OSGeo - User contributions [en]

Tyler Mitchell

2021-07-12T05:47:06Z

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Hi, I'm the owner/publisher of [https://locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''] and author of [https://locatepress.com/book/gpt '''Geospatial Power Tools - GDAL/OGR Command Line Tools'''] (Locate Press) and Web Mapping Illustrated (O'Reilly, 2005).

I've worked for a variety of database and consulting companies over the years including [http://omnisci.com '''OmniSci (GPU analytics)'''] - [http://www.couchbase.com '''Couchbase (NoSQL)'''] - [http://www.actian.com '''Actian/Ingres (big data analytics)''']). In these companies I worked in Product Marketing, Product Management, and Engineering Management. In my earlier GIS consulting work I've managed natural resource datasets for forestry, mining, and hydro companies across British Columbia.

I'm proud to have launched [http://www.locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''] several years ago, as the first publication focused on open source geospatial topics! Gary Sherman ran it for ten years and grew the book list to 15 titles. We continue to partner on projects. Check out the other dozen or so [https://locatepress.com/books '''open source mapping and GIS data books'''].

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A brief look at my OSGeo-related past... I originally proposed the idea of OSGeo back in 2004/2005. When Dave McIlhagga and Gary Lang put their support behind it, the effort really took off, bringing in dozens more open source geo project leaders and communities. As OSGeo's [[Executive Director]] (2006-2011) I ran the day to day operations and together we all kept moving open source geospatial technology to the forefront. Another way I was doing this was to get quality '''book/training material''' into the marketplace. After [http://webmappingillustrated.com '''my book'''] (Web Mapping Illustrated) was published in 2005, the need for such '''support material''' has become even clearer - business, government and academia (as well as professionals in general) all need high quality material that is reliable in the '''long term'''. Learn more about [http://locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''].

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== Interviews, Articles & Presentations ==
* Article in [http://timreview.ca/issue/2011/august the Technology Innovation Management Review], [http://timreview.ca/article/462 ''Beyond Technology: Enabling Communities Through Social Interoperability''], August 2011
* [http://uiwapmds01.nottingham.ac.uk/QCSPlace/ondemand/Events11/f69b474cf6b73c89970095e15a/run.htm Video presentation] at OSGIS Nottingham, June 2011 (slide animations failed in recording, but contact me if you want full quality source)
* Article in Open Source Business Resource journal: [http://osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/851/820 Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example], Mar 2009
* My interview with [http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/10/12/interview-tyler-mitchell-au-service-de-la-communaute-spatiale-open-source/ Yves Jacolin], Oct 2009
* [http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/ GutsyGeeks radio] interview 8/15/2009 ([http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/listen.php?show_id=84&code=4b844fba&format=mp3 mp3])
* Mentioned in GIS Professional UK magazine [http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis/OSGISArticle.pdf article] (0.2MB PDF)
* Quoted in Japanese software development [http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/2000904 gihyo.jp] article
* My interview with [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/interview-tyler-mitchell-osgeo Linux Journal]
* Directions Mag interview with Paul Ramsey and I about [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2517&trv=1 FOSS4G 2007]
* [http://osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG] conference [http://osgeo.org/files/tyler/gvsig_interview_tyler.pdf interview] (1MB PDF)
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'''Contact:''' tylermitchell -at- shaw ca<br>
'''Blog:''' [https://blog.locatepress.com blog.locatepress.com]<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://spatialguru.com spatialguru.com]<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://makedatauseful.com '''http://makedatauseful.com''']<br>
'''Book:''' [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596008659.do Web Mapping Illustrated]<br>
'''Book:''' [https://locatepress.com/book/gpt GDAL Geospatial Power Tools]<br>
'''Old OSGeo Blog:''' [http://osgeo.org/tyler osgeo.org/tyler]<br>

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== Past Events ==
Here are some of the events that I spoke at or represented OSGeo at since it started:
* [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011], Denver, Sept 12-16, 2011
* [http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/english/ Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec], Chicoutimi, Canada, June 14-15
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2011
* FOSS4G 2010, Barcelona, Spain, September 6-9, 2010
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2010
* OSGeo Rendezvous Quebec - by video
* <s>WAURISA, Tacoma, Washington, April 19-21, 2010</s>
* <s>GIS In Action, Portland, Oregon, April 14-17, 2010</s>
* [http://2009.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2009] - Sydney, Australia - October 20-23, 2009
* [http://wherecamp5280.org WhereCamp5280] - Denver, USA - August 14-15, 2009
* [http://mil-oss.org Mil-OSS 2009] - Atlanta, USA - August 12-13, 2009
* [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ First Open Source GIS UK Conference] - Nottingham, UK - June 22nd, 2009
* For personal reasons I had to cancel attendance at a few events in 2008...
** <s>[http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] - Cape Town, Sep. 29</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/ Open Source World Conf]</s> - Málaga, Oct. 22 - unable to attend
** <s> [http://regard.crg.ulaval.ca/2008/ Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial] - Quebec City, Canada, August 28-29, 2008</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://osbootcamp.org/index.php?page=osbc6 OSBootcamp / Geocamp] - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to atend
** <s>GeoTec Event - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to attend
* University of Edinburgh lecture - Edinburgh, May 4, 2008
* [http://www.1spatial.com/conference 1Spatial Conference] and [[OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008]] - London/Stansted, April 29-May 1, 2008
* [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ II Jornadas de SIG Libre], Girona, Spain, March 3-5, 2008 (invited keynote, [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/blog/?p=94 video recorded])
** Including [http://kokogiko.net/m/archives/002082.html pre/post-event meetings] with Local Chapter, gvSIG team, FreeGIS book team and others in Madrid and Valencia
* [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jg2tkh/e/a955a4634a21d7e665c18e86472376eb Kansai Open Forum], Osaka, Japan, 9 November, 2007
** Including follow-up repeat of presentations in Tokyo, Japan, 12 November, 2007
** I was even able to sign a few books [http://www.oreilly.co.jp/editors/archives/000147.html at the O'Reilly.jp office]
* III Encontro Nacional de Usuários MapServer (site offline), May 9-11, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (invited keynote)
** Various pre/post-event meetings as well
* [http://foss4g2007.org FOSS4G 2007], Victoria, Canada, 24-27 September, 2007 (keynote, organiser, BOF, AGM)
* [http://www.locationintelligence.net/conference Location Intelligence], San Francisco, USA, 17-18 April, 2007 (booth, presentation in OSGeo session)
* [http://www.autodeskevents.com/au2006/index.cfm?site=main Autodesk University] conference, Las Vegas, USA, 27-30 November, 2006 (booth, BOF)
* FOSS4G 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (booth, BOFs)
* Where 2.0 2006, San Francisco, USA (booth, BOFs)

'''For other events that had or will have some OSGeo representation (presenters, attendees, workshops, etc.) events see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_Events this wiki page], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Past_Events this wiki category] and the upcoming events list [http://www.osgeo.org/events here on OSGeo.org]'''

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Core Curriculum Project

2021-01-12T05:10:51Z

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''This project might be renamed to "Educational & Curriculum" or "Educational Outreach" or "Learning Resources on GIS".''

The project is now officially approved as [[Education and Curriculum Committee]].

== Mission ==

The project aims at creating and promoting curriculum material that supports the goals of the Foundation. The intent is to provide material that is accessible by a broad audience including academia, professionals, and the general public. Material supported through this project should directly or indirectly build and strengthen the open source geospatial user and developer communities. This can be accomplished by integrating the use of OSGeo endorsed tools in curricula that teach geospatial concepts and applications as well as the creating curricula to teach skills necessary for people to actively participate in supported OSGeo software and data projects.

== Approach ==

The project is now officially approved as [[Education and Curriculum Committee]].

=== Database of educational material ===

I propose setting up an open database, where the person interested (teacher or somebody seeking education for him/herself) makes some selections and is presented with a list of materials and links. There should be material for both preparing for the teaching/learning and for actually carrying out the teaching/learning. Material of the first type includes instructions to install software etc. thus there are links to tasks of other OSGeo projects. The data that describes the material should cover at least data needs, licencing, and (natural) language besides this information:

*type of education
*content of the education
*method of teaching/learning

==== type of education ====

*primary school (students are 7-12 years old)
*secondary school (students are 13-15 years old)
*high school (students are 16-18 years old)
*vocational college
*university, bachelor level (undergraduate)
*university, masters level (graduate)
*university, doctoral level (graduate)
*continuing education (students have a college or university degree and work experience)
*vocational education (students do not have a college or university degree but they have work experience)

==== content of the education ====

These could be divided into two main categories according to main viewpoint: applied or core geoinformatics.

*a subject from trad. geosciences, not modeling
*a subject from trad. geosciences, involving modeling
*subject from application area, spatial planning
*subject from application area, development studies
*subject from application area, biology, ecology, etc.
*subject from application area, forestry
*subject from application area, civil engineering
*subject from application area, military
*subject from application area, rescue, etc.
*geospatial databases
*explorative geospatial visualization
*geospatial cartographic visualization
*geospatial algorithms
*geospatial statistics
*geospatial simulation
*development of geospatial information systems, analysis
*development of geospatial information systems, design
*development of geospatial information systems, actual development
*development of geospatial information systems, implementation
*development of geospatial information systems, evaluation
*geospatial software development, <insert language>
*geospatial software development, for desktop
*geospatial software development, for web, server side
*geospatial software development, for web, client side

==== method of teaching/learning ====

*lecture
*demonstration
*interactive workshop
*self-learning, reading
*self-learning, using software
*self-learning, project work

== Links to other OSGeo efforts ==

Since teaching GIS is related to GIS data, the collaboration with [http://geodata.osgeo.org Public Geospatial Data Committee] is desired, in particular with the [[Geodata Packaging Working Group]].

== Licensing of teaching material ==

The material developed here needs to be appropriately licensed. [http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons] licenses come to mind. This will be worked out once the committee is established.

A key component related to this whole effort (related to incentive structures for some) will be how we maintain author attribution over time. This might be as simple as establishing in every document produced a "change log" listing who developed the initial document, and then listing who contributed to new derivative works. Also we need to decide whether we want a standard way of developing curricular material (e.g., wiki pages, open office writer documents, etc.) or if we accept any format, is the wiki set up to allow for the upload of files?

And do we want to try and agree on one open content license that allows for new derivative works or do we want to have a set identified depending on the author's interests? For example, someone might be willing to provide a tutorial but not want new derivative works, while others may be open to having new derivatives works produced from their submission. [Posted by Charlie Schweik]

== Comments ==

=== Comment on Wiki Communication Format ===

[[User:Arnulf Christl|I]] am very happy that this discussion did not yet dissolve into a mailing list. I strongly believe that we should try to keep it in Wiki-style as long as possible. It is a lot easier to get an overview of what is going on this way. For more specific and short term notices one(!) mailing list will be good for sure, but especially for longer term development this Wiki will be more valuable.

=== Project Comments ===

*Ned Horning's comments [[Some comments|are here]].

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*From Helena Mitasova

I read Ned comments - if you look at NCGIA Core Curriculum, it is very broad, so I suggest to keep at least the word Curriculum there (drop Core)--if we want to stress education in general, how about calling it Education and Curriculum Project. It would be great if we could build a curriculum that people who teach at universities and colleges could use to build OSGEO courses and programs (NCGIA curriculum linked in the document is a good example). For example, if I had to teach geospatial analysis using GRASS, I am OK, but if I wanted to include a section about Mapserver a curriculum section prepared by somebody who has a lot of experience with it would be a great help.

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*From Charlie Schweik

Since I am new to this group and have been introduced via my email address, for the group's information let me give you a short status on what I am up to. I am a faculty at University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation. Right now I have two part-time students helping me develop some tutorials on Q-GIS. I have been teaching an Intro to GIS course for some time but am relatively new to OS GIS products, so I'll be learning. I am planning on offering in April-May sessions to my students an overview to Q-GIS, and then some tutorials on fundamentals like georeferencing a scanned map, online digitizing, getting GPS data overlaid, etc. I see this as an entry point toward the use of GRASS. My ultimate goal over the next 6-8 months is to have some kind of distance learning material developed for use in an "Intro to OS GIS" online course offered out of my institution next Spring 2007. Having done research in Nepal for several years, part of my motivation for doing this was to help my colleagues there who desperately need GIS but face serious budgetary problems. I am not exactly sure how this will work under the context of my University's distance learning program. But I am a great proponent of open access and hope to use some kind of open content license (e.g., creativecommons.org) and see great value in helping move this project forward by contributing the material here to this broader educational effort. I need to see what kinds of requirements my university has related to material and an "official" online course that might get in the way of this vision. I had always envisioned making my material available somehow (e.g., MIT Open Courseware, FreeGIS.org, etc.) so the establishment of this OSGeo Curriculum and Education project is exciting to me. In short, I hope I can figure out how to use what I am doing to help this project and perhaps through this effort whatever we develop can be improved by the community here.

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*From Ari Jolma

Concerning the curriculum and education project in general. I think we don't want to do something similar as NCGIA website, which, by the way, is not linked to any specific software as far as I see.

I try to be inpartial in my teaching, which is often difficult in this field and may lead to confusion on the students part sometimes on software issues. I also try to teach theory as opposed to practical use of software. So I have problems trying to figure out what is it that we should produce. I think tutorials like Gary's are good. Another good idea could be complete worked out examples, which the students can re-do, perhaps on their own time (distance learning) or without too much tutoring in a computer classroom. I've done a few like that (for example non-point source modeling and travel time analysis) but they still need quite a lot of tutoring. One problem I have is that as the software develops so fast (and I've used mostly my own..) the procedure changes slightly from year to year.

Using free tools in distance learning is really good because students can freely install their own copies of the software. On the other hand, for example my software is currently Linux-only, so it is not practical with many people. => There's a common interest with the OSGeo project creating installation packages.

I'd like to have some sort of timetable and agreed ways of working: mostly email or mostly wiki?

*From Helena Mitasova (in response to Charlie)

My idea in that respect was to use it to outline what to teach in different units (that is what NCGIA does) and then link to it a material that shows how to do it in a specific software using selected data. So for example we can have a unit on DEMs and topographic analysis

- the Curriculum will outline what is included under that unit and that can then be linked to several materials:
- general theory including equations and algorithms (this can be just a link to a relevant chapter in FreeGISBook)
- teaching material for use with GRASS
- teaching material for use with SAGA
- whatever else will people contribute to support this unit.

In this way we can minimize redundancy, cover number of different software packages and it will have an additional benefit that you can compare and see what would be the best for the class - e.g. topoanalysis in one package maybe more suited for natural resources students a different one would be better for computer science.

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*From Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan

I think Curriculum, Education and Capacity Building initiatives related to OSGEO could be broken down to three (or more) phases

;Phase 1 Short term (six months)
:a) Assimilation of existing tutorial, lecture notes, training documents, presentations that are available or could be made available under Open Document or Creative Commons License.

:b) Discuss how Curriculum can be structured with existing resources. Identify gaps for developing new material.

;Phase 2 Medium term (one year)
:a) Setup a e-learning portal (www.moodle.org) to manage existing course material and obtain user feedback. Have been experimenting with Moodle recently and we are trying to put together a online training course based on some of the material that we developed earlier. Could help with hosting a Moodle site if necessary (http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/elearn/)

:b) Develop multi-media contents (animations, screen casting), data set for tutorial etc to facilitate self-learning.

;Phase 3 Long term (two three years)

:a) Develop standardized mechanism for testing (question banks, quiz, assignments etc). Moodle is quite good for this purpose

:b) Translation to local language and collection of datasets for geographic locations some language locales. Working with datasets that the candidate is familiar with can make learning easier.

:c) Initial review and improvement of contents and possible establishment of OSGEO Virtual University to cater to education, testing and certification of OSGEO Engineer.

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*From Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan

We had discussed issues about Accredited Professional training before, I reproduce some of the thoughts below. An OSGEO-CE (OSGEO- Certified Engineer), something in the lines of, PostgreSQL-CE, RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer). Having a OSGEO with tie-ups to some Universities,Academic societies, Industry, that could

a) design and market courseware and educational material b) assure quality c) provide accreditation to institutions that will start the course and also training to instructors at such institutes. d) Evolve standardized mechanism for testing and certificate of candidates c) Issue acrredited certification to successful candidates and provide placement counseling.

I think there is a market for such packaged educational and career solutions at least in Asia. I know of at least a few institutes in Aiaa that have been set-up during the last two years and have successfully (at least in term of candidate intake, the course content leaves a lot to be desired) implemented similar business model for proprietary Geoinfomrtics solutions.

Among numerous benefits that such a initiative would bring about, the one most important would be that it would help generate a pool of qualified professionals and developer who could in turn enrich the OSGEO Community.

Some additional thoughts and info about Professional Certification for OSGEO

a) A Japanese company started a Professional certification for PostgreSQL since 1st March 2005. Details about the Certification are available at http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresqlce/about_en.html The testing is managed by Pearson VUE(http://www.vue.com/). Details are available at http://www.vue.com/sra/ As per http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/news_en.html#20050224

b)Linux Professional Certification (http://www.lpi.org/en/home.html) offers accredited training and conducts training thru LPI approved training center the worldover. Candidates can register to take LPI exams at Pearson VUE testing centres worldwide(http://www.vue.com/) and Thomson Prometric (http://securereg3.prometric.com/Welcome.aspx) "LPI holds special exam labs at major Linux and IT tradeshows and conferences around the world, often offering LPI certification exams for substantially reduced pricing or in some cases free of cost."

c) Bradford Learning (http://www.bradfordlearning.com/en/start_page.php) also offers LPI certification apart from various others including apache, samba, mysql etc.

d) Some other listed as LPI sponsors (http://www.lpi.org/en/sponsors.html) also offer/manage Professional certification

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*From David Hastings

I wonder if existing core curricula could be considered as relatively adequate (unless a further assessment determines otherwise). On the other hand, educational/training support for OSS has generally received bad press - and this group could help make considerable progress on that front.

I don't fully agree with the bad press about OSS support. Indeed, I seem to remember that Info World gave Red Hat Linux an award several years back for its support services - partly to counter that bad press. I personally found extensive support when I first used GRASS (in 1987), first became a GRASS system manager (in 1988), first installed Linux and put GRASS on my first dual-boot PC (in 1994), first stumbled across file-level interoperability between two GISs (1995, between GRASS and Idrisi byte data files), etc. Much support has been virtual, through searches of discussion group archives.

Nevertheless, training support for OSS GIS could be stronger. I think this could be the greatest challenge, and opportunity, in the educational arena for an Open-Source Geospatial Foundation.

My attempt to answer this during 1994-2002 was the CyberInstitute Short-Course in GIS, which ran additionally until sometime last year, 3 years after I departed Boulder for Bangkok and the UN. I think that such a general approach, strengthened by the ideas and circumstances of this Foundation, could be a useful piece in the puzzle of OSS educational/training support.

Implementation of something like the CyberInstitute Short-Course could be part of Venka's outline item 1b in his discussion on implementation phases (2 discussions above this one). I'd suggest that the name (CyberInstitute Short-Course) be considered for continuation, as it gained a bit of respect over the decade-plus that it ran on the NOAA/NGDC Website.

Please see my additional comments on the discussion page.

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*From Venkatesh Raghavan

a) What are the objectives of the Core Curriculum?

The main focus would be on providing a solid foundation on Geoinformatics technology using OSGEO tools as a means of education and self-learning.

b) Who will be the actual customer to adopt the core curriculum would it be the institution or organisation which would ultimately employ our graduates?

We can think of regular and corporate sponsored training. Also focus on tailor-made courses. Direct marketing to potential clients would require lot of efforts. Maybe we need to think of providing packaged educational solutions (franchising) to institutions and universities.

c) Which kind of institutions/companies would employ OSGEO Prodessionals?

Geoinformatics industry, Government Institutions, NPO, NGO, Self-employed, Geo-contents service providers etc.

d) What would be the entry strategy? Will it be with high end courses or low end courses – i.e. in terms of pricing, content, etc?

We have to see what is presently available and at what cost. Most of info available from Google Search are summarized at http://www.institute.redlands.edu/kemp/certificates.html#Related. Details of two institutions presently offering courses in India are http://www.gisinstitute.net/upcoming.asp?id=27 http://www.mapmiddleeast.org/2006/conference/training.htm and http://www.symbiosis.ac.in/sig/course.htm. One example from Thailand is available at http://www.gac.ait.ac.th/training/catalog.php. Pricing info at these sites could be serve as reference in the Asian context. The course contents have to be decided after more discussions. I think the course should be modular introduced in a phased manner 6-8 weeks

Level 1: Introduction to GIS and Web Mapping Technologies: Basically how to install, use, producing maps using OSGEO tools. Completion of this level could result in certification as “XXXYYY Certified Application User”

Level 2: Geo-spatial Database Development: Open data standards, GML, Remote Sensing, GPS, mobile GIS, RDBMS. Completion of this level could result in certification as “XXXYYY Certified Spatial Database Manager”

Level 3: Advanced Module for Application Developers: Spatial data analysis using GRASS, Web GIS application development,using Mapserver Script languages, PHP, Javascript, Python. Completion of this level could result in certification as “XXXYYY Certified Application Developer”

Level 4: Advanced Module for Software Developers Developing Geoinformatics software and cross-platform GIS solutions e.g. GRASS Programing & Libraries, Data Exchange Libraries, C programming, Qt, Python, Plug-in development for QGIS. Software packaging (RPM etc.) Completion of this level will result in certification as “XXXYYY Certified Geoinfromatics Engineer”

Option to get a Master degree after completion for 4 Levels and conducting project research (in 16 to 18 weeks) could also be considered at a later stage.

*From [[User:Arnulf Christl|Arnulf Christl]]

The [[WhereGroup]] offers professional [http://www.wheregroup.com/en/training Training Services] for the FOSSGIS web services SDI stack that most of our customers need. It includes OSGeo software (Mapbender, MapServer, Quantum GIS, GDAL) and associated packages (GeoServer and PostGIS). This set of courses is designed to convey all information required to professionally operate an SDI stack most efficiently in a short period of time. Courses aim at professionals with previous knowledge in GIS, WebGIS and productive systems operation. This type of course differs from longer term learning followed by universities. The course material is currently published under several licenses at several places. The WhereGroup is in the process of homogenizing licenses and transferring course material and infrastructure to the OSGeo infrastructure. The first bits are already available at http://test.osgeo.net/moodle (Mapbender Introduction). All material can be used in any context including commercial use (for individual terms of use check the corresponding dual license CreativeCommons 2.0, GNU FDL).

*From [[User:Pnaciona|Perry Nacionales]]

I tend to agree with both Arnulf and Prof. Raghavan in that we have two general kinds of audience--those who are in "formal" academia and those who are already in the professional fields trying to expand their knowledge. The latter require something that won't take a lot of their time--the materials they require could be dense/packed but it shouldn't take more than a week (or a day!) to complete (it could be a series of intense but short seminars). The former will of course need something that lasts an entire school term. These two general categories can be further broken into finer subcategories and most comments address that already. It would be nice if someone can summarize these comments and present this as a proposal for a curriculum/outreach committee... I'm partial to just calling this Education and Outreach Committee. :)

A couple other things... there's an overlap between this committee/project and the visibility committee and we ought to collaborate with that group in the areas where our aims meet. We should also promote the use of open geospatial data and should work with the [[Public Geospatial Data Committee|Public Geospatial Data Committee]] group for our data needs.

*From Brandon Plewe

OSGEO does not need (nor is in a strong position) to create a curriculum. There are plenty of initiatives already existing to do that (if anything, it's already a bit diluted), such as the [http://www.ucgis.org/priorities/education/modelcurriculaproject.asp UCGIS GIS&T Body of Knowledge]. What OSGEO should be doing is developing teaching/learning materials (labs, tutorials, datasets) that are aligned with these curricula, documenting connections between the general knowledge and OS technical solutions (e.g., "This skill can be performed with GRASS, this one with mapserver"), and getting involved in existing initiatives to make sure that they fairly consider open source solutions. For example, in the UCGIS initiative, we had to do a lot of work at the end to take out vendorese language and include things like mapping hacks.

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*From [[User:Punkish|Puneet Kishor]]

I have been reading all the stuff posted on the wiki thus far. Lots of good stuff there. Like others who have tried to grapple with this, we have to be very clear about what we are trying to do. From the thoughts expressed thus far, the following possible objectives emerge --

1. Promote understanding of GIS (I use GIS to encompass not just the software but also the related academic fields of geography, geodesy, geoinformatics, GI Science, and complementary fields of computer science, planning, statistics, whathaveyou). The academia already does so, mostly very well, and with a lot of recognition and financial and institutional backing. The danger in us doing this is that we come off as a diluted version of rigorous academic training, sort of a lesser alternative.

2. Promote open source. The entire open source world does so, mostly very well, and with a lot of recognition, and some financial and institutional backing. The danger in us doing this is that we come off as motivated by some wayward zeal, clubbed with other anti-corporate sentiments.

3. Promote the role of open source in GIS. This is where the committee and the community can play a valuable role. This can be done in various ways -- showcasing innovative projects, building collaborative partnerships with academia, convincing them to use open source tools for GIS education in their classrooms, providing packaged tools and datasets for consumption, and encouraging, suggesting, perhaps even making possible research on and using open source GIS.

I am personally not too sure about certification. The GIS Certification Institute [http://www.gisci.org/ GIS CI] is working in this area, but I feel certification tool-ifies the field, makes it more mechanical, a skill to be mastered rather than a subject to be explored.

Anyway, lots to think about. Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to work with you all on this. By the way, ecogs.osgeo.org is a possible website name for this committee (education curriculum open geo spatial)

*from V.Ravi Kumar

A good account of institutes that offer GIS courses in India are http://www.gisdevelopment.net/education/inst/india.htm Most of these are from earth science departments. Even the list above is not comprahensive, for example Osmania university and Andhra University, which are not listed offer courses on Remote sensing with a good part in GIS. The training institute of the Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad, also offers extensive courses, in Remote sensing and Adwanced GIS. OSGEO can break some ice with a chosen few eminent organisations like G.S.I (Geological Survey of India) and a few eminent universities like Osmani University Hyderabad, Delhi University, to start with by offering or sponsering a course on Free-GIS with some assistance through a memorandum of understanding.

== Potential Members ==

''If you add people/orgs to this list, please indicate whether you're adding yourself/your organization or whether you are "nominating" the person/organization as a potential member.''

=== Individuals ===

*Scott Emmons (added by Tyler): University of Northern British Columbia - emmons at unbc.ca.
*Ned Horning (added by self): American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation horning@amnh.org [http://biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org]
*Ari Jolma (added by self): Helsinki University of Technology, Finland ari.jolma at tkk.fi
*Puneet Kishor (added by self; 3nd: Glennon): punkish at eidesis dot org; GeoAnalytics, Inc., soon to join [http://www.wisc.edu Univ of Wisconsin - Madison]
*Tyler Mitchell (added by markusN; 2nd: Glennon): Author of Web Mapping Illustrated [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webmapping]. Founder of Locate Press [http://locatepress.com]. Seminars at local schools: University of Northern British Columbia, Canada [http://gis.unbc.ca] and College of New Caledonia, Canada [http://cnc.bc.ca]. Email tmitchell at osgeo.
*Helena Mitasova (added by self): North Carolina State University, hmitaso@unity.ncsu.edu [http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/]
*Pericles Nacionales (added by self): University of Minnesota, naci0002 at umn dot edu
*Matthew Perry (added by self; 2nd: Glennon): University of California, Santa Barbara, perrygeo at gmail dot com
*Shaun Walbridge (added by self): University of California, Santa Barbara, walbridge at nceas.ucsb.edu
*Charlie Schweik (added by self): University of Massachusetts, Amherst, cschweik at pubpol dot umass dot edu [http://people.umass.edu/cschweik people.umass.edu/cschweik]
*Ian Turton (added by self; 2nd: Glennon): Penn State Uni, State College, developed Open Web Mapping course at Uni of Leeds, UK [http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/geog5780/] now modifying it for PennState. ianturton at gmail com [http://www.geovista.psu.edu/members/turton/index.html work] [http://pennspace.blogspot.com/ blog]
*Venkatesh Raghavan (added by self): Osaka City University, Japan raghavan at .media.osaka-cu.ac.jp
*Aaron Racicot (added by self): Ecotrust, Portland Oregon USA - aaronr at ecotrust.org
*David Hastings (added by self): United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, email hastingsd at un.org
*Arnulf Christl (added by self): [[Metaspatial]] now offering [http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute Geospatial Open Source Certification]
*V.Ravi Kumar (added by self), Geologist, Hyderabad India. ravivundavalli@yahoo.com [http://freegis.gnu.org.in/grass_geosciencedataset.pdf/ Indian Example]
*Laurent Jégou (added by self), Cartographer, author of curriculums for the Sigma Master at Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Toulouse, France, jegou@univ-tlse2.fr.
*Josef Strobl (added by self), University of Salzburg Austria and UNIGIS Association, josef.strobl at sbg.ac.at
*Daria Svidzinska (added by self): Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Darsvid]
*H. K. Solanki (added by self), NIRD Jaipur Center, India, [http://linkedin.com/in/hksolanki]
*Tuong-Thuy Vu (added by self), University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus, [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/TuongThuy_Vu]

=== Organizations ===

*52North (added by Andreas Wytzisk): http://www.52north.org
*spatial@ucsb (contact: Mike Goodchild, Don Janelle and Alan Glennon; added by Glennon): http://spatial.ucsb.edu

== Existing Work ==

*[http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/ The NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIScience]
*[http://www.ucgis.org/priorities/education/modelcurriculaproject.asp The UCGIS Model Curricula Project], including the GIS&T Body of Knowledge, the most comprehensive attempt yet at classifying GIS knowledge
*[http://www.r-s-c-c.org/ Remote Sensing Core Curriculum]
*[http://geoworkforce.olemiss.edu/ IAEGS Curriculum], University of Mississippi, primarily focused on Remote Sensing
*[http://www.usgif.org/content.asp?pl=455&contentid=460 USGIF Academic Committee], aiming to accredit programs for Geospatial Intelligence
*[http://www.gisci.org/ GIS Certification Institute], creating standards for certified GIS Professionals
*[http://www.asprs.org/membership/certification/ ASPRS Certification Programs], including GIS
*[http://people.umass.edu/cschweik/research.html C. Schweik: 2005-2010. NSF CAREER Grant. “The Open Source/Content Commons as a New Paradigm for Collaborative Scientific Research: A Research and Teaching Agenda.”] - MN had some personal conversation at OSG'05
*[http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/geog5780/ Open Web Mapping course] - Ian Turton, this is under the creative commons despite living on a University web site, I just haven't got a good new home for it yet.
*D. Hastings, 1994 et seq., The CyberInstitute Short-Course on Geographic Information Systems. Formerly hosted at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Now archived at http://web.archive.org/web/20040221110141/www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/tools/gis/referenc.shtml
*[http://www.gdf-hannover.de/translation GRASS and QGIS Tutorials Translation Portal]
*[http://test.osgeo.net/moodle OSGeo's Moodle Test platform] (some day to be migrated to osgeo.org)
*[[Resultados del Tutorial ISSTOCAM WebGIS]] SDI stack training conducted in Oostende, Belgium.
*[http://geostandards.geonovum.nl/ Wiki with curriculum on Spatial Standards started by geonovum.nl]

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OSGeo:General disclaimer

2019-11-18T03:59:37Z

Tmitchell: this number is my personal number and no longer associated with OSGeo (for over 8 years) - please update anywhere else please so people stop phoning me :)

This is the community Wiki of the '''Open Source Geospatial Foundation'''. Please refer to the official web site at http://www.osgeo.org/ for stable documents and policies. This Wiki is the place where documents can be created collaboratively (ie. adoption processes, user hints, suggestions, committee notes, etc.) in a [[Do-ocracy | do-ocratic]] way. All web pages that are adopted as official documents are managed using SVN and will be published on the [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo web site] which is is the only official site for documents.

Snail mail contact at:

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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Web/Email:

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'''See also'''

* [[OSGeo:Copyrights]]
* [[MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning2]]

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2019-04-21T11:35:23Z

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Hi, welcome to my users page. I work for the NoSQL database company [http://www.couchbase.com '''Couchbase'''] (and formerly in Big Data analytics at [http://www.actian.com '''Actian/Ingres''']), focusing on product marketing.

I'm proud to have launched [http://www.locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''] several years ago, as the first published focused on open source geospatial topics! Gary Sherman now owns and runs it but we continue to partner on the occassional project, the latest being [http://locatepress.com/books/gpt '''Geospatial Power Tools'''] which does a deep dive into using GDAL/OGR! Check out the other dozen or so new books that [http://www.locatepress.com '''are available'''] .

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A brief look at my OSGeo-related past... I originally proposed the idea of OSGeo back in 2004/2005. When Dave McIlhagga and Gary Lang put their support behind it, the effort really took off, bringing in dozens more open source geo project leaders and communities. As OSGeo's [[Executive Director]] (2006-2011) I ran the day to day operations and together we all kept moving open source geospatial technology to the forefront. Another way I was doing this was to get quality '''book/training material''' into the marketplace. After [http://webmappingillustrated.com '''my book'''] (Web Mapping Illustrated) was published in 2005, the need for such '''support material''' has become even clearer - business, government and academia (as well as professionals in general) all need high quality material that is reliable in the '''long term'''. Learn more about [http://locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''].

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== Interviews, Articles & Presentations ==
* Article in [http://timreview.ca/issue/2011/august the Technology Innovation Management Review], [http://timreview.ca/article/462 ''Beyond Technology: Enabling Communities Through Social Interoperability''], August 2011
* [http://uiwapmds01.nottingham.ac.uk/QCSPlace/ondemand/Events11/f69b474cf6b73c89970095e15a/run.htm Video presentation] at OSGIS Nottingham, June 2011 (slide animations failed in recording, but contact me if you want full quality source)
* Article in Open Source Business Resource journal: [http://osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/851/820 Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example], Mar 2009
* My interview with [http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/10/12/interview-tyler-mitchell-au-service-de-la-communaute-spatiale-open-source/ Yves Jacolin], Oct 2009
* [http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/ GutsyGeeks radio] interview 8/15/2009 ([http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/listen.php?show_id=84&code=4b844fba&format=mp3 mp3])
* Mentioned in GIS Professional UK magazine [http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis/OSGISArticle.pdf article] (0.2MB PDF)
* Quoted in Japanese software development [http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/2000904 gihyo.jp] article
* My interview with [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/interview-tyler-mitchell-osgeo Linux Journal]
* Directions Mag interview with Paul Ramsey and I about [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2517&trv=1 FOSS4G 2007]
* [http://osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG] conference [http://osgeo.org/files/tyler/gvsig_interview_tyler.pdf interview] (1MB PDF)
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'''Contact:''' tylermitchell -at- shaw ca<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://spatialguru.com spatialguru.com]<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://makedatauseful.com '''http://makedatauseful.com''']<br>
'''Book:''' [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596008659.do Web Mapping Illustrated]<br>
'''Book:''' [http://locatepress.com/gpt GDAL Geospatial Power Tools]<br>
'''Old OSGeo Blog:''' [http://osgeo.org/tyler osgeo.org/tyler]<br>

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== Past Events ==
Here are some of the events that I spoke at or represented OSGeo at since it started:
* [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011], Denver, Sept 12-16, 2011
* [http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/english/ Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec], Chicoutimi, Canada, June 14-15
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2011
* FOSS4G 2010, Barcelona, Spain, September 6-9, 2010
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2010
* OSGeo Rendezvous Quebec - by video
* <s>WAURISA, Tacoma, Washington, April 19-21, 2010</s>
* <s>GIS In Action, Portland, Oregon, April 14-17, 2010</s>
* [http://2009.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2009] - Sydney, Australia - October 20-23, 2009
* [http://wherecamp5280.org WhereCamp5280] - Denver, USA - August 14-15, 2009
* [http://mil-oss.org Mil-OSS 2009] - Atlanta, USA - August 12-13, 2009
* [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ First Open Source GIS UK Conference] - Nottingham, UK - June 22nd, 2009
* For personal reasons I had to cancel attendance at a few events in 2008...
** <s>[http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] - Cape Town, Sep. 29</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/ Open Source World Conf]</s> - Málaga, Oct. 22 - unable to attend
** <s> [http://regard.crg.ulaval.ca/2008/ Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial] - Quebec City, Canada, August 28-29, 2008</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://osbootcamp.org/index.php?page=osbc6 OSBootcamp / Geocamp] - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to atend
** <s>GeoTec Event - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to attend
* University of Edinburgh lecture - Edinburgh, May 4, 2008
* [http://www.1spatial.com/conference 1Spatial Conference] and [[OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008]] - London/Stansted, April 29-May 1, 2008
* [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ II Jornadas de SIG Libre], Girona, Spain, March 3-5, 2008 (invited keynote, [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/blog/?p=94 video recorded])
** Including [http://kokogiko.net/m/archives/002082.html pre/post-event meetings] with Local Chapter, gvSIG team, FreeGIS book team and others in Madrid and Valencia
* [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jg2tkh/e/a955a4634a21d7e665c18e86472376eb Kansai Open Forum], Osaka, Japan, 9 November, 2007
** Including follow-up repeat of presentations in Tokyo, Japan, 12 November, 2007
** I was even able to sign a few books [http://www.oreilly.co.jp/editors/archives/000147.html at the O'Reilly.jp office]
* III Encontro Nacional de Usuários MapServer (site offline), May 9-11, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (invited keynote)
** Various pre/post-event meetings as well
* [http://foss4g2007.org FOSS4G 2007], Victoria, Canada, 24-27 September, 2007 (keynote, organiser, BOF, AGM)
* [http://www.locationintelligence.net/conference Location Intelligence], San Francisco, USA, 17-18 April, 2007 (booth, presentation in OSGeo session)
* [http://www.autodeskevents.com/au2006/index.cfm?site=main Autodesk University] conference, Las Vegas, USA, 27-30 November, 2006 (booth, BOF)
* FOSS4G 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (booth, BOFs)
* Where 2.0 2006, San Francisco, USA (booth, BOFs)

'''For other events that had or will have some OSGeo representation (presenters, attendees, workshops, etc.) events see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_Events this wiki page], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Past_Events this wiki category] and the upcoming events list [http://www.osgeo.org/events here on OSGeo.org]'''

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Tyler Mitchell

2015-10-23T16:56:25Z

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Hi, welcome to my users page. I work for the Big Data analytics [http://www.actian.com '''Actian'''], mostly helping with solution architecture and R&D into the latest application of Hadoop for solving SQL analytics problems.

Gary Sherman now owns and runs Locate Press, though we've partnered to produce another book [http://locatepress.com/books/gpt '''Geospatial Power Tools'''] which does a deep dive into using GDAL/OGR! Check out his other new books that are in the works.

----

A brief look at my OSGeo-related past... I was OSGeo's [[Executive Director]] (2006-2011) and continue to be interested in partnering with others to keep moving open source geospatial technology to the forefront. One way I'm doing this is to get quality '''book/training material''' into the marketplace. After [http://webmappingillustrated.com '''my book'''] (Web Mapping Illustrated) was published in 2005, the need for such '''support material''' has become even clearer - business, government and academia (as well as professionals in general) all need high quality material that is reliable in the '''long term'''. Learn more about the company I'm building through [http://locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''].

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== Events ==
I'm planning to be at the following events. If you are there too, please look me up:
* [http://www.lancs.ac.uk/gisruk2012/ GISRUK] - Lancaster University, April 2012 - Invited keynote. Helping with workshops and delivering talk.

== Interviews, Articles & Presentations ==
* Article in [http://timreview.ca/issue/2011/august the Technology Innovation Management Review], [http://timreview.ca/article/462 ''Beyond Technology: Enabling Communities Through Social Interoperability''], August 2011
* [http://uiwapmds01.nottingham.ac.uk/QCSPlace/ondemand/Events11/f69b474cf6b73c89970095e15a/run.htm Video presentation] at OSGIS Nottingham, June 2011 (slide animations failed in recording, but contact me if you want full quality source)
* Article in Open Source Business Resource journal: [http://osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/851/820 Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example], Mar 2009
* My interview with [http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/10/12/interview-tyler-mitchell-au-service-de-la-communaute-spatiale-open-source/ Yves Jacolin], Oct 2009
* [http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/ GutsyGeeks radio] interview 8/15/2009 ([http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/listen.php?show_id=84&code=4b844fba&format=mp3 mp3])
* Mentioned in GIS Professional UK magazine [http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis/OSGISArticle.pdf article] (0.2MB PDF)
* Quoted in Japanese software development [http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/2000904 gihyo.jp] article
* My interview with [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/interview-tyler-mitchell-osgeo Linux Journal]
* Directions Mag interview with Paul Ramsey and I about [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2517&trv=1 FOSS4G 2007]
* [http://osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG] conference [http://osgeo.org/files/tyler/gvsig_interview_tyler.pdf interview] (1MB PDF)
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'''Company:''' [http://locatepress.com LocatePress.com]<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://spatialguru.com spatialguru.com]<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://makedatauseful.com '''http://makedatauseful.com''']<br>
'''Book:''' [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596008659.do Web Mapping Illustrated]<br>
'''Old OSGeo Blog:''' [http://osgeo.org/tyler osgeo.org/tyler]<br>

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== Past Events ==
Here are some of the events that I spoke at or represented OSGeo at since it started:
* [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011], Denver, Sept 12-16, 2011
* [http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/english/ Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec], Chicoutimi, Canada, June 14-15
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2011
* FOSS4G 2010, Barcelona, Spain, September 6-9, 2010
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2010
* OSGeo Rendezvous Quebec - by video
* <s>WAURISA, Tacoma, Washington, April 19-21, 2010</s>
* <s>GIS In Action, Portland, Oregon, April 14-17, 2010</s>
* [http://2009.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2009] - Sydney, Australia - October 20-23, 2009
* [http://wherecamp5280.org WhereCamp5280] - Denver, USA - August 14-15, 2009
* [http://mil-oss.org Mil-OSS 2009] - Atlanta, USA - August 12-13, 2009
* [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ First Open Source GIS UK Conference] - Nottingham, UK - June 22nd, 2009
* For personal reasons I had to cancel attendance at a few events in 2008...
** <s>[http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] - Cape Town, Sep. 29</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/ Open Source World Conf]</s> - Málaga, Oct. 22 - unable to attend
** <s> [http://regard.crg.ulaval.ca/2008/ Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial] - Quebec City, Canada, August 28-29, 2008</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://osbootcamp.org/index.php?page=osbc6 OSBootcamp / Geocamp] - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to atend
** <s>GeoTec Event - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to attend
* University of Edinburgh lecture - Edinburgh, May 4, 2008
* [http://www.1spatial.com/conference 1Spatial Conference] and [[OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008]] - London/Stansted, April 29-May 1, 2008
* [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ II Jornadas de SIG Libre], Girona, Spain, March 3-5, 2008 (invited keynote, [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/blog/?p=94 video recorded])
** Including [http://kokogiko.net/m/archives/002082.html pre/post-event meetings] with Local Chapter, gvSIG team, FreeGIS book team and others in Madrid and Valencia
* [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jg2tkh/e/a955a4634a21d7e665c18e86472376eb Kansai Open Forum], Osaka, Japan, 9 November, 2007
** Including follow-up repeat of presentations in Tokyo, Japan, 12 November, 2007
** I was even able to sign a few books [http://www.oreilly.co.jp/editors/archives/000147.html at the O'Reilly.jp office]
* III Encontro Nacional de Usuários MapServer (site offline), May 9-11, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (invited keynote)
** Various pre/post-event meetings as well
* [http://foss4g2007.org FOSS4G 2007], Victoria, Canada, 24-27 September, 2007 (keynote, organiser, BOF, AGM)
* [http://www.locationintelligence.net/conference Location Intelligence], San Francisco, USA, 17-18 April, 2007 (booth, presentation in OSGeo session)
* [http://www.autodeskevents.com/au2006/index.cfm?site=main Autodesk University] conference, Las Vegas, USA, 27-30 November, 2006 (booth, BOF)
* FOSS4G 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (booth, BOFs)
* Where 2.0 2006, San Francisco, USA (booth, BOFs)

'''For other events that had or will have some OSGeo representation (presenters, attendees, workshops, etc.) events see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_Events this wiki page], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Past_Events this wiki category] and the upcoming events list [http://www.osgeo.org/events here on OSGeo.org]'''

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Forestry Tools

2012-06-25T16:38:47Z

Tmitchell: add link to dtclassifier

What open source geo products have tools that may be specially useful for foresters and resource managers? A discussion started on the QGIS-User list led to starting this page.

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'''Interested?''' - add your name and area of interest, availability, expertise, to the [[Talk:Forestry_Tools]] page.
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== General Categories ==
What types of workflow or features are required for managing forests? Think broad, and then we can get into specifics in each category.

=== GPS traversing ===
General data capture to record paths, boundaries and locations using GPS.
* Ability to turn it on/off
* Ability to capture multiple types of features

=== Design and capture ===
Block, road, treatment areas
* Connect various attributes to GPS collected information
* Custom input forms

=== Mobile map platform ===
Following current and planned locations
* Map layer control on/off
* Zoom, pan, query
* Basic feature calculations - length, area, sum attributes
* Show GPS,
* Auto panning map via GPS
* Edit stand boundary and sale boundary shapefiles

=== Inventory collection and analysis ===
Backend database and front end collection of inventory details
* Offline database, with inventory schema
* Platform for mobile data collection and input
* Auto form generation for particular feature types
* Syncing with master db when back online
* Generation of reports such as stand tables, stocking tables, and associated information.
* Predict future devlopment of standing volume etc.
* Perform economic analysis with specifed user input

=== Sample plot reconnaissance and survey ===
* Generate plot schemes based on sampling intensity needs, and other input criteria (random vs. systematic, etc).
* Relate/connect plot/survey locations with inventory to allow for plot re-use in subsequent more intensive sampling efforts.

=== Terrain/slope/area/distance computation and measurements ===
* Ability to work in, use and display acres/hectares rather than just sq ft/m and miles/km.

=== Time-analysis ===
* What has the development of the different stands been over the years?
* Compare pictures taken previously to visualize changes
* Linking stands over time (splitting, changing borders)
* Change detection
** [http://gis-lab.info/qa/dtclassifier-eng.html#04 DTclassifier plugin]

=== Surveying ===
* From old style surveying techniques, calculate positions of corners/markers in GPS datum

Tyler Mitchell

2012-05-09T16:03:22Z

Tmitchell: /* Events */

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Hi, welcome to my users page. I was OSGeo's [[Executive Director]] (2006-2011) and continue to be interested in partnering with others to keep moving open source geospatial technology to the forefront. One way I'm doing this is to get quality '''book/training material''' into the marketplace. After [http://webmappingillustrated.com '''my book'''] (Web Mapping Illustrated) was published in 2005, the need for such '''support material''' has become even clearer - business, government and academia (as well as professionals in general) all need high quality material that is reliable in the '''long term'''. Learn more about the company I'm building through [http://locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''].

I'm always interested in '''learning''' about how you are using open source geospatial software and what kinds of additional support you may need. While I am available for consulting work, my primary focus has been on connecting the right individuals and companies together as a support service. I am also available for '''speaking and custom training''' opportunities.

If you would like to meet sometime, drop me an email (info@locatepress.com) or check out my upcoming events list to see if I'll be near by. I'm normally operating out of my office in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Lake_%28British_Columbia%29 Williams Lake, BC, Canada]

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== Events ==
I'm planning to be at the following events. If you are there too, please look me up:
* [http://www.lancs.ac.uk/gisruk2012/ GISRUK] - Lancaster University, April 2012 - Invited keynote. Helping with workshops and delivering talk.

