OSGeo - User contributions [en]

Didier Richard

2017-11-01T11:04:41Z

Wiki-Dgrichard:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Didier Richard
|JobTitle=Surveyor Engineer
|Company=IGN (French NMA)
|Country=France
|State=France
|City=Saint-Mandé
|Coordinate=48° 50' 29", 2° 35' 14"
|LocalChapter=Francophone OSGeo Chapter
|Website=https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/
|Photo=DidierRichardatFOSS4GEurope2017.jpg
|Languages=french; english;
|Info=I have been a supporter of OpenSource software for Geomatics for long. I am working at IGN (French National Mapping Agency) and promotes openness and free software internally (e.g., at IGN's school, namely ENSG -- École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, Géomatique --) and externally (past contributor to Geoserver, french translations, committer to PROJ.4 and GDAL, user of many OSS). I managed the French Geoportal project, which is based
on opensource software like Geoserver, OpenLayer, PROJ.4, GDAL, etc ... and has a big PostgrSQL/PostGIS backend.I am also involved in local chapter's FOSS4G and member of the FOSS4G Europe 2017 organizing committee (logistics, workshops, codesprint and communication).
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=No
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]

File:DidierRichardatFOSS4GEurope2017.jpg

2017-11-01T11:02:20Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: Didier Richard at the welcome desk of the FOSS4G Europe 2017

Didier Richard at the welcome desk of the FOSS4G Europe 2017

Didier Richard

2017-11-01T10:52:33Z

Wiki-Dgrichard:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Didier Richard
|JobTitle=Surveyor Engineer
|Company=IGN (French NMA)
|Country=France
|State=France
|City=Saint-Mandé
|Coordinate=48° 50' 29", 2° 35' 14"
|LocalChapter=Francophone OSGeo Chapter
|Website=https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/
|Languages=french; english;
|Info=I have been a supporter of OpenSource software for Geomatics for long. I am working at IGN (French National Mapping Agency) and promotes openness and free software internally (e.g., at IGN's school, namely ENSG -- École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, Géomatique --) and externally (past contributor to Geoserver, french translations, committer to PROJ.4 and GDAL, user of many OSS). I managed the French Geoportal project, which is based
on opensource software like Geoserver, OpenLayer, PROJ.4, GDAL, etc ... and has a big PostgrSQL/PostGIS backend.I am also involved in local chapter's FOSS4G and member of the FOSS4G Europe 2017 organizing committee (logistics, workshops, codesprint and communication).
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=No
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]

Didier Richard

2017-11-01T10:47:13Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: Created page with "{{OSGeo Member |Name=Didier Richard |JobTitle=Surveyor Engineer |Company=IGN (French NMA) |Country=France |State=France |City=Saint-Mandé |Coordinate=48° 50' 29", 2° 35' 14..."

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Didier Richard
|JobTitle=Surveyor Engineer
|Company=IGN (French NMA)
|Country=France
|State=France
|City=Saint-Mandé
|Coordinate=48° 50' 29", 2° 35' 14"
|LocalChapter=Francophone OSGeo Chapter
|Website=https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/
|Languages=french; english;
|Info=I have been a supporter of OpenSource software for Geomatics for long. I am working at IGN (French National Mapping Agency) and promotes openness and free software internally (e.g., at IGN's school, namely ENSG -- École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, Géomatique --) and externally (past contributor to Geoserver, french translations, committer to PROJ.4 and GDAL, user of many OSS). I managed the French Geoportal project, which is based
on opensource software like Geoserver, OpenLayer, PROJ.4, GDAL, etc ... and has a big PostgrSQL/PostGIS backend.I am also involved in local chapter's FOSS4G and member of the FOSS4G Europe 2017 organizing committee (logistics, workshops, codesprint and communication).
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=No
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Bof

2017-06-16T09:36:19Z

Wiki-Dgrichard:

BoF ''(Birds of a feather)'' is an informal discussion group. Unlike special interest groups or working groups, BoFs are informal and often formed in an ad hoc manner. The acronym is used by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to denote initial meetings of members interested in a particular issue.

A BoF session, an informal meeting at conferences, where the attendees group together based on a shared interest and carry out discussions without any pre-planned agenda.

FOSS4G-Europe is offering rooms for self-organized discussion groups. Please, if you feel an urge to meet and discuss some topic, block the room by editing this wiki page, propose BoF's topic, write yourself down and meet.

here is the list of available rooms:

* ground floor : L004, L005 (computer lab with folding computer tables, L006 (codesprint room - might be used but not sure)
* first floor : L102-L103 (computer lab with folding computer tables), L109 (same)
* second floor : L201

== Wednesday 2017-07-19 18:30 - 20:30 ==

=== [Empty BoF slot 1] L004 ===
* Where: '''L004''' (30 seats)

Short introduction/description

* List of particpants
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 2] L006 ===
* Where: '''L006''' (60 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 3] L102 ===
* Where: '''L102''' (12 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 4] L103 ===
* Where: '''L103''' (12 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 5] L109 ===
* Where: '''L109''' (18 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 6] L201 ===
* When: 2017-07-19,
* Where: '''L201''' (16 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

== Friday 2017-07-21 19:00 - 20:30 ==

=== [Empty BoF slot 1] L004 ===
* Where: '''L004''' (30 seats)

Short introduction/description

* List of particpants
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 2] L005 ===
* Where: '''L005''' (25 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 3] L006 ===
* Where: '''L006''' (60 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 4] L102 ===
* Where: '''L102''' (12 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 5] L103 ===
* Where: '''L103''' (12 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 6] L109 ===
* Where: '''L109''' (18 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 7] L201 ===
* When: 2017-07-19,
* Where: '''L201''' (16 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:Bof]]
[[Category:FOSS4G-Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Code sprint

2017-03-29T16:16:26Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Where */

== Code Sprint ==

We are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.

During the next FOSS4G Europe there will be space and time for you to
improve your favorite Open Source project. More precisely, we offer a room for the entire
conference period where individual projects can meet for their codesprints.
Since projects benefit from working with each other as well, there will be also a
dedicated day for the codesprint, Saturday 22 July 2017, the last
day of the conference.

This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects.
There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming.
Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is
also important for projects so everyone is cordially invited to attend
the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite
for participation in the codesprint, the codesprint is *free of charge*.

If you are interested to participate, please add you project/name in
this wiki page.

Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this
could impact the work of others. Thank you!

