'''China Chapter of OSGeo'''

== '''About China OSGeo''' ==

Open Source Geospatial software (i.e. GRASS, GDAL, MapGuide and Mapserver) has become quite competitive with proprietary GIS in recent years. OSGeo is a global non-profit organization dedicating to global collaboration on supporting, building and promoting highest-quality open source geospatial software.

The China Chapter of OSGeo is formed by Chinese Active Users of Open Source Geospatial Software, hosted by National Remote Sensing Center of China, and co-sponsored by Autodesk Software (China) Co. Ltd. China 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 China. The China OSGeo Chapter will strive to serve anyone interested in Open Source GIS and related issues, and to cover all the activities associated with Open Source GIS in China.

=== Mission ===

China OSGeo carries out numerous tasks addressed by OSGeo Foundation through its three committees - Supervisory Committee, Executive Committee and Technical Committee.

(1)Supervisory Committee:
* Officially representing China OSGeo to liaise with OSGeo Board, OSGeo Branches, Chinese Government Departments, or Academic Groups etc.
* Taking responsibility for the strategies in planning and developing China OSGeo, and networking with organizations to enlist participation and support for OSGeo.
* Committing financial accounting of running China OSGeo, i.e. budget application, financing donation.

(2)Executive Committee:
* Creating and managing China OSGeo official website (a new website will appear in a few dasy), for example, daily updating, meeting announcement, workshops and training, FAQ, mailing lists and wiki.
* Manage the mailing list "OSGeo-China" in Chinese (http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-china).
* Taking care of China Directory Listing and providing the members with networking opportunities for support and job opportunities.
* Increasing awareness about open source GIS solutions and promoting adoption in education, research, industry, government, and non-profit organizations though local technical supports.
* Encouraging local people to contribute to OSGeo projects or to release their outcomes as open source software with financial or practical assistance.

(3)Technical Committee:
* Software Internationalization and Localization
* Development of prototype applications to demonstrate Open Source geospatial capabilities to local and regional audiences
* Software Packaging and Customization for local and regional needs
* Training, Support and Development of e-Learning Contents in local languages
* Supporting open standards and open access to geospatial data

China OSGeo may not be limited to the above tasks, but all the activities should not be contrary or detrimental to the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.

=== Objectives ===

Quarterly Committee Membership Meetings:
* Committee work reviewing
* Question and Discussion
* Proposal or planning

Collaborative Projects:
* Localization of OSGeo projects - MapGuide, GRASS, GDAL etc.
* Development of demo prototype illustrating how to use open source gis software
* Software documentation translation (from English to Chinese or verse visa)
* Development of e-Learning Content in Chinese
* Software re-packaging and customization for Chinese platform
* Free geospatial dataset downloading

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

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

=== Legal Status ===

The current legal state of China chapter is not an independent legal entity so far. It is a department of the National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC). The NRSCC is a subdivision of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). For details, please look at its web site as: http://www.nrscc.gov.cn/english/about.asp.

== '''Initial Membership''' ==

* China Chapter Representative - Prof. Rongguo Chen
* China Chapter Advisor - Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University.
* Prof. Jiahong Li, National Remote Sensing Center of China.
* Prof. Chenghu Zhou, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research.
* Prof. Rongguo Chen, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research.
* Assoc. Prof. Xianfeng Song, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
* Mr. Kevin Zhu, Infrastructure Solution Division, Autodesk Software Inc.
* Mr. Hongxian Qin, Autodesk Software Inc.
* Mr. Jian Sun, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research.
* Mr. Pengwan Xia, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research.
* Mr. Ang Gao, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research.
* Mr. Xun Yan, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research.
* Ms. Chun Zhang, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research.

== '''Contact Information''' ==

*Mr. Gao Ang
*Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research
*Chinese Academy of Science
*Tel: +86 10 64888970
*EMail: tomgaoang at gmail.com

== '''Site Layout''' ==

China Chapter Portal:
Information of Interest to Local Users, for examples, Meetings, Events, Chapter, Call for Papers, e-Learning, Tutorial, Reports, and Free Open Source Geographical Dataset.

Mailing Lists or Archives for Chinese Users:
* Desktop GIS - QGIS, OpenEV
* GIS workstation - GRASS, OSSIM
* GIS Development Toolkits - GDAL/OGR, geotools
* Geo-statistics - GNU R
* Web mapping servers - MapGuide Open Source, Mapserver, GeoServer
* Web map clients - MapBuilder
* Metadata servers - Isite
* Spatial Data Engine - PostGIS, myGIS
* C/S Database - PostgreSQL, mySQL, SQLite
Note: Enabled step by step when enlisting our professional participants

China Directory Listing:
Companies, People, Universities, Research Institutes, Organizations, Government Departments etc. involved with or using OSGeo Projects.

