Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Public Safety OSGeo Interests Here?

2013-01-24 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
Arnie,I have some interests in the public safety arena, not currently working in that space professionally, for a number of years was involved in infrastructure management software mostly for utilities / telecom. Here's a link that might be interestinghttp://www.gita.org/ciper/gecco.aspGITA = Ge

[OSGeo-Discuss] US DOI National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) nomination process

2012-06-06 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2012/jun/06/news3.html http://www.fgdc.gov/ngac Perhaps someone in the OSGeo family should be nominated to join this committee?  See article. Robert H. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lis

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Networking Opportunity at FOSS4G

2011-08-23 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
Couple thoughts to add 1. since the individual OSGeo projects don't have dedicated exhibit booths at the conference, might be nice if there is a listing at the OSGeo booth of any of the projects' major developers, steering committee members and other 'heavy hitters' who are at the conferenc

[OSGeo-Discuss] Society for Conservation GIS conference

2011-07-11 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
The Society for Conservation GIS 14th Annual Conference July 16 – 19, 2011 Big Bear Lake, California http://www.scgis.org/ Any one in the USA Pacific Rim (or anyone else, for that matter) can attend this,show the OSGeo flag? Robert H. ___ Discuss ma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds forOSGeoprojects?

2011-06-06 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
nsider putting down a series of price points with a clear indication of what can be accomplished at each price point. You can even include OSGeo as one of the earlier price points (perhaps next to a subversion branch) and some of the later ones (white paper and publicity).--  Robert Hollingswort

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for OSGeoprojects?

2011-06-04 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
I've been discussing variations on an idea for a while with various people: Form pools of users around specific application functionality that the users share a need for.  They team up with developers to collaboratively specify and develop software.  The users in the pool contribute a fraction

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] open-source project site construction

2011-03-08 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
Daniel, First, thanks for the book link, looks like an excellent resource. I see your point about a directory structure 'starter kit' and the actual procedures for managing a project as open-source.  At best, a pre-populated structure may save some busy-work while launching the project, and gi

[OSGeo-Discuss] open-source project site construction

2011-03-03 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
Hello, I'm giving a presentation at the GITA conference in Grapevine TX in April, as part of the OSGEO track there.  (Audience: electric/gas/water utilities, telecommunications, etc.) Subject of the talk: highlights of management of a project as open-source, especially where that differs from

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WorldCities database Free and OpenSource

2010-03-05 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
just for USA: US Census TIGER shpfiles, organized by state, "*_place" has outline polygon, name, state name, some classifiers. also just for USA: USGS' GNIS dataset has lat, long, name, state name, county name, type classifier -- for cities, towns and a whole lot of other stuff. REH A free list

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Db connect

2010-03-02 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
is the missing '_' in $dbhandle below significant? REH Hi, am trying to learn rendering maps using browser(shapefiles) no error is given from the browser, but it just displays $db_handle = pg_connect(”host = localhost port = 5432 dbname = postgis user = postgres password = GrassJump”); $query

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Opensource Geospatial Job Tracking Software

2010-01-06 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
rd solution for certain OS GI Systems in the form of an OS project ... I too would like to stay in the loop discussing this topic further ... Mit freundlichen Gruessen/Kind regards, Andreas Paukner-Ruzicka (Geschaeftsfuehrer/Managing Director) Robert Hollingsworth wrote:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Opensource Geospatial Job Tracking Software

2010-01-06 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
I believe this has a lot of overlap with 'Work Mgmt' as expressed in the utillities and telecoms, which centers on the Work Order as the primary abstraction for tracking Create/Update/Delete both on database objects and the physical assets they model.  Usually involves specific states ('Propose

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How about an OSGeo Credit Card?

2009-08-03 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
How about an OSGEO Group Health Insurance plan,for those of "US" who live in primitive countries that lack comprehensive national health care programs (and are likely to stay that way despite the best efforts by some in our federal legislative bodies) REH --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Stephen Woodbridge

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] fleet management

2009-07-15 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
Assuming that Fleet Mgmt is synonymous with AVL, I have clients/contacts in the US Rural Electric Cooperative space that have interests in this area and are possible candidates for an O-S solution because of cost and other factors. I hope a new list forms around this subject Robert H. > 1/ doe

[OSGeo-Discuss] any OSGEO enthusiasts located near Austin TX?

2009-02-21 Thread Robert Hollingsworth
...and interested in forming a regional chapter (or less formal gatherings) based on proximity to Austin?  What about San Antonio? thanks, Robert H. lat: 30.25, lon: -98.06 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/

[OSGeo-Discuss] Introduction

2008-10-23 Thread ROBERT HOLLINGSWORTH
start some topics going, hopefully soon.  They may take the form of "What's been your experience with _?" Thanks, Robert Hollingsworth ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss