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= Benchmarking 2011 IRC Meetings  =
 
= Benchmarking 2011 IRC Meetings  =
  
* Wed January 12th, 2011
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* Wed July 27th, 2011 @ [log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-07-27.log]
** summary: meet and great, confirm participation
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** attendance:
** log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-01-12.log
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*** Dane Springmeyer - Mapnik
 +
*** Jeff McKenna - MapServer
 +
*** Pirmin Kalberer - QGIS mapserver
 +
*** Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
 +
*** Martin Daly - Cadcorp GeognoSIS
 +
** Summary
 +
*** OSM styling discussion
 +
**** Mapnik will write a script to parse existing osm mapfile
 +
**** GeognoSIS will use existing SLDs
 +
**** mpdaly noted that some tables lack ID field (QGIS complains about this)
 +
**** jmckenna suggested running a psql command to add OIDs to all tables
 +
**** springmeyer looking for some cached tiles of the style to use
 +
**** QGIS Server is currently implementing the OSM style
 +
** Actions
 +
*** jmckenna: contact GeoServer/Gabriel about status
 +
*** jmckenna: contact Constellation-SDI about status
 +
*** mdsmith: activate windows on BM server
 +
*** mdsmith: contact Oracle MapViewer team about status
 +
*** all: continue styling of OSM data (see examples [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2011#OSM_Vectors here])
 +
 
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* Wed April 20th, 2011 @ [log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-04-20.log]
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** Agenda:
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*** Create plan for vector (OSM) and raster (DEM) data processing
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*** Discuss testing methodology
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* Wed February 23rd, 2011 [log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-02-23.log]
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** Agenda:
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*** Create plan for vector (OSM) and raster (DEM) data processing
 +
*** Discuss testing methodology
 +
*** final presentation discussion
 +
 
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* Wed February 16th, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-02-16.log)
 +
** attendance:
 +
*** Dane Springmeyer - Mapnik
 +
*** Jeff McKenna - MapServer
 +
*** Alex Wong - ERDAS
 +
*** Pirmin Kalberer - QGIS mapserver
 +
*** Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
 +
** Summary
 +
*** final presentation discussion
 +
**** springmeyer and jmckenna to submit abstract for presentation today or tomorrow
 +
**** aaime sent message to jmckenna urging the use of the mailing list more by all teams
 +
*** data sources discussion
 +
**** springmeyer pointed out that some generalizing occurs with the osm2ogsql tool
 +
**** springmeyer suggests 3 types of OpenStreetMap tests: data in shapefile (cloudmade extracts), data in PostGIS (osm2pgsql), and then a "best effort" (data in any format)
 +
**** pirmin_k noted that osm2pgsql tool does not work well for QGIS
 +
*** testing process discussion
 +
**** covered in data discussion above
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
* Wed February 9th, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-02-09.log)
 +
** attendance:
 +
*** Marco Hugentobler - QGIS mapserver
 +
*** Jeff McKenna - MapServer
 +
*** Gabriel Roldan - GeoServer
 +
*** Alex Wong - ERDAS
 +
*** Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
 +
*** Martin Daly - Cadcorp
 +
** Summary
 +
*** data sources discussion
 +
**** teams voted in support of using OpenStreetMap data for Colorado for vector
 +
**** for raster, mpdaly suggests using DEMs
 +
***** mdsmith suggests USGS Seamless NED or NAIP, and he also gets snowpack data daily
 +
*** testing process discussion
 +
**** teams support the plan to test only best effort, with data in format of your choice, but data must retain original detail (no generalizing)
 +
**** continued discussion on testing tilecaching by servers...with the goal being to enhance how each server handles labelling on tiles
 +
 
 +
----
 +
 
 +
* Wed February 2nd, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-02-02.log)
 +
** attendance:
 +
*** Marco Hugentobler - QGIS mapserver
 +
*** Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
 +
*** Alex Wong - ERDAS
 +
*** Daniel Morissette - MapServer
 +
*** Martin Daly - Cadcorp
 +
*** Jeff McKenna - MapServer
 +
** Summary
 +
*** data sources discussion
 +
**** unknown if suggested SPOT imagery can be distributed freely to the public
 +
**** we should probably use local Denver/Colorado data
 +
**** possibility of using U.S. Census TIGER data for Colorado
 +
**** the benchmarking exercise in 2009 used TIGER data for Texas
 +
**** mpdaly suggests using OpenStreetMap data
 +
**** sample styling of MapServer using OSM data for Colorado already exists: map on http://www.mapserver.org/trunk/
 +
*** testing process discussion
 +
**** marco suggested that we have separate tests for point/line/poly, in addition to other tests
 +
**** all teams voted to accept that we would only present a subset of the tests (we will decide what subset to use later)
 +
**** mdsmith suggests testing tilecache seeding for each server...testing how the server's labeling engine handles edges of tiles
 +
 
 +
----
 +
 
 +
* Wed January 12th, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-01-12.log)
 +
** attendance:
 +
*** Andrea Aaime - GeoServer
 +
*** Jeff McKenna - MapServer
 +
*** Pirmin Kalberer - QGIS mapserver
 +
*** Marco Hugentobler - QGIS mapserver
 +
*** Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
 +
*** Anne-Sophie Collignon - Erdas
 +
*** Daniel Morissette - MapServer
 +
*** Adrian Custer - Undetermined
 +
*** Andreas Schmitz - Deegree
 +
*** Martin Daly - Cadcorp
 +
*** Jean-Francois Faudi - Data
 +
*** Ivan Sanchez - Vocals
 +
** Summary
 +
*** acuster: relayed that ESRI is still discussing internally about commitment
 +
*** mdsmith: servers are now in our new datacenter and in racks. they are on ups + standby generator
 +
*** discussion on data sources
 +
**** jeffaudi: can supply 100 tiles of 1GB GeoTIFF imagery (SPOT)
 +
*** all agreed data and styles need to be prepared soon
 +
*** suggestion that testing methodology needs to be redesigned
 +
*** teams will be allowed to join the exercise late, but must follow the rules of engagement (they can propose changes, but teams are not required to follow)
 +
 
