Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-30 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Simon Cropper simoncrop...@fossworkflowguides.com wrote: I think it important however that people *do not* use Inkscape, unless of course it is being put up as an fosGIS package. Using Inkscape has come about due to the inherent deficiencies in map production

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter

2012-07-30 Thread Seven (aka Arnulf)
Cameron, OSGeo is globally active and there are no rules that members have to be located in a specific region in order to become a Member, Charter Member, Director or to be active in any other role. Board, this is a request from a potential new director asking two questions he would like to get

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geodata Committee reboot: (was: Fwd: Re: Open Source Geospatial Atlas)

2012-07-30 Thread Seven (aka Arnulf)
Folks, we have been requested to move our discussion under it's own thread. We can do even better than that because we already have a mailing list in place and 328 members subscribed. But only four mails have been sent through this list in the past year and none since December 2011 which

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Nottingham bursaries for OSGIS 2012

2012-07-30 Thread Suchith Anand
We are pleased to announce 5 Open Nottingham bursaries for excellent students to participate in OSGIS 2012. This is part of our strong commitment to actively support, widen and promote Open Nottingham initiative. In implementing the Open Nottingham programme, the University of Nottingham has

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-30 Thread George Silva
Oops folks, it's fossgisbrasil.com.br. We are publishing each quarter; Thanks for the complements. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Nathan Woodrow madman...@gmail.com wrote: Barry, This sounds like a good idea, I would be happy to contribute something. I have two ESRI map books at work that

[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: I LatinOSGIS Congress - Call for papers

2012-07-30 Thread Suchith Anand
From: Indira Yadira Nolivos Alvarez [mailto:inoli...@fiec.espol.edu.ec] Sent: 30 July 2012 13:17 To: maria.brove...@polimi.it; s...@ryerson.ca; ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp; b.veenend...@exchange.curtin.edu.au; suza...@sfu.ca; rafael.mor...@ucdenver.edu; gbarran...@gmail.com;

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-30 Thread David William Bitner
I think it important however that people *do not* use Inkscape, unless of course it is being put up as an fosGIS package. Using Inkscape has come about due to the inherent deficiencies in map production in various packages. Any maps produced for such a book need to be produced solely

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-30 Thread Puneet Kishor
On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:28 AM, David William Bitner bit...@gyttja.org wrote: I think it important however that people *do not* use Inkscape, unless of course it is being put up as an fosGIS package. Using Inkscape has come about due to the inherent deficiencies in map production in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-30 Thread John Callahan
I concur with David here. We publish numerous maps and always use Illustrator (or other design tools) in the workflow process. We are an Arc shop for the map publication work (although I have been able to get QGIS involved in a few places) and have submitted maps to the ESRI Map Books. We just

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The importance of a project's license

2012-07-30 Thread Fawcett, David (MPCA)
And how detrimental the license change exercise has been to the project and its community... -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Lester Caine Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 2:46 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nomination: Hirofumi Hayashi

2012-07-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello OSGeo community, I am very happy to nominate Hirofumi Hayashi[1] for the Board of Directors of OSGeo. Hayashi is a super-active member of the OSGeo-Japan chapter, tirelessly working on planning and promoting FOSS4G events in that region. He is a member of the OSGeo-Japan Board, and anyone

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nomination: Hirofumi Hayashi

2012-07-30 Thread Paul Ramsey
What super news! Hirofumi Hayashi would be a great representative for Japan and open source geospatial in general, I heartily second this nomination! P. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: Hello OSGeo community, I am very happy to nominate

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapIgniter Project

2012-07-30 Thread G. Allegri
Hi Marco, thanks for sharing your project. I was waiting for the announce :) I'm going to download it right now and give it a look. Having work with Kohana I'm glad to see a project with CI. I will give you my feedback as soon as I setup a demo project. I'm going out for holidays this week, so I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapIgniter Project

2012-07-30 Thread G. Allegri
I've forgot to ask an important thing: are you going to make a public SCM repository? It would very important to include the community in testing, giving feedback and, eventually, future development of the project. giovanni 2012/7/30 G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com Hi Marco, thanks for sharing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The importance of a project's license

2012-07-30 Thread Andrew Ross
On 07/27/2012 10:27 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: On 07/27/2012 11:45 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote: On 27 July 2012 05:55, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: This is a really interesting debate. Reading the links provided it also appears to be a mixed bag about acceptance of LGPL of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-30 Thread Cameron Shorter
On 30/07/12 02:07, Barry Rowlingson wrote: Okay, next steps - can I start a page on the OSgeo wiki? What do I need to get an official OSgeo stamp of approval and use the logo? Barry, Yes, creating (or extending) a wiki is a good idea. I think you ideas fit in well with the Marketing Pipleline

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapIgniter Project

2012-07-30 Thread G. Allegri
Marco answered offlist. We have talked about the usefulnes of having a public SCM and a ticketing system. He's almost convinced :D Let's see if this project will attract a team to work on it. Good luck! giovanni 2012/7/30 G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com I've forgot to ask an important thing: are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nomination: Hirofumi Hayashi

2012-07-30 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
On 2012/07/31 2:49, Paul Ramsey wrote: What super news! Hirofumi Hayashi would be a great representative for Japan and open source geospatial in general, I heartily second this nomination! P. I express my strong support for the candidature of Hayashi-san for the upcoming OSGeo Board Election.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-30 Thread Simon Cropper
On 31/07/12 00:53, John Callahan wrote: I concur with David here. We publish numerous maps and always use Illustrator (or other design tools) in the workflow process. We are an Arc shop for the map publication work (although I have been able to get QGIS involved in a few places) and have