== Interviews, Articles & Presentations ==
* Article in [http://timreview.ca/issue/2011/august the Technology Innovation Management Review], [http://timreview.ca/article/462 ''Beyond Technology: Enabling Communities Through Social Interoperability''], August 2011
* [http://uiwapmds01.nottingham.ac.uk/QCSPlace/ondemand/Events11/f69b474cf6b73c89970095e15a/run.htm Video presentation] at OSGIS Nottingham, June 2011 (slide animations failed in recording, but contact me if you want full quality source)
* Article in Open Source Business Resource journal: [http://osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/851/820 Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example], Mar 2009
* My interview with [http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/10/12/interview-tyler-mitchell-au-service-de-la-communaute-spatiale-open-source/ Yves Jacolin], Oct 2009
* [http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/ GutsyGeeks radio] interview 8/15/2009 ([http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/listen.php?show_id=84&code=4b844fba&format=mp3 mp3])
* Mentioned in GIS Professional UK magazine [http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis/OSGISArticle.pdf article] (0.2MB PDF)
* Quoted in Japanese software development [http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/2000904 gihyo.jp] article
* My interview with [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/interview-tyler-mitchell-osgeo Linux Journal]
* Directions Mag interview with Paul Ramsey and I about [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2517&trv=1 FOSS4G 2007]
* [http://osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG] conference [http://osgeo.org/files/tyler/gvsig_interview_tyler.pdf interview] (1MB PDF)
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'''Company:''' [http://locatepress.com LocatePress.com]<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://spatialguru.com spatialguru.com]<br>
'''Book:''' [http://webmappingillustrated.com WebMappingIllustrated.com]<br>
'''Old OSGeo Blog:''' [http://osgeo.org/tyler osgeo.org/tyler]<br>
'''Contact:''' [mailto:info@locatepress.com info@locatepress.com] <br>
'''Phone:''' +1-250-303-1831
'''Skype:''' spatialguru
'''Find me on [http://linkedin.com LinkedIn.com] too'''
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== Past Events ==
Here are some of the events that I spoke at or represented OSGeo at since it started:
* [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011], Denver, Sept 12-16, 2011
* [http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/english/ Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec], Chicoutimi, Canada, June 14-15
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2011
* FOSS4G 2010, Barcelona, Spain, September 6-9, 2010
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2010
* OSGeo Rendezvous Quebec - by video
* <s>WAURISA, Tacoma, Washington, April 19-21, 2010</s>
* <s>GIS In Action, Portland, Oregon, April 14-17, 2010</s>
* [http://2009.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2009] - Sydney, Australia - October 20-23, 2009
* [http://wherecamp5280.org WhereCamp5280] - Denver, USA - August 14-15, 2009
* [http://mil-oss.org Mil-OSS 2009] - Atlanta, USA - August 12-13, 2009
* [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ First Open Source GIS UK Conference] - Nottingham, UK - June 22nd, 2009
* For personal reasons I had to cancel attendance at a few events in 2008...
** <s>[http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] - Cape Town, Sep. 29</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/ Open Source World Conf]</s> - Málaga, Oct. 22 - unable to attend
** <s> [http://regard.crg.ulaval.ca/2008/ Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial] - Quebec City, Canada, August 28-29, 2008</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://osbootcamp.org/index.php?page=osbc6 OSBootcamp / Geocamp] - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to atend
** <s>GeoTec Event - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to attend
* University of Edinburgh lecture - Edinburgh, May 4, 2008
* [http://www.1spatial.com/conference 1Spatial Conference] and [[OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008]] - London/Stansted, April 29-May 1, 2008
* [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ II Jornadas de SIG Libre], Girona, Spain, March 3-5, 2008 (invited keynote, [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/blog/?p=94 video recorded])
** Including [http://kokogiko.net/m/archives/002082.html pre/post-event meetings] with Local Chapter, gvSIG team, FreeGIS book team and others in Madrid and Valencia
* [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jg2tkh/e/a955a4634a21d7e665c18e86472376eb Kansai Open Forum], Osaka, Japan, 9 November, 2007
** Including follow-up repeat of presentations in Tokyo, Japan, 12 November, 2007
** I was even able to sign a few books [http://www.oreilly.co.jp/editors/archives/000147.html at the O'Reilly.jp office]
* III Encontro Nacional de Usuários MapServer (site offline), May 9-11, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (invited keynote)
** Various pre/post-event meetings as well
* [http://foss4g2007.org FOSS4G 2007], Victoria, Canada, 24-27 September, 2007 (keynote, organiser, BOF, AGM)
* [http://www.locationintelligence.net/conference Location Intelligence], San Francisco, USA, 17-18 April, 2007 (booth, presentation in OSGeo session)
* [http://www.autodeskevents.com/au2006/index.cfm?site=main Autodesk University] conference, Las Vegas, USA, 27-30 November, 2006 (booth, BOF)
* FOSS4G 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (booth, BOFs)
* Where 2.0 2006, San Francisco, USA (booth, BOFs)

'''For other events that had or will have some OSGeo representation (presenters, attendees, workshops, etc.) events see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_Events this wiki page], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Past_Events this wiki category] and the upcoming events list [http://www.osgeo.org/events here on OSGeo.org]'''

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Talk:Forestry Tools

2012-03-14T18:48:44Z

Tmitchell: adding name to list

# I can contribute programming time to this project, I have been looking into doing something similar myself, but I need someone to push me in the right direction when it comes to the big picture. -- [[User:Homann]]
# Worked for 10 years in forest industry, woodlands management, side of things; happy to help co-direct development and have it tested by users in the field; familiar with most of the OSGeo stack as well as QGIS -- [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]

Forestry Tools

2012-03-14T18:46:34Z

Tmitchell:

What open source geo products have tools that may be specially useful for foresters and resource managers? A discussion started on the QGIS-User list led to starting this page.

---------
'''Interested?''' - add your name and area of interest, availability, expertise, to the [[Talk:Forestry_Tools]] page.
---------

== General Categories ==
What types of workflow or features are required for managing forests? Think broad, and then we can get into specifics in each category.

=== GPS traversing ===
General data capture to record paths, boundaries and locations using GPS.
* Ability to turn it on/off
* Ability to capture multiple types of features

=== Design and capture ===
Block, road, treatment areas
* Connect various attributes to GPS collected information
* Custom input forms

=== Mobile map platform ===
Following current and planned locations
* Map layer control on/off
* Zoom, pan, query
* Basic feature calculations - length, area, sum attributes
* Show GPS,
* Auto panning map via GPS
* Edit stand boundary and sale boundary shapefiles

=== Inventory collection and analysis ===
Backend database and front end collection of inventory details
* Offline database, with inventory schema
* Platform for mobile data collection and input
* Auto form generation for particular feature types
* Syncing with master db when back online
* Generation of reports such as stand tables, stocking tables, and associated information.
* Predict future devlopment of standing volume etc.
* Perform economic analysis with specifed user input

=== Sample plot reconnaissance and survey ===
* Generate plot schemes based on sampling intensity needs, and other input criteria (random vs. systematic, etc).
* Relate/connect plot/survey locations with inventory to allow for plot re-use in subsequent more intensive sampling efforts.

=== Terrain/slope computation ===
...

=== Time-analysis ===
* What has the development of the different stands been over the years?
* Compare pictures taken previously to visualize changes
* Linking stands over time (splitting, changing borders)

=== Surveying ===
* From old style surveying techniques, calculate positions of corners/markers in GPS datum

Talk:Forestry Tools

2012-03-14T18:44:39Z

Tmitchell:

I can contribute programming time to this project, I have been looking into doing something similiar myself, but I need someone to push me in the right direction when it comes to the big picture. -- [[User:Homann]]

Forestry Tools

2012-03-14T16:52:17Z

Tmitchell:

What open source geo products have tools that may be specially useful for foresters and resource managers?

A discussion started on the QGIS-User list led to starting this page.

== General Categories ==
What types of workflow or features are required for managing forests? Think broad, and then we can get into specifics in each category.

=== GPS traversing ===
General data capture to record paths, boundaries and locations using GPS.
* Ability to turn it on/off
* Ability to capture multiple types of features

=== Design and capture ===
Block, road, treatment areas
* Connect various attributes to GPS collected information
* Custom input forms

=== Mobile map platform ===
Following current and planned locations
* Map layer control on/off
* Zoom, pan, query
* Basic feature calculations - length, area, sum attributes
* Show GPS,
* Auto panning map via GPS

=== Inventory collection and analysis ===
Backend database and front end collection of inventory details
* Offline database, with inventory schema
* Auto form generation for particular feature types
* Syncing with master db when back online

=== Sample plot reconnaissance and survey ===
...

=== Terrain/slope computation ===
...

=== ... ===

Forestry Tools

2012-03-14T16:43:48Z

Tmitchell: Created page with "What open source geo products have tools that may be specially useful for foresters and resource managers? A discussion started on the QGIS-User list led to starting this page. ..."

Local Chapters/Starting

2011-12-09T07:27:35Z

Tmitchell: replace tyler with arnulf

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to start a local chapter in '''XYZ Region'''. Please tell me
> what I can do to get started on this.
>

A common and exciting question! Hope the following steps can answer some of your questions.

0. Review [[Local Chapter Guidelines]] to make sure you understand what a [[Local Chapters|Local Chapter]] does and should look like.

1. Start a wiki page for this local chapter. Register and just create a new page on our wiki and start collecting names of people or organisations who are interested in meeting .. and collect any other general information you'd like to share with people about the chapter.

Link it from the local chapters page:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters (note some countries with multiple chapters are grouped under a higher level heading)

2. Join the OSGeo main "Discuss" mailing list and introduce the idea there. Then anyone who is on the list and cares about the '''XYZ Region''' will be able to find you. Point them to the wiki page in step #1 above so you can start to feel who is interested.
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

3. Once you get a critical mass of people or need a better forum for regional discussion, we should create a mailing list for you. You can submit a ticket/request to the sysadmin committee and request the list. Provide who the main contacts/administrators of the list should be.
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo

4. After a few months of growing, you may wish to become formally recognised by OSGeo as an official local chapter. The OSGeo Board will want to see that your group is inclusive of newcomers (and open group), has critical mass to maintain movement and seeks to share common goals with the foundation. When you're ready, email the board mailing list with your request to be acknowledged. The board meets once a month and will discuss it at the next meeting.
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board

For more information, questions or corrections feel free to contact:

: Arnulf Christl, President
: Open Source Geospatial Foundation
: Email: arnulf at osgeo.org
: Phone: +491722958004

Moodle

2011-12-09T07:18:16Z

Tmitchell: remove tyler

= Intro =
We have a test installation of "Moodle" at [http://test.osgeo.net/moodle/login/index.php OSGeo Moodle].
Login via LDAP.

Note: the above address does not work. Tested on 12/8/10 by SergiuszPawlowicz.

= Adminstration =

Requests can be submitted via the [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/newticket SAC Trac].

= Notes =

== Login text ==
The login page help text is located here:

Site Administration
- Users
- Authentication
-> page bottom field "Instructions"

== Change user access level ==

Site Administration
- Users
- Authentication
- Browse list of users
- it is set under roles. There is a roles setup for the
front page and then you can have a different role
within each course.

[[Category: Infrastructure]]
[[Category: Education]]

Finance Committee

2011-12-09T07:15:45Z

Tmitchell: /* Membership */ remove tyler

The Finance Committee was established during the [[Board_Meeting_FOSS4G2007 | Board Meeting at FOSS4G 2007]]. Purpose is to oversee and manage all financial aspects of OSGeo as an organisation.

== Membership ==
* Frank Warmerdam (Treasurer)
* Dave McIlhagga
* Jo Walsh
* Paul Ramsey
* Ken Tamura

== Responsibilities (DRAFT) ==
* Manage bank account
* Plan annual [[OSGeo 2008 Budget | budget]]
* Review and approve quarterly and annual financial reports
* Review and submit Tax submissions
* Receive and track donations
* Coordinate with payroll company
* Review Conference Budget

== Documents ==

* [[Finance Operational Notes]]
* [[OSGeo Budget 2010]]
* [[OSGeo Budget 2009]] and [[2009 Finance Review]]
* [[OSGeo Budget 2008]]
* 2008 Annual [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/finance/2008_Balance.html balance sheet] and [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/finance/2008_IncomeExpense.html income/expense] reports.
* 2008 Q3 [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/finance/2008Q3_Balance.html balance sheet] and [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/finance/2008Q3_IncomeExpense.html income/expense] reports.
* Some [http://www.taxproblemattorneyblog.com/2008/10/independent_contractor_or_empl.html advice] and an [http://www.taxproblemattorneyblog.com/Revenue%20Ruling%2087-41.pdf IRS document] listing 20 criteria for whether someone is an independent contractor or an employee.

== Meetings ==

Most communication is via email over the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finance finance] list. There is also a finance-priv at osgeo.org mailing reflector for confidential details.

* [[Finance Meeting 2008.01.18]]
* <s>[[Finance Meeting 2007.12.21]] - Postponed to January 2008</s>
* [[Finance Meeting 2007.11.21]] - 1st Finance Committee Meeting, November 2007 startup meeting

[[Category: Finance]]
[[Category: Budget]]
[[Category:Committees]]

SAC Service Status

2011-12-09T07:13:03Z

Tmitchell: remove tyler as admin contact

Infrastructure of OSGeo System Administration Committee ([[SAC]])

= Servers at OSL =
[[OSL | Open Source Labs]] - 2 physical machines containing ''x'' virtual machines.

If VM hanging, see [[OSL]] for how to open a ticket with OSUOSL's support.

All SAC administrators have LDAP auth to the OSL Virtual Machines. Primary Admins also have ssh key access in case LDAP is down and that will also apply to the physical machines. Worst case scenario use the information on [[OSL | Open Source Labs]] to file a ticket (SAC members only). Direct connection to virtual machines is by appending it's vm alias to .osgeo.osuosl.org.

* Live Status via [http://webextra.osgeo.osuosl.org/munin/index.html Munin]

== osgeo3 ==
=== wiki.osgeo.org ===
* VM alias is Wiki
* http://wiki.osgeo.org is now hosted on this virtual machine.
* Primarily administered by Martin.
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/103 old migration notes] may be helpful.

=== Secure ===
* Migration of LDAP to this virtual machine planned.
See [[Infrastructure Transition Plan 2010#Final_Plan]] for full details.
=== TracSvn===
* Hosts svn.osgeo.org [[Subversion]] service.
* Hosts trac.osgeo.org [[Trac Instances]].

=== Web ===
* Transition in Progress
* Drupal instances for the main OSGeo web site and projects like MapGuide and FDO will be hosted here.
* [[SAC:LDAP|LDAP]] Python Admin Scripts in /usr/lib/cgi-bin
See [[Infrastructure Transition Plan 2010#Final_Plan]] for full details.

=== Base ===
* Template VM used when creating new VMs.
* Not normally running - make a special request to OSL to start it up.

=== WebExtra ===
* See [[WebExtraVM]] for full details.
* hosts planet.osgeo.org, mum03.mapserver.org, live.osgeo.org, and the old conference *.foss4g.org sites.

=== Download ===
* download.osgeo.org ([[Download Server]])

== osgeo4 ==

=== backup.osgeo.org ===
* Provides rsync backups of download.osgeo.org
* Will provide backula backups of various VMs.
* VM alias is Backup
* See [[SAC:Backups]] for details.

=== Projects ===
* General purpose home for OSGeo projects which do not garner heavy enough a load to require their own VM, including mapserver.org, gdal.org, grass.osgeo.org, openlayers.osgeo.org, geotools.org, geos.org and others.
* See [[ProjectsVM]] for full details

=== QGIS ===
* VM used by the QGIS project.
* Shell access only for the [https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py?group=qgis QGIS shell access group].
* Details on configuration to follow...
* Running joomla 1.5.18 and mediawiki
* Nightly builds for Debian and Ubuntu.

=== Adhoc ===

* VM used for projects for various adhoc purposes. Risks to system stability that would be unacceptable on the Projects VM may be ok here.
* See [[AdhocVM]] for full details, and some notes on services running here.

= Servers at Peer1 =

== www.osgeo.org (osgeo1) ==

* [[SAC:Primary Administrators]]
* Lots of config information in the [[Migration Documentation]].
* [[SAC:Backups]] describes backup strategy.
* Web pages (Drupal) ... ([[OSGeo Portal Site|info]])
* postfix - ...
* Linux updates - ...
* LDAP - Howard Butler
* [[SAC:SSLCert|SSL certificate]] - Shawn Barnes (configuration)
* DNS (via Pairnic) - Shawn Barnes
* IPTABLES - Shawn Barnes
* a few osgeo.org services are monitored by HTTP monitoring scripts, notification goes to Frank Warmerdam, Shawn Barnes and Daniel Morissette - operated by Daniel.
* Virtual Hosts (on same server)
** lists.osgeo.org (mailman) - Frank / Alan ([[SAC:Mailing Lists|info]])
** fdo.osgeo.org
** mapguide.osgeo.org
** conference.osgeo.org - [[Conference System]] (also: [[SAC:Setup_OCS]])
*** foss4g.org (main portal), 2009, 2006 hosted here. <s>'''2010 is hosted on telascience but temporarily resurrected here during telascience outage 26apr10'''</s> (2010 switched back)
** journal.osgeo.org / osgeo.org/ojs - [[Journal System]]
** Redirects for many chapter and other urls handled via /etc/httpd/conf.d/rewrite.conf

'''Emergency plans:'''

See: [[SAC:Admin and Troubleshooting]]

== test.osgeo.org (osgeo2) ==

'''The osgeo2 server at peer1 has been shutdown as of early November 2010. All services have been moved off.'''

<strike>
This is the other peer1 host, primary used for backup and development testing of services.

* /home/back: 6/24 hour backups from osgeo1 (by rsync)
* /home/other_backups: daily backups from download.osgeo.org by rsync.
* Development drupal instance
* <s>wiki.osgeo.org</s> is no longer hosted here. (moved to osuosl osgeo3)
* <s>A temporary qgis.org joomla instance lives here, managed by Werner Macho.</s> (moved to osuosl osgeo4)
* /var/www/moodle install was a test/demo for education committee, Arnulf, Charlie S.
* http://planet.osgeo.org - [[PlanetOSGeo#Planet_Configuration|Planet_Configuration]] administered by Mateusz, Jorge
* /var/www/wiki_wiktionary - is http://geodictionary.osgeo.org - admin by Martin, owned by Markus Neteler
* FOSSGIS wiki - Arnulf, Martin, Dietmar
* Private board wiki - Board
* /var/www/livedvd - copy (from SVN)) of live dvd download page, for use with live.osgeo.org
</strike>

= Servers at Telascience Blades =

''This only describes some of the osgeo oriented systems and is not a full description of the telascience reality in any way''

== Telascience Disks ==

* [[TelaScience]]

== HyperCube ==

* Full details on [[HyperCube]]
* Used primarily for geodata serving.

== Lantronix SLC8 ==

deviceports

1 B1600-SC0 << blade consoles
2 B1600-SC1
3 LX50
4 Port-4
5 SE3510
6 Port-6
7 V20z

* ssh sdsu-slc.telascience.org

[SDSU-SLC]> connect direct deviceport 1
Connected to port 1. Escape sequence is ESC A << Important Info
username:
password:
B1600-sc>
B1600-sc>console S11
[Connected with input enabled on fru S11]
Escape Sequence is '#.' << Important Info

[root@xblade11]#

== xblade10-2 ==
*(198.202.74.215) FC4
* '''STATUS: This system was compromised and is currently shutdown pending reformatting.'''
* [https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py LDAP Shell] enabled, yum updated Nov 5th/2006.
* <strike>[[mapbender at mapbender.telascience.org]] (postgres, mysql running)</strike>
* <strike>[[demo.mapserver.org]] : demo map servers for MapServer project</strike> - migrated to [[ProjectsVM]]
* <strike>GeoNetwork opensource website http://geonetwork-opensource.org</strike> - migrated elsewhere

<strike>
The Plone service should start automatically. In case it doesn't it can be started manually running ''/etc/rc.d/init.d/zopectl start''

* https://198.202.74.215/phpMyAdmin/
* https://198.202.74.215/phpPgAdmin/
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== xblade11-2 (buildtest) ==
* (198.202.74.216) FC4 (DNS: buildtest.osgeo.org)
* '''STATUS: This system was compromised and is currently shutdown pending reformatting.'''
<strike>
* [https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py LDAP Shell] enabled, normal system setup done. March 28, 2008
* This server got a new disk in February because the old one died, so all previous contents are lost.
* Use 87GB /osgeo partition for bulk of work on this system, limited space in /home.
* Assigned as a build and regression testing server for Buildbot slaves, and related systems like Hudson for GeoNetwork and Geotools.
* '''Hudson does not restart automatically!'''
* Details on the [[Hudson Configuration]] on this system.
* hosts tiles for the mapserver front page demo [[MapServerTiles]]
* host foss4g2009 workshop uploads per [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/407 #407]
* host foss4g2010 workshop uploads per [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/563 #563]
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== xblade12-2 (Kids GIS) ==
* (198.202.74.217) FC4
* '''STATUS: This system was compromised and is currently shutdown pending reformatting.'''
* new server: new install, no ldap or remotely mounted home.
* This machine is allocated to [[Kids GIS Portal]]

== xblade13-2 (download) ==
* (198.202.74.218) FC4

'''Decommissioned'''

== <strike> xblade14-2 (buildbot | upload | GeoTools | Gallery | FOSS4G2007)</strike> ==
* (198.202.74.219) FC4
* '''STATUS: This system was compromised and is dead. Servers migrated to [[ProjectsVM]]'''
* only gallery.osgeo.org is on [[WebExtraVM]]
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* [https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py LDAP Shell] enabled, yum updated July 19th/2006.
* buildbot.osgeo.org: [[OSGeo BuildBot Configuration]].
* Using for [[Community Mapbuilder Continuum Builds]].
* MapServer
** script preparing nightly svn snapshots (/osgeo/mapserver - cronjob under frankw)
** mapserver.org: /osgeo/mapserver/mapserver-web, including scripts to recreate things using Sphinx (hobu/jmckenna)
* GRASS (http://grass.osgeo.org/) (''migrated to projects.osgeo.osuosl.org'')
** /osgeo/grass/grass-web is the svn checkout of the grass website (updated once per hour).
** /osgeo/grass/rsync is the server which also operated as rsync mirror master (under the 'grass' rsync module)
** <strike>Mediawiki (using mysql)
* GeoTools (http://www.geotools.org)
** /osgeo/geotools/geotools-web is GeoTools home using plain HTML
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== xblade15-2 ==
* (198.202.74.220) FC4
* '''STATUS: This system was compromised and is currently shutdown pending reformatting.'''
<strike>
* ldap.telascience.org: Fedora Directory Server. LDAP server.
* osgeo.telascience.org: Plone
* txtmob.telascience.org: SMS Smart Mob system
* gpstrack.telascience.org: Plone GPS / APRS / Cell tracking .... wishing ;)
* mediawiki.telascience.org (likely unused since wiki.osgeo.org ended up on osgeo2)
* ISO mirroring
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== sparcblade7 ==

* (198.202.74.212)
* HJG still working to setup.
* HJG plans to use for a telascience ldap server.
* [[User:Warmerda|Frank Warmerdam]] / [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] plans to deploy buildbot slaves (bigendian sparc solaris!)

== sparcblade8 ==
* (198.202.74.213) Solaris 2.9
* <strike> civicspace.telascience.org: experimental community portal</strike> - see [[SAC:Setup CiviCRM]]

== hypersphere ==
* (hypersphere.calit2.net)
* [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi Web based IRC client]

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

Secretary

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Current OSGeo Secretary is [[User:mpg|Michael Gerlek]]

== Annual Tasks ==
* File Delaware franchise tax and file annual report (one step) - [http://corp.delaware.gov/paytaxes.shtml here]
* File British Columbia extra-provincial society annual report (filed by Pat at Oliver and Co. lawyers, Williams Lake, BC)

== Regular Tasks ==
* Scribe minutes from board meetings

...

[[Category: Finance]]

Marketing Committee Members

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== Committee Members ==
Committee members are eligible to vote. The process to become Committee member for the moment is rather informal, just send a mail introducing yourself to the list, describe your interests and - please - attend to meetings.
* Chair currently vacant
* [[User:camerons | Cameron Shorter]]
* [[User:Mmontesinos|Miguel Montesinos]]
* [[User:wildintellect|Alex Mandel]]
* [[User:Dan | Daniele Nascimento]]

* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:Ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
* [[User:Torsten Brassat | Torsten Brassat]]
* [[User:Mpg | Michael P. Gerlek]]
* [[User:Pnaciona | Perry Nacionales]]
* [[User:Nathalie Mainland | Nathalie Mainland]]
* [[User:bitner| David Bitner]] (occasionally)
* [[User:tbowden|Tim Bowden]]

[[Category:Marketing]]

OSGeo Sponsorship Page

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'''This page now redundant and available in final form at: http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship'''

=== Help Sponsor OSGeo ===

OSGeo is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a reliable home for open source geospatial software. It also serves as a vehicle for promoting open source software and is a place where the community can gather to drive ahead innovations and maturation of the technologies we collectively share.

Although we have a tremendous volunteer community -- including corporations as well as indviduals -- involved in the advancement of open source technologies, some things still have hard costs. To cover these costs we need your help. Your support will help ensure that OSGeo will be a sustainable and healthy organization representing open source geospatial technologies long into the future.