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know, contacting
the Code Sprint Committee Chair at lucadeluge at gmail dot com

=== When ===
Saturday, the 22nd of July, 2017

=== Where ===
* École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG])
* Room L006, ENSG (http://osm.org/go/0BO3PhxQU--?m=)

<gallery>
File:L006-CS-main-room-1.jpg|Main room (view 1)
File:L006-CS-main-room-2.jpg|Main room (view 2)
File:L006-CS-main-room-3.jpg|Main room (view 3)
File:L006-CS-main-room-4.jpg|Main room (view 4)
File:L004-CS-adjoining-room.jpg|Secondary room
</gallery>

=== Organizing Contacts ===
* Luca Delucchi
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard
* Astrid Emde

== Individual Preparation ==
* Bring your own computer
* Bring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] (photo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country#/media/File:Euro-Flachstecker_2.jpg France]). See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/

== Workgroups ==

=== GRASS GIS ===

'''Attending:'''
* [[User:Lucadelu|lucadelu]]

'''Goals:'''
* GSOC support

=== Project Name ===

'''Attending:'''
* Add your self

'''Goals:'''
* Add your goal

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:FOSS4G-Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Code sprint

2017-03-28T15:48:13Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Where */

== Code Sprint ==

We are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.

During the next FOSS4G Europe there will be space and time for you to
improve your favorite Open Source project. More precisely, we offer a room for the entire
conference period where individual projects can meet for their codesprints.
Since projects benefit from working with each other as well, there will be also a
dedicated day for the codesprint, Saturday 22 July 2017, the last
day of the conference.

This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects.
There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming.
Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is
also important for projects so everyone is cordially invited to attend
the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite
for participation in the codesprint, the codesprint is *free of charge*.

If you are interested to participate, please add you project/name in
this wiki page.

Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this
could impact the work of others. Thank you!

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know, contacting
the Code Sprint Committee Chair at lucadeluge at gmail dot com

=== When ===
Saturday, the 22nd of July, 2017

=== Where ===
* École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG])
* Room L006, ENSG (http://osm.org/go/0BO3PhxQU--?m=)

<gallery>
File:https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/8/87/L006-CS-main-room-1.jpg|Main room (view 1)
File:https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/d/d7/L006-CS-main-room-2.jpg|Main room (view 2)
File:https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/8/8b/L006-CS-main-room-3.jpg|Main room (view 3)
File:https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/b/b5/L006-CS-main-room-4.jpg|Main room (view 4)
File:https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/2/20/L004-CS-adjoining-room.jpg|Secondary room
</gallery>

=== Organizing Contacts ===
* Luca Delucchi
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard
* Astrid Emde

== Individual Preparation ==
* Bring your own computer
* Bring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] (photo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country#/media/File:Euro-Flachstecker_2.jpg France]). See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/

== Workgroups ==

=== GRASS GIS ===

'''Attending:'''
* [[User:Lucadelu|lucadelu]]

'''Goals:'''
* GSOC support

=== Project Name ===

'''Attending:'''
* Add your self

'''Goals:'''
* Add your goal

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:FOSS4G-Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Code sprint

2017-03-28T15:39:11Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: Some pictures of the Codesprint room

== Code Sprint ==

We are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.

During the next FOSS4G Europe there will be space and time for you to
improve your favorite Open Source project. More precisely, we offer a room for the entire
conference period where individual projects can meet for their codesprints.
Since projects benefit from working with each other as well, there will be also a
dedicated day for the codesprint, Saturday 22 July 2017, the last
day of the conference.

This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects.
There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming.
Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is
also important for projects so everyone is cordially invited to attend
the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite
for participation in the codesprint, the codesprint is *free of charge*.

If you are interested to participate, please add you project/name in
this wiki page.

Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this
could impact the work of others. Thank you!

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know, contacting
the Code Sprint Committee Chair at lucadeluge at gmail dot com

=== When ===
Saturday, the 22nd of July, 2017

=== Where ===
* École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG])
* Room L006, ENSG (http://osm.org/go/0BO3PhxQU--?m=)

<gallery>
https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/8/87/L006-CS-main-room-1.jpg|Main room (view 1)
https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/d/d7/L006-CS-main-room-2.jpg|Main room (view 2)
https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/8/8b/L006-CS-main-room-3.jpg|Main room (view 3)
https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/b/b5/L006-CS-main-room-4.jpg|Main room (view 4)
https://wiki.osgeo.org/images/2/20/L004-CS-adjoining-room.jpg|Secondary room
</gallery>

=== Organizing Contacts ===
* Luca Delucchi
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard
* Astrid Emde

== Individual Preparation ==
* Bring your own computer
* Bring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] (photo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country#/media/File:Euro-Flachstecker_2.jpg France]). See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/

== Workgroups ==

=== GRASS GIS ===

'''Attending:'''
* [[User:Lucadelu|lucadelu]]

'''Goals:'''
* GSOC support

=== Project Name ===

'''Attending:'''
* Add your self

'''Goals:'''
* Add your goal

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:FOSS4G-Europe]]

File:L006-CS-main-room-4.jpg

2017-03-28T15:38:01Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: Main room for code sprint Eu 2017 # 4

Main room for code sprint Eu 2017 # 4

File:L006-CS-main-room-3.jpg

2017-03-28T15:37:15Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: Main room for codesprint Eu 2017 #3

Main room for codesprint Eu 2017 #3

File:L006-CS-main-room-2.jpg

2017-03-28T15:36:29Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: Main room for code sprint Eu 2017 # 2

Main room for code sprint Eu 2017 # 2

File:L006-CS-main-room-1.jpg

2017-03-28T15:35:26Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: Main room for codesprint

Main room for codesprint

File:L004-CS-adjoining-room.jpg

2017-03-28T15:32:47Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: CodeSprint adjoining room

CodeSprint adjoining room

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Code sprint

2016-10-21T09:19:50Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* When */

FOSS4G-Europe 2017

2016-10-21T09:08:27Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Programme Commitee */

first draft of this page (7th of october 2016) : '''under construction'''

[[File:FOSS4G-Europe-2017-small.png|thumbnail|right|FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Logo]]

= Organisation =

This event will be held in France, in Marne-La-Vallée (on the same transportation line as DisneyLand) within the Paris East University Campus.
The hosting is handed by École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG]), the French school of Geomatics.
The French local chapter is involved in organizing this event.

Save the dates : from the '''18th of July 2017''' (workshops), up to the '''22nd of July''' (OSGeo Europe Code Sprint).

== Local Organisation Committee ==
* Gérald Fenoy (Chair)
...

=== Communication Committee ===
* Nicolas Bozon (Chair)
* Thomas Gratier (Co-chair)
* Add your name here

=== Financial Commitee ===
* Jean-Marie Arsac
* Add your name here

=== Programme Committee ===
...

