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[[Image:GSoC2016Logo.jpg|400px|link=https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/]] <font size="+3"> @ </font> [[Image:OSGeo_300_127_pixel.png|300px|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]<br />
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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] @ OSGeo wiki page.<br />
* Visit our [[Google Summer of Code 2017 Ideas]] and our [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] pages<br />
<br />
This is the central page for OSGeo administrative information in Google Summer of Code 2017.<br />
<br />
== GSoC general information ==<br />
<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline The official timeline]<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq Google's FAQ on the program]<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ Official 2017 GSoC site]<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/responsibilities Roles and Responsibilities]<br />
<br />
== Contacts == <br />
<br />
* Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you!<br />
<br />
* To contact OSGeo's GSoC admin team directly:<br />
** send an email to [mailto:gsoc-admin@osgeo.org gsoc-admin@osgeo.org]<br />
** join the #osgeo-gsoc channel on irc.freenode.net (connect directly in your browser via [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gsoc webchat])<br />
<br />
* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] acts as chair of the Admin team, which includes [[User:Masterflorin|Florin-Daniel Cioloboc]], [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]], [[Helmut Kudrnovsky]], [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]], [[Jeff McKenna]], and Guillermo Pizarro. Feel free to email us with any questions, we're here to help mentor the mentors as much as anything else!<br />
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<!-- Admins: please add your pictures here --><br />
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[[Image:Madi_BW_1.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]][[Image:FlorinCioloboc.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Masterflorin|Florin Cioloboc]][[Image:Aghisla-profile-pic.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]][[Image:Hk grey.png|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky|Helmut Kudrnovsky]][[Image:Macho.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Werner_Macho|Werner Macho]][[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]<br />
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== Mentors ==<br />
<br />
If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here:<br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#D7E3D1; font-size:95%; empty-cells:show;" <br />
|width=30px|'''Number'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Name'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Surname'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Nickname (IRC)'''<br />
|width=250px|'''email'''<br />
|'''Software community'''<br />
|'''Idea(s) you are available to mentor''' (please write down the title of the idea, not link to ideas page!)<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|Tom<br />
|Kralidis<br />
|tomkralidis<br />
|tomkralidis at gmail.com<br />
|pycsw<br />
|[https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-GSoC#2017 pycsw filter abstraction, Elasticsearch backend, admin HTTP API] <br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|Gabriele<br />
|Prestifilippo<br />
|gabry501<br />
|gabriele.prestifilippo at gmail com<br />
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind<br />
|HeatMap Layer, Plug-in, Create Your Own<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|Vicky<br />
|Vergara<br />
|cvvergara<br />
|vicky at georepublic de<br />
|pgRouting<br />
|Develop new functionality into pgRouting<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|Daniel<br />
|Kastl<br />
|dkastl<br />
|daniel at georepublic de<br />
|pgRouting<br />
|Connect more boost functions to pgRouting<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|Rohith<br />
|Reddy<br />
|sankepallyrohithreddy<br />
|rohithreddy2219 at gmail com<br />
|pgRouting<br />
|Connect more boost functions to pgRouting<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|Patrick<br />
|Hogan<br />
|HamletAlive<br />
|patrick.hogan at nasa gov<br />
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind<br />
|CitySmart Urban Infrastructure Management<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|Anna<br />
|Petrasova<br />
|<br />
|kratochanna at gmail com<br />
|GRASS GIS<br />
|3D rendering, 3D viewer<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|Vaclav<br />
|Petras<br />
|<br />
|wenzeslaus at gmail com<br />
|GRASS GIS<br />
|Jupyter Notebook, Benchmarking, Testing, ...<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|Jakub<br />
|Balhar<br />
|<br />
|jakub at balhar net<br />
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind<br />
|CitySmart Urban Infrastructure Management<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|Alexandre<br />
|Dubé<br />
|<br />
|adube at mapgears com<br />
|OL3-Google-Maps<br />
|Develop new features in the OL3-Google-Maps library<br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
|Raphaël<br />
|Gagnon<br />
|<br />
|rgagnon at mapgears com<br />
|OL3-Google-Maps<br />
|Develop new features in the OL3-Google-Maps library<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|Stefan<br />
|Steiniger<br />
|<br />
|sstein at geo-uzh-ch <br />
|OpenTripPlanner<br />
|Extending OpenTripPlanner with Real Time Modelling Functions<br />
|-<br />
|13<br />
|Jorge<br />
|Rocha<br />
|[[User:Jgrocha|Jgrocha]]<br />
|jgr@di.uminho.pt <br />
|QGIS<br />
|Improve QGIS style interoperability, by reading and writing cartographic styles from other projects.<br />
|-<br />
|14<br />
|Massimiliano<br />
|Cannata<br />
|[[User:maxi71|maxi]]<br />
|massimiliano.cannata at gmail com<br />
|istSOS<br />
|Data analysis and statistical tools from sensor data<br />
|-<br />
|15<br />
|Milan<br />
|Antonovic<br />
|[[User:mantonovic|mantonovic]]<br />
|milan.antonovic at gmail com<br />
|istSOS<br />
|Upgrade and finalize the istSOS JavaScript Core Library<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|Martin<br />
|Landa<br />
|<br />
|landa.martin at gmail com<br />
|GRASS GIS<br />
|GUI, rendering<br />
|-<br />
|17<br />
|Alexander<br />
|Bruy<br />
|alexbruy<br />
|alexander dot bruy at gmail dot com<br />
|QGIS<br />
|Processing Framework improvements<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== A Mentor's Responsibilities ==<br />
<br />
Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support.<br />
<br />
Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your dev community and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. ''' Both mentors need to appoint themselves officially'''. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge.<br />
<br />
You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''evaluation periods'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates. There are '''3 evaluation periods''' this year where mentors are required to complete an evaluation of their student. After the first 4 weeks of coding, after 8 weeks of coding and then at the end (after 12 weeks of coding). The evaluation forms are shorter than previous years so they should take less time to complete.<br />
<br />
== Guides for mentors ==<br />
<br />
* [http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsoc-mentoring/what-is-gsoc/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors.<br />
* [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO]<br />
* [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis]<br />
<br />
== Tips for mentors ==<br />
<br />
This section is for collecting suggestions on best practices, from mentors to other mentors. If you have good / bad experiences in mentoring, please share here! Remember that this is a public page, respect the privacy of the people.<br />
<br />
=== Good ideas ===<br />
<br />
* '''Test students before selection.''' Challenge them with small programming tasks or bug fixes. This will help them getting familiar with the dev environment well before GSoC starts, and helps mentors understand if they are capable. Think to a task much earlier to the timeline, and connect the task to the idea in the ideas page. <br />
* Time management tip: Try not to mentor more than one project per year. In any case, '''you can be primary mentor only for one project.''' Consider carefully the time that you can allocate on GSoC.<br />
* ...<br />
<br />
=== Bad ideas ===<br />
<br />
* ...<br />
<br />
== Learn more ==<br />
<br />
* Previous years SoC involvement: [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/organizations/6434461499523072/ 2016] [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2015 2015], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2014 2014], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2013 2013], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2012 2012], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2011 2011], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2010 2010], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2009 2009], [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html 2008]<br />
<br />
* OSGeo GSoC wiki pages: [[Google Summer of Code 2016|2016]],[[Google Summer of Code 2015|2015]],[[Google Summer of Code 2014|2014]],[[Google Summer of Code 2013|2013]],[[Google Summer of Code 2012|2012]],[[Google Summer of Code 2011|2011]],[[Google Summer of Code 2010|2010]],[[Google Summer of Code 2009|2009]],[[Google Summer of Code 2008|2008]]<br />
<br />
* OSGeo Applications: [[Google Summer of Code Application 2016|2016]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2015|2015]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2014|2014]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]],[[Google SoC Application 2010|2010]],[[Google SoC Application 2009|2009]]<br />
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[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative&diff=105592Google Summer of Code 2017 Administrative2017-03-09T16:33:25Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: /* Mentors */</p>
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<div><center><br />
[[Image:GSoC2016Logo.jpg|400px|link=https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/]] <font size="+3"> @ </font> [[Image:OSGeo_300_127_pixel.png|300px|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]<br />
</center><br />
<br />
* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] @ OSGeo wiki page.<br />
* Visit our [[Google Summer of Code 2017 Ideas]] and our [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] pages<br />
<br />
This is the central page for OSGeo administrative information in Google Summer of Code 2017.<br />
<br />
== GSoC general information ==<br />
<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline The official timeline]<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq Google's FAQ on the program]<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ Official 2017 GSoC site]<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/responsibilities Roles and Responsibilities]<br />
<br />
== Contacts == <br />
<br />
* Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you!<br />
<br />
* To contact OSGeo's GSoC admin team directly:<br />
** send an email to [mailto:gsoc-admin@osgeo.org gsoc-admin@osgeo.org]<br />
** join the #osgeo-gsoc channel on irc.freenode.net (connect directly in your browser via [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gsoc webchat])<br />
<br />
* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] acts as chair of the Admin team, which includes [[User:Masterflorin|Florin-Daniel Cioloboc]], [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]], [[Helmut Kudrnovsky]], [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]], [[Jeff McKenna]], and Guillermo Pizarro. Feel free to email us with any questions, we're here to help mentor the mentors as much as anything else!<br />
<br />
<!-- Admins: please add your pictures here --><br />
<br />
[[Image:Madi_BW_1.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]][[Image:FlorinCioloboc.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Masterflorin|Florin Cioloboc]][[Image:Aghisla-profile-pic.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]][[Image:Hk grey.png|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky|Helmut Kudrnovsky]][[Image:Macho.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Werner_Macho|Werner Macho]][[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]<br />
<br />
<br />
.<br />
<br />
== Mentors ==<br />
<br />
If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here:<br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#D7E3D1; font-size:95%; empty-cells:show;" <br />
|width=30px|'''Number'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Name'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Surname'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Nickname (IRC)'''<br />
|width=250px|'''email'''<br />
|'''Software community'''<br />
|'''Idea(s) you are available to mentor''' (please write down the title of the idea, not link to ideas page!)<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|Tom<br />
|Kralidis<br />
|tomkralidis<br />
|tomkralidis at gmail.com<br />
|pycsw<br />
|[https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-GSoC#2017 pycsw filter abstraction, Elasticsearch backend, admin HTTP API] <br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|Gabriele<br />
|Prestifilippo<br />
|gabry501<br />
|gabriele.prestifilippo at gmail com<br />
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind<br />
|HeatMap Layer, Plug-in, Create Your Own<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|Vicky<br />
|Vergara<br />
|cvvergara<br />
|vicky at georepublic de<br />
|pgRouting<br />
|Develop new functionality into pgRouting<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|Daniel<br />
|Kastl<br />
|dkastl<br />
|daniel at georepublic de<br />
|pgRouting<br />
|Connect more boost functions to pgRouting<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|Rohith<br />
|Reddy<br />
|sankepallyrohithreddy<br />
|rohithreddy2219 at gmail com<br />
|pgRouting<br />
|Connect more boost functions to pgRouting<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|Patrick<br />
|Hogan<br />
|HamletAlive<br />
|patrick.hogan at nasa gov<br />
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind<br />
|CitySmart Urban Infrastructure Management<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|Anna<br />
|Petrasova<br />
|<br />
|kratochanna at gmail com<br />
|GRASS GIS<br />
|3D rendering, 3D viewer<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|Vaclav<br />
|Petras<br />
|<br />
|wenzeslaus at gmail com<br />
|GRASS GIS<br />
|Jupyter Notebook, Benchmarking, Testing, ...<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|Jakub<br />
|Balhar<br />
|<br />
|jakub at balhar net<br />
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind<br />
|CitySmart Urban Infrastructure Management<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|Alexandre<br />
|Dubé<br />
|<br />
|adube at mapgears com<br />
|OL3-Google-Maps<br />
|Develop new features in the OL3-Google-Maps library<br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
|Raphaël<br />
|Gagnon<br />
|<br />
|rgagnon at mapgears com<br />
|OL3-Google-Maps<br />
|Develop new features in the OL3-Google-Maps library<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|Stefan<br />
|Steiniger<br />
|<br />
|sstein at geo-uzh-ch <br />
|OpenTripPlanner<br />
|Extending OpenTripPlanner with Real Time Modelling Functions<br />
|-<br />
|13<br />
|Jorge<br />
|Rocha<br />
|[[User:Jgrocha|Jgrocha]]<br />
|jgr@di.uminho.pt <br />
|QGIS<br />
|Improve QGIS style interoperability, by reading and writing cartographic styles from other projects.<br />
|-<br />
|14<br />
|Massimiliano<br />
|Cannata<br />
|[[User:maxi71|maxi]]<br />
|massimiliano.cannata at gmail com<br />
|istSOS<br />
|Data analysis and statistical tools from sensor data<br />
|-<br />
|15<br />
|Milan<br />
|Antonovic<br />
|[[User:mantonovic|mantonovic]]<br />
|milan.antonovic at gmail com<br />
|istSOS<br />
|Upgrade and finalize the istSOS JavaScript Core Library<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|Martin<br />
|Landa<br />
|<br />
|landa.martin at gmail com<br />
|GRASS GIS<br />
|GUI, rendering<br />
|-<br />
|17<br />
|Alexander<br />
|Bruy<br />
|alexbruy<br />
|alexander dot bruy at gmail dot com<br />
|QGIS<br />
|Processing Framework, QGIS core <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== A Mentor's Responsibilities ==<br />
<br />
Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support.<br />
<br />
Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your dev community and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. ''' Both mentors need to appoint themselves officially'''. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge.<br />
<br />
You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''evaluation periods'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates. There are '''3 evaluation periods''' this year where mentors are required to complete an evaluation of their student. After the first 4 weeks of coding, after 8 weeks of coding and then at the end (after 12 weeks of coding). The evaluation forms are shorter than previous years so they should take less time to complete.<br />
<br />
== Guides for mentors ==<br />
<br />
* [http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsoc-mentoring/what-is-gsoc/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors.<br />
* [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO]<br />
* [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis]<br />
<br />
== Tips for mentors ==<br />
<br />
This section is for collecting suggestions on best practices, from mentors to other mentors. If you have good / bad experiences in mentoring, please share here! Remember that this is a public page, respect the privacy of the people.<br />
<br />
=== Good ideas ===<br />
<br />
* '''Test students before selection.''' Challenge them with small programming tasks or bug fixes. This will help them getting familiar with the dev environment well before GSoC starts, and helps mentors understand if they are capable. Think to a task much earlier to the timeline, and connect the task to the idea in the ideas page. <br />
* Time management tip: Try not to mentor more than one project per year. In any case, '''you can be primary mentor only for one project.''' Consider carefully the time that you can allocate on GSoC.<br />
* ...<br />
<br />
=== Bad ideas ===<br />
<br />
* ...<br />
<br />
== Learn more ==<br />
<br />
* Previous years SoC involvement: [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/organizations/6434461499523072/ 2016] [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2015 2015], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2014 2014], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2013 2013], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2012 2012], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2011 2011], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2010 2010], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2009 2009], [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html 2008]<br />
<br />
* OSGeo GSoC wiki pages: [[Google Summer of Code 2016|2016]],[[Google Summer of Code 2015|2015]],[[Google Summer of Code 2014|2014]],[[Google Summer of Code 2013|2013]],[[Google Summer of Code 2012|2012]],[[Google Summer of Code 2011|2011]],[[Google Summer of Code 2010|2010]],[[Google Summer of Code 2009|2009]],[[Google Summer of Code 2008|2008]]<br />
<br />
* OSGeo Applications: [[Google Summer of Code Application 2016|2016]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2015|2015]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2014|2014]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]],[[Google SoC Application 2010|2010]],[[Google SoC Application 2009|2009]]<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Europe&diff=102228Europe2016-08-16T17:15:25Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: /* List of initial members */</p>
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<div>=Europe=<br />
<br />
Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.<br />
<br />
<br />
* formal request to the board of OSGeo to recognise OSGeo.eu as a local chapter xx June 2016<br />
* next board meeting: 15 October 2015 (decision about the acceptance of the proposal)<br />
<br />
==todolist==<br />
<br />
* Decide about the legal structure <br />
* ...<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.<br />
<br />
Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.<br />
<br />
This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem. <br />
<br />
In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of<br />
meetings have already taken place. <br />
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.<br />
<br />
== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==<br />
<br />
* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.<br />
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.<br />
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.<br />
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.<br />
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's<br />
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided<br />
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe<br />
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process<br />
<br />
== Mission and objectives ==<br />
<br />
After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the<br />
following list of mission objectives:<br />
<br />
* Community-building and networking around specific European themes<br />
<br />
* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.<br />
<br />
* encourage interoperability in European projects<br />
<br />
* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE<br />
<br />
* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building<br />
<br />
* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters<br />
<br />
* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant<br />
<br />
* Organisation of events<br />
<br />
* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )<br />
<br />
* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data<br />
<br />
==List of initial members==<br />
<br />
The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial<br />
founding members (alphabetic - first name):<br />
<br />
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president <br />
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member<br />
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo<br />
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member<br />
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member<br />
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member<br />
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member<br />
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member<br />
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member<br />
<br />
== Some early stuff ==<br />
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]<br />
<br />
==Building relations with other European communities==<br />
===SMESpire===<br />
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry<br />
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing<br />
===FIWare===<br />
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]<br />
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.<br />
===new entry===<br />
* reference to the event<br />
*register your name if you will participate<br />
<br />
==Tradeshows and events==<br />
* European Events where OSGeo is represented<br />
<br />
===ISPRS===<br />
[[ISPRS 2016]]<br />
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]<br />
<br />
===FOSSDEM===<br />
<br />
[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]<br />
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]<br />
<br />
===GWF2016===<br />
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]<br />
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]<br />
<br />
===FOSS4G 2016===<br />
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]<br />
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]<br />
<br />
==Communication & Comments==<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meeting minutes ==<br />
meeting 24 May 2016: <br />
workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals<br />
change the status from draft to final<br />
decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting<br />
attendees: <br />
Till Adams (Fossgis)<br><br />
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee)<br><br />
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo)<br><br />
Pieter De Graef (Charter member)<br><br />
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl)<br><br />
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be)<br><br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Local Chapters]]<br />
[[Category:Europe]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint&diff=100134FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint2016-07-06T12:29:35Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: /* Registered Attendees */</p>
<hr />
<div>== CodeSprint ==<br />
<br />
Venue: Bonn, Germany<br />
<br />
This year, once again, we are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.<br />
Unfortunately, circumstances have forced us to divide the codesprint timetable-wise.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp5.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp6.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp7.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp1.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
'''The first part''' is scheduled to take place directly before the conference, the second immediately after. The first two and a half days start on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at around noon and are scheduled to end on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 (open end). The '''second part''' starts in the morning of Saturday, August 27, 2016 and ends on Sunday at 12 pm.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp2.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp3.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
We are happy to have found a really '''awesome location''' for you. Codesprint and accommodations are combined in one hall. Check out http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/ for details about the venue.<br />
Working zones will be created for you in the breakfast area and hallways. There’s the option of finding relatively inexpensive sleeping accommodations in train sleeping cars, camping buses, classic cars and more. Additionally, an outdoor area is available for you to enjoy Bonn’s summer weather in August, while working. Healthy and not-so-healthy catering of drinks and snacks will be provided by us. Participation in codesprint is free of charge. However, overnight stays will have to be reserved and paid for by you.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp4.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
Another hint: the BaseCamp is within '''walking distance from the conference venue''' (WCCB) and has good access to public transportation – the Icebreaker takes place here, too.<br />
You see, it’s worthwhile booking here!<br />
<br />
As the accommodations are available to all FOSS4G participants, we will make an effort to make advance booking possible for you a few days ahead, to ensure you have the opportunity to sleep on-site and wrap up the evenings jointly. For that, it’s necessary for you to sign up (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint) and leave your email address so that we can contact you immediately accomodation booking is available. We need your sign-up for the planning of snacks and drinks, too!<br />
<br />
This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects. There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is also important for project so everyone is cordially invited to attend the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite for participation in codesprint.<br />
<br />
One thing we’d like to ask you: with an approx. 120 participants anticipated, the WLAN capacity will naturally be exhausted at some point. Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this could impact the work of others. Thank you!<br />
<br />
The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!<br />
<br />
'''In summary:'''<br />
<br />
'''When:''' <br />
* Part I: Sun 2016-08-21 12:00 noon - Tue 2016-08-23 (open end)<br />
* Part II: Sat 2016-08-27 - Sun 2016-08-28 12:00 noon<br />
<br />
'''Where:'''<br />
* Venue & Accommodation: BaseCamp. (For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/) [[http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/44335958#map=18/50.70763/7.12316| OpenStreetMap]]<br />
* Nearby Hotel: Bonnox (http://www.bonnox.de/en/)<br />
<br />
'''Questions/Comments/Ideas'''<br />
<br />
* If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know. Send an email to codesprint@foss4g2016.org. You are welcome!<br />
<br />
== Sponsors ==<br />
Thanks to our great sponsors!<br />
<br />
[[File:FOSSGIS_OSGeo_DACH.png]] <br />
<br />
<br />
== Registered Attendees ==<br />
<br />
The Code Sprint does not cost any money. For us it makes planning easier if we know who is coming. So please leave your Name and mark the days you will come.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!width="30"|No<br />
!width="250"|Name<br />
!width="250"|Email<br />
!width="250"|Projects<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="30"|mon<br />
!width="30"|tue<br />
!width="30"|sat<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="60"|Accomodation<br />
!width="30"|vegetarian food<br />
|-<br />
| 1 ||[[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || [[Mapbender]] & Organization || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 2 ||[[User:rcoup|Rob Coup]] || robert@coup.net.nz || [[GDAL]], [[GeoServer]] || - || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 ||[[User:alfonx|Stefan Tzeggai]] || tzeggai@wikisquare.de || || - || - || x || x || - || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 ||[[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || neteler@osgeo.org || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 5 ||[[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || cavallini@faunalia.it || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp? || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || pka [ät] sourcepole.ch || [[QGIS]], [[GDAL]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 7 ||[[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || andreas [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 8 ||[[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || tim [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp || yes<br />
|-<br />
| 9 ||[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge @ gmail.com || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 10 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]]||stephan [ät] meissl.name||MapServer, EOxServer||?||?||x||-||-||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 11 ||[[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || martin near rapidlasso.com || LASzip for LAS 1.4 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || [[User:jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr@di.uminho.pt || GeoExt 3 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]] || alexander.bruy at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]] || volayaf at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || [[bartvde2|Bart van den Eijnden]] || bartvde at osgis.nl || [[OpenLayers]] || ? || x || x || ? || ? || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || [[User:anitagraser|Anita Graser]] || anitagraser [ät] gmx.at || [[QGIS]] || - || x || x || - || -|| Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 17 ||[[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]]||dmorissette at mapgears.com||MapServer, GDAL/OGR||?||?||x||x||?||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 18 ||[[User:Stranger | Andreas Schmitz]] || hwbllmnn@mailbox.org || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 19 ||[[User:Uli | Uli Rothstein]] || || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 20 ||[[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]]||thomas.bonfort@gmail.com||MapServer||?||?||x||x||?||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 21 ||[[User:Martinl|Martin Landa]] || || [[GRASS GIS]], [[GDAL]], [[QGIS]], [[PyWPS]], GIS.lab || x || x || x || x || x|| Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 22 ||[[User:jachym|Jáchym Čepický]] || jachym.cepicky at gmail || [[PyWPS]], GIS.lab || x || x || x || x || x|| Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 23 ||[[User:Jonaseberle|Jonas Eberle]] || jonas.eberle at gmx.de || [[PyWPS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp/other? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 24 ||[[User:dassau|Otto Dassau]] ||otto at qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || other || yes<br />
|-<br />
| 25 ||[[User:rouault|Even Rouault]]||even.rouault @ spatialys.com||GDAL, MapServer, QGIS||-||x||x||x||-||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 26 ||[[User:grizonnetm|Manuel Grizonnet]]||manuel.grizonnet @ cnes.fr||OTB, OSGeo-Live, QGIS||x||x||x||-||-||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 27 ||[[User:mlennert|Moritz Lennert]]||mlennert at club worldonline be||GRASS GIS||x||x||x||?||?||Other/Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 28 ||Verena Diewald || || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 29 ||Andriy Oblivantsev || || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 30 ||Axel Schaefer || || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || David Patzke || || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || Thekla Wirkus || || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || Charly Toma || || Mapbender || || || || || || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 34 ||[[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]] ||luis de sousa @ protonmail ch || [[PyWPS]] || ? || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 35 ||[[User:ajolma|Ari Jolma]]||ari.jolma @ gmail.com||GDAL, MapServer, QGIS||?||?||x||x||?||Beethoven||<br />
|-<br />
| 36 ||[[User:magicgate|Jakob Miksch]]||jakob.miksch [ät] posteo.eu||QGIS||x||?||?||x||x||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 37 ||[[User:Yjacolin|yjacolin]] ([[User talk:Yjacolin|talk]]) || yves dot jacolin [at] camptocamp.com ||QGIS||x||x||x|| || ||Bonnox||<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || Arnaud Morvan ||arnaud dot morvan @ camptocamp.com||QGIS||x||x||x|| || ||Bonnox||<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || Stéphane Brunner || stephane dot brunner [at] camptocamp.com || QGIS || x || x || x || || || Other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || [[User:asgerskovbopetersen|Asger Skovbo Petersen]] || asger ãt septima.dk || QGIS || - || x || x || - || - || Other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 41 ||[[User:Tudorbarascu|Tudor Bărăscu ]] || tudor dot barascu [at] qtibia.ro || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp? || <br />
|-<br />
| 42 ||[[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello ]] || andrea dot antonello [at] gmail dot com || gvSIG || - || - || x || - || - || other || <br />
|-<br />
| 43 ||[[User:Silli|Silvia Franceschi ]] || silvia dot franceschi [at] gmail dot com || gvSIG || - || - || x || - || - || other || <br />
|-<br />
| 44 || [[User:Guychisholm|Guy Chisholm]] || guy.chisholm at geoplace dot co dot uk || [[GeoServer]], [[OpenLayers]] || x || ? || ? || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || [[User:Remanuele|Rob Emanuele]] || remanuele at azavea dot com || [[GDAL]], [[JTS]], [[Proj4j]], [[GeoTrellis]], [[GeoTools]] || x || x || x || ? || ? || other ||<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || [[User:theduckylittle|Dan Little]] || dan.little at dbspatial dot com || [[GeoMoose]] || - || - || - || x || ? || other || <br />
|-<br />
| 47 || [[User:IvanSanchez|Iván Sánchez Ortega]] || ivan sanchezortega.es || Leaflet || ? || - || - || ? || ? || TODO || <br />
|-<br />
| 48 || [[User:Marcjansen|Marc Jansen]] || jansen [at] terrestris [dot] de || [[OpenLayers]] || x || x || x || x || x || Other || <br />
|-<br />
| 49 || [[User:Thomas Baschetti|Thomas Baschetti]] || || || - || x || x || - || - || other || preferred<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || [[User:JulienSam|Julien-Samuel Lacroix]] || jlacroix at mapgears dot com || [[MapServer]], [[OpenLayers]] || x || x || x || x || - || other || <br />
|-<br />
| 51 || Rasťo Micanik || rastomicanik at gmail dot com || GIS.lab || x || x || x || x || x|| Basecamp || yes <br />
|-<br />
| 52 || [[User:ianturton|Ian Turton]] || ijturton at gmail dot com || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]] || - || - || x || x || x|| Other || No<br />
|- <br />
| 53 || [[User:aaime|Andrea Aime]] || andrea dot aime at gmail dot com || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]] || - || - || - || x || x|| Other || No<br />
|- <br />
| 54 || [[User:connormanning|Connor Manning]] || connor at hobu dot co || Entwine PDAL || - || - || x || x || x|| Other || No<br />
|- <br />
| 55 || [[User:Tulau|Tuure Laurinolli]] || tuure dot laurinolli at vaisala dot com || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]], [[OpenLayers]] || x || x || x || - || - || Other || <br />
|- <br />
| 56 || [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Lärdi]] || tonis.kardi@kemit.ee || || ? || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp || <br />
|- <br />
| 57 || [[User:Maxi71 | Massimiliano Cannata]] || massimiliano dot cannata at supsi dot ch || [[istSOS]] || - || x || - || - || - || Other || <br />
|- <br />
| 58 || [[User:mantonovic | Milan Antonovic]] || milan dot antonovic at supsi dot ch || [[istSOS]] || - || x || - || - || - || Other || <br />
|- <br />
| 59 || Mirko Cardoso || mirko dot cardoso at supsi dot ch || [[istSOS]] || - || x || - || - || - || Other || <br />
|- <br />
| 60 || Patrick Valsecchi || patrick dot valsecchi at camptocamp dot com || QGIS || x || x || x || || || Other ||<br />
|- <br />
| 61 || || || || x || x || x || || || Other ||<br />
|- <br />
| 62 || [[User:Veroandreo | Veronica Andreo]] || veroandreo@gmail.com || GRASS GIS || - || - || - || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || [[User:ksmith | Kevin Smith]] || smithkm at draconic dot ca || [[GeoServer]], [[GeoWebCache]], [[GeoTools]] || late || wkshp || x || x || x || || <br />
|-<br />
| 64 || [[User:Ciupava | Anna Zanchetta]] || ciupava[at]gmail[dot]com || GRASS GIS || - || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || [[User:tbarsballe | Torben Barsballe]] || tbarsballe at boundlessgeo dot com || [[GeoServer]], [[GeoTools]] || - || - || - || x || - || || <br />
|-<br />
| 66 || Jon Moules || || GeoServer, QGIS || - || ? || ? || x || x || Other || Vegan<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || Torsten Friebe || friebe AT lat-lon DOT de || deegree || x || ? || ? || x || x || Other || <br />
|-<br />
| 68 || [[User:Borysiasty | Borys Jurgiel]] || info at borysjurgiel dot pl || QGIS || ? || ? || ? || x || x || tbd || preferred<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett]] || jody.garnett@gmail.com || GeoServer, GeoTools, Incubation, uDig || x || ? || ? || x || x || || No<br />
|}<br />
<br />
= Workgroups =<br />
<br />
== Mapbender ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]<br />
* [[User:Stranger | Andreas Schmitz]]<br />
* [[User:Uli | Uli Rothstein]]<br />
* Axel Schaefer<br />
* David Patzke<br />
* Andriy Oblivantsev<br />
* Verena Diewald<br />
* Charly Toma<br />
* Thekla Wirkus<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
* modularisation<br />
* tests<br />
* documentation<br />
* & more<br />
<br />
== GRASS GIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]<br />
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]<br />
* [[User:Martinl|Martin Landa]]<br />
* [[User:mlennert|Moritz Lennert]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* planning towards GRASS GIS 8<br />
* integrating GSoC results<br />
<br />
== QGIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]]<br />
* [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]]<br />
* [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]]<br />
* [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]]<br />
* [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]]<br />
* [[User:anitagraser|Anita Graser]]<br />
* [[User:dassau|Otto Dassau]]<br />
* [[User:Yjacolin|yjacolin]]<br />
* Arnaud Morvan<br />
* [[User:Tudorbarascu|Tudor Bărăscu]]<br />
* Stéphane Brunner <br />
* Patrick Valsecchi <br />
* [[User:Borysiasty|Borys Jurgiel]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* working on QGIS 3.0<br />
* porting plugins to Python 3<br />
* Working on QWC II<br />
* Working on QGIS Processing framework<br />
* Working on Documentation 2.14/2.16<br />
<br />
== PyWPS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]<br />
* [[User:Jonaseberle|Jonas Eberle]]<br />
* [[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* What is needed for PyWPS-4<br />
* Discuss new steps<br />
* WPS 2.0.0 start<br />
<br />
== GIS.lab ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:martinl|Martin Landa]]<br />
* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]<br />
* Rasťo Mičánik<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* GIS.lab 1.0<br />
* GIS.lab QGIS Plugin<br />
* new generation of GIS.lab Web Client<br />
* WPS Processing<br />
<br />
== OSGeo-Live ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
*[[User: Astrid Emde]] <br />
* [[User:grizonnetm|Manuel Grizonnet]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* next version<br />
* documentation<br />
* translation<br />
<br />
== GeoMoose ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:'''<br />
<br />
* [[User:theduckylittle|Dan "Ducky" Little]]<br />
<br />
''Goals:'''<br />
<br />
* 3.0 release! <br />
<br />
== ORFEO ToolBox ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:'''<br />
<br />
* [[User:grizonnetm|Manuel Grizonnet]]<br />
<br />
''Goals:'''<br />
<br />
* Documentation<br />
* QGIS/OTB compatibility<br />
* Bugs<br />
<br />
== gvSIG ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:'''<br />
<br />
* [[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]]<br />
* [[User:Silli|Silvia Franceschi]]<br />
<br />
''Goals:'''<br />
<br />
* Developer Documentation<br />
* JGrasstools integration<br />
* Geopaparazzi integration<br />
* Bug fixes<br />
<br />
== GeoTools/GeoServer ==<br />
<br />
Focused on Saturday/Sunday activities, seeking collaboration with QGIS project on SLD export story.<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:ianturton|Ian Turton]] <br />
* [[User:aaime|Andrea Aime]] <br />
* [[User:ksmith|Kevin Smith]]<br />
* [[User:jive|Jody Garnett]]<br />
* [[User:tbarsballe|Torben Barsballe]]<br />
* Tyler Battle<br />
* Gabriel Roland<br />
* Jon Moules<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* QGIS SLD Export story<br />
* Bug fixes<br />
* fun!<br />
<br />
== istSOS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Maxi71 | Massimiliano Cannata]]<br />
* [[User:mantonovic | Milan Antonovic]]<br />
* [[User:jive | Jody Garnett]] (Sunday only)<br />
* Mirko Cardoso<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* OSGeo Incubation, what's next?<br />
<br />
== deegree ==<br />
<br />
http://www.deegree.org/<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
*Torsten Friebe <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* Finalize 3.4, bug-fixing, documentation<br />
* improved interface for [http://www.esdi-community.eu/projects/hale HALE]<br />
* prepare official docker image for deegree 3.4 <br />
<br />
[[Category:FOSS4G2016]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Administrative&diff=96996Google Summer of Code 2016 Administrative2016-03-02T18:02:49Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: /* Mentors */</p>
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[[Image:GSoC2016Logo.jpg|500px|link=https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/]] <font size="+3"> @ </font> [[Image:OSGeo_300_127_pixel.png|200px|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]<br />
</center><br />
<br />
* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2016]] @ OSGeo wiki page.<br />
<br />
This is the central page for OSGeo administrative information in Google Summer of Code 2016.<br />
<br />
== Contacts == <br />
<br />
* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] acts as Administrative contact, with support from [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]]. Feel free to email us with any questions, we're here to help mentor the mentors as much as anything else!<br />
<br />
* Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you!<br />
<br />
== Mentors ==<br />
<br />
If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here:<br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#D7E3D1; font-size:95%; empty-cells:show;" <br />
|width=30px|'''Number'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Name'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Surname'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Nickname (IRC)'''<br />
|width=200px|'''email'''<br />
|width=100px|'''Software'''<br />
|'''Project'''<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|Margherita<br />
|Di Leo <br />
|madi<br />
|diregola AT gmail DOT com <br />
|admin at OSGeo<br />
|Administrator of GSoC at OSGeo<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|Alexander<br />
|Bruy <br />
|alexbruy<br />
|alexander.bruy AT gmail.com <br />
|QGIS<br />
|QGIS<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|Victor<br />
|Olaya <br />
|volaya<br />
|volayaf AT gmail DOT com <br />
|QGIS<br />
|QGIS<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== 2016 ==<br />
* OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code Application 2016]] <br />
* [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ Official 2016 GSoC site]<br />
<!--* [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/show/google/gsoc2015/osgeo The 2015 OSGeo home at Melange] --><br />
<br />
== Previous years ==<br />
<br />
* SoC involvement: [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html 2008], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2009/osgeo 2009], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2010/osgeo 2010], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/osgeo 2011], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/osgeo 2012], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/osgeo 2013], [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/osgeo 2015]<br />
<br />
== Learn more ==<br />
<br />
* OSGeo GSoC wiki pages: [[Google Summer of Code 2008|2008]], [[Google Summer of Code 2009|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code 2014|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code 2015|2015]]<br />
<br />
* OSGeo Applications: [[Google SoC Application 2009|2009]], [[Google SoC Application 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2014|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2015|2015]]<br />
<br />
== Guides, FAQ and mentors information ==<br />
<br />
=== GSoC general information ===<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline The official timeline]<br />
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/ Google's FAQ on the program]<br />
<br />
== A Mentor's Responsibilities ==<br />
<br />
Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find :). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support.<br />
<br />
Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your programming team and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge.<br />
<br />
You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''midterm and final evaluation period'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates.<br />
<br />
=== Guides for mentors ===<br />
* [http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors.<br />
* [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO]<br />
* [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis]<br />
<br />
<!-- <br />
== How to register as a mentor ==<br />
<br />
''Please apply to become a mentor today!''<br />
<br />
=== Before starting ===<br />
<br />
Before starting the procedure, be sure that you know what you are committing for: read the [http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ mentoring guide], and ask previous years' mentors about their experience. Mentoring is often quite demanding in terms of time and energies, especially if you didn't work with the student before. If you are aware of that, proceed with the registration.<br />
<br />
=== Procedure ===<br />
<br />
* Sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc '''OSGeo SoC mailing list'''].<br />
* Introduce yourself on soc@lists.osgeo.org, mentioning the project you want to/can mentor for, the area(s) of interest, more about yourself, etc.<br />
* If you don't have a '''linkID''' from past years, register yourself [http://www.google-melange.com/ at the Melange site] to obtain it.<br />
* '''Apply to become a mentor in Melange''': <br />
:Go to [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 Melange homepage]. At the bottom of the page go to where it says "Mentors & Administrators Registration with participating organizations is now open." and if you had registered as a mentor last year(s) login with your old user ID (aka "link_id"), or register as a new mentor. Click the appropriate button and follow the procedure to create the profile, or update your existing one.<br />
:As the box on the profile page tells you that profile is saved, follow the link "Start connection". Pick up OSGeo from the list of accepted organisations, or follow this [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/connection/pick/google/gsoc2015 link] to the accepted organisations. Select OSGeo: you will be redirected to the mentor connection form.<br />
:Fill up the request form '''indicating in the message for GSoC admins''': <br />
#your '''name''' and '''surname''';<br />
#your '''project'''; <br />
#the name of the '''idea(s)''' you are mentoring;<br />
#an '''email''' address (Google account) that you wish to use with communication with the mentoring organization. Such data will be kept private and only handled by GSoC admins. <br />
#A plus is a '''link''' to a mail on public mailing lists, that show that communication with the prospective student has started.<br />
* Wait for administrator's approval. Mentors will be approved after students' application period opens. Until approval, your dashboard will be empty.<br />
* Once you've been accepted, you can go to your dashboard (link on left sidebar) and browse the list of student applications.<br />
* Accepted mentors will be invited to the [https://groups.google.com/group/osgeo-gsoc-mentors?hl=en osgeo-gsoc-mentors] mailing list.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': "Google will provide a total stipend of 6000 USD per accepted student developer, of which 5500 USD goes to the student and 500 USD goes to the mentoring organization." As previous years, OSGeo will use these money to fund community projects, such as code sprints and other initiatives.<br />
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mentor'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Project'''<br />
|-<br />
| --||GDAL<br />
|-<br />
| --||GeoServer<br />
|-<br />
| --||GRASS<br />
|-<br />
| --||gvSIG<br />
|-<br />
| --||[http://www.spatialytics.org Spatialytics]<br />
|-<br />
| --||Mapbender<br />
|-<br />
| --||Mapserver<br />
|-<br />
| --||OpenJUMP/deegree<br />
|-<br />
| --||[[OpenRouter]]<br />
|-<br />
| --||OSSIM<br />
|-<br />
| --||QGIS<br />
|-<br />
| --||uDig<br />
|-<br />
| [mailto:bontepaarden@gmail.com Paul Meems]<br>[mailto:amesdani@isu.edu Dan Ames]||[http://www.mapwindow.org/wiki/index.php/Google_Summer_of_Code MapWindow GIS]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Google SoC Project Milestones 2012]] - todo<br />
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= Project Pages =<br />
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--><br />
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[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint&diff=96347FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint2016-02-04T16:36:29Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: /* QGIS */</p>
<hr />
<div>== CodeSprint ==<br />
<br />
Venue: Bonn, Germany<br />
<br />
This year, once again, we are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.<br />
Unfortunately, circumstances have forced us to divide the codesprint timetable-wise.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp5.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp6.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp7.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp1.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
'''The first part''' is scheduled to take place directly before the conference, the second immediately after. The first two and a half days start on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at around noon and are scheduled to end on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 (open end). The '''second part''' starts in the morning of Saturday, August 27, 2016 and ends on Sunday at 12 pm.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp2.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp3.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
We are happy to have found a really '''awesome location''' for you. Codesprint and accommodations are combined in one hall. Check out http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/ for details about the venue.<br />
Working zones will be created for you in the breakfast area and hallways. There’s the option of finding relatively inexpensive sleeping accommodations in train sleeping cars, camping buses, classic cars and more. Additionally, an outdoor area is available for you to enjoy Bonn’s summer weather in August, while working. Healthy and not-so-healthy catering of drinks and snacks will be provided by us. Participation in codesprint is free of charge. However, overnight stays will have to be reserved and paid for by you.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp4.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
Another hint: the BaseCamp is within '''walking distance from the conference venue''' (WCCB) and has good access to public transportation – the Icebreaker takes place here, too.<br />
You see, it’s worthwhile booking here!<br />
<br />
As the accommodations are available to all FOSS4G participants, we will make an effort to make advance booking possible for you a few days ahead, to ensure you have the opportunity to sleep on-site and wrap up the evenings jointly. For that, it’s necessary for you to sign up (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint) and leave your email address so that we can contact you immediately accomodation booking is available. We need your sign-up for the planning of snacks and drinks, too!<br />
<br />
This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects. There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is also important for project so everyone is cordially invited to attend the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite for participation in codesprint.<br />
<br />
One thing we’d like to ask you: with an approx. 120 participants anticipated, the WLAN capacity will naturally be exhausted at some point. Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this could impact the work of others. Thank you!<br />
<br />
The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!<br />
<br />
'''In summary:'''<br />
<br />
'''When:''' <br />
* Part I: Sun 2016-08-21 12:00 noon - Tue 2016-08-23 (open end)<br />
* Part II: Sat 2016-08-27 - Sun 2016-08-28 12:00 noon<br />
<br />
'''Where:'''<br />
* Venue & Accommodation: BaseCamp. (For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/)<br />
* Nearby Hotel: Bonnox (http://www.bonnox.de/en/)<br />
<br />
'''Questions/Comments/Ideas'''<br />
<br />
* If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know. Send an email to codesprint@foss4g2016.org. You are welcome!<br />
<br />
== Registered Attendees ==<br />
<br />
The Code Sprint does not cost any money. For us it makes planning easier if we know who is coming. So please leave your Name and mark the days you will come.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!width="30"|No<br />
!width="250"|Name<br />
!width="250"|Email<br />
!width="250"|Projects<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="30"|mon<br />
!width="30"|tue<br />
!width="30"|sat<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="60"|Accomodation<br />
!width="30"|vegetarian food<br />
|-<br />
| 1 ||[[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || [[Mapbender]] & Organization || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 2 ||[[User:rcoup|Rob Coup]] || robert@coup.net.nz || [[GDAL]], [[GeoServer]] || ? || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 ||[[User:alfonx|Stefan Tzeggai]] || tzeggai@wikisquare.de || || - || - || x || x || - || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 ||[[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || neteler@osgeo.org || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 5 ||[[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || cavallini@faunalia.it || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp? || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || pka [ät] sourcepole.ch || [[QGIS]], [[GDAL]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 7 ||[[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || andreas [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 8 ||[[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || tim [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp || yes<br />
|-<br />
| 9 ||[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge @ gmail.com || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 10 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]]||stephan [ät] meissl.name||MapServer, EOxServer||?||?||x||-||-||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 11 ||[[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || martin near rapidlasso.com || LASzip for LAS 1.4 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 12 ||[[3nids|Denis Rouzaud]] || denis.rouzaud@gmail.com || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || [[User:jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr@di.uminho.pt || GeoExt 3 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]] || alexander.bruy at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]] || volayaf at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
| n ||Copy this line and add your details || || your projects || || || || || || Basecamp/other ||<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
= Workgroups =<br />
<br />
== Mapbender ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Astrid Emde]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* documentation<br />
<br />
== GRASS GIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]<br />
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* planning towards GRASS GIS 8<br />
<br />
== QGIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]]<br />
* [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]]<br />
* [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]]<br />
* [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]]<br />
* [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* working on QGIS 3.0<br />
* porting plugins to Python 3<br />
* Working on QWC II<br />
* Working on QGIS Processing framework<br />
<br />
== Project-name ==<br />
<br />
To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below for your project.<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
*user <br />
*user<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
*your goals<br />
<br />
[[Category:FOSS4G2016]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint&diff=96346FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint2016-02-04T16:35:54Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: /* QGIS */</p>
<hr />
<div>== CodeSprint ==<br />
<br />
Venue: Bonn, Germany<br />
<br />
This year, once again, we are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.<br />
Unfortunately, circumstances have forced us to divide the codesprint timetable-wise.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp5.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp6.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp7.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp1.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
'''The first part''' is scheduled to take place directly before the conference, the second immediately after. The first two and a half days start on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at around noon and are scheduled to end on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 (open end). The '''second part''' starts in the morning of Saturday, August 27, 2016 and ends on Sunday at 12 pm.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp2.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp3.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
We are happy to have found a really '''awesome location''' for you. Codesprint and accommodations are combined in one hall. Check out http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/ for details about the venue.<br />
Working zones will be created for you in the breakfast area and hallways. There’s the option of finding relatively inexpensive sleeping accommodations in train sleeping cars, camping buses, classic cars and more. Additionally, an outdoor area is available for you to enjoy Bonn’s summer weather in August, while working. Healthy and not-so-healthy catering of drinks and snacks will be provided by us. Participation in codesprint is free of charge. However, overnight stays will have to be reserved and paid for by you.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp4.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
Another hint: the BaseCamp is within '''walking distance from the conference venue''' (WCCB) and has good access to public transportation – the Icebreaker takes place here, too.<br />
You see, it’s worthwhile booking here!<br />
<br />
As the accommodations are available to all FOSS4G participants, we will make an effort to make advance booking possible for you a few days ahead, to ensure you have the opportunity to sleep on-site and wrap up the evenings jointly. For that, it’s necessary for you to sign up (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint) and leave your email address so that we can contact you immediately accomodation booking is available. We need your sign-up for the planning of snacks and drinks, too!<br />
<br />
This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects. There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is also important for project so everyone is cordially invited to attend the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite for participation in codesprint.<br />
<br />
One thing we’d like to ask you: with an approx. 120 participants anticipated, the WLAN capacity will naturally be exhausted at some point. Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this could impact the work of others. Thank you!<br />
<br />
The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!<br />
<br />
'''In summary:'''<br />
<br />
'''When:''' <br />
* Part I: Sun 2016-08-21 12:00 noon - Tue 2016-08-23 (open end)<br />
* Part II: Sat 2016-08-27 - Sun 2016-08-28 12:00 noon<br />
<br />
'''Where:'''<br />
* Venue & Accommodation: BaseCamp. (For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/)<br />
* Nearby Hotel: Bonnox (http://www.bonnox.de/en/)<br />
<br />
'''Questions/Comments/Ideas'''<br />
<br />
* If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know. Send an email to codesprint@foss4g2016.org. You are welcome!<br />
<br />
== Registered Attendees ==<br />
<br />
The Code Sprint does not cost any money. For us it makes planning easier if we know who is coming. So please leave your Name and mark the days you will come.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!width="30"|No<br />
!width="250"|Name<br />
!width="250"|Email<br />
!width="250"|Projects<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="30"|mon<br />
!width="30"|tue<br />
!width="30"|sat<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="60"|Accomodation<br />
!width="30"|vegetarian food<br />
|-<br />
| 1 ||[[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || [[Mapbender]] & Organization || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 2 ||[[User:rcoup|Rob Coup]] || robert@coup.net.nz || [[GDAL]], [[GeoServer]] || ? || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 ||[[User:alfonx|Stefan Tzeggai]] || tzeggai@wikisquare.de || || - || - || x || x || - || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 ||[[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || neteler@osgeo.org || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 5 ||[[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || cavallini@faunalia.it || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp? || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || pka [ät] sourcepole.ch || [[QGIS]], [[GDAL]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 7 ||[[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || andreas [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 8 ||[[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || tim [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp || yes<br />
|-<br />
| 9 ||[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge @ gmail.com || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 10 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]]||stephan [ät] meissl.name||MapServer, EOxServer||?||?||x||-||-||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 11 ||[[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || martin near rapidlasso.com || LASzip for LAS 1.4 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 12 ||[[3nids|Denis Rouzaud]] || denis.rouzaud@gmail.com || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || [[User:jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr@di.uminho.pt || GeoExt 3 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]] || alexander.bruy at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]] || volayaf at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
| n ||Copy this line and add your details || || your projects || || || || || || Basecamp/other ||<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
= Workgroups =<br />
<br />
== Mapbender ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Astrid Emde]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* documentation<br />
<br />
== GRASS GIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]<br />
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* planning towards GRASS GIS 8<br />
<br />
== QGIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]]<br />
* [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]]<br />
* [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]]<br />
* [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]]<br />
* [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* working on QGIS 3.0<br />
* porting plugins to Python 3<br />
* Working on QWC II<br />
<br />
== Project-name ==<br />
<br />
To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below for your project.<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
*user <br />
*user<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
*your goals<br />
<br />
[[Category:FOSS4G2016]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint&diff=96344FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint2016-02-04T13:31:51Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: </p>
<hr />
<div>== CodeSprint ==<br />
<br />
Venue: Bonn, Germany<br />
<br />
This year, once again, we are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.<br />
Unfortunately, circumstances have forced us to divide the codesprint timetable-wise.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp5.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp6.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp7.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp1.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
'''The first part''' is scheduled to take place directly before the conference, the second immediately after. The first two and a half days start on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at around noon and are scheduled to end on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 (open end). The '''second part''' starts in the morning of Saturday, August 27, 2016 and ends on Sunday at 12 pm.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp2.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:Basecamp3.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
We are happy to have found a really '''awesome location''' for you. Codesprint and accommodations are combined in one hall. Check out http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/ for details about the venue.<br />
Working zones will be created for you in the breakfast area and hallways. There’s the option of finding relatively inexpensive sleeping accommodations in train sleeping cars, camping buses, classic cars and more. Additionally, an outdoor area is available for you to enjoy Bonn’s summer weather in August, while working. Healthy and not-so-healthy catering of drinks and snacks will be provided by us. Participation in codesprint is free of charge. However, overnight stays will have to be reserved and paid for by you.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Basecamp4.png|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
<br />
Another hint: the BaseCamp is within '''walking distance from the conference venue''' (WCCB) and has good access to public transportation – the Icebreaker takes place here, too.<br />
You see, it’s worthwhile booking here!<br />
<br />
As the accommodations are available to all FOSS4G participants, we will make an effort to make advance booking possible for you a few days ahead, to ensure you have the opportunity to sleep on-site and wrap up the evenings jointly. For that, it’s necessary for you to sign up (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint) and leave your email address so that we can contact you immediately accomodation booking is available. We need your sign-up for the planning of snacks and drinks, too!<br />
<br />
This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects. There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is also important for project so everyone is cordially invited to attend the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite for participation in codesprint.<br />
<br />
One thing we’d like to ask you: with an approx. 120 participants anticipated, the WLAN capacity will naturally be exhausted at some point. Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this could impact the work of others. Thank you!<br />
<br />
The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!<br />
<br />
'''In summary:'''<br />
<br />
'''When:''' <br />
* Part I: Sun 2016-08-21 12:00 noon - Tue 2016-08-23 (open end)<br />
* Part II: Sat 2016-08-27 - Sun 2016-08-28 12:00 noon<br />
<br />
'''Where:'''<br />
* Venue & Accommodation: BaseCamp. (For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/)<br />
* Nearby Hotel: Bonnox (http://www.bonnox.de/en/)<br />
<br />
'''Questions/Comments/Ideas'''<br />
<br />
* If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know. Send an email to codesprint@foss4g2016.org. You are welcome!<br />
<br />
== Registered Attendees ==<br />
<br />
The Code Sprint does not cost any money. For us it makes planning easier if we know who is coming. So please leave your Name and mark the days you will come.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!width="30"|No<br />
!width="250"|Name<br />
!width="250"|Email<br />
!width="250"|Projects<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="30"|mon<br />
!width="30"|tue<br />
!width="30"|sat<br />
!width="30"|sun<br />
!width="60"|Accomodation<br />
!width="30"|vegetarian food<br />
|-<br />
| 1 ||[[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || [[Mapbender]] & Organization || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 2 ||[[User:rcoup|Rob Coup]] || robert@coup.net.nz || [[GDAL]], [[GeoServer]] || ? || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 ||[[User:alfonx|Stefan Tzeggai]] || tzeggai@wikisquare.de || || - || - || x || x || - || Basecamp? ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 ||[[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || neteler@osgeo.org || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || other || x<br />
|-<br />
| 5 ||[[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || cavallini@faunalia.it || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp? || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || pka [ät] sourcepole.ch || [[QGIS]], [[GDAL]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 7 ||[[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || andreas [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 8 ||[[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || tim [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp || yes<br />
|-<br />
| 9 ||[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge @ gmail.com || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp || <br />
|-<br />
| 10 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]]||stephan [ät] meissl.name||MapServer, EOxServer||?||?||x||-||-||Basecamp||<br />
|-<br />
| 11 ||[[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || martin near rapidlasso.com || LASzip for LAS 1.4 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 12 ||[[3nids|Denis Rouzaud]] || denis.rouzaud@gmail.com || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || [[User:jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr@di.uminho.pt || GeoExt 3 || || || || || || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]] || alexander.bruy at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]] || volayaf at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
| n ||Copy this line and add your details || || your projects || || || || || || Basecamp/other ||<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
= Workgroups =<br />
<br />
== Mapbender ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Astrid Emde]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* documentation<br />
<br />
== GRASS GIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]<br />
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* planning towards GRASS GIS 8<br />
<br />
== QGIS ==<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
* [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]]<br />
* [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]]<br />
* [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]]<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
* working on QGIS 3.0<br />
* porting plugins to Python 3<br />
* Working on QWC II<br />
<br />
== Project-name ==<br />
<br />
To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below for your project.<br />
<br />
'''Attending:''' <br />
<br />
*user <br />
*user<br />
<br />
'''Goals:''' <br />
<br />
*your goals<br />
<br />
[[Category:FOSS4G2016]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alexbruy&diff=86733User:Alexbruy2015-09-21T11:56:36Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: </p>
<hr />
<div>===Alexander Bruy===<br />
<br />
[[File:alexbruy-profile-pic.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Alexander Bruy]]<br />
<br />
GIS developer, tester and teacher<br />
<br />
Location: Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine<br />
<br />
Alexander is a microelectronics engineer who got interested in GIS and open source programming during university. He started with OSGeo4W and QGIS, first met the OSGeo community by helping on translation. Then he became QGIS contributor, later — core developer and translation team lead. Is a GFOSS enthusiast and a active member of both the international and Ukrainian OSGeo communities, in particular the QGIS one.<br />
<br />
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<br />
:<br />
:* OSGeo Charter Member (2014)<br />
:* QGIS core developer<br />
:* QGIS plugins developer<br />
:* QGIS GUI/Website/Documentation translation team lead (Ukrainian)<br />
:* OSGeo4W installer translator and package maintainer<br />
:* GDAL tester and contributor<br />
:* Co-founder of Ukrainian QGIS User Group<br />
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<br />
;Contact:<br />
: Email: alexander DOT bruy AT gmail DOT com<br />
: IRC: alexbruy on freenode (#qgis, #gdal, ...) <br />
<br />
;Spoken Language(s): English, Ukrainian, Russian<br />
<br />
;Profile last updated: 21 September 2015<br />
<br />
[[Category:OSGeo Member]]<br />
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alexbruy&diff=86731User:Alexbruy2015-09-21T11:54:28Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: </p>
<hr />
<div>===Alexander Bruy===<br />
<br />
[[File:alexbruy-profile-pic.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Alexander Bruy]]<br />
<br />
GIS developer, tester and teacher<br />
<br />
Location: Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine<br />
<br />
Alexander is a microelectronics engineer who got interested in GIS and open source programming during university. He started with OSGeo4W and QGIS, first met the OSGeo community by helping on translation. Then he became QGIS contributor, later — core developer and translation team lead. Is a GFOSS enthusiast and a active member of both the international and Ukrainian OSGeo communities, in particular the QGIS one.<br />
<br />
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:* OSGeo Charter Member (2014)<br />
:* QGIS core developer<br />
:* QGIS plugins developer<br />
:* QGIS GUI/Website/Documentation translation team lead (Ukrainian)<br />
:* OSGeo4W installer translator and package maintainer<br />
:* GDAL tester and contributor<br />
:* Co-founder of Ukrainian QGIS User Group<br />
:* Co-founder of ICA-OSGeo Lab in Ukraine (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)<br />
:* OSGeo Google Summer of Code mentor in 2012 - 2015 (QGIS project)<br />
<br />
;Contact:<br />
: Email: alexander DOT bruy AT gmail DOT com<br />
: IRC: alexbruy on freenode (#qgis, #gdal, ...) <br />
<br />
;Spoken Language(s): English, Ukrainian, Russian<br />
<br />
;Profile last updated: 21 September 2015<br />
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[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]<br />
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[[Category: Ukraine]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alexbruy&diff=86730User:Alexbruy2015-09-21T11:53:45Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: </p>
<hr />
<div>===Alexander Bruy===<br />
<br />
[[File:alexbruy-profile-pic.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Alexander Bruy]]<br />
<br />
GIS developer, tester and teacher<br />
<br />
Location: Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine<br />
<br />
Alexander is a microelectronics engineer who got interested in GIS and open source programming during university. He started with OSGeo4W and QGIS, first met the OSGeo community by helping on translation. Then he became QGIS contributor, later — core developer and translation team lead. Is a GFOSS enthusiast and a active member of both the international and Ukrainian OSGeo communities, in particular the QGIS one.<br />
<br />
<!--Optionally finish with a reference to a web page where people can find more information about yourself, Eg: a more comprehensive OSGeo wiki page, or a resume, or a LinkedIn profile, etc. [http://url.to.your.resume.html ...more.]--><br />
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<div>== Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board of Directors ==<br />
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The Board of the [http://osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the geospatial community at large. The letter highlights concerns about the need for standards in LiDAR data formats, from many people within the OSGeo community. Although specific organizations are named in the letter, the OSGeo Board of Directors would like to focus on the general importance of standards in the industry, and learn from this example so we can make geospatial information easily accessible to all users. As always, if there is anything that the OSGeo Board can do to help, then please let us know.<br />
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Signed: <br />
* Jeff McKenna (OSGeo President), Michael Smith (OSGeo Treasurer), Jáchym Čepický (OSGeo Secretary), Massimiliano Cannata, Vasile Craciunescu, Bart van den Eijnden, Gérald Fenoy, Anne Ghisla, Jorge Sanz<br />
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=Open Letter of the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR=<br />
April 2015.<br />
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We, the undersigned, are concerned that the current interoperability between LiDAR applications, through use of the open "LAS" format, is being threatened by ESRI's introduction and promotion of an alternative "Optimized LAS" '''''proprietary format.''''' This is of grave concern given that fragmentation of the LAS format will reduce interoperability between applications and organisations, and introduce vendor lock-in.<br />
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We request that:<br />
# The OGC initiate the formalisation of an open standard for storing LiDAR data, and that OGC sponsors help prioritise the development of this open LiDAR standard.<br />
# ESRI support the OGC in their [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/vision mission] "to advance the development and use of international standards and supporting services that promote geospatial interoperability." In particular, ESRI joins with the OGC in consolidating an Open Standard for use of LiDAR data. This might include proposing ESRI's "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard to remove any technical or legal hurdles in use of "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard. A simple test to determine if "Optimized LAS" can be used as an Open Standard would be if "Optimized LAS" can legally be implemented by Open Source software such as libLAS or LASlib.<br />
# Users and sponsors of LiDAR data, publicly state their preference for the use of an open LiDAR format over proprietary when selecting software and services.<br />
# The custodians of the open LAS format [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)], who are part of [http://www.asprs.org/ American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)], request the term "LAS" not to be included in the name of a proprietary format, as it makes such a proprietary format appear to be an approved derivative of LAS.<br />
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=Signed=<br />
Name, Affiliation(s), Optional comment on interest in Open LiDAR format<br />
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# Suchith Anand, Geo for All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy.<br />
# Martin Isenburg, founder of [http://rapidlasso.com rapidlasso GmbH] and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools], and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves].<br />
# Cameron Shorter, GeoSpatial Director at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft]. Core contributor and coordinator of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]. Contributor to numerous OGC testbeds, technical lead on a range of previous Australian and New Zealand Open Government initiatives.<br />
# Stefan Keller, founder and director of [http://www.hsr.ch/geometalab Geometa Lab]; Professor in GIS, databases, open (government) data and interoperability; maintainer of GeoConverter; contributor to open source software (GDAL/OGR, QGIS).<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/phogan Patrick Hogan], [http://goworldwind.org/ NASA World Wind] Project Manager, committed to the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure principles, one being "to make geographic data more accessible to the public" [http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html NSDI]. Open standards are essential for this.<br />
# Lene Fischer, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. User of Open and free Data from The Danish Geodata Agency - Using LAZ and LAS http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/dhmpunktsky.<br />
# [http://www.ege-como.polimi.it/index.php?content=maria_brovelli Maria Antonia Brovelli], Full Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it/en/university/ Politecnico di Milano]. Geo For All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy and to Open Principles in Research.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronfortunato Ron Fortunato], President of [http://www.trilliumlearning.com/AmericaBridge/ Trillium Learning] LLC. Committed to open data standards that are necessary for education and all levels of communication.<br />
# [http://www.geodatawiz.com/armin-schmidt Armin Schmidt], Chief Developer at [http://www.GeodataWIZ.com GeodataWIZ Ltd] and Chairman of [http://www.archprospection.org ISAP], committed to better science through Open Data.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/gconti Giuseppe Conti], CTO Trilogis Srl, Italy. Committed to open data standards that maximize opportunity for innovative solutions, unencumbered by artificial obstacles to data exchange.<br />
# [http://pt.linkedin.com/pub/jorge-rocha/1b/560/499 Jorge Gustavo Rocha], Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Minho, Portugal, committed to better science through [http://www.gistam.org/EventChairs.aspx?y=2016 Open Data].<br />
# [http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~miller/ Jim Miller], University of Kansas, Professor, Computer Science. Open standards for data exchange are essential for education and research.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brandt-melick/22/869/261 Brandt Melick], Information Technology Department Director, Springfield Oregon USA. The need to promote open solutions is paramount.<br />
# Alex Paza Makini, National University Solomon Islands, Natural Resources and Applied Science. Committed to open data standards for education and research, and everything beyond.<br />
# Jorg M. Hacker, Professor, Director/Chief Scientist of [http://www.airborneresearchaustralia.com Airborne Research Australia], Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Open formats have always been a great benefit to airborne LiDAR.<br />
# Didier Richard, Head of IS Training Dept. in Education and Research Directorate of [http://www.ign.fr Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière], France. OGC user, Contributor to OSGeO projects like GDAL.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/adryane-gorayeb/74/517/96a Adryane Gorayeb], [http://www.ufc.br/ Federal University of Ceará Brazil], Geography Department. Open standards for data exchange are essential for education and research.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/yuryryabov Yury Ryabov], PhD, Senior researcher at [http://www.istc.ru/istc/db/inst.nsf/wsu/i0001823 Russian Scientific-Research Centre for Ecological Safety], [http://www.interacademies.net/Academies/ByRegion/CentralEasternEurope/13383.aspx Russian Academy of Sciences], Saint Petersburg, Russia. Open data formats are essential for successful and reproducible scientific research.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/teresa-lamelas-gracia/40/4a7/20b María Teresa Lamelas], [http://cud.unizar.es/ Centro Universitario de la Defensa Zaragoza], [http://geoforest.unizar.es/es/index.php GeoForest-IUCA]. Committed to open data standards for education and research.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidherries David Herries], [http://www.interpine.co.nz/SitePages/Home.aspx Using LiDAR for forest yield modelling at Interpine Innovation]. Establishing open data standards provide scope for exponential growth in innovation. This is key to a rapidly developing technology like LiDAR.<br />
# [[User:Ivansanchez|Iván Sánchez Ortega]], [http://www.mazemap.no Mazemap]. OSGeo Charter member and Open Data nerd.<br />
# [[User:AnitaGraser|Anita Graser]], GIS specialist with AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, OSGeo Charter member and QGIS team member. Committed to open data standards for education and research.<br />
# [[User:vehrka|Pedro-Juan Ferrer]], [http://www.geomaticblog.net Geomaticblog]. OSGeo Charter member and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karl-donert/3/160/571 Professor Karl Donert], President European Association of Geographers (http://www.eurogeo.nl/ EUROGEO)<br />
# Drew Fenton, Boulder Creek, CA [http://www.savetheredwoods.org/redwoods/coast-redwoods/ Countdown to the Last Coast Redwood]. Please protect Open Standards for geospatial data!<br />
# [[User:Bolosig|Wladimir Szczerban]], [http://www.geoinquiets.cat Geoinquiets] Geogeek & OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain<br />
# [http://vmx.cx Volker Mische], OSGeo Charter member and creator of GeoCouch<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/clquintanilla Carlos López Quintanilla], [http://www.psig.es PSIG] [http://www.geoinquiets.cat Geoinquiets] GIS consultant, Spain<br />
# [[User:woodbri|Stephen Woodbridge]], [http://imaptools.com iMaptools], OSGeo Charter member.<br />
# [[User:odoepner|Oliver Doepner]], [http://oliver.doepner.net doepner.net], Software Engineer (Java,Linux), Open Standards and Open Source advocate<br />
# [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], [http://gis.cri.fmach.it Fondazione Edmund Mach], OSGeo Charter member, FOSS4G and Open Data developer, advocate, contributor and user.<br />
# Antoine Cottin, CTO of [http://www.carbomap.com Carbomap Ltd.] and creator of [http://github.com/carbomap/Fleurdelas Fleurdelas], Edinburgh, United Kingdom.<br />
# [http://strk.keybit.net Sandro Santilli], [http://strk.keybit.net/services.html NetLab], Free Software Hacker. There are already too many users slave to their tools, let's stop that!<br />
# [http://www.itopen.it Alessandro Pasotti], [http://www.itopen.it ItOpen], GIS Free Software Developer.<br />
# [http://www.roccatello.com Eduard Roccatello], [http://www.3dgis.it 3DGIS], 3DGIS CTO and co-Founder<br />
# [[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]], [http://www.hydrologis.com HydroloGIS], OSGeo Charter member, Open Source GIS developer, HydroloGIS co-founder.<br />
# [http://www.associazionegfoss.it Stefano Campus], President of [http://www.associazionegfoss.it GFOSS.it] Association (Associazione Italiana per l'Informazione Geografica Libera), Italian Local Chapter of OSGeo Foundation.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Madi Margherita Di Leo], OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Sacosta Sergio Acosta y Lara], OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maximdubinin Maxim Dubinin], CEO at NextGIS, OSGeo Charter Member. Another 'standard' proprietary format? No, thank you.<br />
# [[User:Steko|Stefano Costa]], Soprintendenza Archeologia della Liguria, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo, Italy<br />
# [http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/jgrn Jonathan Greenberg], Assistant Professor, [http://publish.illinois.edu/jgrn/ GEARS Laboratory], Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bob-basques/14/8B2/537 Bob Basques], Saint Paul, Mn., Technical Director for SharedGeo.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maning Maning Sambale], OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Pcav Paolo Cavallini], QGIS PSC<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dr Phillip Davis], Member OSGeo Geo For All education advisory board, Director @ GeoAcademy<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon], Researcher and software developer, OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruslanrainis Ruslan Rainis], Professor, Director, [http://www.research.usm.my/default.asp?tag=36 Centre for Research Initiatives in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences](CRI-LASS). Open GeoInformation for a Sustainable Tomorrow and the Bottom Billions.<br />
# [[User:Silli|Silvia Franceschi]], [http://www.hydrologis.com HydroloGIS], OSGeo Charter member, Environmental Engineer Open Source GIS power user, HydroloGIS co-founder.<br />
# Oscar Martinez Rubi [http://esciencecenter.nl Netherlands eScience Center] eScience engineer.<br />
# Werner Macho, QGIS team member. Committed to open data standards for education and research.<br />
# Giuseppe Patti, Geologist and Freelance Geospatial Advisor, GFOSS supporter.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Drappo Daniel Rappo], Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, School of Business and Engineering Vaud.<br />
# [[User:nachouve|Juan Ignacio Varela]], Freelance Geospatial Advisor and OSGeo Local Chapter Member.<br />
# [[User:dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]], President at [http://mapgears.com Mapgears], OSGeo Charter member.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/raulnanclares Raul Nanclares], RS&GIS Specialist<br />
# [http://www.ing.unitn.it/dica/hp/index_eng.php?user=rigon Riccardo Rigon], Professor at University of Trento (Italy)<br />
# [[User:Siki| Zoltan Siki]] Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), OSGeo Charter member.