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The OSGeo Journal is an open publication highlighting open source geospatial projects, software development, introductions to projects, news, event and other OSGeo Foundation updates.

Web page: https://web.archive.org/web/20160307093423/http://www.osgeo.org/journal

This is the working page for the Journal project and its future editions.

The Journal is always accepting article abstracts and proposals for future volumes. You can e-mail your submissions to the editor (sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com) or mention your desire to submit on the OSGeo Journal mailing list.

Mailing List

You can contact the volunteer Journal team on the OSGeo Newsletter Mailing List.

Section Editors

The following is a current list of our section editors for the Journal:

News: Scott Mitchell

Journal Volumes

Journal_Volume_1
Journal_Volume_2
Journal_Volume_3
Journal_Volume_4
Journal_Volume_5
Journal_Volume_6
Journal_Volume_7
Journal_Volume_8
Journal_Volume_9
Journal Volume 10
Journal_Volume_11 (Annual Report for 2011)
Journal_Volume_12 (Annual Report for 2012)
Journal_Volume_13 (Academic track papers of FOSS4G 2013 (Nottingham)
Journal_Volume_14 (Academic track papers of FOSS4G 2014 (Portland)

Article Templates

Author Guidelines

A Short Guide for Writing OSGeo Local Chapter Annual Report Items

Submission Guidelines and Licensing

If you are interested in having an article published in the OSGeo Journal, please see our OSGeo Journal Submission Guidelines. Information on the licensing of submissions to the OSGeo Journal can be found on our OSGeo Licensing Wiki Page.

Submission of Peer Review Articles

You can read the requirements for submission of peer review articles to the OSGeo Journal on our Peer Review Article Requirements Wiki Page.