==== General track committee ====
* Vasile Crăciunescu (Chair)
* Codrina Marie Ilie
* Zoltan Siki
* Florin Iosub
* Dirk Frigne
* Nicolas Bozon
* Jachym Cepicky
* Add your name here

==== Scientific track committee ====
* Maria Antonia Brovelli
* Massimiliano Canata
* Dimitris Kotzinos (Chair)
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Peter Mooney
* Marco Minghini
* Robert Szczepanek
* Sven Schade
* Aleš Čepek
* Peter Löwe
* Add your name here

==== Workshops committee ====
* Angelos Tzotsos (Chair)
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Jachym Cepicky
* Add your name here

==== Code sprint committee ====
* Luca Delucchi (Chair)
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Astrid Emde
* Add your name here

[[FOSS4G-Europe_2017_Code_sprint|FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Code sprint]] wiki page

=== Logistics Committee ===
* Didier Richard (Chair)
* Anne QUESNEL
* Nicolas ROELANDT
* Add your name here

= Web site =

As for the FOSS4G-Europe 2015 (See [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ FOSS4G-Europe 2015]), the web site will be hosted by [http://geolabs.fr/ GeoLabs].

[[Category: FOSS4G]]
[[Category: FOSS4G-Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017

2016-10-21T09:07:49Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Communication Commitee */

first draft of this page (7th of october 2016) : '''under construction'''

[[File:FOSS4G-Europe-2017-small.png|thumbnail|right|FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Logo]]

= Organisation =

This event will be held in France, in Marne-La-Vallée (on the same transportation line as DisneyLand) within the Paris East University Campus.
The hosting is handed by École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG]), the French school of Geomatics.
The French local chapter is involved in organizing this event.

Save the dates : from the '''18th of July 2017''' (workshops), up to the '''22nd of July''' (OSGeo Europe Code Sprint).

== Local Organisation Committee ==
* Gérald Fenoy (Chair)
...

=== Communication Committee ===
* Nicolas Bozon (Chair)
* Thomas Gratier (Co-chair)
* Add your name here

=== Financial Commitee ===
* Jean-Marie Arsac
* Add your name here

=== Programme Commitee ===
...

==== General track commitee ====
* Vasile Crăciunescu (Chair)
* Codrina Marie Ilie
* Zoltan Siki
* Florin Iosub
* Dirk Frigne
* Nicolas Bozon
* Jachym Cepicky
* Add your name here

==== Scientific track committee ====
* Maria Antonia Brovelli
* Massimiliano Canata
* Dimitris Kotzinos (Chair)
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Peter Mooney
* Marco Minghini
* Robert Szczepanek
* Sven Schade
* Aleš Čepek
* Peter Löwe
* Add your name here

==== Workshops commitee ====
* Angelos Tzotsos (Chair)
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Jachym Cepicky
* Add your name here

==== Code sprint commitee ====
* Luca Delucchi (Chair)
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Astrid Emde
* Add your name here

[[FOSS4G-Europe_2017_Code_sprint|FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Code sprint]] wiki page

=== Logistics Committee ===
* Didier Richard (Chair)
* Anne QUESNEL
* Nicolas ROELANDT
* Add your name here

= Web site =

As for the FOSS4G-Europe 2015 (See [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ FOSS4G-Europe 2015]), the web site will be hosted by [http://geolabs.fr/ GeoLabs].

[[Category: FOSS4G]]
[[Category: FOSS4G-Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017

2016-10-21T09:00:47Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Financal Commitee */

first draft of this page (7th of october 2016) : '''under construction'''

[[File:FOSS4G-Europe-2017-small.png|thumbnail|right|FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Logo]]

= Organisation =

This event will be held in France, in Marne-La-Vallée (on the same transportation line as DisneyLand) within the Paris East University Campus.
The hosting is handed by École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG]), the French school of Geomatics.
The French local chapter is involved in organizing this event.

Save the dates : from the '''18th of July 2017''' (workshops), up to the '''22nd of July''' (OSGeo Europe Code Sprint).

== Local Organisation Committee ==
* Gérald Fenoy (Chair)
...

=== Communication Commitee ===
* Nicolas Bozon (Chair)
* Thomas Gratier (Co-chair)
* Add your name here

=== Financial Commitee ===
* Jean-Marie Arsac
* Add your name here

=== Programme Commitee ===
...

==== General track commitee ====
* Vasile Crăciunescu (Chair)
* Codrina Marie Ilie
* Zoltan Siki
* Florin Iosub
* Dirk Frigne
* Nicolas Bozon
* Jachym Cepicky
* Add your name here

==== Scientific track committee ====
* Maria Antonia Brovelli
* Massimiliano Canata
* Dimitris Kotzinos (Chair)
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Peter Mooney
* Marco Minghini
* Robert Szczepanek
* Sven Schade
* Aleš Čepek
* Peter Löwe
* Add your name here

==== Workshops commitee ====
* Angelos Tzotsos (Chair)
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Jachym Cepicky
* Add your name here

==== Code sprint commitee ====
* Luca Delucchi (Chair)
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Astrid Emde
* Add your name here

[[FOSS4G-Europe_2017_Code_sprint|FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Code sprint]] wiki page

=== Logistics Committee ===
* Didier Richard (Chair)
* Anne QUESNEL
* Nicolas ROELANDT
* Add your name here

= Web site =

As for the FOSS4G-Europe 2015 (See [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ FOSS4G-Europe 2015]), the web site will be hosted by [http://geolabs.fr/ GeoLabs].

[[Category: FOSS4G]]
[[Category: FOSS4G-Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017

2016-10-12T12:40:14Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Workshops commitee */

first draft of this page (7th of october 2016) : '''under construction'''

= Organisation =

This event will be held in France, in Marne-La-Vallée (on the same transportation line as DisneyLand) within the Paris East University Campus.
The hosting is handed by École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG]), the French school of Geomatics.
The French local chapter is involved in organizing this event.

Save the dates : from the '''18th of July 2017''' (workshops), up to the '''22nd of July''' (OSGeo Europe Code Sprint).

== Local Organisation Committee ==
* Gérald Fenoy (Chair)
...

=== Communication Commitee ===
* Nicolas Bozon (Chair)
* Thomas Gratier (Co-chair)
* Add your name here

=== Financal Commitee ===
* Jean-Marie Arsac
* Add your name here

=== Programme Commitee ===
...

==== General track commitee ====
* Vasile Crăciunescu (Chair)
* Codrina Marie Ilie
* Zoltan Siki
* Florin Iosub
* Add your name here

==== Scientific track committee ====
* Maria Antonia Brovelli
* Massimiliano Canata
* Dimitris Kotzinos (Chair)
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Peter Mooney
* Marco Minghini
* Robert Szczepanek
* Add your name here

==== Workshops commitee ====
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Add your name here

==== Code sprint commitee ====
* Luca Delucchi (Chair)
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Add your name here

=== Logistics Committee ===
* Didier Richard (Chair)
* Add your name here

= Web site =

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This event will be held in France, in Marne-La-Vallée (on the same transportation line as DisneyLand) within the Paris East University Campus.
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The French local chapter is involved in organizing this event.

Save the dates : from the '''18th of July 2017''' (workshops), up to the '''22nd of July''' (OSGeo EU Code Sprint).

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= Organisation =

This event will be held in France, in Marne-La-Vallée (on the same transportation line as DisneyLand) within the Paris East University Campus.
The hosting is handed by École National des Sciences Géographiques (ENSG), the French school of Geomatics.
The French local chapter is involved in organizing this event.

