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FOSS4G-Europe 2018 Code sprint

2018-07-02T23:18:29Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

== Code Sprint ==

Venue: Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

We are following the tradition of hosting a code sprint right after [https://foss4g-europe.osgeopt.pt FOSS4G-Europe 2018].

The code sprint will be held on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 of July, 2018 at the University of Minho, in Guimarães, Portugal.

Participation in the code sprint is free of charge and all folks currently involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects are welcome.

If you plan to attend, please signup in the table below. '''If you are unable to sign up, send us a message to [mailto:foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt]'''.

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

'''In summary:'''

===When ===

* Friday, 20 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)
* Saturday, 21 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)

=== Where===

* Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães. [[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/41.45336/-8.28881 Show on OpenStreetMap]]

== Registered Attendees ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
|-
| 1 || [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr geomaster pt || QGIS, OpenDroneMap
|-
| 2 || [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || Mapbender, OSGeoLive, OSGeo
|-
| 3 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || luipir gmail com || QGIS
|-
| 4 || Add you name here || email || projet(s)
|+
|}

== Projects ==

=== Add your project here ===

Add some tasks to work on the code sprint.

=== OpenDroneMap ===

For those interested in drone imagery, we will have a drone available to fly on Friday and Saturday. The goal is to get an orthophoto and a point cloud from the images taken by the drone.

If someone can bring a decent GPS, we can use ground control points and add them to the processing workflow.

FOSS4G-Europe 2018 Code sprint

2018-07-02T23:17:52Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

== Code Sprint ==

Venue: Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

We are following the tradition of hosting a code sprint right after [https://foss4g-europe.osgeopt.pt FOSS4G-Europe 2018].

The code sprint will be held on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 of July, 2018 at the University of Minho, in Guimarães, Portugal.

Participation in the code sprint is free of charge and all folks currently involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects are welcome.

If you plan to attend, please signup in the table below. '''If you are unable to sign up, send us a message to [mailto:foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt]'''.

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

'''In summary:'''

===When ===

* Friday, 20 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)
* Saturday, 21 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)

=== Where===

* Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães. [[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/41.45336/-8.28881 Show on OpenStreetMap]]

== Registered Attendees ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
|-
| 1 || [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr geomaster pt || QGIS, OpenDroneMap
|-
| 2 || [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || Mapbender, OSGeoLive, OSGeo
|-
| 3 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || luipir@gmail.com || QGIS
|-
| 4 || Add you name here || email || projet(s)
|+
|}

== Projects ==

=== Add your project here ===

Add some tasks to work on the code sprint.

=== OpenDroneMap ===

For those interested in drone imagery, we will have a drone available to fly on Friday and Saturday. The goal is to get an orthophoto and a point cloud from the images taken by the drone.

If someone can bring a decent GPS, we can use ground control points and add them to the processing workflow.

FOSS4G-Europe 2018 Code sprint

2018-07-02T23:17:08Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

== Code Sprint ==

Venue: Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

We are following the tradition of hosting a code sprint right after [https://foss4g-europe.osgeopt.pt FOSS4G-Europe 2018].

The code sprint will be held on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 of July, 2018 at the University of Minho, in Guimarães, Portugal.

Participation in the code sprint is free of charge and all folks currently involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects are welcome.

If you plan to attend, please signup in the table below. '''If you are unable to sign up, send us a message to [mailto:foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt]'''.

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

'''In summary:'''

===When ===

* Friday, 20 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)
* Saturday, 21 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)

=== Where===

* Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães. [[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/41.45336/-8.28881 Show on OpenStreetMap]]

== Registered Attendees ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
|-
| 1 || [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr geomaster pt || QGIS, OpenDroneMap
|-
| 2 || [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || Mapbender, OSGeoLive, OSGeo
|-
| 3 || [[User:Luigi Pirelli|https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Ginetto]] || luipir@gmail.com || QGIS
|-
| 4 || Add you name here || email || projet(s)
|+
|}

== Projects ==

=== Add your project here ===

Add some tasks to work on the code sprint.

=== OpenDroneMap ===

For those interested in drone imagery, we will have a drone available to fly on Friday and Saturday. The goal is to get an orthophoto and a point cloud from the images taken by the drone.

If someone can bring a decent GPS, we can use ground control points and add them to the processing workflow.

