Boston Code Sprint 2013

Gold Sponsors
EnterpriseDb
Silver Sponsors
GeoSynergy
Airborne Interactive
Bronze Sponsors
Azavea
Hobu
OneOcean
Host Sponsor
Paragon Corporation

SPECIAL BULLETIN

If you have not found accommodation under $300 or would like to have a roomie, please contact Leo at lr at pcorp.us now.

If you have special dietary requirements, please contact Leo at lr at pcorp.us.

Purpose

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial problems (as done last year at the IslandWood Code Sprint 2012 and previous years: Montreal (2011), New York City (2010), and Toronto (2009)). This code sprint is targeting members of the "C Tribe" (eg, MapServer, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS, MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course, but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

We have started a Boston Sprint 2013 Agenda page for preliminary planning of tasks.

Dates and Times

Dates: Monday - Thursday 3/25-3/28

Time: Mon-Wed (9AM - 5PM), Thu (9AM - Noon)

Venue

Planned Location: Devonshire Sky Club Conference Room (42.358187,-71.057593) and if needed spill over into Paragon Offices

Both across the street from Boston City Hall. Right on the Freedom Trail and about 2 blocks away from the Free Software Foundation head quarters.

Walking distance from all subway lines, commuter rail stations, and Amtrak.

Agenda

Monday (March 25th)

• 9:00am to 11:30am - Sprinting
• 11:30am to 1:30pm - Lunch, Informal Presentations
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm - Google Hangout
• 2:30pm to 4:00pm - Sprinting
• 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Cocktail

Tuesday (March 26th)

• 9:00am to 11:30am - Sprinting
• 11:30am to 1:30pm - Lunch, Informal Presentations
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm - Google Hangout
• 2:30pm to 4:00pm - Sprinting
• 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Cocktail

Wednesday (March 27th)

• 9:00am to 11:30am - Sprinting
• 11:30am to 1:30pm - Lunch, Informal Presentations
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm - Google Hangout
• 2:30pm to 4:00pm - Sprinting
• 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Cocktail

Thursday (March 28th)

• 9:00am to 11:30am - Sprinting
• 11:30am to Noon - Farewells

Hotel

We've decided not to get a block of rooms because it seems it is pricier than having people pick the hotel they like best. There are over a dozen hotels name-brand and boutique within walking, all rated above three stars. Should you have specific questions, feel free to email us directly: lr at pcorp.us. We’ll help you find the perfect accommodation.

Our recommendation is to book your own room via Hotwire or Priceline.

For Hotwire, any hotel in the Financial District will be within walking distance. For Price Line, any hotel within a half mile of 1 DEVONSHIRE PL BOSTON MA 02109 will be within walking distance.

Costs

Participants should plan for the following costs:

• Travel to Boston
• Accommodation for three nights
• Breakfast and dinner

Project Plans

• Boston Sprint 2013 Agenda
• MapServer sprint plan

Sponsor Demos

During the lunch hour, our sponsors will have the opportunity to talk briefly and informally about their products/services and how they use open source.

• Monday

Azavea: GeoTrellis

• Tuesday

TBA

• Wednesday

TBA

Sponsors

We have three sponsorship levels:

• Gold: $2000+
• Silver: $1500
• Bronze: $750

We encourage sponsors ($750+) to support nutriment and entertainment for the sprinters as they work hard and play hard for four productive days. Contributions will go towards space rental, lunch, and libations (in this order).

Sponsors will receive the following honors:

• Your logo or portrait at the top of this page
• 30-min slot to talk about how you are using FOSS GIS
• Get to stare at us during the sprint and voice your in put in person
• Our undying gratitude, which comes in handy when you least expect it. (Remember that feature you wanted...)

To sponsor, please contact Leo Hsu and Regina Obe (lr at pcorp dot us) directly regarding sponsorship and level of sponsorship you'd like to provide

2013 Sponsors

Current sponsors

Gold

1. EnterpriseDb

Silver

1. Mobile Geographics
2. Airborne Interactive
3. GeoSynergy

Bronze

1. OneOcean
2. Azavea
3. Hobu, Inc.

Communication

• Please join the mailing list:
  http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint

• IRC chat during the event:
  Channel: #tosprint
  Server: irc.freenode.net

Participation

We are planning for attendance of 20-30. Please add your name and the projects you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance.

Indicate if you have already finalized accommodation and travel arrangements.

1. Leo Hsu Organizer Paragon Corporation
2. Regina Obe Organizer Paragon Corporation
3. Michael Smith - US Army Corps - MapServer; PDAL; GDAL/OGR - Attendance assured
4. Daniel Morissette - Mapgears - MapServer; GDAL/OGR - Flight booked
5. Paul Ramsey - PostGIS - Arriving Mar 24 @ 18:11 on AC364
6. Thomas Bonfort - Terriscope - MapServer - Arriving Mar 24 @ 19:25 on LH424
7. Jeff McKenna - Gateway Geomatics - MapServer - Flight booked
8. Olivier Courtin - Oslandia - PostGIS, TinyOWS - Flight booked
9. Hugo Mercier - Oslandia - PostGIS - Flight booked
10. Stephan Meissl - EOX - MapServer - Flight booked
11. Bborie Park - PostGIS Raster - Flight booked
12. Howard Butler - Hobu, Inc. - Arriving Mar 24 @ 4:30 on United 1235
13. Steve Lime - MapServer - Flight booked
14. Steve Woodbridge - iMaptools.com - MapServer; pgRouting; postGIS - Attendance assured. Local
15. Stephen Mather - PostGIS/Raster/PDAL - Attendance assured. Local
16. Alan Boudreault - Mapgears - MapServer; GDAL/OGR - Flight booked
17. Gérald Fenoy - GeoLabs SARL - ZOO-Project - Flight booked
18. Jim Klassen - SharedGeo - Flight booked

1. David Zwarg - Azavea - PostGIS Raster; GDAL/OGR - Very likely
2. Norman Barker - Cloudant - Very likely
3. Kenny Shepard - Azavea - PostGIS - Very likely

1. Rob Emanuele - Azavea - PostGIS Raster - Very likely
2. Pierre Racine - University Laval - PostGIS Raster - Very likely
3. Jonas Lund Nielsen - Danish Geodata Agency - MapServer - Very likely

1. Tom Kralidis - MapServer, pycsw, owslib - Likely
2. Michael P. Gerlek (or designee) - OneOcean - PDAL & Friends - Likely
3. Justin Walgran - Azavea - OpenLayers; PostGIS - Likely
4. Norman Vine - Likely
5. Frank Warmerdam - Google - GDAL; MapServer; PROJ.4 - Likely

1. Mateusz Loskot - PostGIS/PDAL - Unlikely
2. Kirk McKelvey - LizardTech - PDAL/GDAL - (will sorely miss this - until next year then)

Individual Preparation

• Bring your own computer
• Install subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

FAQ

• Is the Boston Code Sprint just a coding event?
  • Yes, a coding, testing and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
• Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
  • No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.
• Will there be presentation time to show case innovative uses of technology?
  • Yes, Sponsors and sprinters actively working on projects will have their moment of glory

Extracurricular Activities

Here are some events happening around town that could be of interest:

Sporting Events

• Hockey - Mon Mar 25 Maple Leafs vs. Bruins
• Hockey - Wed Mar 27 Canadiens vs. Bruins
• Hoops - Tue Mar 26 Knicks vs. Celtics

Crashing Parties

• Mon Mar 25 7-10 PM Ignite LocationTech Boston (follow link to register)
• AvidGeo might be having a meetup around that time too.