Save the dates : from the 18th of July 2017 (workshops), up to the 22nd of July (OSGeo EU Code Sprint).

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=== Communication Commitee ===
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LIDAR Format Letter

2015-04-14T14:29:45Z

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=Open Letter for the need for Open Standards in LiDAR=
April 2015.

We, the undersigned, are concerned that the current and wonderful interoperability between LiDAR applications, through use of the open "LAS" format, is being threatened by ESRI's introduction and promotion of an alternative "Optimized LAS" '''''proprietary format.''''' This is of grave concern given that fragmentation of the LAS format will reduce interoperability between applications and organisations, and introduce vendor lock-in.

We request that:
# The OGC initiate the formalisation of an open standard for storing LiDAR data, and that OGC sponsors help prioritise the development of this open LiDAR standard.
# ESRI support the OGC in their [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/vision mission] "to advance the development and use of international standards and supporting services that promote geospatial interoperability." In particular, ESRI join the OGC in consolidating an Open Standard for use of LiDAR data. This might include proposing ESRI's "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard to remove any technical or legal hurdle in use of "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard. A simple test to determine if "Optimized LAS" can be used as an Open Standard would be if "Optimized LAS" can legally be implemented by Open Source software such as libLAS or LASzip.
# Users and sponsors of LiDAR data, publicly state their preference for the use of an open LiDAR format over proprietary when selecting software and services.
# The custodians of the open LAS format [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)], who are part of [http://www.asprs.org/ American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)], request the term "LAS" not to be included in the name of a proprietary format, as it makes such a proprietary format appear to be an approved derivative of LAS.

='' 'We The People Hereby Sign' ''=
Name, Affiliation(s), Optional comment on interest in Open LiDAR format

# Suchith Anand, Geo for All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy.
# Martin Isenburg, founder of [http://rapidlasso.com rapidlasso GmbH] and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools], and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves].
# Cameron Shorter, GeoSpatial Director at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft], Core contributor and coordinator of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live], Contributor to numerous OGC testbeds, technical lead on a range of previous Australian and New Zealand Open Government initiatives.
# Stefan Keller, founder and director of [http://www.hsr.ch/geometalab Geometa Lab]; researcher in GIS, databases, open (government) data and interoperability; maintainer of GeoConverter; contributor to open source software (GDAL/OGR, QGIS).
# Patrick Hogan, NASA World Wind Project Manager, committed to the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure principles, one being "to make geographic data more accessible to the public" [http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html NSDI]. Open standards are essential for this.
# Lene Fischer, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. User of Open and free Data from The Danish Geodata Agency - Using LAZ and LAS http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/dhmpunktsky.
# Maria Antonia Brovelli, Full Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Geo For All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy. Committed to Open Principles in Research.
# Ron Fortunato, President of [http://www.trilliumlearning.com/AmericaBridge/ Trillium Learning] LLC. Committed to open data standards that are necessary for education and all levels of communication.
# Armin Schmidt, Chief Developer at [http://www.GeodataWIZ.com GeodataWIZ Ltd] and Chairman of [http://www.archprospection.org ISAP], committed to better science through Open Data.
# Giuseppe Conti, CTO Trilogis Srl, Italy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gconti. Committed to open data standards that maximize opportunity for innovative solutions, unencumbered by artificial obstacles to data exchange.
# Jorge Gustavo Rocha, Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Minho, Portugal, committed to better science through Open Data.
# Jim Miller, University of Kansas, Professor, Computer Science, http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~miller/ Open standards for data exchange are essential for education and research.
# Alex Paza Makini, National University Solomon Islands, Natural Resources and Applied Science. Committed to open data standards for education and research, and everything beyond.
# Prof. Jorg M. Hacker, Director/Chief Scientist of [http://www.airborneresearchaustralia.com Airborne Research Australia], Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Open formats have always been a great benefit to airborne LiDAR.
# Didier Richard, Head of IS Training Dept. in Education and Research Directorate of [http://www.ign.fr Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière], France. OGC user, Contributor to OSGeO projects like GDAL.

=Background=
==About LiDAR==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar LiDAR] (Light Detection And Ranging) is a form of high precision range measurement, much like a radar system, that uses laser light instead of electromagnetic waves. The standard LiDAR product is a 3D point cloud that can be conceptualized as a series of point measurements representing distance between the sensor to a returned emission.

For over a decade (since 2003), there has been a common format for storing LiDAR data, the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html “LAS” format], and open source libraries have been developed to read, write and process these LAS files: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/liblas_overview.html libLAS] and [http://github.com/LASlib/LASlib LASlib]. These libraries have been incorporated within many LiDAR applications, allowing read/write access to a common exchange format, and resulting in full interoperability between the applications. There is also an open source compression algorithm for the LAS format called [http://laszip.org LASzip] that many LiDAR data portals use to compress LAS into smaller LAZ files for faster download. Many LiDAR software packages have added [http://laszip.org/#software-with-native-laz-support native support] for these compressed LAZ files.

==LAS Limitations==

Quoting [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ Paul Ramsey]:

: LAS format is not without its drawbacks:

:* While it is a binary format and does not waste any space unnecessarily, neither does it apply any compression to the data it stores. That’s not good for archival use.
:* Also, LAS stores points in scan order, so accessing any particular chunk of points involves reading the whole file. That’s not good for random access.
: Clearly there is a little more work to be done. Can LAS be improved? In fact, it already has been:
:* An open source compression library, LASzip can apply 20''':'''1 lossless compression to LAS files, making them great for archival purposes.
:* Other LAS users have experimented with re-ordering points in a LAS or LASzip file to allow random access to internal chunks of the LIDAR point cloud.
: Basically, making LAS smaller and faster is not rocket science, and if the work were incorporated into libLAS then the whole LIDAR community could leverage it together, and the user community would only have one file type to interchange.

=="Optimized LAS" A ''' ''Proprietary'' ESRI Format'''==
ESRI has announced the release of an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214 "Optimized LAS"] format which is claimed to provide faster access and smaller file sizes (similar to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format). This announcement created a outburst of vocal protest in the LiDAR community [[http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ 1] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ 2] [http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2014/01/15/las-laz-lazzip-zlas-and-you/ 3] [http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/lidar-software 4] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars-2/ 5] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/02/lidar-format-wars-3/ 6]].

The "Optimized LAS" format is neither published, nor available under any open license, which provides both technical as well as legal barriers for other applications reading and/or writing to this proprietary format. This creates a vendor lock-in scenario which is contrary to the principles of the Open Geospatial Consortium, the OSGeo Foundation, and many government IT procurement policies.