=== Why Sponsor OSGeo ===

* '''Organizations Depend on OSGeo Software''' - Many companies and government agencies use OSGeo technologies in their day-to-day work that allow them to compete or deliver services in an efficient and timely manner. Sustaining their own current operations into the future therefore depends on the success of OSGeo and a commensurate relationship with the organization.
* '''Communities of Practice Adopt OSGeo Software''' - Communities representing a wide range of domains, from professional associations to non-government organizations, leverage OSGeo software as a critical component of their end-user applications. These organizations have an interest in ensuring the software can be sustained into the future, and wish to be seen to be supporting their members' software selection.
* '''Open Source Adoption of Open Standards and Other Priorities''' - Some of OSGeo's primary goals and objectives are consistent with other organizations' missions and goals. Sponsorship can become a means of furthering these goals by supporting a like-minded organization.
* '''Market Benefits of Supporting OSGeo''' - Organizations, especially companies, increasingly recognize the benefit of being supportive of open source in the marketplace. Generally speaking, they wish to be seen as friendly to open source and sponsoring OSGeo provides a means of adding credibility to their image.
* '''Visibility''' - All marketing and communications organizations are interested in maximizing positive visibility in the marketplace. Sponsorship provides a mechanism for associated visibility with OSGeo such as logos on booths, web sites and other marketing collateral.
* '''Networking Opportunity''' - All organizations value opportunities to meet with like-minded individuals. Meeting around a common supported cause with other OSGeo sponsors and volunteers is a great way to build stronger links and expand your organization's network of contacts.

=== Sponsorship Levels ===
Foundation sponsorships are available on an annual basis and offered to organizations at four different funding levels.

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=== Sponsorship Benefits ===

One strength of OSGeo is its ability to operate at arm's length from any organization and, therefore, from any individual sponsor. Every sponsor is an important part of OSGeo, no matter what funding level they commit to. For this reason the benefits offered to sponsors do not compromise impartiality, which helps keep OSGeo free from control by any one influence. This is critical to the success of all organizations that partner with OSGeo.

In recognition of the various levels of sponsor contributions, each sponsor receives particular benefits. The benefits are outlined below and are cumulative as the amounts increase (higher levels include lower level benefits as well).

== Sustaining Sponsor ==

* '''Top Visibility''' on the '''OSGeo Sponsors''' web page
* Key OSGeo marketing materials feature '''your organization's logo'''
* At promotion events, your organization's logo is displayed as '''part of the OSGeo Booth'''
* Right to '''First Sponsorship Selection''' for the Annual OSGeo International Conference
* Full-page '''Promotional Space''' on a personalized OSGeo Sponsor Page (content subject to OSGeo approval)

== Principal Sponsor ==
* '''Promotional Space''' on an OSGeo Principal Sponsor Page (content subject to OSGeo approval)
* Right to '''Sponsorship Selection''' for the Annual OSGeo International Conference (after Sustaining Sponsors)

== Supporting Sponsor ==

* Joint '''Press Release''' with OSGeo to announce Sponsorship
* Invitation to '''Sponsor Information Exchange Event''' with Board of Directors following annual OSGeo International Conference
* Invitation to '''Sponsor Networking Event''' with OSGeo Board of Directors and other invited guests following annual OSGeo International Conference

== Associate Sponsor ==

* Right to use '''OSGeo Sponsor''' logo and promote named sponsorship level
* Sponsor is promoted on the '''OSGeo Sponsors''' web page, with link to sponsor's Web site

= How to Sponsor =

To sponsor OSGeo or discuss sponsorship opportunities further, please contact:

: Arnulf Christl, President<br>
: Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
: Email: arnulf at osgeo.org<br>
: Phone: +491722958004

[[Category:Sponsorship]]
[[Category:Finance]]

TrademarkFAQ

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''The authoritative version of this FAQ lives at http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/trademark_faq.html. Please also see the [http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/trademark_guidelines.html Trademark Guidelines] page for a more general discussion of these issues.''

== What's the purpose of this document? ==

This document sets out to answer the common questions which arise about the use of the OSGeo Trademarks and [[Logos]]. Our code is free, but we do strictly enforce our trademark rights; we must, in order to keep them valid. This means that, while you have considerable freedom to redistribute and modify our software, there are tight restrictions on your ability to use the OSGeo name and logos, even when built into binaries that we provide.

== What are the OSGeo Trademarks and Logos? ==

The OSGeo trademarks include, among others, the names The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, OSGeo, OSGeo.org, and the [[Logo | compass logo]].

The OSGeo logo is displayed without the(R) symbols. TM in superscript can be added but it is not required (Thanks to Jennifer Daehler for this information).

== Can I put OSGeo banners on my website? Can I link to you? ==

Thanks for your support -- of course you may. Please read how to put [[Logo Use#Linking to OSGeo | OSGeo banners on your website and how to link OSGeo]].

== Can I make a t-shirt/desktop wallpaper/baseball cap with the logo on? ==

Sure, if it's just for you, or if it's for others and no money or other consideration changes hands -- but note you are specifically precluded from producing items with the OSGeo name or logo for distribution at tradeshows, local user group meetings, etc. OSGeo operates the [http://www.cafepress.com/osgeo OSGeo store] which sells a wide range of branded merchandise for exactly this purpose, with the proceeds going to support the Foundation. For more details please read [[TrademarkGuidelines#Logos_and_Merchandise | Trademark Guidelines: Logos and Merchandise]].

== Can I modify your logos and distribute the result? ==

[[Image:OSGeo Logo 150by65 pixel.png|thumb|right|150px|Logo in 150 pixels width]] To maintain our legal standing with respect to our trademarks and to prevent confusion or misunderstanding within the marketplace, you may not modify the logos. This is an open community, so feel free to discuss this policy. Please see our [[Trademark Guidelines]] and [[Logo Use]] guidelines on how you can link the [[Logo]] variations we currently provide.

== You didn't answer my question. ==

No problem. Simply contact arnulf@osgeo.org and you will get all the answers you need.

Contact

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The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a broadly inclusive and divers organization. Therefore it is practically impossible to provide one access point of contact for all kinds of requests. One good place to start getting into contact with people inside the OSGeo Foundation are the [http://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/mailing_lists.html Mailing Lists]. If you roughly know where you want to go then the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo OSGeo Lists Server] might be the easiest way in.

If you need direct and immediate contact with an official representative (and only then) please talk to our President:

: Arnulf Christl, President<br>
: Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
: Email: arnulf at osgeo.org<br>
: Phone: +491722958004</p>

Contacts

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OSGeo Projects are freestanding entities, handled by their own Project Steering Committees. Each project has been asked to provide a representative to help coordinate OSGeo involvement. These volunteers are listed by project below:

== General ==
* General Foundation Info - info@osgeo.org - [mailto:info@osgeo.org]
* [[Board of Directors]] - [[Arnulf Christl]] - arnulf at osgeo.org
* Treasurer (AC/AP) - Daniel Morissette - treasurer at osgeo.org

== Software Projects ==
* [http://www.osgeo.org/deegree deegree] - Jens Fitzke - fitzke at lat-lon.de
* [http://fdo.osgeo.org/ FDO] - Greg Boone - greg.boone at autodesk.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/gdal_ogr GDAL/OGR] - Frank Warmerdam - warmerdam at pobox.com
* [http://geos.refractions.net GEOS] - Paul Ramsey - pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
* [http://geomajas.org Geomajas] - Pieter Degraef - pieter.degraef at geosparc.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/geonetwork GeoNetwork opensource] - Jeroen Ticheler - Jeroen.Ticheler at geocat.net
* [http://www.geoserver.org GeoServer] - Jody Garnett - jody.garnett at gmail.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/geotools GeoTools] - Jody Garnett - jody.garnett at gmail.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/grass GRASS GIS] - Markus Neteler - neteler at osgeo.org
* [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/gvSIG gvSIG] - Jorge Sanz - jsanz at gvsig.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/mapbender Mapbender] Christoph Baudson - christoph at osgeo.org
* [http://www.mapfish.org MapFish] - Cédric Moullet - cedric.moullet AT camptocamp.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide MapGuide Open Source] - Robert Bray - robert.bray at autodesk.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver MapServer] - Steve Lime - sdlime at comcast.net
* [http://metacrs.osgeo.org MetaCRS] - Frank Warmerdam - warmerdam at pobox.com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/openlayers OpenLayers] - Tim Schaub - tschaub at opengeo.org
* [http://www.osgeo.org/ossim OSSIM] - Mark Lucas - mlucas at radiantblue.com
* [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS] - Paul Ramsey - pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
* [http://www.osgeo.org/qgis QGIS] - Gary Sherman - sherman at mrcc.com

== Project Steering Committees ==
'''Web Mapping'''
* deegree [http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/StructuresAndProcedures PSC] - Contact: [[User:JensFitzke | Jens Fitzke]]
* Geomajas [http://www.geomajas.org/community/project-steering-committee PSC] - Chair: Pieter De Graef
* Mapbender [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Category:PSC PSC] - Chair: [[User:Christoph | Christoph Baudson]]
* MapFish [http://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/wiki/Community/PSC PSC] - Chair: [[User:Elem | Eric Lemoine]]
* MapGuide Open Source [http://mapguide.osgeo.org/psc.html PSC] - Chair: Robert Bray
* MapServer [http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-23.html PSC] - Chair: Stephen Lime
* OpenLayers [http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/SteeringCommittee PSC] - Chair: [[User:Tschaub | Tim Schaub]]

'''Desktop Applications'''
* GRASS GIS [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/PSC PSC] - Chair: [[Markus Neteler]]
* OSSIM [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimgovernance PSC] - Chair: Garrett Potts
* Quantum GIS [http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/Project_Organigram PSC] - Chair: Gary Sherman
* gvSIG - [[GvSIG Technical Project Committee|PSC]] - Chair: [[Jorge Sanz]]

'''Geospatial Libraries'''
* FDO [http://fdo.osgeo.org/psc.html PSC] - Chair: Greg Boone
* GDAL/OGR [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GovernanceAndCommunity PSC] - Chair: Frank Warmerdam
* GeoTools [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/4+Project+Management+Committee PSC] - Chair: Jody Garnett
* GEOS [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/wiki/PSC PSC] - Chair: [[User:Pwramsey3 | Paul Ramsey]]
* MetaCRS [http://metacrs.osgeo.org PSC] - Chair: Frank Warmerdam
* PostGIS [http://postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/ch01.html#psc PSC] - Chair: [[User:Pwramsey3 | Paul Ramsey]]

'''Metadata Catalog'''
* GeoNetwork opensource [http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork/wiki/PSC PSC] - Chair: Jeroen Ticheler

== Committees ==
* [[Education and Curriculum Committee]] - Charlie Schweik - cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu
* [[Finance Committee]] - Daniel Morissette - dmorissette at mapgears.com
* [[Incubation Committee]] - Jody Garnett - jody.garnett at gmail.com
* [[Public Geospatial Data Committee]] - David William Bitner - bitner at dbspatial.com
* [[Marketing Committee]] -
* [[SAC|System Administration Committee]] - Alex Mandel - tech_dev at wildintellect.com
* [[Website Committee]] - Christopher Schmidt - crschmidt at metacarta.com
* [[Conference Committee]] - Jeff McKenna - jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
* OSGeo [[Journal]]
== Local Chapters ==

* [[Ottawa Chapter]] - Scott Mitchell - smitch at mac.com
* [[China]] - Chen Rongguo - chenrg at lreis.ac.cn
* [[Japan]] - Mr. Mori Toru - moritoru at orkney.co.jp
* [[KSA Chapter]] - Awase Khirni Syed - awasekhirni at gmail.com
* [[India]] - P.S. Roy - psr at nrsa.gov.in
* [[Brazil]] - Helton Uchoa - engenheiro.uchoa at gmail.com
* [[Taiwan]] - Sander Borghuis - s.borghuis at geo.uu.nl
* [[Spanish]] - [[Pedro-Juan Ferrer]] - vehrka at gmail.com
* [[Aust-NZ]] - Australia and New Zealand Chapter- tim.bowden _at_ westnet.com.au
* [[Finland]] - Ari Jolma - ajolma at osgeo.org
* [[Francophone]] - [[User:Yjacolin|yjacolin]]
* [[D-A-CH]] (German language) - [[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]]
* [[Dutch]] - Jeroen Ticheler - Jeroen.Ticheler at geocat.net
* [[California]] - Landon Blake - sunburned.surveyor at gmail dot com
* [[Quebec]] - Daniel Morissette - dmorissette at mapgears dot com

== Infrastructure ==

* [[SAC:Primary Administrators]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Infrastructure]]
[[Category:PSC]]

SAC:Primary Administrators

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This page documents what a Primary Administrator is, and who they are.

Primary Administrators are those people who have been given the highest level of access to OSGeo system resources. This is a position of substantial trust and responsibility. Primary Administrators are provided with:

* accounts and sudo access on the primary Peer1 server (www.osgeo.org)
* account information for the OSGeo DNS account at Pairnic.
* account info for logging into the UPS web page to reboot the main and secondary Peer1 servers.
* LDAP Password for primary LDAP repository
* account info for filing tickets with Peer1

The following individuals are Primary Administrators and have access to this information. If they don't know the info, they should contact another primary administrator for details, and keep it somewhere off the main server so they can get to it in an emergency!

* [[User:Sbarnes|Shawn Barnes]]: +1 613.565.5056 - Ottawa/CAN business hours - timezone GMT-4
* [[User:Warmerda|Frank Warmerdam]]: +1 613.628-2337 (home), +1 613.635-3771 (cell) - anytime (all incl. UPS reboot)
* [[User:Hobu|Howard Butler]]: +1 515 708 0858 IRC (UPS reboot)
* [[User:Mspott|Martin Spott]]: +49 172 2019167 - timezone (GMT +1)
* [[User:Wolf|Wolf Bergenheim]]: (Drupal) +358-41-5176362 - timezone GMT+2
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]: +39 0461 615 570 Trento/IT business hours - timezone GMT+1
* [[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]: +1 603 264 2294
* [[User:Wildintellect|Alex Mandel]] - timezone GMT-7

=== Other Admins of Note ===

* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]: (Mediawiki)
* [[User:johng|HyperJohnGraham]]: (Telascience)

=== IRC channels ===

Go here to catch people:

* irc://irc.freenode.org#osgeo
* irc://irc.freenode.org#telascience
* If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/telascience-irc.cgi IRC Web browser interface] or [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode's Webchat] (if you are behind a restrictive firewall)

[[Category: Infrastructure]]

Tyler Mitchell

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Hi, welcome to my users page. I was OSGeo's [[Executive Director]] (2006-2011) and continue to be interested in partnering with others to keep moving open source geospatial technology to the forefront. One way I'm doing this is to get quality '''book/training material''' into the marketplace. After [http://webmappingillustrated.com '''my book'''] (Web Mapping Illustrated) was published in 2005, the need for such '''support material''' has become even clearer - business, government and academia (as well as professionals in general) all need high quality material that is reliable in the '''long term'''. Learn more about the company I'm building through [http://locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''].

I'm always interested in '''learning''' about how you are using open source geospatial software and what kinds of additional support you may need. While I am available for consulting work, my primary focus has been on connecting the right individuals and companies together as a support service. I am also available for '''speaking and custom training''' opportunities.

If you would like to meet sometime, drop me an email (info@locatepress.com) or check out my upcoming events list to see if I'll be near by. I'm normally operating out of my office in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Lake_%28British_Columbia%29 Williams Lake, BC, Canada]

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== Events ==
I'm planning to be at the following events. If you are there too, please look me up:
* GISRUK - Lancaster University, April 2012 - Invited keynote. Helping with workshops and delivering talk.

== Interviews, Articles & Presentations ==
* Article in [http://timreview.ca/issue/2011/august the Technology Innovation Management Review], [http://timreview.ca/article/462 ''Beyond Technology: Enabling Communities Through Social Interoperability''], August 2011
* [http://uiwapmds01.nottingham.ac.uk/QCSPlace/ondemand/Events11/f69b474cf6b73c89970095e15a/run.htm Video presentation] at OSGIS Nottingham, June 2011 (slide animations failed in recording, but contact me if you want full quality source)
* Article in Open Source Business Resource journal: [http://osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/851/820 Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example], Mar 2009
* My interview with [http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/10/12/interview-tyler-mitchell-au-service-de-la-communaute-spatiale-open-source/ Yves Jacolin], Oct 2009
* [http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/ GutsyGeeks radio] interview 8/15/2009 ([http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/listen.php?show_id=84&code=4b844fba&format=mp3 mp3])
* Mentioned in GIS Professional UK magazine [http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis/OSGISArticle.pdf article] (0.2MB PDF)
* Quoted in Japanese software development [http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/2000904 gihyo.jp] article
* My interview with [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/interview-tyler-mitchell-osgeo Linux Journal]
* Directions Mag interview with Paul Ramsey and I about [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2517&trv=1 FOSS4G 2007]
* [http://osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG] conference [http://osgeo.org/files/tyler/gvsig_interview_tyler.pdf interview] (1MB PDF)
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'''Company:''' [http://locatepress.com LocatePress.com]<br>
'''Blog:''' [http://spatialguru.com spatialguru.com]<br>
'''Book:''' [http://webmappingillustrated.com WebMappingIllustrated.com]<br>
'''Old OSGeo Blog:''' [http://osgeo.org/tyler osgeo.org/tyler]<br>
'''Contact:''' [mailto:info@locatepress.com info@locatepress.com] <br>
'''Phone:''' +1-250-303-1831
'''Skype:''' spatialguru
'''Find me on [http://linkedin.com LinkedIn.com] too'''
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== Past Events ==
Here are some of the events that I spoke at or represented OSGeo at since it started:
* [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011], Denver, Sept 12-16, 2011
* [http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/english/ Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec], Chicoutimi, Canada, June 14-15
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2011
* FOSS4G 2010, Barcelona, Spain, September 6-9, 2010
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2010
* OSGeo Rendezvous Quebec - by video
* <s>WAURISA, Tacoma, Washington, April 19-21, 2010</s>
* <s>GIS In Action, Portland, Oregon, April 14-17, 2010</s>
* [http://2009.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2009] - Sydney, Australia - October 20-23, 2009
* [http://wherecamp5280.org WhereCamp5280] - Denver, USA - August 14-15, 2009
* [http://mil-oss.org Mil-OSS 2009] - Atlanta, USA - August 12-13, 2009
* [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ First Open Source GIS UK Conference] - Nottingham, UK - June 22nd, 2009
* For personal reasons I had to cancel attendance at a few events in 2008...
** <s>[http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] - Cape Town, Sep. 29</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/ Open Source World Conf]</s> - Málaga, Oct. 22 - unable to attend
** <s> [http://regard.crg.ulaval.ca/2008/ Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial] - Quebec City, Canada, August 28-29, 2008</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://osbootcamp.org/index.php?page=osbc6 OSBootcamp / Geocamp] - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to atend
** <s>GeoTec Event - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to attend
* University of Edinburgh lecture - Edinburgh, May 4, 2008
* [http://www.1spatial.com/conference 1Spatial Conference] and [[OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008]] - London/Stansted, April 29-May 1, 2008
* [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ II Jornadas de SIG Libre], Girona, Spain, March 3-5, 2008 (invited keynote, [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/blog/?p=94 video recorded])
** Including [http://kokogiko.net/m/archives/002082.html pre/post-event meetings] with Local Chapter, gvSIG team, FreeGIS book team and others in Madrid and Valencia
* [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jg2tkh/e/a955a4634a21d7e665c18e86472376eb Kansai Open Forum], Osaka, Japan, 9 November, 2007
** Including follow-up repeat of presentations in Tokyo, Japan, 12 November, 2007
** I was even able to sign a few books [http://www.oreilly.co.jp/editors/archives/000147.html at the O'Reilly.jp office]
* III Encontro Nacional de Usuários MapServer (site offline), May 9-11, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (invited keynote)
** Various pre/post-event meetings as well
* [http://foss4g2007.org FOSS4G 2007], Victoria, Canada, 24-27 September, 2007 (keynote, organiser, BOF, AGM)
* [http://www.locationintelligence.net/conference Location Intelligence], San Francisco, USA, 17-18 April, 2007 (booth, presentation in OSGeo session)
* [http://www.autodeskevents.com/au2006/index.cfm?site=main Autodesk University] conference, Las Vegas, USA, 27-30 November, 2006 (booth, BOF)
* FOSS4G 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (booth, BOFs)
* Where 2.0 2006, San Francisco, USA (booth, BOFs)

'''For other events that had or will have some OSGeo representation (presenters, attendees, workshops, etc.) events see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_Events this wiki page], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Past_Events this wiki category] and the upcoming events list [http://www.osgeo.org/events here on OSGeo.org]'''

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Tyler Mitchell

2011-11-11T23:37:28Z

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Hi, welcome to my users page. I was OSGeo's [[Executive Director]] (2006-2011) and continue to be interested in partnering with others to keep moving open source geospatial technology to the forefront. One way I'm doing this is to get quality '''book/training material''' into the marketplace. After [http://webmappingillustrated.com '''my book'''] (Web Mapping Illustrated) was published in 2005, the need for such '''support material''' has become even clearer - business, government and academia (as well as professionals in general) all need high quality material that is reliable in the '''long term'''. Learn more about the company I'm building through [http://locatepress.com '''Locate Press'''].

I'm always interested in '''learning''' about how you are using open source geospatial software and what kinds of additional support you may need. While I am available for consulting work, my primary focus has been on connecting the right individuals and companies together as a support service. I am also available for '''speaking and custom training''' opportunities.

If you would like to meet sometime, drop me an email (info@locatepress.com) or check out my upcoming events list to see if I'll be near by. I'm normally operating out of my office in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Lake_%28British_Columbia%29 Williams Lake, BC, Canada]

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== Events ==
I'm planning to be at the following events. If you are there too, please look me up:
* GISRUK - Lancaster University, April 2012 - Invited keynote. Helping with workshops and delivering talk.

== Interviews, Articles & Presentations ==
* Article in [http://timreview.ca/issue/2011/august the Technology Innovation Management Review], [http://timreview.ca/article/462 ''Beyond Technology: Enabling Communities Through Social Interoperability''], August 2011
* [http://uiwapmds01.nottingham.ac.uk/QCSPlace/ondemand/Events11/f69b474cf6b73c89970095e15a/run.htm Video presentation] at OSGIS Nottingham, June 2011 (slide animations failed in recording, but contact me if you want full quality source)
* Article in Open Source Business Resource journal: [http://osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/851/820 Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example], Mar 2009
* My interview with [http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/10/12/interview-tyler-mitchell-au-service-de-la-communaute-spatiale-open-source/ Yves Jacolin], Oct 2009
* [http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/ GutsyGeeks radio] interview 8/15/2009 ([http://www.gutsygeeks.com/audio/listen.php?show_id=84&code=4b844fba&format=mp3 mp3])
* Mentioned in GIS Professional UK magazine [http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis/OSGISArticle.pdf article] (0.2MB PDF)
* Quoted in Japanese software development [http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/2000904 gihyo.jp] article
* My interview with [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/interview-tyler-mitchell-osgeo Linux Journal]
* Directions Mag interview with Paul Ramsey and I about [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2517&trv=1 FOSS4G 2007]
* [http://osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG] conference [http://osgeo.org/files/tyler/gvsig_interview_tyler.pdf interview] (1MB PDF)
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'''Company:''' [http://locatepress.com LocatePress.com]</br>
'''Blog:''' [http://spatialguru.com spatialguru.com]</br>
'''Book:''' [http://webmappingillustrated.com WebMappingIllustrated.com]</br>
'''Old OSGeo Blog:''' [http://osgeo.org/tyler osgeo.org/tyler]</br>
'''Contact:''' [mailto:info@locatepress.com info@locatepress.com] <br>
'''Phone:''' +1-250-303-1831
'''Skype:''' spatialguru
{{#umSetParam: -121|52|Williams Lake, Canada|Tyler Mitchell|Tyler Mitchell}}

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== Past Events ==
Here are some of the events that I spoke at or represented OSGeo at since it started:
* [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011], Denver, Sept 12-16, 2011
* [http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/english/ Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec], Chicoutimi, Canada, June 14-15
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2011
* FOSS4G 2010, Barcelona, Spain, September 6-9, 2010
* OSGIS, Nottingham, UK, June 21-23, 2010
* OSGeo Rendezvous Quebec - by video
* <s>WAURISA, Tacoma, Washington, April 19-21, 2010</s>
* <s>GIS In Action, Portland, Oregon, April 14-17, 2010</s>
* [http://2009.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2009] - Sydney, Australia - October 20-23, 2009
* [http://wherecamp5280.org WhereCamp5280] - Denver, USA - August 14-15, 2009
* [http://mil-oss.org Mil-OSS 2009] - Atlanta, USA - August 12-13, 2009
* [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ First Open Source GIS UK Conference] - Nottingham, UK - June 22nd, 2009
* For personal reasons I had to cancel attendance at a few events in 2008...
** <s>[http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] - Cape Town, Sep. 29</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/ Open Source World Conf]</s> - Málaga, Oct. 22 - unable to attend
** <s> [http://regard.crg.ulaval.ca/2008/ Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial] - Quebec City, Canada, August 28-29, 2008</s> - unable to attend
** <s> [http://osbootcamp.org/index.php?page=osbc6 OSBootcamp / Geocamp] - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to atend
** <s>GeoTec Event - Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2008</s> - unable to attend
* University of Edinburgh lecture - Edinburgh, May 4, 2008
* [http://www.1spatial.com/conference 1Spatial Conference] and [[OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008]] - London/Stansted, April 29-May 1, 2008
* [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ II Jornadas de SIG Libre], Girona, Spain, March 3-5, 2008 (invited keynote, [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/blog/?p=94 video recorded])
** Including [http://kokogiko.net/m/archives/002082.html pre/post-event meetings] with Local Chapter, gvSIG team, FreeGIS book team and others in Madrid and Valencia
* [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jg2tkh/e/a955a4634a21d7e665c18e86472376eb Kansai Open Forum], Osaka, Japan, 9 November, 2007
** Including follow-up repeat of presentations in Tokyo, Japan, 12 November, 2007
** I was even able to sign a few books [http://www.oreilly.co.jp/editors/archives/000147.html at the O'Reilly.jp office]
* III Encontro Nacional de Usuários MapServer (site offline), May 9-11, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (invited keynote)
** Various pre/post-event meetings as well
* [http://foss4g2007.org FOSS4G 2007], Victoria, Canada, 24-27 September, 2007 (keynote, organiser, BOF, AGM)
* [http://www.locationintelligence.net/conference Location Intelligence], San Francisco, USA, 17-18 April, 2007 (booth, presentation in OSGeo session)
* [http://www.autodeskevents.com/au2006/index.cfm?site=main Autodesk University] conference, Las Vegas, USA, 27-30 November, 2006 (booth, BOF)
* FOSS4G 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (booth, BOFs)
* Where 2.0 2006, San Francisco, USA (booth, BOFs)

'''For other events that had or will have some OSGeo representation (presenters, attendees, workshops, etc.) events see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_Events this wiki page], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Past_Events this wiki category] and the upcoming events list [http://www.osgeo.org/events here on OSGeo.org]'''

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Tmitchell:

North America Regional

2011-11-10T23:08:57Z

Tmitchell: /* Meetings and Events */ added foss4g 2011

== Mission ==

The primary focus of the North America Regional Chapter will be to organize and run annual North American conferences. It is not the intent of this chapter to duplicate or compete with established local chapters or the international organization's ongoing efforts.