FOSS4G-Europe 2018 Code sprint

2018-07-02T23:16:14Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

== Code Sprint ==

Venue: Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

We are following the tradition of hosting a code sprint right after [https://foss4g-europe.osgeopt.pt FOSS4G-Europe 2018].

The code sprint will be held on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 of July, 2018 at the University of Minho, in Guimarães, Portugal.

Participation in the code sprint is free of charge and all folks currently involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects are welcome.

If you plan to attend, please signup in the table below. '''If you are unable to sign up, send us a message to [mailto:foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt foss4g-europe@osgeopt.pt]'''.

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

'''In summary:'''

===When ===

* Friday, 20 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)
* Saturday, 21 of July, 2018 (9am to 17h00)

=== Where===

* Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães. [[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/41.45336/-8.28881 Show on OpenStreetMap]]

== Registered Attendees ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
|-
| 1 || [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr geomaster pt || QGIS, OpenDroneMap
|-
| 2 || [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || Mapbender, OSGeoLive, OSGeo
|-
| 3 || [[User:Luigi Pirelli|Luigi Pirelli]] || luipir@gmail.com || QGIS
|-
| 4 || Add you name here || email || projet(s)
|+
|}

== Projects ==

=== Add your project here ===

Add some tasks to work on the code sprint.

=== OpenDroneMap ===

For those interested in drone imagery, we will have a drone available to fly on Friday and Saturday. The goal is to get an orthophoto and a point cloud from the images taken by the drone.

If someone can bring a decent GPS, we can use ground control points and add them to the processing workflow.

Ginetto

2016-08-02T07:31:56Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Luigi Pirelli
|JobTitle=Software Developer
|Country=Spain
|State=Galicia
|City=Betanzos
|Coordinate=43.286630, -8.214977
|LocalChapter=OSGeo-es
|Email=luipir@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@ginetto;
|Website=https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli
|Photo=[[File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]
|Languages=italian; spanish; english;
|Info=Luigi Pirelli is a Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.
During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter.
Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.
Actually he works only developing for QGIS platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
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|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=No
}}
[[Category:OSGeo_Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]

User:Ginetto

2016-08-02T07:27:43Z

Wiki-Ginetto: added badge and category

===Luigi Pirelli===

[[File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Luigi Pirelli]]

QGIS developer, tester and teacher

Location: Betanzos, Spain

Luigi Pirelli is a Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.
During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter. Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.
Actually he works only developing for QGIS platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.



;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_coder.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#Developers_and_Committee_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]]


:
:* QGIS core contributor
:* QGIS plugins developer
:* Co-founder of Italian OSGEO Local Chapter (GFOSS.it)
:* Contributor to the Spanish OSGEO Local Chapter (OSGEO-es)
:* OSGEO Charter Member

;Contact:
: Email: luipir AT gmail DOT com
: IRC: ginetto on freenode (#qgis, #osgeo, #gfoss, ...)

;Spoken Language(s): Italian, Spanish, English

;Profile last updated: 20 July 2015

[[Category:OSGeo_Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]

User:Ginetto

2016-07-20T12:06:27Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

===Luigi Pirelli===

[[File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Luigi Pirelli]]

QGIS developer, tester and teacher

Location: Betanzos, Spain

Luigi Pirelli is a Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.
During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter. Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.
Actually he works only developing for QGIS platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.



;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_coder.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#Developers_and_Committee_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]


:
:* QGIS core contributor
:* QGIS plugins developer
:* Co-founder of Italian OSGEO Local Chapter (GFOSS.it)
:* Contributor to the Spanish OSGEO Local Chapter (OSGEO-es)

;Contact:
: Email: luipir AT gmail DOT com
: IRC: ginetto on freenode (#qgis, #osgeo, #gfoss, ...)

;Spoken Language(s): Italian, Spanish, English

;Profile last updated: 20 July 2015

[[Category:OSGeo_Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

User:Ginetto

2016-07-20T11:52:48Z

Wiki-Ginetto: added profile details

===Luigi Pirelli===

[[File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Luigi Pirelli]]

QGIS developer, tester and teacher

Location: Betanzos, Spain

Luigi Pirelli is a Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.
During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter. Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.
Actually he works only developing for QGIS platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.