One year after releasing the "Optimized LAS" format, ESRI released a free Windows DLL that is claimed to convert between LAS and "Optimized LAS". Note there is a distinct difference between "free" and "open". Unless the Windows DLL is released under an "open" license, libLAS and related products will be legally prevented from incorporating ESRI's reader/writer code into their codebase, or from fixing any underlying bugs or performance limitations which may exist in ESRI's product.

==OGC's Efforts For An ''' ''Open'' LiDAR Standard'''==

The [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)] has indicated their interest in developing a standard LiDAR format.

Carl Reed (formerly on OGC staff) provided the following information on OGC's previous efforts to work toward enabling Open Standards in LiDAR:

: "Over the last 8 or so years, the OGC approached ASPRS at least twice regarding LAS and worked with ASPRS to bring LAS into the OGC for consideration as both a Best Practice and an OGC standard. OGC member Rick Pearsall worked diligently on this. Rick worked for NGA, was active in the OGC, and was also the Standards Committee chair at ASPRS. Rick and Carl tried and failed. These attempts go back to [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/divisions/ppd/ppd_meetings/2007springppdreport.pdf at least 2007]. More recently, Carl Reed had an email dialogue with Lewis Graham to bring LAS into OGC as an OGC Best Practice. Carl thought progress was being made, but then for some reason all communication stopped."

[http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/ssimmons Scott Simmons] (Executive Director, Standards Program) has explained the OGC's continuing interest in pursuing point cloud encoding standards, including a member-initiated mechanism to extend LAS data with OGC-standard XML content.
: The OGC invites interested members who wish to work on this effort to please contact Scott Simmons (Executive Director, Standards Program E-mail : ssimmons@opengeospatial.org) to register their interest and discuss details. OGC will also be holding an ad hoc session at the OGC's next [http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1506tc Technical Committee meeting in Boulder, CO, USA in early June] to bring together all interested parties from all sectors (government, industry, academia) for this and plan next steps.

==History: LAS and ESRI's "Optimized LAS"==

Martin Isenburg, one of the leading experts in LIDAR formats, and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools] and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves], explains the history of LAS and "Optimized LAS":

: '''Summary:'''

:* The LAS format has been used successfully for over a decade.
:* Within last couple of years, ESRI has added native LAS support into ESRI products.
:* ESRI discussed embracing the open [http://laszip.org LAZ] format and simultaneously developed a proprietary "Optimized LAS" format.
:* The open geospatial community offered, on numerous occasions, to work with ESRI to avoid format fragmentation.
:* ESRI's proprietary "Optimized LAS" format is very similar in design and performance to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format.

: '''1998: Original LAS format definition'''

: The original development of the LAS format started in 1998 according to [http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lasroom/zKqchDj1JL4/discussion Lewis Graham]. The effort was at first led by pioneers of the LiDAR industry until the format was donated to the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html ASPRS]. Since then ASPRS's [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)] has been maintaining the LAS format, guiding it from the initial LAS 1.0 version until today's LAS 1.4 version. This effort successfully created an open data exchange format for discrete LiDAR points that is currently supported by practically every LiDAR-related software program.

: '''2011: ESRI joins LAS Working Group'''

: ESRI did not join the LWG of the ASPRS until rather late, the 24th of August in 2011. At that time ESRI was not a significant "player" in the LiDAR market given they did not have much support for LiDAR in any of their products. That was to change soon as they were planning to add LAS as a native data type in ArcGIS 10.1.

: Shortly before that, in June 2011, Martin Isenburg received a personal message from the ESRI development team: "I have a question about LAS compression. I’m evaluating some potential enhancements and support for [LAS and] LAZ is one of them. Compression time and amount is impressive." When inquiring two months later about the status of [http://laszip.org LAZ] integration Martin was told: "We’re in beta and working to finish the current release. I very much doubt LAZ will make it in because it’s too big a change at this time. So, we’ll be considering, for the following release, [for] what we want to do regarding compression and spatial indexing."

: '''June 2012: ArcGIS 10.1 includes [proprietary] LAS Dataset file'''

: In June 2012 ESRI released ArcGIS 10.1 and introduced the proprietary "LAS Dataset file (*.lasd)" that groups collections of files into one logical unit. This format of this useful LAS container file was not shared with others despite several private and eventually [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/jwHpi0efUgA/discussion public] requests.

: '''2012/2013: Collaboration Discussions'''

: There were encouraging follow-ups from the ESRI team about adopting the open LAZ format in January 2012: "I would be interested in having a more in depth meeting with you to better understand the great work you are doing with LAS and how we can possibly better partner on this." and again in December 2012: "If you have time, I'd like to set some time aside Tuesday afternoon to meet with <an important person> at the ESRI booth. Does 2pm sound okay?" The meeting went well and it looked as if ESRI was going to embrace the LAZ format because shortly after the meeting Martin got word that: "I hear from <an important person> that it was a success and that he had a good meeting with you. I wanted to see if we can have a telephone discussion on Wednesday or Thursday this week related to the potential of incorporating LAZ into ArcGIS."

: Then the first signs of hesitation showed. First there were legal issues raised in February 2013: "Currently the legal aspects are being reviewed. They were having some issues separating the LPGL aspects from LASzip from the remainder of LAStools etc." and then in April 2013 concerns about the code were made: "We have started to look into the integration of LAZ, but came across some issues. We don’t want to copy files from the other package, mix and match or hack around. We were hoping for an API to stream points out of a LAZ file as well as write LAZ files. There should be a simple code sample for that?" and - following up on that - in June 2013 Martin was told "I see value in LASzip becoming a de-facto standard that provides compression to the LAS format. If this is to happen then it needs to be bundled together with appropriate reference implementations, examples and documentation as a standard and so ensure that issues as defined earlier in email do not occur."

: '''June 2013: ESRI asked to sponsor clean LASzip DLL'''

: At that time [http://laszip.org LASzip] was an open source project without sponsorship. The original funding from [http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/ColdRegionsResearchandEngineeringLaboratory.aspx USACE] that had turned [http://laszip.org LASzip] from an academic prototype into an industry strength compression engine had long run out. So Martin asked ESRI to become a sponsor to create the clean [http://laszip.org LASzip] API that ESRI was after. The answer was: "ESRI often helps in the financing of Open Source projects and I could foresee ESRI possibly helping in LASzip. [...] If you are interested in promoting LASzip as such a standard and doing the required work then I would recommend you put together a proposal and I can look to get ESRI as a sponsor."

: Immediately Martin proposed to ESRI: "I hereby propose to write an easy to use open source DLL wrapper for LASzip that will make it easier to integrate LASzip in a standardized manner into other software products such as ArcGIS, LP 360, or Terrasolid. This will come with example code on how to use the DLL for reading and writing LAZ files and include a few compressed example files. I hereby ask ESRI to provide funding for this effort without imposing any limitations on the produced DLL API."

