Hi OAM has had two "meetings" to discuss how to move forward..
http://wiki.openaerialmap.org/OpenAerialMap_Future_Directions http://wiki.openaerialmap.org/OAM_Reboot_BoF_at_Where_2010 .. both of which amount to a pretty decent sketch of technical spec http://wiki.openaerialmap.org/Technical_Proposal and real hardware offers. There's also been good consensus built for governance structures, licensing, implementation plans, data sources. What's been identified as missing at every meeting is the need for someone to start building actual working code. If someone is willing to commit and put in the time to set up the available hardware, and start writing code to increase OSSIM accessibility and start a cataloging service, that is so great! So far, that just hasn't happened voluntarily. At the last meeting, it was clear that several people could make time if they were compensated, to get through this first technical bootstrap. Once we had a working system, that people could depend on for some basic service, it would attract more interest and more sustainable technical community. Yes, this means looking for grant money, or some other funding source. I think we can be reasonably confident of finding support, considering the importance of a functional OAM for future disaster response. Andrzej, Jorge, Chirs,please take a look at what's been documented so far. Would you be able to start on this soon, voluntarily? By when could some initial demos be put in place? If something is missing from the spec, can you describe this, and even better, make suggestions on those missing pieces? If yes, coding can begin now, and it does begin now, and the first milestones achieved rapidly, then no, we don't need funding now. Otherwise, we need funds, and Richard's offer to start that process should be welcomed. Best Mikel == Mikel Maron == +254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron http://mapkibera.org/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti ________________________________ From: Kate Chapman <[email protected]> To: Christopher Schmidt <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 9:38:33 PM Subject: Re: [OAM-talk] OAM Reboot grant proposal At the moment it seems that nobody feels strongly enough that they need OAM to write the code. Or that people that would be good at writing the OAM code are too busy with other paid work. I think the theory was that if someone was paid to write the code it would be one avenue for that to happen. Of course it is possible that then no community develops around the code base and we are stuck in a situation that all future code people demand to be paid for it. Though Richard offering to help write a grant is an offer to perform a task. I suppose someone else could say "I'd rather just write the code" and that would solve the inherent lack of code problem. -Kate On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Christopher Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 02:13:57PM -0400, Richard Weait wrote: >> In conversation with Mikel last week, it was suggested that the OAM >> reboot could move forward if a grant proposal was written. > > Based on what evidence? > > There needs to be software and hardware. Grants can solve hardware, > but probably not software... and there is already a significant chunk of > hardware in motion (at least as far as I know). > > I don't know much about grants (isn't that some kind of thing that > grad students abuse?), but my understanding was that they generate > money, not people; is someone offering people-time in exchange for > money? I missed it... > >> Is this on >> the task list for anybody in particular? Failing an avalanche of >> volunteers, I'll take a stab at a first draft, then send it here. >> Those with the experience and motivation to edit the strawman are more >> than welcome to help shine this rock into a gem. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://host134.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org > > -- > Christopher Schmidt > Web Developer > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://host134.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://host134.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org
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