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; the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.
 
; the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.
 
Mapbuilder is a Web Mapping client which implements many OGC standards.
 
Mapbuilder is a Web Mapping client which implements many OGC standards.
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<iframe src='http://wms1.ccgis.de/mapbender2/frames/login.php?name=mapbender&password=mapbender&mb_user_myGui=ccgis_de'
 
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width='250' height='200' frameborder='0'>
 
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</iframe>
 
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</html>
 
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''This application is a Mapbender MiniMe.''
 
  
 
=== Desirable ===
 
=== Desirable ===
 
; already reasonably mature (working quality code).
 
; already reasonably mature (working quality code).
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: Mapbender has been in productive use for more than a year in at least 30 larger installations. The roots go back to the year 1999 when the software was first implemented as a proprietary package. At the end of 2002 it was published for the first time as Free Software, in August 2003 it was moved to SourceForge, at the end of 2004 code moved into the CVS.
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: Mapbuilder has been releasing stable web mapping clients for over 2 years.
 
; already has a substantial user community.
 
; already has a substantial user community.
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: The user mailing list countes 197 subscribers (Feb 2006), at the the first national Mapbender user meeting in May 2005 in Bonn, Germany 80 people showed up.
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: We have a vibrant developer community, with over 10 developers, and process an average 10 to 15 emails a day.  Our user community is rapidly growing with our 1.0 release pending.
 
; already has a substantial developer community.
 
; already has a substantial developer community.
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: 8 active contributors
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: 4 core developers (the PSC) and around 10 to 15 other developers.
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: 10 to 50 CVS commits per week
 
 
; adheres to standards (ie. OGC, etc) where appropriate.  
 
; adheres to standards (ie. OGC, etc) where appropriate.  
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: Mapbender implements OGC WMS, WFS, WFS-T, WCD, CS-W 2.0 beta, WKT, SFS, and many more
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: Mapbuilder implements OGC WMS, WMC, OWS, WFS, WFS-T, SLD, GeoRSS - probably more.
 
; has linkages with existing foundation projects.
 
; has linkages with existing foundation projects.
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* [https://mapserver.osgeo.org/ MapServer] (adopted OSGeo project)
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Mapbuilder is currently bundled with Geoserver.
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* [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/GeoServer GeoServer] (adopted OSGeo project)
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We hope to bundle with UDig and provide a Heavy/Light client solution for users.
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* [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/MapBuilder MapBuilder] (adopted OSGeo project)
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We have a long term goal of integrating with other AJAX Webmapping clients like Mapbender.
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* [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/PostGIS PostGIS] (external OSGeo friend project)
 
 
; fills a gap in the foundation software stack.
 
; fills a gap in the foundation software stack.
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: Mapbender is probably the only comprehensive server side OGC OWS management interfaces that includes user and group management with multi-client capacity, CMS-style interface development, security module, log, monitor, etc. We do not know whether we fill any gaps, but we have friendly contacts to the MapBuilder team and plan to cooperate closely.
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: Mapbuilder is a modular Webmapping toolkit which allows developers to easilly build customised web mapping clients.  It's modular design makes it easy to extend.
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Mapbuilder is currently the only Web based WFS-T client.
 
; prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion.
 
; prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion.
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: Contributors are welcome. Cross project interaction is being discussed and joining with the MapBuilder project is planned as long time goal.
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: Mapbuilder is controlled by a Project Steering Committee and welcomes new developers.
 
; has contributions and interest from more than just one company/organization.
 
; has contributions and interest from more than just one company/organization.
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: Core developers come from the companies [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/CCGIS CCGIS], [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/CeGIT CeGIT] and [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Terrestris terrestris], code contributions come from [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/KARTA.GO KARTA.GO], [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Geo-Consortium Geo-Consortium], [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/In_medias_res in medias res], some individuals and larger customers.
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: All four Project Steering Committee members are from different countries and companies. Developers are similarly from all around the world and from different organisations.
 
; willing to migrate to foundation support infrastructure, and adopt website style consistent with the foundation.
 
; willing to migrate to foundation support infrastructure, and adopt website style consistent with the foundation.
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: CVS, Mailing lists (user, CVS) are ready to migrate, mailto:dev@mapbender.osgeo.org has already migrated to OSGeo. The web page, documentation, develoment coordination, demo site, developer beta and testing pages are all integrated into the [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender Wiki] and available at http://www.mapbender.org which is good as it is, we do not see the need to migrate this URL.
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: We are undecided as to whether the gain of moving to OSGeo is worth the effort.
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Also, I'm concerned about being tied to the proprietary Collabnet license.

Revision as of 02:10, 21 March 2006

Project Evaluation Criteria

Criteria for prioritizing projects for the incubation process.

Requirements

the code is under an OSI approved license (data & doc projects need to specify their choice for a type of license).
Mapbender is licensed under the LGPL.
project willing to keep code clear of encumbrances (committer agreements, etc).
Project Management Committee have agreed to sign Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA) (once it is approved). Our project is young and we can contact all previous committers. I'm not expecting any objections to signing the CLA.

I'm still waiting on guidance from the OSGeo committee as to whether we should support the CLA or not.

the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.

Mapbuilder is a Web Mapping client which implements many OGC standards.

Desirable

already reasonably mature (working quality code).
Mapbuilder has been releasing stable web mapping clients for over 2 years.
already has a substantial user community.
We have a vibrant developer community, with over 10 developers, and process an average 10 to 15 emails a day. Our user community is rapidly growing with our 1.0 release pending.
already has a substantial developer community.
4 core developers (the PSC) and around 10 to 15 other developers.
adheres to standards (ie. OGC, etc) where appropriate.
Mapbuilder implements OGC WMS, WMC, OWS, WFS, WFS-T, SLD, GeoRSS - probably more.
has linkages with existing foundation projects.

Mapbuilder is currently bundled with Geoserver. We hope to bundle with UDig and provide a Heavy/Light client solution for users. We have a long term goal of integrating with other AJAX Webmapping clients like Mapbender.

fills a gap in the foundation software stack.
Mapbuilder is a modular Webmapping toolkit which allows developers to easilly build customised web mapping clients. It's modular design makes it easy to extend.

Mapbuilder is currently the only Web based WFS-T client.

prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion.
Mapbuilder is controlled by a Project Steering Committee and welcomes new developers.
has contributions and interest from more than just one company/organization.
All four Project Steering Committee members are from different countries and companies. Developers are similarly from all around the world and from different organisations.
willing to migrate to foundation support infrastructure, and adopt website style consistent with the foundation.
We are undecided as to whether the gain of moving to OSGeo is worth the effort.

Also, I'm concerned about being tied to the proprietary Collabnet license.

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