Jo wrote:
As a female member of OSGeo I don't really feel that my gender matters in the
slightest.
Having heard too many sad stories from across the software industry, and having
seen a couple first-hand, that totally makes my day. We’re doing something
right, folks.
Thanks.
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On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:31 AM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote:
Although your points make sense, the reality is that the President is
requested specifically for many things, in person, or on a Skype call,
writing a support letter, shaking a hand, giving a talk, etc etc.
Those
While I don’t think I’m keen on having professionals foot the bill for OSGeo,
Dirk is definitely on the right track. His citation of the core principles is
timely, and I’ll go so far as to repeat it here:
OSGeo should act as a low-capital, volunteer-focused organization.
OSGeo should
Correct: “membership”, by design at the original founding meeting, was designed
not to confer ANY rights or distinguishing properties except for the ability to
vote for board members.
While the election process is pretty messy right now, I view that as a solvable
problem: I’m still at a loss
I’ve not been following this issue closely, so I just went back through the old
mails and I’m still left with this rather basic question:
What is the problem that we are trying to solve? What started this movement?
What in our organization is “broken” that needs to be fixed?
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in changing the tone and dynamic of the
organization, I’d be interested to hear from people as to what we think the
change direction should be and to what ultimate advantage.
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On Jun 23, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Howard Butler how...@hobu.co wrote:
On Jun 23, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Michael P. Gerlek
[added standards mailing list back to the distribution list]
Quoting all of item 4, to put Stefano's quote in context:
Standards specifications are made accessible to all for implementation
and deployment. Affirming standards organizations have defined
procedures to
Someone asked the Board (off-list) why we do not publish the results of our
elections in detail -- such as how many votes there were for each candidate,
including any candidates that weren't elected.
I'm not sure if our bylaws require secret ballots, but that has been our
process since the
It's not been mentioned in the Upper Echelons that I hang about in, for what
that's worth.
If someone wanted to propose OSGeo get involved in this somehow, I'm sure we'd
be interested…
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On Aug 14, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Barry Rowlingson b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk
wrote:
Is anyone at
Cameron Shorter's name was inadvertently omitted from the nomination page.
Arnulf and I are both(!) traveling today and can't quickly update the wiki - if
some kind soul would do that for us, we would appreciate it.
If you have already voted and wish to change your selections, feel free to do
Also, some companies would be willing to help underwrite production costs in
exchange for some small ads on the back pages, if we
wanted to go that way.
Nice idea, but initial production costs are zero with
publish-on-demand - its just the time of the editor.
Ah, but you're not thinking
I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board.
Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active
in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G
conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on
I hesitate to get into this discussion, but...
Puneet wrote:
[...] I short-circuit all license discussions in my personal domain by
not having any license. Life is too short and precious, in my view, to
encumber with
these complications.
Do you literally mean no license at all? That might
+1
I like the old way better too, but Daniel it right: the comment period is past.
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:06 AM
To:
DARPA and George Mason University are running a very novel, incubator-like
opportunity for small teams of people interested in a chance to pursue radical
new ideas in the areas of geospatial and visual data analysis.
If you've got an idea for something truly different in the geo data world, and
+1!
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From: Seven (aka Arnulf) [mailto:se...@arnulf.us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:19 AM
To: c...@osgeo.org; OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Boad of Director Nomination: Daniel Morissette
Dear OSGeo Community, Charter Members,
I want to nominate Daniel
, bootstrapping faster,
fostering collaboration, and promoting extensibility.
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From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:m...@flaxen.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:54 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions (discuss@lists.osgeo.org)
Subject: DARPA-funded short-term incubator
We received 22 nominations for the 2012 Charter Members. There were 20
membership positions available, but the board acted over the weekend to
increase that number to 22.
Therefore, on behalf of the OSGeo Board and the entire OSGeo community, I am
pleased to welcome the following people as
The nomination period for 2012 OSGeo Board Members starts in two weeks.
As a long-time member of the OSGeo community and as a current Board member, I
can say that this organization that has helped build a fantastic and supportive
community over the past several years. However, there are always
Jachym-
Can you provide us with a summary of the financial aspects of your event?