: '''July 2013: ArcGIS 10.2 includes [proprietary] LAS indexing '''

: With the release of ArcGIS 10.2 in July 2013, ESRI introduced spatial indexing to speed up area-of-interest queries. The new proprietary *.lasx files with seemingly identical functionality to the open *.lax files that had been [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/j0qA8NBMHJs/discussion announced] in May 2011 and were [http://rapidlasso.com/2012/12/03/lasindex-spatial-indexing-of-lidar-data/ presented] at ELMF in November 2012.

: '''July 2013: Open LASzip API released'''

: After more requests for an easier interface to [http://laszip.org LASzip] (in particular for [http://forsys.cfr.washington.edu/fusion/fusionlatest.html USDA's FUSION]), Martin [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/oplsDhhnhDQ/discussion released] a clean, well-documented, and easy-to-use LASzip DLL (without ESRI funding). Martin expected that developers at ESRI would now use it to add read and write support for [http://laszip.org LAZ] to their next release of ArcGIS.

: '''December 2013 : ESRI discovered to be secretly developing proprietary LAS format'''

: In December of 2013, several LAStools users contacted Martin with suspicions that ESRI may be creating a proprietary LAS compression. Martin [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ broke the news] as soon as it became evident that ESRI had used the time it needed to resolve "legal issues" and "code problems" to put together their own proprietary compressed format with near-identical performance and functionality to [http://laszip.org LASzip]. A few days later ESRI released an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214/ official FAQ] to confirming this was the case.

: From day one, Martin has worked with stakeholders, including ESRI, to avoid format fragmentation. Martin's core argument for resolving this to everybody's benefit was that - coincidentally - a natural break was happening in the LAS format with the introduction of the new LAS 1.4 point types. Martin outlined a detailed plan for how a joint development of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for LAS 1.4 between rapidlasso and ESRI could exploit this natural break in the LAS format to accomplish two things at once:
:# Add the unspecified technical additions that ESRI had hinted at desiring, and
:# Extend the [http://laszip.org LASzip] compression scheme to handle the new point types introduced with the LAS 1.4 specification. As there was no pressing need at the time to handle LAS 1.4 Martin had delayed the extension of [http://laszip.org LASzip] to the new LAS 1.4 point types to make sure a cooperation with ESRI would remain a viable option.

: '''1 April 2014: Positive reception to "Optimized LAS" / LASzip collaboration April Fools announcement'''

: In an attempt to convince ESRI management of the community desire for an open standard, Martin released an April Fools' Day [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ prank press release] pretending that ESRI had already agreed to the envisioned collaboration to develop a joint LiDAR compressor. Community [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ jubilant reactions (see comments)] left no doubt about the sentiment on this issue within the LiDAR community.

: '''October 2014: Announcement of [open] LAS Compatibility mode'''

: [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/ Digital Coast, NOAA Coastal Services Center] became a Gold Sponsor of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for the development of the [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/10/06/rapidlasso-announces-laszip-compatibility-mode-for-las-1-4/ LAS 1.4 compatibility mode] that was [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/nUFMkKSz53g/discussion beta-released] in November 2014. This allowed support for the new point types in [http://laszip.org LASzip] without closing the door on a potential cooperation with ESRI for a joint LAS 1.4 compressor.

: '''November 2014: ESRI announces proprietary extension to LAS 1.4'''

: In November 2014 [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated ESRI announced] that they had added their [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated own extension] for the new LAS 1.4 point types to "Optimized LAS", dismissing the opportunity to develop a joint compressor and avoid format fragmentation by exploiting this "natural break" in the LAS format as Martin had suggested.

: Since then, ESRI has been [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/ promoting] "Optimized LAS". By including the term "LAS" in "Optimized LAS" and "zLAS", the distinction between the open LAS format and proprietary format is blurred. This is likely to mislead novice and future users, thereby endangering many years of standardization work. To date, [April 2014], the [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/committees/standards/LAS_1_4_r13.pdf custodians of the LAS format], the LAS Working Group (LWG) of the ASPRS has [http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ yet to make an official statement] regarding use of the "LAS" name in promoting a proprietary LiDAR format.

=Value of Standards=

The importance of Open Standards is described is most government IT policies. For instance, the United Kingdom policy states:
: … Government assets should be interoperable and open for re-use in order to maximise return on investment, avoid technological or supplier lock-in, reduce operational risk in ICT projects and provide responsive services for citizens and business. This should also lower barriers to entry for more diverse sources of IT services, including citizens and SMEs. <ref>All about Open Source – An Introduction to Open Source Software for Government IT, Version 2.0, United Kingdom Cabinet Office https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78959/All_About_Open_Source_v2_0.pdf</ref>

The value of Open Standards have been described in numerous national studies on the effects of standards on economic
growth.

: ... the national studies demonstrate that standards have a positive influence on economic growth due to the resulting improved diffusion of knowledge. The contribution of standards to the growth rate in each country is equivalent to 0.9% in Germany, 0.8% in 0.3% in the UK and 0.2% in Canada. <ref>Prof. Dr. Knut Blind, Prof. Dr. Andre Jungmittag, Dr. Axel Mangelsdorf [http://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/DIN_GNN_2011_engl_akt_neu.pdf "The Economic Benefits of Standardization"], ''DINN, 2000''. Retrieved March 2015.</ref>

=Further Reading=

# Paul Ramsey provides background to LAS vs Optimised LAS, http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/
# Running commentary by Martin Isenburg, author of LASlib, http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/
# Earlier comment from Martin Isenburg, http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/
# First call-to-action by Martin Isenburg, http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/
# ESRI Announces "Optimised LAS", http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-announces-las-compression/
# ESRI description of "Optimised LAS", http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214
# Discussion background on this topic at Geo for All list , http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2015-March/001225.html

=References=

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Assemblee generale annuelle 2009

2009-09-18T21:08:17Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Organisation */

[[Organisation_fr|Page Organisation de l'OSGeo-fr]]
== Introduction ==

== Organisation ==
Merci de donner vos disponibilités sur la liste !

L'Assemblée Générale Annuelle 2009 aura lieu le 22 septembre 2009 de 19h00 à 21h00 max dans les locaux de la société Autodesk France : [http://osm.org/go/0BOfBl5s-- Immeuble Le Sequana 1, 89 quai Panhard et Levassor Paris 75013 France], ou sur le canal [[How_to_use_irc_fr|IRC #OSGeo-fr]].

Si vous pensez être présent à l'AGA, veuillez vous lister ici :
# Yves jacolin
# Gwenael Bachelot
# François Van Der Biest
# Thierry Badard
# Hervé Halbout
# Sidonie Christophe (par IRC ?)
# Vincent Picavet
# Xavier Pesnel (par le canal IRC, si il y a)
# Claude Philipona
# Didier Richard
# ''Rajoutez vous !''