The North America regional conference will also support and collaborate with other like minded organizations for smaller technical and business focused conferences within the region.

'''Background'''
The OSGeo Board of Directors has recently discussed establishing regional focus groups and conferences that could more effectively address the needs of those areas. This would allow OSGeo to act as more of an umbrella international organization. It is anticipated that the International OSGeo conference will rotate around the globe and will be combined with the regional conference when that region is selected.

'''Objectives'''

*Organize and run an annual North American regional conference
*Increased focus on open source business models
*Provide an interface for National, Regional and Local government agencies as they adopt open source solutions
*Coordinate with local North American chapters for planned events within those localities
*Support OSGeo board for international events
*Support a broad range of interest areas - academic, social, environmental, government, etc.

'''What the North American Regional isn't about'''

*Duplicating existing efforts at the OSGeo International level or at the local chapter level
*Running development projects or support infrastructure
*Local meetups
*Managing or overseeing other groups

In addition we will be coordinating closely with other relevant organizations:

*[http://mil-oss.org/ MIL-OSS ] Military Open Source Software
*[http://usgif.org/ USGIF] United States Geospatial Intelligence Agency
*[http://www.oss-institute.org/ OSSI] Open Source Software Institute
*[http://opensourceforamerica.org/ OSFA] Open Source for America
*[http://www.gita.org GITA] Geospatial Information & Technology Association

'''Official representative'''

[[User:mlucas17|Mark Lucas]]
Principal Scientist
RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.

If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.

== Organization ==
The intent is to organize as a 501c non profit organization.

== Mailing List ==

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/northamerica

== Meetings and Events ==

No meetings have been planned yet, the intent will be to establish formal quarterly meetings to review conference and organizational planning.

=== Upcoming Events ===

''' FOSS4G 2012 - Beijing [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012]

'''North American Regional OSGeo/foss4g Conference''' Initial discussion will be focused on organizing a follow on North American regional conference in 2012. We will work to deconflict this event with the OSGeo/foss4g international conference in Beijing as well as the as the annual Geoint conference.

'''USGIF Technology Day''' [http://usgif.org/events/GEOINTCommWeek/Day2 USGIF Technology Day]

'''Wherecon - Washington DC''' [http://wherecon.opengeospatial.org/]

[http://www.towson.edu/tugis Towson University Geographic Information Sciences Conference 2012] Wednesday, March 23 and Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the University Union on the Towson University campus

=== Recent Events ===

''' MIL-OSS WG3 ''' [http://mil-oss.org/wg3-overview MIL-OSS Working Group 3]

''' FOSS4G 2011 ''' [http://2011.foss4g.org OSGeo's FOSS4G Denver]

''' Geoint 2011 ''' [http://geoint2011.com/ Geoint 2011 in San Antonio Tx]

''' USGIF Tech Days ''' [http://usgif.org/events/2011/5/86-usgif-technology-day Washington DC]

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/northamerica mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:mlucas17|Mark Lucas]]
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:Tmitchell|Tyler Mitchell]]
* Dave McIlhagga
* David Bitner
* [[User:aross|Andrew Ross]]
*[[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]]
* Ned Horning
*[[User:reholl|Robert Hollingsworth]]
*[[User:elpbatista|J. Batista (PB)]]
* Michael P. Gerlek (mpg)
* [[User:Lsweeney|Lisa Sweeney]]

== See Also ==

= Chapter Formation Submission=

In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
# "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter.
# "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance).
# “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo.
# “OSGeo Chapter” should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information.
# The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer.

In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
* Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation?
* Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation?
* Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg. if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one country)

= Official expression of interest to form a North America Regional chapter of the OSGeo Foundation =

We formally petition the board of directors of the OSGeo foundation to establish a North America Regional chapter - OSGeo-NA. The membership of said chapter has self organized, establishing a wiki and mailing list. The primary focus of the chapter will be to organize and run an annual north america OSGeo conference. The members hope to establish a model for other regional chapters with corresponding regional conferences around the world. The North America chapter will coordinate closely with the OSGeo Board of Directors to support international conferences and events. The annual regional conference will consolidate with the international conference when the OSGeo/foss4g conference is scheduled within North America.

A secondary objective will be to closely coordinate with other events and organizations within the region. The regional chapter will also act as an interface to promote open source geospatial business models as well as adoption of OSGeo software in government, environmental, social, and academic settings.

The chapter intends to collaborate with local chapters as needed, but no organizational hierarchy or oversight of local chapters is implied.

Meetings will be held on an annual basis at a minimum. Current plans are to schedule quarterly online meetings using the OSGeo online resources for wiki, mailing list, and trac project management. Several key members of the OSGeo including past and present board members have joined the effort. The lead and initial point of contact and OSGeo liaison will be Mark Lucas.

The North America Regional chapter will operate as a separate financial entity from the OSGeo foundation. No financial support is required or implied.

We motion that the OSGeo Board formally establish the North America Region chapter.

[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Local Chapters]]

North America Regional

2011-11-10T22:42:33Z

Tmitchell: /* Mission */ typo and added GITA to list of relevant orgs

== Mission ==

The primary focus of the North America Regional Chapter will be to organize and run annual North American conferences. It is not the intent of this chapter to duplicate or compete with established local chapters or the international organization's ongoing efforts.

The North America regional conference will also support and collaborate with other like minded organizations for smaller technical and business focused conferences within the region.

'''Background'''
The OSGeo Board of Directors has recently discussed establishing regional focus groups and conferences that could more effectively address the needs of those areas. This would allow OSGeo to act as more of an umbrella international organization. It is anticipated that the International OSGeo conference will rotate around the globe and will be combined with the regional conference when that region is selected.

'''Objectives'''

*Organize and run an annual North American regional conference
*Increased focus on open source business models
*Provide an interface for National, Regional and Local government agencies as they adopt open source solutions
*Coordinate with local North American chapters for planned events within those localities
*Support OSGeo board for international events
*Support a broad range of interest areas - academic, social, environmental, government, etc.

'''What the North American Regional isn't about'''

*Duplicating existing efforts at the OSGeo International level or at the local chapter level
*Running development projects or support infrastructure
*Local meetups
*Managing or overseeing other groups

In addition we will be coordinating closely with other relevant organizations:

*[http://mil-oss.org/ MIL-OSS ] Military Open Source Software
*[http://usgif.org/ USGIF] United States Geospatial Intelligence Agency
*[http://www.oss-institute.org/ OSSI] Open Source Software Institute
*[http://opensourceforamerica.org/ OSFA] Open Source for America
*[http://www.gita.org GITA] Geospatial Information & Technology Association

'''Official representative'''

[[User:mlucas17|Mark Lucas]]
Principal Scientist
RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.

If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.

== Organization ==
The intent is to organize as a 501c non profit organization.

== Mailing List ==

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/northamerica

== Meetings and Events ==

No meetings have been planned yet, the intent will be to establish formal quarterly meetings to review conference and organizational planning.

=== Upcoming Events ===

''' FOSS4g 2012 - Beijing [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012]

'''North American Regional OSGeo/foss4g Conference''' Initial discussion will be focused on organizing a follow on North American regional conference in 2012. We will work to deconflict this event with the OSGeo/foss4g international conference in Beijing as well as the as the annual Geoint conference.

'''USGIF Technology Day''' [http://usgif.org/events/GEOINTCommWeek/Day2 USGIF Technology Day]

'''Wherecon - Washington DC''' [http://wherecon.opengeospatial.org/]

[http://www.towson.edu/tugis Towson University Geographic Information Sciences Conference 2012] Wednesday, March 23 and Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the University Union on the Towson University campus

=== Recent Events ===

''' MIL-OSS WG3 ''' [http://mil-oss.org/wg3-overview MIL-OSS Working Group 3]

''' Geoint 2011 ''' [http://geoint2011.com/ Geoint 2011 in San Antonio Tx]

''' USGIF Tech Days ''' [http://usgif.org/events/2011/5/86-usgif-technology-day Washington DC]

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/northamerica mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:mlucas17|Mark Lucas]]
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:Tmitchell|Tyler Mitchell]]
* Dave McIlhagga
* David Bitner
* [[User:aross|Andrew Ross]]
*[[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]]
* Ned Horning
*[[User:reholl|Robert Hollingsworth]]
*[[User:elpbatista|J. Batista (PB)]]
* Michael P. Gerlek (mpg)
* [[User:Lsweeney|Lisa Sweeney]]

== See Also ==

= Chapter Formation Submission=

In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
# "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter.
# "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance).
# “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo.
# “OSGeo Chapter” should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information.
# The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer.

In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
* Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation?
* Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation?
* Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg. if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one country)

= Official expression of interest to form a North America Regional chapter of the OSGeo Foundation =

We formally petition the board of directors of the OSGeo foundation to establish a North America Regional chapter - OSGeo-NA. The membership of said chapter has self organized, establishing a wiki and mailing list. The primary focus of the chapter will be to organize and run an annual north america OSGeo conference. The members hope to establish a model for other regional chapters with corresponding regional conferences around the world. The North America chapter will coordinate closely with the OSGeo Board of Directors to support international conferences and events. The annual regional conference will consolidate with the international conference when the OSGeo/foss4g conference is scheduled within North America.

A secondary objective will be to closely coordinate with other events and organizations within the region. The regional chapter will also act as an interface to promote open source geospatial business models as well as adoption of OSGeo software in government, environmental, social, and academic settings.

The chapter intends to collaborate with local chapters as needed, but no organizational hierarchy or oversight of local chapters is implied.

Meetings will be held on an annual basis at a minimum. Current plans are to schedule quarterly online meetings using the OSGeo online resources for wiki, mailing list, and trac project management. Several key members of the OSGeo including past and present board members have joined the effort. The lead and initial point of contact and OSGeo liaison will be Mark Lucas.

The North America Regional chapter will operate as a separate financial entity from the OSGeo foundation. No financial support is required or implied.

We motion that the OSGeo Board formally establish the North America Region chapter.

[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Local Chapters]]

North America Regional

2011-11-03T16:37:45Z

Tmitchell: /* People */ add tyler

== Mission ==

The primary focus of the North America regional charter will be to organize and run annual North American conferences. It is not the intent of this chapter to duplicate or compete with established local chapters or the international organization's ongoing efforts.

The North America regional conference will also support and collaborate with other like minded organizations for smaller technical and business focused conferences within the region.

'''Background'''
The OSGeo Board of Directors has recently discussed establishing regional focus groups and conferences that could more effectively address the needs of those areas. This would allow OSGeo to act as more of an umbrella international organization. It is anticipated that the International OSGeo conference will rotate around the globe and will be combined with the regional conference when that region is selected.

'''Objectives'''

*Organize and run an annual North American regional conference
*Increased focus on open source business models
*Provide an interface for National, Regional and Local government agencies as they adopt open source solutions
*Coordinate with local North American chapters for planned events within those localities
*Support OSGeo board for international events

In addition we will be coordinating closely with other regional organizations:

*[http://mil-oss.org/ MIL-OSS ] Military Open Source Software
*[http://usgif.org/ USGIF] United States Geospatial Intelligence Agency
*[http://www.oss-institute.org/ OSSI] Open Source Software Institute
*[http://opensourceforamerica.org/ OSFA] Open Source for America

'''Official representative'''

[[User:mlucas17|Mark Lucas]]
Principal Scientist
RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.

If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.

== Organization ==
The intent is to organize as a 501c non profit organization.

== Mailing List ==

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/northamerica

== Meetings and Events ==

No meetings have been planned yet, the intent will be to establish formal quarterly meetings to review conference and organizational planning.

=== Upcoming Events ===

''' FOSS4g 2012 - Beijing [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012]

'''North American Regional OSGeo/foss4g Conference''' Initial discussion will be focused on organizing a follow on North American regional conference in 2012. We will work to deconflict this event with the OSGeo/foss4g international conference in Beijing as well as the as the annual Geoint conference.

'''USGIF Technology Day]''' [http://usgif.org/events/GEOINTCommWeek/Day2 USGIF Technology Day]

=== Recent Events ===

''' MIL-OSS WG3 ''' [http://mil-oss.org/wg3-overview MIL-OSS Working Group 3]

''' Geoint 2011 ''' [http://geoint2011.com/ Geoint 2011 in San Antonio Tx]

''' USGIF Tech Days ''' [http://usgif.org/events/2011/5/86-usgif-technology-day Washington DC]

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/northamerica mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:mlucas17]]- Mark Lucas - Lets get this moving
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:Tmitchell|Tyler Mitchell]]

== See Also ==

[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Local Chapter]]

India

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Find more information on the '''[http://osgeo.in India Chapter of OSGeo]''' web site.

== '''About India OSGeo Chapter''' ==

Geographical Information Systems were seen as very special and very complex domain in India. There is a lot of hype attached with it and with that obviously high cost. So far such systems were seen as something to be used for high level planning and complex scientific operations by large corporates and Govt research agencies or departments only. Also the older mapping policy of India prevented virtually anybody except governments to possess any map data. The picture is however changing fast.
Some people are interested in mapdata as ]such licenced softwares remain unutilized in various government offices because they require either extensive training or easy availability on multiple locations. All this can be changed by the use of Free/Opensource software tools. There is hardly any proprietory GIS software that can show text in Unicode standard in maps . This is significant since all governmet data and most educational institutions work in local language media . FOSS GIS has already shown this solution. Thus, Free/Opensource Geospatial softwares which are much more powerful and usable can be used for developing systems where more and more public participation is sought.

The India OSGeo Chapter is formed to fulfill the mission
and objectives described in this document. India OSGeo Chapter will earnestly follow the Local Chapter Guidelines stipulated by OSGeo and cooperate closely with OSGeo Board in promoting the use and development of OSGeo projects in India. The India OSGeo Chapter will strive to serve anyone interested in Open Source Geospatial Solutions and related issues, and to cover all the activities associated with the application, development and promotion of Open Source Geospatial solutions in India.

=== Mission ===

* Promoting Free/Opensource GIS tools and publicly available Geodata
* Advocacy of and promoting Localized GIS
* Act as a bridge between various groups like Developers, Application Users, NGOs, Government departments
* mentor various FOSS GIS miniprojects by providing resources such as technical guidence, webspace etc.
=== Objectives ===

Development:
* follow up on indian language support in various free/opensource GIS tools like GRASS, MapServer etc.
* initiative for standardisation of publicly available geodata
* setting up WMS/WFS based geodata servers using publicly available geodata
* toolkit for localised GIS including with special focus on schools, governments , public causes such as child malnutririon, mass education.

POCs ('''P'''roof '''O'''f '''C'''oncept demos):
* free/opensource based GIS demos
* localized GIS (interface and maps)
* Collaborative platforms for participatory governance

Regional Events:
* Workshops and Training sessions for
** comp science students/teachers
** geo-informatics/geology/geography/civil engineering students and teachers
** others
* Special Lectures
* Demonstrations

Communication:
* Networking Local Communities related to geo-issues
* Mailing Lists
* Wiki

=== Legal status ===

OSGeo India Chapter is, presently, a voluntary organization, and has not been registered as a legal body. At present, OSGeo legal status is similar to other Open Source related organizations in India such as "Linux India" (http://www.linux-india.org/), "gnomebangalore"(http://www.gnomebangalore.org/) or "KDE India" (http://in.kde.org/). Recently, "Free Software Foundation India" (FSF India) was registered as company and been granted the 80G status under Income Tax Act. India OSGeo Chapter is still a
nascent voluntary organization and will consider the modalities to
register as a legal body at some stage in the future. The India OSGeo Chapter will consult a certified tax cosultant when necessary to ensure compliance with the Indian tax laws.

The activities are managed by the '''Office''' located at <br>
International Institute of Information Technology<br>
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India<br>
Contact E-mail: rajan at iiit dot ac dot in

== '''India OSGeo Chapter Officers''' ==

<b>India OSGeo Representative</b><br>
Dr P.S.Roy<br>
Deputy Director (RS&GIS-AA)<br>
National Remote Sensing Agency<br>
(Deptartment of Space, Government of India)<br>
Balanagar, Hyderabad-500 037<br>
Telephone :+91-40-23884255
Fax: +91-40-23875932<br>
E-Mail: psr at nrsa dot gov dot in

<b>India OSGeo Chapter Coordinator</b><br>
Dr. Yashodhan Joshi<br>
CEO Relatioware<br>
Pune, India<br>
yyj at relationware dot in<br>

<b>India OSGeo Treasurer</b><br>
Dr K.S.Rajan<br>
Associate Professor<br>
International Institute of Information Technology<br>
Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032, India<br>
E-Mail: rajan at iiit dot ac dot in

<b>OSGeo Software Development Committee</b><br>
Chairpersons<br>
(Prototyping, Localization, Proof of Concepts etc.)<br>
Prof. Jitendra Shah<br>
VJTI Mumbai, India<br>
jituviju at gmail dot com<br>

Dr. T.V. Ramachandra<br>
Indian Institute of Science<br>
Bangalore, India<br>
cestvr at ces dot iisc dot ernet dot in<br>

<b>Regional Events Committee</b><br>
Chairpersons<br>
Mr. V. Ravi Kumar*<br>
Joint Secretory of the OSGeo India registered body and <br>
Director (Retired*) <br>
Centre for Geoinformation Management and Training<br>
Training Inistitute<br>
Geological Survey of India<br>
Bandalaguda,
Hyderabad 500068<br>
India<br>
ravivundavalli at yahoo dot com<br>

Mr. Neeraj Dixit<br>
Product Manager
Autodesk India Pvt. Ltd.<br>
Infrastructure Solutions Division (ISD)<br>
Neeraj dot Dixit at autodesk dot com<br>

<b>Education and Training Committee</b><br>
Chairpersons<br>
Dr. N.J. Pawar<br>
Department of Geology,
Pune University<br>
Ganeshkhind Road<br>
Pune 411007, India<br>
njpawar at unipune dot ernet dot in

Dr. S.N. Prasad<br>
Sàlim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)<br>
Deccan Regional Station,
Secunderabad - 500 017, India<br>
Email: narendra_prasad at yahoo dot com<br>

Dr. H.S.Rai<br>
Professor of Civil Engineering<br>
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College<br>
Ludhiana - 141006<br>
India <br>
Email: hardeep.rai at gmail dot com<br>
Web: [http://hs.raiandrai.com HS.RaiAndRai.com]<br>

<b>Advisors</b><br>

Dr. S.S. Thigale (spathigale at rediffmail dot com)<br>
Dr. Rajendra Jagdale (rajendra dot jagdale at gmail dot com)<br>
Dr. Vishwas S.Kale (vskale at unipune dot ernet dot in)<br>
Mr. Ashok Saraf (saraf dot ashok at gmail dot com)<br>
Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan (venkat at osgeo dot org)<br>
Mr. Kiran Chandra (kiranfsf at gmail dot com)<br>
Mr. Achuthan Mohan (achuthanmohan at gmail dot com)<br>
..Add more Advisors here

== '''Initial Membership''' ==
* Dr. Gautam Talukdar
* Dr. Awase Khirni Syed
* Dr. Tarun P. Singh
* Amol A. Sale
* Anand Akmanchi
* Aneel Kumar.V
* Anil Kumar.K.V
* Anivar Aravind
* Ankur Mehrotra
* Gangavane
* Indrajit Patil
* Jayant Kirtane
* Kanhaiya K. Kale
* Mahalakshmi Narayanan
* Mahesh Jeevane
* Maneesh Prasad
* Mohan Patil
* N.R. Karmarkar
* Rahul Kaura
* Sajith
* Saroj Akiojam
* Shekhar Krishnan
* Swapnil K. Hajare
* Uttam Kumar
* B.N. Umrikar
* Vrishali Deosthali
* A.V.Satya Kumar
* Praveen Kumar Sinha
* [http://www.wetlandsofindia.org/santosh/index.html Santosh Gaikwad]
* C. Pattanaik
* [http://www.gndec.ac.in/~hsrai/ Hardeep Singh Rai]
* M.Surendranath
* Ditty Mathew
* N.Rajendran
* Srinivasan K
* Nageswaran B
* N.R.S.Reddy
* L.P.Singh
* [http://www.geocities.com/ajpnaveen/index.htm A.J.Prakash Naveen]
* S.Ramamurthy
* B.K. Sahu
* J.Simhachalam
* V.Hanumantha Rao
* S.Ananda Murty
* K.Seshayya
* N.Padmayya
* N.R.Ramesh
* U.S.N.Reddy
* R.M.Sundaram
* [http://5map.in Vimal Kumar]
* Narayana Aroori
* P M Bala Manikavelu
* RVN Srinivas
* M Arulraj
* Satya Prasad Sarilla
* Suresh Verma
* Kumar Parakram
* Pranav Kumar
* Harish Kumar Solanki

Temporary mailing list - http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/mailman/listinfo/osgeo_discuss

== '''Meetings of India OSGeo Chapter ''' ==

* <u>4th Oct 2006, Hyderabad</u> [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Talk:India Meeting Minutes]

* <u>24th Jan 2006, Hyderabad</u> <br>
We are Happy to ANNOUNCE that we had a very successful OSGeo Workshop at
Map World Forum 2007 today, and thank all the participants for the same. We are also very grateful to our Sponsors OSGeo.org and our Donors thru GNOME Foundation for the financial support in hosting this event.<br>
Later in the day, the first meeting of the newly constituted Executive Council (Board) of OSGeo-India was held. <br>
Details will be posted soon.