Things like did the attendees have to pay anything and if so how much, did you
have any sponsors, how much was spent on the venue, food, etc, etc. This is
good information to have, for others thinking about
This is just a gentle reminder that there is a mailing list for geospatial jobs
related to open source over at j...@lists.osgeo.org (archived at
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/jobs/).
If you are looking to hire someone to do some open source geo work, or if
you're looking to get hired to do
In advance of OSGeo's 2012 election season, we are updated our database of
charter members.
We need at least an email address for each of the charter members, although we
will optionally be happy to accept the following data from you as well:
Last Name (surname)
First and middle
?
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Discuss mailing list
Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discuss
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
On 20/04/12 07:24, Cameron Shorter wrote:
On 20/04/2012 4:06 AM, Michael P
/2012 4:06 AM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Do we have any policies and cost structures for the Ambassador function yet?
I've seen a few people talking about creating an OSGeo Ambassador role. Arnulf
I think might have been the first to mention it, and I think it is an excellent
idea. I'm also
We are setting up a contact list on the wiki, inventorying all the various
committees and local chapters.
Pls take a minute to review this wiki page and make any additions you see fit:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts
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To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Defining an OSGeo Ambassador role
On 20/04/2012 4:06 AM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Do we have any policies and cost structures for the Ambassador function yet?
I've seen a few people talking about creating
Dimitris:
No apologies needed, it is an important discussion to have! But as you are
aware, there are no easy answers.
The Board of Directors has been discussing these issues a lot, both on lists
and in face-to-face meetings. The problem is that OSGeo has a very broad
charter and a very
I'm covering this for the Board, and in the next few days I will be putting out
a formal motion for OSGeo to endorse it.
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From: board-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On
Behalf Of David William Bitner
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:50 AM
To: OSGeo
OSGeo folk:
I'm formally requesting that OSGeo endorse the amicus (friend of the court)
brief being submitted by the Sierra Club to the California Supreme Court. This
case covers significant interest to our community, including the definition of
GIS data and the public's right to access open
** Please forward this email to any students or others who might be interested.
**
Through the generosity of our sponsors -- especially our gold-level sponsor
Mobile Geographics -- we have funding available for a qualified student (or
currently unemployed programmer) to come to Seattle for
I've volunteered to take point on this issue and do the homework, as a first
step towards bringing to the Board for approval.
I've started a wiki page listing some reading material about the case:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OrangeCounty_Amicus
If anyone has any opinions about the issue (either
Nicolas:
This is a great idea. Could you please start by stubbing out a wiki page for
this, and then others can add onto it?
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of nicolas bozon
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 6:56 PM
There are many nominees this year! And since we have such an international
slate this year, I expect many of us are in the position I'm in: I don't
recognize the names of many of them, much less know of them at least by
reputation.
If you are a nominee, please consider posting a short
I've added a cab-share signup section.
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:52 PM
To: OSGEO discuss
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Travel Hints
I'm trying to make a one-page advert/flyer/handout for the IslandWood
sprint, to be handed out in Denver next week...
I know the content that has to be included, but my design skillz are totally
not up to it and it looks like a fourth-grade science fair poster.
Anyone out there got the talents
for. In my opinion this is one of the events OSGeo could support, because it
has a high impact on its projects.
Leaving such a risk on individuals is likely to make this kind of events
difficult to organize.
Daniel
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Michael P. Gerlek m...@flaxen.com wrote
The goal of hosting the 2012 North American code sprint here in Seattle is,
unfortunately, almost dead.
To date I have received almost $4K in sponsorship money -- thank you to
Airborne Interactive, Anonymous/CUGOS, Development Seed, and LizardTech! --
and almost $4K in the form of seven
I've now posted my candidate statement here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2011#Michael_Gerlek
Thanks again for your consideration.
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From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:m...@flaxen.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:03 AM
To: 'OSGeo
I'm on vacation right now, so this will have to be short -- I'll write
something more up when I get home in a few days, but for now let me just make
some bullet points:
* Thank you to Aaron for the nomination. It's a privilege to be nominated, and
doubly so to be in company of so many other
Well, you've covered most of the tradeoffs - proprietary/open, general
availability, etc. At the end of the day, it's hard to beat compressed
TIFFs. (lzw-compressed TIFFs are nice too - maybe a bit less supported than
jpeg-compressed, but no quality loss)
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From:
you's
and favorable mentions in blog posts about the sprint.
