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INSPIRE conference 2013

2013-05-10T07:39:33Z

Wiki-Heikki: /* Ping-Pong match: OSGeo & INSPIRE */

Coordination of activities of OSGeo projects at INSPIRE Conference

== Links ==

* [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2013/ Conference page]

== Deadlines ==

* March 15, 2013 Deadline for submitting paper and workshops proposals (extension given from March 1)
* March 29 2013 Deadline for submitting poster proposals

== Presentation and workshop ==

On this page, two separate events are discussed: a proposal for a presentation, and a proposal for a workshop.

The purpose of the presentation is to give a good overview of INSPIRE-readiness of the OSGeo projects, with an intended audience of general users.

The workshop, on the other hand, aims to give a quick overview of each (represented) OSGeo project and where it stands in relation to the INSPIRE technical guidelines, followed by a round-table dialog between OSGeo developers and JRC INSPIRE Technical Committee members about issues raised.

Please note that if you like to participate in both events, each has its own list of participants. If you're enlisting as a participant this would imply further commitment, e.g. to assist in the preparation of slides and paper and if possible, presence at the conference as a speaker.

== Paper proposal ==

Generic talk about OSGeo projects and their relation to INSPIRE.

=== OSGeo projects and their efforts towards INSPIRE ===

Jachym Cepicky1, Maria A. Brovelli 2, Margherita Di Leo 3, Angelos Tzotsos 4, Arnulf Christl5, Simone Giannecchini6, Jeroen Ticheler7, Markus Schneider8, Nicola Giuliani9, Andrea Aime6, Paolo Cavallini10, Jose García7, Stephan Meissl11, Peter Baumann12,'''add your name'''n

# OSGeo Board of directors, Help Service - Remote Sensing, Benesov, Czech Republic,
# Politecnico di Milano, Campus Como, Italy
# European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Ispra (VA), Italy
# Remote Sensing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
# [http://metaspatial.net metaspatial], Germany
# GeoSolutions, Italy
# [http://geocat.net GeoCat], The Netherlands
# [http://www.occamlabs.de Occam Labs], Bonn, Germany
# [http://www.trilogis.it Trilogis], Rovereto, Italy
# Faunalia, Italy
# EOX IT Services GmbH, Austria
# Jacobs University, Germany
# '''add your affiliation, City, Country'''

''The abstract should not exceed two A4 pages.''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, data and education. The foundation provides organizational, legal and financial support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Since the earliest beginning of INSPIRE open source developers have been involved with implementing systems which eventually have to satisfy INSPIRE requirements. Users have requested new features and capabilities to enable their software packages to address requirements resulting from the INSPIRE directive. Developers in turn have given technical feedback to the makers of the directive. As a result INSPIRE over time has evolved into an implementable real-world architecture.

Many members of the OSGeo development teams are located in Europe, and many of them are actively involved in implementing INSPIRE services and geo-portals. There has been a lot of volunteered and financial contribution to OSGeo projects to help implement the official INSPIRE specifications. With the help of many testers, users and community members, OSGeo projects are offering better INSPIRE support year after year.

This presentation is focused on the introduction of various popular OSGeo projects, which are used for particular tasks within the INSPIRE infrastructure. The presentation will reference certified OSGeo projects as well as projects from the broader OSGeo ecosystem which have not passed the incubation process yet. Each project will summarize the achievements over the last year of development with respect to INSPIRE and include a short report on future developments. This will provide a comprehensive overview of features already available today as well as features in the OSGeo community pipeline which will have direct impact on their possible usage for INSPIRE.

'''Keywords:''' OSGeo, Open Source, MapServer, GeoServer, OpenLayers, deegree, Mapbender, GDAL, GeoNetwork, pycsw, OSGeoLive, NASA World Wind, Mapbender, GRASS, Quantum GIS, gvSIG, rasdaman '''add more here'''

[[INSPIRE_conference_2013-paper]]

== Workshop proposal ==
The proposing team suggests to implement this workshop in a barcamp style within the conference. This will probably attract a more diverse group of people and allow for more dynamic communication which is one of the most important aspects required to really get INSPIRE implemented. The aim is to get developers and project leads from OSGeo and professionals involved with INSPIRE around one table and shed light on each other's world.

From the conference website:

''Pre-conference workshops will take place on the 23/24 June. Each workshop or tutorial may be proposed for a single 90-minute session. A typical conference participant may register for up to four 90-minute workshops or tutorials during the workshop day. All workshops and tutorials will be open to all conference participants at no additional cost, however a daily fee will be charged for those attending workshops only.''

=== Ping-Pong match: OSGeo & INSPIRE ===

Jachym Cepicky1, Maria A. Brovelli2, Margherita Di Leo3, Angelos Tzotsos4, Markus Schneider5, Jeroen Ticheler6, Simone Giannecchini7, Andrea Aime7, Paolo Cavallini8, Nicola Giuliani9, Jose García6, Stephan Meissl10, Stephan Meissl11, '''add your name'''n

# OSGeo Board of directors, Help Service - Remote Sensing, Benesov, Czech Republic,
# Politecnico di Milano, Campus Como, Italy
# European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Ispra (VA), Italy
# Remote Sensing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
# [http://www.occamlabs.de Occam Labs], Bonn, Germany
# [http://geocat.net GeoCat], The Netherlands
# GeoSolutions, Italy
# Faunalia, Italy
# Trilogis, Italy
# EOX IT Services GmbH, Austria
# Jacobs University, Germany
# '''add your affiliation, City, Country'''

''proposal - shortened to 300 words ''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a non-profit international organization created in early 2006 to support and promote the collaborative development of geospatial open source software (GFOSS). The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GFOSS community. It serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding etc, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit, as well as an outreach and advocacy organization for the GFOSS community providing a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available and usable under an OSI-certified open source license.
Short presentations will be given in the first part (60min) of the workshop, in which lead developers will relate their projects to INSPIRE, pointing out the relevant capabilities as well as the issues deriving from the current version of the directive. The second part (30 minutes) will be dedicated to a round table between the developers and the members of the INSPIRE Technical Committee.
Expected number of speakers is 15-20. Main audience is composed of geospatial open source developers, users, and Members of the JRC INSPIRE Technical Committee.
The following topics will guide through the dialogue:
# complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
# links between INSPIRE specs and national standards
# communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
# setting up wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
# how to test and validate INSPIRE compliance
# how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
# how to contribute to INSPIRE maintenance
# automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages
# how an implicit support for INSPIRE in any software will give a boost to the adoption of the directive even outside EU

=== Notes on Workshop Description and Goals ===

''250 words or less suitable for posting on the web. Please include in the description if the session will involve lecture, hands-on exercises, group exercises, etc., whether any take-home materials will be supplied and indicate whether participants should bring a laptop computer or anything else to the workshop.''

* Duration 90 minutes
* Round table (to the aim of smoothing the edges of INSPIRE)
* Lead developers on one side (various technologies) and members of the INSPIRE Technical Committee on the other
* 15-20 expected participants
* 60 minutes of quick presentations (3 minutes / 1 slide each)
* 30 minutes intensive dialog on the raised issues
* Possible topics:
*# complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
*# potential mismatch between INSPIRE specs and national standards
*# optimisation of communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
*# setting up a tracking system for INSPIRE implementations
*# setting up wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
*# how to test and validate INSPIRE compliancy
*# how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
*# how to contribute to INSPIRE Maintenance [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2012/presentations/ds5/Vanda%20Nunes%20de%20Lima.pdf]
*# automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages

=== Notes on Intended Audience and any Required Skills or Interests ===
''technicians, managers, policymakers, etc., whether introductory or advanced, what skills if any participants should possess''

* possibly, free of charge for speakers (to be checked if feasible)
* for OSGeo projects that cannot attend we should gather a couple of slides from each positioning it in relation to INSPIRE requirements
* main audience: GFOSS developers and users + INSPIRE people: implicit support for INSPIRE in any kind of software will give a big boost to the adoption of the directive; even outside EU

== The hang out has already taken place ==
so please do '''not''' add your name below, but either in the workshop or in the paper or in both lists of "authors". Thanks

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]
* [[User:Heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] (not yet confirmed)
* [[User:kotzino|Dimitris Kotzinos]] (interested in helping out with the workshop - cannot make the hangout)
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] (planning to join hangout - currently not planning to travel)
* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] (planning to join hangout - currently not planning to travel but interested to contribute text/presentation material/OSGeoLive support)
* [[User:Jachym| Jachym CEpicky]] (planning to join hangout - interested in helping out with the workshop)
* [[User:Maria| Maria Brovelli]]
* [[User:Josegar| Jose Garcia]]
* [[User:Ticheler| Jeroen Ticheler]] (planning to participate in the workshop)
* [[User:MarkusSchneider2| Markus Schneider]] (planning to join hangout - interested in helping out with the workshop)
* [[Ngiuliani| Nicola Giuliani]] (interested in helping out with the workshop)

== Additional notes ==
Exploring the possibility of fee reduction / budget allocation to cover the costs of speakers... (ongoing tentative)

[[Category: Standards]] [[Category: INSPIRE]]

Bolsena Code Sprint 2013

2013-05-10T01:46:57Z

Wiki-Heikki: /* Registered Attendees */

== OSGeo Hacking event in a monastery near Bolsena (2-8 June 2013) ==
; [[Event Owner]]: [[User:ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
; When: [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1221 2-8 June 2013]
; Where: [http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby Bolsena - Italy]
; Agenda: [[Agenda 2013]]
; Previous years: [[OSGeo Hacking event|2008]], [[Bolsena Code Sprint 2009|2009]], [[Bolsena Code Sprint 2010|2010]], [[Bolsena Code Sprint 2011|2011]] and [[Bolsena Code Sprint 2012|2012]]

After five successful years, we'll continue the OSGeo "hacking" event in Bolsena in an [http://www.conventobolsena.org/ Italian monastery] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.646585&mlon=11.99335&zoom=14&layers=M see map location], and videos: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wrZrK64UIw 2008-video], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxox3AsjH6Q 2009-video] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vjx06Rlols 2010-video]. The monastery is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to about 25 people in small bedrooms :-) . It is one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated, simple and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, further improved this year. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail. Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery.
For what the food concerns, we will have a cook who will take care of us :-) . There's a large dining space, but we will eat outside overlooking the lake if weather permits (very likely in June).

The all inclusive cost will be 550 Euro (Excl VAT) per person for the full week. You can stay all seven days and food (breakfast, lunch and dinner) is included in the price. As in previous years, we will go out for a city visit and a dinner on one of the evenings (also included).

The event will take place during the whole week (7 days), although the emphasis will probably be Monday to Friday for most participants.
Please contact me if you have questions about this event ([[User:ticheler |Jeroen Ticheler]])

== Network links ==

IRC channel: #bolsena at freenode

=== Registered Attendees ===

Those participating, you will need to make the payment of 550 Euro (Excl VAT) in advance to GeoCat bv to guarantee your place. Please contact me by email so I can send you the invoice and bank details. I've no problems if you later need to change as long as you make sure there's someone taking your place :-)

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Projects
!width="150"|single/double room?
!width="150"|Confirmed/tentative?
!width="150"|Advance paid?
!width="250"|Leaving at:
|-
| 1 ||[[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]] || [[GeoNetwork]] & [[Marketing]] || double || confirmed || x ||
|-
| 2 ||[[User:genuchten|Paul van Genuchten]] || GeoNetwork & Inspire || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 3 ||Jose Garcia || GeoNetwork || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 4 ||Hue Dang ||Geocat Bridge || single || confirmed|| ||
|-
| 5 ||[[Maria Arias de Reyna]] ||GeoNetwork || single || confirmed|| ||
|-
| 6 ||Bob van der Laan ||GeoCat Bridge & Marketing || single || confirmed|| ||
|-
| 7 ||[[User:heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] || GeoNetwork || single || <s>confirmed</s>cancelled, hope you have a great time! || ||
|-
| 8 ||[[User: simonp|Simon Pigot]] || GeoNetwork || single || tentative || ||
|-
| 9 ||Andreas Schmitz || deegree || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 10 ||[[User: jeichar|Jesse Eichar]] || GeoNetwork || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 11 ||Florent Gravin || GeoNetwork || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 12 ||Francois Prunayre || GeoNetwork & Talend Spatial || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 13 ||[[Roy Braam]] || Flamingo 4 || single|| confirmed || ||
|-
| 14 ||Matthijs Laan|| Flamingo 4 || single|| confirmed || ||
|-
| 15 || Boy de Wit || Flamingo 4 || single|| confirmed || ||
|-
| 16 || Meine Toonen || Flamingo 4 || single|| confirmed || ||
|-
| 17 ||[[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]]||Heron MC,NLExtract/stETL || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 18+19 ||Andrea + [[User:Thomas Baschetti|Thomas Baschetti]]||mapbender, postnas & stuff || double || <s>confirmed</s>cancelled, hope you have a great time! || ||
|-
| 20 || Markus Schneider || deegree || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 21 || [[User:MichelGabriel|Michel Gabriel]] || - || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 22 || [[User:JanusJansen|Jan Jansen]] || - || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 23 ||[[User:Uli | Uli Rothstein]] || Mapbender || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 24 ||Thorsten Hildebrand || Mapbender || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 25 ||Christian Wygoda || Mapbender || single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 26 ||Seven || Urdu || single || <s>confirmed</s> improbable / don't count in || ||
|-
| 27 ||Chris Barnett || Open Geoportal || single || tentative || ||
|-
| 28 ||[[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] || GRASS, QGIS, OSGeo-Live.. || double || tentative || ||
|-
| 29 ||Stefano Cavallari || GRASS, Python || double (w/Anne) || tentative || ||
|-
| 30 ||Anton Bakker|| Geonetwork & GeoCat Bridge|| single || confirmed || ||
|-
| 31 ||[[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]] || GeoCouch, Couchbase, Apache CouchDB, MapQuery || either || confirmed || ||
|-
| n ||Copy this line and add your details || your projects || single/double || confirmed/tentative || ||
|-
|}

: [1] there are options to do outdoor activities like tracking. A guide can be organized and the cost is very reasonable.

=== Sponsoring ===
We are always welcoming sponsors!

=== How to arrive to the Monastery ===

The closest airports are the Roma airports (Ciampino and Fiumincino).

From Rome to the monastery there is 135 km aproximately.

There is no railway to Bolsena.

From Fiumicino to Rome you can take the train [http://www.adr.it/web/aeroporti-di-roma-en-/pax-fco-train METROPOLITANO FR1].

From Rome you can take a bus (cotral http://www.cotralspa.it/ENG/capolinea.asp) to Viterbo and other bus from viterbo to Bolsena (9am & 7.30pm).

Alternatively you can take a train from Rome to Orvieto and take a taxi from Orvieto to Bolsena. Orvieto Taxi info:
1) Paolo of 'Gulliver Taxi' gullirent@alice.it tel 0763 302969 or mobile 330 477399.
2) Luigi gigitaxi@libero.it tel 338 9790846. Luigi speaks limited English
3) OrvietoTaxi : http://www.orvietotaxi.it simone@orvietotaxi.it is a good option (by Just)

Monday to Friday there is a bus each hour but Sunday there are very few buses.

From Bolsena main street to the Monastery is aproximately 1 km.

It could be interesting to rent a private bus or several cars to move from Rome to the Monastery and from the Monastery to Rome.

If you are interested in share vehicle please add your name to the following table and the columns you need for new ideas.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="150"|I prefer to rent a bus
!width="150"|I prefer to share rented car
!width="150"|I prefer to get a ride if you have a car
!width="150"|I'll go with my car and I have free seats
!width="150"|I'll go by train
|-
|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || || || || |
|}

=== How to get back home ===

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="150"|I prefer to rent a bus
!width="150"|I prefer to share rented car
!width="150"|I prefer to get a ride if you have a car
!width="150"|I'll go with my car and I have free seats
!width="150"|I'll go by train
|-
|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || || || || |
|}

=== Resources ===

==== Presentations ====

=== Blog posts ===

=== Photo's ===

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:Bolsena]]

INSPIRE conference 2013

2013-03-15T12:39:41Z

Wiki-Heikki: /* Ping-Pong match: OSGeo & INSPIRE */

Coordination of activities of OSGeo projects at INSPIRE Conference

== Links ==

* [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2013/ Conference page]

== Deadlines ==

* March 15, 2013 Deadline for submitting paper and workshops proposals (extension given from March 1)
* March 29 2013 Deadline for submitting poster proposals

== Presentation and workshop ==

On this page, two separate events are discussed: a proposal for a presentation, and a proposal for a workshop.

The purpose of the presentation is to give a good overview of INSPIRE-readiness of the OSGeo projects, with an intended audience of general users.

The workshop, on the other hand, aims to give a quick overview of each (represented) OSGeo project and where it stands in relation to the INSPIRE technical guidelines, followed by a round-table dialog between OSGeo developers and JRC INSPIRE Technical Committee members about issues raised.

Please note that if you like to participate in both events, each has its own list of participants. If you're enlisting as a participant this would imply further commitment, e.g. to assist in the preparation of slides and paper and if possible, presence at the conference as a speaker.

== Paper proposal ==

Generic talk about OSGeo projects and their relation to INSPIRE.

=== OSGeo projects and their efforts towards INSPIRE ===

Jachym Cepicky1, Maria A. Brovelli 2, Margherita Di Leo 3, Angelos Tzotsos 4, Arnulf Christl5, Simone Giannecchini, 6, Jeroen Ticheler7, Markus Schneider8, '''add your name'''n

# OSGeo Board of directors, Help Service - Remote Sensing, Benesov, Czech Republic,
# Politecnico di Milano, Campus Como, Italy
# Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra (VA), Italy
# Remote Sensing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
# [http://metaspatial.net metaspatial], Germany
# GeoSolutions, Italy
# [http://geocat.net GeoCat], The Netherlands
# [http://www.occamlabs.de Occam Labs], Bonn, Germany
# '''add your affiliation, City, Country'''

''The abstract should not exceed two A4 pages.''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, data and education. The foundation provides organizational, legal and financial support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Since the earliest beginning of INSPIRE open source developers have been involved with implementing systems which eventually have to satisfy INSPIRE requirements. Users have requested new features and capabilities to enable their software packages to address requirements resulting from the INSPIRE directive. Developers in turn and have given feeback technical feedback to the makers of the directive. As a result INSPIRE over time has evolved into an implementable real-world architecture.

Many members of the OSGeo development teams are located in Europe, and many of them are actively involved in implementing INSPIRE services and geo-portals. There has been a lot of volunteered and financial contribution to OSGeo projects to help implement the official INSPIRE specifications. With the help of many testers, users and community members, OSGeo projects are offering better INSPIRE support year after year.

This presentation is focused on the introduction of various popular OSGeo projects, which are used for particular tasks within the INSPIRE infrastructure. The presentation will reference certified OSGeo projects as well as projects from the broader OSGeo ecosystem which have not passed the incubation process yet. Each project will summarize the achievements over the last year of development with respect to INSPIRE and include a short report on future development. This will provide a comprehensive overview of features in the OSGeo community pipeline which will have direct impact on their usage for INSPIRE.

'''Keywords:''' OSGeo, Open Source, MapServer, GeoServer, OpenLayers, deegree, Mapbender, GDAL, GeoNetwork, pycsw, OSGeoLive, NASA World Wind, Mapbender, GRASS, Quantum GIS, gvSIG CE, '''add more here'''

== Workshop proposal ==
The proposing team suggests to implement this workshop in a barcamp style within the conference. This will probably attract a more diverse group of people and allow for more dynamic communication which is one of the most important aspects requried to really get INSPIRE implemented. The aim is to get developers and project leads from OSGeo and professionals involved with INSPIRE around one table and shed light on each other's world.

From the conference website:

''Pre-conference workshops will take place on the 23/24 June. Each workshop or tutorial may be proposed for a single 90-minute session. A typical conference participant may register for up to four 90-minute workshops or tutorials during the workshop day. All workshops and tutorials will be open to all conference participants at no additional cost, however a daily fee will be charged for those attending workshops only.''

=== Ping-Pong match: OSGeo & INSPIRE ===

Jachym Cepicky1, Maria A. Brovelli 2, Margherita Di Leo 3, Angelos Tzotsos 4, Markus Schneider5,Heikki Doeleman6 '''add your name'''4

# OSGeo Board of directors, Help Service - Remote Sensing, Benesov, Czech Republic,
# Politecnico di Milano, Campus Como, Italy
# Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra (VA), Italy
# Remote Sensing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
# Occam Labs, Bonn, Germany
# [http://geocat.net GeoCat], The Netherlands
# '''add your affiliation, City, Country'''

''proposal -- please improve-- ''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit international organization, created in early 2006 to the aim of supporting the collaborative development of geospatial open source software, and promote its widespread use. The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit.

OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available and useable under an OSI-certified open source license.

OSGeo is an umbrella for high quality open source geospatial applications providing the full range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysing and manipulating data.

In the first part (60 minutes) of the workshop, of the duration of 90 minutes, a series of short presentations will be given, in which the lead developers of various software communities will relate their projects to INSPIRE, pointing out the relevant capabilities as well as the issues deriving from the current version of the directive. The second part (30 minutes) will be dedicated to the discussion, as a round table between the developers and the members of the INSPIRE Technical Committee.

The expected number of active participants (speakers) is 15-20. The main audience is geospatial open source developers, projects leads, users involved with INSPIRE and Members of the JRC INSPIRE Technical Committee.

The following topics will guide through the dialog:
# complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
# links between INSPIRE specs and national standards
# communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
# setting up wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
# how to test and validate INSPIRE compliancy
# how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
# how to contribute to INSPIRE Maintenance
# automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages
# how an implicit support for INSPIRE in any kind of software will give a big boost to the adoption of the directive even outside EU

=== Notes on Workshop Description and Goals ===

''250 words or less suitable for posting on the web. Please include in the description if the session will involve lecture, hands-on exercises, group exercises, etc., whether any take-home materials will be supplied and indicate whether participants should bring a laptop computer or anything else to the workshop.''

* Duration 90 minutes
* Round table (to the aim of smoothing the edges of INSPIRE)
* Lead developers on one side (various technologies) and members of the INSPIRE Technical Committee on the other
* 15-20 expected participants
* 60 minutes of quick presentations (3 minutes / 1 slide each)
* 30 minutes intensive dialog on the raised issues
* Possible topics:
*# complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
*# potential mismatch between INSPIRE specs and national standards
*# optimisation of communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
*# setting up a tracking system for INSPIRE implementations
*# setting up wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
*# how to test and validate INSPIRE compliancy
*# how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
*# how to contribute to INSPIRE Maintenance [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2012/presentations/ds5/Vanda%20Nunes%20de%20Lima.pdf]
*# automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages

=== Notes on Intended Audience and any Required Skills or Interests ===
''technicians, managers, policymakers, etc., whether introductory or advanced, what skills if any participants should possess''

* possibly, free of charge for speakers (to be checked if feasible)
* for OSGeo projects that cannot attend we should gather a couple of slides from each positioning it in relation to INSPIRE requirements
* main audience: GFOSS developers and users + INSPIRE people: implicit support for INSPIRE in any kind of software will give a big boost to the adoption of the directive; even outside EU

== Exploratory meeting ==

G+ hang out on Thursday 14 March at 4 pm CET

== Who is participating ==

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]
* [[User:Heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] (not yet confirmed)
* [[User:kotzino|Dimitris Kotzinos]] (interested in helping out with the workshop - cannot make the hangout)
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] (planning to join hangout - currently not planning to travel)
* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] (planning to join hangout - currently not planning to travel but interested to contribute text/presentation material/OSGeoLive support)
* [[User:Jachym| Jachym CEpicky]] (planning to join hangout - interested in helping out with the workshop)
* [[User:Maria| Maria Brovelli]]
* [[User:Josegar| Jose Garcia]]
* [[User:Ticheler| Jeroen Ticheler]] (planning to participate in the workshop)
* [[User:MarkusSchneider2| Markus Schneider]] (planning to join hangout - interested in helping out with the workshop)

-- Please add your name here

== Additional notes ==
Exploring the possibility of fee reduction / budget allocation to cover the costs of speakers... (ongoing tentative)

[[Category: Standards]] [[Category: INSPIRE]]

INSPIRE conference 2013

2013-03-15T12:32:53Z

Wiki-Heikki:

Coordination of activities of OSGeo projects at INSPIRE Conference

== Links ==

* [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2013/ Conference page]

== Deadlines ==

* March 15, 2013 Deadline for submitting paper and workshops proposals (extension given from March 1)
* March 29 2013 Deadline for submitting poster proposals

== Presentation and workshop ==

On this page, two separate events are discussed: a proposal for a presentation, and a proposal for a workshop.

The purpose of the presentation is to give a good overview of INSPIRE-readiness of the OSGeo projects, with an intended audience of general users.

The workshop, on the other hand, aims to give a quick overview of each (represented) OSGeo project and where it stands in relation to the INSPIRE technical guidelines, followed by a round-table dialog between OSGeo developers and JRC INSPIRE Technical Committee members about issues raised.

Please note that if you like to participate in both events, each has its own list of participants. If you're enlisting as a participant this would imply further commitment, e.g. to assist in the preparation of slides and paper and if possible, presence at the conference as a speaker.

== Paper proposal ==

Generic talk about OSGeo projects and their relation to INSPIRE.

=== OSGeo projects and their efforts towards INSPIRE ===

Jachym Cepicky1, Maria A. Brovelli 2, Margherita Di Leo 3, Angelos Tzotsos 4, Arnulf Christl5, Simone Giannecchini, 6, Jeroen Ticheler7, Markus Schneider8, '''add your name'''n

# OSGeo Board of directors, Help Service - Remote Sensing, Benesov, Czech Republic,
# Politecnico di Milano, Campus Como, Italy
# Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra (VA), Italy
# Remote Sensing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
# [http://metaspatial.net metaspatial], Germany
# GeoSolutions, Italy
# [http://geocat.net GeoCat], The Netherlands
# [http://www.occamlabs.de Occam Labs], Bonn, Germany
# '''add your affiliation, City, Country'''

''The abstract should not exceed two A4 pages.''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, data and education. The foundation provides organizational, legal and financial support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Since the earliest beginning of INSPIRE open source developers have been involved with implementing systems which eventually have to satisfy INSPIRE requirements. Users have requested new features and capabilities to enable their software packages to address requirements resulting from the INSPIRE directive. Developers in turn and have given feeback technical feedback to the makers of the directive. As a result INSPIRE over time has evolved into an implementable real-world architecture.

Many members of the OSGeo development teams are located in Europe, and many of them are actively involved in implementing INSPIRE services and geo-portals. There has been a lot of volunteered and financial contribution to OSGeo projects to help implement the official INSPIRE specifications. With the help of many testers, users and community members, OSGeo projects are offering better INSPIRE support year after year.

This presentation is focused on the introduction of various popular OSGeo projects, which are used for particular tasks within the INSPIRE infrastructure. The presentation will reference certified OSGeo projects as well as projects from the broader OSGeo ecosystem which have not passed the incubation process yet. Each project will summarize the achievements over the last year of development with respect to INSPIRE and include a short report on future development. This will provide a comprehensive overview of features in the OSGeo community pipeline which will have direct impact on their usage for INSPIRE.

'''Keywords:''' OSGeo, Open Source, MapServer, GeoServer, OpenLayers, deegree, Mapbender, GDAL, GeoNetwork, pycsw, OSGeoLive, NASA World Wind, Mapbender, GRASS, Quantum GIS, gvSIG CE, '''add more here'''

== Workshop proposal ==
The proposing team suggests to implement this workshop in a barcamp style within the conference. This will probably attract a more diverse group of people and allow for more dynamic communication which is one of the most important aspects requried to really get INSPIRE implemented. The aim is to get developers and project leads from OSGeo and professionals involved with INSPIRE around one table and shed light on each other's world.

From the conference website:

''Pre-conference workshops will take place on the 23/24 June. Each workshop or tutorial may be proposed for a single 90-minute session. A typical conference participant may register for up to four 90-minute workshops or tutorials during the workshop day. All workshops and tutorials will be open to all conference participants at no additional cost, however a daily fee will be charged for those attending workshops only.''

=== Ping-Pong match: OSGeo & INSPIRE ===

Jachym Cepicky1, Maria A. Brovelli 2, Margherita Di Leo 3, Angelos Tzotsos 4, Markus Schneider5 '''add your name'''4

# OSGeo Board of directors, Help Service - Remote Sensing, Benesov, Czech Republic,
# Politecnico di Milano, Campus Como, Italy
# Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra (VA), Italy
# Remote Sensing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
# Occam Labs, Bonn, Germany
# '''add your affiliation, City, Country'''

''proposal -- please improve-- ''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit international organization, created in early 2006 to the aim of supporting the collaborative development of geospatial open source software, and promote its widespread use. The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit.

OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available and useable under an OSI-certified open source license.

OSGeo is an umbrella for high quality open source geospatial applications providing the full range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysing and manipulating data.

In the first part (60 minutes) of the workshop, of the duration of 90 minutes, a series of short presentations will be given, in which the lead developers of various software communities will relate their projects to INSPIRE, pointing out the relevant capabilities as well as the issues deriving from the current version of the directive. The second part (30 minutes) will be dedicated to the discussion, as a round table between the developers and the members of the INSPIRE Technical Committee.

The expected number of active participants (speakers) is 15-20. The main audience is geospatial open source developers, projects leads, users involved with INSPIRE and Members of the JRC INSPIRE Technical Committee.

The following topics will guide through the dialog:
# complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
# links between INSPIRE specs and national standards
# communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
# setting up wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
# how to test and validate INSPIRE compliancy
# how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
# how to contribute to INSPIRE Maintenance
# automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages
# how an implicit support for INSPIRE in any kind of software will give a big boost to the adoption of the directive even outside EU

=== Notes on Workshop Description and Goals ===

''250 words or less suitable for posting on the web. Please include in the description if the session will involve lecture, hands-on exercises, group exercises, etc., whether any take-home materials will be supplied and indicate whether participants should bring a laptop computer or anything else to the workshop.''

* Duration 90 minutes
* Round table (to the aim of smoothing the edges of INSPIRE)
* Lead developers on one side (various technologies) and members of the INSPIRE Technical Committee on the other
* 15-20 expected participants
* 60 minutes of quick presentations (3 minutes / 1 slide each)
* 30 minutes intensive dialog on the raised issues
* Possible topics:
*# complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
*# potential mismatch between INSPIRE specs and national standards
*# optimisation of communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
*# setting up a tracking system for INSPIRE implementations
*# setting up wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
*# how to test and validate INSPIRE compliancy
*# how to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
*# how to contribute to INSPIRE Maintenance [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2012/presentations/ds5/Vanda%20Nunes%20de%20Lima.pdf]
*# automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages

=== Notes on Intended Audience and any Required Skills or Interests ===
''technicians, managers, policymakers, etc., whether introductory or advanced, what skills if any participants should possess''

* possibly, free of charge for speakers (to be checked if feasible)
* for OSGeo projects that cannot attend we should gather a couple of slides from each positioning it in relation to INSPIRE requirements
* main audience: GFOSS developers and users + INSPIRE people: implicit support for INSPIRE in any kind of software will give a big boost to the adoption of the directive; even outside EU

== Exploratory meeting ==

G+ hang out on Thursday 14 March at 4 pm CET

== Who is participating ==

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]
* [[User:Heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] (not yet confirmed)
* [[User:kotzino|Dimitris Kotzinos]] (interested in helping out with the workshop - cannot make the hangout)
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] (planning to join hangout - currently not planning to travel)
* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] (planning to join hangout - currently not planning to travel but interested to contribute text/presentation material/OSGeoLive support)
* [[User:Jachym| Jachym CEpicky]] (planning to join hangout - interested in helping out with the workshop)
* [[User:Maria| Maria Brovelli]]
* [[User:Josegar| Jose Garcia]]
* [[User:Ticheler| Jeroen Ticheler]] (planning to participate in the workshop)
* [[User:MarkusSchneider2| Markus Schneider]] (planning to join hangout - interested in helping out with the workshop)

-- Please add your name here

== Additional notes ==
Exploring the possibility of fee reduction / budget allocation to cover the costs of speakers... (ongoing tentative)

[[Category: Standards]] [[Category: INSPIRE]]

2010-09-11T14:48:11Z

Wiki-Heikki:

Heikki Doeleman

Working on [http://geonetwork-opensource.org/ GeoNetwork], for:

[http://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl Stichting GeoNovum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands]

[http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESRIN_SITE/index.html European Space Agency (ESA), Frascati, Italy]

Presentation at FOSS4G 2009, Sydney on [http://geonetwork.tv/ebrim/ GeoNetwork CSW/ebRIM] (with [[User:josegar74|Jose Garcia]])

Presentation at FOSS4G 2010, Barcelona on [http://geonetwork.tv/owl/foss4g/index.html integrating OWL into GeoNetwork CSW/ebRIM] (with [[User:josegar74|Jose Garcia]])

Contact details:

email: [mailto:heikki.doeleman@gmail.com heikki.doeleman@gmail.com]

phone: +33.6.67871333

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Wiki-Heikki:

Bolsena Code Sprint 2009

2008-12-09T17:22:07Z

Wiki-Heikki: /* Registered Attendees */

== OSGeo Hacking event in a monastery near Bolsena (7-13 June 2009) ==
; [[Event Owner]]: [[User:ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
; When: 7-13 June 2009
; Where: [http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby Bolsena - Italy]

After the successful event last year, we'll repeat the OSGeo "hacking" event in Bolsena in an [http://www.conventobolsena.org/ Italian monastery] ([http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby here]). The monastery is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to about 25 people in small bedrooms :-) . It is one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated, simple and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, further improved this year. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail. Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery.
For what the food concerns, we will have a cook who will take care of us :-) . There's a large dining space, but we will eat outside overlooking the lake if weather permits (very likely in June).

The all inclusive cost will be 500 Euro per person for the full week. You can stay all seven days and food (breakfast, lunch and dinner) is included in the price. As last year, we will go out for a city visit and a dinner on one of the evenings (also included).

The event will take place during the whole week (7 days), although the emphasis will probably be Monday to Friday for most participants.

Please contact me if you have questions about this event ([[User:ticheler |Jeroen Ticheler]])

=== Registered Attendees ===

Those participating, you will need to make the payment of 500 Euro in advance to me to guarantee your place. This is to make administration simpler for myself and you. Please contact me privately by email so we can arrange that. I've no problems if you later need to change as long as you make sure there's someone taking your place :-)

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Projects
!width="150"|single/double room?
!width="200"|Confirmed/tentative?
!width="150"|Advance paid?
|-
|[[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]] || [[GeoNetwork]] & [[Marketing]] || double || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || unknown || not confirmed ||
|-
|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || || ||
|-
|}

: [1] there are options to do outdoor activities like tracking. A guide can be organized and the cost is very reasonable.

=== How to arrive to the Monastry ===

The closest airports are the Roma airports (Ciampino and Fiumincino).

From Rome to the monastery there is 135 km aproximately.

There is no railway to Bolsena.

From Fiumicino to Rome you can take the train [http://www.adr.it/content.asp?Subc=1363&L=1&idMen=731 METROPOLITANO FR1].

From Rome you can take a bus (cotral http://www.cotralspa.it/ENG/capolinea.asp) to Viterbo and other bus from viterbo to Bolsena.

Monday to Friday there is a bus each hour but Sunday there are very few buses.

From Bolsena main street to the Monastery is aproximately 1 km.

It could be interesting to rent a private bus or several cars to move from Rome to the Monastery and from the Monastery to Rome.

If you are interested in share vehicle please add your name to the following table and the columns you need for new ideas.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="150"|I prefer to rent a bus
!width="150"|I prefer to share rented car
!width="150"|I'll go with my car and I have free seats
|-
|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || ||
|}

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]

OSGeo Hacking event

2008-06-09T09:26:04Z

Wiki-Heikki: /* Interested? Sign up here */

== OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (16-22 June 2008) ==
; [[Event Owner]]: [[User:ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
; When: 16-22 June 2008
; Where: [http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby Bolsena - Italy]

We will have an OSGeo "hacking" event in an [http://www.conventobolsena.org/ Italian monastry] ([http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby here]). The monastry is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to about 25 people in small bedrooms :-) . Its probably one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated, simple and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail. Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery.

The cost will be about 200 Euro per person for the week.

For what the food concerns, there will be a cook who will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner for 30 Euro per person per day. There's a large dining space, but we will eat outside overlooking the lake if weather permits (very likely in June).

We'll discuss other technicalities as they come up, i.e. assistance if you need to rent a car, organize to travel together, public transport etc... Please feel free to use this WIKI page for that or create a sub page.

The event will take place during the whole week (7 days).

Please contact me if you have questions about this event ([[User:ticheler |Jeroen Ticheler]])

=== Interested? Sign up here ===

Those participating, you will need to make and advance payment of 100 Euro to me to guarantee your place. Please contact me privately by email so we can arrange that. I've no problems if you later need to change as long as you make sure there's someone taking your place :-)

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Projects
!width="150"|single/double room?
!width="150"|Should we organize a cook?
!width="150"|Outdoor activities? [1]
!width="200"|Confirmed/tentative?
!width="150"|Advance paid?
|-
|[[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]] || [[GeoNetwork]] & [[Marketing]] || double ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:ominiverdi|Lorenzo Becchi]] || ka-Map & OpenLayers || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Arnulf Christl|Arnulf Christl]] || [[Mapbender]] & [[Marketing]] || double ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Fxp|Francois Prunayre]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || still don't know || yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:SimonPigot|Simon Pigot]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || confirmed ||
|-
|[[Kate Roberts]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || tentative ||
|-
|[[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] || single || yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] & [[Marketing]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Daniele Andreis|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|6 * GeoServer devs||[http://geoserver.org GeoServer] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:jacarma | Javier Carrasco]]|| [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2 gvSIG] & gvSIG Mobile || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
| Juan Lucas Dominguez || [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2 gvSIG] & gvSIG Mobile || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:volaya | Victor Olaya]] || [http://www.sextantegis.com SEXTANTE] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
| [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Giuseppe Onorevoli||[http://www.jgrass.org JGrass]|| single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
|Patrizia Monteduro|| [http://geonetwork-opensource.org Geonetwork] || no need || no || ||couple of days ||
|-
|[[User:simboss|Simone Giannecchini]] || [[GeoTools]] & [http://geoserver.org GeoServer] (& [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] SWIG Java) || double (?) ||yes || || confirmed (not the whole week though)||
|-
|[[User:afabiani|Alessio Fabiani]] || [[GeoTools]] & [http://geoserver.org GeoServer] || single ||yes || || confirmed||
|-
|[[User:danieler|Daniele Romagnoli]] || [[GeoTools]] (& [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] SWIG Java) || single ||yes || || confirmed||
|-
|[[User:sgiaccio|Stefano Giaccio]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|Emanuele Tajariol || [[GeoNetwork]] || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|Mark Small || [[EDINA]] || single ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Michael koutroumpas || [[EDINA]] || single ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Diego Guidi || [[MapServer]],[[GeoServer]],[[GvSig]] || ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|Paolo Corti || [[MapServer]],[[GeoServer]],[[GDAL]],[[FeatureServer]] || ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|José García || [[gvSIG]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Grant McKenzie || [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Mathieu Coudert || [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Andrea Giacomelli||[[GeoNetwork]] || not required - expected to show up on day trip || || || Tentative ||
|-
|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || || || || ||
|}

: [1] there are options to do outdoor activities like tracking. A guide can be organized and the cost is very reasonable.

=== How to arrive to the Monastry ===

The closest airports are the Roma airports (Ciampino and Fiumincino).

From Rome to the monastry there is 135 km aproximately.

There is no railway to Bolsena.

From Rome you can take a bus (cotral http://www.cotralspa.it/ENG/capolinea.asp) to Viterbo and other bus from viterbo to Bolsena.

Monday to Friday there is a bus each hour but Sunday there are very few buses.

From Bolsena main street to the Monastry is aproximately 1 km.

It could be interesting to rent a private bus or several cars to move from Rome to the Monastry and from the Monastry to Rome.

If you are interested in share vehicle please add your name to the following table and the columns you need for new ideas.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="150"|I prefer to rent a bus
!width="150"|I prefer to share rented car
!width="150"|I'll go with my car and I have free seats
|-
| Javier Carrasco || X || ||
|-
| Juan Lucas Dominguez || X || ||
|-
| José García || X || ||
|-
| Michael Koutroumpas || X || ||
|-
| Mark Small || X || ||
|-
| Grant McKenzie || X || ||
|-
| Heikki Doeleman || X || X ||
|-

|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || ||
|}

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]

User:Heikki

2008-05-19T12:35:21Z

Wiki-Heikki:

User:Heikki

2008-05-19T12:27:29Z

Wiki-Heikki: Heikki Doeleman - Java & J2EE consultant

Heikki Doeleman

Currently working on GeoNetwork, for:

[http://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl Stichting GeoNovum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands]

European Space Agency (ESA), Frascati, Italy

OSGeo Hacking event

2008-05-19T11:56:10Z

Wiki-Heikki: /* How to arrive to the Monastry */

== OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (16-22 June 2008) ==
; [[Event Owner]]: [[User:ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
; When: 16-22 June 2008
; Where: [http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby Bolsena - Italy]

We will have an OSGeo "hacking" event in an [http://www.conventobolsena.org/ Italian monastry] ([http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby here]). The monastry is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to about 25 people in small bedrooms :-) . Its probably one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated, simple and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail. Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery.

The cost will be about 200 Euro per person for the week.

For what the food concerns, there will be a cook who will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner for 30 Euro per person per day. There's a large dining space, but we will eat outside overlooking the lake if weather permits (very likely in June).

We'll discuss other technicalities as they come up, i.e. assistance if you need to rent a car, organize to travel together, public transport etc... Please feel free to use this WIKI page for that or create a sub page.

The event will take place during the whole week (7 days).

Please contact me if you have questions about this event ([[User:ticheler |Jeroen Ticheler]])

=== Interested? Sign up here ===

Those participating, you will need to make and advance payment of 100 Euro to me to guarantee your place. Please contact me privately by email so we can arrange that. I've no problems if you later need to change as long as you make sure there's someone taking your place :-)

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Projects
!width="150"|single/double room?
!width="150"|Should we organize a cook?
!width="150"|Outdoor activities? [1]
!width="200"|Confirmed/tentative?
!width="150"|Advance paid?
|-
|[[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]] || [[GeoNetwork]] & [[Marketing]] || double ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:ominiverdi|Lorenzo Becchi]] || ka-Map & OpenLayers || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || double ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Arnulf Christl|Arnulf Christl]] || [[Mapbender]] & [[Marketing]] || double ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Fxp|Francois Prunayre]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || still don't know || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:SimonPigot|Simon Pigot]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || tentative ||
|-
|[[Kate Roberts]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || tentative ||
|-
|[[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] & [[Marketing]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Daniele Andreis|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|6 * GeoServer devs||[http://geoserver.org GeoServer] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:jacarma | Javier Carrasco]]|| [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2 gvSIG] & gvSIG Mobile || single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
| Juan Lucas Dominguez || [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2 gvSIG] & gvSIG Mobile || single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
|[[User:volaya | Victor Olaya]] || [http://www.sextantegis.com SEXTANTE] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
| [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Giuseppe Onorevoli||[http://www.jgrass.org JGrass]|| single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
|Patrizia Monteduro|| [http://geonetwork-opensource.org Geonetwork] || no need || no || ||tentative ||
|-
|[[User:simboss|Simone Giannecchini]] || [[GeoTools]] & [http://geoserver.org GeoServer] (& [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] SWIG Java) || double ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|[[User:sgiaccio|Stefano Giaccio]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || single ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|Emanuele Tajariol || [[GeoNetwork]] || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|Mark Small || [[EDINA]] || single ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Michael koutroumpas || [[EDINA]] || single ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Diego Guidi || [[MapServer]],[[GeoServer]],[[GvSig]] || ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|Paolo Corti || [[MapServer]],[[GeoServer]],[[GDAL]],[[FeatureServer]] || ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|José García || [[gvSIG]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Grant McKenzie || [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || tentative ||
|-
|Mathieu Coudert || [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || || || || ||
|}

: [1] there are options to do outdoor activities like tracking. A guide can be organized and the cost is very reasonable.

=== How to arrive to the Monastry ===

The closest airports are the Roma airports (Ciampino and Fiumincino).

From Rome to the monastry there is 135 km aproximately.

There is no railway to Bolsena.

From Rome you can take a bus (cotral http://www.cotralspa.it/ENG/capolinea.asp) to Viterbo and other bus from viterbo to Bolsena.

Monday to Friday there is a bus each hour but Sunday there are very few buses.

From Bolsena main street to the Monastry is aproximately 1 km.

It could be interesting to rent a private bus or several cars to move from Rome to the Monastry and from the Monastry to Rome.