== '''Links''' ==
* India OSGeo Chapter - http://osgeo.in/
* National Remote Sensing Agency - http://www.nrsa.gov.in/
* GIS based Village Information System - Maharashtra (Hosting Courtsey : Media Center, Osaka City) - http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/maha_map.dev/
* GIS based Village Information System - Maharashtra - http://indictrans.in/demos/maha_map.dev/
* Human Development Index (Jalna, Maharashtra)- http://www.indictrans.in/?q=projects/gis/ghdi
* Maharashtra Coverage - Neighbourhood Village - http://indictrans.in/demos/maha_map.coverage/village_search_k.php
* Tamil Nadu Census 2001 - http://www.huzurevdeneve.com/mecidiyekoy-evden-eve-nakliyat.html
* GIS based Slum Information System (Korba Slum, Mumbai) - http://indictrans.in/demos/chameleon/samples/htdocs/korba.phtml
* Mumbai Free Map - http://mumbai.freemap.in/ | http://www.crit.org.in/projects/gis
* Bangalore Free Map - http://bangalore.freemap.in/
* Vasai Virar Subregion Freemap - http://vvsr.freemap.in/
jaisuvyas
* Tamil Nadu Maps Online - http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/?info1.htm
* Tamil Nadu Census 2001 - http://www.census.tn.nic.in/
* Tamil Nadu Animal Disease Infformation - http://www.animaldiseaseinfo.tn.nic.in
* Bangalore Free Map - http://www.megacambalkon.com/ http://www.prizmacambalkon.com/
* GRASS GIS mirror India - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/grass/index.php
* GRDSS (GRASS GUI) - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/foss
* FOSS at IISc - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/foss http://www.hayda.net/
* Bangalore Free Map - http://www.hasaluminyum.com/ http://www.cambalkon.gen.tr
* Visualisation of resource maps of Cheruvannur Grama Panchayat. Panchayats are 3rd stratum of administration in India. [Bilingual: English and Malayalam] - http://cheruvannur.web4all.in/resources/
* Free GIS India - http://freegis.gnu.org.in/
* Tamil Nadu Census 2001 - http://www.huzurevdeneve.com/avcilar-evden-eve-nakliyat.html
* ENVIS Wetland Ecosystems India - http://www.wetlandsofindia.org:8080/sacon/aboutus.jsp/
* Tamil Nadu Census 2001 - http://www.huzurevdeneve.com/florya-evden-eve-nakliyat.html
* GIS & Language Technology related Applications - http://indictrans.in/demos/GIS_Presentation_20061004.pdf

Live GIS Disc

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= About =

[http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo Live] provides [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD bootable ISO-Images] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine Virtual Machines] which allow users to try out fully-operational versions of popular Free Geospatial Software without the need to install a thing. Everything is set up for you ready to go: just reboot into it, glance at the help pages on the desktop, and go. The existing hard drive and operating system will not be modified in any way, everything happens in temporary system memory. As such it will run a bit slower than the "real thing" and you may want to grab a USB flash drive to save or transfer files with. You can load and boot a live-image completely from a USB stick too if you prefer.

We do this in large part by maintaining automated build scripts which collect many [[OSGeo]] programs and sample data-sets together, and then combine them to form the Live disc or VM itself. By tweaking these scripts users are free to make their own custom distributions, for example localized in their own language and with local map data.
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* For the [http://2009.foss4g.org/ 2009 FOSS4G conference] a snapshot of Free Geospatial software has been collected onto the [http://arramagong.com Arramagong Live DVD and VM].
: ''The Arramagong Live DVD & VM contains a collection of the best Geospatial Open Source, pre-configured with sample data. The DVD and Virtual Machine are [http://www.topworkplaces.com/company_survey/key-environmental-i_pittsburgh/pittsburgh_11 key environmental inc] available for download <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.shoppharmacycounter.com/t-dietpillsonline.aspx<span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">diet pills</span>] at http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html . Refer to [[Live GIS Disc Quick Start]] to get started.''

= Key Links =
== Quick Start ==
* [[Live GIS Disc Quick Start]]

== How to add a project to OSGeoLive ==
* [[Live GIS Add Project]]
* [http://www.howardkayeinsurance.info/ Howard Kaye Insurance]
* [[Live_GIS_Disc_Apply|Questions to answer when requesting to add an application to OSGeo-Live]]

== Build Process ==
* [[Live GIS Build]] instructions

== Package List ==
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=5 Package List and status spreadsheet]
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* [[Live_GIS_Disc_Packages#Package_wishlist|Future/wishlist]]

== Documentation ==
[[Live_GIS_Add_Project#Documentation]]

Stable release: http://live.osgeo.org

Nightly build: http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/index.html

== Translate ==

[[Live GIS Translate]]

== Artwork ==
You can find the artwork sleeves, background images, booklet at:
* http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/artwork/

;Version 4.5:
* http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/artwork/backgrounds/4.5
* http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/artwork/sleeve/4.5

== Review ==

[[Live GIS Review]]

== Presentation ==

[[ Live GIS Presentation ]]

== Schedule ==
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tMRaCwabv7SiIG3moHEfMrQ&hl=en_GB Live GIS Disc Schedule]

== Contact Us ==
* Mailing List: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo
: The mailing list is [http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.osgeo.livedemo archived at Gmane] and [http://n2.nabble.com/OSGeo-FOSS4G-LiveDVD-f3623430.html Nabble]
* IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive - [http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeolive/ Logs]
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* [[Live_GIS_Disc_Meeting_Minutes|Meeting Minutes]]

== Downloads ==

Latest Stable Release: http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

Latest Development Release: http://live.osgeo.org/dev/build

Older Releases: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd

== Issue Tracker==
Our bug and wish tracker is [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?group=status&component=LiveDVD&order=priority hosted at OSGeo's Trac system]. To distinguish the LiveDVD project from other OSGeo projects, use the following conventions:
; Component field
: Set to `<tt>LiveDVD</tt>`
; Keywords:
: Version: Set to base release version: eg: 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 (not 4.5alpha1)
: Application: Set to application with issue (use lower case): eg: "geoserver"

; [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/report/10 List of open tickets]

* [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=LiveDVD&keywords=%7E5.0&order=priority Just those concerning the 5.0 release]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=closed&group=type&order=priority&component=LiveDVD List of tickets already fixed]

== OSGeo User Id ==
* Create an OSGeo id: http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid , which is required to edit the wiki, commit to svn and create an issue in the issue tracker.

== Subversion ==

; Repository: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk and [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk web view]
* On Linux systems: access Subversion using:
svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk

* On windows systems, install [http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ Tortoise Subversion], which extends Windows Explorer to include subversion commands.

; Commit access
:To get commit access, you need to create yourself an [http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid osgeo user id], then join our [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo email list] and ask to be given access to <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.bestpills4weightloss.com/tone-detox-review.html <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">tone detox diet pill</span>] subversion. In this email, you will also need to confirm that you will comply with our license guidelines. Write something like:

:''Hi all, I'd like to contribute XXX to OSGeo-Live. Could I please get access to subversion. My osgeo-user id is: YYYY.''

: ''I confirm that my contributions to OSGeo-Live will be compatible with the OSGeo-Live license guidelines at the time of contribution.''
: ''The current OSGeo-Live license guidelines are:''
:* ''Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License for Quickstarts''
:* ''Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License for Project Overviews''
:* ''A version of LGPL for install scripts''
:* ''One of the OSI approved Open Source licenses for installed applications''

:Cameron will then add you to the [https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_group.py?group=osgeo osgeo] user group.

;Add your name to contributors list
:The first thing you should do to test your svn install is to add your name the contributors list:
cd trunk/doc

# to edit a file
svn update contributors.csv
# edit contributors.csv

# optionally check to see what has changed.
svn diff contributors.csv

# check the file back into subversion
svn commit contributors.csv

# to add a file
cd <dir>
# create a file
svn add <file>
svn propset svn:mime-type <mime.type> <file>
svn commit <file>

# to move or rename a file
svn move <file>
svn commit <file>

:On windows, it is even easier, using [http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ Tortoise SVN] which plugs directly into Windows Explorer.

== FAQ ==
* [[Live GIS Disc FAQ]]

== Press Releases ==
* [[FOSS4G 2009 Press Releases]]
** 27 August 2009, [[FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 28]] - Simple steps to get your project on the FOSS4G Live DVD
** 6 September 2009, [[FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 29]] - What Windows installers should be on the FOSS4G Live DVD + Live DVD Status.
** 3 October 2009, [http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/10/arramgong-gis-live-dvd-off-to-printers.html] '''Arramgong GIS Live DVD - off to printers'''
** 16 October 2009, [[FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 35]] - LiveDVD/VM on click2try [[FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 35 Cover|Cover Email]]
* 16 December 2009, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 1]] - Defining the next LiveDVD/VM
* 14 January 2009, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 2]] - 3 weeks to Live DVD 3.0 feature freeze
* 24 March 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 4]] - LiveDVD project joins Google Summer of Code
* 31 March 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 3]] - '''Arramagong Live DVD 3.0 released'''
* 10 June 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 5]] - Building OSGeo Live DVD for FOSS4G 2010
* 27 June 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 6]] - 1 week till OSGeoLive Feature Freeze
* 21 July 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 7]] - OGC and OSGeo collaborate on documentation
* 3 August 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 8]] - 1 week to test the OSGeo-Live DVD
* 13 August 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 9]] - Testing OSGeo-Live on the USB
* 3 September 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 10]] - '''Video & DVD for OSGeoLive 4.0, the best GeoSpatial''' OpenSource
* 23 November 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 11]] - Goals and schedule for OSGeo-Live 4.5
* 11 December 2010, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 12]] - Contact application contacts
* 14 January 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 13]] - Last call for projects to be included on OSGeo-Live 4.5
* 13 February 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 14]] - Two weeks to translate Project Overviews
* 13 February 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 15]] - Two weeks to write Quick Starts
* 25 February 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 16]] - OSGeo-Live 4.5 ready for testing
* 28 March 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 17]] - '''OSGeo-Live 4.5 released'''
* 8 May 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 18]] - Call for interest in OSGeo-Live 5.0
* 4 June 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 19]] - Last call for new projects wishing to be included on OSGeo-Live
* 17 June 2011, [http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2011/06/memoirs-of-cat-herder-coordinating.html Memoirs of a Cat Herder - Coordinating OSGeo-Live volunteers]
* 9 July 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 20]] - One week to update of OSGeo-Live English Overviews and Quickstarts
* 18 July 2011, [http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2011/07/project-overviews-quickstarts-for-new.html Project Overviews & Quickstarts for New Zealand's SDI Cookbook]
* 2 August 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 21]] - Calling for OSGeo-Live Testers
* 30 August 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 22]] - '''OSGeo-Live 5.0 released'''
* 1 November 2011, [[Live GIS Disc Press Release 23]] - Call for interest in OSGeo-Live 5.5

== History ==
[[Live_GIS_History]]

== Project Metrics ==
Metrics from Ohloh: https://www.ohloh.net/p/OSGeo-Live

= Use Cases =

There are multiple use cases for this product:

* '''Demo DVD''' that can be handed out at conferences.<br />This will contain a wide variety of applications, preconfigured with some sample data and containing introductory tutorials. It should be able to function completely offline, at least within the scope of the tutorials, and should provide an introduction to many products. This is very much a Live DVD, and as such should be conservative with regards to size (it will be run from RAM).
* '''Education DVD'''<br />This seems to be a more involved version than the Demo DVD, including more involved material, including train-the-trainer style material. This is targeted at those who will be teaching others, be it in workshops or university classes/labs. My expectation (mleslie: feel free to correct me) is that this is more likely to be installed on machines and used as a teaching resource, as opposed to a toy to play with, as with the Demo DVD. This will require material developed through the [[Category:Education|Education initiative]].
* '''Workstation Install DVD'''<br /> This need was seen in Cape Town, where the bandwidth seems to be a very limiting factor. Using the DVD to install either a complete OS, a set of packages to an existing Linux, or Windows installers completely offline is of great value in the developing world. Would it be of greater value to lose the Edu or demo material and put in complete application documentation?

= Links to related projects =
* [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis DebianGIS]. We encourage projects to package applications into Debian, which in turn is incorporated into Ubuntu.
* [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Enterprise_Linux_GIS Enterprise Linux GIS] packages as RPMs for redhat based systems.
* [http://www.gisvm.com/ GISVM home page] (GIS Virtual Machine by [[Ricardo Pinho]])
* [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis/LiveImages DebianGIS Live Image]
: [http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/debian-gis/ Build scripts in DebianGIS's SVN]
* [http://livecd.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=LiveCD&toc=livecd Omniverdi LiveCD project]
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/download/cdrom.php List of live CDs from the GRASS download site]
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/LiveDVD-GFOSS.it Gfoss.it live DVD ]
* [http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/portable-gis/ Portable GIS] - Zero-install GIS for MS Windows on a USB stick
* [http://www.poseidonlinux.org/ Poseidon Linux]
* [http://www.fossgis.de/projekte_gislive.html GISLive] - LiveDVD project from [http://www.fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] (German language)
* [http://www.jaketmurah.com/diamond makeityourring diamond engagement rings]
* [http://www.sixsingles.com online dating]
= Links to Build tool options =
* The [http://packages.debian.org/sid/live-helper live-helper] package - [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive DebianLive home page]
** [http://clemensfam.org/john/?p=39 How-to for Ubuntu/Hardy]

* [http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-customize-your-ubuntu-live-cd Debian\Ubuntu Tricks]
* [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization Ubuntu Help Way]

[[Category: Software Stack]]
[[Category: Live-demo]]

Geoinquietos Cantabria

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== ¿qué es? ==

Geo-inquietos surge como iniciativa para ponernos en contacto en la zona de Cantabria (España). Se trata de un evento donde compartir inquietudes, intereses, experiencias o cualquier idea, que se relacione con el ambito GEO - SIG.

Tenemos una lista de correo a la que te puedes suscribir:
[http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/cantabria Lista de correo]

Hemos habilitado una página, [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Actividades_Geo_inquietos_Cantabria Actividades Geo inquietos Cantabria] donde se
puedan recoger las propuestas de actividades a realizar en el
marco del grupo Geoinquietos Cantabria. Siéntete libre de apuntar tus propuestas de actividades. Pretendemos que haya creatividad en las
propuestas, y que sean lo más participativas posible, por lo que no se trata solo de hacer presentaciones, sino workshops, debates, mapping
parties, y cualquier cosa que se nos ocurra.

Si te gustaría participar o estar informado del proceso, puedes darte de alta en la [[http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/cantabria lista de correo]]
o ponerte en contacto con nosotros en : [mailto:shiguera@osgeo.org shiguera@osgeo.org]

== Tercera reunión ==
La tercera reunión de Geoinquietos Cantabría fue celebrada el Viernes 28 de Octubre a las 19.30h en el Edificio Interfacultativo de la Universidad de Cantabria.<br/>
[http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.4711971879005&mlon=-3.8035923242569&zoom=18 Mapa]<br/>

[[File:UniCantabria.jpg|500px|link=http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.4711971879005&mlon=-3.8035923242569&zoom=18]]<br/>
<br/>
La presentación realizada fue ''' La web móvil está aquí... ''' y aquí está su enlace en slideshare: <br/>
http://www.slideshare.net/VictorVelarde/geoinquietos-la-web-movil-est-aqu

== Segunda reunión ==
Hoy, 15 de Julio de 2011, ha tenido lugar la segunda reunión de Geoinquietos Cantabria en locales cedidos por la Universidad de Cantabria, gracias a las siempre eficaces gestiones logísticas de [http://twitter.com/#!/Chuchigarsan @chuchigarsan].<br/>
Hemos asistido siete personas, de las cuales dos era la primera vez que asistían. La cosa parece que se va animando.<br/>
En sesión única, [http://twitter.com/#!/egofer @egofer] nos ha dado un taller estupendo de como montar y publicar una capa Layar para luego poder acceder a través del smartphone.<br/>
Aquí tienes el enlace a la presentación:

*[http://slidesha.re/qVZath Publicación de información geográfica en Layar mediante PorPOIse]

Hemos comentado tema para una próxima reunión. Seguramente [http://twitter.com/#!/VictorVelarde @victorvelarde] nos organice un taller de iniciación de programación web para móviles.<br/>
Esperamos con impaciencia. Iremos moviendo el tema de fechas en la lista de correo.<br/>
Seguiremos informando....

== Primera reunión ==
Tuvo lugar el pasado Viernes 3 de Junio de 2011 en el Seminario 119 del edificio Interfacultativo de la Universidad de Cantabria. Adjuntamos enlace al mapa, que quedo así de bonito gracias a la mapping party de Valentín y Cia,<br/>
[http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=43.4711971879005&lon=-3.8035923242569&zoom=18 OSM]<br/>

Se trataron los siguientes temas:<br/>
* SEGISMUNDO: Proyecto de prospección arqueológica basado en la recopilación de datos espaciales y su difusión, junto a otras capas de interés como el PNOA a través de servidores WMS o cartografía georreferenciada, en mapas web construidos de diferente forma: OpenLayers, herramientas de google, etc.<br/>
[[http://www.slideshare.net/jesusgarciasan/geoinquietos SEGISMUNDO]]

* KARA-TOGO : Por otro lado Valentín nos contó su experiencia en Togo, centrada en la cooperación con una universidad local para la creación de la cartografía de la ciudad de Kara con Open Street Map y otras herramientas como 'Walking Papers'. El resultado más visible está aquí:<br/>
[[http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?mt0=mapnik&mt1=googlemap&lon=1.19381&lat=9.5459&zoom=14 geofabrik kara]]<br>

También tuvimos tiempo de hablar de otros temas:<br/>
[[http://www.maptiler.org/ MapTiler]] [[http://workshops.opengeo.org/openlayers-intro/integration/jqui-slider.html The jQuery UI Slider]][[http://www.urbanismo.com/arquitecturayurbanismo/stitch-maps-para-bajar-imagenes-de-google-earth-en-mosaico/ StitchMaps]] [[http://walking-papers.org/ WalkingPapers]] [[http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ JOSM]] <br/>

Aún no hemos fijado fecha para la siguiente reunión, pero se preguntará a los interesados del mismo modo que la última vez, a través de Doodle.

== Reunión preparatoria (1 Abril 2011) ==

Siendo el viernes 1 de abril de 2011 a las 19:00h se inicia la sesión.

Sala de la Cartoteca del Departamento de Geografía, Urbanismo y Ordenación del Territorio de la Universidad de Cantabria.

Asistentes:
* Emilio Gómez Fernández
* Jesús Gómez Fernández
* Jesús García Sanchez
* [[Víctor Velarde Gutiérrez]]
* [[Santiago Higuera]]
* Valentín Castillo Salcines

Se presentan los asistentes.

Se abre el debate sobre temas que van surgiendo en torno a la cartografía.

Se informa de la próxima celebración en Santander de las Olimpiadas de Geografía para estudiantes de Secundaria.

[http://olimpiadas.geografos.org/?p=233 Olimpiada Geografía Cantabria (Colegio de Geógrafos)]

Se informa del estado actual del libro libre SIG y de otros temas OSGeo-ES

[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Libro_SIG Libro SIG de Victor Olaya]

[http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html LiveDVD]

Se acuerda celebrar un primer evento Geoinquietos Cantabria a lo largo de Abril o Mayo.

Para ello se abre ahora un periodo de tiempo para selección de temas a tratar y fijación definitiva de lugar y fecha.

Durante este periodo se tratará de contactar con otras personas que pudieran estar interesadas.

Y siendo las 20:30 y sin que nadie muestre desacuerdo, se levanta la sesión y nos vamos todos a echar el tercer tiempo en el bar de enfrente de la Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos.

[[File:geoinquietoscantabria.jpg|400px|center|Reunión preparatoria 1/4/2011]]

[[Category:Iniciativas Locales]]

Markus Neteler

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'''Markus Neteler'''
{{#umSetParam: 11.13532|46.19281|Fondazione E. Mach, Trento|Neteler|Markus Neteler}}
* employee at [http://www.fmach.it/ Fondazione E. Mach], Trento, Italy - head of [http://gis.cri.fmach.it/ GIS and RS Unit]
* [http://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo.org] - member of the Board of Directors (2006-2011) and of some committees since 2006
* chair of the [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/PSC GRASS PSC]
* spending too much time on [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS] :)
* co-founder of [http://www.gdf-hannover.de/ GDF Hannover], Germany
* co-founder and member of [http://www.fossgis.de/ FOSSGIS.de] (formerly GRASS-Anwender-Vereingung e.V. - GAV), D-A-CH and [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS.it], Italy
* [http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/solkatz/index.html Sol Katz Award] for 2006

Contact [http://www.grassbook.org/neteler/ Markus Neteler] or 'neteler*osgeo.org'

'''What's hot''': [[Image:GRASS book 2008.jpg|80px]] http://www.grassbook.org/ <<-- new Edition 2008!

== My goals 2010-2011 (as a director) ==

* Board
** {{done}} Extend the [http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/about.html OSGeo mission statement]: add "collaborative"
** consider a [[MoU]] with OpenStreetMap Foundation to clarify relationship for people outside of communities
** consider two F2F board of directors meetings per year
** discuss charter member fee (as most organizations worldwide have incl. OSGeo local chapters)

* Conference
** run two conferences per year in different parts of the world rather than targeting at 2000 participants. One could be the current conference, the other more workshop oriented (Geoff Zeiss: make that topic oriented)

* Marketing
** Edu Marketing reachout initiative - better advertise the multi-language [http://www.osgeo.org/education Edu portal]

* Data
** Geodata committee: fill the raster niche (as OSM does for vector data) - e.g. by supporting http://openaerialmap.org

* Business
** [http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile Service providers directory]: better support individual freelancers
** consider to establish a FOSS4G "engineer" certificate (which can even generate revenue for OSGeo)

* Community
** better link OSGeo int'l and local chapters (basically poor performance of many OSGeo liason officers. Maybe tag important messages and send to new local-chapters list?)
** promote a spatially more representative charter membership structure

== My OSGeo related proposals ==

* [[Microdonations]] - don't ignore the small money! (really, we need a better framework for that)
* [[OSGeo Python Library]] (Software stack)
* [[OSGeo Cartographic Library]] (Software stack)
* [[OSGeo map symbol set]] (Software stack)
* [[OSGeo Multilanguage Dictionary]] (Education) - [http://geodictionary.osgeo.org/wiki/ prototype]
* [[Software Translation Portal]] (Software stack)
* OSGeo book shop (see [[Template:Books]]) <- in Drupal, please, complete at http://www.osgeo.org/books

== Done ==
* {{done}} Started [[Open Source GIS History]] article
* {{done}} Get [[Postgrey]] installed for lists.osgeo.org (combat spam on lists.osgeo.org)
* {{done}} [[Italiano]] - OSGeo local chapter
* {{done}} [[Edu Data Package North Carolina|First OSGeo Educational data set]]
* {{done}} [[GRASS Incubation Progress|GRASS Incubation]]

{{#umUserMap: Neteler|300px|300px|9|2}}

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:Officer]]
[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]
[[Category:Incubation Committee]]

Vietnam

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'''Vietnam Chapter of OSGeo'''

== '''About Vietnam OSGeo Chapter''' ==

=== Mission ===

* Promoting Open Source Geospatial tools and publicly available Geodata
* Advocacy of and promoting localization software and educational material and services
* Act as a bridge between various groups like Developers, Application Users, NGOs, Government departments

=== Objectives ===

Regular Committee Membership Meetings
* bi-annual (every 6 months)

Support
* seek funding and support to enhance OSGeo software and enrich the OSGeo communities

Collaborative Projects:
* Localization of OSGeo projects
* Development of demo prototype
* Software documentation translation
* Development of e-Learning Content in Vietnamese language

Regional Events:
* Workshops and Training
* Special Lectures
* Demonstrations

Communication:
* Networking Local Communities
* Mailing Lists: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/vietnam
* Wiki

=== Legal status ===

* no legal status as of March 2010

== '''Vietnam OSGeo Chapter Officers''' ==

<b>Vietnam OSGeo Representative</b><br>

* Mr. Bui Hong SON (director, CIREN-HCMC, MONRE)

<b>Vietnam OSGeo Chapter Coordinator</b><br>

* Dr. Tran Van Anh (HUMG)
* Dr. Ho Dinh Duan (VAST)

<b>Education and Training Committee</b><br>

* Dr. Ha Quy Quynh (VAST)
* Dr. Truong Xuan Luan (HUMG)

<b>Marketing and Promotion Liaison</b><br>

* Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh (PeaceSoft Corporation)

<b>Advisors</b><br>

* Mr. Hoang Lam Son (CIREN-Hanoi)
* Mr. McKenna (OSGeo Board)
* Prof. Raghavan (Osaka City University)
* Mr. Horning (AMNH)
* Mr. Fenoy (OSGeo Charter Member)
* Dr. Bozon (OSGeo Member)
* Prof. Maria Brovelli (Politecnico di Milano

To Be Determined:

<b>Vietnam OSGeo Treasurer</b><br>

<b>Regional Events Committee</b><br>

== '''Initial Membership''' ==
* Mr. Bui Hong SON (director, CIREN-HCMC, MONRE)
* Mr. Nguyen Huu Chinh (CIREN-Hanoi)
* Mr. Tran Kiem Dung (CIREN-Hanoi)
* Dr. Tran Van Anh (HUMG)
* Dr. Truong Xuan Luan (HUMG)
* Dr. Ho Dinh Duan (VAST)
* Dr. Ha Quy Quynh (VAST)
* Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh (PeaceSoft Corporation)
* Mr. Hoang Lam Son (CIREN-Hanoi)
* Mr. Le Ngoc Quoc Khanh (JavaVietnam)
* Ms. Pham Thi Mai Thy (VAST)
* Mr Bui Huu Manh (WAR)
* Mr Le Viet Thanh (OUCRU)
* Mr Truong Xuan Quang (Politecnico di Milano & HUMG)

== '''Meetings of Vietnam OSGeo Chapter ''' ==

* [[Vietnam Chapter Meeting 2010-03-11]]

== '''Links''' ==

* osgeo-vietnam mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/vietnam

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Vietnam Chapter]]

Canada

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There are many people involved in OSGeo who are from [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/national/can_political_e/referencemap_image_view Canada]. This page is to try to gather interest in establishing a nation-wide OSGeo chapter. The [[Ottawa Chapter]] has focused on the nation's capital, and other cities are sure to have particular smaller groups of interest as well.