<br />
# [http://lefsky.org Michael Lefsky], Professor of Remote Sensing Science, Colorado State University and Director, Center for Ecological Applications of Lidar.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lucas-c-villa-real/7/a0b/b06 Lucas Villa Real], Research software engineer at IBM Research - Brazil.<br />
# [http://terraremote.com Loren Dawe], GIS Manager at Terra Remote Sensing Inc. Lidar Supplier and Open Standards Advocate<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Warmerda Frank Warmerdam], Software Developer, OSGeo Charter member<br />
# [http://ch.linkedin.com/pub/jens-ingensand/0/836/6b0 Jens Ingensand], Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, [http://www.heig-vd.ch/international School of Business and Engineering Vaud].<br />
# [http://nsidc.org/research/bios/khalsa.html Siri Jodha Khalsa], Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, [http://cires.colorado.edu/ Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences], University of Colorado, Boulder, USA<br />
# [http://gis.uster.ch/ Andreas Neumann], GIS manager, City of Uster, Kanton Zurich, Switzerland<br />
# [http://www.iwmi.org/ Yann Chemin], Researcher - Remote Sensing, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/etiennebracine Etienne B. Racine], Geomatics and remote sensing project manager, WSP, Canada<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alejandro-hinojosa/7/33b/342 Alejandro Hinojosa], [http://cicese.mx CICESE Research Center], Earth Sciences Division, GIS & Remote Sensing Lab, Ensenada, Mexico<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:epifanio Massimo Di Stefano], OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno Rafael Moreno], University of Colorado Denver, [http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/CLAS/Departments/ges/Pages/Geography.aspx Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences]. Openness is fundamental to progress.<br />
# Peter Drexel, GIS manager, [http://www.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/bauen_wohnen/bauen/vermessung_geoinformation/start.htm State of Vorarlberg (State Survey Office)], Austria<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marco-minghini/a8/3b6/198 Marco Minghini], Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano]. Committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Research.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/candan-eyl%C3%BCl-kilsedar/65/380/976 Candan Eylül Kilsedar], WebGIS Developer, Research Fellow at [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano]. <br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:AlastairMcKinstry Alastair McKinstry], Debian Linux meteorology/GIS developer, Ireland<br />
# [http://people.unibo.it/it/elena.mezzini2 Elena Mezzini], Remote-sensing in forest ecology, Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=43566064 Mihai A. Tanase], Honorary fellow, Dept. of Forest and Ecosystem Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dave-murray/10/742/3a2 Dave Murray], GIS Coordinator at [http://www.ci.westminster.co.us/ City of Westminster]<br />
# Ayesa Martínez Serrano, Estudiante de Doctorado en [http://www.ciga.unam.mx/ Geografía del Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental de la UNAM-México]<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-crosby/15/b7/114 Christopher Crosby], co-founder, [http://www.opentopography.org/ OpenTopography]<br />
# [http://sg.linkedin.com/in/sgganesh Shanmugam Ganeshkumar], Vice President - Consulting, [http://www.geoicon.com GeoICON]<br />
# [[User:Chaitanya|Chaitanya Kumar CH]], GIS Developer with [http://www.egis-geoplan.com/ Egis Geoplan - India] and OSGeo Charter member.<br />
# KS Rajan, Associate Professor and Head, [http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/ Lab for Spatial Informatics, IIIT Hyderabad] and Chairman, [http://www.kaiinos.com/ KAIINOS Geospatial Technologies]; Promoter and Supported of Open Source, Open Data, Open Standards and e-Governance in India<br />
# Pericles Nacionales, RS/GIS Specialist and OSGeo Charter member.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilecraciunescu Vasile Crăciunescu], Researcher at Romanian National Meteorological Administration and OSGeo Board member.<br />
# [http://geo.tuwien.ac.at/staff/andreas-roncat/ Andreas Roncat] PostDoc Researcher, Research Groups Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, [http://www.geo.tuwien.ac.at/ Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation], Vienna University of Technology, Austria. In full agreement with [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maximdubinin Maxim Dubinin]: Another 'standard' proprietary format? No, thank you.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:remanuele Rob Emanuele], Software Developer, Azavea Inc.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/iliecodrinamaria Codrina Ilie], Researcher at the Groundwater Engineering Research Center, [http://utcb.ro/utcb/index_en.html Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest] and OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay Gérald Fenoy], Software Developer, OSGeo Charter Member.<br />
# [http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/staff/a-z/dr-lucy-bastin/ Lucy Bastin], Software Developer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission / Computer Science lecturer, UncertML developer, Member of OGC SWG on User Feedback.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-wilkie/b1/3b1/a35 Matt Wilkie], Geomatics Analyst at [http://www.gov.yk.ca/ Yukon Government], [http://www.env.gov.yk.ca/geomatics Department of Environment]. A practising GIS Professional for 20+ years. Throughout that time, the process of manipulating data into, through and out of proprietary formats has been the most aggravating source of inefficiency and wasted time. Things are hard enough without adding unnecessary barriers.<br />
# [[User:Annakrat|Anna Petrasova]], OSGeo Charter Member, GRASS GIS developer<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-seibel-gisp/45/517/942 Mark Seibel], Geospatial Hacker. Long live open Geo data & software.<br />
# [http://www.wrsc.org/people/ben-discoe Ben Discoe], [http://vterrain.org/ Virtual Terrain Project] and [http://www.leica-geosystems.us/en/HDS-Laser-Scanners-SW_5570.htm Leica Geosystems HDS], I wrangle point clouds every day. Semi-open E57 is bad enough. No more closed formats!<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilda-clos/19/21b/391 Ilda Clos], GIS & IWRM specialist<br />
# [[User:Danielkastl|Daniel Kastl]], Founder [http://georepublic.info Georepublic] and OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Geejee Gert-Jan van der Weijden] Chairman of OSGeo.nl (local Dutch chapter)<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:rjhale1971 Randal Hale] Owner of North River Geographic Systems, Inc<br />
# Volker Wichmann, [http://www.saga-gis.org SAGA GIS] and [http://www.laserdata.at LASERDATA LIS] developer<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/erictheise Eric Theise], Software Developer, San Francisco, CA.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/geogeek Darrell Fuhriman], Director of Technology, Renewable Funding/ Adjunct Instructor, [http://www.pdx.edu/geography/ Department of Geography, Portland State University]<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilkka-korpela/85/96/875 Ilkka Korpela], Academy Research Fellow, [http://university.helsinki.fi/en University of Helsinki]. Open formats benefit everyone.<br />
# [http://www.pdx.edu/profile/meet-researcher-david-percy David Percy], Faculty, [http://geology.pdx.edu/ Dept of Geology, Portland State University].<br />
# [http://dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/staff/kawoods Ken Woods], [http://dggs.alaska.gov/ Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys]. Providing a web-based map interface to the entire collection of [http://maps.dggs.alaska.gov/elevationdata all publicly available point-cloud data] in Alaska, USA.<br />
# [[User:Wenzeslaus|Vaclav Petras]], using [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/r.in.lidar.html r.in.lidar] and [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/v.in.lidar.html v.in.lidar] in [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS] and afraid of [http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/complex-singularity-versus-openness formats embraced by one vendor]<br />
# [http://cehv.osu.edu/people/nespor.2 Jan Nespor], [http://www.osu.edu/ Ohio State University]<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/marcosninoruiz Dr. Marcos Nino-Ruiz], Geospatial e-Enabler, [http://aurin.org.au/ AURIN] - [http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ The University of Melbourne], Australia<br />
# Ed Russell, [http://www.ctmap.com/Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc.], Longmont, Colorado<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-robb/3/90/195 Jim Robb], [http://www.ziadesigngroup.com/ Zia Design Group/Zia Maps LLC], Boulder, Colorado. Establish and legally support an Open LiDAR format.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/travis-flohr/6/8a3/938 Travis Flohr], [http://la.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Landscape Architecture]. Open geo standards are imperative to be successful in a transdisciplinary and collaborative world.<br />
# [http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/academic-staff/pfb/ Pete Bunting] Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing within the [http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University] and developer of the open source [http://www.spdlib.org SPDLib] software package for processing LiDAR data.<br />
# Chris Clasen, Lidar Scientist, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency<br />
# [http://au.linkedin.com/in/peterscarth Peter Scarth] Senior Research Scientist [http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/jrsrp Joint Remote Sensing Research Program]. Open standards are essential for research data archival and reuse.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Just Just van den Broecke] OSGeo Charter member and Secretary of OSGeo.nl (Dutch Local Chapter)<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:fjbehr Franz-Josef Behr] Professor of spatial information processing at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/monia-molinari/8a/b78/a48 Monia Elisa Molinari], Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano].<br />
# Don Brown, USGS, Enterprise GIS Specialist.<br />
# [http://www.xing.com/profile/Thomas_Baumann84 Thomas Baumann], [http://geosysnet.de geoSYS], Project Manager GIS+Webmapping.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:mlennert Moritz Lennert], Université Libre de Bruxelles, Member of the GRASS GIS PSC<br />
# Paulo Machado, [http://www.ptinovacao.pt/en/ Portugal Telecom Inovação] Committed to open data standards and open source software.<br />
# [http://igeat.ulb.ac.be/fr/equipe/details/person/eleonore-wolff/ Eleonore Wolff], [http://www.ulb.ac.be/facs/sciences/index.html Universite Libre de Bruxelles]<br />
# [http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Romanuel_Ramon_Antunez/ Romanuel Ramon Antunez], Member of UACEE, GIS Developer, Professor at [http://www.uci.cu University of Informatics Science], Cuba.<br />
# [http://ajolma.net Ari Jolma], Biwatech Ltd.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Pmeems Paul Meems], Active GIS developer in the [http://mapwindow4.codeplex.com/ MapWindow Open Source GIS] team.<br />
# [http://www4.ncsu.edu/~ljsox Leslie John Sox], Master's GIS Student, NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics,[http://cnr.ncsu.edu/geospatial], Degrees in Laser and Electro-Optics Technology, Geospatial Information Science, Raleigh, NC.<br />
#[http://carlosgrohmann.com Carlos H. Grohmann], Assistant Professor (GIS/RS), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:cschweik Charles Schweik], Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Rhaubourg Régis Haubourg], GIS manager, Adour-Garonne Water Basin Agency, France<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:kalxas Angelos Tzotsos], OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:EdzerPebesma Edzer Pebesma], Professor, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:oosterkamp Hugo Oosterkamp], Consultant Water & Sanitation<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:brylie Brylie Christopher Oxley] Free/Open Source software developer<br />
# [http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Riccardo_Civico Riccardo Civico] Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy<br />
# [http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlo_Alberto_Brunori Carlo Alberto Brunori] Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Rashad Rashad KM], Developer, OSGeo Charter Member.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:anibal Aníbal Pacheco], Developer, [http://agesic.gub.uy/ e-Government Agency], Uruguay.<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Newmat Mattias Nyström], Researcher, [http://blogg.slu.se/fjarranalys/ Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences], Sweden. PhD in remote sensing of forests and now working with time series of remote sensing data and a remote sensing lab for the forestry education at the University.<br />
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-mueller/7/a41/911 Thomas Mueller], Ph.D., GISP, California University of Pennsylvania, [http://www.calu.edu/academics/colleges/eberly/earth-science/index.htm Department of Earth Sciences]<br />
# [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/cody-burns/37/a70/22a Cody Burns], Geophysical Land Services<br />
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:alexbruy Alexander Bruy], Software Developer, OSGeo Charter member<br />
<br />
=Background=<br />
==About LiDAR==<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar LiDAR] (Light Detection And Ranging) is a form of high precision range measurement, much like a radar system, but one that uses laser light instead of radio waves. The standard LiDAR product is a 3D point cloud that can be conceptualized as a series of point measurements representing distance between the sensor to a returned emission.<br />
<br />
For over a decade (since 2003), there has been a common format for storing LiDAR data, the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html “LAS” format], and open source libraries have been developed to read, write and process these LAS files: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/liblas_overview.html libLAS] and [http://github.com/LASlib/LASlib LASlib]. These libraries have been incorporated within many LiDAR applications, allowing read/write access to a common exchange format, and resulting in full interoperability between the applications. There is also an open source compression algorithm for the LAS format called [http://laszip.org LASzip] that many LiDAR data portals use to compress LAS into smaller LAZ files for faster download. Many LiDAR software packages have added [http://laszip.org/#software-with-native-laz-support native support] for these compressed LAZ files.<br />
<br />
==LAS Limitations==<br />
<br />
Quoting [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ Paul Ramsey]:<br />
<br />
: LAS format is not without its drawbacks:<br />
<br />
:* While it is a binary format and does not waste any space unnecessarily, neither does it apply any compression to the data it stores. That’s not good for archival use.<br />
:* Also, LAS stores points in scan order, so accessing any particular chunk of points involves reading the whole file. That’s not good for random access.<br />
: Clearly there is a little more work to be done. Can LAS be improved? In fact, it already has been:<br />
:* An open source compression library, LASzip can apply 20''':'''1 lossless compression to LAS files, making them great for archival purposes.<br />
:* Other LAS users have experimented with re-ordering points in a LAS or LASzip file to allow random access to internal chunks of the LIDAR point cloud.<br />
: Basically, making LAS smaller and faster is not rocket science, and if the work were incorporated into libLAS then the whole LIDAR community could leverage it together, and the user community would only have one file type to interchange.<br />
<br />
<br />
=='Optimized LAS' A ''' ''Proprietary'' ESRI Format'''==<br />
ESRI announced, 12 January 2014, the release of an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214 "Optimized LAS"] format which is claimed to provide faster access and smaller file sizes (similar to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format). This announcement created a outburst of vocal protest in the LiDAR community [[http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ 1] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ 2] [http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2014/01/15/las-laz-lazzip-zlas-and-you/ 3] [http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/lidar-software 4] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars-2/ 5] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/02/lidar-format-wars-3/ 6]].<br />
<br />
The implementation of the "Optimized LAS" format is not available as Open Source and the format and algorithm details itself are undocumented, which means nobody can currently create alternate implementations, neither closed nor Open Source. This causes both technical as well as legal barriers for other applications reading and/or writing to this proprietary format. It creates a vendor lock-in scenario which is contrary to the principles of the Open Geospatial Consortium, the OSGeo Foundation, and many government IT procurement policies.<br />
<br />
One year after releasing the "Optimized LAS" format, ESRI released a Windows only library (DLL) as a free-of-charge (gratis) download that is claimed to convert between LAS and "Optimized LAS". Note there is a distinct difference between a "free-of-charge" binary distribution of DLLs and publishing something as "Open Source". Unless the source code of the library is released as Open Source under an Open Source license, libLAS and related products will be legally prevented from incorporating ESRI's reader/writer code into their codebase, or from fixing any underlying bugs or performance limitations which may exist in ESRI's product.<br />
<br />
Ironically, ESRI later placed their '''binary''' library files [http://github.com/Esri/esri-zlas-io-library on github] accompanied by an Apache License, but no source code was published. The distribution of binaries without source code is allowed by Apache License, but very uncommon and misleading, to say the least. The practice goes against the basic idea of “Open Source” and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) even has an FAQ entry on the obvious contradiction of [http://opensource.org/faq#non-distribution “Open Source” without source code].<br />
<br />
==OGC's Efforts For An ''' ''Open'' LiDAR Standard'''==<br />
<br />
The [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)] has indicated their interest in developing a standard LiDAR format.<br />
<br />
Carl Reed (formerly on OGC staff) provided the following information on OGC's previous efforts to work toward enabling Open Standards in LiDAR:<br />
<br />
: "Over the last 8 or so years, the OGC approached ASPRS at least twice regarding LAS and worked with ASPRS to bring LAS into the OGC for consideration as both a Best Practice and an OGC standard. OGC member Rick Pearsall worked diligently on this. Rick worked for NGA, was active in the OGC, and was also the Standards Committee chair at ASPRS. Rick and Carl tried and failed. These attempts go back to [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/divisions/ppd/ppd_meetings/2007springppdreport.pdf at least 2007]. More recently, Carl Reed had an email dialogue with Lewis Graham to bring LAS into OGC as an OGC Best Practice. Carl thought progress was being made, but then for some reason all communication stopped."<br />
<br />
[http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/ssimmons Scott Simmons] (Executive Director, Standards Program) has explained the OGC's continuing interest in pursuing point cloud encoding standards, including a member-initiated mechanism to extend LAS data with OGC-standard XML content.<br />
: The OGC invites interested members who wish to work on this effort to please contact Scott Simmons (Executive Director, Standards Program E-mail : ssimmons@opengeospatial.org) to register their interest and discuss details. OGC will also be holding an ad hoc session at the OGC's next [http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1506tc Technical Committee meeting in Boulder, CO, USA in early June] to bring together all interested parties from all sectors (government, industry, academia) for this and plan next steps.<br />
<br />
<br />
==History: LAS and ESRI's 'Optimized LAS'==<br />
<br />
Martin Isenburg, one of the leading experts in LIDAR formats, and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools] and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves], explains the history of LAS and "Optimized LAS":<br />
<br />
: '''Summary:'''<br />
<br />
:* The LAS format has been used successfully for over a decade.<br />
:* Within last couple of years, ESRI has added native LAS support into ESRI products.<br />
:* ESRI discussed embracing the open [http://laszip.org LAZ] format and simultaneously developed a proprietary "Optimized LAS" format.<br />
:* The open geospatial community offered, on numerous occasions, to work with ESRI to avoid format fragmentation.<br />
:* ESRI's proprietary "Optimized LAS" format is very similar in design and performance to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format.<br />
<br />
: '''1998: Original LAS format definition'''<br />
<br />
: The original development of the LAS format started in 1998 according to [http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lasroom/zKqchDj1JL4/discussion Lewis Graham]. The effort was at first led by pioneers of the LiDAR industry until the format was donated to the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html ASPRS]. Since then ASPRS's [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)] has been maintaining the LAS format, guiding it from the initial LAS 1.0 version until today's LAS 1.4 version. This effort successfully created an open data exchange format for discrete LiDAR points that is currently supported by practically every LiDAR-related software program.<br />
<br />
: '''2011: ESRI joins LAS Working Group'''<br />
<br />
: ESRI did not join the LWG of the ASPRS until rather late, the 24th of August in 2011. At that time ESRI was not a significant "player" in the LiDAR market given they did not have much support for LiDAR in any of their products. That was to change soon as they were planning to add LAS as a native data type in ArcGIS 10.1.<br />
<br />
: Shortly before that, in June 2011, Martin Isenburg received a personal message from the ESRI development team: "I have a question about LAS compression. I’m evaluating some potential enhancements and support for [LAS and] LAZ is one of them. Compression time and amount is impressive." When inquiring two months later about the status of [http://laszip.org LAZ] integration Martin was told: "We’re in beta and working to finish the current release. I very much doubt LAZ will make it in because it’s too big a change at this time. So, we’ll be considering, for the following release, [for] what we want to do regarding compression and spatial indexing."<br />
<br />
: '''June 2012: ArcGIS 10.1 includes [proprietary] LAS Dataset file'''<br />