;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_coder.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#Developers_and_Committee_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]


:
:* QGIS core contributor
:* QGIS plugins developer
:* Co-founder of Italian OSGEO Local Chapter (GFOSS.it)
:* Contributor to the Spanish OSGEO Local Chapter (OSGEO-es)

;Contact:
: Email: luipir AT gmail DOT com
: IRC: ginetto on freenode (#qgis, #osgeo, #gfoss, ...)

;Spoken Language(s): Italian, Spanish, English

;Profile last updated: 20 July 2015

[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

Ginetto

2016-07-20T11:44:31Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Luigi Pirelli
|JobTitle=Software Developer
|Country=Spain
|State=Galicia
|City=Betanzos
|Coordinate=43.286630, -8.214977
|LocalChapter=OSGeo-es
|Email=luipir@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@ginetto;
|Website=https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli
|Photo=[[File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]
|Languages=italian; spanish; english;
|Info=Luigi Pirelli is a Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.
During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter.
Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.
Actually he works only developing for QGIS platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=No
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=No
}}
[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]

Ginetto

2016-07-20T11:32:54Z

Wiki-Ginetto: added advocacy

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Luigi Pirelli
|JobTitle=Software Developer
|Country=Spain
|State=Galicia
|City=Betanzos
|Coordinate=43.286630, -8.214977
|LocalChapter=OSGeo-es
|Email=luipir@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@ginetto;
|Website=https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli
|Photo=[[File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]
|Languages=italian; spanish; english;
|Info=Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.
During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter.
Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.
Actually he works only developing for QGIs platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=No
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=No
}}

[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]

Ginetto

2016-07-20T11:29:57Z

Wiki-Ginetto: add Luigi Pirelli profile

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Luigi Pirelli
|JobTitle=Software Developer
|Country=Spain
|State=Galicia
|City=Betanzos
|Coordinate=43.286630, -8.214977
|LocalChapter=OSGeo-es
|Email=luipir@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@ginetto;
|Website=https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli
|Photo=[[File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]
|Languages=italian; spanish; english;
|Info=Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.
During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter.
Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.
Actually he works only developing for QGIs platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=No
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=No
}}

File:GinettoFotoIT.jpg

2016-07-20T11:26:29Z

Wiki-Ginetto:

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

2014-03-13T20:09:18Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Participants */

''OSGeo Code Sprint 2014 official web site: [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org]. Please contact us if you are interested in our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/sponsoring.html sponsorship opportunities].''

'''Gold Sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-Airborne-Interactive.png|260px|Airborne Interactive Ltd|link=http://www.airborne.aero/]]
 
http://www.airborne.aero/
|
[[File:Logo-Austrospace.png‎|260px|Austrospace|link=http://www.austrospace.at/]]
 
http://www.austrospace.at/
|
[[File:Logo-TYDAC.png‎|260px|TYDAC|link=http://www.tydac.ch]]
 
http://www.tydac.ch
|}

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]
 
http://www.fossgis.de
|}

'''Silver Sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-ITS-VR.jpg|260px|ITS Vienna Region|link=http://www.anachb.at/mehr]]
 
http://www.anachb.at/mehr
|}

'''Bronze Sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-metaspatial.png|260px|metaspatial Institut|link=http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute]]
 
[http://metaspatial.net/en/institute http://metaspatial.net/en/institute]
|
[[File:Logo-Oslandia.png|260px|Oslandia|link=http://www.oslandia.com]]
 
[http://www.oslandia.com http://www.oslandia.com]
|
[[File:Logo-rapidlasso.png|260px|rapidlasso|link=http://rapidlasso.com]]
 
[http://rapidlasso.com http://rapidlasso.com]
|}

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-Azavea.jpg‎|260px|Azavea|link=http://www.azavea.com]]
 
http://www.azavea.com
|
[[File:Logo-gfoss.png‎|260px|GFOSS.it|link=http://gfoss.it]]
 
http://gfoss.it
|}

'''Venue Sponsor'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-City-of-Vienna.png|260px|City of Vienna MA 14|link=http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html]]
 
[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html http://www.wien.gv.at/]
|}

'''Other/in-kind sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]
|}

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems (as done last year at the [[Boston Code Sprint 2013]] and previous
years: [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood]] (2012),
[[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011),
[[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and
[[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)). This code sprint is targeting
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, QGis, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS,
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course,
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

== Venue ==

The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 60 sprinters in [http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751 their very new office called STAR 22] (see also [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.22910&mlon=16.45660#map=19/48.22910/16.45660 OSM map]).