= Mission =

= Objectives =
* Support development of local OSGEO chapters
* Support National Geomatics events to promote FOSS4G and OSGEO
* Organize National Geomatics events to promote FOSS4G and OSGEO
* Participate in National Geomatics events to promote FOSS4G and OSGEO

= Resources =
* Starting a local Chapter
* [[Local Chapter Guidelines]]
* [[Proposed Membership Rules]]
* [[Interest Groups]]
* [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]
* [[One Organizational Model]]
* [[International Outreach]]

= Representation (Prov/Terr) =
A good goal would be for full representation across the country. Please change the list as we add missing representation. Either a group or single individual can be considered a representation. Next to the abbreviation we can list regional chapters that are also represented in this group. A regional chapter is not required for representation but can help network people to local activities.
== Present ==
* AB: [[Alberta Chapter]] - initial meeting was April 29, 2010
* BC: [[British Columbia Chapter]],
* NB: [[Atlantic Canada Chapter]] - beginning formation June 2010
* NL: [[Atlantic Canada Chapter]] - beginning formation June 2010
* NS: [[Atlantic Canada Chapter]] - beginning formation June 2010
* ON: [[Ottawa Chapter]],
* PE: [[Atlantic Canada Chapter]] - beginning formation June 2010
* QC: [[Chapitre québécois]] (Discussions started in [[Reflexions Quebec]], with a meeting on June 4, 2008).

== Absent ==
* MB
* NT
* NU
* SK
* YT

= Interested Individuals =
* [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]], [http://osgeo.org OSGeo], [http://tinyurl.com/295q2l Williams Lake], [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/provincesterritories/british_columbia/referencemap_image_view British Columbia]

* [[User:Dpatton | Dave Patton]], CIS and [http://www.confluence.org Degree Confluence Project], [http://tinyurl.com/2tnkda Victoria], [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/provincesterritories/british_columbia/referencemap_image_view British Columbia]

* [[User:Dsampson | Dave Sampson]], [[Ottawa_Chapter | Ottawa Chapter]]

* [http://www.kralidis.ca/ Tom Kralidis], Charter Member, Toronto, ON

*[[User:Smitch | Scott Mitchell]], [[Ottawa_Chapter | Ottawa Chapter]], [http://www.carleton.ca/geography Carleton University], [[GRASS | GRASS project (PSC)]]

* [[User:Madair | Mike Adair]], [[Ottawa_Chapter | Ottawa Chapter]], Charter member, [[Mapbuilder | MapBuilder project]], DM Solutions Group

* [[User:Dmorissette | Daniel Morissette]], [http://www.mapgears.com/ Mapgears], Chicoutimi, QC

* [[User:Mleslie | Mark Leslie]], [http://www.lisasoft.com/ LISAsoft], Sydney, [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/international/oceania/referencemap_image_view AU] (but I'm still Canadian)

* [[User:MapperBob | Bob Bruce]] [http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/geomatics/ Province of Manitoba], [http://www.hwps.ca HWPS], Winnipeg, Manitoba. Interests: MapServer, QGIS, uDig, [http://mli.gov.mb.ca/ Manitoba Land Initiative (MLI)], [http://mlidata.gov.mb.ca/WPMLI Manitoba Land Initiative (MLI) Webmap], [http://mlidata.gov.mb.ca/wms/request.aspx MLI WMS Server]

* [[User:Tbadard | Thierry Badard]], [[Conference_Committee | Conference Committee]], [[Francophone | Francophone]] and [[Quebec | Quebec]] chapters, [http://geosoa.scg.ulaval.ca Laval University (Centre for Research in Geomatics)] and [http://www.spatialytics.com Spatialytics inc.], Quebec City, QC

* [[User:Sanderson | Ken Sanderson]], [http://www.rockies.ca/ Miistakis Institute], Hope River, PEI

* [[User:Aleroux | Alexandre Leroux]], [http://eer.cmc.ec.gc.ca/index_e.php Canadian Meteorological Centre] and [http://slashgeo.org Slashgeo], Montreal, Qc

* [[User:swallbridge | Shawn Wallbridge]] Hobbyist, [http://www.synack-hosting.com SynAck Hosting], Winnipeg, Manitoba.

* Stefan Steiniger, Calgary, AB. OpenJUMP Volunteer, [http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~ssteinig/ my UofC homepage]
* [[User:Jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]], [http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ Gateway Geomatics], Lunenburg, NS
* [[User:Rjweise | Robert Weise]], [http://www.integrated-informatics.com// Integrated Informatics Inc.], Calgary, AB
* [[User:ahunter | Andrew Hunter]], [http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary]
* [[User:kloukes | Katelyn Loukes]], [http://www.aldervillemapping.com Toronto, ONT]

= Links =
[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Canada]]

British Columbia Chapter

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== About the OSGeo BC Local Chapter ==

=== Introduction ===

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to building and supporting the highest quality open source geospatial software. The foundation's goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects.
OSGeo BC is the proposed Local Chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

=== Scope ===

OSGeo BC forms a locus of interaction for the open source geospatial community in British Columbia, Canada. This community includes any individual with interest in open source geospatial.

=== Mission ===

OSGeo BC establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within the geography of British Columbia.

The chapter is organized into Local Interest Groups, currently one in Victoria and one in Vancouver, whose primary purpose is to organize successive chapter events. It is the intent of the BC Chapter to integrate other Local Interest Groups into chapter events through enabling technologies like web conferencing, tele-conferencing, video conferencing, etc... we will facilitate the self-organization of other Local Interest Groups to join the chapter and become an organizing node in the event production machinery of the chapter.

The Local Interest Group is the principal component of the chapter and represents the initial structure of the organization in lieu of other committee types and in favour of a high operational efficiency to event impact ratio. Although events may be focused around software, data, and standards applicable to our open source community, these categories and the organizing structure of the chapter do not preclude our evolution of interests and geography through further democratic processes.

=== Objectives ===

Quarterly Meetings:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Committee work
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Conference participation
* Invited speaking engagements
* Demonstration activities

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Quarterly meetings
* Video conferencing

Legal Status:
* None

== Getting Involved ==

The BC Local Chapter is an organisation that is guided by the interests of its volunteers. Get involved now and make a difference!

=== Mailing List ===

Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. You don't have to be a "member" to read the mailing list, just sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while).

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-bc

If you prefer a web-based interface to this mailing list, you can follow along on the Nabble mirror:

http://www.nabble.com/OSGeo-BC-Local-Chapter-f27774.html

=== Membership ===

Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.

'''List yourself on [[British Columbia Chapter Membership|our membership page]] and you're in!'''

Apart from this egalitarian system, we have created posts for President and VP. The main responsibilies of the incubments are to act as primary and secondary liason with the parent OSGeo organisation, and to facilitate communication within the group. These posts are elected annually, and are currently (as of November 15 2007) filled by:

* President: Martin Kyle
* Vice President: Vacant

We also have two local organising groups in Victoria and Vancouver (more welcome!) who have their own Chair positions with responsibility for organising meetings and coordinating local efforts:

* Victoria Chair: Rob Frame
* Vancouver Chair: Max Bottoni

=== Meetings ===

Our meetings are not restricted to members. We encourage you to come along and see why open source geospatial is getting so much attention, and how it can help you do business more efficiently. Make sure to RSVP if you plan to attend.

(in reverse chronological order)

[[British Columbia Chapter Meeting 2010-07-27|2010 July 27]] (Vancouver Host)

[[British Columbia Chapter Meeting 2009-07-28|2009 July 28]] (Vancouver Host)

[[British Columbia Chapter Meeting 2008-07-22|2008 July 22]] (Vancouver host)

[[British Columbia Chapter Meeting 2008-02-22|2008 February 22]] (Victoria host)

[[British Columbia Chapter Meeting 2007-11-15|2007 November 15]] (Inaugural Meeting)

=== Presentation Ideas ===

Yes, we're all shy, retiring types, but the work we do on a daily basis is incredibly interesting to others who are trying to do the same work with open source geospatial software, data, and open standards. We'd love the chance to hear what you're working on and, who knows, maybe you'll get some feedback that makes it even better!

[[British Columbia Chapter Presentation Ideas|Sign up here to present at a future meeting]].

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:British Columbia Chapter]]

Nederlands

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= Nederlandstalig OSGeo chapter =

Tijdens de FOSS4G 2011 conferentie in Denver is het idee ontstaan om het Dutch local chapter nieuw leven in te blazen. Een local chapter kan worden opgezet in de vorm van een vereniging maar het kan ook een meer informeel karakter hebben waarin een groep vrijwilligers activiteiten organiseren. De bedoeling is om op het [http://www.geo-info.nl/gin-congres GIN-congres] (30 november en 1 december 2011) te polsen of er onder de GIS-gebruikers en -ontwikkelaars in Nederland behoefte is aan een actieve lokale afdeling van OSGeo.

Wil je een meer actieve rol spelen, maak dan een [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup&returnto=Main_Page wiki-account] aan en voeg je naam toe aan het overzicht van [[#Nederlandstalige_OSGeo_leden |Nederlandstalige OSGeo leden]].

Wil je deelnemen in de discussies? Kijk dan bij [[#Mailinglijst | Mailinglijst]]

=Doelstelling=
Het doel van het Nederlandstalig OSGeo chapter is om het gebruik van open source GIS-software in het algemeen - en de OSGeo projecten in het bijzonder - in het Nederlandse taalgebied te stimuleren en te promoten.<BR>
Dit doen we door:
* het promoten van OSGeo tijdens evenementen, symposia, enzovoorts.
* het creëren van mogelijkheden voor de leden om te netwerken en informatie uit te wisselen.
* het stimuleren van het gebruik van open source GIS software aan universiteiten, hogescholen en andere onderwijsinstellingen.
* het stimuleren van het gebruik van open source GIS software bij overheidsinstellingen.
* het ondersteunen van open standaarden en de toegang tot open data in Nederland en nederlandstalige landen en gebieden.
* het vergroten van de toegankelijkheid door het ondersteunen en uitvoeren van de vertaling van belangrijke OSGeo onderdelen.

=Aanpak=
Het werven van leden en het inventariseren van de behoefte van (aspirant) leden heeft de hoogste prioriteit.<BR>
Hoe pakken we dit aan?<BR>
* Maak gebruik van de wiki en de mailinglijst: zorg ervoor dat de wiki up-to-date is en dat er regelmatig nieuwsberichten worden verspreid via de mailinglijst.
* Probeer via het netwerk van de reeds bestaande leden en sociale media als Twitter en LinkedIn geïnteresseerden te bereiken.
* Geef een presentatie en verspreid promotiemateriaal tijdens evenementen, zoals het [http://www.geo-info.nl/gin-congres GIN-congres], het Open Innovatie Festival (28 nov. t/m 2 dec. 2011) of [http://www.hackdeoverheid.nl Hack de Overheid]
* Zoek de samenwerking met organisaties en platformen als [http://www.noiv.nl Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOiV)]
<BR>
Bij voldoende belangstellingen organiseren we in 2012 een OSGeo bijeenkomst met presentaties, workshops en een borrel.<BR>

=Middelen=
We hebben promotiemateriaal nodig, bijvoorbeeld:
* leaflet,
* kaartjes,
* t-shirts.
Idee: [[Willy Bakker]] kan vragen of de leaflets en/of kaartjes gedrukt kunnen worden door het Reprocentrum van de provincie.

= Mailinglijst =
Discussies vinden plaats via de Nederlandse mailinglijst van OSGeo. Je kunt je aanmelden voor deze lijst via http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/dutch.
Je kunt ook het [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/dutch/ archief] bekijken. Is een mailinglijst nieuw voor jou?
Dan hebben we wat handige [[Nederland/mailinglijst_tips| tips]] voor je op een rijtje gezet.

= Nederlandstalige OSGeo leden =
* [[User:Kobben | Barend Köbben]]
* [[User:bartvde | Bart van den Eijnden]]
* [[User:dirkf | Dirk Frigne]]
* [[Edward_Mac_Gillavry | Edward Mac Gillavry ]]
* [[User:Taatuut | Emil Zegers]]
* [[User:Dullaartegc| Eric Dullaart]]
* [[User:heikki| Heikki Doeleman]]
* [[User:ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
* [[Joris van der Horst]]
* [[User:Just | Just van den Broecke]]
* [[User:Marco Duiker | Marco Duiker]]
* [[user:mprins | Mark Prins]]
* [[User:milovanderlinden | Milo van der Linden]]
* [[Raymond_Nijssen| Raymond Nijssen]]
* [[User:Rr.debruin| Richard de Bruin]]
* [[Richard_Duivenvoorde| Richard Duivenvoorde]]
* [[Ron Wardenier| Ron Wardenier]]
* [[User:roybraam| Roy Braam]]
* [[User:Stvn | Steven Ottens]]
* [[Thijs van Menen]]
* [[User:Friesewoudloper| Willy Bakker]]
* [[User:WimDeHaas | Wim de Haas]]
* [[User:pauldendulk | Paul den Dulk]]
* [[User:joachimvda | Joachim Van der Auwera]]
* [[User:Jonas | Jonas van Schrojenstein Lantman]]
* [[User:CoenNengerman | Coen Nengerman]]

= Naamgeving en logo =

Naar aanleiding van een tweet van [[Thijs van Menen]] met de vraag hoe het Nederlandstalige local chapter zou moeten heten, is de naam '''OSGEO4NL''' geopperd. Via de mailinglijst is '''OSGEO.NL''' voorgesteld. Andere suggesties zijn welkom.<br>
We zijn ook op zoek naar een leuk en herkenbaar logo. Enkele voorstellen die al via de mailinglijst zijn geopperd:

[[File:osgeonl_logo1.jpg]]<br>[[Thijs van Menen]]<br>
[[File:osgeonl_logo2.png]]<br>1 van [[Jeroen Ticheler]]<br>
[[File:osgeonl_logo3.png]]<br>2 van [[Jeroen Ticheler]]<br>
[[File:osgeonl_logo4.png]]<br>[[User:Stvn | Steven Ottens]]<br>

= Links =
Open source geo-software:<BR>
* Map Servers (WMS/WFS/tiling)
** [http://www.geoserver.org GeoServer]
** [http://www.mapnik.org Mapnik]
** [http://www.mapserver.org MapServer]
** [http://www.deegree.org deegree]
** [http://geowebcache.org GeoWebCache] GeoWebCache tiling server
** [http://mapproxy.org MapProxy] MapProxy

* Metadata
** [http://www.geonetwork-opensource.org GeoNetwork opensource] geospatial metadata catalog

* Desktop GIS
** [http://www.mapwindow.org/ MapWindow]
** [http://www.qgis.org/ Quantum GIS Project]
** [http://udig.refractions.net User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS]
** [http://www.gvsig.org gvSIG]

* Geodatabase
** [http://postgis.refractions.net PostGIS]

* Web Map Viewers
** [http://www.openlayers.org OpenLayers]
** [http://www.flamingo-mc.org Flamingo MC (NL)]
** [http://heron-mc.org Heron MC (NL)]
** GEOZET, komt 1 nov. 2011 beschikbaar via [http://www.osor.eu/]

* GIS framework
** [http://geomajas.org/ Geomajas] (web map viewer, transformatie, aggregatie, veiligheid)
** [http://geotools.org/ Geotools] Java framework

* Live DVD met OSGeo software
** [http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html OSGeo Live - Bootable DVD, USB stick of virtuele machine met OSGeo software]

* INSPIRE
** [http://inspire-foss.org FOSS Componenten voor INSPIRE]

* Diversen
** [http://www.opensourcegis.nl www.opensourcegis.nl]

<BR>
Open standaarden:<BR>
* [http://www.geonovum.nl Geonovum]
* [http://www.noiv.nl Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOiV)]
<BR>
Open data:<BR>
* [http://www.openstreetmap.nl OpenStreetMap Nederland]
* [http://www.hackdeoverheid.nl Hack de Overheid]
* [http://data.overheid.nl/ Open data Overheid.nl]
* [http://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl Nationaal Georegister]
* [http://www.provinciaalgeoregister.nl Provinciaal Georegister]
* [http://geoportaal.drenthe.nl Geoportaal Drenthe]
<BR>
Onderzoek & Onderwijs:<BR>
* [http://www.geoictopleidingen.nl Geo-ICT Opleidingen]

= Commerciële ondersteuning =

Mocht je behoefte hebben aan ondersteuning op het gebied van open source GIS, dan kun je contact opnemen met een van onderstaande bedrijven of personen. Ben je zelf een professional? Dan kun je je altijd aanmelden en je naam toevoegen aan deze lijst!

* [http://www.bontepaarden.nl/ Bontepaarden]
* [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep] is een coöperatie van:
** [http://www.aris.nl ARIS]
** [http://www.b3partners.nl B3Partners]
** [http://www.brentjensgeoict.nl/ Brentjens Geo-ICT]
** [http://www.dogodigi.net/ Dogodigi]
** [http://www.fast-fox.nl/ FastFox ICT Solutions]
** [http://www.gisarts.nl/ GISArts]
** [http://geocat.net GeoCat] voor GeoNetwork, OpenGeo Suite en GeoCat Bridge
** [http://www.geoforza.nl/ Geoforza]
** [http://www.geoinfobalans.nl/ GeoInfoBalans]
** [http://www.justobjects.nl Just Objects] voor Heron MC, INSPIRE FOSS, GeoServer, Tiling, PostGIS, GeoTracing
** [http://www.md-kwadraat.nl/ MD-Kwadraat]
** [http://www.terglobo.nl/ Terglobo]
** [http://www.webmapper.net Webmapper] voor Quantum GIS, OpenLayers, GeoServer, MapServer, Mapnik en PostGIS
*[http://www.osgis.nl OSGIS] voor OpenLayers, GXP, GeoExt
*[http://www.geosparc.be/ Geosparc] voor Geomajas, GeoTools en PostGIS

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Ottawa Chapter

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== News ==

* A new [http://gracilis.carleton.ca/CUOSGwiki/index.php/Intro_to_GRASS_workshop Introduction to GRASS workshop] was presented at Carleton University on 17 October 2011; (corrected) datasets are now all available online from the tutorial document. Thanks to local chapter members who attended and helped work initial bugs out of the tutorial.
* [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011] concludes in Denver

== Next Meeting ==
[[Image:OSGeo_July_Meeting.jpg|thumb|right|The July 2007 meeting turn out (more or less).]]
[[Image:smaller_IMG_7076.JPG|thumb|right|Ottawa OSGEO members in Sydney for FOSS4G]]

<br>
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011<br>
Time: 6:00 PM
<br>
Location: [http://www.foxandfeather.ca/ The Fox and Feather]. Reservation is for Fox 1 (behind the pool table) and is under Teresa's name.

<br> 283 Elgin Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1M1
(613) 233-2219

== Mailing List ==

You can [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/Ottawa_users subscribe] and review the
[http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ottawa_users archive] of Ottawa_users@lists.osgeo.org.

== About Ottawa OSGEO ==

The OGUG (Ottawa Grass Users Group) and OMSUG (Ottawa Map Server Users Group) have had a preliminary joint meeting and decided to pursue merging and broadening our collective focus to include all OSGeo projects, catering to any interested users or developers in the Ottawa (National Capital Region) area. We are now officially designated as an OSGeo chapter.

The Ottawa MapServer Users Group (OMSUG) began meeting during the winter of 2003. With a strong local user base in Ottawa, representing many diverse users and developers, these meetings provide a unique opportunity for members to meet and discuss how MapServer is being leveraged in Ottawa and ways we can work together to grow its use in the region.

OGUG formed in June of 2005 as a network of GIS practitioners interested in incorporating or replacing their proprietary GIS workflow with Open Source GIS Solutions. OGUG aimed to be a central body of knowledge and expertise for the GRASS GIS Community in the Ottawa area.

The Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo was formed by the combination of those original two groups, but also includes active local users and developers of at LEAST the following OSGeo projects: GDAL/OGR, GRASS, Mapbuilder, MapGuide, and Mapserver.

A Powerpoint presentation reporting on our chapter's formation and first year of activity is available for download in its original [http://cemml.carleton.ca/osgeo_files/local-chap.ppt full version], or the [http://cemml.carleton.ca/osgeo_files/OttLocal-chap_condensed.ppt condensed form] created to squeeze into a tighter time constraint.

=== Mission ===

The OSGeo Ottawa Chapter exists to provide support for local users of Open Source Geospatial software, and to promote the goals and projects of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. The Chapter is focused on the National Capital Region around Ottawa with face to face meetings providing networking, support and educational opportunities to the local members.

=== Objectives ===
* Monthly face to face meetings
** Networking
** Presentations
** Workshops and Tutorials
** User to user support
** Job Opportunities
** HowTos
* Colaborative Projects
** Documentation
** Local Data Sets
** Supporting OSGEO projects at large
* Regional Events
** Conference
** Demonstrations
* Communication
** Active mailing List
** Content Rich Wiki
** Outreach to local Geo community
** Documented Activities

=== Chairs ===

* 2010 - present Ottawa chapter co-chairs:Teresa Baldwin and Philippe Vachon
* 2008 - 2010 Ottawa chapter co-chairs: [[User:smitch|Scott Mitchell]] and Philippe Vachon
* 2006 - 2008 Ottawa chapter co-chairs: [[User:Dsampson|Dave Sampson]] and [[User:jmckenna|Jeff McKenna]]
* 2005 - 2006 OGUG Chair: [[User:Dsampson|Dave Sampson]]
* 2003 - 2006 OMSUG Chair: [[User:jmckenna|Jeff McKenna]]

== Chapter Sections ==
[[Ottawa_Chapter | Ottawa Chapter Home]]:
The WIKI Home Page for the Ottawa OSGEO Chapter.


[[Ottawa_Chapter/Admin | Chapter Admin]]:
Information of interest to the chapter at large concerning meetings, events, charter,etc.

[[Ottawa_Chapter/MAPSERVER | MapServer]]:
Information of interest to local MAPSERVER users (including old OMSUG content)

[[Ottawa_Chapter/GRASS | GRASS]]:
Information of interest to local GRASS users (including old OGUG content)

[[Ottawa_Chapter/MAPBUILDER | MapBuilder]]:
Information of interest to local MAPBUILDER users


[[Ottawa_Chapter/Directory | Local Chapter Directory]]:
Listing of companies, people, universities and government departments involved with or using OSGeo projects

[[Ottawa_Chapter/Media | Ottawa OSGEO Media Coverage]]:
Links or snippets of media featuring activities of Ottawa OSGeo from various Sources

== Chapter Resources ==
[[Ottawa_Chapter/data | Data]]:
Free and open data created by local chapter members

[[Ottawa_Chapter/tutorials | Tutorials]]:
Tutorials supporting related FOSS4G projects

[[Ottawa_Chapter/links | Related Links]]:
A Clearing House of related links

[[Ottawa_Chapter/associations| Various associations related to Geospatial ]]:

== Contributing to this wiki ==
=== How To Write WIKI ===
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Page Naming Conventions ===
Since the whole wiki uses a flat file structure instead of a directory structure there is a need to organize the pages relavant to our chapter's activities. To get this wiki area started I chose a simple page structure format

PREFIX:
To keep the site clean and to make it easier to locate all WIKI pages connected with the Ottawa Chapter please note the appropriate prefix. Use this prefix when creating new pages.

Prefix= Ottawa_Chapter

The logic:
* Ottawa_Chapter_(Project Area)_(Topic)_(Sub Topic)

Examples:<br>
* Ottawa_Chapter_OSGEO_meetings_072106
* Ottawa_Chapter_GRASS_Datasets

Additionally you might want to consider adding <nowiki>[[Category:Ottawa Chapter]]</nowiki> to all pages tagging them for the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Special:Categories Wiki Categories]. Then add that category to the <nowiki>[[Category:Local Chapters]]</nowiki> and have a category of categories. Or just go have some more beer.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Canada]]

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__FORCETOC__

= '''OSGeo Greek Local Chapter''' =
This is a starting effort to introduce a Greek Local Chapter of OSGeo!<br>
Please register with OSGeo and then add your name in this page if interested.

='''Communication - Επικοινωνία'''=
Please register at the wiki so that you can edit this page.<br>
Please add your name here.<br>
Please register yourself with the discussions list, by sending e-mail to discuss at lists.osgeo.org<br>
You can find instructions at discussion-list at [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss]<br>

== NEW!! Greek Mailing List ==

Please register at the Greek mailing list at:

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/greek

so that we can have more precise communication - in Greek, too!

='''Activities'''=
* To get an idea of our activities during 2007, please check the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Greek_Language_Chapter_Report_2007 Annual Report 2007 Greek Chapter]
* To get an idea of our activities during 2008, please check the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Greek_Language_Chapter_Report_2008 Annual Report 2008 Greek Chapter]
* To get an idea of our activities during 2009, please check the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Greek_Language_Chapter_Report_2009 Annual Report 2009 Greek Chapter]
* To get an idea of our activities during 2010, please check the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Greek_Language_Chapter_Report_2010 Annual Report 2010 Greek Chapter]

= '''Current Members''' =

*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/User:Kotzino Dimitris Kotzinos], Serres, Greece (initiated)
*[http://www.kralidis.ca/ Tom Kralidis], Charter Member, Toronto, ON, Canada (observing)
*Demetris Stathakis, Joint Research Centre
*[http://www.geographer.gr/ Leonidas Liakos], Geographer, Paramythia-Thesprotia, Greece
*Giorgos Xalaris, Athens, Greece
*Poulicos Prastacos, Heraklion, Greece
*Emmanuel Stefanakis, Harokopio University of Athens, Dept. of Geography, Athens, Greece
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/User:Athina_Trakas Athina Trakas], Bonn, Germany
*Demetrios Panayotakopoulos, Attiko Metro S.A., Athens, Greece.
*Marinos Kontomatis, Geologist, Athens, Greece.
*Dimitris Sardelianos, Patra, Greece
*John Spyrakos, Athens, Greece
*Vasilis Vlastaras, Athens, Greece
*Vassilis Trigkas, Environmental Cartographer, Athens, Greece
*Evangelia Kappa, Athens, Greece
*Spiros Athanasiou, [http://www.imis.athena-innovation.gr/ IMIS/RC "Athena"], Athens, Greece
*Panagiotis Tziachris, Thessaloniki, Greece
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/User:Arnaud_Deleurme Arnaud Deleurme ], WebMapping & Cartographer, Larissa/Thessaloniki, Greece
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Ant.mihalakis Antonis Michalakis], forester, Megara, Greece
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nikos_Kolios Nikos Kolios], Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Giannis_Tsimpiris Giannis Tsimpiris], Serres, Greece
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ChIossif Christos Iossifides], Athens, Greece
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos], Athens, Greece
*Angelos Mimis, Panteion University, Dept. of Economic & Regional Development, Athens, Greece
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Michail_Tziotis Michail Tziotis], Athens, Greece
*[http://gr.linkedin.com/in/michelakis Dimitrios G. Michelakis], Degree in Forestry and Natural Environment, MSc in Geographical Information Science, Heraklion - Crete, Greece
*Nikos Alexandris, Forester
*[http://gr.linkedin.com/in/panovoudouris Pano Voudouris], Thessaloniki, Greece

[[Category:Local_Chapters]]

United Kingdom

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== Mission ==

The UK local chapter of OSGeo wishes to establish a focal point for developers and users of open source geospatial software within the UK, for networking and advice, and to raise the profile of open source geospatial development within the UK. It wishes to promote open source geospatial software as a viable choice for all types of user. While it has been suggested that a separate local chapter could better serve the particular geographic and logistical requirements of Scotland, the UK chapter wishes to include all regions and countries within the UK and Ireland. If there is significant interest in forming geographically separate chapters, then the UK chapter will promote these sister organisations, assist with formation and growth, and collaborate in the holding of international events.

'''Objectives'''

*To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK, and provide networking opportunities for developers and users
*To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools, and collate business studies of successful transitions
*To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK by collating links to sources of legitimate free data

In addition we would like to work towards the following:
*A fully-featured open access UK SDI
*Someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

'''Official representative'''

[[User:JoCook|Joanne Cook]]
Senior IT Support and Development Officer
Oxford Archaeology

If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]
* The British Transport Police are embracing an open source geospatial business model [http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/open-source_ukv6i5.pdf (pdf)]

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK. The [[Open Knowledge Foundation]] maintains CKAN and is interested in putting more [[Location in CKAN]].

== Open Source Tools for Ordnance Survey's products ==
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/os_tools_for_os OS Tools]

== Mailing List ==

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk

== Meetings and Events ==

One really useful role of a UK OSGeo chapter would be as a focal point for organising meetings - evening presentation sessions or short seminars with Q and A afterwards.

=== Upcoming Events ===

'''11th March 2009''' The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Technical Special Interest Group are organising an open source event to be held at the British Antarctic Survey HQ in Cambridge. I assume you have to be a member of the AGI to go, but will ask.

'''22nd June 2009''' [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ Open Source GIS conference]. The local chapter are co-organising this event in conjunction with the University of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences, which is a great chance to find out what's really happening in open source GIS in the UK. See the website for details and get in touch if you want to be involved.

=== Recent Events ===

'''22nd January 2009''' [http://geospatial.bcs.org/web/?q=osgeo British Computing Society Geospatial Specialist Group]. Jo talked about OSGeo, and about open source GIS in the UK at the BCS headquarters in London.

'''29th September - 3rd October 2008:''' [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g/2008 FOSS4G 2008].

'''24-25th September 2008:''' [http://www.agi.org.uk/ AGI Geocommunity 08].

'''16-17th June 2008:''' Meetup during the University of Nottingham's [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/geowebservices/ Geowebservices workshop].

'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted.

'''8th-10th December 2006''':
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project meetup and "hackfest" in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006

'''
Tuesday September, 26th 2006''': Steve Coast of OpenStreetmap fame gave a talk to the BCS entitled Geospatial Open Source Activity. Details at [http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3 http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3]

[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing
* [[User:JoCook| Jo Cook]] - woohoo!
* [[User:Leifuss]]
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1
* [[User:JoWalsh]]
* [[User:andyt]]
* [[User:Davidjlock]]
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!
* [[User:Graeme]]
* [[User:SteveW]]
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!
* [[User:SimonAbele]]
* [[User:Borntopedal]]
* [[User:Jcrone]]
* [[User:AntBeck]]
* [[User:Robert Newnham]]
* Suchith Anand
* [[User:Bill Wilcox]]
* [[User:JonathanGray]]
* [[User:Amarti]]
* [[User:Dan Olner|Dan Olner]]: [http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/ Department at Leeds]; [http://www.coveredinbees.org blog]
* [[User:Barryrowlingson]]
* [[User:doublebyte]]: [http://casa.ucl.ac.uk/JoanaMargarida/ hi there]
* [[User:Hurston|David Staveley]] - Archaeological geophysicist, and just starting to get into GIS
* [[User:Walkermatt|Matt Walker]] - [http://www.dottedeyes.com Dotted Eyes Ltd.]
* [[User:giuliop|Giulio Pagan]] - [MapGuide Open Source and FDO specialists at Autodesk Consulting]
* [[User:mikesaunt|Mike Saunt]] - [http://www.isharemaps.com Astun Technology Ltd]
* [[User:sabb|Saber Razmjooei]] - [http://www.faunalia.co.uk Faunalia]
* [[User:chris.little|Chris Little]] - [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ OGC Chair Met-Ocean DWG], [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ Met Office] & [http://www.wmo.int/ WMO]
* [[User:tanoshimi]]

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Local Chapter]]

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WebExtraVM

2011-10-01T07:17:18Z

Tmitchell: /* *.foss4g.org */

The Web Extra VM is a Debian virtual machine administered by [[SAC]], hosted on OSGeo3 at OSU OSL and used for hosting web sites and services that are directly the responsibility of SAC and that don't fit on the other more special purpose VMs (ie. TracSVN, or Drupal). OSGeo member/project services that SAC isn't willing to take direct responsibility for likely belong on either the [[ProjectsVM]] or the [[AdhocVM]].

The VM is reachable by ssh at webextra.osgeo.osuosl.org. Anyone in the https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py?group=sac (SAC) list has ssh access, and anyone in this group can add new people via the link.

== Existing Services on Web Extra VM ==

=== mum03.mapserver.org ===

* /osgeo/foss4g/mum2003-web
* Admined by FrankW
* static html historial site
* Backup available in /osgeo/backup/longterm/mum03 on BackupVM.

=== planet.osgeo.org ===

* /osgeo/venus (venus2?)
* Admined by Mateusz Loskot and Chris Schmidt

=== live.osgeo.org ===

* /osgeo/osgeolive
* Static html site from SVN (https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/website)
* Alex (wildintellect)

=== <strike> gallery.osgeo.org </strike> ===

...being moved here one day (Chris Schmidt).

* <strike>/osgeo/gallery-site</strike>
* <strike>content is in sqlite DB</strike>
* <strike>Spam removal howto: ???</strike>

The gallery is yet on telascience, 198.202.74.219

=== 2011ws.foss4g.org ===

* /osgeo/foss4g/uploads
* Admined by FrankW, jmckenna
* used for FOSS4G 2011 workshop files (through SFTP)

=== *.foss4g.org ===
Includes main www and 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
/osgeo/foss4g/*
* 2011 is on webvm - as it's using Drupal
* Most are static dumps from CMSs that were used,
* 2008 uses the OCS instance (conference.osgeo.org) hosted on webextra
/osgeo/ocs2
* Most being moved from osgeo1 29sep11 by tmitchell
* 2010 also moved from projects vm.

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

ProjectsVM

2011-09-30T05:46:55Z

Tmitchell:

The Projects VM is a Debian virtual machine minimally administered by [[SAC]], hosted on [[Infrastructure Transition Plan 2010#New_Hardware|osgeo4]] at OSU OSL and used for hosting project web sites and some related services.

The VM is reachable by ssh at projects.osgeo.osuosl.org. Anyone in the https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py has ssh access, and anyone in this group can add new people via the link. Sudo access can be provided by existing sudoer's by adding folks to the sudoers group in /etc/group, though it is normal practice to try and only extend sudo access to one user per project.

This VM hosts several '''project critical resources''' (projects web sites primarily). It is a shared environment and it is important that folks making changes on the system be aware of the impact they might have on other hosted services. Apache changes should be made carefully and needfully.

Place to reach SAC members in case of troubles or quick questions:

*irc://irc.freenode.org#osgeo
*irc://irc.freenode.org#telascience
*If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/telascience-irc.cgi IRC Web browser interface] or [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode's Webchat] (if you are behind a restrictive firewall)

;Existing services hosted on the Projects VM:

{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|-
! site
! path
! contact
! [[SAC:Backups|backup]]
! comments
|-
| <s>2010.foss4g.org</s>
| <s>/osgeo/foss4g/2010</s>
| admined by frank/lorenzo?</s>
| ?
| moved to webextra
|-
| demo.geotools.org
| /osgeo/geotools
| admined by jdeolive/jgarnett
| ?
|
|-
| geos.org
| /osgeo/geos
| admined by pramsey
| ?
|
|-
| geotools.org
| /osgeo/geotools
| admined by jdeolive/jgarnett
| ?
|
|-
| grass.osgeo.org
| /osgeo/grass
| admined by neteler/martinl/hamish
| random site copies to http://gis.fem-environment.eu/
| own mediawiki
|-
|rowspan="2"| mapserver.org
| /osgeo/mapserver.org
| admined by hobu/jmckenna
| ?
|
|-
| /osgeo/mapserver
| admined by dmorissette, used for [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/MapServerReleasePackagingHowTo release packaging]
| ?
|
|-
| openlayers.osgeo.org
| /osgeo/openlayers
| admined by crschmidt
| ?
|
|-
| projects.mapbender.osgeo.org
| /osgeo/mapbender
| admined by astrid_emde/christoph/uli have a look at [[Mapbender at ProjectsVM]]
| ?
|
|-
| tilecache.org
| /osgeo/tilecache
| admined by crschmidt
| ?
|
|-
| www.gdal.org
| /osgeo/gdal
| admined by FrankW
| ?
|
|-
| www.remotesensing.org
| /osgeo/remotesensing.org
| admined by FrankW
| ?
|
|}

=== Backup strategy ===

There is none :( Amazing. See also column above.

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

WebExtraVM

2011-09-29T22:39:15Z

Tmitchell: /* *.foss4g.org */

The Web Extra VM is a Debian virtual machine administered by [[SAC]], hosted on OSGeo3 at OSU OSL and used for hosting web sites and services that are directly the responsibility of SAC and that don't fit on the other more special purpose VMs (ie. TracSVN, or Drupal). OSGeo member/project services that SAC isn't willing to take direct responsibility for likely belong on either the [[ProjectsVM]] or the [[AdhocVM]].

The VM is reachable by ssh at webextra.osgeo.osuosl.org. Anyone in the https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py?group=sac (SAC) list has ssh access, and anyone in this group can add new people via the link.

== Existing Services on Web Extra VM ==

=== mum03.mapserver.org ===

* /osgeo/foss4g/mum2003-web
* Admined by FrankW
* static html historial site
* Backup available in /osgeo/backup/longterm/mum03 on BackupVM.

=== planet.osgeo.org ===

* /osgeo/venus (venus2?)
* Admined by Mateusz Loskot and Chris Schmidt

=== live.osgeo.org ===

* /osgeo/osgeolive
* Static html site from SVN (https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/website)
* Alex (wildintellect)

=== <strike> gallery.osgeo.org </strike> ===

...being moved here one day (Chris Schmidt).

* <strike>/osgeo/gallery-site</strike>
* <strike>content is in sqlite DB</strike>
* <strike>Spam removal howto: ???</strike>

The gallery is yet on telascience, 198.202.74.219

=== 2011ws.foss4g.org ===

* /osgeo/foss4g/uploads
* Admined by FrankW, jmckenna
* used for FOSS4G 2011 workshop files (through SFTP)

=== *.foss4g.org ===
Includes main www and 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
*2011 is on webvm - as it's using Drupal
/osgeo/foss4g/*
* most are static dumps from CMSs that were used
* Being moved from osgeo1 29sep11 by tmitchell

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

WebExtraVM

2011-09-29T22:36:23Z

Tmitchell: adding foss4g notes

The Web Extra VM is a Debian virtual machine administered by [[SAC]], hosted on OSGeo3 at OSU OSL and used for hosting web sites and services that are directly the responsibility of SAC and that don't fit on the other more special purpose VMs (ie. TracSVN, or Drupal). OSGeo member/project services that SAC isn't willing to take direct responsibility for likely belong on either the [[ProjectsVM]] or the [[AdhocVM]].

The VM is reachable by ssh at webextra.osgeo.osuosl.org. Anyone in the https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_shell.py?group=sac (SAC) list has ssh access, and anyone in this group can add new people via the link.

== Existing Services on Web Extra VM ==

=== mum03.mapserver.org ===

* /osgeo/foss4g/mum2003-web
* Admined by FrankW
* static html historial site
* Backup available in /osgeo/backup/longterm/mum03 on BackupVM.

=== planet.osgeo.org ===

* /osgeo/venus (venus2?)
* Admined by Mateusz Loskot and Chris Schmidt

=== live.osgeo.org ===

* /osgeo/osgeolive
* Static html site from SVN (https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/website)
* Alex (wildintellect)

=== <strike> gallery.osgeo.org </strike> ===

...being moved here one day (Chris Schmidt).

* <strike>/osgeo/gallery-site</strike>
* <strike>content is in sqlite DB</strike>
* <strike>Spam removal howto: ???</strike>

The gallery is yet on telascience, 198.202.74.219

=== 2011ws.foss4g.org ===

* /osgeo/foss4g/uploads
* Admined by FrankW, jmckenna
* used for FOSS4G 2011 workshop files (through SFTP)

=== *.foss4g.org ===
Includes main www and 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
*2011 is on webvm - as it's using Drupal
/osgeo/foss4g/*
* most are static dumps from CMSs that were used
* Being moved from osgeo1 29sep11

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

Library

2011-09-22T09:12:43Z

Tmitchell: Reverted edits by SmithHogg (talk) to last revision by Tmitchell

== Welcome to the Library! ==

This is the scaffolding for OSGeo's CC-based Reading Room.

== Templates ==
Please use the [http://www.osgeo.org/files/viscom/present/OSGeo_Presentation_OpenOffice.odp.zip Open Office OSGeo template] for your talks (see the [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/present/ SVN version] for the latest). Find other formats and the presentation library in the [http://www.osgeo.org/library VisCom Documents section]. '''The library is currently under construction.'''

== OSGeo Library Contents ==

Some presentations are found outside the osgeo.org domain:
* [http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/47/presentations.html Presentations of Where 2.0 Conference 2006]

The documents referenced below can be [http://www.osgeo.org/library downloaded here].

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/beaudette_2006a.pdf Beaudette_2006a]''' - "Wilderness Navigational Planning Using GRASS GIS Analysis and Public Geographic Data" by Dylan Beaudette (Where 2.0); 23 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PDF]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/christl_2006a.sxi Christl_2006a]''' - "Introduction to Spatial Data Management with Postgis", by Arnulf Christl; 27 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PDF, SXI]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/gerlek_2006a.odp Gerlek_2006a]''' - "The Open Source Geospatial Foundation", by Michael P. Gerlek, for GeoWeb 2006; 16 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PDF, ODP]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/gerlek_2006b.ppt Gerlek_2006b]''' - "OSGeo and the Open Source Movement", by Michael P. Gerlek, presentation to GIS students at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (20 September 2006); 24 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/holmes_2005a.odp Holmes_2005a]''' - "Open Source for Spatial Data Infrastructures", by Chris Holmes; focus on Africa, GIS; 18 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT, ODP]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/holmes_2005b.odp Holmes_2005b]''' - "Concept Demonstration: Implementing GEOSS Architecture using Open Standards and Open Source Software / Open Source for Spatial Data Infrastructures", by Chris Holmes; \u201cThe User and GEOSS Architecture\u201d Workshop, 30 Oct. 2005; 25 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT, ODP]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/holmes_2005c.odt Holmes_2005c]''' - "What Spatial Data Infrastructures can learn from Open Source", by Chris Holmes. "The emergence of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) products and soutions is becoming a key factor, especially in emerging economies, in determining how and who should build Information Infrastructures such as SDI. We consider initial software costs for creating an SDI as tending toward zero regardless of whether the FOSS or proprietary option is taken, with the long-term advantages offered by FOSS matterializing as increased sustainability, independence, stakeholder buy-in, and adaptation within an ever-changing IT environment [...]" 22 pages ''[remix: yes] [format: DOC, ODT]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/holmes_2005d.pdf Holmes_2005d]''' - "Towards a Free and Open Source Spatial Data Infrastructure", by Chris Holmes, Allan Doyle, Mick Wilson; from GSDI-8, 2005; 9 pages ''[remix: yes] [format: PDF]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/holmes_2006a.odp Holmes_2006a]''' - "Return on investment of Open Source Software / An Ever-increasing Return on Investment", by Chris Holmes; from Location Intelligence 2006; 5 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT, ODP]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/horning_2006a.ppt Horning_2006a]''' - "The Open Source Geospatial Foundation - An Opportunity for the Conservation Community", by Ned Horning; prentation at Society for Conservation GIS Annual Conference 2006; 23 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/jolma_2006a.pdf Jolma_2006a]''' - "Free and Open Source Geospatial Tools for Environmental Modeling and Management", by Ari Jolma et al; from a workshop at the iEMSs 2006 conference; 16 pages ''[remix: yes] [format: PDF]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/lang_2006a.odp Lang_2006a]''' - "How APIs, Standards, and Customers Drive Software Genres into Open Source", by Gary Lang, for GeoWeb 2006; 25 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: ODP, PDF]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/mcillhagga_2006.ppt McIllhagga_2006]''' - "Introduction to the Open Source GeoSpatial (OSGeo) Foundation", by Dave McIllhagga; presentation to Natural Resouces Canada; 10 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/mitasova_2006.odp Mitasova_2006]''' - "Open Source Geoinformatics for Environmental Modeling", Keynote presentation at Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software iEMSs 2006 (http://www.iemss.org/iemss2006/) prepared by Helena Mitasova, Markus Neteler, Jaroslav Hofierka and Carlo Ratti; 35 slides (lot of images, some animations), ''[remix: yes] [format: ODP, PPT]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/mitchell_2005_1.odp Mitchell_2005_1]''' - Presentation by Tyler Mitchell for Where 2.0 (San Francisco, 2005), called "Open Source Geo Tools". It introduces a handful of open source GIS tools/APIs. The first couple slides show some (pseudo-animated) architecture ideas. The rest of the slides were simply prompts and visual cues for the talk (no text or outline points). ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT, ODP]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/neteler_2006a.odp Neteler_2006a]''' - "The GRASS GIS software - GIS Seminar" Introduction to GRASS and QGIS for newbies, 6 hours course with practical examples based on GRASS 6.1 and QGIS 0.8, by Markus Neteler. ''[remix: yes, CC-BY-SA] [format: PDF, ODP]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/neteler_2006b.odp.gz Neteler_2006b]''' - " Growing GRASS - Lightning talk at FOSS4G 2006", Open Source Geospatial Communities JOINT CONFERENCE, Sept. 12-15 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland, by Markus Neteler. ''[remix: yes, CC-BY-SA] [format: PDF (no anim), ODP (anim)]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/raghavan_2006.odp Raghavan_2006]''' - "Present Status of Free and Open Source Web GIS", by Venkatesh Raghavan, March 2006; 25 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: ODP]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/ticheler_2005.ppt Ticheler_2005]''' - FOSS and OpenSDI - A presentation on Free and Open Source Software in the context of an OpenSDI (Open Source based Spatial Data Infrastructure). The presentation uses the LEGO® Metaphor as used in \u201cTowards a Free and Open Source Spatial Data Infrastructure.\u201d (Holmes_2005d); 36 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/ticheler_2006a.ppt Ticheler_2006a]''' - "Building a FOSS based SDI" - A presentation on building a Free and Open Source Software based Spatial Data Infrastructure. This presentation was delivered at the Open Geospatial Consortium Interoperability Day in Edinburgh - Scotland, 30 June 2005; 37 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: PPT]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/walsh_2006.doc Walsh_2006]''' - Response to the Geospatial Line of Business RFI, by Jo Walsh et al, May 2006; 8 pages ''[remix: yes] [format: DOC]''

* '''[http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/library/warmerdam_2006a.pdf Warmerdam_2006a]''' - Presentation on GDAL/OGR for Where 2.0, by Frank Warmerdam; 10 slides ''[remix: yes] [format: pdf]''

== Rough Goals and Groundrules ==

Your Visibility Committee has set up a "library" of content related to OSGeo activities, and we would like you to contribute. We know that there is a lot of very good content out there -- and so our idea is to be able to collect a number of presentations, talks, etc, under terms of CC license so that other OSGeo members can use them in order to create/derive/remix/mashup their own custom presentations, talks, etc.

The CC license used is [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ "Attribution Share Alike (by-sa)"].

The sort of content we are looking for includes, but is not limited to:
* papers
* slide presentations
* web-based presentations (e.g. for tutorials)
* podcasts
* ...?

The topics we are looking to cover include anything that touches on OSGeo, e.g. the intersection of Open Source and GIS:
* overviews of what our Foundation is and does
* why open source is good, in the GIS world
* surveys of open source geo packages
* presentations on specific OSGeo member projects
* etc

As we intend this to be a "permanent" library, higher quality material is preferred over random wiki pages of notes and scribblings. (That said, if your scribblings are any good, I'd be happy with that.) If in doubt, go ahead and submit it.

* The actual "library" will live on the OSGeo site on this Wiki page, with summaries and links. The actual content will live on osgeo.org.

* We are file format neutral: whatever format is submitted will be what we use, at least for now. PowerPoint,PDF, LaTex, troff, HyperCard, whatever. Multiple formats are OK too. Let a thousand standards bloom.

* Languages other than English are encouraged! (although you'll need to give me a short one-sentence summary in English of what the content is about...)

* Generally speaking, I think we should exclude from this CFP any material that is more "course-work" oriented, as that falls under the purview of the Education and Curriculum Committee.)

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== OSGeo in Research ==

For a list of academic publications using OS Geospatial Software, see [[OSGeo in Research]].

[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Marketing]]