Checks should be made payable to CUGOS and sent to
Michael P. Gerlek
12167 Pleasant Place NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
USA
Please forward this to anyone you might think be interested.
We hope you can join us!
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This mail is to announce the start of planning / early call for
participation for the 4th annual OSGeo North American code sprint. Held in
previous years in Toronto, New York City, and Montreal, we are proposing to
hold the next event in Jan-Mar of 2012 on a small island near Seattle.
Unlike
+1 here too.
I like the idea of providing an avenue for us to pitch articles, etc. I
know that in principle anyone can submit a piece to most of the industry
pubs, but in practice the editors tend to favor those they have a
pre-existing relationship with.
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Consider the following hypothetical problem:
Assume we have a good elevation data set for a large region of the earth --
say, an entire mountain range. Now let's say we have a photograph taken
from the ground, the horizon of which shows the profile of a couple of the
mountains in that range.
A gentle, periodic reminder: OSGeo has a jobs mailing list!
You can post there if you...:
- want a new job
- trying to hire someone for a job -
- are searching for a contractor or consultant
- want to find work as a consultant or contractor
- have opportunities for graduate students
[disclaimer: I'm the one who nominated Dan]
Having admired MapWindow from afar from some time, I had the opportunity to
spend a couple days with Dan and his team a few months ago and came away very
impressed. Dan is doing a great job in bringing C#/.NET into the OSGeo world
via the DotSpatial
Those of you who've been nominated, feel free to announce yourselves with a few
immodestly chosen lines about why we should vote for you!
There are a lot of seemingly good candidates, but not enough votes to go
around...
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...it would be easy to determine what the URL for...
Alas, it is not clear to me that, even within the US, there is a universally
recognized canonicalization of the place name hierarchy, much less the names
themselves.
For example, you refer to california, as opposed to state_of_california,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but if we could just get enough people to all submit data for
their own local areas using arbitrary free-form textual tags and maybe provide
a voting mechanism for the best submissions, then we could...
Oh, wait -- never mind.
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From:
Perhaps I missed it, but with the exception of Paolo, I don't see any
statements from the nominees themselves? We've done that in past years, and I
think it has been helpful to some of us.
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
[mailto:discuss-
boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:23 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election 2010
Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Perhaps I missed it, but with the exception of Paolo, I don't see any
I'm here from the CUGOS gang (Seattle and environs).
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Seven (aka Arnulf)
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:51 PM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss]
A friend of mine is working in a SA country that has a new policy that
all software at the national level must be non-commercial open source.
One of these clauses makes sense, one of them does not. Why would you
limit yourself to *non* commercial Open Source?
(I parsed the original as
Shorter
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:45 PM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 5 Star OSGeo project maturity rating
On 11/06/10 01:59, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
(Along those lines, I'd also ask precisely what ready to start incubation
means...)
Ready to start incubation implies
I'm thinking there might be a reasonable number of .NET folks lurking around
here, and that it might be nice to have a mailing list for .NET-specific open
source geo work -- what projects are being done, what issues people have, etc,
etc.
If interested, send email (to me or to list, at your
[ Some of you know I've been involved in this conference in the past, and
indeed am again this year. I like it because it is a very different sort of
conference: an unusual mix of industry, academia, government, and other. If
you're interested in submitting or have any questions, feel free to
Ditto - it seemed sort of so obvious that I assumed Our Board would
just Do the Right Thing.
+2
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On Feb 25, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Chris Puttick chris.putt...@thehumanjourney.net
wrote:
Sorry Jo; Schuyler, personally I hadn't realised a response would be
necessary. I'd assumed it would
I'm going to be at the GeoInt conference in San Antonio in a couple weeks -- if
a few others of you are are, maybe we could meet for lunch or something?
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Okay, so the odds are pretty slim, but: if anyone's going to PDC (the Microsoft
developers conference) next month, I'd be happy to do a meetup there too.