China OSGeo Media Coverage:
Links or snippets of media featuring activities of China OSGeo from various sources.

== '''See also''' ==

*[[ChinaChapterLaunch]] 2006
*[[Chinese Glossary]]
*[[China datums]]

== '''Links''' ==

* China OSGeo - https://www.osgeo.org.cn/
* China OSGeo Mailinglist - http://china.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo
* NRSCC - http://www.nrscc.gov.cn/
* Autodesk (China) - http://www.autodesk.com.cn/
* IGSNRR - http://www.igsnrr.cas.cn/
* GUCAS - http://www.gucas.ac.cn/
* GDAL - http://gdal.osgeo.org/
* GeoTools - https://geotools.osgeo.org/
* GRASS - http://grass.osgeo.org/
* Mapbender - http://www.mapbender.org/
* MapBuilder - http://communitymapbuilder.org/
* MapGuide - https://mapguide.osgeo.org/
* MapServer - http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
* OSSIM - http://www.ossim.org/
* GRASS GIS Mirror China - http://zihuan.gucas.ac.cn/grass/
* MapServer VMap Level0 Demo - http://zihuan.gucas.ac.cn/webgis/vmap0/

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:China]]

Live GIS Translate

2014-02-04T13:14:20Z

Wiki-BuKun: /* 开始 */

''This page describes how to translate documentation for the [[Live GIS Disc|OSGeo-Live DVD]].''

= Getting Started =
Thanks for considering translating the OSGeo-Live documentation. To get started:
; Introduce yourself.
: Please join our email list at: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo, and send an email introducing yourself and your wish to help out. If you wish to start translating to a new language, let us know so that we can create a new status worksheet for you.
: Say "hello" to other translators from your region. Their details are listed here: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/translators.csv
; Get Subversion access
: Before updating files, you need commit access to our Subversion repository, described here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Subversion
; check out the doc-directory from svn:
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/en/presentations/OSGeoLive4_0Taster

Only if you want to compile with sphinx in your locale environment, you need to get check out all trunk-directory from svn:
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/

; Credit yourself
: As a first test to see subversion is working, add your name to the list of translators.

# edit translators.csv
# please add your Language, i18n code, Name, Country, Email, and Osgeo_id to the list,
# separated by comma.
# - Order alphabetically by language (2 letter code), then by first name
# - remove punctuation from email addresses to stop harvesting for junk mail

This is so that we can credit you in releases and other translators can find you: doc/translators.csv

= Status Sheet =

* Documents ready to translate are marked "Final" in our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13 Project Status Spreadsheet].
* Check the [http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/translation_status.html Translation Status] to find files that need translation, or need updating. Note that the hyperlink for each translated doc will take you to a page showing the differences in the English doc since last translation. (This document is updated hourly by extracting document version from subversion).

= Nightly documentation builds =
* http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/
** Latest documentation build can be found in the docs/ dir.
** Please have a look at and squash any problems which show up in the error log, which can be found in the logs/ dir.

= Translations =

This is how it works:

* Find documents that have a "Final" status in our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13 Project Status sheet] and which are not translated or outdated in the [http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/translation_status.html Translation Status].
* If this is a new translated document, use subversion to '''''copy''''' the English version of the document to new language directory. (This retains our subversion history, while ''svn add'' does not)

'''svn copy''' doc/en/<doc>.rst doc/lang/<doc>.rst

* add your name as translator of the document: add ''''':Translator: Your_name''''' at the top of document near '':Reviewer:'' or ''Author''
* translate the document and then commit back to subversion

svn commit -m "Translated docX.rst to Italian" docX.rst

* Once complete change status="complete"

== Adding new languages ==

Make sure you edit the list in:
* <tt>doc/Makefile</tt>
* <tt>doc/themes/overview/page.html</tt>
* <tt>doc/index.template</tt>
* <tt>bin/lang_stats.sh</tt>

Setup the dir structure:
LCODE=pt

cd doc/
mkdir $LCODE
cd $LCODE
mkdir overview/ quickstart/ standards/
cd ..
svn add $LCODE
svn commit $LCODE

Remember that when `doc/Makefile` changes the hash needs to be updated; contact Hamish.

== Glossary ==
[[Live_GIS_Translation_Glossary|At this page]] you can find a glossary of OSGeo-Live documentation related terms, please fell free to add new terms.