== Ordre du jour ==
# Introduction, rappel des obligations
## Choix du président et du secrétaire de séance, du scrutateur, choix des personnes qui vont faire le lien avec IRC ;
## Liste des présents (à rapporter sur la feuille de présence) ;
## Quorum
## Rappel de l'ordre du jour
# Compte-Rendu moral de l'année 2008-2009
## Généralité
## Comité Organisation Libre
## Comité Logiciels Libres
## Comité Données Libres
## Budget
# Perspective pour l'année à venir (2010)
## Généralité
## Comité Organisation Libre
## Comité Logiciels Libres
## Comité Données Libres
## Budget
# Question générale des membres au Bureau

== Listes des questions générales des membres de l'association au Bureau ==
Exemple :
# Une question ? [[User:Yjacolin|Yjacolin]]
Code :
# Une question ? [[User:Yjacolin|yjacolin]]

Liste des questions :

== Procès-verbal ==

Le procès verbal se trouve à cette page : [[proces_verbal_AG2009|Procès-verbal AG 2009]]

[[Category: Local chapter francophone]]

IGN Report 2008

2009-02-25T12:31:37Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Key Accomplishments */

== French Geoportal ==

* Contact name: '''Didier Richard'''

First draft for the Annual Report - Still needs to be re-read by IGNF people.

=== Key Accomplishments ===

IGN France is the Mapping Agency of France, in charge of acquiring, maintening and delivering reference datasets for France mainland and overseas territories.

Launched in november 2006, the French Geoportal project (See [http://www.geoportail.fr]) aimed at :

* providing a 2D/3D integrated viewer of French datasets ;

* enabling access to these datasets through an API ;

* downloading of datasets ;

* many more objectives ...

Project news can be found over there : [http://www.geoportail.fr/5061756/actus/actualites.htm]

Most, but not all, of the software components for the Geoportal project comes from the Open Source Community :

* Vector datasets (more than 10 millions of objects) are stored in postgreSQL/postGIS databases;

* Image datasets (more than 10 tera-bytes of data) are tiled to be served by a TMS like service.

The API is based on OpenLayers and has been released in April, the 25th 2008. The chosen licence is BSD. It uses a key for giving access to datasets. See the API web site for more information : [http://api.ign.fr/geoportail/].

In July 2008, IGN France became of sponsor of OSGeo. In September 2008, we have been participating to FOSS4G in Cap Town. In the end of 2008, IGNF and the OSGeo french-spoken local chapter met in order to ease collaboration between the two organisations. As a matter of fact, using Open Source components has drove IGN France to enhance and participate in debugging those components more actively than before :

* PROJ4 : addition of IGNF catalogue of CRS, generalization of plate-carre projection and addition of Gauss-Schreiber projection (all inputs have also been pushed to PROJ4JS);

* GDAL/OGR : mainly addition of a new vector driver (Geoconcept Export) and amendments to support changes made to PROJ4;

* Geotools : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to Geotools's referencing developer;

* GeoServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch not yet sent, on-going french translation contribution;

* MapServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to MapServer trac [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2801];

* OpenLayers : the API is built on top of OpenLayers. We have made a lot of developments, but we cannot contribute to the project because of the CLA and legal international outcomes.

=== Areas for Improvement ===
The overall Geoportal process is quite cumbersome and a lot of improvements are in our 2009 TODO list :

* improve speed when computing the tiles cache : we have started rewritting the warping engine of GDAL. As soon as it is stable enough, it will be handed over to the GDAL/OGR project for assessment;

* improve WMS speed for vector datasets : we have made benchmarks for serving vector datasets through Geoserver. We have to find out ways of tuning it correctly in order to conform with INSPIRE (European legal framework - See [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/]);

* find a way for serving raster datasets with WMS/WCS : still the key issue is performance !

* try to have one CLA (CCLA and ICLA) for all OSGeo projects to facilitate contributions of organisations like IGNF (Governmental Agency).

=== Opportunities to Help ===
Mainly, we will need help for having a common CLA for OSGeo projects.

Besides this main area, technical issues will be solve by direclty talking to OSGeo projects teams.

=== Outlook for 2009 ===

This project is a 5 year project. 2009 will be the year for consolidating the infrastructure and collecting requirements for the next 5 year project ...

__notoc__
[[Category: Reports 2008]]

IGN Report 2008

2009-02-25T12:29:17Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Key Accomplishments */

== French Geoportal ==

* Contact name: '''Didier Richard'''

First draft for the Annual Report - Still needs to be re-read by IGNF people.

=== Key Accomplishments ===

IGN France is the Mapping Agency of France, in charge of acquiring, maintening and delivering reference datasets for France mainland and overseas territories.

Lunched in november 2006, the French Geoportal project (See [http://www.geoportail.fr]) aimed at :

* providing a 2D/3D integrated viewer of French datasets ;

* enabling access to these datasets through an API ;

* downloading of datasets ;

* many more objectives ...

Project news can be found over there : [http://www.geoportail.fr/5061756/actus/actualites.htm]

Most, but not all, of the software components for the Geoportal project comes from the Open Source Community :

* Vector datasets (more than 10 millions of objects) are stored in postgreSQL/postGIS databases;

* Image datasets (more than 10 tera-bytes of data) are tiled to be served by a TMS like service.

The API is based on OpenLayers and has been released in April, the 25th 2008. The chosen licence is BSD. It uses a key for giving access to datasets. See the API web site for more information : [http://api.ign.fr/geoportail/].

In July 2008, IGN France became of sponsor of OSGeo. In September 2008, we have been participating to FOSS4G in Cap Town. In the end of 2008, IGNF and the OSGeo french-spoken local chapter met in order to ease collaboration between the two organisations. As a matter of fact, using Open Source components has drove IGN France to enhance and participate in debugging those components more actively than before :

* PROJ4 : addition of IGNF catalogue of CRS, generalization of plate-carre projection and addition of Gauss-Schreiber projection (all inputs have also been pushed to PROJ4JS);

* GDAL/OGR : mainly addition of a new vector driver (Geoconcept Export) and amendments to support changes made to PROJ4;

* Geotools : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to Geotools's referencing developer;

* GeoServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch not yet sent, on-going french translation contribution;

* MapServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to MapServer trac [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2801];

* OpenLayers : the API is built on top of OpenLayers. We have made a lot of developments, but we cannot contribute to the project because of the CLA and legal international outcomes.

=== Areas for Improvement ===
The overall Geoportal process is quite cumbersome and a lot of improvements are in our 2009 TODO list :

* improve speed when computing the tiles cache : we have started rewritting the warping engine of GDAL. As soon as it is stable enough, it will be handed over to the GDAL/OGR project for assessment;

* improve WMS speed for vector datasets : we have made benchmarks for serving vector datasets through Geoserver. We have to find out ways of tuning it correctly in order to conform with INSPIRE (European legal framework - See [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/]);

* find a way for serving raster datasets with WMS/WCS : still the key issue is performance !

* try to have one CLA (CCLA and ICLA) for all OSGeo projects to facilitate contributions of organisations like IGNF (Governmental Agency).