(I'm interested in seeing what's new with MSFT's geo support -- Bing Friends
-- as it's been a couple years since I've looked into what
I agree, we don't want to compete directly with anyone nor do we want to take
an adversarial political stance.
However, I'd offer that while the level of awareness of open source GIS
offerings has much improved over the past couple years, it still has a ways to
go and OSGeo can be a force for
Local OSGeo chapters are great, but how about existing non-OSGeo
groups? Does OSGeo have a strategy to
build communication with them?
You mean groups like local ESRI chapters, ASPRS chapters, GIS professionals,
etc?
I'd encourage the local chapters to find such non-OSGeo local groups and
Thinking aloud, a possible contrarian view:
A goal like to produce a comprehensive suite of tools [that do X or Y]...
doesn't likely fit with OSGeo's broad membership and interests. We are an
umbrella organization representing a number of projects, each with its own
unique goals and agendas.
showing that most of you don't have insurance and yet, happily, the sun still
rises every morning.
Thanks to all who responded!
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-Original Message-
From: Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:03 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Insurance for contractors
Fresh on the heels of word that Google has patented the idea of a search web
page [1] and the recent discussions of the value and meaning of patents here
and elsewhere, I offer a link to Rob Weir's great advice on how to read patents
[2].
[1]
In the past I've hired some people for contract or consultant work (both open
source projects and more general stuff) -- generally these people have been
independent, one-man shops found by word of mouth and reputation, as opposed to
hiring someone from an agency.
I'm getting pushback now from
a summary in a few days with no names attached.
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:03 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors
[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:19 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary
Algorithms
I've not given it much thought recently, to be honest. I'd need to
review the current state
P. Gerlek
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:36 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary
Algorithms
snip
Do you know why there hasn't been a broader adoption of JP2?
Not through lack of trying on my part :-)
I think the two biggest reasons are:
(1
Number: (209) 992-0658
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:59 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary
Algorithms
] On Behalf Of Michael
P. Gerlek
Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 6:55 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and
Proprietary Algorithms
Some clarifications:
- MrSID has both lossy and lossless modes
- MrSID is not fractal
...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:36 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats
andProprietaryAlgorithms[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Tiling essentially means you can take a large file and compress pieces
of it independently
Someone earlier in this thread spoke about some of these technologies
being somewhat obsolete what with the new network and bandwidth speeds
available for publishing.
I think the comment was that by hiding the data behind a server, you can reduce
the users' exposure to a myriad of file
Yes, JP2 supports signed and unsigned types of up to ~24 bits. And lots of
channels (bands). And alpha masking. And arbitrary metadata blobs (geospatial
and otherwise).
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf
Like the subject of patents from a couple weeks ago, we need to be careful of
painting
these things with too broad a brush.
I've got to have MicroStation to work with CALTRANS, AutoCAD to work with my
local city,
ESRI to work with the County's GIS department, and software from LizardTech
Some clarifications:
- MrSID has both lossy and lossless modes
- MrSID is not fractal based; it uses wavelets (and arithmetic encoding)
- you can't copyright algorithms; the MrSID source code certainly is, however
- MrSID relies on a number of patents, not all of which are owned by LizardTech
-
Landon asked:
When you said there is today no open source implementation of JP2 that is
suitable for geo
work do you mean that there is no open source library that can read and
write JP2? If so,
who is using the format?
There are a few implementations of JP2 around. The Kakadu library,
From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:55 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary Algorithms
Some clarifications:
- MrSID has
note
While I have no absolutely no familiarity with the patent in question,
something I've said here before perhaps bears occasional repeating:
Patent and IP law is a very deep and complex subject. The vast majority of us
laypersons are not qualified to read and evaluate patent claims; what is
(I'm not sure why, but I actually have a sad desire to get up early to watch
this next week...)
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Julia Harrell
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:03 PM
To:
Atlanta in August? ...As long as they've got good air conditioning!