<br />
: In June 2012 ESRI released ArcGIS 10.1 and introduced the proprietary "LAS Dataset file (*.lasd)" that groups collections of files into one logical unit. This format of this useful LAS container file was not shared with others despite several private and eventually [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/jwHpi0efUgA/discussion public] requests.<br />
<br />
: '''2012/2013: Collaboration Discussions'''<br />
<br />
: There were encouraging follow-ups from the ESRI team about adopting the open LAZ format in January 2012: "I would be interested in having a more in depth meeting with you to better understand the great work you are doing with LAS and how we can possibly better partner on this." and again in December 2012: "If you have time, I'd like to set some time aside Tuesday afternoon to meet with <an important person> at the ESRI booth. Does 2pm sound okay?" The meeting went well and it looked as if ESRI was going to embrace the LAZ format because shortly after the meeting Martin got word that: "I hear from <an important person> that it was a success and that he had a good meeting with you. I wanted to see if we can have a telephone discussion on Wednesday or Thursday this week related to the potential of incorporating LAZ into ArcGIS."<br />
<br />
: Then the first signs of hesitation showed. First there were legal issues raised in February 2013: "Currently the legal aspects are being reviewed. They were having some issues separating the LPGL aspects from LASzip from the remainder of LAStools etc." and then in April 2013 concerns about the code were made: "We have started to look into the integration of LAZ, but came across some issues. We don’t want to copy files from the other package, mix and match or hack around. We were hoping for an API to stream points out of a LAZ file as well as write LAZ files. There should be a simple code sample for that?" and - following up on that - in June 2013 Martin was told "I see value in LASzip becoming a de-facto standard that provides compression to the LAS format. If this is to happen then it needs to be bundled together with appropriate reference implementations, examples and documentation as a standard and so ensure that issues as defined earlier in email do not occur."<br />
<br />
: '''June 2013: ESRI asked to sponsor clean LASzip DLL'''<br />
<br />
: At that time [http://laszip.org LASzip] was an open source project without sponsorship. The original funding from [http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/ColdRegionsResearchandEngineeringLaboratory.aspx USACE] that had turned [http://laszip.org LASzip] from an academic prototype into an industry strength compression engine had long run out. So Martin asked ESRI to become a sponsor to create the clean [http://laszip.org LASzip] API that ESRI was after. The answer was: "ESRI often helps in the financing of Open Source projects and I could foresee ESRI possibly helping in LASzip. [...] If you are interested in promoting LASzip as such a standard and doing the required work then I would recommend you put together a proposal and I can look to get ESRI as a sponsor."<br />
<br />
: Immediately Martin proposed to ESRI: "I hereby propose to write an easy to use open source DLL wrapper for LASzip that will make it easier to integrate LASzip in a standardized manner into other software products such as ArcGIS, LP 360, or Terrasolid. This will come with example code on how to use the DLL for reading and writing LAZ files and include a few compressed example files. I hereby ask ESRI to provide funding for this effort without imposing any limitations on the produced DLL API."<br />
<br />
: '''July 2013: ArcGIS 10.2 includes [proprietary] LAS indexing '''<br />
<br />
: With the release of ArcGIS 10.2 in July 2013, ESRI introduced spatial indexing to speed up area-of-interest queries. Their new proprietary *.lasx files were seemingly identical in functionality to the open *.lax files that had been [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/j0qA8NBMHJs/discussion announced] two years earlier - in May 2011 - and were [http://rapidlasso.com/2012/12/03/lasindex-spatial-indexing-of-lidar-data/ presented] at ELMF in November 2012.<br />
<br />
: '''July 2013: Open LASzip API released'''<br />
<br />
: After more requests for an easier interface to [http://laszip.org LASzip] (in particular for [http://forsys.cfr.washington.edu/fusion/fusionlatest.html USDA's FUSION]), Martin [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/oplsDhhnhDQ/discussion released] a clean, well-documented, and easy-to-use LASzip DLL (without ESRI funding). Martin expected that developers at ESRI would now use it to add read and write support for [http://laszip.org LAZ] to their next release of ArcGIS.<br />
<br />
: '''December 2013 : ESRI discovered to be secretly developing proprietary LAS format'''<br />
<br />
: In December of 2013, several LAStools users contacted Martin with suspicions that ESRI may be creating a proprietary LAS compression. Martin [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ broke the news] as soon as it became evident that ESRI had used the time it needed to resolve "legal issues" and "code problems" to put together their own proprietary compressed format with near-identical performance and functionality to [http://laszip.org LASzip]. A few days later ESRI released an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214/ official FAQ] to confirming this was the case. <br />
<br />
: From day one, Martin has worked with stakeholders, including ESRI, to avoid format fragmentation. Martin's core argument for resolving this to everybody's benefit was that - coincidentally - a natural break was happening in the LAS format with the introduction of the new LAS 1.4 point types. Martin outlined a detailed plan for how a joint development of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for LAS 1.4 between rapidlasso and ESRI could exploit this natural break in the LAS format to accomplish two things at once:<br />
:# Add the unspecified technical additions that ESRI had hinted at desiring, and <br />
:# Extend the [http://laszip.org LASzip] compression scheme to handle the new point types introduced with the LAS 1.4 specification. As there was no pressing need at the time to handle LAS 1.4 Martin had delayed the extension of [http://laszip.org LASzip] to the new LAS 1.4 point types to make sure a cooperation with ESRI would remain a viable option.<br />
<br />
: '''1 April 2014: Positive reception to "Optimized LAS" / LASzip collaboration April Fools announcement'''<br />
<br />
: In an attempt to convince ESRI management of the community desire for an open standard, Martin released an April Fools' Day [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ prank press release] pretending that ESRI had already agreed to the envisioned collaboration to develop a joint LiDAR compressor. Community [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ jubilant reactions (see comments)] left no doubt about the sentiment on this issue within the LiDAR community.<br />
<br />
: '''October 2014: Announcement of [open] LAS Compatibility mode'''<br />
<br />
: [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/ Digital Coast, NOAA Coastal Services Center] became a Gold Sponsor of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for the development of the [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/10/06/rapidlasso-announces-laszip-compatibility-mode-for-las-1-4/ LAS 1.4 compatibility mode] that was [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/nUFMkKSz53g/discussion beta-released] in November 2014. This allowed support for the new point types in [http://laszip.org LASzip] without closing the door on a potential cooperation with ESRI for a joint LAS 1.4 compressor. <br />
<br />
: '''November 2014: ESRI announces proprietary extension to LAS 1.4'''<br />
<br />
: In November 2014 [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated ESRI announced] that they had added their [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated own extension] for the new LAS 1.4 point types to "Optimized LAS", dismissing the opportunity to develop a joint compressor and avoid format fragmentation by exploiting this "natural break" in the LAS format as Martin had suggested.<br />
<br />
: Since then, ESRI has been [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/ promoting] "Optimized LAS". By including the term "LAS" in "Optimized LAS" and "zLAS", the distinction between the open LAS format and proprietary format is blurred. This is likely to mislead novice and future users, thereby endangering many years of standardization work. To date, [April 2014], the [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/committees/standards/LAS_1_4_r13.pdf custodians of the LAS format], the LAS Working Group (LWG) of the ASPRS has [http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ yet to make an official statement] regarding use of the "LAS" name in promoting a proprietary LiDAR format.<br />
<br />
=Value of Standards=<br />
<br />
The importance of Open Standards is described in most government IT policies. For instance, the United Kingdom policy states:<br />
: … Government assets should be interoperable and open for re-use in order to maximise return on investment, avoid technological or supplier lock-in, reduce operational risk in ICT projects and provide responsive services for citizens and business. This should also lower barriers to entry for more diverse sources of IT services, including citizens and SMEs. <ref>All about Open Source – [http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78959/All_About_Open_Source_v2_0.pdf An Introduction to Open Source Software for Government IT], Version 2.0, United Kingdom Cabinet Office</ref><br />
<br />
The value of Open Standards has been described in numerous national studies on the effects of standards on economic growth.<br />
<br />
: ... the national studies demonstrate that standards have a positive influence on economic growth due to the resulting improved diffusion of knowledge. The contribution of standards to the growth rate in each country is equivalent to 0.9% in Germany, 0.8% in 0.3% in the UK and 0.2% in Canada. <ref>Prof. Dr. Knut Blind, Prof. Dr. Andre Jungmittag, Dr. Axel Mangelsdorf [http://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/DIN_GNN_2011_engl_akt_neu.pdf "The Economic Benefits of Standardization"], ''DINN, 2000''. Retrieved March 2015.</ref><br />
<br />
=Further Reading=<br />
<br />
# [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ Paul Ramsey provides background to LAS vs Optimised LAS]<br />
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ Running commentary by Martin Isenburg, author of LASlib]<br />
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/ Earlier comment from Martin Isenburg]<br />
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ First call-to-action by Martin Isenburg]<br />
# [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-announces-las-compression/ ESRI Announces "Optimised LAS"]<br />
# [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214 ESRI description of "Optimised LAS"]<br />
# [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2015-March/001225.html Discussion background on this topic at Geo for All list]<br />
# [http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/esris-claim-at-being-good-standards.html Refuting ESRI's response and claim to be good Open Standards citizens]<br />
# [http://blog.abs-cg.com/2015/04/lidar-format-wars-creep-into-geospatial.html Questioning why some spatial media are not running this story]<br />
<br />
News coverage:<br />
# [http://www.itnews.com.au/News/402914,open-source-devs-in-uproar-over-esri-las-lock-in-plans.aspx IT News]<br />
# [http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/04/21/1624219/osgeo-foundation-up-in-arms-over-esri-las-lock-in-plans Slashdot]<br />
# [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/LIDAR-offenes-Dateiformat-LAS-in-Bedraengnis-2609710.html Heise Online] [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Lidar-Format-War-Geo-Softwarehaus-Esri-vs-Geo-Community-2615341.html Follow-Up] - German speaking IT news.<br />
# [http://www.spatialsource.com.au/2015/04/21/os-developers-concerned-over-new-esri-lidar-format/ Spatial Source]<br />
# [http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-great-airplane-laser-debate-is-as-youd-expect-about-file-formats Motherboard]<br />
# [http://geohipster.com/2015/05/04/martin-isenburg-may-the-foss-be-with-laz/ GeoHipster]<br />
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Blog coverage:<br />
# [http://blog.abs-cg.com/2015/04/lidar-format-wars-creep-into-geospatial.html Adena Schutzberg]<br />
# [http://odoepner.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/osgeo-open-letter-lidar-laszip-vs-esri/ Oliver Doepner]<br />
# [http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/esri-osgeo-lidar-and-things Randal Hale]<br />
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=References=<br />
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[[Category: Standards]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alexbruy&diff=79063User:Alexbruy2014-08-09T12:53:48Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: </p>
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<div>===Alexander Bruy===<br />
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[[File:alexbruy-profile-pic.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Alexander Bruy]]<br />
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GIS developer, tester and teacher<br />
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Location: Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine<br />
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Alexander is a microelectronics engineer who got interested in GIS and open source programming during university. He started with OSGeo4W and QGIS, first met the OSGeo community by helping on translation. Then he became QGIS contributor, later — core developer and translation team lead. Is a GFOSS enthusiast and a active member of both the international and Ukrainian OSGeo communities, in particular the QGIS one.<br />
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:* OSGeo Charter Member (2014)<br />
:* QGIS core developer<br />
:* QGIS plugins developer<br />
:* QGIS GUI/Website/Documentation translation team lead (Ukrainian/Russian)<br />
:* OSGeo4W installer translator and package maintainer<br />
:* GDAL tester and contributor<br />
:* Co-founder of Ukrainian QGIS User Group<br />
:* Co-founder of ICA-OSGeo Lab in Ukraine (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)<br />
:* OSGeo Google Summer of Code mentor in 2012, 2013 and 2014 (QGIS project)<br />
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;Contact:<br />
: Email: alexander DOT bruy AT gmail DOT com<br />
: IRC: alexbruy on freenode (#qgis, #gdal, ...) <br />
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;Spoken Language(s): English, Ukrainian, Russian<br />
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;Profile last updated: 09 August 2014<br />
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[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=OSGeo_Advocate&diff=78596OSGeo Advocate2014-07-22T18:11:27Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: </p>
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= Introduction =<br />
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OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo foundation]. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.<br />
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There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.<br />
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= Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate =<br />
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Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:<br />
* Create an OSGeo wiki account, to edit this wiki (See "login" link in top right of this page).<br />
* Add a portrait photo of yourself using the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Upload Upload file] link in left margin in each page.<br />
* Create a new wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:YourOSGeoWikiUserName, and populate as per [[User:Template]], (copy and paste from the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=User:Template&action=edit source] so that you see comments in the template).<br />
* You can then add your profile on [[OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Advocates|this wiki page]], under your Region:Country, names ordered alphabetically by First name, using the following:<br />
{{User:<YourOSGeoWikiUserName>}}<br />
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= Annual Refresh of Advocate list =<br />
* The list of OSGeo Advocates will be refreshed annually, after the annual voting of OSGeo Charter Members. This will be achieved by removing lapsed Advocates, then moving all Current Advocates into the Past Advocate section. All Advocates will be invited to update their profile, and move their profile back into the current Advocates section.<br />
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= Advocates =<br />
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== Advocate Map ==<br />
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== Africa:South Africa ==<br />
=== Gavin Fleming ===<br />
{{User:Gfleming}}<br />
{{User:Sokolic}}<br />
{{User:Timlinux}}<br />
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== Asia:India ==<br />
{{User:ravivundavalli}}<br />
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== Asia:Japan ==<br />
{{User:Yoichi}}<br />
{{User:danielkastl}}<br />
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===[http://cse.niaes.affrc.go.jp/niwasaki/ Nobusuke Iwasaki]===<br />
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[[File:Iwasaki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nobusuke Iwasaki]]<br />
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Senior Researcher, [http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences]<br />
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Location: Tsukuba, Japan<br />
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Nobusuke Iwasaki is researcher of land use change and rural planning and extensively using FOSS4G. Also, he is one of the main organizers of FOSS4G-Japan event and proactively commits promotion and dissemination of FOSS4G, especially academic sector. He strongly contributes [http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g-mext/ some academic project which aims utilization of satellite image and FOSS4G for beginners and non-specialist user]. <br />
The major his product is [http://habs.dc.affrc.go.jp Historical Agro-Environmental Browsing System (HABS)], which is commended [http://psgsv2.gsi.go.jp/koukyou/G-award/list_award1.html the first Cyber Japan Award].<br />
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;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]:<br />
:* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ OSGeo Japan Chapter] Board member since 2008<br />
:* member of [http://www.gisa-japan.org/ GIS Assosiation of JAPAN] <br />
:* member of [https://sites.google.com/site/foss4gsig/ FOSS4G special interest group] in GIS Assosiation of JAPAN<br />
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;Contact:<br />
: Email: wata909 AT gmail DOT com<br />
: Skype: wata909<br />
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;Profile last updated<br />
:2013-07-11<br />
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== Asia:Korea ==<br />
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==Asia:Philippines==<br />
{{User:Maning}}<br />
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== Asia:Malaysia ==<br />
{{User:Thuygeo}}<br />
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== Australia ==<br />
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{{User:NathanW}}<br />
{{User:jive}}<br />
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== Canada ==<br />
{{User:Dmorissette}}<br />
{{User:Aross}}<br />
{{User:Gzeiss}}<br />
{{User:Mdavis}}<br />
{{User:Pwramsey3}}<br />
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== Europe:Belgium ==<br />
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== Europe:Czech Republic ==<br />
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== Europe:France ==<br />
{{User:Djay}}<br />
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{{User:grizonnetm}}<br />
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=== [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] ===<br />
[[Image:Gérald Fenoy.jpg|thumb|right|100px]]<br />
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Founder and CEO of [http://www.geolabs.fr GeoLabs SARL].<br />
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Location: Lattes, France.<br />
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* [http://www.zoo-project.org ZOO-Project] Developper and PSC Chair,<br />
* Creator of the original [http://www.postgis.fr french web site for PostGIS], <br />
* Provide training, use and develop (WEB-)GIS applications based on OSGeo Libraries / Applications,<br />
* Active in the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Senegalease OSGeo Senegal Local chapter],<br />
* Provide Gentoo packaging and patches for proj, geos, postgis, pgRouting, mapserver and gpsbabel,<br />
* Active at all FOSS4G international events since 2006.<br />
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: Skype: gfenoy<br />
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: IRC: djay<br />
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=== Nicolas Bozon ===<br />
[[Image:nicolas_bozon.png|thumb|right|100px|Nick at Abikocho station]]<br />
Principle, [http://www.cartogenic.com Cartogenic].<br />
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Nicolas Bozon is an open source enthusiast and specializes in designing user interfaces and experiences for mapping and web applications. Nicolas runs [http://www.cartogenic.com Cartogenic], a geospatial consutling company located in Lyon, France. He is also a researcher in geomatics and environmental sciences, and currently pursues a post-doctoral fellowship in Osaka, Japan.<br />
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* Co-founder and PSC member of [http://zoo-project.org ZOO-Project], the Open WPS platform<br />
* [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Member] of OSGeo<br />
* Member of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Committee Marketing Committee] of OSGeo<br />
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;Academics<br />
* Post-doc fellowship (JP, 2011/2013)<br />
* PhD Maths/GIS (FR, 2006/2009)<br />
* Master GIS (FR, 2005)<br />
* Undergraduate Env Sc (QC, 2002/2004)<br />
* Undergraduate Geo (FR, 2000/2002)<br />
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;Contact<br />
:Email: nicolas dot bozon at gmail dot com<br />
:[http://www.linkedin.com/in/nbozon Linkedin profile ]<br />
:Skype: nicboz1<br />
:IRC: nbozon<br />
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== Europe:Germany ==<br />
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{{User:Arnulf Christl}}<br />
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{{User:misev}}<br />
{{User:olt}}<br />
{{User:Pebau}}<br />
{{User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai}}<br />
{{User:Thomas_Baschetti}}<br />
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== Europe:Greece ==<br />
{{User:Kalxas}}<br />
{{User:ArArgyridis}}<br />
{{User:kotzino}}<br />
{{User:Nikos}}<br />
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== Europe:Italy ==<br />
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{{User:Lucadelu}}<br />
{{User:Aaime}}<br />
{{User:Maxi71}}<br />
{{User:epifanio}}<br />
{{User:Moovida}}<br />
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== Europe:The Netherlands ==<br />
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{{User:Just}}<br />
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== Europe:Portugal==<br />
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== Europe:Switzerland ==<br />
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== Europe:Ukraine ==<br />
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== Europe:United Kingdom ==<br />
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== Latin America:Brazil ==<br />
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== Latin America:Chile ==<br />
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== Latin America:Ecuador ==<br />
{{User:Eamado}}<br />
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== Latin America:Mexico ==<br />
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== United States ==<br />
{{User:EliL}}<br />
{{User:Alex Mandel}}<br />
{{User:Brian Hamlin}}<br />
{{User:Dnewcomb}}<br />
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{{User:Helena}}<br />
{{User:Surveyor}}<br />
{{User:Mark Lucas}}<br />
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=== [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/printingpress/landon-blakes-bio/ Landon Blake] (AKA - The Sunburned Surveyor) ===<br />
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[[File:landon_blake_portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Landon Blake]]<br />
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Owner, [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com Redefined Horizons]<br />
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Location: Stockton, California, United States of America<br />
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Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization. <br />
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* Web Page: [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]<br />
* Blog: [http://www.redefinedhorizonsblog.com]<br />
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/mapit4u]<br />
* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/landonblake]<br />
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;OSGeo Experience<br />
* Volunteer Editor of the OSGeo Journal<br />
* Board Representative for the OSGeo California Chapter<br />
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;Contact:<br />
: Email: sunburned dot surveyor at gmail dot com<br />
: Phone (Home): 209-464-2612<br />
: Phone (Cell): 209-298-7521<br />
: Skype: <br />
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;Profile last updated: 07 14 2013<br />
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= Past OSGeo Advocates =<br />
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.<br />
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= Understanding OSGeo roles =<br />
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Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:<br />
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====[[File:OSGeo_board.png]] [[File:OSGeo_exboard.png]] OSGeo Board Members====<br />
: We only have 9 active OSGeo board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.<br />
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====[[File:OSGeo_charter.png]] OSGeo Charter Members====<br />
: Charter membership is obtained through a strongly contested selection process. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.<br />
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==== [[File:SolKatz.png]] Sol Katz Award ====<br />
: Every year, OSGeo presents the prestigious [http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz Sol Katz Award] to one individual who has demonstrated leadership and contributed significantly to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.<br />
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====[[File:OSGeo_chair.png]] [[File:OSGeo_psc.png]] Voted position in an OSGeo community====<br />
: These people hold a position of responsibility within one of the OSGeo sub-communities. This may be a chair of an OSGeo committee or board member of a Regional Chapter, or a member of a project's Project Steering Committee (PSC).<br />
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====[[File:OSGeo_coder.png]] [[File:OSGeo_committee.png]] Developers and Committee Members====<br />
: This is where the real work gets done developing and coordinating development of OSGeo Software.<br />
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====[[File:OSGeo_user.png]] OSGeo Community Members====<br />
: These people are actively involved in one or more OSGeo communities, acting as practitioners, users, promoters or supporters of OSGeo software. These people tend to have a practical understanding about how OSGeo software works.<br />
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====[[File:OSGeo_translate.png]] OSGeo Translators====<br />
: These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.<br />
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= Expenses =<br />
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This OSGeo Advocate list has been designed to help event organisors find local authoritative speakers. Events wishing to import keynote speakers should anticipate covering expenses of these speakers. Note that OSGeo is a volunteer driven organisation without paid positions of authority and OSGeo doesn't budget to cover travel expenses. Note also that unlike proprietary companies, a company promoting Open Source software don't earn license fees when a delegate is convinced to start using the free software.<br />
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When budgeting for keynote speakers expect to cover the following expenses:<br />
* Travel, typically including:<br />
** airfare<br />
** visa<br />
** travel insurance (including overseas medical, trip disruption, lost luggage, etc)<br />
** meals during travel<br />
** transit costs to local and host airports<br />
* Accommodation<br />
** standard 3 or 4 star hotel within walking distance of the event<br />
** high speed internet<br />
* Per diem costs<br />
** 3 meals a day<br />
* Speakers fee<br />
** typically $US 1000 per day. (Note that OSGeo volunteer speakers usually have a full time job and will be loosing wages for the duration of the event)<br />
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For a rough guide of travel costs refer to the [http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp US Department of State costs]<br />
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Individual speakers may waive any of these costs if attracted to the event for other reasons, and final costs are to be negotiated with the selected speaker.<br />
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= Other Resources =<br />
Links to other organizations running a similar process. <br />
* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585</div>Wiki-Alexbruyhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alexbruy&diff=78575User:Alexbruy2014-07-22T07:19:53Z<p>Wiki-Alexbruy: Created page with "===Alexander Bruy=== Alexander Bruy GIS developer, tester and teacher Location: Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine Alexander is a micro..."</p>
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<div>===Alexander Bruy===<br />
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[[File:alexbruy-profile-pic.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Alexander Bruy]]<br />
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GIS developer, tester and teacher<br />
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Location: Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine<br />
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Alexander is a microelectronics engineer who got interested in GIS and open source programming during university. He started with OSGeo4W and QGIS, first met the OSGeo community by helping on translation. Then he became QGIS contributor, later — core developer and translation team lead. Is a GFOSS enthusiast and a active member of both the international and Ukrainian OSGeo communities, in particular the QGIS one.<br />
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:<br />
:* QGIS core developer<br />
:* QGIS GUI/Website/Documentation translation team lead (Ukrainian/Russian)<br />
:* QGIS plugins developer<br />
:* OSGeo4W installer translator and package maintainer<br />
:* GDAL tester and contributor<br />
:* Co-founder of Ukrainian QGIS User Group<br />
:* Co-founder of ICA-OSGeo Labs in Ukraine (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)<br />
:* OSGeo Google Summer of Code mentor in 2012, 2013 and 2014 (QGIS project)<br />
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;Contact:<br />
: Email: alexander DOT bruy AT gmail DOT com<br />
: Skype: alexander.bruy<br />
: IRC: alexbruy on freenode (#qgis, #gdal, ...) <br />
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<div>This wiki page aims to collate community concerns related to the adoption of the "Geoservices REST API" document as a standard of the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)]. The page is being collaboratively edited, targeting completion by Wednesday 15 May 2013, after which it will be delivered by the board of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo Foundation (OSGeo)] to the OGC and OGC voting members.<br />
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= Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board =<br />
''Please don't edit this "Cover Letter" statement, which has been approved by the OSGeo Board.'' <br />
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The board of the [http://osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the OGC. It highlights concerns about the "GeoServices REST API" from many people within the OSGeo community. As always, if there is anything the OSGeo board can do to help, then please let us know.<br />
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Signed: Jeff McKenna (OSGeo president), <br />
Peter Batty,<br />
Jáchym Čepický,<br />
Michael Gerlek,<br />
Anne Ghisla,<br />
Mark Lucas,<br />
Daniel Morissette,<br />
Cameron Shorter,<br />
Frank Warmerdam<br />
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= Open Letter to OGC and voting members =<br />
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''Please don't edit this "Open Letter" statement, comments and discussion should go in the "Further Concerns" section below.'' <br />
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May 2013<br />
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We, the undersigned, have concerns that approving the "Geoservices REST API" as an OGC standard, would have detrimental impacts on interoperability within the spatial industry.<br />
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We strongly urge that the proposed "Geoservices REST API", as it stands in May 2013, be rejected as an OGC standard.<br />
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People have listed different reasons for concern. They are described below.<br />
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== Signed ==<br />
''Please add your name here if you agree with the above statement. Include name, work title (if appropriate), very brief title/involvement in OSGeo if appropriate. (Link to OSGeo profile if appropriate). You may sign as a group, such as the Project Steering Committee of XXX project if you wish, or as Your Name on behalf of YYY company.''<br />
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# [[User:camerons|Cameron Shorter]], Geospatial Solutions Director at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft], core contributor & coordinator of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live], OSGeo Board member<br />
# [[Mark Lucas]], Founding member and board of directors for OSGeo foundation, Principal Scientist for RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.<br />
# [[User:Woodbri|Stephen Woodbridge]], Director of [http://imaptools.com iMaptools.com], Contributor and/or PSC of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], [http://pgrouting.org/ pgRouting], [http://www.pagcgeo.org/ PAGC], and [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]<br />
# [[User:rouault|Even Rouault]], Geospatial developer, OSGeo Charter Member, core contributor and PSC member of [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR], contributor of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ PROJ.4], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/ libgeotiff], [http://shapelib.maptools.org/ shapelib], [http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ libtiff]<br />
# Gerhard Triebnig, Managing Director at [http://eox.at EOX IT Services GmbH]<br />
# [[User:pcreso|Brent Wood]], Environmental Information Delivery Programme Leader, NIWA, New Zealand. OGC member, Aust/NZ OSGEO chapter member, NZOSS Council member<br />
# [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]], CTO at [http://eox.at EOX IT Services GmbH], contributor to [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], PSC chair of [http://eoxserver.org EOxServer]<br />
# [[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]], Director of [http://geocat.net GeoCat], project founder and PSC chair of [http://geonetwork-opensource.org GeoNetwork opensource]<br />
# [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]], Director at [http://www.justobjects.nl Just Objects], contributor to [http://heron-mc.org Heron Mapping Client], secretary of [http://osgeo.nl OSGeo Dutch Local Chapter], member at [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]<br />
# [[User:milovanderlinden|Milo van der Linden]], member at [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]<br />
# [[User:surveyor|Landon Blake]], GIS Department Manager/Land Surveyor at [http://www.ksninc.com KSN], OSGeo California Chapter Board Representative.<br />
# [[User:dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]], President at [http://mapgears.com/ Mapgears], core contributor and PSC member of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR]. Former OGC TC member and involved in the implementation of several OGC WxS services specs in MapServer.<br />
# [[User:blammo|Bob Basques]], GIS Systems Developer at the City of Saint Paul, MN. [http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us Public Works GIS (GISmo)], Technical Director at [http://www.sharedgeo.org SharedGeo], OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo TCMUG local chapter member, Co-founder and PSC member of [http://www.geomoose.org GeoMoose] project.<br />
# [[User:vehrka|Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses]], PM at Omnium Strategic Intelligence, Spain, OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Liaison officer.<br />
# Bevan Rudge, Director Lucion Limited, IT Advisor at Conservation Strategy Fund, Esri client<br />
# [[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]], software engineer at [http://geocat.net GeoCat], Spain, member of OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter.<br />
# [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]], OSGeo Board Member, Italy, member of OSGeo Italian Local Chapter.<br />
# [[User:Michogar|Micho Garcia]], Freelance and member of [http://geomati.co geomati.co], Spain, member of Spanish Local Chapter<br />
# [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]], OSGeo Charter Member, Post-doctoral researcher at the European Commission, JRC, Italy<br />
# [[Jorge Sanz]], GIS Consultant at [http://www.prodevelop.es Prodevelop], OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain<br />
# [[Pablo Sanxiao]], CTO and co-founder at [http://www.icarto.es iCarto], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain<br />
# [[User:Fsteggink|Frank Steggink]], GIS software developer at [http://www.vicrea.nl Vicrea], The Netherlands, member of the Dutch Local Chapter<br />
# [[User:Olivier.courtin|Olivier Courtin]], [http://www.oslandia.com Oslandia] co-founder, core contributor or/and PSC member of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]. OGC TC member.<br />
# [[User:Bolosig|Wladimir Szczerban]], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain<br />
# [[User:AnitaGraser|Anita Graser]], GIS specialist with AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, OSGeo Charter member and QGIS team member.<br />
# [[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]], geospatial software engineer, creator of GeoCouch<br />
# [[User:Ivansanchez|Iván Sánchez]], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, head of [http://www.openstreetmap.es OpenStreetMap Spain], [http://osmfoundation.org OpenStreetMap Foundation] member, [http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team] member, [http://www.idee.es/ Spanish SDI working group] member<br />
# [[User:Gabi|Gabriel Carrión]], Strategy Manager at [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG association]<br />
# [http://strk.keybit.net Sandro Santilli], OSGeo Charter Member, [http://postgis.net PostGIS] and [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos GEOS] PSC member and core hacker.<br />
# [[User:Javiarch|Javier Diaz]], member of Geoinquietos Bs As [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Geoinquietos_Buenos_Aires], member of the Organizing Committee FOSS4G Bs As 2013 [http://www.foss4g-ba.org/]<br />
# [[User: JoCook|Jo Cook]], Consultant at [http://isharemaps.com| Astun Technology], former Director of OSGeo, Charter Member, founder of UK Local Chapter, Deputy Chair of [http://2013.foss4g.org| FOSS4G 2013]<br />
# [[User: Fpenarru | Francisco José Peñarrubia]], CTO and co-founder at [http://www.scolab.es SCOLAB]. Members of [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]<br />
# [[User: Ganesh|Shanmugam Ganeshkumar]], Director of [http://www.geoicon.com GeoICON], member OSGeo Malaysia Chapter<br />
# [[User:Barryrowlingson|Barry Rowlingson]], Senior Researcher, Lancaster University and Software Sustainability Institute Fellow<br />
# [[User: Sfkeller|Stefan Keller]], University of Applied Sciences, Rapperswil (Switzerland), Member of Swiss OSM (SOSM) and QGIS association and of organizing committees of pgConf.DE and FOSSGIS 2013, and member of eCH (e-government standards of Switzerland)<br />
# [[User: AndyBMapMan|Andrew Bailey]], OSGeo member, Astun Technology<br />
# [[User: Sanand|Suchith Anand]], OSGeo Charter member, OSGeo Education member, FOSS4G 2013 LOC member<br />
# [[User: krefftc|Carlos Krefft]], GIS software developer at [http://www.cstars.miami.edu CSTARS - University of Miami], OGC and OSGeo Member.<br />
# [[User:Steko|Stefano Costa]], OSGeo member, GFOSS.it member and former board member, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (Italy)<br />
# [[User:pebau|Peter Baumann]], [http://www.jacobs-university.de/lsis Jacobs University], OGC member, WCS.SWG chair, editor of 10+ specs (disclaimer: this is an expression of my personal opinion and not in any way endorsed by OGC)<br />
# [[User:pmbatty|Peter Batty]], CTO of Geospatial Division at [http://www.ubisense.net Ubisense], OSGeo board member, former CTO of [http://intergraph.com Intergraph] and [http://www.gedigitalenergy.com/gis.htm GE Smallworld], Technical Committee member of OGC in its formative years c 1995-97<br />
# [[User: BarendKobben | Barend K&ouml;bben]], OSGEO Chartered Member, OSGeo.nl Dutch chapter treasurer, Senior Lecturer at [http://www.itc.nl ITC-University of Twente]<br />
# [[User: pcav | Paolo Cavallini]], [http://www.faunalia.it Faunalia], OSGeo member, GFOSS.it member and former president, QGIS-PSC<br />
# [[User: fthamura| FRans Thamura]], [http://www.osgeo.or.id Indonesia], OSGeo Indonesia, organizer]<br />
# [[User: Endofcap| Sanghee Shin]], Founder and CEO of [http://www.gaia3d.com Gaia3D], OSGeo Charter Member, Representative of [http://www.osgeo.kr OSGeo Korean Chapter], Chairman of Open Source GIS Alliance Korea<br />
# [[User: rentairo| Benni Purwonegoro]],Indonesia, IT-Spatial Engineer @ Geospatial Information Agency .<br />
# [[User: jachym| Jachym Cepicky]], Czech Republic, member of OSGeo Board of Directors<br />
# [[User: cappelaere| Pat Cappelaere]], Vightel Corporation<br />
# [[User: JuergenFischer|Jürgen Fischer]], norBIT GmbH, QGIS core developer<br />
# [[User: Maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], OSGeo Charter member, OSGeo Education member, GIS Professor and Vice Rector for the Como Campus at [http://www.polimi.it/en Politecnico di Milano], Italy<br />
# [[User:Nachouve |Nacho Varela]], GIS Consultant, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain<br />
# [[User:vasile |Vasile Craciunescu]], OSGeo Charter member, OSGeo Romania Local Chapter Leader, Researcher at Romanian National Meteorological Administration, Romania<br />
# [[User:badaveil |Abbas Abdul Wahab]], Asst. Director, Federal Department of Town & Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia<br />
# [[User:rbraam | Roy Braam]], Software Engineer @ [http://www.b3partners.nl | B3Partners]<br />
# [[User:peteris | Peteris Bruns]], Latvia, GIS Consultant & Software Engineer @ [http://www.sungis.lv | SunGIS]<br />
# [[User:Lutra | Giovanni Manghi]], Portugal, [http://www.faunalia.pt Faunalia], OSGeo member, OSGeo-Portugal<br />
# [[User:Hfpmartins | Hugo Martins]], UK, [http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk Lutra Consulting], WebGIS Developer, OSGeo-Portugal Member<br />
# [[User:Sabb | Saber Razmjooei]], UK, [http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk Lutra Consulting], Co-Founder<br />
# [[User:Wellsp | Peter Wells]], UK, [http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk Lutra Consulting], Co-Founder<br />
# [[User:SGijzen | Sidney Gijzen]], The Netherlands, Researcher GIS @ [http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/alterra.htm Alterra, Wageningen UR]<br />
# [[User:mfidelman | Miles Fidelman]], US, Principal, Protocol Technologies Group, LLC<br />
# [[User:punkish | Puneet Kishor]], OSGeo Charter Member; [http://www.geology.wisc.edu Geology, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison]; [http://creativecommons.org/staff#puneetkishor Creative Commons]<br />
# [[User:Toze | António José Silva]], Portugal, GIS Consultant, OSGeo-Portugal Member<br />
# [[User:AndreMano | AndreMano]], Portugal, Natural History Society - GIS Department, OSGeo-Portugal Member<br />
# [[User:maurimiranda|Mauricio Miranda]], Argentina, OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Board Member<br />
# [[User:pmachado|Paulo Machado]], Portugal, Software Engineer @ PT Inovação<br />
# [[User:alvaro|Alvaro Anguix]], Spain, General Manager at [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]<br />
# [[Santiago Higuera]], CEO at [http://Mercatorlab.com Mercatorlab], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Board Member, Spain<br />
# [[Alan Boudreault]], Developer at [http://mapgears.com/ Mapgears], contributor to [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [httpo://gdal.org GDAL/OGR].<br />
# [[User:mikesaunt|Mike Saunt]], UK, Owner at [http://astuntechnology.com Astun Technology Ltd], OSGeo sponsor<br />
# [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]], OSGeo Charter Member, Physical Scientist US Army Corps of Engineers Remote Sensing GIS Center<br />
# [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]], OSGeo Charter Member, Researcher at National Technical University of Athens<br />
# [[User:Kimaidou|Michaël Douchin]], France, GIS consultant & software engineer at [http://3liz.com/ 3liz]<br />
# [[User:PedroVenancio | Pedro Venâncio]], Portugal, GIS Analyst @ Municipality of Pinhel<br />
# [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]], Portugal, GIS Professor at Universidade do Minho<br />
# [[User:Danielkastl| Daniel Kastl]], Japan, [http://georepublic.info Georepublic], Founder<br />
# [[Diodata|John Callahan]], US, Research Scientist and GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist, University of Delaware<br />
# [[User:kjkalyan|Kalyan Janakiraman]], Senior Systems Analyst, Business Development Services, NSW Land and Property Information, Sydney, Australia<br />
# [[User:goliadranger|Phillip Davis]], Director, National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence, Texas, USA<br />
# [[User:simonp|Simon Pigot]], contributor to and PSC member of [http://geonetwork-opensource.org GeoNetwork opensource] (speaking for myself, not an official view of my employer)<br />
# [[User:jbryant|John Bryant]], Consultant, Mammoth Mapping, Dawson City, Canada and GIS/DB Admin, Jupiter Mines, Perth, Australia<br />
# [[ChIossif|Christos Iossifides]], Remote Sensing Instructor, Laboratory Teaching Staff, Remote Sensing Instructor and Researcher, National Technical University of Athens<br />
# [[User:tbowden|Tim Bowden]], Spatial Consultant, Perth, Australia<br />
# [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], GIS Technician, Trento, Italy<br />
# [[User:bartvde|Bart van den Eijnden]], GIS software developer, Utrecht, Netherlands<br />
# [[User:eyedol|Henry Addo]], Software Developer at Ushahidi [http://ushahidi.com], contributor of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]<br />
# [[User:iacovellas|Stefano Iacovella]], GIS consultant & software engineer, Rome, Italy<br />
# [[User:Mtoonen| Meine Toonen]], Software Engineer @ [http://www.b3partners.nl B3Partners], The Netherlands<br />
# [[User:arneke| Arne Kepp]], Software Engineer, Oslo, Norway<br />
# [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer| Pirmin Kalberer]], Managing director [http://sourcepole.com/ Sourcepole], [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS] member, Contributor of [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR], [http://qgis.org QGIS], [http://mapfish.org/ Mapfish], [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS], [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live], Switzerland<br />
# [[User:hdus| Dr. Horst Düster]], Managing director [http://sourcepole.com/ Sourcepole], [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS] member, Treasurer QGIS Project [http://qgis.org QGIS], Zürich, Switzerland<br />
# [[User:rduivenvoorde| Richard Duivenvoorde]], Managing director & software developer [http://www.webmapper.net/ Webmapper], QGIS community member<br />
# [[User:stevenfeldman|Steven Feldman]], Principal at [http://knowwhereconslting.co.uk KnowWhere Consulting] and Chair of the LOC for [http://2013.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2013]<br />
# [[User:Edward_Mac_Gillavry| Edward Mac Gillavry]], Managing director & software developer [http://www.webmapper.net/ Webmapper]<br />
# [[User:maximdubinin| Maxim Dubinin]], CEO at [http://www.nextgis.org/ NextGIS], head of [http://gis-lab.info GIS-Lab.info]<br />
# [[User:flavour| Fran Boon]], PMC Chair at [http://sahanafoundation.org/ Sahana Foundation], CTO of [http://aidiq.com AidIQ]<br />
# [[User:Ian| Ian Edwards]], Chair [http://www.osgeo.org/uk OSGeo:UK]<br />
# [[User:Bishop|Dmitriy Baryshnikov]] Developer at [http://www.nextgis.org/ NextGIS], [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] committer, [http://wxgis.googlecode.com wxGIS] developer, [http://gis-lab.info GIS-Lab.info] community member<br />
# [[User:cvanlith| Chris van Lith]], Director [http://www.b3partners.nl B3Partners], member of [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]<br />
# [[User:VincentP| Vincent Picavet]], co-founder of [http://www.oslandia.com Oslandia], founding member and treasurer of OSGeo-FR<br />
# [[User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai| Stefan A. Tzeggai]], creator of [http://www.geopublishing.org/AtlasStyler AtlasStyler SLD editor], founder of [http://www.empirica-systeme.de empirica systeme gmbh]<br />
# [[User:Rdewit| Roald de Wit]], Geospatial Software Engineer, Melbourne, Australia<br />
# [[User:grizonnetm| Manuel Grizonnet]], working at the [http://www.cnes.fr/ French Space Agency], [http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/ ORFEO ToolBox library] developer<br />
# [[User:RdeMoritoru| Toru Mori]], President & CEO, [http://www.orkney.co.jp Orkney, Inc.], Yokohama, Japan, Representative of OSGeo Japan Chapter, OSGeo Charter Member<br />
# [[User:MarkusSchneider2|Markus Schneider]], TMC chair of the [http://www.deegree.org deegree project], CEO of [http://www.occamlabs.de Occam Labs]<br />
# [[User:elena|Elena Mezzini]], Remote Sensing and GIS Technician, GFOSS.it member, Bologna, Italy<br />
# [[User:Alexbruy|Alexander Bruy]], [http://nextgis.org NextGIS], QGIS core developer<br />
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= Summary =<br />
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''Please don't edit this section - it is now locked to ensure editorial review. You may send comments to Cameron Shorter AT gmail .com''<br />
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The document titled "GeoServices REST API" is currently, in May 2013, being considered to be included as one of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. The vote to accept the document as a standard is unusually contentious; the controversy is the cause of this page.<br />
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The document was previously released for public comment and can be found [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/89 on the request for public comment page] (though public comment has been closed for now).<br />
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The document attempts to standardize a suite of web services such as a service which provides map images, a service which provides geospatial feature data, and a service which performs geospatial processing. The standard focuses on interactions via a defined hierarchy of URLs and using predominantly a particular set of JSON schemas for the exchange of geospatial data.<br />
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== Criticism and Response ==<br />
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The adoption of the document as an OGC Standard is contentious for a wide variety of reasons including:<br />
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* the process through which the document was developed which is thought to lack sufficient flexibility to respond to input from various stakeholders, <br />
* the focus of the document on 'REST' and 'API' which is seen as not matching the ideas others have for these concepts,<br />
* the names of the standard and of the services which are seen as potentially confusing, <br />
* the functionality of the new services which are considered to duplicate that of existing services already standardized by the OGC such as WMS, WFS, WCS, and WPS,<br />
* the addition of a new set of services based on new URL patterns and new JSON exchange formats which is seen as duplicating the efforts of other working groups bringing similar ideas to the updates of existing OGC services,<br />
* the re-introduction in the new services of previously resolved interoperability issues which is seen as failing to build on the existing knowledge and experience,<br />
* the use of the particular JSON schemas which are seen as having little industry acceptance and are incompatible with other widely used schemas, and <br />
* the lack of implementation diversity which is thought to give the vendor of the one complete implementation an unusual commercial advantage on top of the vendor's already dominant position in the domain. <br />
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These issues have potential impacts on the use of 'Open Standards' by governments and companies, on the interoperability of software interacting with standards compliant OGC services, on the costs to developers and users of standards compliant software, on the understanding of 'Open Standards' by the public at large, and, possibly, on the reputation of the OGC as a champion of interoperability.<br />
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In particular there are concerns by some that adoption of the standard will likely result in a combination of the following:<br />
# The cost to application developers, systems integrators, testers and sponsors to support all relevant OGC standards will be substantially increased.<br />
# Consequently, organisations and/or applications may choose to only support one standard, or only support one standard fully.<br />
# Sponsors (such as governments) who require compliance with OGC standards will discover that applications don't communicate together, due to applications supporting different OGC standards that essentially do the same thing.<br />
# This will result in a diminished importance of OGC, as the "OGC standards" stamp of approval will not equate interoperability.<br />
# After a while, in order to solve interoperability issues, a respected international organisation or program will likely take the initiative to mandate one standard as the preferred standard for all agencies to follow. To date, the OGC has provided this leadership.<br />
# One standard taking prominance over the other will likely lead to the other being neglected or deprecated, resulting in many OGC compliant systems becoming legacy systems in the process. This should be considered an undesirable outcome for a standards organisation.<br />
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In response to these issues, the authors of the Geoservices REST API document have stated that:<br />
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* the process of the OGC has been followed completely,<br />
* the specification actually is RESTful and does define an API,<br />
* the name, due to the controversy, may be open for modification<br />
* the OGC does not forbid duplication of service functionality, already has duplication between the W*S and the S*S (sensor) family of standards, should not block progress in the name of 'one true way', and harmonization between the services can be considered in the future,<br />
* the JSON format exists and functions, and<br />
* there are alternative implementations for some of these services.<br />
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The authors also stress that the existence of a large user base shows the service is useful, and that the standardization of the services at the OGC may encourage new implementations.<br />
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= Positions on the vote =<br />
''Please don't edit this section - it is now locked to ensure editorial review. You may send comments to Cameron Shorter AT gmail .com''<br />
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The discussion raises a number of issues, many based upon complex technical concepts and implications. This makes it difficult for voting OGC members considering whether to support "Geoservices REST API" as a standard. The following provides one analysis of the positions on the vote, aimed to simplify and summarize key points. However, it does not necessarily represent the opinions held by all signatories above.<br />
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; The pros for accepting the "Geoservices REST API" document as an OGC standard:<br />
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:* The OGC should be in the business of developing good standards, not in choosing which standards should be implemented.<br />
:* The proposers of the document want to make a standard and have followed all the rules of the OGC. The work of any such group of members deserves serious, good faith consideration.<br />
:* The need for an integrated suite of services using simple data, which is addressed (partially) by the document, is real. The proposed document is pushing the OGC on this issue.<br />
:* The proposed document could be useful to a number of people.<br />
:* The proposed document is not significantly more broken than the existing standards of the OGC. As one author of standards [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011667.html notes]: <br />
:''"I know how totally impossible it is to write a good standard, so the weaknesses in the existing document seem more acceptable."''<br />
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; The cons:<br />
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:* The OGC actually is, whether it should be or not, in the position of recommending interoperable standards for geospatial services. The proposed document is not good enough, not widely enough implemented, and not publicly supported enough, to be considered at the same level as existing standards.<br />
:* Adopting a standard implies a desire to maintain the standard, but OGC's desire to support this approach has been questioned by some. In particular, the lack of collaboration and willingness to accept recommendations from the community on this version of the "Geoservices REST API" document bodes ill for the future.<br />
:* The overlap in functionality between the proposed services and the existing services, notably with the ongoing work to modularize the existing services, is almost 100 percent. However, compatibility is low.<br />
:* There is already a published document: http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/geoservices-rest-spec.pdf so there is no need for the document to be adopted as an OGC Standard merely for interoperability with the ESRI implementation.<br />
:* The document, as a new, separate effort, repeats mistakes which were made and since solved by the other services.<br />
:* The document focuses on the past (notably with backwards compatibility and use of only GET/POST) not on the future.<br />
:* The document needs a comprehensive editorial review and substantial rewriting for clarity.<br />
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; A conclusion:<br />
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Both simple answers are bad.<br />
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A simple acceptance of the standard would introduce a new set of 'OGC approved' open services. The OGC approval might enable governments to buy a XXXX-new-name-here-XXXX solution instead of a W*S or a S*S solution. The path forwards towards harmonizing the services is unclear. Fixing this document in addition to fixing the W*S services will be a pain.<br />
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Simply rejecting the solution would be bad for the OGC. It would place the OGC in the position of picking winners and losers in the standards business. It would mean that the OGC is stuck on the project of fixing the W*S standards to meet some nebulous future functionality without having any path to get there. It would discourage innovation and progress.<br />
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Is there any third way?<br />
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Well, actually, there is a different way of thinking of the issue. Overall, there appears to be a shared desire for an integrated suite of geospatial services, originally focused on a simple data model, built on the exchange of well defined resources in simple formats including JSON, accessible and usable using the core HTTP verbs, and discoverable through following HTML links and patterns of URL paths. The hope is that such a suite can be designed based on the best expertise of the OGC, can be widely supported by the community, and can be implemented and tested by multiple groups. Neither the proposed document, nor the current services meet this vision. So the work, ultimately, is on improving all the services at the OGC, first to modularize them, then to enable simple implementations, and finally to link those implementations into a functional suite. Since this is the work that is already happening, perhaps the vote is an unfortunate distraction and the productive way forward is merely to redouble the efforts to create the next versions of the standards.<br />
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= Issues with the document =<br />
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Beyond the controversy described above, there are issues with the Geoservices REST API document itself. Even if the standard deserves support, these issues could be considered blockers to the adoption of the current, May 2013, document.<br />
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The critique is incomplete because it quickly falls into a full editorial review of the text, something which takes a lot of time and effort and is beyond the scope and intent of this Open Letter.<br />
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The critique can be found at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API_critique.<br />
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Note that some of these critiques hold the document to OGC's current, standards writing guidelines. The OGC has been striving to develop better standards so new standards must meet higher requirements than past standards. The lack of clarity in the proposed document is not substantially worse than many published standards but ought to be resolved in new standards.<br />
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= Further Concerns =<br />
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== Political Concerns ==<br />
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* <strike>Adopting the standard will expose the OGC to a strong suspicion of acting as a rubber stamp organization under ESRI weight, and will be detrimental to its recognized position as a reference organization for geospatial standards.</strike><br />
* <strike>It is a dubious practice that a standardization organisation promotes competing standards, without explicitely obsoleting (or at least recommending) some of them. How is a newcomer to the industry supposed to select the appropriate standard if several ones share the same scope : WFS or GeoServices REST API Feature Service, WMS or GeoServices REST API Map Service, etc. ?</strike><br />
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== Commercial Concerns ==<br />
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* <strike>Promoting standards from an existing implementation made by a single vendor leads to an obvious bias in competition.</strike><br />
* <strike>Supporting multiple overlapping standards greatly reduces usability while it increases complexity and cost of development and maintenance.</strike><br />
* <strike>Many SME's have invested in supporting existing OGC standards in their products. They will be forced to choose the standards they support (and can explain), resulting in decreased interoperability, confusion and frustration for clients.</strike><br />
* <strike>Confusing customers with new, overlapping OGC standards will lower the credibility of companies and of OGC, reducing business opportunities.</strike><br />
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== Technical Concerns ==<br />
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* <strike>The Geoservices REST API overlaps in large proportion with existing OGC standards such as WMS, WCS, WFS, WMTS, CSW, with no effort made to reconcile with those standards.</strike><br />
* The standardization of WKT for Spatial reference systems is unfortunately currently quite weak in OGC standards. Geoservices REST API is tied with ESRI's version of WKT, which is not properly specified in the Geoservices REST API documents, and is known to be incompatible with other OGC documents, which will lead to a larger confusion. See the following [http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-July/000166.html comment] for more details on this issue.<br />
* <strike>The Geoservices REST API is not particularly RESTful - it's a thinly disguised service call, not an address space for RESTful objects that can be operated on.</strike><br />
* see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API_critique#The_Technical_Approach this discussion] for detailed arguments why OGC WCS is superior to the "GeoServices REST API" Part 6. It concludes: ''In summary, the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" Imaging part is at a technological level where WCS departed from some 5 years ago. Inconciseness of the specification at large will make it difficult for third parties to come up with interoperable implementations. The components making up the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" provide natural blocks assignable to the matching SWGs. As for Part 6 of the ESRI "Geoservice REST API", if to become a standard it needs to be discussed in the WCS.SWG for harmonization, clarification, and improvement.''<br />
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== Methodological Concerns ==<br />
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# Ten months after submitting, no public response (nor private to the authors of the comments) has been made to the various comments sent on the OGC Requests mailing list in [[http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-July/date.html July 2012]] and [[http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-August/date.html August 2012]] during the 30 day public comments period.<br />
# The Geoservices REST API can not be amended (other than editorial changes in the specification document), because of a requirement of backward compatibility with ESRI implementation. Consequently, the standard is unlikely to improve, or its evolution will be only lead by ESRI.<br />
# OGC standards normally require interoperability experiments and a richer process to ratify a standard such as this one. No explanation has been forthcoming as to why a simplified process is appropriate in this case.<br />
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A response (from Adrian Custer):<br />
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# The OGC is working to release those documents to the public as of 9 May 2013.<br />
# Work on the next version of the document can take any perspective acceptable to those working on the document. (The OGC has no method in place in case two groups want to evolve the document in two different directions.)<br />
# That is not true, the OGC does not require interoperability experiments or some "richer process" for the adoption of a standard; that may be desirable but is not required.<br />
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= Further Reading =<br />
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* Call for comments on GeoServices REST API: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/89<br />
* Email archive of OSGeo discussions about GeoServices REST API: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/thread.html<br />
* Adrian Custer's summary of technical issues (and original source of some content in this letter): http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011667.html<br />
* "Is OGC Loosing its way?", letter to OGC Voters, from OGC Interoperability Movement Team Leaders, http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011632.html<br />
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