Re: [OSGeoLive] Proposing t-rex vector tile server

2019-06-14 Thread Alex M
+1

-Alex

On 6/13/19 13:29, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Oops, I should have scrolled down and kept reading.
> 
> +1 from me.
> 
> If not done already, I suggest that t-rex apply to become an OSGeo
> Community project.
> 
> On 13/6/19 10:54 pm, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Hi Cameron,
>> The initial e-mail in this thread has all the answers inline.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 2:29 PM Cameron Shorter
>> mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Sorry for the delayed response. I was just searching my emails, and
>>     can't seem to find anywhere where someone has answered our OSGeoLive
>>     project selection criteria. It would be good to make sure that we
>>     have
>>     all our usual criteria ticked off before adding it in.
>>
>>     I suggest that someone make sure these questions are answered
>>     before we
>>     include t-rex into OSGeoLive.
>>
>>     https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply
>>
>>     On 12/6/19 6:01 am, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>>     > HI all,
>>     >
>>     > +1
>>     >
>>     > Astrid
>>     >
>>     > Am 11.06.2019 13:57 schrieb Nicolas Roelandt:
>>     >> Hi all,
>>     >>
>>     >> +1 for me too
>>     >>
>>     >> Bests,
>>     >>
>>     >> Nicolas
>>     >>
>>     >> Le dim. 9 juin 2019 à 19:55, Angelos Tzotsos
>>     mailto:gcpp.kal...@gmail.com>>
>>     >> a écrit :
>>     >>
>>     >>> Hi all,
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Just a reminder that Pirmin has already submitted the
>>     documentation
>>     >>>
>>     >>> needed for 13.0 and the pull request is pending:
>>     >>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/pull/444 [1]
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Motion to accept t-rex in OSGeoLive 13.0:
>>     >>> My +1,
>>     >>> Angelos
>>     >>>
>>     >>> On 8/13/18 12:30 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>      Dear Pirmin,
>>     
>>      Thank you for the details!
>>      Strong +1 from me to add t-rex to OSGeoLive.
>>     
>>      I see a pull request in place already:
>>      https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/pull/232 [2]
>>     
>>      Since we are very close to the release of 12.0 version, perhaps
>>     >>> we should
>>      include t-rex without adding the documentation yet, since our
>>     >>> translators
>>      will have zero time to translate until release. In any case, for
>>     >>> 13.0 we
>>      would need a project overview and a quickstart.
>>     
>>      Best,
>>      Angelos
>>     
>>      On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:35 AM Pirmin Kalberer
>>     >>> mailto:pi...@sourcepole.com>>
>>      wrote:
>>     
>>     > Hi all,
>>     >
>>     > Referring to https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/ticket/1881 [3],
>>     >>> I'm proposing
>>     > adding t-rex to OSGeo Live.
>>     >
>>     > Description:
>>     >
>>     > - What is its name?
>>     >
>>     > t-rex
>>     >
>>     > - What is the home page URL?
>>     >
>>     > https://t-rex.tileserver.ch/ [4]
>>     >
>>     > - Which ​OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?
>>     >
>>     > MIT
>>     >
>>     > - What does the application do and how does it add value to the
>>     > GeoSpatial? stack of software?
>>     >
>>     > t-rex is a standalone vector tile server supporting PostGIS and
>>     >>> GDAL
>>     > datasources.
>>     >
>>     > - Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which
>> versions
>>     >>> of the
>>     > standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments about
>>     >>> how
>>     > standards are used.
>>     >
>>     > t-rex supports OGC simple feature data (plus ISO curves) and
>>     >>> vector tile
>>     > output in OGC WMTS compatible grids.
>>     >
>>     > - What language is it written in?
>>     >
>>     > Rust (https://www.rust-lang.org/ [5])
>>     >
>>     > - Which version of the application should be included in the
>>     >>> next
>>     > OSGeo-Live release?
>>     >
>>     > 0.9.0
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Stability:
>>     >
>>     > - If risk adverse organisations have deployed your application
>>     >>> into
>>     > production, it would imply that these organisations have
>>     >>> verified the
>>     > stability of your software. Has the application been rolled out
>>     >>> to
>>     > production into risk (ideally risk adverse) organisations?
>>     >>> Please
>>     > mention some of these organisations?
>>     >
>>     > Known users are a national ornithological institute, real
>> estate
>>     > companies and public transport organisations. There was user
>>     >>> feedback at
>>     > FOSS4G conferences from national cadastral and mapping
>>     >>> authorities about
>>     > their use of t-rex for creating vector tiles.
>>     >
>>     > - ​Open HUB provides metrics to help assess the health of a
>>     >>> project. 

Re: [OSGeoLive] [SeasonOfDocs] Help needed to setup VM

2019-06-14 Thread Cameron Shorter

Well done Felicity.

Maybe a good first writing task could be to improve these VM setup 
instructions to include a Windows based setup?


Cameron

On 14/6/19 5:10 pm, Felicity Brand wrote:

Huzzah - I emerge from the BIOS triumphant!

I needed to enable virtualization technology and make a few other 
tweaks. This page helped a lot:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6=62339

Thanks all for your help.


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