=== Opportunities to Help ===
Mainly, we will need help for having a common CLA for OSGeo projects.

Besides this main area, technical issues will be solve by direclty talking to OSGeo projects teams.

=== Outlook for 2009 ===

This project is a 5 year project. 2009 will be the year for consolidating the infrastructure and collecting requirements for the next 5 year project ...

__notoc__
[[Category: Reports 2008]]

IGN Report 2008

2009-02-25T12:28:07Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: /* Areas for Improvement */

== French Geoportal ==

* Contact name: '''Didier Richard'''

First draft for the Annual Report - Still needs to be re-read by IGNF people.

=== Key Accomplishments ===

IGN France is the Mapping Agency of France, in charge of acquiring, maintening and delivering reference datasets for France mainland and overseas territories.

Lunched in november 2006, the French Geoportal project aimed at :

* providing a 2D/3D integrated viewer of French datasets ;

* enabling access to these datasets through an API ;

* downloading of datasets ;

* many more objectives ...

Project news can be found over there : [http://www.geoportail.fr/5061756/actus/actualites.htm]

Most, but not all, of the software components for the Geoportal project comes from the Open Source Community :

* Vector datasets (more than 10 millions of objects) are stored in postgreSQL/postGIS databases;

* Image datasets (more than 10 tera-bytes of data) are tiled to be served by a TMS like service.

The API is based on OpenLayers and has been released in April, the 25th 2008. The chosen licence is BSD. It uses a key for giving access to datasets. See the API web site for more information : [http://api.ign.fr/geoportail/].

In July 2008, IGN France became of sponsor of OSGeo. In September 2008, we have been participating to FOSS4G in Cap Town. In the end of 2008, IGNF and the OSGeo french-spoken local chapter met in order to ease collaboration between the two organisations. As a matter of fact, using Open Source components has drove IGN France to enhance and participate in debugging those components more actively than before :

* PROJ4 : addition of IGNF catalogue of CRS, generalization of plate-carre projection and addition of Gauss-Schreiber projection (all inputs have also been pushed to PROJ4JS);

* GDAL/OGR : mainly addition of a new vector driver (Geoconcept Export) and amendments to support changes made to PROJ4;

* Geotools : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to Geotools's referencing developer;

* GeoServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch not yet sent, on-going french translation contribution;

* MapServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to MapServer trac [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2801];

* OpenLayers : the API is built on top of OpenLayers. We have made a lot of developments, but we cannot contribute to the project because of the CLA and legal international outcomes.

=== Areas for Improvement ===
The overall Geoportal process is quite cumbersome and a lot of improvements are in our 2009 TODO list :

* improve speed when computing the tiles cache : we have started rewritting the warping engine of GDAL. As soon as it is stable enough, it will be handed over to the GDAL/OGR project for assessment;

* improve WMS speed for vector datasets : we have made benchmarks for serving vector datasets through Geoserver. We have to find out ways of tuning it correctly in order to conform with INSPIRE (European legal framework - See [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/]);

* find a way for serving raster datasets with WMS/WCS : still the key issue is performance !

* try to have one CLA (CCLA and ICLA) for all OSGeo projects to facilitate contributions of organisations like IGNF (Governmental Agency).

=== Opportunities to Help ===
Mainly, we will need help for having a common CLA for OSGeo projects.

Besides this main area, technical issues will be solve by direclty talking to OSGeo projects teams.

=== Outlook for 2009 ===

This project is a 5 year project. 2009 will be the year for consolidating the infrastructure and collecting requirements for the next 5 year project ...

__notoc__
[[Category: Reports 2008]]

IGN Report 2008

2009-02-25T12:20:41Z

Wiki-Dgrichard: French Geoportal Project

== French Geoportal ==

* Contact name: '''Didier Richard'''

First draft for the Annual Report - Still needs to be re-read by IGNF people.

=== Key Accomplishments ===

IGN France is the Mapping Agency of France, in charge of acquiring, maintening and delivering reference datasets for France mainland and overseas territories.

Lunched in november 2006, the French Geoportal project aimed at :

* providing a 2D/3D integrated viewer of French datasets ;

* enabling access to these datasets through an API ;

* downloading of datasets ;

* many more objectives ...

Project news can be found over there : [http://www.geoportail.fr/5061756/actus/actualites.htm]

Most, but not all, of the software components for the Geoportal project comes from the Open Source Community :

* Vector datasets (more than 10 millions of objects) are stored in postgreSQL/postGIS databases;

* Image datasets (more than 10 tera-bytes of data) are tiled to be served by a TMS like service.

The API is based on OpenLayers and has been released in April, the 25th 2008. The chosen licence is BSD. It uses a key for giving access to datasets. See the API web site for more information : [http://api.ign.fr/geoportail/].

In July 2008, IGN France became of sponsor of OSGeo. In September 2008, we have been participating to FOSS4G in Cap Town. In the end of 2008, IGNF and the OSGeo french-spoken local chapter met in order to ease collaboration between the two organisations. As a matter of fact, using Open Source components has drove IGN France to enhance and participate in debugging those components more actively than before :

* PROJ4 : addition of IGNF catalogue of CRS, generalization of plate-carre projection and addition of Gauss-Schreiber projection (all inputs have also been pushed to PROJ4JS);

* GDAL/OGR : mainly addition of a new vector driver (Geoconcept Export) and amendments to support changes made to PROJ4;

* Geotools : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to Geotools's referencing developer;

* GeoServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch not yet sent, on-going french translation contribution;

* MapServer : addition of support for IGNF authority - patch sent to MapServer trac [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2801];

* OpenLayers : the API is built on top of OpenLayers. We have made a lot of developments, but we cannot contribute to the project because of the CLA and legal international outcomes.

=== Areas for Improvement ===
The overall Geoportal process is quite cumbersome and a lot of improvements are in our 2009 TODO list :

* improve speed when computing the tiles cache : we have started rewritting the warping engine of GDAL. As soon as it is stable engough, it will be handed over to the GDAL/OGR project for assessment;

* improve WMS speed for vector datasets : we have made benchmaking for serving vector datasets through Geoserver. We have to find out ways of tuning it correctly in order to conform with INSPIRE (European legal framework - See [http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/]);

* find a way for serving raster datasets with WMS/WCS : still the key issue is performance !

* try to have one CLA (CCLA and ICLA) for all OSGeo projects to facilitate contributions of organisations like IGNF (Governmental Agency).

=== Opportunities to Help ===
Mainly, we will need help for having a common CLA for OSGeo projects.

Besides this main area, technical issues will be solve by direclty talking to OSGeo projects teams.

=== Outlook for 2009 ===

This project is a 5 year project. 2009 will be the year for consolidating the infrastructure and collecting requirements for the next 5 year project ...

__notoc__
[[Category: Reports 2008]]