Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter

2012-07-31 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
Hello, I wuold say that having people in the board living in Oceania could save some trip to other memebers and help in promoting in that continent OSGeo! The same would be for Asia or Africa... I believe that Global fundation needs global representatives! Maxi On Monday, July 30, 2012, Seven

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

2012-07-31 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
I second Hayashi nomination, He's really active and has a strong commitment to Open Source. Maxi On Monday, July 30, 2012, Jeff McKenna wrote: 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

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

2012-07-31 Thread Toru Mori (森 亮)
I second Hayashi-san's nomination. He has been one of the longest key contributors of community building in Japan since 2006. His effort definitely made Japan chapter what it is today. Toru Mori Representative of OSGeo Japan Chapter On 2012/07/31, at 2:46, Jeff McKenna

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapIgniter Project

2012-07-31 Thread Duarte Carreira
I think this is a fantastic project. Hope Marco will be able to attract others to this. Of course, a repository will be necessary sooner or later. Best of luck Marco. Duarte De: G. Allegri [mailto:gioha...@gmail.com] Enviada: segunda-feira, 30 de Julho de 2012 21:41 Para:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread Doug_Newcomb
Hi Folks, Hi Guys, I agree totally with everything that has been said. I don't have a problem with using multiple applications to conduct my GIS work. I do all the time. I suppose the issue is what the purpose of the Atlas will be. To promote fosGIS or promote Open Source. I was under the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread Seven (aka Arnulf)
On 07/31/2012 12:57 PM, doug_newc...@fws.gov wrote: Hi Folks, Hi Guys, I agree totally with everything that has been said. I don't have a problem with using multiple applications to conduct my GIS work. I do all the time. I suppose the issue is what the purpose of the Atlas will be. To

[OSGeo-Discuss] Third Open Source GIS Summer School course materials now available

2012-07-31 Thread Suchith Anand
We are happy to inform that all lecture and tutorial materials of the Third Open Source Opportunities in GIS Summer School at Girona are now made available online for the benefit of the wider community. Details at http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2012/ Please feel free to share this

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread Mr. Puneet Kishor
On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: Btw: OdbL will be a great enabler for this because it requires to maintain this breadcrumb track when publishing the results. Confused as to how ODbL (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/) is relevant here. Unless,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread julia harrell
To me, telling how it was done with open source geospatial tools is as important as that it was done with open source geospatial tools. I agree with Doug and others on this point. Those ESRI map books are 'pretty', but (much like the software) have little or no transparency in that they don't

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, julia harrell julia.harr...@gmail.com wrote: This would make it a superior product - even if some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map book :) Why wouldn't they be as pretty? You're exhibiting the very prejudice I'd like to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread julia harrell
I did not suggest that *all* the maps would not be as 'pretty'. I said that even if *some* of them weren't as pretty, that they'd still be superior products if they included information on how they were created and the design principles used, etc. I think we are all aware that it is (for the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread John Callahan
Yes, and those carto types have workflows that are geared towards how ESRI spits out ai/vector graphics. From my experience, it's much easier to get open source GIS involved through map/database server work or data processing/analysis rather then cartography. I end up doing much of the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread julia harrell
And sometimes those processing steps are too complicated or convoluted to write down neatly. It might be but the more you require/add to the atlas, the more effort required by the contributors. very true. maybe all the gory technical detail does not all have to be included in the book

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread Seven (aka Arnulf)
On 07/31/2012 02:48 PM, julia harrell wrote: I did not suggest that *all* the maps would not be as 'pretty'. I said that even if *some* of them weren't as pretty, that they'd still be superior products if they included information on how they were created and the design principles used, etc.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread Seven (aka Arnulf)
On 07/31/2012 02:14 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: Btw: OdbL will be a great enabler for this because it requires to maintain this breadcrumb track when publishing the results. Confused as to how ODbL

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geodata] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-31 Thread Mr. Puneet Kishor
On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:34 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: On 07/31/2012 02:14 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: Btw: OdbL will be a great enabler for this because it requires to maintain this breadcrumb

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for presentation suggestions - NC GIS Conference (Feb 2013)

2012-07-31 Thread julia harrell
The Program Committee of the 2013 NC GIS Conference is soliciting suggestions for presentations for the conference, which will be held February 7-8, 2013 in beautiful Raleigh, NC. The conference theme this year is The Power of Place. As a member of the Program Committee, I am trying to make sure