Journal Team

Editor: Landon Blake
Copyeditor: Eli Adam
News Editor: Scott Mitchell

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-'''OSGeo News''' is the working title for the official OSGeo Newsletter.  This is the summary page for the project and for developing future editions.
+__notoc__
-* Current version is under development: [[Newsletter Volume 1]]
+The OSGeo Journal is an open publication highlighting open source geospatial projects, software development, introductions to projects, news, event and other OSGeo Foundation updates.
+Web page: https://web.archive.org/web/20160307093423/http://www.osgeo.org/journal
-== Background ==
+This is the working page for the Journal project and its future editions.
-OSGeo News builds on top of the successful history of the [http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/index.php GRASS-News] production.  [http://osgeo.org/files/news/GRASS_OSGeo_News_vol4.pdf Volume 4] (5.8MB) of that production was a joint GRASS/OSGeo effort.  The next edition is broader and branded as OSGeo News.
-== Editions ==
+The Journal is always accepting article abstracts and proposals for future volumes.  You can e-mail your submissions to the editor (sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com) or mention your desire to submit on the OSGeo Journal mailing list.
-* [http://osgeo.org/files/news/GRASS_OSGeo_News_vol4.pdf GRASS/OSGeo-News Volume 4] (5.8MB)
-* OSGeo News Volume 1 ([[Newsletter_Volume_1]] - in development)
-== Content Outline ==
+==Mailing List==
-This is the typical outline for an edition:
+You can contact the volunteer Journal team on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter OSGeo Newsletter Mailing List].
-# Editorials
-# News
-# Event Reports (2-3 articles)
-# Project Spotlight (Introductions) (1-2 articles)
-# Case Studies (2-3 articles)
-# Integration Studies (2-3 articles)
-# Topical Studies (1-2 articles)
-# Programming Tutorials (2-3 tutorials)
-# Interviews (1-2 people)
-# Developer Announcements
-=== Short description of content ===
+==Section Editors==
-Suggested max. length of articles in brackets.  Page counts are based on output in newsletter format.  Word counts assume several images, about 1.5 per page.
+The following is a current list of our section editors for the Journal:
+* News: Scott Mitchell
-* Editorials: written by Edt. in Chief or/and well-known person - (1 page)
+==Journal Volumes==
-* News: past 6 months and next 3 months, just keywords/URL/date - (all short notes: 1 page)
-* Event Reports: Brief article about meetings/conferences etc. - (1/2 page per report or 750 words)
-* Project Introductions: General introduction to one software project or particular new features of a project - (3 pages, 1500 words)
-* Case Studies: Highlighting specific application of technologies to a certain problem, user community or developer needs - (3 pages, 1500 words)
-* Integration Studies: Articles showing how many projects can work together in an integrated fashion, e.g. the power of GRASS, QGIS and GDAL all working together - (5 pages, 2500 words)
-* Topical Studies: Introductions to concepts and theories, e.g. what something means, how to work with certain types of things - (3 pages, 1500 words)
-* Programming Tutorials: Tutorials showing how to use a library or application at a programmatic level - (3 pages, 1500 words)
-* Interviews: Introducing open source community members or organisations - (1-2 pages, 2500 words)
-* Developer Announcements: Announcements about recent changes/improvements to projects - (0.5 - 1 page, 750 words)
-== Production Team ==
+*[[Journal_Volume_1]]
-Typical needs include volunteers to collect, edit, format articles and design/proof layout.  Because layout is done using LaTeX, volunteers familiar with it are always appreciated.  By having several editors and categories we spread the word out and reduce the overall load for each volunteer.
+*[[Journal_Volume_2]]
+*[[Journal_Volume_3]]
+*[[Journal_Volume_4]]
+*[[Journal_Volume_5]]
+*[[Journal_Volume_6]]
+*[[Journal_Volume_7]]
+*[[Journal_Volume_8]]
+*[[Journal_Volume_9]]
+*[http://journal.osgeo.org/index.php/journal/issue/view/33 Journal Volume 10]
+*[[Journal_Volume_11]] (Annual Report for 2011)
+*[[Journal_Volume_12]] (Annual Report for 2012)
+*[[Journal_Volume_13]] (Academic track papers of FOSS4G 2013 (Nottingham)
+*[[Journal_Volume_14]] (Academic track papers of FOSS4G 2014 (Portland)
-Each editor is in charge of:
+==Article Templates==
+*[[Annual Report: Chapter Report Item Template]]
+*[[Annual Report: Software Project Report Item Template]]
-* looking through submitted articles
+==Author Guidelines==
-* doing a brief review and perhaps fwd. them to another more experienced user/developer or other Reviewer
+*[[A Short Guide for Writing OSGeo Local Chapter Annual Report Items]]
-* asking certain projects to submit articles (for volumes covering one subject)
-* check for layout errors, so that the final files can easily be merged with all other sections
-* optionally converting content to LaTeX if needed
-=== Team Positions ===
+==Submission Guidelines and Licensing==
+If you are interested in having an article published in the OSGeo Journal, please see our [[OSGeo Journal Submission Guidelines]]. Information on the licensing of submissions to the OSGeo Journal can be found on our [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Journal_License_and_Guidelines OSGeo Licensing Wiki Page].
-* '''Newsletter Chair''':  [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
+==Submission of Peer Review Articles==
-** Announcing new vol./call for articles; announce release dates
+You can read the requirements for submission of peer review articles to the OSGeo Journal on our [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Requirements_Peer_Review_Articles Peer Review Article Requirements Wiki Page].
-* '''Editor in Chief''':  [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
-** Merging all sections, check for final version, asking all editors to submit final versions, etc.
-* '''Editor, News''': Jason Fournier
-** Compiling general new items from past 6 months
-* '''Editor, Project Spotlights''':  [[User:Wegmann | Martin Wegmann]]
-** Solicit, collect, edit and reformat content
-* '''Editor, Case Studies''': [mailto:micha@arava.co.il Micha Silver]
-* '''Editor, Integration Studies''':  [[User:Wegmann | Martin Wegmann]]
-* '''Editor, Programming Tutorials''': Landon Blake
-* '''Layout/Design''': Kevin Yam
-** Designing and changing look and feel of publication
-=== Open Positions ===
-Interested in helping?  This section lists current positions that need filling.  If you have other interests, you are also welcome to add them for discussion.
-* '''Editor, Event Reports''' - Compiling information about OSGeo-related events and to find summary reports that could be included as part of the newsletter
-* '''Editor, Topical Studies'''
-* '''Spell/grammer-checker'''
-* '''Reviewers''' - You have particular expertise and can review certain kinds of articles for content.  Somewhat like a peer reviewer too, so logical questions can be turned back to authors if needed.
-* '''Formating/Conversion''' - moving non-LaTeX content into LaTeX forms (each author/section Edt.has to check for latex errors etc.)
-* '''Sponsor''' - interested in sponsoring the newsletter creation?
-== Reviewers ==
-Please list yourself below with name, e-mail and field of expertise to review certain articles - individual editors will contact you if necessary:
-* [mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com Landon Blake] - Coordinate Geometry, Geodesy, Surveying, Applications of GIS to Public Works and Parcel/Cadastral Records Management
-* [mailto:micha@arava.co.il  Micha Silver] - Using GIS and GPS in agricultural pest control projects; watershed analysis
-== Submission of articles ==
-Your article should be written in [http://www.latex-project.org/ Latex]. For instructions which format/style shall be used, please have a look at this working [http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/GRASSnewsletter_template.tar.gz GRASS Newsletter Latex] template. If you do not know Latex yet, don't be scared as it is quite easy. You might want to have a look at the [http://www.stdout.org/~winston/latex/ Latex Cheat Sheet] to get to know a few commands, e.g. how to enumerate, make tables etc.
-Please send your zipped document to the respective Editors (see below).
-If Latex is a problem for you or your article, please discuss it with your editor.  At their discretion, editors can choose to help you convert your content into a suitable format for publishing.
-== Newsletter Software ==
-Based on GRASS-News (which was based on R News) Latex is recommended, but other publishing packages might be considered for forthcoming issues.  (For example, [http://www.scribus.net Scribus] has been recommended.)
-Contributors ought to submit articles in Latex and images as pdf (high res jpg is fine as well, kim (inside kde) can convert them easily to pdf):
-'''links to templates will go here'''
-* template for article
-** template for inserting images
-** template for inserting tables
-They can be copied from [http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/GRASSnewsletter_template.tar.gz GRASS-News LaTex template].
-== Process ==
-# Confirm editors/volunteers
-# Set deadlines
-# Solicit articles
-# Collect/edit/review articles
-# Format to LaTeX
-# Produce draft
-# Set deadline for review
-# Revisions
-# Final production
-# Press Release and promotion
+==Journal Team==
+* Editor: Landon Blake
+* [[Copy_Editing | Copyeditor]]: Eli Adam
+* News Editor: Scott Mitchell
 [[Category:Newsletter]]
+[[Category:Journal]]
+[[Category:Advocacy]]