dation' role for
OSGeo projects, but there is a very real challenge there if OSGeo wants
to rise to the challenge of being the dominant player in FOSS spatial.
I fear the alternative is to one day wake up and discover OSGeo is 'just
another foundation', no
etend it's about genuine interoperability unless that really is the
case.
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>
> :-)
>
> Exciting week for GIS - Fiesta for GIS, Tequila, .. Oder Wurst, Beer
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> Noli
After QGIS day, R-GIS day (spatial analysis with R)? Anything for S & T?
Maybe a 2 day break before celebrating Udig-GIS day.
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tored)? Shapefile
(quite possibly a fair choice for a small infrequently updated data
set), PostGIS, ...
FWIW, I'd also consider a basic WMS with the WFS if only to provide a
representation of what's in the WFS for those trying to get their heads
around what WFS means.
HTH,
Tim Bowd
e it another try. The mailing
list for ossim is at
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ossim-developer and a brief
overview can be found at http://www.osgeo.org/ossim.
HTH,
Tim Bowden
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t least in that jurisdiction) as a straight
collection of facts?
With either answer, the outcome sought by using cc is not achieved hence
the problems with using CC.
Another twist is that in AU (and probably other commonwealth
jurisdictions at least) while facts can't be copyrighted but the
repr
On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 21:42 +0200, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2008/10/11 Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:49PM +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
> >> The FOSS4G 2009 team are planning a 3 day code sprint. The conference
> >>
. Would this work (or not) for you?
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If you want to got to that, you'll either have to pay big or wait till
it comes back to your part of the world then go cheaply.
Regards,
Tim Bowden
>
> >
> > The original post talked about minimizing expense; breaking into
> > several
> >
> > venues actual
o get talking to the likes of Nokia, IBM, HP
etc. Ok, so they're all big, got lots of money (still, I hope!) and
love open source, but they share another common trait; we haven't yet
been able to get them on board. If anyone has any good contacts within
those companies, please let
ng that. I'm planning on dropping a copy of to
www.multiskillmedia.co.za when I get there in the morning.
Regards,
Tim
> On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 09:58 +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
> > Mark, Please don't let that cutoff slip. How long will your upload
> > take? I've got t
If anyone doing a presentation at the AGM has any ppt material, please
email it to me and I'll pre-load it. I've got OO, and working on
getting PPT for those who need it.
REgards,
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iki/Live_GIS_Disc:mapfile_for_mapserver#WMS_calls
> >
> > what time is the deadline to close the final ISO?
> > If I have time I'll try, on Wednesday, to do a zip file containing:
> > * a home page for localhost with links to:
> > ** Mapserver WMS getCapa
Has anyone been giving the foss4g roomshare wiki page any love? I've
likely got several beds available. Details listed on the roomshare wiki
(http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Roomshare)
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whe
hose interested, there is also a twitter for planning foss4g2009 in
Sydney (http://twitter.com/foss4g2009).
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On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 15:04 +1000, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Correct, please test FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso
>
> From now on we plan to only fix bugs and address cosmetic changes (like
> populating an index.html). We don't plan to add features.
>
>
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:26 -0700, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> Just to clarify, it is the file:
> FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso
> then is the latest for testing, right?
>
I hope so, I'm many hours into downloading it :-)
Tim
> Tyler
>
> On 19-Sep-08, at 4:21 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
I'm in for FOSS-GPS. Good idea.
Regards,
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On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:35 -0700, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> On 17-Sep-08, at 11:53 PM, Risto H. Kurppa wrote:
>
> > Would osgeo be able to host this floss-geo list?
> >
> > I think this would fit well i
posure for your project, please drop me a line. If anyone wants to
install a demo I can organise that also. The PC will be setup to dual
boot windows and Ubuntu for those that need it. We will have a wired
connection to the wireless lan, so if required we can handle web style
demos.
Rega
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 09:09 +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
> I've put a proposed Live DVD BOF time on the wiki.
>
> Thoughts?
>
And I've just changed the time. Now on for Wed 15.30 - 16.00. We will
do an irc hookup for anyone who wants to join in from elsewhere. If
anyone rea
I've put a proposed Live DVD BOF time on the wiki.
Thoughts?
Tim Bowden
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 15:27 +0200, Gavin Fleming wrote:
> A LiveCD BOF is a good idea - you can start planning it here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_BOF_Sessions
>
> A few of the workshops and l
;
> Landon
>
Just add yourself to the Chapters portion of the wiki (ok, I see you've
done that) and turn up with your dissertation ready.
Regards,
Tim
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Bowden
> Sent: Sund
On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 09:28 -0700, Justin Deoliveira wrote:
> Hi Tyler,
>
> There will be three people representing the Geotools and GeoServer
> projects. 3 talks, 1 workshop, and 1 lab. OpenGeo is also sending two
> people from the OpenLayers project as well.
>
> -Justin
So who's being lined
closing plenary session.
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Is the liveCD issue worth a BOF in Cape Town? I'm happy to coordinate
if there is sufficient interest. Proly irc hookup for those not there.
Thoughts?
Regards,
Tim Bowden
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 12:54 +0200, Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
> Thanks you all, Alex, Markus, Mark and Cameron; we have
nd use the proprietary solution anyway?
Anyway, it's late here, and not even watching the IPL is going to keep
me awake any longer (Indian Premier League- cricket for those from the
wrong parts of the world).
