Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any plan for improving "Service Providers"?
Jacolin Yves schrieb: > Le Monday 03 August 2009 20:13:09 Frank Warmerdam, vous avez écrit : >> Yves Jacolin (free) wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Anyone could tell me it there are any plan for improving the Service >>> Provider [1] ? >>> >>> For instance, add more information about service provided by each company >>> like formation, support, custom dev, development of OSGeo application, >>> etc. >> Yves, >> >> There was a plan to add indicators for service providers that had >> contributed back to the community in a variety of ways (sponsorships, >> supporting projects with developers, etc), but it never was implemented. >> >>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SPD_Prioritization >> >> I have tried to avoid attempting to describe services in too much detail >> within the application itself, and instead *hoped* that organizations would >> provide a landing page that gave a good description of their services >> appropriate to people coming from the service provider directory. >> >> Organizations provide a wide set of services, and it is hard to describe >> them consistently for searching purposes. I think it is better to see the >> SPD as giving pointers to service providers that the searcher can then >> research more deeply using other mechanisms. >> >> Also, keep in mind that we do not currently vette organizations and the >> more complicated the classification the more inconsistently it is likely to >> be applied. We already have the problems that service providers which to >> list lots of countries where they are willing to operate while we really >> want that field to indicate countries where they have existing staff on the >> ground in an office. >> >> Best regards, > > Many thanks for your answer Frank, it gives me some interesting information :) > > Y. > Yes, we should pick this up again. A suggestion was floated some time back to mark those service providers who sponsor OSGeo with a barn star[1]. This might also get us broader interest in sponsoring as involved service providers can showcase their activity. It would also allow us to reward those who do lots of in-kind contributions (e.g. SAC folks) and thus are reluctant to pay cash to OSGeo as a sponsor. Apart from this I guess it would be appropriate to add companies to a map (hey, we are a bunch of mapping folks...) and maybe order the languages and region section by name, alphabetically. Generally, would people prefer to have the language in its own name as on the left of the main web site or rather their English names? My preference tend to the first. Too many ideas, no one to do it. Sure. Thats why the SPD still looks as it does... :-) Best regards, Arnulf. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Barnstars -- Arnulf Christl OSGeo President http://www.osgeo.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any plan for improving "Service Providers"?
Le Monday 03 August 2009 20:13:09 Frank Warmerdam, vous avez écrit : > Yves Jacolin (free) wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Anyone could tell me it there are any plan for improving the Service > > Provider [1] ? > > > > For instance, add more information about service provided by each company > > like formation, support, custom dev, development of OSGeo application, > > etc. > > Yves, > > There was a plan to add indicators for service providers that had > contributed back to the community in a variety of ways (sponsorships, > supporting projects with developers, etc), but it never was implemented. > >http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SPD_Prioritization > > I have tried to avoid attempting to describe services in too much detail > within the application itself, and instead *hoped* that organizations would > provide a landing page that gave a good description of their services > appropriate to people coming from the service provider directory. > > Organizations provide a wide set of services, and it is hard to describe > them consistently for searching purposes. I think it is better to see the > SPD as giving pointers to service providers that the searcher can then > research more deeply using other mechanisms. > > Also, keep in mind that we do not currently vette organizations and the > more complicated the classification the more inconsistently it is likely to > be applied. We already have the problems that service providers which to > list lots of countries where they are willing to operate while we really > want that field to indicate countries where they have existing staff on the > ground in an office. > > Best regards, Many thanks for your answer Frank, it gives me some interesting information :) Y. -- Yves Jacolin Ne demandez pas si vous pouvez contribuer, contribuez ! :) --- http://softlibre.gloobe.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any plan for improving "Service Providers"?
Yves Jacolin (free) wrote: Hello, Anyone could tell me it there are any plan for improving the Service Provider [1] ? For instance, add more information about service provided by each company like formation, support, custom dev, development of OSGeo application, etc. Yves, There was a plan to add indicators for service providers that had contributed back to the community in a variety of ways (sponsorships, supporting projects with developers, etc), but it never was implemented. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SPD_Prioritization I have tried to avoid attempting to describe services in too much detail within the application itself, and instead *hoped* that organizations would provide a landing page that gave a good description of their services appropriate to people coming from the service provider directory. Organizations provide a wide set of services, and it is hard to describe them consistently for searching purposes. I think it is better to see the SPD as giving pointers to service providers that the searcher can then research more deeply using other mechanisms. Also, keep in mind that we do not currently vette organizations and the more complicated the classification the more inconsistently it is likely to be applied. We already have the problems that service providers which to list lots of countries where they are willing to operate while we really want that field to indicate countries where they have existing staff on the ground in an office. Best regards, -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| Geospatial Programmer for Rent ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Any plan for improving "Service Providers"?
Hello, Anyone could tell me it there are any plan for improving the Service Provider [1] ? For instance, add more information about service provided by each company like formation, support, custom dev, development of OSGeo application, etc. Many thanks, Y. [1] http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile -- Yves Jacolin - "Donner la liberté aux individus ne suffit pas, il faut aussi leur donner du pouvoir, de la puissance d'agir." M Gauchet "Give freedom to people is not enough, we also have to give them the power to use this freedom, to act". M Gauchet - http://yjacolin.gloobe.org http://softlibre.gloobe.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss