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Category talk:OSGeo Member

2010-10-23T07:33:02Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Cleaning up All Members page */

== OSGeo Mashup ==
Thoughts on how to set up a membership activity and user location OSGeo mashup.
* a script subscribes to the OSGeo Wiki "Recent Changes" RSS
* extract editor's Wiki user name and client IP from RSS feed
* look up that IP's latitude and longitude
* MediaWiki user name page includes a template with formatted home location in latitude and longitude (KML, GeoRSS, GML, any)
* bot writes back location and User Name to PostgreSQL PostGIS database
* MapServer connects to that PostGIS FeatureTable and display map with point and text as OGC WMS
* GeoServer connects to that same PostGIS FeatureTable and returns GML via OGC WFS-T interface
* Mapbender deploys OpenLayers to overlay OSM map with OSGeo Member map
* and so on

== Cleaning up All Members page ==
Folks on the All Members page who had a working email in there user settings received this mail kindly asking them to move their content.

Subject
OSGeo Membership reminder

Body
Hello,
we are cleaning up the OSGeo All Members page at
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members as it has grown too large.
Please consider moving the data you have added there to your user page.
If you add the <nowiki>[[Category:OSGeo Member]]</nowiki> to your user page then you will
be listed as an OSGeo member.
Read the details here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Member

== Proposal for a map of OSGeo software users ==
Taking the <nowiki>[[Category:OSGeo Member]]</nowiki> map as a basis, I suggest to:
* build up a map with all current users (from OSGeo LDAP, plus possibly other sources, if projects keep their own)
* make an option "Show only {GRASS|QGIS|Mapserver|etc.} users"
* put it on the main page

Board Member Nominations 2010

2010-08-16T07:33:28Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Paolo Cavallini */

The following nominations have been received for the OSGeo Board in 2010 through the [[Election 2010]] process. The end of Thursday, August 12th 2010 is the latest that new nominations, sent to cro@osgeo.org and the discuss list, will be accepted.

This list is presented in the order nominations were received.

Incumbent board members are marked with an asterisk (*).

Candidate statements, if they have been provided, are indented and provided immediately after the candidate name.

== Arnulf Christl* ==

I would like to suggest the nomination of Arnulf for the OSGeo Board Election 2010 again. He did a good job the last years, so it would be nice to have him in the Board again.

He is active in the Open Source community for many years. Very early he discovered the sense of open standards and promoted the OGC and the standards.

He is active world wide - doing lots of presentations, trainings, articles, consulting and has the ability to inspire people for open source. With his company he set up lots of solutions based on open source.

He also is active in the OSGeo as president, in the OGC, in the FOSSGIS e.V. which is the german speaking local chapter of the OSGeo and in the Mapbender project.

He has a lot of energy to push things forward, to motivate and encourage people and he has a lot of ideas. He walks around with an open mind and is open when he steps up to other people.

He is dedicated for the idea of open source and puts a lot of his energy and time in this idea.

''From: Astrid Emde''

== Frank Warmerdam* ==

I would like to nominate Frank Warmerdam for re-election in the 2010 OSGeo Board Election.

Frank doesn't need to be introduced, he has been recognized as a leader in the Open Source Geospatial field for several years before the OSGeo Foundation was created, and has been one of the key people who made the launch and operation of the Foundation possible in its early days.

Frank has served on the OSGeo board since the creation of the Foundation and plays a key role in many (all?) of its committees. It makes no doubt that he is committed to OSGeo's mission and that he can continue to make significant contributions as an OSGeo board member.

''From: Daniel Morissette''

If selected, I would be pleased to serve on the OSGeo board for another two years. I believe I can offer continuity in the operation of OSGeo due to my involvement at the board, and others levels from the launch of the foundation.

''From: Frank Warmerdam''

== Venkatesh Raghavan ==

I would like to nominate Venkatesh Raghavan for his work in the OSGeo fields, making event in Japan, making OSGeo Members able to visit Japan with him and go to the Japanese event (FOSS4G Japan).

Venkatesh makes lot of training session all over Asia to present and promote lot of OSGeo projects. He makes some charter member able to do the training in Asia also or other events to promote OSGeo projects. He came to all the FOSS4G and help in finding the name of this event. He also promote OSGeo projects in many papers he wrote or some of his students wrote, write or will write.

''From: Gérald Fenoy''

Venkatesh is the soul behind many an Asian FOSS4G endeavors. A very friendly guy who can take OSGeo initiatives far and wide. He will make a very valuable member of the OSGeo board.

V.Ravi Kumar

== Tim Schaub ==

I would like to nominate Tim Schaub for the OSGeo Board.

Tim has shown strong leadership in both the OpenLayers and the GeoExt community. He has got excellent technical skills, but above all he also has excellent communication skills. Normally this is a rare combination to find.

Tim is part of both the OpenLayers as well as the GeoExt Project Steering Committee (PSC), for the OpenLayers PSC he is the chair.

Tim is working for OpenGeo, a company which has changed open source GIS for sure in the last few years, and continues to do so more and more, with adding great support packages and productizing a stack of excellent software components.

I believe Tim would be a very valuable addition to the OSGeo board. Thanks in advance.

''From: Bart van den Eijnden''

I was introduced to what became the OSGeo community when I attended the OSG'05 conference in Minneapolis. Since then, I have become involved in a number of client side projects - including KaMap, OpenLayers, and GeoExt. I've enjoyed speaking and presenting workshops on OSGeo related projects around the world. Throughout this time I have been committed to promoting the use and collaborative development of open source mapping software.

I've watched OSGeo gain in maturity, stability, and popularity since its inception. If elected to the board, I would bring a fresh perspective and enthusiasm for spreading the OSGeo message. I appreciate the nomination and the kind words from Bart. Thanks for your consideration.

''From: Tim Schaub''



== Daniel Morissette ==

I am proud to nominate Daniel Morissette for the OSGeo Board election 2010.

Daniel is one of the early pioneers in the geospatial free and open source domain. He has been involved in the OSGeo Foundation since its inception. He is one of the main contributors of the MapServer project (for that he is often called the "Mother" of MapServer ;-) ) and he is a member of the GDAL/OGR Project Steering Committee (PSC). Due to his significant contribution to the advancement of open source ideals in the geospatial realm, he was awarded the Sol Katz Award in 2009. Daniel is also very active at a more local level. He is one of the co-founding members of the OSGeo Quebec local chapter and has recently chaired the organisation committee of the first and successful edition of the Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec (see http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/). His addition to the board could thus be very valuable as he knows very well how local chapters work, the problems local users are facing in the adoption of geospatial open source technologies (including the cultural, linguistic and local peculiarities) and how local chapters can contribute to the achievement of the OSGeo Foundation mission.

Daniel is also one of the most patient people I know. He is always open to new ideas or points of view, but he also knows how to federate energies to carry out ambitious and difficult project. It is an actual pleasure to work with him. It is a man of passion and he knows how to share his passion of geospatial open source technologies with everyone.

It makes no doubt to me that he is committed to OSGeo's mission and he would be a very valuable addition to the OSGeo board.

''From: Theirry Badard''

I have been involved in OSGeo software projects and committees and following the activities of the board since the creation of the Foundation, so if I am elected I would be glad to join and serve the board in a spirit of continuity in the day to day running of the Foundation.

One aspect that I would bring to the board is the perspective of the local chapters and their communities given my experience co-founding and running the Quebec local chapter and also participating in the Francophone local chapter. There is lots of energy and momentum building up in those local communities, but yet OSGeo (the Foundation) is perceived by members of those communities as an anonymous body and they do not feel legitimized to participate and contribute at the Foundation level. It took me a little while to figure that out, but having been active at both the local and the global level in the last couple of years, I am starting to understand what some the blockers are. In addition to spreading the OSGeo message locally, I believe the role of local chapters is very important to help break those barriers and bring in more contributors into the Foundation, its projects and its committees... helping with the sustainability of the Foundation in the long run.

Thank you for considering my nomination (and to Thierry for submitting my name).

''From: Daniel Morissette''

== Paolo Cavallini ==
:It is an honour for me to be nominated. What I can bring to OSGeo if elected:
:* the experience of building up a large and successful community in Italy, and giving some help to the Portuguese community
:* a long standing, direct involvement in QuantumGIS and GRASS communities and development, with minor input in several other projects.
:What I would like for OSGeo:
:* more development, by strengthening the IT infrastructure, attracting additional projects, and sharing more resources across projects
:* more marketing, promoting free geographic software through the presence in media and conferences
:* closer relationships with all local chapters.

:Further details about me at: http://www.faunalia.it/pc and http://www.faunalia.it/en/pc

:'''From: Paolo Cavallini'''

I would like to nominate Paolo Cavallini, for his role in developing OSGeo Italy, and in developing and promoting QGIS.

''From: Duarte Carreira''

[[Category:Elections]]
[[Category:Election 2010]]

Case Studies

2010-08-06T06:19:39Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* uDig Case Studies */

''This page lists Case Studies of projects that include Geospatial Open Source components.''

=Case Studies=

==OSGeo Journal==
'''The [http://www.osgeo.org/journal OSGeo Journal] includes many international Case Studies and introductions to OSGeo software.'''
* List of all article titles in the journal [http://www.osgeo.org/ojs/index.php/journal/search/titles here]

==Evaluation of FOSS4G software projects==
[http://www.cascadoss.eu/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=11/ CASCADOSS results on the evaluation marketing, technical and economical aspects of FOSS4G software projects. ]. The CASCADOSS project evaluated 51 of inventoried 98 FOSS4G software projects from 5 categories: desktop GIS/RS applications, server applications, spatial databases, development libraries and general interest projects.
The CASCADOSS website provides an [http://www.cascadoss.eu/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=17/ open framework for custom evaluations], allowing comparisons between projects to find best solution. The issues related to change from proprietary to OS GI software is also addressed.

==Web Clients==

== Web Client Comparison ==
* November 2009, Web Map Client comparison, http://geotux.tuxfamily.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&task=view&id=239&Itemid=59&lang=en
Table of cross project feature table.

=== OpenLayers ===
* [http://docs.openlayers.org/casestudies/ OpenLayers Case Studies]. A collection of OpenLayers studies maintained by the OpenLayers community.
* President Obama's "Delivering On Change" website uses OpenLayers and OpenStreetMaps. http://www.whitehouse.gov/change/

* [http://www.terragis.net/2008/11/24/obama-campaign-mapping-voters-with-mapserver-postgis-and-openlayers/ Obama Campaign - Mapping voters with Mapserver, PostGIS and Openlayers]

=== Mapbender ===
* The Mapbender community maintains the [http://www.mapbender.org/Gallery Mapbender Gallery] with a list of solutions for specific domains ranging from city map services through specific applications to full scale geoportal implementations.

==Desktop Clients==

===Review of Open Source Desktop Clients===
* ''April 2008'' http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ - A comprehensive feature by feature comparison of all the Open Source desktop clients.
* Municipality of Trento ([http://www.comune.tn.it/ Comune di Trento]), Italy, migration (2005-today): especially improvements in [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] are financed: new digitizer tool and better high quality cartographic output.
* 2010: "[http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Albk_XRkhVkzdGxyYk8tNEZvLUp1UTUzTFN5bjlLX2c&hl=en Matrix on OSGeo and COTS software functionality]"

===Compare ArcGIS against Open Source GIS Desktop===

''September 2009'' http://gothos.info/resource_files/fpd_libhitech_foss_gis_march2010.pdf

Compares ArcGIS against GRASS, QGIS, uDig, gvSIG,OpenJUMP, and MapWindow for the Library domain.

: "Each of the individual FOSS GIS packages had their own particular strengths and weaknesses and some performed well for thematic mapping. The FOSS packages generally were weaker compared to ArcGIS in terms of support for various projection and coordinate systems, joining attribute data to GIS files, and automatic labeling, but their advantage is that they were free in terms of cost and licensing restrictions. When coupled with plug-ins and helper applications the viability of the FOSS GIS packages increased."

===Email threads discussing merits and disadvantages of OSGeo Desktop===

'''18 April 2008: [http://lists.burri.to/pipermail/geowanking/2008-April/thread.html Geowanking: ArcView 3.1 replacement]'''

"[Oxford Archaeology] are looking at gvsig and qgis as the main options [for ArcGIS], gvsig because it can use cad data, and qgis because we like the grass integration and it's slightly more user-friendly for english speakers (the translated version of gvsig still has some spanish bits in it). With slight changes to our work-flows, we are finding that these two packages will do almost everything we need a gis to do, with the exception of producing high-quality illustrations. To achieve this we are currently looking at export to svg or postscript for final editing in inkscape, but that's a work in progress."

'''24 April 2008: [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-April/thread.html OSGeo-Discuss: Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?]'''

This email thread provides numerous opinions for and against using Open Source Geospatial Software.

[http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-April/003458.html Paul Ramsey notes there is not a direct Open Source replacement for Arc View]:

''I think it's contingent on us as evangelizers to not over-sell. I
would not recommend QGIS or any other open source desktop to someone
whose prior experience was Arc* until I had a clear understanding of
the use case. In response to the query "can I replace ArcView with
open source", my answer is "in general, no, but maybe for a specific
use case".''

[http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-April/003453.html John Callahan provides a good summary]:

''I've been an ESRI user (AV 3.x, ArcGIS 8/9, ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server, ArcSDE) for 12+ years and have recently started exploring FOSS software. And I haven't disagreed with any of the responses so far. You will definitely need multiple programs to do what a single ESRI program can do. IMO, this is a good thing. One of the main reasons for my migration is I'm tired of running large, complicated, expensive software and all the extra baggage that comes with it to use only 10% of what the software can do. (see ArcGIS Server.)''

''You can do all the analysis and more of ArcGIS Desktop and extensions using GRASS, QGIS, SAGA, GeoTools, GDAL/OGR, PROJ4, or R Statistics along with a programming language like Python, Java or others. (IMO, this is a better solution than ESRI.) You can do just about anything you want on the web server end with MapServer, GeoServer, FeatureServer (and maybe TileCache or GeoNetwork for metadata) with any of a dozen or more clients (OpenLayers, ka-Map, MapGuide etc...). And you can do a lot of database work with Postgres/PostGIS, a much simpler, less costly solution than ArcSDE+RDBMS. And I wouldn't count out the role of free, non-open source packages like Google products and Oracle Express (11g should have Spatial included.)''

''From my experience (limited in the FOSS world), I have found three basic hurdles:
# ''Cartography. Whether on the screen, PDF outputs, or print publications, ArcMap is easy and looks great. (Although R Statistics produces better looking charts and graphs than ArcGIS.)''
# ''Versioned editing. This is important for groups with multiple concurrent editors or that has a particular hierarchical workflow with their GIS data.''
# ''Storage and serving of very large (50+ GB) raster datasets. PostGIS does not support rasters yet; Oracle Spatial does though. I'm still not sure if storing rasters in a database is a good idea but ArcSDE sure makes it easy, and with good performance when used in conjunction with other ESRI products.''

Current work addressing Open Source holes include:
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS#Digitizer Improving GRASS/qgis tools].
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Library Design plans for improving open source Cartographic Mapping].

=== GRASS ===

==== GRASS64 with ArcGIS93 in education at North Carolina State University ====
''December 2009, [http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea582/lec/001/GIS_anal_assign/GIS_Anal_Assignall.html Assignments for a course on Geospatial Modeling and Analysis with instructions for both GRASS and ArcGIS, including test datasets]''
==== GRASS vs SAGA ====
''September 2009, [http://www.igc.usp.br/pessoais/guano/downloads/Hengl_etal_2009_gmorph.pdf SAGA vs GRASS: A Comparative Analysis of the Two Open Source Desktop GIS for the Automated Analysis of Elevation Data]''

==== ARCGIS 9.0 vs GRASS 6.0 ====
''August 2005, [http://www.toddbuchanan.net/thesis_ver.pdf Comparison of ARCGIS 9.0 and GRASS 6.0]''

Todd Buchanan's master thesis compared ArcGIS 9.0 and GRASS 6.0 for a use case: "Characterization of Urban Sprawl for Eugene-Springfield, Oregon". He took detailed notes using both and found "ArcGIS is more straightforward than GRASS. However, GRASS proved itself fully capable of performing the operations required by the case study and outperformed ArcGIS in several categories."

Note: GRASS is even better now and has been integrated with the user friendly qgis since this study.

=== uDig Case Studies ===

http://udig.refractions.net/gallery/
Collection of uDig case studies put together by Refractions.

=== QGIS Case Studies ===

http://qgis.org/en/community/qgis-case-studies.html
Collection of QGIS case studies.

==Web Services==

===[http://www.foss4g2007.org/presentations/view.php?abstract_id=101 Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Regulatory program]===
''25 September 2007. Powerpoint presentation from FOSS4G Conference''

The Army Corps successfully integrated a Proprietary Oracle Database, ARC SDE and Analysis tools, with Open Source WMS and WFS services, and free viewers like Google Earth and Google Maps.

=== [http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/07/earthshaking-use-open-source An earthshaking use of open source] ===

Use of MapServer, Ingres and GMT among other tools by the BGR (a German institute responsible for the monitoring of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty).

==Databases==
===PostGIS Case Studies===
A collection of PostGIS Case Studies collected by Refractions. http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/casestudies/

===PostGIS versus MySQL Spatial===
June 2009

In speed, PostGIS wins but not by orders of magnitude. The amount of functionality in MySQL Spatial remains very very small. You can do simple store-and-retrieve operations. Many of the spatial operations that are standard in full spatial databases don’t exist or are (confusingly, as some users have commented) stubbed out against bounding box tests instead.
http://docs.opengeo.org/geospiel/2009/06/16/postgis-versus-mysql-spatial/

==Complete Infrastructure==

=== Open Source in Cadastre and Land Registration ===
''April 2010''

[http://www.fig.net/pub/fao/floss_cadastre.pdf FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration - Opportunities and Risks]
Compiled by The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) in conjunction with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

The publication provides an overview of open-source software applicable to cadastre and land registration, as well as practical case studies from countries using Open Source in this area.

===[http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvpontis&L=2 Valencian Regional Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport]===
''in Spanish''
''(view [http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php%3Fid%3Dgvpontis%26L%3D2 English translation] by Google)''

Valencian Regional Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is under a project of migrating "all" systems to open-source software. As a matter of fact, that was the reason to build [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig0&L=2 gvSIG]. All geospatial infrastructure (previously with ESRI) has been moved to open source (gvSIG, PostGIS, MapServer, deegree, GeoNetwork opensource).

There is a [http://www.gvpontis.gva.es/fileadmin/conselleria/images/Documentacion/memoria/gvpontis_ingles.pdf final report] (PDF in English) of the gvPontis project.

===[http://www.orzancongres.com/administracion/upload/imgPrograma/N-004.pdf Hydrographic Confederation of Guadalquivir River, Spain]===
''in Spanish''
''(view [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2F209.85.173.104%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3ACTDxwL0ZUqoJ%3Awww.orzancongres.com%2Fadministracion%2Fupload%2FimgPrograma%2FN-004.pdf%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26cd%3D1%26gl%3Dau%26client%3Dfirefox-a&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 English translation] by Google)''

A migration of a big part of ESRI components to open-source has been made, with use of gvSIG, GeoNetwork opensource, MapServer, GeoServer, deegree.

===ROI from Geospatial Open Standards, study by NASA===
''April 2005''

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Geospatial Interoperability Office studied the Return On Investment from using Geospatial Open Standards. The study showed
"There is a significant improvement in functionality and mitigation of cost when using open as opposed to proprietary standards. The project that implemented geospatial interoperability standards had a risk-adjusted ROI, or "Savings to Investment" ratio, of 119.0 percent throughout the five-year project life cycle."

* [http://www.gpsworld.com/gis/management-and-processes/the-roi-geosciences-interoperability-standards-4684 Summary of Findings]
* [http://www.galdosinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/NASA_GI_ROI.pdf Copy of Report] (Original URL has suffered link rot)

===Predicted ROI for Australian Government to investment in a SDI===
''October 2007''

ACIL Tasman study reports a 10 to 20 times ROI should the Australian government invest in a Spatial Data Infrastructure.
* [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2608&trv=1 Article]
* [http://www.asiba.com.au/clients/asiba/UserFiles/File/Media%20Releases/Press%20Release301007.pdf Media Release]

=Open Data=
==Open Data Licensing in Australian Government==
''2008. [http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/projects_and_activities/assets/crc-si-qld-gilf-presentation-perth.ppt/view Government Information Licensing Framework]''

80% of Queensland, Australian government data can be opened up under Creative Commons, and the remaining data is planned to be released under an extensions to the Creative Common license.

==Open Data for Victorian state Government, Australia==
''June 2009 [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/edic/inquiries/access_to_PSI/PSI_Inquiry_Media_Release.pdf Recommendation to free Public Sector Information].''

The Victorian Parliament’s Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee (“EDIC”) recommends the freeing of access to Public Sector Information at no or marginal cost.

==South Africa==
===[http://www.acts.co.za/prom_of_access_to_info/index.htm Promotion of Access to Information Act]===
"To give effect to the constitutional right of access to any information held by the State and any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights; and to provide for matters connected therewith."
===[http://www.gissa.org.za/activities/government/sdi-act Spatial Data Infrastructure Act]===
"To establish the South African Spatial Data Infrastructure, the Committee for Spatial Information and an electronic metadata catalogue; to provide for the determination of standards and prescriptions with regard to the facilitation of the sharing of spatial information; to provide for the capture and publishing of metadata and the avoidance of duplication of such capture; and to provide for matters connected therewith."

=Open Source Policies=
These documents provide compelling reasons for selecting Open Source and Open Standards.
==Australia==
''April 2005, [http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/guide-to-open-source-software/index.html Guide to Open Source Software for Australian Government Agencies]''

''It can offer original solutions to problems not addressed by proprietary software and it has the potential to lead to significant savings in Government expenditure on information and communications technology (ICT).''

==New Zealand ==
''13 March 2008, [http://research.elabs.govt.nz/2008/03/13/ministry-of-justice-open-source-adoption-paper/ Ministry of Justice Open Source Strategy Paper]''

Proposes when Open Source should be used over Proprietary software, and concludes that Open Source better than Proprietary, all other things being equal.

==South Africa==
The South African Government through its Open Source Project Office and the State IT Agency (SITA) is active with open source and interoperability policy development and implementation.

Browse and download most of the important documents '''[http://www.gissa.org.za/special-interest-groups/open-source/folder_contents HERE]'''.

The South African FOSS Policy which was approved in 2007 urges government to implement FOSS:
*'''Choose FOSS''': The South African government will implement FOSS unless proprietary software proves to be significantly superior. Whenever the advantages of FOSS and proprietary software are comparable FOSS will be implemented when choosing a software solution for a new project. Whenever FOSS is not implemented, then reasons must be provided to justify implementing proprietary software.
*'''Use FOSS/Open Content Licensing''': The South African government will ensure all government content and content developed using government resources is made Open Content, unless analysis on specific content shows that proprietary licensing or confidentiality is substantially beneficial.
*'''Develop in FOSS''': All new software developed for or by the South African government will be based on open standards, adherent to FOSS principles, and be licensed using a FOSS license where possible.
*'''Migrate to FOSS''': The South African government will migrate current proprietary software to FOSS whenever comparable software exists.
*'''Promote FOSS in South Africa''': The South African government will encourage the use of Open Content and Open Standards within South Africa. They will encourage the use of Open Content and Open Standards.

For more recent and additional content visit these sites:
*[http://www.oss.gov.za/ SA Government Open Source Project Office]
*[http://www.sita.co.za/FOSS/FOSS1.html SITA FOSS Office]

==United Kingdom==
February 2009, ''[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government_it/open_source/policy.aspx Government Policy on Open Source, Open Standards and Re–Use]''

Summarised highlights from the policy:
* Government procurement will fairly consider open source solutions alongside proprietary ones and will take into account total cost of ownership, including exit and transition costs.
* The Government will, wherever possible, avoid becoming locked in to proprietary software.
*The Government will require solutions to comply with open standards.
* Where appropriate, general purpose software developed for government will be released on an open source basis.
==US Department of Defense==
''October 2009, [http://www.defenselink.mil/cio-nii/sites/oss/ Guidance regarding Open Source Software]].'' and a [http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/defense-department-releases-op.html news report].

==US Navy==
''April 2006, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070324082448/http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/articles/OTDRoadmapFinal.pdf US Navy Open Technology Development Roadmap Plan].''

Describes how the US Navy will migrate to Open Technology Development when purchasing and building software.

Open Technology Development combines salient advances in the following areas:
* Open Standards and Interfaces
* Open Source Software and Designs
* Collaborative/Distributive culture and the and online support tools
* Technological Agility

Also, a much shorter news article on the same topic from March 2008. [http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151858-1.html The Navy will acquire only systems based on open technologies and standards].

The Original Paper was stored [http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/articles/OTDRoadmapFinal.pdf here].

== Open Source Software Economics ==
''April 2007, [http://techblog.terrapages.com/2007/05/economic-motivation-of-open-source.html
The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives]''

Dirk Riehle. "The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives." IEEE Computer, vol. 40, no. 4 (April 2007). Page 25-32.

=Why write a Case Study?=
A case study discusses how a specific situation was identified, which solutions were investigated and selected, and a summary of the results.

Solution architects use relevant case studies to support a solution they are building.

Writing a case study about your project gives others the confidence to follow in your footsteps which in turn increases investment in your tools of choice. Publishing your experience gives '''positive feedback''' to those involved in your project, reinforcing your success, encouraging colleagues to take on additional challenges, allowing the project to continue to grow.

We would like to see case studies which cover a range of use cases, especially from organizations with a low risk tolerance. Many organizations approach Open Source in little steps gradually integrating it with existing infrastructure and find targeted small case studies valuable.

=What to write?=

One to three pages is good, with a graphic per page.

The case study should cover:
* Date
* Problem
* Evaluations
* Implementation, including integration with other infrastructure
* Problems faced and how they were overcome
* Return on Investment
* Future plans
* Who else might benefit from your experience

More hints found by googling: [http://www.klariti.com/business-writing/How-To-Write-Case-Study.shtml How to write a Case Study]

=How to publish?=
Consider submitting an article to the [http://www.osgeo.org/journal OSGeo Journal].
Here are the basic [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Journal_License_and_Guidelines guidelines] for authors.

[[Category:Advocacy]]

Like Minded Regional Organizations

2009-10-01T17:14:56Z

Wiki-Paolo:

The OSGeo Foundation is interested in establishing contact with existing local organizations with a related charter. This page is an effort to collect a list of such organizations with a short English description of their mandate.

* Australia, Melbourne: [http://nomad-labs.dyndns.org/melbmap/published/ MMUG] (http://wiki.nomad-labs.dyndns.org/melbmap/published/HomePage) MapServer User Group of Melbourne
* Brazil: GeoLivre (http://geolivre.org.br) - Community for exchange information about FOSS GIS in portuguese language. In download section, there are many users contributions. The Geolivre Linux is hosted by this community too.
* Brazil: Geolivre Conference (http://geolivre.org) - Official website of brazilian FOSS GIS conference organization.
* Canada: [http://www.omsug.ca/ OMSUG] (http://www.omsug.ca/) Ottawa MapServer User Group
* Germany: FOSSGIS (http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) - Organizing the FOSSGIS 2006 conference.
* Germany: GRASS Anwender Vereinigung e.V. (http://www.grass-verein.de) - tax-exempt charity for promotion and dissemination of Free GIS. GAV is now the official treasurer of FOSSGIS money that has been donated to promote OSGeo's goals and further its mission.
* Italy: [http://www.gfoss.it/ GFOSS.it] (http://www.gfoss.it) Geographic Free and Open Source Software
* the Netherlands: [http://www.opensourcegis.nl/ OpenSourceGIS.nl] A dutch site about Open Source GIS.
* Russia: [http://gis-lab.info/ GIS-Lab.info] Russian GIS/RS community.
* USA, Minnesota: [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/community/MUGs/tcmug/ TCMUG] (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/community/MUGs/tcmug/) Twin Cities Mapserver Users Group

== OSGeo Local Chapters and Interest Groups ==
There are a number of established and emerging OSGeo [[Local Chapters]] and [[Interest Groups]]. If you are interested please go to the corresponding pages and add your thoughts, ideas and relevant links.

Italiano Chapter Report 2008

2009-03-03T20:51:53Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Key Accomplishments */

== Italian Chapter ==

* Contact name: '''Massimo di Stefano'''

=== Key Accomplishments ===

* substantial grassroots activities (with 20 events in one year, mostly in Northern and Central Italy)
* First edition of the GFOSS day held in Pontedera in November (130 participants). The event does not replace the traditional GRASS/GFOSS meeting, typically held in the first months of the year with a focus on research & development and a strong participation of the academic community.
* media coverage, with presence in radio and magazines.
* increase in registered members
* formal action (ISTAT), with the support of ASSOLI
* ECDL GIS: preparation of a test for GIS certification, based on QGIS
* substantial support to the OpenStreetMap project in the first part of 2008 (January-July)
* liaison to other organizations and institutions (OpenStreetMap, Italian PostgreSQL user group)
* election of new board (February), after ???

=== Areas for Improvement ===
* OSGEO liaison can be further consolidated (new liaison officer appointed in Feb 2009)
* some administrative issues still to be cleared

=== Opportunities to Help ===
* ??? list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report

=== Outlook for 2009 ===

* Hackmeetings are in the process of being planned. We expect to hold one or two events during 2009.
* Second edition of the GFOSS day to be held in Bolzano, 11 Nov 2009
* Interest in providing additional momentum in Italy, and in connection with other European chapters, towards FOSS4G 2010

__notoc__
[[Category: Reports 2008]]

Italiano Chapter Report 2008

2009-03-03T20:51:15Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Opportunities to Help */

== Italian Chapter ==

* Contact name: '''Massimo di Stefano'''

=== Key Accomplishments ===

* substantial grassroots activities (with 20 events in one year, mostly in Northern and Central Italy)
* First edition of the GFOSS day held in Pontedera in November (130 participants). The event does not replace the traditional GRASS/GFOSS meeting, typically held in the first months of the year with a focus on research & development and a strong participation of the academic community.
* media coverage, with presence in radio and magazines.
* increase in registered members
* formal action (ISTAT), with the support of ASSOLI
* ECDL GIS: preparation of a test for GIS certification, based on QGIS
* substantial support to the OpenStreetMap project in the first part of 2008 (January-July)
* liaison to other organizations and institutions (OpenStreetMap, Italian PostgreSQL user group)
* election of new board (February), after

=== Areas for Improvement ===
* OSGEO liaison can be further consolidated (new liaison officer appointed in Feb 2009)
* some administrative issues still to be cleared

=== Opportunities to Help ===
* ??? list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report

=== Outlook for 2009 ===

* Hackmeetings are in the process of being planned. We expect to hold one or two events during 2009.
* Second edition of the GFOSS day to be held in Bolzano, 11 Nov 2009
* Interest in providing additional momentum in Italy, and in connection with other European chapters, towards FOSS4G 2010

__notoc__
[[Category: Reports 2008]]

Italiano Chapter Report 2008

2009-03-03T20:50:37Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Areas for Improvement */

== Italian Chapter ==

* Contact name: '''Massimo di Stefano'''

=== Key Accomplishments ===

* substantial grassroots activities (with 20 events in one year, mostly in Northern and Central Italy)
* First edition of the GFOSS day held in Pontedera in November (130 participants). The event does not replace the traditional GRASS/GFOSS meeting, typically held in the first months of the year with a focus on research & development and a strong participation of the academic community.
* media coverage, with presence in radio and magazines.
* increase in registered members
* formal action (ISTAT), with the support of ASSOLI
* ECDL GIS: preparation of a test for GIS certification, based on QGIS
* substantial support to the OpenStreetMap project in the first part of 2008 (January-July)
* liaison to other organizations and institutions (OpenStreetMap, Italian PostgreSQL user group)
* election of new board (February), after

=== Areas for Improvement ===
* OSGEO liaison can be further consolidated (new liaison officer appointed in Feb 2009)
* some administrative issues still to be cleared

=== Opportunities to Help ===
* list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report

=== Outlook for 2009 ===

* Hackmeetings are in the process of being planned. We expect to hold one or two events during 2009.
* Second edition of the GFOSS day to be held in Bolzano, 11 Nov 2009
* Interest in providing additional momentum in Italy, and in connection with other European chapters, towards FOSS4G 2010

__notoc__
[[Category: Reports 2008]]

User:Paolo

2008-12-10T06:52:53Z

Wiki-Paolo:

See http://faunalia.it/pc
{{#umSetParam: 10.63|43.66|Pontedera, Italy|Paolo Cavallini|Paolo Cavallini}}

FOSS4G2008 OSGeo Booth

2008-06-30T05:52:10Z

Wiki-Paolo:

Placeholder for organising the OSGeo Booth at [[FOSS4G 2008]], similar to previous year: [[FOSS4G2007 OSGeo Booth]]..

== Volunteers ==

{|class=wikitable border="1"
! Staff name !! Monday !! Tuesday !! Wednesday !! Thursday !! Sprint
|-
| Tyler Mitchell || afternoon || morning || afternoon || morning || whole day
|-
| [[Arnulf Christl]] || morning || afternoon || morning || --- || whole day
|-
| [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] || --- || afternoon || afternoon || afternoon ||
|-
| [[Paolo Cavallini]] || when needed || when needed || when needed || when needed || whole day
|-
| ''Pls add yourself'' || || || || ||
|-
|}

Paolo Cavallini

2008-05-28T15:56:18Z

Wiki-Paolo: New page: See http://faunalia.it/pc Category:OSGeo Member

See http://faunalia.it/pc

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Paolo

2008-05-28T15:55:53Z

Wiki-Paolo:

See http://faunalia.it/pc

User:Paolo

2008-05-28T15:53:48Z

Wiki-Paolo:

See http://faunalia.it/pc

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Paolo

2008-05-28T15:51:24Z

Wiki-Paolo: New page: See http://faunalia.it/pc

See http://faunalia.it/pc

Microdonations

2008-04-21T17:41:45Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Proposal */

''(this page is a draft)''

== Motivation ==

In several OSGeo projects, (potential) microdonations play an important role. A system is desired to give users and sponsors to easily donate small amounts of money. This is of community importance, even if total contribution might be negligible, as it helps building up a mutual trust.

== Proposal ==
A double system is proposed where microdonations are handled by the individual projects and their respective Web sites while larger sponsorship through OSGeo (see [[Project Sponsorship]]). The use of microdonations is at the discretion of the respective PSC.
In my view, a central mechanism, where I could, say, donate 50 euros to GRASS and 50 to QGIS would be preferable to a multi-site arrangement, as it is easier for the donor and appears more trustworthy.
The challenge is designing a simple system, to keep overhead low.

== Unclear ==

# How can a sponsor earmark his/her contribution through OSGeo to a specific project?
# Do we need to be able to notify the receiving project who the payment was from?
# Do we need to issue receipts as a charitable contribution (onces the 501(c)3 stuff is done)

== Potential Avenues ==

Google Checkout For Non Profits [http://checkout.google.com/seller/npo/] free until 2009 once 501(c)3 in place

[[Category:Sponsorship]]
[[Category:Finance]]

Microdonations

2008-04-21T17:38:57Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Motivation */

''(this page is a draft)''

== Motivation ==

In several OSGeo projects, (potential) microdonations play an important role. A system is desired to give users and sponsors to easily donate small amounts of money. This is of community importance, even if total contribution might be negligible, as it helps building up a mutual trust.

== Proposal ==
A double system is proposed where microdonations are handled by the individual projects and their respective Web sites while larger sponsorship through OSGeo (see [[Project Sponsorship]]). The use of microdonations is at the discretion of the respective PSC.

== Unclear ==

# How can a sponsor earmark his/her contribution through OSGeo to a specific project?
# Do we need to be able to notify the receiving project who the payment was from?
# Do we need to issue receipts as a charitable contribution (onces the 501(c)3 stuff is done)

== Potential Avenues ==

Google Checkout For Non Profits [http://checkout.google.com/seller/npo/] free until 2009 once 501(c)3 in place

[[Category:Sponsorship]]
[[Category:Finance]]

OSGeo4W

2007-11-13T20:23:28Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Targetted Packages */

== Introduction==

This page discusses the OSGeo Binary Distribution and Installer of software for MS Windows (aka Win32). It is a specific case of the [[OSGeo Binary Distribution]].

== Name of Installer ==

* OSGeo4W

== Mailing List ==

* osgeo4w-dev@lists.osgeo.org ([http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo4w-dev Subscribe], [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/osgeo4w-dev/ Archive])

== Goals ==

General goals:

* Include a wide variety of OSGeo packages.
* Painless installation (exe/msi installer)
* Select desired packages only, and pull in dependencies automatically.

== General Plan ==

Morph MS4W to use a nicer installer front end (instead of just zip files) and to include more packages.

== Targetted Packages ==

In the following context ''required'' means we hope to include this item. ''Optional'' implies we are interested in including it, but no one is committed to doing it. All packages will be optional to install (pending dependencies).

* MapServer (required, Jeff)
** MapServer CGI (required, Jeff)
** PHP MapScript (required, Jeff)
** Python MapScript (optional)
* GDAL (required, Mateusz)
** Python bindings (optional)
** Plugin Drivers: ECW, OCI, SDE, MrSID, etc (optional)
* PostGIS/Postgres (required) (Mark Cave-Ayland?)
* pgAdminIII/phppgadmin
* Mapbender (optional)
* Mapbuilder (optonal)
* OpenLayers?
* GRASS (required) (Moritz Lennert?)
* QuantumGIS (required)
* R (optional)

== Participants ==

(interested package maintainers please add your name below!)

* Jeff McKenna: MS4W Maintainer
* Frank Warmerdam: FWTools
* Mateusz Loskot: maintain GDAL related components
* Yewondwossen Assefa: MapServer core

== List of Hopefully-Interested Maintainers ==

* Arnulf Christl (Mapbender)
* Cameron Shorter (MapBuilder)
* Chris Holmes (GeoServer, GeoTools)
* Chris Schmidt (OpenLayers)
* Howard Butler (MapServer buildkit)
* Jeroen Ticheler (GeoNetwork)
* Jody Garnett (uDig)
* Mark Cave-Ayland (PostGIS)
* Mark Lucas (OSSIM)
* Moritz Lennert (winGRASS)
* Paul Ramsey (PostGIS)
* Robert Bray (MapGuide Open Source))
* Tim Sutton (QGIS)
* gvSIG ?
* FDO ?
* ...

== Upcoming Work Priorities ==

* look into packaging (download packages directly from server...)
* mailing list setup (done)
* put initial structure into OSGeo SVN
* look into sponsors from organizations

== Timelime ==

* base structure intact by April 2008

== Long-Term Plan ==

* select a Project Steering Committee
* enter incubation as an OSGeo project

== Licensing ==

* are there any licensing issues with the proposed packages?

== Technical Notes ==

* existing MS4W NSIS installer [http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=ms4w-2.2.6.nsi.txt script]
* existing PostGIS NSIS installer [http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/source/pg82/postgis-pg82-1.3.1-installersrc.zip script]
* Paul Ramsey notes that for installation in corporate environments it can be very helpful to provide MSI files, and to support non-interactive distribution.
* Markus Neteler mentioned that 6.3.0 winGRASS is now in RC1 ([http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/wingrass/ download]) and also included in QGIS 0.9.0

=== Installer Creation Software ===

* several projects use [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page NSIS] (Quantum GIS, PostGIS, FWTools, MS4W, ...)
* would make sense to use what we know (NSIS) and share

=== Build Environment ===

* MSVC 7.1 currently used (by MapServer buildkit, FWTools)
* possibly time to upgrade buildkit to 2005 (since a free version available, "Express")
* what about MSYS support?
* have a Windows VM on telascience ??
* also should segment from massive buildkit
* include build library files (header files, similar to how FWTools does currently)
** offer as developer components??

=== Upgrades ===

* will force a new download of the installer

=== Custom Scripting in Installer ===

* PHP can be used for custom scripting

=== Versions ===

* must pick our supported version of PHP, Python, etc. to use throughout installer buildkit

=== Package Requirements Details ===

==== MS4W ====

* Apache
** install into any directory
** allow user to specify port to use
* MapServer
** SDE, Oracle plugins
** Mapscript: PHP, Java, Python, C#
** AGG
* All existing MS4W packages and utilities:
** Utilities:
*** avce00
*** dem tools
*** shapelib
*** shp2tile
*** shpdiff
** Packages (user can optionally include these):
*** ArcIMS Emulator
*** Chameleon
*** dBox MapServer
*** FIST
*** GeoMOOSE
*** ka-Map
*** Mapbender
*** MapServer Itasca Demo Application
*** MapServer OGC Web Services Workshop
*** OpenLayers
*** PHP/Mapscript Sample Application
*** phpPgAdmin
*** p.mapper
* Miscellaneous
**automatically upgrade/install packages directly from the maptools.org server

Note: Microsoft IIS web server requirement might be handled with a community wiki

==== WINGRASS ====

* ActiveState Tcl
* MSYS (commandline-ready)

OSGeo4W

2007-11-13T20:20:02Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Targetted Packages */

== Introduction==

This page discusses the OSGeo Binary Distribution and Installer of software for MS Windows (aka Win32). It is a specific case of the [[OSGeo Binary Distribution]].

== Name of Installer ==

* OSGeo4W

== Mailing List ==

* osgeo4w-dev@lists.osgeo.org ([http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo4w-dev Subscribe], [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/osgeo4w-dev/ Archive])

== Goals ==

General goals:

* Include a wide variety of OSGeo packages.
* Painless installation (exe/msi installer)
* Select desired packages only, and pull in dependencies automatically.

== General Plan ==

Morph MS4W to use a nicer installer front end (instead of just zip files) and to include more packages.

== Targetted Packages ==

In the following context ''required'' means we hope to include this item. ''Optional'' implies we are interested in including it, but no one is committed to doing it. All packages will be optional to install (pending dependencies).

* MapServer (required, Jeff)
** MapServer CGI (required, Jeff)
** PHP MapScript (required, Jeff)
** Python MapScript (optional)
* GDAL (required, Mateusz)
** Python bindings (optional)
** Plugin Drivers: ECW, OCI, SDE, MrSID, etc (optional)
* PostGIS/Postgres (required) (Mark Cave-Ayland?)
* Mapbender (optional)
* Mapbuilder (optonal)
* OpenLayers?
* GRASS (required) (Moritz Lennert?)
* QuantumGIS (required)

== Participants ==

(interested package maintainers please add your name below!)

* Jeff McKenna: MS4W Maintainer
* Frank Warmerdam: FWTools
* Mateusz Loskot: maintain GDAL related components
* Yewondwossen Assefa: MapServer core

== List of Hopefully-Interested Maintainers ==

* Arnulf Christl (Mapbender)
* Cameron Shorter (MapBuilder)
* Chris Holmes (GeoServer, GeoTools)
* Chris Schmidt (OpenLayers)
* Howard Butler (MapServer buildkit)
* Jeroen Ticheler (GeoNetwork)
* Jody Garnett (uDig)
* Mark Cave-Ayland (PostGIS)
* Mark Lucas (OSSIM)
* Moritz Lennert (winGRASS)
* Paul Ramsey (PostGIS)
* Robert Bray (MapGuide Open Source))
* Tim Sutton (QGIS)
* gvSIG ?
* FDO ?
* ...

== Upcoming Work Priorities ==

* look into packaging (download packages directly from server...)
* mailing list setup (done)
* put initial structure into OSGeo SVN
* look into sponsors from organizations

== Timelime ==

* base structure intact by April 2008

== Long-Term Plan ==

* select a Project Steering Committee
* enter incubation as an OSGeo project

== Licensing ==

* are there any licensing issues with the proposed packages?

== Technical Notes ==

* existing MS4W NSIS installer [http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=ms4w-2.2.6.nsi.txt script]
* existing PostGIS NSIS installer [http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/source/pg82/postgis-pg82-1.3.1-installersrc.zip script]
* Paul Ramsey notes that for installation in corporate environments it can be very helpful to provide MSI files, and to support non-interactive distribution.
* Markus Neteler mentioned that 6.3.0 winGRASS is now in RC1 ([http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/wingrass/ download]) and also included in QGIS 0.9.0

=== Installer Creation Software ===

* several projects use [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page NSIS] (Quantum GIS, PostGIS, FWTools, MS4W, ...)
* would make sense to use what we know (NSIS) and share

=== Build Environment ===

* MSVC 7.1 currently used (by MapServer buildkit, FWTools)
* possibly time to upgrade buildkit to 2005 (since a free version available, "Express")
* what about MSYS support?
* have a Windows VM on telascience ??
* also should segment from massive buildkit
* include build library files (header files, similar to how FWTools does currently)
** offer as developer components??

=== Upgrades ===

* will force a new download of the installer

=== Custom Scripting in Installer ===

* PHP can be used for custom scripting

=== Versions ===

* must pick our supported version of PHP, Python, etc. to use throughout installer buildkit

=== Package Requirements Details ===

==== MS4W ====

* Apache
** install into any directory
** allow user to specify port to use
* MapServer
** SDE, Oracle plugins
** Mapscript: PHP, Java, Python, C#
** AGG
* All existing MS4W packages and utilities:
** Utilities:
*** avce00
*** dem tools
*** shapelib
*** shp2tile
*** shpdiff
** Packages (user can optionally include these):
*** ArcIMS Emulator
*** Chameleon
*** dBox MapServer
*** FIST
*** GeoMOOSE
*** ka-Map
*** Mapbender
*** MapServer Itasca Demo Application
*** MapServer OGC Web Services Workshop
*** OpenLayers
*** PHP/Mapscript Sample Application
*** phpPgAdmin
*** p.mapper
* Miscellaneous
**automatically upgrade/install packages directly from the maptools.org server

Note: Microsoft IIS web server requirement might be handled with a community wiki

==== WINGRASS ====

* ActiveState Tcl
* MSYS (commandline-ready)

OSGeo4W

2007-11-13T20:19:09Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Targetted Packages */

== Introduction==

This page discusses the OSGeo Binary Distribution and Installer of software for MS Windows (aka Win32). It is a specific case of the [[OSGeo Binary Distribution]].

== Name of Installer ==

* OSGeo4W

== Mailing List ==

* osgeo4w-dev@lists.osgeo.org ([http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo4w-dev Subscribe], [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/osgeo4w-dev/ Archive])

== Goals ==

General goals:

* Include a wide variety of OSGeo packages.
* Painless installation (exe/msi installer)
* Select desired packages only, and pull in dependencies automatically.

== General Plan ==

Morph MS4W to use a nicer installer front end (instead of just zip files) and to include more packages.

== Targetted Packages ==

In the following context ''required'' means we hope to include this item. ''Optional'' implies we are interested in including it, but no one is committed to doing it. All packages will be optional to install (pending dependencies).

* MapServer (required, Jeff)
** MapServer CGI (required, Jeff)
** PHP MapScript (required, Jeff)
** Python MapScript (optional)
* GDAL (required, Mateusz)
** Python bindings (optional)
** Plugin Drivers: ECW, OCI, SDE, MrSID, etc (optional)
* PostGIS/Postgres (required) (Mark Cave-Ayland?)
* Mapbender (optional)
* Mapbuilder (optonal)
* GRASS (required) (Moritz Lennert?)
* QuantumGIS (required)

== Participants ==

(interested package maintainers please add your name below!)

* Jeff McKenna: MS4W Maintainer
* Frank Warmerdam: FWTools
* Mateusz Loskot: maintain GDAL related components
* Yewondwossen Assefa: MapServer core

== List of Hopefully-Interested Maintainers ==

* Arnulf Christl (Mapbender)
* Cameron Shorter (MapBuilder)
* Chris Holmes (GeoServer, GeoTools)
* Chris Schmidt (OpenLayers)
* Howard Butler (MapServer buildkit)
* Jeroen Ticheler (GeoNetwork)
* Jody Garnett (uDig)
* Mark Cave-Ayland (PostGIS)
* Mark Lucas (OSSIM)
* Moritz Lennert (winGRASS)
* Paul Ramsey (PostGIS)
* Robert Bray (MapGuide Open Source))
* Tim Sutton (QGIS)
* gvSIG ?
* FDO ?
* ...

== Upcoming Work Priorities ==

* look into packaging (download packages directly from server...)
* mailing list setup (done)
* put initial structure into OSGeo SVN
* look into sponsors from organizations

== Timelime ==

* base structure intact by April 2008

== Long-Term Plan ==

* select a Project Steering Committee
* enter incubation as an OSGeo project

== Licensing ==

* are there any licensing issues with the proposed packages?

== Technical Notes ==

* existing MS4W NSIS installer [http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=ms4w-2.2.6.nsi.txt script]
* existing PostGIS NSIS installer [http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/source/pg82/postgis-pg82-1.3.1-installersrc.zip script]
* Paul Ramsey notes that for installation in corporate environments it can be very helpful to provide MSI files, and to support non-interactive distribution.
* Markus Neteler mentioned that 6.3.0 winGRASS is now in RC1 ([http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/wingrass/ download]) and also included in QGIS 0.9.0

=== Installer Creation Software ===

* several projects use [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page NSIS] (Quantum GIS, PostGIS, FWTools, MS4W, ...)
* would make sense to use what we know (NSIS) and share

=== Build Environment ===

* MSVC 7.1 currently used (by MapServer buildkit, FWTools)
* possibly time to upgrade buildkit to 2005 (since a free version available, "Express")
* what about MSYS support?
* have a Windows VM on telascience ??
* also should segment from massive buildkit
* include build library files (header files, similar to how FWTools does currently)
** offer as developer components??

=== Upgrades ===

* will force a new download of the installer

=== Custom Scripting in Installer ===

* PHP can be used for custom scripting

=== Versions ===

* must pick our supported version of PHP, Python, etc. to use throughout installer buildkit

=== Package Requirements Details ===

==== MS4W ====

* Apache
** install into any directory
** allow user to specify port to use
* MapServer
** SDE, Oracle plugins
** Mapscript: PHP, Java, Python, C#
** AGG
* All existing MS4W packages and utilities:
** Utilities:
*** avce00
*** dem tools
*** shapelib
*** shp2tile
*** shpdiff
** Packages (user can optionally include these):
*** ArcIMS Emulator
*** Chameleon
*** dBox MapServer
*** FIST
*** GeoMOOSE
*** ka-Map
*** Mapbender
*** MapServer Itasca Demo Application
*** MapServer OGC Web Services Workshop
*** OpenLayers
*** PHP/Mapscript Sample Application
*** phpPgAdmin
*** p.mapper
* Miscellaneous
**automatically upgrade/install packages directly from the maptools.org server

Note: Microsoft IIS web server requirement might be handled with a community wiki

==== WINGRASS ====

* ActiveState Tcl
* MSYS (commandline-ready)

Italiano

2007-10-05T17:28:51Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Contents */

[[Local_Chapters|<< Back to the Local Chapters page]]

== About the Italian OSGeo Chapter and GFOSS.it ==
The Italian OSGeo Local Chapter has been formally accepted by the OSGeo Board of Directors on the [[Twenty Eighth Board Meeting|7th September 2007 meeting]].

The Italian OSGeo Local Chapter is based on the existing association "Associazione Italiana per l'Informazione Geografica Libera (Gfoss.it)".

[http://www.GFOSS.it GFOSS.it] has been funded by the Italian GFOSS community during the 8th GRASS e GFOSS (Palermo, 14-16 febbraio 2007) annual meeting. The Italian community includes many professional, university and governative members with long national and international experience in the field of the Geomatic and in the free and open source.

The objectives of the GFOSS.it are:
* Promote the development, the diffusion and the protection of the Free and Open Source Software for the geo-information.
* Promote the Open Standards for the geo-information and the free access to geographic data.
* Promote the contacts among developers and users within the community and among the community and external body.
* Foster and coordinate the translation, localization and internationalization of software and documentation for the geo-information.
* Promote relationships with other national and international associations, and with governative agencies and private companies.

==Italian chapter mission==
Italian Local Chapter mission is to respect [[#Guidelines|OSGeo Guidelines]] on local chapters and continue supporting all [[#Italian_community_contributions| Italian Community contributions]] to FOSS GIS community. Main goal is that of the OSGeo foundation: to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects.

==Italian community contributions and resources==
This part shows the Italian community contributions on the web:
===Community===
* [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS site] - the site of the first italian Geospatial Free and Open Source Software community.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it GFOSS wiki] - the wiki page of GFOSS.it, contains many howto in italian and other resources.
* [http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/ GFOSS mailing list] - the first meeting point of the community.
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss
* [http://grass-italia.como.polimi.it/ Italian GRASS users site]
* [http://listserv.unipr.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-italia Italian GRASS users mailing list]

===Data===
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/download#outline_regioni_d_italia_e_grecia Italian and greek VMAP0 elaboration] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://www.dirap.unipa.it/~scianna/gis_software.htm Fedora and Debian GRASS Packages] - contribution by Andrea Scianna
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/strade Italian Open Street project] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://debian-gfoss.rigacci.org/ a Debian Free GIS repository] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://gentoo-gis.sourceforge.net/ Gentoo Gis Overlay] - Emiliano Valvassori e Luca Casagrande

===Contents===
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Guida_Utente_QGIS_in_italiano Qgis 0.7 User Manual] - The italian translation. Complete (newer version available on the QGIS web site).
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GRASS_6.0.2_Reference_Manual GRASS 6.2 Reference Manual] - The italian translation. Still a lot to be done.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GFOSS_presentazioni GFOSS presentations] - A repository of links to presentations on Gis FOSS.
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/sw_gis Many useful university courses slides] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano].
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/workbooks Geomatic Workbooks] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano] (free registration).
*[http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS main site] - from [http://mpa.itc.it L'Istituto Trentino di Cultura - IRST].
*[http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/software.html GIS software at the University of Trento under GNU license] - Available GIS software at the University of Trento under GNU license.
*[http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/documents.html Online GIS documents at the University of Trento] - GFOSS Tutorials and other documents at the University of Trento.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

== Events ==

===Past Events===

* (2000) 1. Italian GRASS Meeting at Como, Italy
* (2001) [http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2001/grass_days_2001/en/grass_meeting_trento_1-2_2_2001.html 2. Italian GRASS Meeting] at University of Trento, Italy, February 1-2 2001
* (2002) 3. Italian GRASS Meeting at University of Trieste, Italy
* (2002) [http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/home.html Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference], Trento, Italy, 11-13 Sept. 2002
* (2003) [http://www.masterleaves.unifi.it/grass/default.htm 4. Italian GRASS Meeting] at University of Firenze, Italy, 13-14 Feb 2003
* (2004) 5. Italian GRASS Meeting at University of Padova, Italy
* (2005) 6. Italian GRASS Meeting at University of Rome, Italy
* (2006) 7. Italian GRASS Meeting at University of Genova, Italy
* (2007) [http://gislab.dirap.unipa.it/grass_meeting/index.htm VIII GRASS and GFOSS annual Meeting] - February 14-15-16 2007, Palermo University.
* (2008) Perugia

===Future Events===
IX GRASS-GFOSS Italian users meeting. 
21st, 22nd February 2008 
Facoltà di Ingegneria dell'Università di Perugia 
Perugia, Italy

== Meetings ==
Regular meetings of the GFOSS.it association Steering Board are held by IRC channel. 
The minutes of the meetings can be found at: https://www.gfoss.it/drupal/070801 

The annual meeting of the GFOSS.it is held within the Annual GRASS GFOSS Italian user conference.

== Italian OSGeo Chapter Officers ==

====Italian OSGeo Representative====
GFOSS.it Steering Board (Consiglio direttivo) 

Address: Como c/o il Politecnico di Milano - Sede di Como 

E-mail: info at gfoss dot it

Members of current Board of Counsellors: https://www.gfoss.it/drupal/node/40

====Italian OSGeo Chapter Coordinators====
A delegate of the GFOSS.it association is elected by the Board for each mandate.

The current "liason officer" is: Massimiliano Cannata, massimiliano.cannata at supsi dot ch

== Charter member ==

{| border=1
! style="background:#efefef;" | numero tessera !! style="background:#efefef;" | Nome !! style="background:#efefef;" | Cognome
|-
|1||Maria Antonia||Brovelli
|-
|2||Massimiliano||Cannata
|-
|3||Paolo||Cavallini
|-
|4||Marco||Ciolli
|-
|5||Massimo||Di Stefano
|-
|6||Alessandro||Frigeri
|-
|7||Andrea||Giacomelli
|-
|8||Leonardo|||Lami
|-
|9||Diego||Magni
|-
|10||Ivan||Marchesini
|-
|11||Marco||Negretti
|-
|12||Markus||Neteler
|-
|13||Luigi||Pirelli
|-
|14||Daniele||Scarselli
|-
|15||Andrea||Scianna
|-
|16||Clara||Tattoni
|-
|17||Emilia||Venturato
|-
|18||Paolo||Zatelli
|}

Currently GFOSS.it counts 46 associated members.--[[User:Maxi71|Maxi71]] 16:07, 19 September 2007 (CEST)

User:PaoloCavallini

2007-09-06T09:35:58Z

Wiki-Paolo:

Paolo Cavallini

http://www.faunalia.it/pc

European GIS Code Sprint

2007-09-06T09:33:55Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Interested in Coming */

== European Code Sprint proposal ==

This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September.
It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.

== Code Sprint - what's that? ==

(The following is taken from the page describing the planned
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007].)

A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done.
They get the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking
life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project
for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...

Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:

* http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
* http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
* Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint

To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.

== Who should attend ==

* Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
* Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
* Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bugdescriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
* Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.

== Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint ==

For developers:
* bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
* let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
* bugfixing

For Power Users:
* the possibility to meet the developer comunity and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
* the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproductable, only power user accepted)

For everyone out there:
* Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the dataset of the [http://www.grassbook.org/grasslocations/nc_spm_06_contents.html grassbook] does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.

== The Location ==

The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Merano (BZ), Italy.
* SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka Highschool, and can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ie=UTF8&ll=46.670753,11.158923&spn=0.004829,0.009956&z=17&om=1 here].

== Planned Dates ==

* 16-17 Nov 2007: [http://www.sfscon.it/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007]
* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set (somewhere in South Tyrol)
* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint

== Who will organise the sprint ==

The [http://www.tis.bz.it/bereiche/free-software-1 Free Software Center] of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.

== Interested in Coming ==
Time is rather short and we would like to understand how much interest
there is in such an event and more or less how many developer would
like to attend.

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:JoWalsh | Jo Walsh]]
* [[User:Mloskot | Mateusz Loskot]]
* [[User:Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
* [[User:Ominiverdi | Lorenzo Becchi]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:Pviskanic | Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]
* [[User:PaoloCavallini | Paolo Cavallini]]
We feel that there is a huge need for a developer meeting that could
bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
they want to have a glorious future.

== Projects attending the sprint ==

TODO: order alphabetically

=== QGIS ===

==== Attending ====

==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from [http://svn.qgis.org/trac bug tracker]

=== GDAL/OGR ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]]

==== Goals ====
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin

=== GRASS GIS ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User: Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
* work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
* continue Italian translation of software

=== JGrass / uDig ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]

==== Goals ====

* cooperation with the [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS] team for GRASS Vector integration in [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] / [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]
* Italian translation of the project

=== MAPBENDER ===
[[Mapbender]] currently is mainly driven by German developers and use cases from the public administration. Participation in this event is an attempt to broaden interest at a European level as there is a lot of potential in the Mapbender project to solve issues raised by [[INSPIRE]].

==== Attending ====
''This is a preliminary set of participants who might be able to attend. Please add yourself.''
* [[User:Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:Pviskanic|Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]

==== Goals ====
''This is a preliminary set of ideas, one or two of them might have a chance to get acted upon.''
* plan to set out on a RESTful path
* further develop i18n activities (which has been spawned in the region that this development sprint is planned to happen)
* use Mapbender as a web based configuration tool for OpenLayers

[[Category:Proposed Events]]

European GIS Code Sprint

2007-09-06T09:33:43Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Interested in Coming */

== European Code Sprint proposal ==

This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September.
It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.

== Code Sprint - what's that? ==

(The following is taken from the page describing the planned
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007].)

A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done.
They get the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking
life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project
for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...

Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:

* http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
* http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
* Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint

To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.

== Who should attend ==

* Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
* Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
* Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bugdescriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
* Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.

== Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint ==

For developers:
* bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
* let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
* bugfixing

For Power Users:
* the possibility to meet the developer comunity and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
* the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproductable, only power user accepted)

For everyone out there:
* Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the dataset of the [http://www.grassbook.org/grasslocations/nc_spm_06_contents.html grassbook] does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.

== The Location ==

The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Merano (BZ), Italy.
* SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka Highschool, and can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ie=UTF8&ll=46.670753,11.158923&spn=0.004829,0.009956&z=17&om=1 here].

== Planned Dates ==

* 16-17 Nov 2007: [http://www.sfscon.it/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007]
* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set (somewhere in South Tyrol)
* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint

== Who will organise the sprint ==

The [http://www.tis.bz.it/bereiche/free-software-1 Free Software Center] of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.

== Interested in Coming ==
Time is rather short and we would like to understand how much interest
there is in such an event and more or less how many developer would
like to attend.

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:JoWalsh | Jo Walsh]]
* [[User:Mloskot | Mateusz Loskot]]
* [[User:Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
* [[User:Ominiverdi | Lorenzo Becchi]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:Pviskanic | Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]
* [[User:PaoloCavallini | Paolo Cavallini]
We feel that there is a huge need for a developer meeting that could
bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
they want to have a glorious future.

== Projects attending the sprint ==

TODO: order alphabetically

=== QGIS ===

==== Attending ====

==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from [http://svn.qgis.org/trac bug tracker]

=== GDAL/OGR ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]]

==== Goals ====
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin

=== GRASS GIS ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User: Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
* work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
* continue Italian translation of software

=== JGrass / uDig ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]

==== Goals ====

* cooperation with the [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS] team for GRASS Vector integration in [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] / [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]
* Italian translation of the project

=== MAPBENDER ===
[[Mapbender]] currently is mainly driven by German developers and use cases from the public administration. Participation in this event is an attempt to broaden interest at a European level as there is a lot of potential in the Mapbender project to solve issues raised by [[INSPIRE]].

==== Attending ====
''This is a preliminary set of participants who might be able to attend. Please add yourself.''
* [[User:Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:Pviskanic|Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]

==== Goals ====
''This is a preliminary set of ideas, one or two of them might have a chance to get acted upon.''
* plan to set out on a RESTful path
* further develop i18n activities (which has been spawned in the region that this development sprint is planned to happen)
* use Mapbender as a web based configuration tool for OpenLayers

[[Category:Proposed Events]]

Italiano

2007-02-11T08:32:25Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Gli interessati (people supporting this initiative) */

[[Local_Chapters|<< Back to the Local Chapters page]]

== Comunità GFOSS italiana ==
E' attualmente in corso un tentativo di proporre agli utenti di lingua italiana la creazione di un Local Chapter di OSGeo ([http://GFOSS.it GFOSS.it community site]).
La discussione è sulla mailing list di GFOSS.it:
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/listinfo/gfoss/

Si invitano le persone interessate ad aggiungersi alla lista alla voce [[#Gli interessati]].

== Links==
''(siti in italiano)''

* Il portale: http://www.gfoss.it
* Il Wiki: http://wiki.gfoss.it
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/PagineJabber Qui] gli indirizzi Jabber della comunità GFOSS italiana.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Proposta_Statuto_Associazione Proposta Statuto Associazione]

==Gli interessati (people supporting this initiative)==

See [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Proposta_Statuto_Associazione#Interessati other list].

==Italian chapter mission==
Italian Local Chapter mission will be to respect [[#Guidelines|OSGeo Guidelines]] on local chapters and continue supporting all [[#Italian_community_contributions| Italian Community contributions]] to FOSS GIS community. Main goal is the OSGeo foundation one: to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects.

== Guidelines ==
=== Chapter Roles ===

* Provide member networking opportunities for support and job opportunities - '''OK'''
* Software Internationalization and Localization - '''OK'''
* Development of prototype applications to demonstrate Open Source geospatial capabilities to local and regional audiences - '''OK'''
* Software Packaging and Customization for local and regional needs - '''OK''' ( GFOSS live CD)
* Training, Support and Development of e-Learning Contents in local languages - '''OK'''
* Support Open standards and Open access to geospatial data in region '''OK'''
* Promoting OSGeo and enhancing visibility in various forums

=== Chapter Responsibilities ===

* “OSGeo Chapter” officially represents OSGeo and is formally recognized as OSGeo Project.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must support the OSGeo Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must hold regular meetings (at least annual) and provide annual report of activities to chapter membership and OSGeo Board. '''OK'''
* “OSGeo Chapter” will not entail any financial commitment from or on-behalf of OSGeo. OSGeo will also not provide any budget assistance to the “OSGeo Chapter”.
* “OSGeo Chapter” is encouraged develop and maintain “Directory Listing” of companies, people, universities and organizations involved with or using OSGeo projects.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must strive at networking with organizations to enlist participation and support for OSGeo.
* OSGeo reserves the right to terminate its relation with an “OSGeo Chapter” if OSGeo has reasons to believe that the activities of the “OSGeo Chapter” are contrary or detrimental to the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.

===Chapter Formation ===

In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
# "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter. - '''READY'''
# "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance). - '''READY''' (lang:it)
# “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo. - see "gli interessati"
# “OSGeo Chapter” should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information. - -> sent on January,27 2007.
# The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer. - '''TODO'''

In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
* Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation? - '''NO'''
* Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation? - '''YES'''
* Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg. if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one country) - '''YES'''

==Italian community contributions==
This part shows what the italian community is already contributing on internet.
===Community===
* [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS site] - the site of the first italian Geospatial Free and Open Source Software community.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it GFOSS wiki] - the wiki page of GFOSS.it, contains many howto in italian and other resources.
* [http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/ GFOSS mailing list] - the first meeting point of the community.
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss

===Data===
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/download#outline_regioni_d_italia_e_grecia Italian and greek VMAP0 elaboration] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://www.dirap.unipa.it/~scianna/gis_software.htm Fedora and Debian GRASS Packages] - contribution by Andrea Scianna
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/strade Italian Open Street project] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://debian-gfoss.rigacci.org/ a Debian Free GIS repository] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://gentoo-gis.sourceforge.net/ Gentoo Gis Overlay] - Emiliano Valvassori e Luca Casagrande

===Contents===
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Guida_Utente_QGIS_in_italiano Qgis 0.7 User Manual] - The italian translation. Complete.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GRASS_6.0.2_Reference_Manual GRASS 6.2 Reference Manual] - The italian translation. Still a lot to be done.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GFOSS_presentazioni GFOSS presentations] - A repository of links to presentations on Gis FOSS.
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/ many useful university courses slides] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano].
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/workbooks Geomatic Workbooks] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano] (free registration).
*[http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS main site] - from [http://mpa.itc.it L'Istituto Trentino di Cultura - IRST].
*[http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/software.html GIS software at the University of Trento under GNU license] - Available GIS software at the University of Trento under GNU license.
*[http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/documents.html Online GIS documents at the University of Trento] - GFOSS Tutorials and other documents at the University of Trento.

===Events===
*[http://gislab.dirap.unipa.it/grass_meeting/index.htm VIII GRASS and GFOSS annual Meeting] - February 14-15-16 2007, Palermo Univesity.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

Italiano

2007-02-11T08:26:21Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Gli interessati (people supporting this initiative) */

[[Local_Chapters|<< Back to the Local Chapters page]]

== Comunità GFOSS italiana ==
E' attualmente in corso un tentativo di proporre agli utenti di lingua italiana la creazione di un Local Chapter di OSGeo ([http://GFOSS.it GFOSS.it community site]).
La discussione è sulla mailing list di GFOSS.it:
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/listinfo/gfoss/

Si invitano le persone interessate ad aggiungersi alla lista alla voce [[#Gli interessati]].

== Links==
''(siti in italiano)''

* Il portale: http://www.gfoss.it
* Il Wiki: http://wiki.gfoss.it
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/PagineJabber Qui] gli indirizzi Jabber della comunità GFOSS italiana.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Proposta_Statuto_Associazione Proposta Statuto Associazione]

==Gli interessati (people supporting this initiative)==

NOTE: It is totally unclear why there are two lists. Here is the [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Proposta_Statuto_Associazione#Interessati other list]. Please sync' them.

ANSWER TO NOTE: Markus, actually these two list have to different scopes: this list is to create an Italian OSGeo Chapter the wiki.gfoss.it one is for the italian GFOSS.it association. --[[User:Ominiverdi|Ominiverdi]] 00:34, 29 January 2007 (CET)

:: for me that's the same thing... open to discussion --Markus 17:13, 2 February 2007 (CET)
:: same for me --[[User:Paolo|Paolo]] 09:26, 11 February 2007 (CET)
* [[User:paolo|Paolo Cavallini]]
* [[User:ominiverdi|Lorenzo Becchi]]
* [[User:steko|Stefano Costa]]
* [[User:Maria antonia brovelli|Maria Antonia Brovelli]]
* [[User:frankie|Francesco P. Lovergine]]
* [[User:muvy|Ivan Marchesini]]
* [[User:giohappy|Giovanni Allegri]]
* [[User:Aliotta|Domenico Aliotta]]
* [[User:Andresci|Andrea Scianna]]
* [[User:doktoreas|Luca Casagrande]]
* [[User:lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]
* [[User:napo|Maurizio Napolitano]]
* [[User:maxi71|Massimiliano Cannata]]
* [[User:lorenzo.perone|Lorenzo Perone]]
* [[User:Pibinko|Andrea Giacomelli]]
* Giuseppe Naponiello
* [[User:neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Cesare.furlanello|Cesare Furlanello]]
* Enrico Guastaldi
* Pasquale Di Donato
* Piergiorgio Cipriano
* Massimo Di Stefano
* [[User:paoloz|Paolo Zatelli]]
* [[User:marcoc|Marco Ciolli]]
* [[User:valrugero|Ruggero Valentinotti]]
* [[User:menegon|Stefano Menegon]]
* [[User:Simboss|Simone Giannecchini]]

==Italian chapter mission==
Italian Local Chapter mission will be to respect [[#Guidelines|OSGeo Guidelines]] on local chapters and continue supporting all [[#Italian_community_contributions| Italian Community contributions]] to FOSS GIS community. Main goal is the OSGeo foundation one: to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects.

== Guidelines ==
=== Chapter Roles ===

* Provide member networking opportunities for support and job opportunities - '''OK'''
* Software Internationalization and Localization - '''OK'''
* Development of prototype applications to demonstrate Open Source geospatial capabilities to local and regional audiences - '''OK'''
* Software Packaging and Customization for local and regional needs - '''OK''' ( GFOSS live CD)
* Training, Support and Development of e-Learning Contents in local languages - '''OK'''
* Support Open standards and Open access to geospatial data in region '''OK'''
* Promoting OSGeo and enhancing visibility in various forums

=== Chapter Responsibilities ===

* “OSGeo Chapter” officially represents OSGeo and is formally recognized as OSGeo Project.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must support the OSGeo Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must hold regular meetings (at least annual) and provide annual report of activities to chapter membership and OSGeo Board. '''OK'''
* “OSGeo Chapter” will not entail any financial commitment from or on-behalf of OSGeo. OSGeo will also not provide any budget assistance to the “OSGeo Chapter”.
* “OSGeo Chapter” is encouraged develop and maintain “Directory Listing” of companies, people, universities and organizations involved with or using OSGeo projects.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must strive at networking with organizations to enlist participation and support for OSGeo.
* OSGeo reserves the right to terminate its relation with an “OSGeo Chapter” if OSGeo has reasons to believe that the activities of the “OSGeo Chapter” are contrary or detrimental to the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.

===Chapter Formation ===

In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
# "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter. - '''READY'''
# "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance). - '''READY''' (lang:it)
# “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo. - see "gli interessati"
# “OSGeo Chapter” should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information. - -> sent on January,27 2007.
# The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer. - '''TODO'''

In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
* Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation? - '''NO'''
* Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation? - '''YES'''
* Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg. if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one country) - '''YES'''

==Italian community contributions==
This part shows what the italian community is already contributing on internet.
===Community===
* [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS site] - the site of the first italian Geospatial Free and Open Source Software community.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it GFOSS wiki] - the wiki page of GFOSS.it, contains many howto in italian and other resources.
* [http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/ GFOSS mailing list] - the first meeting point of the community.
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss

===Data===
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/download#outline_regioni_d_italia_e_grecia Italian and greek VMAP0 elaboration] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://www.dirap.unipa.it/~scianna/gis_software.htm Fedora and Debian GRASS Packages] - contribution by Andrea Scianna
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/strade Italian Open Street project] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://debian-gfoss.rigacci.org/ a Debian Free GIS repository] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://gentoo-gis.sourceforge.net/ Gentoo Gis Overlay] - Emiliano Valvassori e Luca Casagrande

===Contents===
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Guida_Utente_QGIS_in_italiano Qgis 0.7 User Manual] - The italian translation. Complete.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GRASS_6.0.2_Reference_Manual GRASS 6.2 Reference Manual] - The italian translation. Still a lot to be done.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GFOSS_presentazioni GFOSS presentations] - A repository of links to presentations on Gis FOSS.
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/ many useful university courses slides] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano].
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/workbooks Geomatic Workbooks] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano] (free registration).
*[http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS main site] - from [http://mpa.itc.it L'Istituto Trentino di Cultura - IRST].
*[http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/software.html GIS software at the University of Trento under GNU license] - Available GIS software at the University of Trento under GNU license.
*[http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/documents.html Online GIS documents at the University of Trento] - GFOSS Tutorials and other documents at the University of Trento.

===Events===
*[http://gislab.dirap.unipa.it/grass_meeting/index.htm VIII GRASS and GFOSS annual Meeting] - February 14-15-16 2007, Palermo Univesity.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

Open Source Training Providers

2007-01-29T17:01:02Z

Wiki-Paolo:

This page is an informal effort to identify and collect professional training options for open source geospatial technologies. I am thinking primarily about companies offering professional training courses though other forms might also apply.

For each entry please include the name of the organization providing the training, a brief description of the technologies covered, and an external link to somewhere with more information. If an organization offers several pre-prepared courses, adding an entry for each should be fine.

* Redefined Horizons, USA: Customized training around OpenJUMP and related GIS software - [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]
* DM Solutions Group, Canada: Various Training options for [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu MapServer], [http://mapguide.osgeo.org MapGuide], [http://chameleon.maptools.org/ Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org/ ka-Map] and related [http://www.maptools.org/ MapTools.org] packages. [http://shop.dmsolutions.ca/training.html]
* Mapgears, Canada: Customized training on [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu MapServer], [http://chameleon.maptools.org/ Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org/ ka-Map] and related [http://www.maptools.org/ MapTools.org] packages. - [http://www.mapgears.com/services_en.html English] [http://www.mapgears.com/services_fr.html Français]
* GDF Hannover, Germany: Various Training options for GRASS GIS and QGIS [http://www.gdf-hannover.de/training]
* nature-consult, Germany: GRASS and Quantum GIS training courses, workshops and talks [http://www.nature-consult.de]
* Eduardo Patto Kanegae, Brazil: training options for [http://www.webmapit.com.br/mapserver/?lang=en MapServer], JUMP, MsSqlSpatial, PostGIS, Quantum GIS/GRASS and other FOSS-GIS tools. [http://www.webmapit.com.br/?lang=en]
* Lorenzo Becchi, based in Europe, moving everywhere: training and seminaries on [http://ka-map.maptools.org/ ka-Map] and [http://pywps.wald.intevation.org/index.psp PyWPS]. - [http://www.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=Informations&toc=info Italiano] - [http://www.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=Informations&toc=info Español] - [http://www.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=Informations&toc=info English]
* [[Resultados del Tutorial ISSTOCAM WebGIS]] Spanish Language Installation Tutorials for OSGeo SDI Stack components on the Windows operating system.
* [http://www.intevation.org Intevation] GmbH, Germany: Professional training courses and workshops for [http://intevation.org/geospatial/postgis-training.de.html PostGIS], [http://intevation.org/geospatial/mapserver-training.de.html MapServer] and individual [http://intevation.org/geospatial/individual-training.de.html OSS-GIS-Software].
* [http://www.faunalia.it Faunalia]: Many standard and customized training options for GRASS, QGIS, PostGIS, Mapserver, p.mapper. The largest teaching experience in Italy. Languages: [http://www.faunalia.it/it/formazione.php Italian], [http://www.faunalia.it/en/freegis.php English], French.

Open Source Training Providers

2007-01-29T16:54:42Z

Wiki-Paolo:

This page is an informal effort to identify and collect professional training options for open source geospatial technologies. I am thinking primarily about companies offering professional training courses though other forms might also apply.

For each entry please include the name of the organization providing the training, a brief description of the technologies covered, and an external link to somewhere with more information. If an organization offers several pre-prepared courses, adding an entry for each should be fine.

* Redefined Horizons, USA: Customized training around OpenJUMP and related GIS software - [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]
* DM Solutions Group, Canada: Various Training options for [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu MapServer], [http://mapguide.osgeo.org MapGuide], [http://chameleon.maptools.org/ Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org/ ka-Map] and related [http://www.maptools.org/ MapTools.org] packages. [http://shop.dmsolutions.ca/training.html]
* Mapgears, Canada: Customized training on [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu MapServer], [http://chameleon.maptools.org/ Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org/ ka-Map] and related [http://www.maptools.org/ MapTools.org] packages. - [http://www.mapgears.com/services_en.html English] [http://www.mapgears.com/services_fr.html Français]
* GDF Hannover, Germany: Various Training options for GRASS GIS and QGIS [http://www.gdf-hannover.de/training]
* nature-consult, Germany: GRASS and Quantum GIS training courses, workshops and talks [http://www.nature-consult.de]
* Eduardo Patto Kanegae, Brazil: training options for [http://www.webmapit.com.br/mapserver/?lang=en MapServer], JUMP, MsSqlSpatial, PostGIS, Quantum GIS/GRASS and other FOSS-GIS tools. [http://www.webmapit.com.br/?lang=en]
* Lorenzo Becchi, based in Europe, moving everywhere: training and seminaries on [http://ka-map.maptools.org/ ka-Map] and [http://pywps.wald.intevation.org/index.psp PyWPS]. - [http://www.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=Informations&toc=info Italiano] - [http://www.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=Informations&toc=info Español] - [http://www.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=Informations&toc=info English]
* [[Resultados del Tutorial ISSTOCAM WebGIS]] Spanish Language Installation Tutorials for OSGeo SDI Stack components on the Windows operating system.
* [http://www.intevation.org Intevation] GmbH, Germany: Professional training courses and workshops for [http://intevation.org/geospatial/postgis-training.de.html PostGIS], [http://intevation.org/geospatial/mapserver-training.de.html MapServer] and individual [http://intevation.org/geospatial/individual-training.de.html OSS-GIS-Software].
* [http://www.faunalia.it Faunalia] Many training options for GRASS, QGIS, PostGIS, Mapserver, p.mapper. The largest teaching experience in Italy. Languages: [http://www.faunalia.it/it/formazione.php Italian], [http://www.faunalia.it/en/freegis.php English], French.

Italiano

2006-12-23T12:20:25Z

Wiki-Paolo:

[[Local_Chapters|<< Back to the Local Chapters page]]

== Links: Comunità GFOSS italiana ==

''(siti in italiano)''

* Il portale: http://www.gfoss.it
* Il Wiki: http://wiki.gfoss.it
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/PagineJabber Qui] gli indirizzi Jabber della comunità GFOSS italiana.

==Gli interessati==
Paolo Cavallini

== Guidelines ==
=== Chapter Roles ===

* Provide member networking opportunities for support and job opportunities - '''OK'''
* Software Internationalization and Localization - '''OK'''
* Development of prototype applications to demonstrate Open Source geospatial capabilities to local and regional audiences - '''OK'''
* Software Packaging and Customization for local and regional needs - '''OK''' ( GFOSS live CD)
* Training, Support and Development of e-Learning Contents in local languages - '''OK'''
* Support Open standards and Open access to geospatial data in region '''OK'''
* Promoting OSGeo and enhancing visibility in various forums

=== Chapter Responsibilities ===

* “OSGeo Chapter” officially represents OSGeo and is formally recognized as OSGeo Project.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must support the OSGeo Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must hold regular meetings (at least annual) and provide annual report of activities to chapter membership and OSGeo Board. '''OK'''
* “OSGeo Chapter” will not entail any financial commitment from or on-behalf of OSGeo. OSGeo will also not provide any budget assistance to the “OSGeo Chapter”.
* “OSGeo Chapter” is encouraged develop and maintain “Directory Listing” of companies, people, universities and organizations involved with or using OSGeo projects.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must strive at networking with organizations to enlist participation and support for OSGeo.
* OSGeo reserves the right to terminate its relation with an “OSGeo Chapter” if OSGeo has reasons to believe that the activities of the “OSGeo Chapter” are contrary or detrimental to the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.

===Chapter Formation ===

In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
# "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter. - '''READY'''
# "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance). - '''READY''' (lang:it)
# “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo. - '''TODO'''
# “OSGeo Chapter” should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information. - '''TODO'''
# The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer. - '''TODO'''

In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
* Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation? - '''NO'''
* Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation? - '''YES'''
* Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg. if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one country) - '''YES'''

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

All Members

2006-09-16T20:39:31Z

Wiki-Paolo:

{| border="1" class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Name
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Affiliations
! style="background:#efefef;" | OSGeo Projects
! style="background:#ffdead;" | (Lat,Lon)
! style="background:#efefef;" | About
|-
| Add yourself
| Everyone is welcome
| In which OSGeo Projects and Committees are you involved
| Input lat/long here
| Copy and paste this entry, put it last, and add your information
|-
| Chris Holmes
| [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project], [http://geoserver.org GeoServer]
| [http://incubator.osgeo.org Incubator], [http://board.osgeo.org Board], [http://geotools.org GeoTools]
| (40.72,-74.00)
| I come from the Java side of the OSGeo fence, getting my start in GeoServer, where I was lead developer for a couple years, and GeoTools, where I still serve on the PMC. My time is made possible by [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project (TOPP)], a great non-profit in New York that has been the lead supporter of GeoServer for years now. I spent the last year in Zambia on a Fulbright Scholarship, looking at the potential for open source software to help implement spatial data infrastructures in developing countries. It was a bit of a failure, but I learned a ton, and I see a lot of potential for open source in developing countries, towards truly open spatial data infrastructures. I'm back at TOPP, in a new role as VP of Strategic Development, helping to grow the organization, and figuring out how to make our geospatial stuff self sustaining. Once that's rolling, I hope to reinvest extra revenue in to figuring out and building a truly open geospatial web. And just like apache and linux are the bedrock that the World Wide Web rests on, so too do I believe that the geospatial web necessarily must be built on a foundation of OS Geo software. My continuing thoughts on all of this can be found at http://cholmes.wordpress.com
|-
| Michael P. Gerlek
| [http://www.lizardtech.com LizardTech]
| [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee] (chair)
| (47.673166,-122.530143)
| Manager of LizardTech's Engineering department, where we do MrSID and JPEG 2000 stuff and play with with the next generation of technologies for supporting raster data GIS workflows. No, our products are not open source -- but we do very much support and use open source and open standards. (I think there is room in the world for both the open and closed development models, and I have a strong interest in helping "closed" companies understand the value of, and contribute to, the open software world.) [[User:mpg]]
|-
| Frank Warmerdam
| Independent
| [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR], [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu MapServer], [http://incubator.osgeo.org Incubator], [http://board.osgeo.org Board]
| (45.45,-77.25)
| Lead developer of GDAL/OGR and freelance geospatial software developer.
|-
| Jason Birch
| [http://www.nanaimo.ca/ City of Nanaimo]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site], [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion & Visibility]
| (49.155, -124.005)
| I am a long-time GIS/IT/'Net junkie, and am currently working for the City of Nanaimo's IT department as a Sr. Applications Analyst (GIS Specialist). I am excited about what I see happening in the open source geospatial world, with OSGeo as a catalyst. [[User:Jasonbirch]]
|-
|Howard Butler
| [http://www.hobu.biz/ Hobu, Inc]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee],
| (42.00, -93.00)
| MapServer hacker, MTSC member. GDAL hacker. ESRI ArcSDE hack. Purveyor of Windows binary builds [[User:hobu]]
|-
| Markus Neteler
| [http://mpa.itc.it ITC-irst], [http://www.cealp.it CEA], [http://www.gdf-hannover.de GDF Hannover]
| [http://grass.itc.it GRASS GIS], [http://board.osgeo.org Board], [http://geodata.osgeo.org Public Geodata Com.], [http://edu.osgeo.org Education Com.], [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion & Visibility Com.]
| (46.06714, 11.15113)
| Developer of GRASS GIS, researcher at ITC-irst + CEA, Trento, Italy and co-founder of GDF Hannover [[User:neteler]]
|-
| R. Paul Warriner
| [http://www.orchardparkny.org/ Town of Orchard Park]
| [http://fundraising.osgeo.org Fundraising Committee], [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee]
| (43.17, -78.69)
| Network Coordinator, old oil field hand (really, I do know what a christmas tree is).
[[User:RPaulW]]
|-
|Bart van den Eijnden
| [http://www.osgis.nl/ OSGIS]
| [http://chameleon.maptools.org Chameleon],
| (52.0768396070808, 5.12454)
| Freelancer working with several open source GIS tools, mainly Chameleon, Mapserver and Geoserver.
[[User:bartvde]]
|-
| Helena Mitasova
| [http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/ North Carolina State University]
| [http://grass.itc.it GRASS GIS], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Core_Curriculum_Project Curriculum project]
| (35.77, -78.69)
| Researcher at NCSU (geospatial technology, environmental modeling, sustainable development), Developer of GRASS GIS. [[User:Helena]]
|-
| Daniel Morissette
| [http://www.mapgears.com/ Mapgears]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR]
| (48.42, -71.04)
| Involved in MapServer, GDAL/OGR and most [http://maptools.org/ MapTools.org] projects, mostly around webmapping and data access and distribution. [[User:dmorissette]]
|-
| Tamas Szekeres
| [http://www.hmeirt.hu/ MoD ED Co.]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer]
| (47.56, 19.08)
| M.Sc.El.Engineer, Head of Development Department, GPS Division , MapServer contributor/hacker, mapscript C# maintainer, involved in various WEB mapping and desktop applications, GPS navigation and tracking systems. [[User:szekerest]]
|-
| Ari Jolma
| [http://users.tkk.fi/~jolma/index.html TKK]
| [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Core_Curriculum_Project Curriculum project]
| (60° 16' , 24° 47' 4'')
| Professor at TKK, Finland (geoinformatics, environmental information systems, water resources systems), [http://map.hut.fi/PerlForGeoinformatics/ just another Perl hacker] [[User:ajolma]]
|-
| Jeff McKenna
| [http://www.dmsolutions.ca DM Solutions Group]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer]
| (45.401397610, -75.725861625)
| MapServer documentation, [http://www.maptools/ms4w MS4W] maintainer, [http://www.maptools.org maptools] co-maintainer. [[User:jmckenna]]
|-
| Ian Turton
| [http://www.geovista.psu.edu/members/turton/index.html work][http://pennspace.blogspot.com/ blog]
| [http://www.geotools.org GeoTools]
| (40.7932, -77.847)
| [http://www.geotools.org GeoTools] founder and developer, [http://www.geovistastudio.psu.edu GeoVistaStudio] benevolent dictator, [http://geoserver.org GeoServer] user. [[User:ianturton]]
|-
| David Blasby
| [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project], [http://geoserver.org GeoServer], [http://geotools.org GeoTools]
| [http://geotools.org GeoTools]
| (varies)
| Currently, I'm the Project Lead for Geoserver and am on the GeoTools Project Management Committee. I'm just starting a GeoWiki (Public Participation GIS) (please contact me if you're interested). I was the orginal creator of PostGIS, and have contributed to several OS GIS projects, including JTS, JUMP, and Mapserver.
|-
| Andrey Kiselev
| "Radar" R&D Centre (Russia)
| GDAL/OGR
| (60.04,30.33)
| Freelance developer and contributor to GDAL/OGR project.
|-
| Helton Uchoa
| [http://www.geolivre.org.br Geolivre Community], [http://www.open3dgis.org Open 3D GIS Project]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee] and [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Public_Geospatial_Data_Project Public Geospatial Data Project]
| (-22.96, -43.11)
| I'm a Geomatics Enginner and I work at [http://www.opengeo.com.br OpenGEO Company] as a GIS Specialist. I'm responsible for many GIS projects using FOSS and the OpenGIS Specifications in Brazil and I have some relevant papers and scientific articles presented in Brazilian and Latin-American conferences and published in scientific magazines. In last year, I have helped, as a teacher, introduce the GNU/FSF philosophy at the Transportation Engineering Department of IME ([http://www.ime.eb.br Military Institute of Engineering - IME], Brazil). I have worked in Geolivre Rio 2004 and 2005 as member of organization commitee. Now I'm working in [http://www.geolivre.org Geolivre Conference 2007]. [[User:Uchoa]]
|-
| Toru Mori
| [http://www.orkney.co.jp/english Orkney, Inc.]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://grass.itc.it GRASS GIS]
| (35.448, 139.642)
| President of Orkney, Inc. Advocate of Open Geospatial tools in Japan and Asia. Promote open geospatial data. [[User:moritoru]]
|-
| Allan Doyle
| [http://www.eogeo.org EOGEO],[http://museum.mit.edu/cmp MIT Museum],[http://spg.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA Earth Science Data Systems Standards Process Group]
| [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Public_Geospatial_Data_Project Public Geospatial Data Project]
| (42.28, -71.24)
| President of [http://www.eogeo.org EOGEO] and [http://www.intl-interfaces.com International Interfaces], long-time geo-interoperability interests, opensourced (is that a verb?) [http://openmap.bbn.com OpenMap], originator of OGC testbed idea, Web Mapping Testbed, WMS spec editor, worked on WMS Context, [http://www.georss.org GeoRSS]. [http://www.eogeo.org/Members/adoyle more details]. [http://think.random-stuff.org Blog][[User:adoyle]]
|-
| Ned Horning
| [http://cbc.amnh.org/ Center for Biodiversity and Conservation], [http://www.amnh.org/ American Museum of Natural History]
| [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Core_Curriculum_Project Curriculum project]
|(43.9933, -73.0407)
|Program manager for [http://geospatial.amnh.org/ remote sensing/GIS]. Promoter of open source geospatial tools in the global conservation community.
|-
| Paul Spencer
| [http://www.dmsolutions.ca DM Solutions Group]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://chameleon.maptools.org Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org kaMap], [http://maptools.org/maplab/index.phtml MapLab], [http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml MS4W], [http://openev.sourceforge.net/ OpenEV]
| (45.401397610, -75.725861625)
| CTO of DM Solutions Group, designer/developer/contributor to many open source packages, especially based on MapServer. Recent interest/focus is on AJAX clients for mapping applications. [[User:pagameba]]
|-
| Mark Lucas
| remotesensing.org
| [http://www.remotesensing.org remotesensing.org] and [http://www.ossim.org ossim]
| (27.9690219N, 080.5590534W altitude sea level + 5m)
| CTO, original founder of ImageLinks and remotesensing.org. Board of Directors [http://www.oss-institute.org/ Open Source Software Institute] and the [http://www.ncospr.org/ National Center for Open Source Policy and Research]. Member of [http://www.opentechdev.org Open Technology Development] Tiger team for the Department of Defense (USA). Lead a team of talented developers on the OSSIM and [http://www.ossim.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=3 osgPlanet] projects. Previously spent 22 years in the United States Air Force and [http://www.nro.gov/ National Reconnaissance Office] and the [http://www.fas.org/irp/nro/hall3.htm Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects] organization working with various classified programs. Prior to Radiant Blue Technologies, was a Lead Scientist for Intelligence Data Systems, Titan Corporation, and L3-Communciations. [http://web.mac.com/mlucas17/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html Personal Web site]. [[User:mlucas17]]
|-
| Jo Walsh
| [http://okfn.org/geo/ Open Knowledge Foundation],[http://mappinghacks.com/ Mapping Hacks], [http://publicgeodata.org Public Geodata]
| Open Geodata committee
| (42.368297,-71.108696)
| Came to geospatial software through collaborative mapping on the semantic web work. Organising events to get geospatial hackers together with data-creating people and promote public access to state collected geodata. If you are in Europe please see [http://publicgeodata.org Public Geodata] and consider writing to an MEP about public domain data and "intellectual property rights" issues. If you collect GPS tracks, please consider uploading them to [http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] - my only real contribution to this project is to talk about it a lot. I co-wrote "Mapping Hacks" with Schuyler Erle and Rich Gibson, with a lot of contributions from OSGeo type of people. Last year wrote a lot of software using OSM and [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] with [[Mapserver]] to provide a basis for collaborative local "portal" type services on community wireless networks. Now more interested in doing collaborative writing and research projects. [[User:JoWalsh]]
|-
| Dave McIlhagga
| [http://www.dmsolutions.ca DM Solutions Group]
| [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee]
| (45.401397610, -75.725861625)
| President & CEO of DM Solutions Group. Active promoter of open source geospatial technologies. Led DM Solutions Group to become a major contributor and advocate of MapServer and development of key open source MapServer utilities including [http://chameleon.maptools.org Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org kaMap], [http://maptools.org/maplab/index.phtml MapLab], [http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml MS4W]. Provided financial and resource support for setup of a key home for open source geospatial projects at [http://www.maptools.org MapTools]. Led the organizing committee for [http://www.omsug.ca/osgis2004/index.html OSGIS], the first Open Source Geospatial conference in North America which coincided with the second MapServer User Meeting. Spearheaded the integration of the two major open source geospatial conferences from North America and Europe/Asia, as the [http://www.foss4g2006.org/ Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformations] single international event to be held in Lausanne Switzerland. [[User:davemac]]
|-
| Pericles (Perry) Nacionales
| [http://land.umn.edu University of Minnesota]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee]
| (44.9873167, -93.1851500)
| Promoter of open source geospatial technologies specially in the field of natural resources management and conservation, advocate of open and interoperability standards, MTSC member, author of [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/tutorial/tutorial/tutorial MapServer Tutorial].
|-
| Norman Vine
| Independent
|
| (41:31:38N, 70:39:43W)
| Independent software developer [[User:Nhv]]
|-
| Mike Adair
| [http://www.geoconnections.org/CGDI.cfm Natural Resources Canada/GeoConnections]
| [http://communitymapbuilder.org MapBuilder]
| (45.27, -75.75)
| Contributor and member of MapBuilder PMC. Interested primarily in AJAX client technology for mapping, but also in the whole SDI stack. [[User:madair]]
|-
| Stefan F. Keller
| University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR), [http://www.ifs.hsr.ch Institute for Software]
| [http://webgis.hsr.ch/javawps JavaWPS]
| (47.2240, 8.8181)
| Promotor of open source and commercial technologies specially in the field of information retrieval, databases, GIS and visualization. Advocate of open and interoperability standards, member of national GIS standardization (e-geo, SNV) and umbrella (SOGI) organizations. Creator of [http://wwww.geometa.info geometa.info], one of the first search engines for geospatial services (WMS), metadata and online maps (Lucene-based); contributor of geo-webservices for german Wikipedia. [[User:Sfkeller]]
|-
| [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
| [http://www.ccgis.de CCGIS], [http://www.geo-consortium.de Geo-Consortium]
| [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://www.umn-mapserver.de UMN MapServer (Germany)], [http://board.osgeo.org Board], [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee]
| (7.0707, 50.7342)
| Mapbender PSC, Promoter of [http://www.gnu.org Free Software] and [http://www.osi.org Open Source] :-) Business (...and Open Source Software!)
|-
|V.RaviKumar
|Geologist
|OSGeo member [http://freegis.gnu.org.in/grass_geosciencedataset.pdf],[''GRASS Indian exmple'']
| 17° N 79° E
| A Geologist from India who is interested in FOSS software. GRASS in particular. Conducted a FOSS workshop at Hyderabad, India in May 2005. The workshop boosted our spirits with a large participation and good articles on various FOSS software. An entire session was for GRASS, Qgis software. Presently lecturing in various forums on the capability of GRASS and allied FOSS GIS. With the help of Free Software Foundation India, trying to spread awareness of GRASS GIS, GNU-Linux and FOSS. Countries like India have a lot to gain with the spread of FOSS.
|-
|David Hastings
|UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
|Member of original Grass Interagency Steering Committee, etc.
| 13.75°N 100.5°E
| A physicist/geophysicist/geological engineer who has used GRASS since 1987, and on the GRASS Interagency Steering Committee for the original public-domain package. I wrote the Linux Mini-HOWTO on GRASS-GIS (which is now woefully out of date); and taught short courses in scientific (as opposed to cartographic) GIS since 1980. In 1994 I moved my teaching to the Web, developing the CyberInstitute Short-Course on GIS. Currently, I'm at UN ESCAP. Open-Source is a great capacity- building environment for software communities worldwide. In developing countries, rather than being stuck merely teaching people to cut and paste stuff within a proprietary office suite, you can be part of the full development team, customizing the software to your community's needs, helping your country to have its own software development community - and hopefully making a satisfying living in the process.
|-
| Gary Sherman
| [http://mrcc.com Micro Resources], [http://qgis.org Quantum GIS]
| OSGeo Member
| (-149.567, 61.32138)
| Consultant, "Father" of Quantum GIS, long-time Linux user and Open Source proponent.
|-
| Astrid Emde
| [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], MapServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS
| Mapbender Development
| (7.0707, 50.7342)
| Projects with MapServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Mapbender. Part of the Mapbender Developer Team. Courses for Mapbender, UMN MapServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS and WMS, WFS
|-
| Jeroen Ticheler
| [http://geonetwork.sourceforge.net GeoNetwork opensource], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/intermap InterMap opensource], [http://www.fao.org/geonetwork Food and Agriculture Organization GeoNetwork]
| OSGeo member
| 42.07420°N, 12.34343°E
| I've initiated the development of the GeoNetwork opensource Spatial Data Catalog software and its embedded InterMap opensource Map Viewer. I hope to contribute possitively to the creation of a comprehensive, FOSS based toolkit for Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) that help people share and use geospatial data and information in an easy and cost effective way. I focus especially on the data sharing within the United Nations system and in countries under development. I promote free and open source software as an excellent option for more sustainable development in these countries, proving it works by applying and further developing it in my day to day work. [http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/opensdi OpenSDI] is a forum to discuss foss and cots integration.
|-
| Dirceu Machado
| [http://www.pti.org.br Itaipu Tecnology Park]
| OSGeo member,GRASS
| 59°S, -24°E
| I'm a brazilian developer of open source GIS/WEB_GIS applications using PHP, JAVA and Python with Mapserver and PostGIS and also a user and enthusiast of Linux and BSD's OS. I'm excited with the idea of a community like this one and i wish to help in any way i can with development's (if necessary) and/or documentation translations to portuguese language. Actualy i'm working in a project to develop a GIS viewer and map generator (for printing purposes) in Python based on the idea of the JUMP Project.
|-
| Kevin Yam
| [http://www.ene.gov.on.ca Ontario Ministry of the Environment], [http://www.lio.mnr.gov.on.ca, Land Information Ontario]
| OSGeo member
| 43.709, -79.544
| Program coordinator for information management within the Provinicial Ministry of the Environment. I focus especially on data sharing between government agencies, departments and local stakeholders, and I am a promoter of open source geospatial tools applicable to environmental monitoring and observing [[User:kevinyam]]
|-
| Colin Gowens
| Geographer, GIS Professional
| OSGeo member
| 33.7518, -84.3920
| User of GRASS, GDAL, OGR, PostGIS and Mapserver since 2002. The open source GIS software and community have proven tremendously valuable to my GIS endeavors.
|-
| David Bitner
| [http://maps.macnoise.com/interactive/ Metropolitan Airports Commission], [http://dbspatial.com/ dbSpatial]
| OSGeo member, Geodata Committee
| 44.844, -93.560
| Active PostGIS and MapServer user. GIS application developer for airport authority and other freelance projects. Serve on Regional/State committees (Minnesota) for Data Sharing and Enterprise Geospatial Architecture. Member of Twin Cities Mapserver Users Group.
|-
| Tyler Mitchell
| [http://spatialguru.com, Spatialguru.com], [http://timberline.ca, Timberline GIS]
| OSGeo Member, [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee], [http://edu.osgeo.org Education Committee]
| 54, -121 (lat/lon)
| MapServer, PostGIS, GRASS, GDAL user. GIS Manager for production shop focused on natural resource management. [http://oreilly.com/catalog/webmapping, O'Reilly Author], writer, promoter of Open Source GIS.
|-
| Rafael Medeiros Sperb
| [http://www.univali.br, G10 - UNIVALI]
| OSGeo Member
| -26.60, -48.70 (lat/lon)
|-
| Steven M. Ottens
| [http://www.geodan.com/ Geodan]
| [http://communitymapbuilder.org MapBuilder]
| 52.34, 4.91 (lat/lon)
| Contributor and member of MapBuilder PMC. [[User:stvn]]
|-
| Stefano Maffulli
| Politecnico di Milano
| [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/International_Outreach International Outreach], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Public_Geospatial_Data_Project Public Geospatial Data]
| 45, 9 (Lat,Lon)
| Architect, worked within the GIS_Lab at University of Florence on research about sustainable development of historical cities. At Joint Research Center (Ispra) worked within the EU funded project [http://commongis.org CommonGIS]. Currently working with Politecnico di Milano as consultant on [http://www.corila.it/ Methodologies and technologies for conservation and restoration of historical Venetian buildings]
|-
| Dave Patton
| [http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ CIS Canadian Information Systems]
| helping the Website Committee
| 49.27N 123.15W
| Self-employed computer consultant. Co-lead developer for [http://punt.sourceforge.net/ Punt], an Open Source multi-language Windows desktop application that allows the user to view the terrain of any world in 3D. Canadian Coordinator and co-administrator of [http://www.confluence.org/index.php the Degree Confluence Project] [[User:Dpatton]]
|-
| Jody Garnett [[User:Jive]]
| [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Home GeoTools]
| Iccubation and limited Website Committee
| missing
| It seems all I do is email, must be due to [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Home GeoTools], [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home GeoServer], [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEO/Home GeoAPI] and [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]. I am working at [http://www.refractions.net/ Refractions Research, Inc], a small consulting company with an open source habit.
|-
| Justin Deoliveira
| [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project], [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Home GeoTools], [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home GeoServer]
| [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Home GeoTools]
| undeterministic
| [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Home GeoTools] module maintainer, [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home GeoServer] developer, and [http://udig.refractions.net uDig] committer. I have been kicking around the Java GIS world for approximately 3 years contributing as an active developer on said projects. For the last year or so I have been working for a non-profit company known as [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project].
|
|-
| Dylan Beaudette
| [http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/drupal/node/38 UCD]
| GRASS
| Input lat/long here
| Soils and Biogeochemistry M.S. student at University of California, Davis. Interested in the use and proliferation of OSS in the sciences, particularly soil science. GIS and geomorphologic analysis; presentation of USDA-NCSS digital soil survey information / soils education through visual example.
|-
| Stuart Eve
| [http://www.lparchaeology.com L - P : Archaeology]
| Mapserver (user), GRASS (user)
| Input lat/long here
| Involved in using web-based Open Source technologies to make archaeological data accessible to a wider audience. We use Mapserver in a number of applications, including [http://www.fastionline.org Fasti Online]
|-
| [[User:Pmarc | Paulo Marcondes]]
| [http://www.marcondes.org marcondes.org], [http://hamstuff.blogspot.com Blog]
| [http://grass.itc.it GRASS] (translator), OSGeo Member (?), [[Brasil | OSGeo Brasil]] (proponent)
| (-22.915,-42.229), Maidenhead: GG87vc
| Working in the GRASS translation to portuguese (pt_br), somewhat involved (at least intelecutally) with Debian-GIS, involved in the local Debian User Group. My interests range from everything spatial to everything geospatial, GIS, GPS, Ham Radio, wardriving, etc. I have a B.S. in Geology (2001) Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. I do R&D in the oil industry in a non GIS arena, but plan migrating to the GIS arena in the near future. I'm also planning a M.S. in GIS sometime in the future (accepting suggestions).
I would like to see free software adopted everywhere. I don't dislike proprietary software per se, but the attitude it usually inspires.
|-
| [[User:anselm | Anselm Hook]]
| [http://hook.org hook.org], [http://maps.civicactions.net maps.civicactions.net] [http://placedb.org placedb]
|
| (-122.673,-45.5371), Portland Oregon
| Both commercial and open source developer. Led engineering for platial.com and wrote placedb.org - also wrote maps.civicactions.net (an ajax tile map engine with a dataset behind it). Also wrote a small java spinny globe at [http://hook.org/headmap headmap]. Interested in providing fully open source map data (not simply applications or tools but actual content). Primarily interested in social and environmental issues with an eye towards modelling near term outcomes of decision making.
|-
| Oscar Cantán
| University of Zaragoza, Spain
| Member
| (41.666,-0.888)
| Currently working on the development and implementation of geospatial interoperability standards. Specially interested in OGC catalog services specification (CSW, SRW) and metadata content standards (ISO 19119-19139).
|-
| Lorenzo Becchi
| http://www.ominiverdi.org
| OSGeo Member
| moving
| ka-Map developer. User:[[User:Ominiverdi|Ominiverdi]]
|-
| Christoph Baudson
| http://www.mapbender.org
| OSGeo Member
| here, there and everywhere
| Mapbender developer. See [[User:christoph|Christoph]]
|-
| Georg Lösel
| http://www.grass-verein.de GRASS-Anwender-Vereinigung
| User (GRASS, QGIS); Free Geodata
| 52,3625/9,7481
| [[User:Georgloesel|Georg Lösel]]
|-
| Reinhard Simon
| [http://www.cipotato.org [International Potato Center, Lima, Peru]
| Project lead: [http://research.cip.cgiar.org/confluence/display/divagis/Home DIVA-GIS]
| NA
| [[User:rsimon|Reinhard Simon]]
|-
| Todd Jamison
| http://www.observera.com
| OSGEO Member; User: OSSIM, GDAL, MapServer; Contributor: OSSIM
| (38.898489, -77.500484)
| Chief Image Scientist and CEO of Observera, Inc. Observera worked on the original OSSIM library with ImageLinks and we have developed several projects using the OSSIM library and MapServer, including ALLEGRO (Land-cover / Land-use Classification) and the Change Detection WorkStation (CDWS), both for the US Army. Expertise includes spectral, thermal, microwave sensors, photogrammetry, image registration, image processing, morphology, resolution enhancement, workflow automation, machine learning (e.g., neural nets, support vector machines, genetic algorithms), Geologic GIS and bunches of other stuff. Glad to be a part of OSGEO.
|-
| Laurent Jégou
| [http://www.univ-tlse2.fr/geoprdc UTM Dept. Géo], [http://www.forumsig.org Forum SIG], [http://www.portailsig.org Portail SIG]
| User and wanabee [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Core_Curriculum_Project Curriculum project] contributor.
| (43.6N, 1.4E)
| Cartographer (conception, production, integration), cartography and GIS teacher for masters degrees, open source mapping software developper (.Net and Java), technology developpement monitoring.
|-
| Gary Watry
| [http://www.coaps.fsu.edu[Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies - Florida State University]
| NA
| (30.42277,-84.32370)
| [[User:Gary Watry]]
|-
| Hardeep Singh Rai
| [http://www.gndec.ac.in/ Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab]
| -
| (30.55N,75.54E)
| Willing to see growth of GPL/OpenSource softwares in every field. Civil Engineer, in teaching profession since 1989. Presently Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department.
|-
| Paolo Cavallini
| [http://www.faunalia.it Faunalia]
|
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== Links: Comunità GFOSS italiana ==

''(siti in italiano)''

* Il portale: http://www.gfoss.it
* Il Wiki: http://wiki.gfoss.it
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/PagineJabber Qui] gli indirizzi Jabber della comunità GFOSS italiana.

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== Links: Comunità GFOSS italiana ==

''(siti in italiano)''

* Il portale: http://www.gfoss.it
* Il Wiki: http://wiki.gfoss.it
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss
* [http://wiki.gfoss.org/index.php/PagineJabber Qui] gli indirizzi Jabber della comunità GFOSS italiana.

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2006-03-16T10:22:56Z

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== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OSGEO) - istituita per rafforzare lo sviluppo cooperativo delle tecnologie geospaziali Open Source==

'''Una casa comune per progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

6 marzo 2006--La comunità dei GIS Open Source ha annunciato oggi la formazione della [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial] (OSGEO), un'organizzazione no profit che ha lo scopo di fornire supporto e promozione allo sviluppo cooperativo di tecnologie e dati open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. La fondazione è stata formata in febbraio per fornire supporto finanziario, organizzativo e legale alla comunità dei sistemi informativi territoriali Open Source. Costituirà anche un'entità legale indipendente alla quale i membri della comunità possono contribuire con codice sorgente, fondi o altre risorse, con l'assicurazione che i loro contributi saranno mantenuti per il beneficio pubblico.

Il 4 febbraio 2006 OSGEO ha tenuto il suo primo meeting a Chicago, con 25 partecipanti in rappresentanza di 18 gruppi e oltre 20 diversi progetti GIS Open Source, e 39 altri soggetti hanno partecipato tramite Internet Relay Chat. Durante il meeting i partecipanti hanno preso importanti decisioni nella formazione e organizzazione della fondazione, incluso il nome, la struttura e la finalità. Il consenso raggiunto a Chicago apre la strada per la costituzione di una fondazione produttiva e rappresentativa.

Nel corso del meeting è stato nominato un comitato direttivo, che sarà responsabile della stesura dei documenti legali della fondazione. I cinque manager iniziali provengono dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie:

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], Canada.

La fondazione nominerà entro le prossime settimane altri quattro membri del comitato direttivo, in modo da costituire un primo comitato ad interim, valido fino al prossimo meeting annuale dei membri della fondazione che si terrà nel quadro del convegno [http://www.foss4g2006.org/ FOSS4G], nel prossimo autunno.

La OSGEO si ispira nella sua struttura a vari aspetti della [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione, che sono selezionati sulla base della loro contribuzione attiva ai progetti della fondazione e al suo funzionamento. I membri fondatori consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. La fondazione ha aggiunto ulteriori 24 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source.

I progetti iniziali di OSGEO sono [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], e [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione non imporrà nessuna particolare licenza per i progetti, ma accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo scopo di lungo periodo è quello di incoraggiare licenze che consentano ai diversi progetti di cooperare al meglio e di scambiarsi codice. Saranno inoltre stabiliti metodi per evitare l'inclusione di codice proprietario o brevettato. I progetti della fondazione sono focalizzati sull'interoperabilità, fra i diversi progetti a livello di librerie, e con altro software, sia esso proprietario che open source, attraverso l'uso degli standard aperti.

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione di un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dai governi. L'accesso ai dati geografici a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

==Notizie su Open Source Geospatial Foundation==
La Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGEO) è un'organizzazione no profit che ha lo scopo di fornire supporto e promozione allo sviluppo cooperativo di tecnologie e dati open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. La fondazione è stata formata per fornire supporto finanziario, organizzativo e legale alla comunità dei sistemi informativi territoriali Open Source. Costituirà anche un'entità legale indipendente alla quale i membri della comunità possono contribuire con codice sorgente, fondi o altre risorse, con l'assicurazione che i loro contributi saranno mantenuti per il beneficio pubblico.

Per ulteriori informazioni scrivete a info@osgeo.org e consultate http://www.osgeo.org/

''Trad. it. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]
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2006-03-01T11:21:21Z

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== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) - istituita per rafforzare lo sviluppo cooperativo delle tecnologie geospaziali Open Source==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

XX marzo 2006--La comunità dei GIS Open Source ha annunciato oggi la formazione della [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] (OSGEO), un'organizzazione no profit che ha lo scopo di fornire supporto e promozione allo sviluppo cooperativo di tecnologie e dati open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi. La fondazione è stata formata per fornire supporto finanziario, organizzativo e legale alla comunità dei sistemi informativi territoriali Open Source. Costituirà anche un'entità legale indipendente alla quale i membri della comunità possono contribuire con codice sorgente, fondi o altre risorse, con l'assicurazione che i loro contributi saranno mantenuti per il beneficio pubblico.

Il 4 febbraio 2006 OSGEO ha tenuto il suo primo meeting a Chicago, con 25 partecipanti in rappresentanza di 18 gruppi e oltre 20 diversi progetti GIS Open Source, e 39 altri soggetti hanno partecipato tramite Internet Relay Chat. Durante il meeting i partecipanti hanno preso importanti decisioni nella formazione e organizzazione della fondazione, incluso il nome, la struttura e la finalità. Il consenso raggiunto a Chicago apre la strada per la costituzione di una fondazione produttiva e rappresentativa.

Nel corso del meeting è stato nominato un comitato direttivo, che sarà responsabile della stesura dei documenti legali della fondazione. I cinque manager iniziali provengono dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie:

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], Canada.

La fondazione nominerà entro le prossime settimane altri quattro membri del comitato direttivo, in modo da costituire un primo comitato ad interim, valido fino al prossimo meeting annuale dei membri della fondazione.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura a vari aspetti della [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione, che sono selezionati sulla base della loro contribuzione attiva ai progetti della fondazione e al suo funzionamento. I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. La fondazione ha aggiunto ulteriori 24 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà nota per il suo contributo in termini di software, documentazione, traduzione o altro. Dalla lista dei nominati saranno eletti in febbraio 24 membri dai membri correnti. I nuovi membri saranno annunciati una volta approvati dal comitato direttivo.

I progetti iniziali di OSGF sono [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], e [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione non imporrà nessuna particolare licenza per i progetti accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo scopo di lungo periodo è quello di incoraggiare licenze che consentano ai diversi progetti di cooperare al meglio e di scambiarsi codice. Saranno inoltre stabiliti metodi per evitare l'inclusione di codice proprietario o brevettato. I progetti della fondazione sono focalizzati sull'interoperabilità, fra i diversi progetti a livello di librerie, e con altro software, sia esso proprietario che open source, attraverso l'uso degli standard aperti.

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geografici a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

==Notizie su Open Source Geospatial Foundation==
La Open Source Geospatial Foundation(OSGEO) è un'organizzazione no profit che ha lo scopo di fornire supporto e promozione allo sviluppo cooperativo di tecnologie e dati open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. La fondazione è stata formata per fornire supporto finanziario, organizzativo e legale alla comunità dei sistemi informativi territoriali Open Source. Costituirà anche un'entità legale indipendente alla quale i membri della comunità possono contribuire con codice sorgente, fondi o altre risorse, con l'assicurazione che i loro contributi saranno mantenuti per il beneficio pubblico.

Per ulteriori informazioni scrivete a info@osgeo.org e consultate http://www.osgeo.org/

Trad. it. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

Press Release Italiano

2006-03-01T11:16:19Z

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== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) - istituita per rafforzare lo sviluppo cooperativo delle tecnologie geospaziali Open Source==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

XX marzo 2006--La comunità dei GIS Open Source ha annunciato oggi la formazione della [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] (OSGEO), un'organizzazione no profit che ha lo scopo di fornire supporto e promozione allo sviluppo cooperativo di tecnologie e dati open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi. La fondazione è stata formata per fornire supporto finanziario, organizzativo e legale alla comunità dei sistemi informativi territoriali Open Source. Costituirà anche un'entità legale indipendente alla quale i membri della comunità possono contribuire con codice sorgente, fondi o altre risorse, con l'assicurazione che i loro contributi saranno mantenuti per il beneficio pubblico.

Il 4 febbraio 2006 OSGEO ha tenuto il suo primo meeting a Chicago, con 25 partecipanti in rappresentanza di 18 gruppi e oltre 20 diversi progetti GIS Open Source, e 39 altri soggetti hanno partecipato tramite Internet Relay Chat. Durante il meeting i partecipanti hanno preso importanti decisioni nella formazione e organizzazione della fondazione, incluso il nome, la struttura e la finalità. Il consenso raggiunto a Chicago apre la strada per la costituzione di una fondazione produttiva e rappresentativa.

Nel corso del meeting è stato nominato un comitato direttivo, che sarà responsabile della stesura dei documenti legali della fondazione. I cinque manager iniziali provengono dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie:

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], Canada.

La fondazione nominerà entro le prossime settimane altri quattro membri del comitato direttivo, in modo da costituire un primo comitato ad interim, valido fino al prossimo meeting annuale dei membri della fondazione.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura a vari aspetti della [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione, che sono selezionati sulla base della loro contribuzione attiva ai progetti della fondazione e al suo funzionamento. I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. La fondazione ha aggiunto ulteriori 24 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà nota per il suo contributo in termini di software, documentazione, traduzione o altro. Dalla lista dei nominati saranno eletti in febbraio 24 membri dai membri correnti. I nuovi membri saranno annunciati una volta approvati dal comitato direttivo.

I progetti iniziali di OSGF sono [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], e [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione non imporrà nessuna particolare licenza per i progetti accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo scopo di lungo periodo è quello di incoraggiare licenze che consentano ai diversi progetti di cooperare al meglio e di scambiarsi codice. Saranno inoltre stabiliti metodi per evitare l'inclusione di codice proprietario o brevettato. I progetti della fondazione sono focalizzati sull'interoperabilità, fra i diversi progetti a livello di librerie, e con altro software, sia esso proprietario che open source, attraverso l'uso degli standard aperti.

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geospaziali a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Per ulteriori informazioni scrivete a info@osgeo.org e consultate http://www.osgeo.org/

Trad. it. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

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2006-03-01T10:58:00Z

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== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) - istituita per rafforzare lo sviluppo cooperativo delle tecnologie geospaziali Open Source==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

XX marzo 2006--La comunità dei GIS Open Source ha annunciato oggi la formazione della [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] (OSGEO), un'organizzazione no profit che ha lo scopo di fornire supporto e promozione allo sviluppo cooperativo di tecnologie e dati open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi. La fondazione è stata formata per fornire supporto finanziario, organizzativo e legale alla comunità dei sistemi informativi territoriali Open Source. Costituirà anche un'entità legale indipendente alla quale i membri della comunità possono contribuire con codice sorgente, fondi o altre risorse, con l'assicurazione che i loro contributi saranno mantenuti per il beneficio pubblico.

Il 4 febbraio 2006 OSGEO ha tenuto il suo primo meeting a Chicago, con 25 partecipanti in rappresentanza di 18 gruppi e oltre 20 diversi progetti GIS Open Source, e 39 altri soggetti hanno partecipato tramite Internet Relay Chat. Durante il meeting i partecipanti hanno preso importanti decisioni nella formazione e organizzazione della fondazione, incluso il nome, la struttura e la finalità. Il consenso raggiunto a Chicago apre la strada per la costituzione di una fondazione produttiva e rappresentativa.

Nel corso del meeting è stato nominato un comitato direttivo, che sarà responsabile della stesura dei documenti legali della fondazione. I cinque manager iniziali provengono dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie:

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], Canada.

La fondazione nominerà entro le prossime settimane altri quattro membri del comitato direttivo, in modo da costituire un primo comitato ad interim, valido fino al prossimo meeting annuale dei membri della fondazione.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura a vari aspetti della [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione, che sono selezionati sulla base della loro contribuzione attiva ai progetti della fondazione e al suo funzionamento. I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. La fondazione ha aggiunto ulteriori 24 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà nota per il suo contributo in termini di software, documentazione, traduzione o altro. Dalla lista dei nominati saranno eletti in febbraio 24 membri dai membri correnti. I nuovi membri saranno annunciati una volta approvati dal comitato direttivo.

I progetti iniziali di OSGF sono [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], e [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

The long term goal is to encourage licenses that allow the different foundation projects to work better together and permit for code exchange among them. The foundation will implement contribution and intellectual property policies designed to avoid the inclusion of proprietary or patented code in OSGEO projects. Foundation projects are focused on interoperability – both with one another at the library level, and with other proprietary and open source projects through the use of open standards.

La fondazione non imporrà nessuna particolare licenza per i progetti accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo scopo di lungo periodo è quello di incoraggiare licenze che consentano ai diversi progetti di cooperare al meglio e di scambiarsi codice. Saranno inoltre stabiliti metodi per evitare l'inclusione di codice proprietario o brevettato. I progetti della fondazione sono focalizzati sull'interoperabilità, fra i diversi progetti a livello di librerie, e con altro software, sia esso proprietario che open source, attraverso l'uso degli standard aperti.

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geospaziali a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Per ulteriori informazioni scrivete a info@osgeo.org e consultate http://www.osgeo.org/

Trad. it. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

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2006-03-01T10:29:56Z

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== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) - istituita per rafforzare lo sviluppo cooperativo delle tecnologie geospaziali Open Source==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

XX marzo 2006--La comunità dei GIS Open Source ha annunciato oggi la formazione della [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] (OSGEO), un'organizzazione no profit che ha lo scopo di fornire supporto e promozione allo sviluppo cooperativo di tecnologie e dati open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi. La fondazione è stata formata per fornire supporto finanziario, organizzativo e legale alla comunità dei sistemi informativi territoriali Open Source. Costituirà anche un'entità legale indipendente alla quale i membri della comunità possono contribuire con codice sorgente, fondi o altre risorse, con l'assicurazione che i loro contributi saranno mantenuti per il beneficio pubblico.

Il 4 febbraio 2006 OSGEO ha tenuto il suo primo meeting a Chicago, con 25 partecipanti in rappresentanza di 18 gruppi e oltre 20 diversi progetti GIS Open Source, e 39 altri soggetti hanno partecipato tramite Internet Relay Chat. Durante il meeting i partecipanti hanno preso importanti decisioni nella formazione e organizzazione della fondazione, incluso il nome, la struttura e la finalità. Il consenso raggiunto a Chicago apre la strada per la costituzione di una fondazione produttiva e rappresentativa.

Nel corso del meeting si è costituito un comitato direttivo, e sono stati eletti, all'interno di una lista, cinque manager di progetto, provenienti dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie (C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Javascript, etc.):

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], Canada.

Il primo gruppo di membri del comitato sarà allargato con l'inclusione di altri quattro membri, che verranno scelti in seguito dalla comunità.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura alla [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione.
I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. E' stato stabilito l'obiettivo di 45 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà nota per il suo contributo in termini di software, documentazione, traduzione o altro. Dalla lista delle nomine saranno eletti in febbraio 24 membri dai membri correnti. I nuovi membri saranno annunciati una volta approvati dal comitato direttivo.

La fondazione accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo scopo di lungo periodo è quello di incoraggiare licenze che consentano ai diversi progetti di cooperare al meglio e di scambiarsi codice. Saranno inoltre stabiliti metodi per evitare l'inclusione di codice proprietario o brevettato. I progetti della fondazione sono focalizzati sull'interoperabilità, fra i diversi progetti a livello di librerie, e con altro software, sia esso proprietario che open source, attraverso l'uso degli standard aperti.

Un gruppo di progetti è stato proposto quale fondatore. I progetti iniziali di OSGF sono [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], e [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geospaziali a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Per ulteriori informazioni scrivete a info@osgeo.org e consultate http://www.osgeo.org/

Trad. it. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

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2006-02-20T11:30:37Z

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== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) ==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

La [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] è stata creata per fornire supporto allo sviluppo di software open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi.

Nel corso del meeting si è costituito un comitato direttivo, e sono stati eletti, all'interno di una lista, cinque manager di progetto, provenienti dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie (C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Javascript, etc.):

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], Canada.

Il primo gruppo di membri del comitato sarà allargato con l'inclusione di altri quattro membri, che verranno scelti in seguito dalla comunità.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura alla [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione.
I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. E' stato stabilito l'obiettivo di 45 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà nota per il suo contributo in termini di software, documentazione, traduzione o altro. Dalla lista delle nomine saranno eletti 24 membri dai membri correnti.

La fondazione accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo scopo di lungo periodo è quello di incoraggiare licenze che consentano ai diversi progetti di cooperare al meglio e di scambiarsi codice. Saranno inoltre stabiliti metodi per evitare l'inclusione di codice proprietario o brevettato. I progetti della fondazione sono focalizzati sull'interoperabilità, fra i diversi progetti a livello di librerie, e con altro software, sia esso proprietario che open source, attraverso l'uso degli standard aperti.

Un gruppo di progetti è stato proposto quale fondatore, ma vari altri, quali [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer] and [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools] stanno valutando, all'interno delle rispettive comunità, l'opportunità di partecipare alla fondazione. I progetti iniziali di OSGF sono [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://gdal.maptools.org/ GDAL]/[http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], e [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geospaziali a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Trad. it. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

Like Minded Regional Organizations

2006-02-14T18:11:57Z

Wiki-Paolo:

While OSGeo has no current plans for local chapters, it is desirable for it to establish contact with existing local organizations with a related charter. This page is an effort to collect a list of such organizations with a short English description of their mandate.

* Brazil: GeoLivre (http://geolivre.org.br) -
* Germany: FOSSGIS (http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) - Organizing the FOSSGIS 2006 conference.
* Germany: GRASS Anwender Vereinigung e.V. (http://www.grass-verein.de) - tax-exempt charity for promotion and dissemination of Free GIS
* Canada: [http://www.omsug.ca/ OMSUG] (http://www.omsug.ca/) Ottawa MapServer User Group
* Italy: [http://www.gfoss.it/ GFOSS] (hhttp://www.gfoss.it) Geographic Free and Open Source Software

Like Minded Regional Organizations

2006-02-14T18:11:35Z

Wiki-Paolo:

While OSGeo has no current plans for local chapters, it is desirable for it to establish contact with existing local organizations with a related charter. This page is an effort to collect a list of such organizations with a short English description of their mandate.

* Brazil: GeoLivre (http://geolivre.org.br) -
* Germany: FOSSGIS (http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) - Organizing the FOSSGIS 2006 conference.
* Germany: GRASS Anwender Vereinigung e.V. (http://www.grass-verein.de) - tax-exempt charity for promotion and dissemination of Free GIS
* Canada: [http://www.omsug.ca/ OMSUG] (http://www.omsug.ca/) Ottawa MapServer User Group
* Italy: [http://www.gfoss.it/GFOSS] (hhttp://www.gfoss.it) Geographic Free and Open Source Software

Like Minded Regional Organizations

2006-02-14T18:11:10Z

Wiki-Paolo:

While OSGeo has no current plans for local chapters, it is desirable for it to establish contact with existing local organizations with a related charter. This page is an effort to collect a list of such organizations with a short English description of their mandate.

* Brazil: GeoLivre (http://geolivre.org.br) -
* Germany: FOSSGIS (http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) - Organizing the FOSSGIS 2006 conference.
* Germany: GRASS Anwender Vereinigung e.V. (http://www.grass-verein.de) - tax-exempt charity for promotion and dissemination of Free GIS
* Canada: [http://www.omsug.ca/ OMSUG] (http://www.omsug.ca/) Ottawa MapServer User Group
* Italy: [http:www.gfoss.it/GFOSS] (hhttp://www.gfoss.it) Geographic Free and Open Source Software

Press Release Italiano

2006-02-14T18:07:57Z

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'''''Press release'''''

== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) ==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

La [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] è stata creata per fornire supporto allo sviluppo di software open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi.

Nel corso del meeting si è costituito un comitato direttivo, e sono stati eletti, all'interno di una lista, cinque manager di progetto, provenienti dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie (C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Javascript, etc.):

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], Canada.

Il primo gruppo di membri del comitato sarà allargato con l'inclusione di altri quattro membri, che verranno scelti in seguito dalla comunità.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura alla [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione.
I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. E' stato stabilito l'obiettivo di 45 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà nota per il suo contributo in termini di software, documentazione, traduzione o altro. Dalla lista delle nomine saranno eletti 24 membri dai membri correnti.

La fondazione accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo scopo di lungo periodo è quello di incoraggiare licenze che consentano ai diversi progetti di cooperare al meglio e di scambiarsi codice. Saranno inoltre stabiliti metodi per evitare l'inclusione di codice proprietario o brevettato. I progetti della fondazione sono focalizzati sull'interoperabilità, fra i diversi progetti a livello di librerie, e con altro software, sia esso proprietario che open source, attraverso l'uso degli standard aperti.

Un gruppo di progetti è stato proposto quale fondatore, ma vari altri, quali [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer] and [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools] stanno valutando, all'interno delle rispettive comunità, l'opportunità di partecipare alla fondazione. I progetti iniziali di OSGF sono [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], e [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geospaziali a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Trad. it. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

Press Release Italiano

2006-02-14T17:09:49Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) */

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'''''Press release'''''

== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) ==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

La [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] è stata creata per fornire supporto allo sviluppo di software open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi.

Nel corso del meeting si è costituito un comitato direttivo, e sono stati eletti, all'interno di una lista, cinque manager di progetto, provenienti dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie (C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Javascript, etc.):

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], Canada.

Il primo gruppo di membri del comitato sarà allargato con l'inclusione di altri quattro membri, che verranno scelti in seguito dalla comunità.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura alla [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione.
I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. E' stato stabilito l'obiettivo di 45 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà nota per il suo contributo in termini di software, documentazione, traduzione o altro. Dalla lista delle nomine saranno eletti 24 membri dai membri correnti.

La fondazione accetterà solo progetti rilasciati sotto licenze Open Source certificate dalla [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. Lo The long term goal is to encourage licenses that allow the different projects to work better together and permit for code exchange among the foundation projects. Means of avoiding the inclusion of proprietary or patented code will be established. Foundation projects are focused on interoperability, with one another at the library level, and with other proprietary and open source projects through the use of open standards.

While an initial set of projects was proposed as founding projects, several projects such as [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer] and [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools] are currently seeking for a decision within their communities weather to join. Initial OSGF projects are [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], and [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geospaziali a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Trad. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

Press Release Italiano

2006-02-14T17:05:12Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) */

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'''''Press release'''''

== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) ==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

La [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] è stata creata per fornire supporto allo sviluppo di software open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi.

Nel corso del meeting si è costituito un comitato direttivo, e sono stati eletti, all'interno di una lista, cinque manager di progetto, provenienti dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie (C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Javascript, etc.):

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], Canada.

Il primo gruppo di membri del comitato sarà allargato con l'inclusione di altri quattro membri, che verranno scelti in seguito dalla comunità.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura alla [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], inclusa la partecipazione di membri appartenenti ai diversi progetti della fondazione.
I membri iniziali consistono nei cinque membri iniziali più 16 altri partecipanti che hanno partecipato al meeting. E' stato stabilito l'obiettivo di 45 membri attraverso un processo di nomina pubblica da parte della più ampia comunità geospaziale open source. Ogni persona nominata sarà
Dalla lista delle nomine saranno eletti 24 membri dai membri correnti.
Each nominated person shall be recognized due to her/his contribution in terms of software, documentation, translation or other. From the list of nominations, 24 members will be elected by the current members.

The foundation will only accept projects released under Open Source licenses certified by the [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. The long term goal is to encourage licenses that allow the different projects to work better together and permit for code exchange among the foundation projects. Means of avoiding the inclusion of proprietary or patented code will be established. Foundation projects are focused on interoperability, with one another at the library level, and with other proprietary and open source projects through the use of open standards.

While an initial set of projects was proposed as founding projects, several projects such as [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer] and [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools] are currently seeking for a decision within their communities weather to join. Initial OSGF projects are [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], and [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

La fondazione perseguirà obiettivi ulteriori rispetto allo sviluppo del software quali la promozione un accesso più aperto ai dati spaziali prodotti dal governo. L'accesso ai dati geospaziali a condizioni ragionevoli è un problema rilevante al di fuori del Nord America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Trad. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]

Press Release Italiano

2006-02-14T14:29:49Z

Wiki-Paolo: /* Open Source Geospatial Foundation */

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'''''Press release'''''

== Fondazione Open Source Geospatial (OGSF) ==

'''Una casa comune per i progetti GIS e mappe della comunità Open Source'''

La [http://www.osgeo.org Fondazione Open Source Geospatial ] è stata creata per fornire supporto allo sviluppo di software open source di alta qualità per i sistemi informativi territoriali. Lo scopo della fondazione è incoraggiare l'uso e lo sviluppo cooperativo di progetti guidati dalla comunità di sviluppatori liberi. Durante un meeting in Chicago sono state definite la struttura e gli scopi.

Nel corso del meeting si è costituito un comitato direttivo, e sono stati eletti, all'interno di una lista, cinque manager di progetto, provenienti dal Nord America e dall'Europa, e rappresentano varie comunità e differenti tecnologie (C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Javascript, etc.):

* Arnulf Christl - [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], CCGIS, Germania;
* Chris Holmes - [http://www.geoserver.org/ GeoServer]/[http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools], The Open Planning Project, U.S.A.;
* Gary Lang - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], Autodesk, U.S.A.;
* Markus Neteler - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italia;
* Frank Warmerdam - [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], Canada.

Il primo gruppo di membri del comitato sarà allargato con l'inclusione di altri quattro membri, che verranno scelti in seguito dalla comunità.

La OSGF si ispira nella sua struttura alla [http://www.apache.org/ Fondazione Apache], including a membership composed of individuals drawn from foundation projects. The initial membership consists of the five board members plus 16 other participants who attended the meeting. The target of 45 members is being established through a public nomination process from the wider open source geospatial community. Each nominated person shall be recognized due to her/his contribution in terms of software, documentation, translation or other. From the list of nominations, 24 members will be elected by the current members.

The foundation will only accept projects released under Open Source licenses certified by the [http://www.opensource.org Open Source Initiative (OSI)]. The long term goal is to encourage licenses that allow the different projects to work better together and permit for code exchange among the foundation projects. Means of avoiding the inclusion of proprietary or patented code will be established. Foundation projects are focused on interoperability, with one another at the library level, and with other proprietary and open source projects through the use of open standards.

While an initial set of projects was proposed as founding projects, several projects such as [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer] and [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools] are currently seeking for a decision within their communities weather to join. Initial OSGF projects are [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/ MapBuilder], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide/ MapGuide], [http://www.gdal.org/ GDAL/OGR], [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS], and [http://www.ossim.org/ OSSIM].

The foundation will also be pursuing goals beyond software development, such as promoting more open access to government produced spatial data. Access under reasonable conditions to geospatial data is a major problem outside of Northern America.

Grazie all'uso della chat [http://logs.qgis.org/geofoundation/%23geofoundation.2006-02-04.log (IRC) durante il meeting], la discussione è stata aperta ad altri soggetti interessati, anche al di fuori dello spazio fisico della sala riunioni. Il consenso raggiunto durante il meeting di Chicago apre al strada per la costituzione di una fondazione potente e rappresentativa.

Trad. Paolo Cavallini, [http://www.faunalia.it/ Faunalia]