If you are interested in share vehicle please add your name to the following table and the columns you need for new ideas.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="150"|I prefer to rent a bus
!width="150"|I prefer to share rented car
!width="150"|I'll go with my car and I have free seats
|-
| Javier Carrasco || X || ||
|-
| Juan Lucas Dominguez || X || ||
|-
| José García || X || ||
|-
| Michael Koutroumpas || X || ||
|-
| Mark Small || X || ||
|-
| Grant McKenzie || X || ||
|-
| Heikki Doeleman || X || X ||
|-

|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || ||
|}

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]

OSGeo Hacking event

2008-05-19T11:53:17Z

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== OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (16-22 June 2008) ==
; [[Event Owner]]: [[User:ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
; When: 16-22 June 2008
; Where: [http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby Bolsena - Italy]

We will have an OSGeo "hacking" event in an [http://www.conventobolsena.org/ Italian monastry] ([http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby here]). The monastry is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to about 25 people in small bedrooms :-) . Its probably one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated, simple and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail. Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery.

The cost will be about 200 Euro per person for the week.

For what the food concerns, there will be a cook who will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner for 30 Euro per person per day. There's a large dining space, but we will eat outside overlooking the lake if weather permits (very likely in June).

We'll discuss other technicalities as they come up, i.e. assistance if you need to rent a car, organize to travel together, public transport etc... Please feel free to use this WIKI page for that or create a sub page.

The event will take place during the whole week (7 days).

Please contact me if you have questions about this event ([[User:ticheler |Jeroen Ticheler]])

=== Interested? Sign up here ===

Those participating, you will need to make and advance payment of 100 Euro to me to guarantee your place. Please contact me privately by email so we can arrange that. I've no problems if you later need to change as long as you make sure there's someone taking your place :-)

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Projects
!width="150"|single/double room?
!width="150"|Should we organize a cook?
!width="150"|Outdoor activities? [1]
!width="200"|Confirmed/tentative?
!width="150"|Advance paid?
|-
|[[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]] || [[GeoNetwork]] & [[Marketing]] || double ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:ominiverdi|Lorenzo Becchi]] || ka-Map & OpenLayers || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || double ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Arnulf Christl|Arnulf Christl]] || [[Mapbender]] & [[Marketing]] || double ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Fxp|Francois Prunayre]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || still don't know || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:SimonPigot|Simon Pigot]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || tentative ||
|-
|[[Kate Roberts]]|| [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || tentative ||
|-
|[[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] & [[Marketing]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Daniele Andreis|| [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|6 * GeoServer devs||[http://geoserver.org GeoServer] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|[[User:jacarma | Javier Carrasco]]|| [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2 gvSIG] & gvSIG Mobile || single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
| Juan Lucas Dominguez || [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2 gvSIG] & gvSIG Mobile || single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
|[[User:volaya | Victor Olaya]] || [http://www.sextantegis.com SEXTANTE] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
| [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Giuseppe Onorevoli||[http://www.jgrass.org JGrass]|| single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
|Patrizia Monteduro|| [http://geonetwork-opensource.org Geonetwork] || no need || no || ||tentative ||
|-
|[[User:simboss|Simone Giannecchini]] || [[GeoTools]] & [http://geoserver.org GeoServer] (& [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] SWIG Java) || double ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|[[User:sgiaccio|Stefano Giaccio]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || single ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|Emanuele Tajariol || [[GeoNetwork]] || single ||yes || || confirmed || x
|-
|Mark Small || [[EDINA]] || single ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Michael koutroumpas || [[EDINA]] || single ||yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Diego Guidi || [[MapServer]],[[GeoServer]],[[GvSig]] || ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|Paolo Corti || [[MapServer]],[[GeoServer]],[[GDAL]],[[FeatureServer]] || ||yes || || tentative ||
|-
|José García || [[gvSIG]] || single || yes || || Confirmed || x
|-
|Grant McKenzie || [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || tentative ||
|-
|Mathieu Coudert || [[GeoNetwork]] || single || yes || || Confirmed ||
|-
|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || || || || ||
|}

: [1] there are options to do outdoor activities like tracking. A guide can be organized and the cost is very reasonable.

=== How to arrive to the Monastry ===

The closest airports are the Roma airports (Ciampino and Fiumincino).

From Rome to the monastry there is 135 km aproximately.

There is no railway to Bolsena.

From Rome you can take a bus (cotral http://www.cotralspa.it/ENG/capolinea.asp) to Viterbo and other bus from viterbo to Bolsena.

Monday to Friday there is a bus each hour but Sunday there are very few buses.

From Bolsena main street to the Monastry is aproximately 1 km.

It could be interesting to rent a private bus or several cars to move from Rome to the Monastry and from the Monastry to Rome.

If you are interested in share vehicle please add your name to the following table and the columns you need for new ideas.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
!width="250"|Name
!width="150"|I prefer to rent a bus
!width="150"|I prefer to share rented car
!width="150"|I'll go with my car and I have free seats
|-
| Javier Carrasco || X || ||
|-
| Juan Lucas Dominguez || X || ||
|-
| José García || X || ||
|-
| Michael Koutroumpas || X || ||
|-
| Mark Small || X || ||
|-
| Grant McKenzie || X || ||
|-

|''copy and paste this to add yourself''|| || ||
|}

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]

OSGeo Hacking event

2008-01-24T10:56:22Z

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== OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Spring 2008) ==

[[User:ticheler | I, Jeroen]], have been thinking of getting an OSGeo "hacking" or code sprint event setup in an [http://www.conventobolsena.org/ Italian monastry] ([http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby here]). Friends of mine take care of the place which is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to 25 people in small bedrooms :-) . Its probably one of the coolest places for such an event. Quiet, isolated and serene. There's a good wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail.

The cost would be about 200 Euro per person for the week (food not included, we can organize that separately). There's a large kitchen and large dining space. Obviously since the weather most likely permits, we would eat outside overlooking the lake. Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery.

If you are interested, please sign up below? Looking at availability of the place, best would be June or possibly in May (not always available!).

If there's enough interest I can make a booking. There would be 7 days time, so it can also be divided into smaller time chunks that are occupied by different projects.

As soon as there's a clearly preferred week, I will try to block that one. Please indicate multiple weeks if you have the flexibility.

=== Interested? Sign up here ===

(I will change the weeks ASAP into concrete options, hopefully today 25 Jan)

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Projects
!width="200"|Preferred week 1
!width="200"|Preferred week 2
!width="200"|Preferred week 3
!width="150"|single/double room?
!width="150"|Should we organize a cook?
!width="200"|Confirmed/tentative?
|-
|[[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]] || [[GeoNetwork]] || First week of June || || || double ||yes || Confirmed
|-
|[[User:ominiverdi|Lorenzo Becchi]] || || still don't know || || || single ||yes || tentative
|-
|[[User:heikki|Heikki Doeleman]] || || still don't know || || || still don't know ||yes || tentative
|}