The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.

== Dates and Times ==

March 24-28 2014

Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin

Duration: Full week

== Agenda ==

TBD

=== Project Plans ===

GRASS GIS Agenda: See http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Vienna_2014

== Hotel ==

Two blocks of rooms have been negotiated at the two hotels closest to the sprint venue, [http://www.hillinger.at Hotel Hillinger] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.23133/16.45037 map]) and [http://www.wienerkindl.at Hotel Wiener Kindl] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.22757/16.45428 map]). Please make your own choice.

The rooms are blocked for the sprint week i.e. 24.-28. March 2014 whereas +/- one day should be no problem.

Please find the lists of available rooms below. If you make a reservation for one of the listed rooms please indicate this by adding your name to the list. Thanks.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.

=== Hotel Wiener Kindl ===

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || 3 || Martin Isenburg (willing to share room with 2 or 3 beds) ||
|-
| 2 || € 80,- || 6 || (Martin Dobias & Peter Wells), Even Rouault, (Anne and Stefano), (Richard Duivenvoorde (booked, offering to share) ||
|-
| 3 || € 90,- || 2 || ||
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, sat TV, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with shower, minibar, and free WLAN.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 28.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "wienerkindl@utanet.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

If you really want to save on budget you might consider a room with shared bathroom and sometimes also shared shower. Note that these rooms are available at the hotel as backup rooms but not recommended. You have been warned.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl-low-budget
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 45,- || 3 || Radim Blazek ||
|-
| 2 || € 50,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

=== Hotel Hillinger ===

'''Note, in case you've seen the previous note, that today I visited the hotel again and hopefully resolved all misunderstandings.'''

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Hillinger
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 2 || € 85,- || 15 are blocked of up to 50 || <add your name> || Most of the rooms have double beds and some twin beds. Ask for your preferred choice.
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || Same as above but single use || Luigi Pirelli ||
|-
| 3 || € 105,- || 4 || <add your name> || 2 of the rooms can also be used as 4 bed rooms for € 125,-.
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, cable and pay-TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer, and free WLAN in the whole hotel. In addition they offer free usage of the climbing hall and fitness center on the other side of the street.

Accepted payment methods: cash or creditcard.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee from 7 to 3 days in advance
* 100% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 15.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "hotel@hillinger.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

=== Alternatives ===

If you don't feel comfortable with both options we recommend to look for alternatives around Kagran ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/48.2434/16.4341 map]) which is just a couple of stops away from the venue with the tram and also close to the city center with the subway.

