit October - travel report

[Rajat Shinde]

Dear Vicky and Helmut,

Thank you so much for the beautifully crafted report. :)

With best regards,
Rajat


On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 10:51 PM Helmut Kudrnovsky  wrote:

> Dear OSGeo GSoC community,
>
> more than 300 mentors from 162 organizations and 42 countries have
> registered for the Mentor Summit in Munich to celebrate 15 years of GSoC in
> 2019.
>
> Please find our travel report here:
>
>
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2019_Mentor_Summit#Reports
>
>
> Kind regards
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2019 Results!

[Rajat Shinde]

It is indeed great news.
Congratulations to all the students and the mentors. :)
It could not have been possible without the help and support of our superb
OSGeo GSoC Admins.

I am also thankful to the community for giving me the opportunity to
represent OSGeo at the GSoC Mentor Summit 2019. I am looking forward to a
great experience at the summit.

Thanks to all for the great Summer of Code.
Kind regards,
Rajat
http://bighome.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde


On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 1:41 AM Helmut Kudrnovsky  wrote:

> It is our pleasure to announce that 7 GSoC (Google Summer of Code)
> students have successfully completed the program this year through OSGeo!
>
> You can find out more about the completed projects at:
>
>
> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6304079978954752/#projects
>
> and soon on our wiki pages.
>
> In the 15th year of Google Summer of Code (GSoC) [1], 1.134 students from
> 61 countries have successfully completed the 2019 program.
>
> We would like to wholeheartedly thank all the OSGeo mentors who dedicated
> their invaluable time and experience to this program, you are the core of
> GSoC!  Thanks also to our students, we are sure you have learnt a lot and
> also had some fun, and we hope you decide to remain in the OSGeo community
> becoming active developers and the future generation of GSoC mentors!
>
> If you participated this year as a student or as a mentor, please take the
> time to leave us your feedback, as we try to improve the experience each
> year.
>
> We created a page
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2019_Improvements
>
> where you can leave your comments and suggestions, please feel free to
> expand it, or to contact us directly to discuss your ideas.
>
> We are also collecting your questions and topics that you would like us to
> bring to the mentor summit (October 17-20 @ Munich, Germany, where Helmut
> Kudrnovsky, Rajat Shinde, and Vicky Vergara will represent OSGeo at Google
> summit).
>
> The last reminder for our successful students: we have grants of 500 USD
> available to students willing to present their GSoC results at
> international conferences, and we give them on a first come first served
> basis. We assigned the first grant in occasion of the last FOSS4G in
> Bucharest. You will read more details on our wiki soon, and on soc mailing
> list too. Meanwhile, feel free to reach us at gsoc-admin AT osgeo DOT org
> for info.
>
> Kind regards,
> Your OSGeo GSoC Admins
>
> [1]
> https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/09/thats-wrap-for-google-summer-of-code.html
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