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[[Category:FOSS4G2011]]

Latest revision as of 04:16, 24 February 2015

Benchmarking 2011 IRC Meetings

  • Wed July 27th, 2011 @ [log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-07-27.log]
    • attendance:
      • Dane Springmeyer - Mapnik
      • Jeff McKenna - MapServer
      • Pirmin Kalberer - QGIS mapserver
      • Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
      • Martin Daly - Cadcorp GeognoSIS
    • Summary
      • OSM styling discussion
        • Mapnik will write a script to parse existing osm mapfile
        • GeognoSIS will use existing SLDs
        • mpdaly noted that some tables lack ID field (QGIS complains about this)
        • jmckenna suggested running a psql command to add OIDs to all tables
        • springmeyer looking for some cached tiles of the style to use
        • QGIS Server is currently implementing the OSM style
    • Actions
      • jmckenna: contact GeoServer/Gabriel about status
      • jmckenna: contact Constellation-SDI about status
      • mdsmith: activate windows on BM server
      • mdsmith: contact Oracle MapViewer team about status
      • all: continue styling of OSM data (see examples here)



  • Wed February 16th, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-02-16.log)
    • attendance:
      • Dane Springmeyer - Mapnik
      • Jeff McKenna - MapServer
      • Alex Wong - ERDAS
      • Pirmin Kalberer - QGIS mapserver
      • Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
    • Summary
      • final presentation discussion
        • springmeyer and jmckenna to submit abstract for presentation today or tomorrow
        • aaime sent message to jmckenna urging the use of the mailing list more by all teams
      • data sources discussion
        • springmeyer pointed out that some generalizing occurs with the osm2ogsql tool
        • springmeyer suggests 3 types of OpenStreetMap tests: data in shapefile (cloudmade extracts), data in PostGIS (osm2pgsql), and then a "best effort" (data in any format)
        • pirmin_k noted that osm2pgsql tool does not work well for QGIS
      • testing process discussion
        • covered in data discussion above

  • Wed February 9th, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-02-09.log)
    • attendance:
      • Marco Hugentobler - QGIS mapserver
      • Jeff McKenna - MapServer
      • Gabriel Roldan - GeoServer
      • Alex Wong - ERDAS
      • Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
      • Martin Daly - Cadcorp
    • Summary
      • data sources discussion
        • teams voted in support of using OpenStreetMap data for Colorado for vector
        • for raster, mpdaly suggests using DEMs
          • mdsmith suggests USGS Seamless NED or NAIP, and he also gets snowpack data daily
      • testing process discussion
        • teams support the plan to test only best effort, with data in format of your choice, but data must retain original detail (no generalizing)
        • continued discussion on testing tilecaching by servers...with the goal being to enhance how each server handles labelling on tiles

  • Wed February 2nd, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-02-02.log)
    • attendance:
      • Marco Hugentobler - QGIS mapserver
      • Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
      • Alex Wong - ERDAS
      • Daniel Morissette - MapServer
      • Martin Daly - Cadcorp
      • Jeff McKenna - MapServer
    • Summary
      • data sources discussion
        • unknown if suggested SPOT imagery can be distributed freely to the public
        • we should probably use local Denver/Colorado data
        • possibility of using U.S. Census TIGER data for Colorado
        • the benchmarking exercise in 2009 used TIGER data for Texas
        • mpdaly suggests using OpenStreetMap data
        • sample styling of MapServer using OSM data for Colorado already exists: map on http://www.mapserver.org/trunk/
      • testing process discussion
        • marco suggested that we have separate tests for point/line/poly, in addition to other tests
        • all teams voted to accept that we would only present a subset of the tests (we will decide what subset to use later)
        • mdsmith suggests testing tilecache seeding for each server...testing how the server's labeling engine handles edges of tiles

  • Wed January 12th, 2011 (log: http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2011-01-12.log)
    • attendance:
      • Andrea Aaime - GeoServer
      • Jeff McKenna - MapServer
      • Pirmin Kalberer - QGIS mapserver
      • Marco Hugentobler - QGIS mapserver
      • Mike Smith - Hardware / MapServer / Oracle MapViewer
      • Anne-Sophie Collignon - Erdas
      • Daniel Morissette - MapServer
      • Adrian Custer - Undetermined
      • Andreas Schmitz - Deegree
      • Martin Daly - Cadcorp
      • Jean-Francois Faudi - Data
      • Ivan Sanchez - Vocals
    • Summary
      • acuster: relayed that ESRI is still discussing internally about commitment
      • mdsmith: servers are now in our new datacenter and in racks. they are on ups + standby generator
      • discussion on data sources
        • jeffaudi: can supply 100 tiles of 1GB GeoTIFF imagery (SPOT)
      • all agreed data and styles need to be prepared soon
      • suggestion that testing methodology needs to be redesigned
      • teams will be allowed to join the exercise late, but must follow the rules of engagement (they can propose changes, but teams are not required to follow)