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of 50-60 participants. Please add your name and the projects
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as
any special needs.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px; width:100%" class="sortable"
|+ Participants
|-
| # || Participant || Country || Arrival || Departure || Accomodation || Work on || Notes
|-
| 1 || [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] || AT || first day || last day || home || MapServer || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 2 || [[User:ahocevar|Andreas Hocevar]] || AT || first day || last day || family || OpenLayers || Definite - No hotel needed
|-
| 3 || [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] || CA || Mar 23 (AC6164) || Mar 30 (AC9159) || TBD || PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 4 || [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || US || Mar 23 (BA0700 || Mar 30 (BA0701) || || PDAL/MapServer || Booked
|-
| 5 || [[Jeff McKenna]] || CA || Mar 26 (AC6158) || Mar 31 (AC6159) || || MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw || Booked
|-
| 6 || [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] || CA || Likely Mar 23 || Mar 31 || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Booked
|-
| 7 || [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] || USA || Mar 22 || Mar 29 || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL || Booked
|-
| 8 || Olivier Courtin || FR || || || || PostGIS, TinyOWS || Booked
|-
| 9 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Booked
|-
| 10 || [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || CZ || Mar 24 midday || Mar 28 evening || Hillinger || GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR || Booked
|-
| 11 || [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] || FR || Mar 24 midday || Mar 28 || || MapServer || Definite
|-
| 12 || [[User:Szekerest|Tamas Szekeres]] || HU || Mar 24 midday || Mar 28 || Hillinger || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Definite
|-
| 13 || [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] || || || || || PDAL || Likely
|-
| 14 || [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 15 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || IT || Mar 23 || Mar 28 || || GRASS GIS || Booked
|-
| 16 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || Mar 23 (OS0802) || Mar 29 (OS0801) || TBD || OSGeoLive, pycsw/GeoPython/GeoNode, OTB, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 17 || [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] || DE || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || GRASS GIS/QGIS/Translations || Definite
|-
| 18 || <strike>[[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]</strike> || || || || || <strike>PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers)</strike> || <strike>Likely</strike> No :-(
|-
| 19 || [[User:Jesus|Jorge de Jesus]] || || || || || PyWPS/REST/GeoPython || Likely
|-
| 20 || Andreas Trawoeger || || || || || GRASS GIS || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 22 || [[User:pacesm| Martin Paces]] || || || || || EOxServer || Very Likely
|-
| 23 || [[User:fschindler| Fabian Schindler]] || || || || || EOxServer/MapServer || Definite
|-
| 24 || [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || Mar 23 (AF1738) || Mar 29 (AF7680) || TBD || MapServer, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 25 || Marco Hugentobler || CH || Mar 24 (OS562) || Mar 28 (OS565) || Hillinger || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 26 || Mathias Walker || CH || Mar 24 (OS562) || Mar 28 (OS565) || Hillinger || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 27 || [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || CH ||Mar 24 (OS562) || Mar 28 (OS565) || Hillinger || QGIS, GDAL/OGR || Booked
|-
| 28 || [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] || || || || || GeoNode/QGIS || Booked
|-
| 29 || [[Arnulf Christl]] - [[OSGeo]], [[Geo for All]] || DE || || || || Guest ||
|-
| 30 || [[User:rduivenvoorde|Richard Duivenvoorde]] || NL || Mar 24 (KLM1845) || Mar 28 (KLM1848) || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS, context help, vector tools || Booked
|-
| 31 || [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || || || || || QGIS || likely
|-
| 32 || [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]] || CH || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 33 || [[User:MartinDobias|Martin Dobias]] || SK || Mar 23 20:45 || Mar 28 20:45 || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 34 || Hugo Mercier || FR || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL, PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 36 || [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] || AT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 37 || [[User:lutra|Giovanni Manghi]] || PT/IT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 38 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || ES/IT ||24(VY8710) 14:30|| 30(VY8711) ||Hillinger || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 39 || [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 40 || [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] || IT || 24 h11:50 || 28 h15:15 || [http://arnes-vienna.viennaaustrohotel.com/ Arnes Hotel] || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE || Booked
|-
| 41 || [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]] || AT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 42 || [[User:Vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] || RO || Mar 23 || Mar 28 || Hillinger || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE/ Open GeoData || Booked
|-
| 43 || Radim Blazek || CZ || Mar 24 || Mar 27 || Wiener Kindl || QGIS ||
|-
| 44 || [[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || DE || Mar 24 (LH2324) || Mar 29 || Wiener Kindl || LiDAR in QGIS, LAStools toolbox, light-weight data base || Booked flight
|-
| 45 || [[User:Johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || || || || SAGA - QGis processing, OSGeo live || Likely, probably not all days
|-
| 46 || [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || CH || Mar 24 08:30 || Mar 28 18:00 || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS, QGIS Web Client || Booked
|-
| 47 || Denis Rouzaud || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 48 || Peter Wells || UK || Mar 23 20:45 || Mar 28 20:45 || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 49 || [[User:Jef|Jürgen Fischer]] || DE || 24(KLM1845) || 28(KLM1848) || Wiener Kindl || QGIS || booked
|-
| 50 || Yves Jacolin || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 51 || Stéphane Brunner || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 52 || Arnaud Morvan || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 53 || [[User:elpaso|Alessandro Pasotti]] || IT || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || QGIS, QGIS Web Client, QGIS Plugins repo || Booked
|-
| 54 || [[User:Rouault|Even Rouault]] || FR || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || GDAL, MapServer, QGIS? || Booked
|-
| 55 || Rob Emanuele || US || tbd || tbd || tbd || GDAL || Likely
|-
| 56 || Stefano Cavallari || DE || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || GRASS/QGIS, Python || Definite
|-
| 57 || Anita Graser || AT || tbd || tbd || home || QGIS || Definite
|-
| 58 || Kenny Shepard || US || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || AirBnB || GDAL || Booked flight
|-
| 59 || Rafael Krucker || CH || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || budget or youth hostel || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 60 || Tobias Schmitz || CH || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || budget or youth hostel || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 61 || [[User:Dodobas|Dražen Odobašić]] || HR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 62 || Stepan Turek || CZ || tbd || tbd || tbd || GRASS || Likely
|-
| 63 || [[Borys Jurgiel|Borys Jurgiel]] || PL || Mar 24 || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Definite
|-
| 64 || [[Nikos Alexandris|Nikos Alexandris]] || GR || tbd || tbd || tbd || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 65 ||[[Ratko Vasiljević]] ||HR|| tbd || tbd || tbd || GRASS GIS, QGIS, ILWIS || Likely
|-
| 66 || Georg Ramler || AT || Mar 24 || Mar 27 || || pycsw, QGIS Plugins || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 67 || Jürgen Zornig || AT || Mar 24 || Mar 27 || || pycsw, QGIS Plugins || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 68 || Roberto Angeletti || IT || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || || 3D , QGIS Plugins || Likely
|-
| 69 || Stephan Bösch-Plepelits || AT
| colspan=2 | Mar 26, 28 (mornings) || home || [https://github.com/plepe/pgmapcss pgmapcss] (can it be used for MapServer?) || -
|}