== Use OmegaT for the translations ==
* there is a nice tool to generate the translations http://www.omegat.org/ (here you find a good documentation)
* To install the tool on a Ubuntu or Debian system (such as the live disc) run:
sudo apt-get install omegat
* add the ending rst to be supported by OmegaT
** configure: Options → file filter → textfiles → add → add *.rst

* Create a new project:
** Select a folder where OmegaT can write its files
** Select your destination language, point Source Files directory to doc/en, and Translated Files directory to doc/$your-language-code. The two middle options can stay where they are in subfolders of OmegaT project folder.
** Translate something.
** Write files: Project → Create Translated Documents will populate doc/$your-language into SVN tree. All .rst files contain both translated and untranslated strings.
** svn commit

* Work on an already started translation:
** TO BE DONE - is OmegaT able to handle contents under version control? Seems not, for me.

[[Category: Live-demo]]

Live GIS Translate

2014-02-04T13:12:16Z

Wiki-BuKun:

''This page describes how to translate documentation for the [[Live GIS Disc|OSGeo-Live DVD]].''

= 开始 =
Thanks for considering translating the OSGeo-Live documentation. To get started:
; Introduce yourself.
: Please join our email list at: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo, and send an email introducing yourself and your wish to help out. If you wish to start translating to a new language, let us know so that we can create a new status worksheet for you.
: Say "hello" to other translators from your region. Their details are listed here: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/translators.csv
; Get Subversion access
: Before updating files, you need commit access to our Subversion repository, described here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Subversion
; check out the doc-directory from svn:
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/en/presentations/OSGeoLive4_0Taster

Only if you want to compile with sphinx in your locale environment, you need to get check out all trunk-directory from svn:
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/

; Credit yourself
: As a first test to see subversion is working, add your name to the list of translators.

# edit translators.csv
# please add your Language, i18n code, Name, Country, Email, and Osgeo_id to the list,
# separated by comma.
# - Order alphabetically by language (2 letter code), then by first name
# - remove punctuation from email addresses to stop harvesting for junk mail

This is so that we can credit you in releases and other translators can find you: doc/translators.csv

= Status Sheet =

* Documents ready to translate are marked "Final" in our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13 Project Status Spreadsheet].
* Check the [http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/translation_status.html Translation Status] to find files that need translation, or need updating. Note that the hyperlink for each translated doc will take you to a page showing the differences in the English doc since last translation. (This document is updated hourly by extracting document version from subversion).

= Nightly documentation builds =
* http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/
** Latest documentation build can be found in the docs/ dir.
** Please have a look at and squash any problems which show up in the error log, which can be found in the logs/ dir.

= Translations =

This is how it works:

* Find documents that have a "Final" status in our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13 Project Status sheet] and which are not translated or outdated in the [http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/translation_status.html Translation Status].
* If this is a new translated document, use subversion to '''''copy''''' the English version of the document to new language directory. (This retains our subversion history, while ''svn add'' does not)

'''svn copy''' doc/en/<doc>.rst doc/lang/<doc>.rst

* add your name as translator of the document: add ''''':Translator: Your_name''''' at the top of document near '':Reviewer:'' or ''Author''
* translate the document and then commit back to subversion

svn commit -m "Translated docX.rst to Italian" docX.rst

* Once complete change status="complete"

== Adding new languages ==

Make sure you edit the list in:
* <tt>doc/Makefile</tt>
* <tt>doc/themes/overview/page.html</tt>
* <tt>doc/index.template</tt>
* <tt>bin/lang_stats.sh</tt>

Setup the dir structure:
LCODE=pt

cd doc/
mkdir $LCODE
cd $LCODE
mkdir overview/ quickstart/ standards/
cd ..
svn add $LCODE
svn commit $LCODE

Remember that when `doc/Makefile` changes the hash needs to be updated; contact Hamish.

== Glossary ==
[[Live_GIS_Translation_Glossary|At this page]] you can find a glossary of OSGeo-Live documentation related terms, please fell free to add new terms.

== Use OmegaT for the translations ==
* there is a nice tool to generate the translations http://www.omegat.org/ (here you find a good documentation)
* To install the tool on a Ubuntu or Debian system (such as the live disc) run:
sudo apt-get install omegat
* add the ending rst to be supported by OmegaT
** configure: Options → file filter → textfiles → add → add *.rst

* Create a new project:
** Select a folder where OmegaT can write its files
** Select your destination language, point Source Files directory to doc/en, and Translated Files directory to doc/$your-language-code. The two middle options can stay where they are in subfolders of OmegaT project folder.
** Translate something.
** Write files: Project → Create Translated Documents will populate doc/$your-language into SVN tree. All .rst files contain both translated and untranslated strings.
** svn commit

* Work on an already started translation:
** TO BE DONE - is OmegaT able to handle contents under version control? Seems not, for me.

[[Category: Live-demo]]