Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Codrina Maria Ilie
Dear Maxi, I agree with Maria. In my understanding, the Data4All initiative should be self standing within OSGeo. My reasons revolve around the idea that open (geo)data extends far beyond the public sector (data collected and/or produced by national agencies within monitoring activities) or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Jody Garnett
The website committee has been dissolved, making this a more self-servce experience. All committee chairs (and foundation officers) should now how website edit access; if we missed anyone please comment on https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1789 -- Jody Garnett On 20 October 2016 at 08:20, Mass

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Jody Garnett
I would tend to think of GeoForAll/Geo4All/geo4all, osgeo-live, etc... as "Initiatives" rather than software projects. -- Jody Garnett On 20 October 2016 at 08:20, Massimiliano Cannata < massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: > dear Board, > in the OSGeo landing page (www.osgeo.org) in the "OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Suchith Anand
+ 1 to Data4All initiative idea. This is a good opportunity for OSGeo to take leadership to bring together not just OSM, HOT, OSM communities but also the wider citizen science and PPGIS communities. We can start MoUs with like minded organisations to support Data4All as we did for Geo4All :-)

[OSGeo-Discuss] R: [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Maria Antonia Brovelli
Great idea Codrina! Please go ahead! Cheers. Maria Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung Messaggio originale Da: Codrina Maria Ilie Data: 21/10/2016 11:24 (GMT+01:00) A: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project... Dear Venka, G

[OSGeo-Discuss] Hackathon: building fully open climatic monitoring system

2016-10-21 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
Dear All, I would like to announce that on the 6th and 7th December 2016 in Italy, in San Michele all'Adige at Fondazione Edmund Mach (Trento) [1] there will be the 1st hackathon of the OSGeo's Open Monitoring System WG [2]. The hackathon named " building fully open climatic monitoring system" [3]

[OSGeo-Discuss] R: [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Maria Antonia Brovelli
Dear Maxi In my opinion it is more a Committee than a working group inside another one. The data, with their variety, are more than those of direct interest in science. My 2 cents. Maria Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung Messaggio originale Da: Massimiliano Cannata Data:

[OSGeo-Discuss] 2017 World Bank Land and Poverty Conference CfP and Registration

2016-10-21 Thread Arnulf Christl
Folks, following up from the FOSS4G 2016 conference in Bonn where "Land Information" was one of the four key topics this CfP from the World Bank may be of special interest to us. I have personally attended the last three editions of this conference. Land Information is obviously all about geospati

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
Dear Codrina and Angelos, as co-chair of the Open Geoscience committe as you showed interest in re-vitalising the open data stuff, I would like to invite you to form and lead a specific working group within the Open Geoscience Committee. We have already set a WG for open monitoring system which is

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Even Rouault
On Friday 21 October 2016 12:41:56 Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > Hi all, > > On 10/20/2016 10:53 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > OSGeo-Live likewise has hundreds of contributors, provides a easy way > > for new users to find out about Open Source projects, and maintains a > > high level of quality. It s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
Hi all, On 10/20/2016 10:53 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: OSGeo-Live likewise has hundreds of contributors, provides a easy way for new users to find out about Open Source projects, and maintains a high level of quality. It should be promoted. Note, we have considered taking OSGeo-Live through

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Codrina Maria Ilie
Dear Venka, Good idea! I will gladly start setting the wiki page within the next days. Cheers, Codrina On 21/10/16 12:07, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: Hi Codrina, On 2016/10/21 17:09, Codrina Maria Ilie wrote: Dear Venka, all I would gladly join forces in a Data4All initiative with OSM, HOT a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
Hi all, I also think this is an excellent idea, and I like the proposed name too. I would be happy to contribute to such an initiative too. Best, Angelos On 10/21/2016 11:09 AM, Codrina Maria Ilie wrote: Dear Venka, all I would gladly join forces in a Data4All initiative with OSM, HOT and ot

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
Hi Codrina, On 2016/10/21 17:09, Codrina Maria Ilie wrote: Dear Venka, all I would gladly join forces in a Data4All initiative with OSM, HOT and other Open Data communities, as well. That's great! Shall we start with setting up a wiki page and inviting others to join the Data4All initiative?

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Lester Caine
On 21/10/16 08:33, Massimiliano Cannata wrote: > To me using PROJECT for outreach activities is misleading and confusing. That may actually just be a matter of language. Certainly rules relating to the development of software products do not apply to the development of open source data or the deve

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Codrina Maria Ilie
Dear Venka, all I would gladly join forces in a Data4All initiative with OSM, HOT and other Open Data communities, as well. Cheers, Codrina On 21/10/16 02:27, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: Regarding "Public Geodata Project", I expressed my views in the recent e-mail [2]. I would be happy to wo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
I strongly disagree in using the name "project" for outreach "activities". In OSGeo a project is a "software project" and we have: - osgeo projects (graduated) - incubating projects (incubating) - community projects (not big enough to incubate) Then we have "outreach activities" which are conduct