== Individual Preparation ==

* Bring your own computer
* Bring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets AC power connector adapter] if needed (Austria {{wikipedia|File:Schuko_plug_and_socket.png|CEE 7/4 (German "Schuko")(Type F)}})
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

== FAQ ==

* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** While this is not a presentation-oriented event like FOSS4G, there will be the possibility to have presentations. There are plans to get a dedicated room with beamer.

== Social Activities ==

=== Welcome party ===

In the evening of the first day of the sprint we will invite all sprinters to a big welcome party. More details shall not be revealed yet but we try to make it a memorable event.

=== Guided evening walk - "The City of Vienna at a glance" ===

On Wednesday evening we invite interested participants to a guided evening walk - "The City of Vienna at a glance". An on-site registration will be needed due to a limit number of 25 places.

The downtown tour introduces the imperial city, Vienna´s great history, its unique architecture, and todays life-style.

Meeting in front of St. Stephen´s Cathedral, Vienna’s main 900 years old landmark, we will stroll along Graben and Kohlmarkt, passing former court confectionary Demel and the most exclusive shops in Vienna. Crossing the courtyards of the Imperial Palace "Hofburg" you will hear about the great times of former Austrian monarchy, see where Empress Elizabeth (Sisi) married Emperor Franz Joseph, where the Vienna Boys’ Choir sings mass on Sunday, and where the famous white Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School perform. You will enjoy the great view from Heroes Square to some of the magnificent buildings of the famous Ringstraße. We will continue walking towards State Opera and the legendary hotel Sacher and will end the tour at Albertinaplatz.

=== Skiing ===

We will leave Vienna early on Saturday to go to [http://openrouteservice.org/index.php?start=16.4564156,48.2295225&end=13.7795834,47.4114987&pref=Fastest&lang=de&noMotorways=false&noTollways=false Haus im Ennstal] for skiing. In the evening we will visit an [http://www.hauser-kaibling.at/de/events/events2014/open_air_2014.htm open air concert] and return on Sunday.

Please contact [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] if you're interested.

== Budget ==

TBD

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

2014-03-13T20:08:01Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Hotel Hillinger */

''OSGeo Code Sprint 2014 official web site: [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org]. Please contact us if you are interested in our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/sponsoring.html sponsorship opportunities].''

'''Gold Sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-Airborne-Interactive.png|260px|Airborne Interactive Ltd|link=http://www.airborne.aero/]]
 
http://www.airborne.aero/
|
[[File:Logo-Austrospace.png‎|260px|Austrospace|link=http://www.austrospace.at/]]
 
http://www.austrospace.at/
|
[[File:Logo-TYDAC.png‎|260px|TYDAC|link=http://www.tydac.ch]]
 
http://www.tydac.ch
|}

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]
 
http://www.fossgis.de
|}

'''Silver Sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-ITS-VR.jpg|260px|ITS Vienna Region|link=http://www.anachb.at/mehr]]
 
http://www.anachb.at/mehr
|}

'''Bronze Sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-metaspatial.png|260px|metaspatial Institut|link=http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute]]
 
