Montreal Code Sprint 2011 Agenda

Theme
Montreal Code Sprint 2011 : The Rendez-vous of the Tribes

Sending out a clear message that we'd like to see members of all OSGeo tribes (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, C#, etc.) join forces for the advancement of OSGeo technologies. Last year's sprint in NYC helped foster synergies between the tribes and we want this to continue even stronger.

MapServer

 * 6.0 Release work (documentation, polishing and bug fixes)
 * SVG Symbols (assefa, zak, thomas)
 * rendering features with offset + leader (assefa, zak, thomas)
 * Outputformat refactoring (don't create and initialize all default outputformats at each request) (thomas)
 * Text rendering => always use labelpathobj (thomas)
 * rasterBufferObj: premultiplied or not? (thomas, frankw)
 * INSPIRE View Services support for WMS (TomK, assefa, etc.)
 * Ruby/SWIG MapScript (JimK)
 * layer level GEOMTRANSFORM (Steve)
 * use case snippets (see OpenLayers as an example) (Steve)
 * profiling 6.0 ahead of benchmarking exercise (need feedback from Jeff/Daniel on where we sucked)

PostGIS

 * 3D index issues outline support whether we'll have one or 2 types of parallel indices (prefer one type)
 * 9.1 KNN GIST are we going to do or punt to 2.1
 * Left over issues with EMPTY and new more ISO compliant WKT display of geometries
 * Make geometry_columns a view rather than table - harmonize legacy with new to cause least pain
 * Possibility of preliminary X3D support in 2.0 instead of 2.1

PostGIS raster

 * Ticket fixes
 * ST_SetRotation & ST_Rotation
 * pl/pgSQL script fixes
 * ST_MapAlgebra optimization & neighbourhood
 * ST_Intersection optimization & GDAL Polygonize with real values

GDAL/OGR

 * SWIG/Ruby bindings? (JimK)
 * Merge the two MrSID Drivers (Raster and Lidar) into one

libLAS

 * mpg to discuss/demonstrate the Stage model that libPC sets up
 * hobu to talk about technologies, intents, and targeted platforms for libPC
 * mpg to give a small code walkthrough via projector
 * Try to get FrankW to discuss features/failures/successes of both GDAL and OGR's driver models
 * Get hg access for all sprint participants
 * hobu to stand up libpc.org with Trac/HG/Sphinx
 * Bootstrap people building libPC on their own computers (writing docs as we go)
 * Crib up the text, MG4, and BAG drivers
 * Add CMake detection for MG4
 * Add MG4/L support to libPC
 * Plan for adding octree libpc::Stage
 * Investigate and discuss using boost-style traits for class description
 * Investigate Point Cloud Library's (PCL) template-driven point classes and their applicability and/or adaptability for libPC.