Tim Bowden
[1] I count myself as one of the freetards.
>
> Landon
>
>
[1] ESR explains it better than I can in catb: lesson 3 in
http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s02.html.
Regards,
Tim Bowden
> Pretty much everybody associated with the IETF is funded by nice, large
> government contracts or has nice positions at large corp
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 10:49 +0900, Tim Bowden wrote:
> Bruce,
> Note: I've never tried this, and I'm making it up as I go. Others more
> informed than me may well kill the idea (Paul?).
Ok, kill this one. Tried it and it
Bruce,
Note: I've never tried this, and I'm making it up as I go. Others more
informed than me may well kill the idea (Paul?).
Use a file based approach to managing your image data, and back up to
git. That way you can recover to any point. New files are put on the
file system and pushed into g
On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 16:24 -0800, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2008, at 4:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > What it comes down to is what is appropriate for your use case.
>
> Indeed! However, there seem to be vanishingly few use cases for which
> raster-in-database is actually the mo
o works constructively and positively
> towards the goals of the Foundation. Good teamwork skills are an asset."
>
>
> I think this criteria are what I would like to see represented in the
> blog of this community
That's certainly a good criteria for selection in a
both provide and consume a geoRSS feed? Not sure how
you'd go about charging advertisers in that sort of scenario, but just a
thought.
> Thanks,
>
> Y
Regards,
Tim Bowden
> .
> Le vendredi 25 janvier 2008 18:35, Steve Lime a écrit :
> > Something like this, at least at the
e number of job adds). As you say if we can get
an rss feed for geofoss related entries then we get all the
functionality we're after (if I've understood the problem domain
correctly).
>
> I'd like to hear Steve Lime's opinion on the job boar
ut or goes to visit. Perhaps we could have
have some sort of (moderated?) jobs blog that provides a feed for the
big job sites to consume, and an open source geospatial feed from them?
Not sure if they'd be open to that though.
Just my $0.02
Tim Bowden
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shows to an OSGeo presence. Just make sure you can find enough
bodies to man the booth.
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I believe the integration test bed didn't go quite as well as planned.
Any thoughts as to why, and what could be done next time to improve the
experience?
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menting GeoFOSS solutions and enabling sharing of experiences and
expertise.
One of the things we want to help avoid, is the view that the conf is
nothing more than a junket for govt employees, at least as far as senior
management is concerned.
Thoughts anyone?
Rega
anding in any way.
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n't we just have
>
> www.osgeo.org/conferences/
>
> ?
or conf.osgeo.org/year ?
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if you don't like it, rant on discuss.
>
Outcomes are the important thing. If we can achieve our goals without
imposing a heavy burden on the board then surely that's a good thing?
It is a volunteer organisation after all.
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
>
> [1] http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=hPXz..&search=Machtgruppe
> [2] http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=hPXz..&search=Interessenvertretung
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can't fill this role. They're presumably
selected in a manner acceptable to those they represent, probably
reasonably active and would be a good fit as regional reps. I'm not
sure how formal we should make it, but it makes sense to me as a
functional solution.
Regards,
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ised anywhere. You
may be in for a bigger job than you realise because there is /lots/ of
open source gis software. There's plenty of obscure stuff along with
the mainstay apps so you may want to set some discrimination criteria to
make the job manageable.
HTH,
Tim Bowden
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, what logos are
available for use? Generic OSGeo Supporter logos? Member logos? Can
they be used on business cards and/or web sites?
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eing cradled gently
and lovingly by microsoft. If that helps you sleep better at night,
then so be it.
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This looks like a good opportunity to put the case for examining the
value (or lack of) patent related IP with respect to FOSS (and maybe all
software in general). Does OSGeo have a position on this, as it looks
like a great opportunity to get some exposure.
Tim Bowden
Forwarded
m.
> > Do we need input from those with a legal clue? Should we be talking to
> > OSI about this?
>
> > Just thought I'd raise the issue and see what others think.
>
> > Tim Bowden
>
> I can report that the government in Queensland, Australia is
> consider
Ok, looks like the issue is being well addressed. I was a bit concerned
it was slipping under the radar. Once we get some formal pointers we
can direct people to it will be handy.
Thanks,
Tim Bowden
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 10:34 -0400, Chris Holmes wrote:
> >> Do we need something
I approved licenses for geodata? Are there any
existing OSI licenses that suit? If so, we should be pointing to them.
Do we need input from those with a legal clue? Should we be talking to
OSI about this?
Just thought I'd raise the issue and see what others thi
osing session of foss4g2007?
Just a thought,
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This thread has really mutated but fwiw, here goes:
On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 09:47 -0700, Zachary L. Stauber wrote:
> Tim Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > Open source doesn't mean closed mind at all. If you are referring to
> > the habit of FOSS purists being pe
gher if there are no open source skills
in house; think about installation (./configure, make, make install is a
shock for windows admins), legal issues (licensing is a big one and
takes a while to get your head around if you haven't seen an OSI license
before), bug reporting, support etc. It
control of
their own systems, then I'm interested. The main focus of the conf
though, should be on a fully free stack. Without that, we are just
pissing in the wind if you will pardon the expression.
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e while under very heavy load.
Just my $0.02
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mething that could be added to such a repository? Is the education
committee building such a thing?
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