Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI

2015-03-03 Thread Stefan Keller
Hi, 2015-03-03 7:13 GMT+01:00 Even Rouault wrote: > Hi Cameron, ... > Currently there's no finalized conformance test suite available for GeoPackage > to test implementations, so there's no official reference implementation or > conformant implementations. I'd wish Scott or somebody from OGC cou

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo accepted to GSoC 2015 - overview of slot assignments

2015-03-03 Thread Margherita Di Leo
Dear All, it is our pleasure to announce that *OSGeo has been accepted as mentoring organization* also this year! [1] The OSGeo GSoC Team has been reshaped with respect to former communications, and it's now composed by myself (Madi) in the role of primary admin and the experienced Anne Ghisla in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure

2015-03-03 Thread Tom Kralidis
Jachym: +1. Another thing to consider is maintenance. How often should OSGeo projects be assessed for freshness and change in rating? Yearly? 2x/year? Having said this adding projects should be more agile. On Tue, 3 Mar 2015, Jachym Cepicky wrote: Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 07:27:14 + Fro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo accepted to GSoC 2015 - overview of slot assignments

2015-03-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
Wonderful news Madi and Anne! Thank you both for pushing this. And I really like the plan to promote the integration between OSGeo projects. -jeff On 2015-03-03 5:41 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote: Dear All, it is our pleasure to announce that *OSGeo has been accepted as mentoring organizati

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure

2015-03-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
(we are approaching 2 full years that this "labs" naming has been an issue and discussed[1]) Today, knowing how ingrained the term 'lab' is in the GeoForAll education network, maybe Jachym is correct that it is a good time to modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to something like "Community P

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI

2015-03-03 Thread Scott Simmons
(note: resend to make sure this gets on the lists) Hi Stefan, I will make a few comments! GeoPackage: the OGC Compliance Program develops conformance test suites for OGC Standards after the Standards have been officially adopted. This process takes time and requires thorough testing itself.

[OSGeo-Discuss] "Geo for All" logo

2015-03-03 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi All, I have been getting lot of queries on if there is a logo for "Geo for All" and i think it is now time for us to have logo. As "Geo for All" started with FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham and i saw we did have a logo but i don't remember who/when it was created other than the info given at the webs

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" logo

2015-03-03 Thread Charles Schweik
Maybe a new global contest topic - a logo for GeoForAll? - Charlie On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) < patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote: > Suchith, > > Everybody has all the their clothes on! And just too much repeat of the > same four people. > > > > Looks like a lot of North

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" logo

2015-03-03 Thread Suchith Anand
Ok, then let us plan a global contest  to find a logo for GeoForAll. Anyone willing to lead this and help us find our new logo? Suchith From: "Mueller, Thomas" To: Charles Schweik ; "Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)" Cc: "ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org" Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 19:11 Subj

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI

2015-03-03 Thread Howard Butler
> On Mar 3, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Even Rouault wrote: > > Hi Cameron, > >> It is difficult for OSGeo to stop a vendor from promoting their product, >> or promoting a specific lock in strategy. > > Of course. That was exactly my point. OSGeo can wag its finger at people and say "drugs are bad" al

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure

2015-03-03 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks Jeff. Though we had lots of discussions afterwards and continuing on this , we couldnt find any solution till now. So this might be a good opportunity to modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to something like "Community Projects" to avoid confusion if that is acceptable to Vaclav, Jach