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Mark Lucas
mluca...@mac.commailto:mluca...@mac.com wrote:
Hi All,
I am helping to setup a Military open source software conference in @ GTRI in
Atlanta in August, no suits/ties, just a
Time for my periodic reminder about OSGeo's monthly column in GeoConnexions
magazine. We've published 22(!) articles to date, covering everything from the
major OSGeo packages to business-related issues to thoughts on standards and
file formats.
I'm always on the hunt for more material, so if
, or is aware of inaccuracies in my above
statements, pls let me know.
Thanks.
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From: Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:17 AM
To: 'OSGeo Discussions'
Subject: Open source TIN code?
The Community has need of BSD-licensed source code for TIN generation
Yeah, I have anecdotal evidence Isenburg gave the OK (Hobu noted it on the
liblas list), but he didn't specify exactly for *what* he was okay with from
the tools collection which makes me nervous. If he were to say all of it,
then we're all set (I just care about the TINner inside lasview).
Shorter [mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:08 AM
To: Michael P. Gerlek
Cc: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoConnexions column -- see your name in print!
Michael,
Writing about the LiveDVD would be good, it might encourage 1/100
readers to download
Thanks to all who replied! I've posted all the replies (with private replies
anonymized) to the wiki -- feel free to edit as you think of more.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Top_Ten_Myths
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From: Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:30 AM
To: OSGeo
In order to estimate a cost, the magazine people need to know (exactly) how
much each insert (DVD + sleeve?) weighs. Anyone with a good scale?
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
Sent:
I'll ask.
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From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:08 AM
To: Michael P. Gerlek
Cc: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoConnexions column -- see your name in print!
Michael,
Writing about
to you?
Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
As some of you know, OSGeo runs a monthly column in GeoConnexions magazine
about open source issues. We've done 18 articles to date, which have
resulted in some good PR (and a bit of cash) for our foundation.
If you are interested in submitting a future
(In Seattle, we go out for a latte.)
This is a quick troll to see who'd be interested in coming to (and/or
helping organize) a mini-conference in Seattle in spring of '09. Send
me email, and I'll follow up later with a summary.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It doesn't say who is actually running this site -- is it a govt
entity, corporate, non-profit...?
Also, the terms of use and privacy policy links aren't clicky.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnulf Christl
(OSGeo)
Sent:
If any of you kindly OSGeo folks are going to GeoInt next month in
Nashville and would be interested like to do a meetup-ish thing, drop me
a line and maybe we can arrange something.
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(note from the sidelines: I was the one who started the Library, going back a
couple years ago, but haven't maintained it in a long time. It definitely
needs some love, and would welcome a volunteer to take it over.)
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Aside
I interrupt here to point out that of late the Board has been faced with
some significant questions about the aim and scope of our organization.
This is a good thing: it is what the Board is there for.
We the Charter Members are tasked with electing new board members
shortly, and thus have
+1 from here too. All 18 may be indeed be worthy, but moving the goal
post once the ball is in play sets a dangerous precedent.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Venkatesh Raghavan
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:14 AM
To:
A quick look at the List shows that we've got an impressive a cadre
already. But, to misquote, I'll admit that I don't know half of you
half as well as I should like: I am sure there are many good candidates
out there still lurking, but perhaps too shy to speak up on his or her
own behalf.
If
I'm not looking to start a debate, but...
We call on all governments to:
1. Procure only information technology that implements free and
open standards;
2. Deliver e-government services based exclusively on free and open
standards;
3. Use only free and open digital standards in their
(Is GeoPDF open now? I was under the impression that they were claiming IP in
there, but my info is a couple years old.)
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rushforth, Peter
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:56 AM
To: OSGeo
Dan-
In general, yes, you are allowed to use the logo. There are guidelines
posted on the web (not sure where..) spelling out proper usage, etc.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Ames
Sent: Monday,
Kakadu.
What standard do you follow for metadata ? OGC GMLJP2, or do you
include GeoTIFF information in a JP2 file like Luratech suggested to the JPEG
committee ?
Cheers,
François
Michael P. Gerlek a écrit
François:
When you say Mega-Images (- geo-sized images), just how big are you talking
about?
If you are in the 10-100GB range, I/LizardTech would be very interested in
talking with you about the project, and also about supporting some of the geo
metadata conventions. (Especially if you can
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