[http://metaspatial.net/en/institute http://metaspatial.net/en/institute]
|
[[File:Logo-Oslandia.png|260px|Oslandia|link=http://www.oslandia.com]]
 
[http://www.oslandia.com http://www.oslandia.com]
|
[[File:Logo-rapidlasso.png|260px|rapidlasso|link=http://rapidlasso.com]]
 
[http://rapidlasso.com http://rapidlasso.com]
|}

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-Azavea.jpg‎|260px|Azavea|link=http://www.azavea.com]]
 
http://www.azavea.com
|
[[File:Logo-gfoss.png‎|260px|GFOSS.it|link=http://gfoss.it]]
 
http://gfoss.it
|}

'''Venue Sponsor'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-City-of-Vienna.png|260px|City of Vienna MA 14|link=http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html]]
 
[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html http://www.wien.gv.at/]
|}

'''Other/in-kind sponsors'''

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
|
[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]
|}

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems (as done last year at the [[Boston Code Sprint 2013]] and previous
years: [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood]] (2012),
[[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011),
[[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and
[[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)). This code sprint is targeting
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, QGis, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS,
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course,
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

== Venue ==

The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 60 sprinters in [http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751 their very new office called STAR 22] (see also [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.22910&mlon=16.45660#map=19/48.22910/16.45660 OSM map]).

The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.

== Dates and Times ==

March 24-28 2014

Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin

Duration: Full week

== Agenda ==

TBD

=== Project Plans ===

GRASS GIS Agenda: See http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Vienna_2014

== Hotel ==

Two blocks of rooms have been negotiated at the two hotels closest to the sprint venue, [http://www.hillinger.at Hotel Hillinger] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.23133/16.45037 map]) and [http://www.wienerkindl.at Hotel Wiener Kindl] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.22757/16.45428 map]). Please make your own choice.

The rooms are blocked for the sprint week i.e. 24.-28. March 2014 whereas +/- one day should be no problem.

Please find the lists of available rooms below. If you make a reservation for one of the listed rooms please indicate this by adding your name to the list. Thanks.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.

=== Hotel Wiener Kindl ===

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || 3 || Martin Isenburg (willing to share room with 2 or 3 beds) ||
|-
| 2 || € 80,- || 6 || (Martin Dobias & Peter Wells), Even Rouault, (Anne and Stefano), (Richard Duivenvoorde (booked, offering to share) ||
|-
| 3 || € 90,- || 2 || ||
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, sat TV, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with shower, minibar, and free WLAN.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 28.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "wienerkindl@utanet.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

If you really want to save on budget you might consider a room with shared bathroom and sometimes also shared shower. Note that these rooms are available at the hotel as backup rooms but not recommended. You have been warned.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl-low-budget
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 45,- || 3 || Radim Blazek ||
|-
| 2 || € 50,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

=== Hotel Hillinger ===

'''Note, in case you've seen the previous note, that today I visited the hotel again and hopefully resolved all misunderstandings.'''

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Hillinger
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 2 || € 85,- || 15 are blocked of up to 50 || <add your name> || Most of the rooms have double beds and some twin beds. Ask for your preferred choice.
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || Same as above but single use || Luigi Pirelli ||
|-
| 3 || € 105,- || 4 || <add your name> || 2 of the rooms can also be used as 4 bed rooms for € 125,-.
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, cable and pay-TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer, and free WLAN in the whole hotel. In addition they offer free usage of the climbing hall and fitness center on the other side of the street.

Accepted payment methods: cash or creditcard.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee from 7 to 3 days in advance
* 100% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 15.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "hotel@hillinger.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

=== Alternatives ===

If you don't feel comfortable with both options we recommend to look for alternatives around Kagran ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/48.2434/16.4341 map]) which is just a couple of stops away from the venue with the tram and also close to the city center with the subway.

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of 50-60 participants. Please add your name and the projects
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as
any special needs.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px; width:100%" class="sortable"
|+ Participants
|-
| # || Participant || Country || Arrival || Departure || Accomodation || Work on || Notes
|-
| 1 || [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] || AT || first day || last day || home || MapServer || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 2 || [[User:ahocevar|Andreas Hocevar]] || AT || first day || last day || family || OpenLayers || Definite - No hotel needed
|-
| 3 || [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] || CA || Mar 23 (AC6164) || Mar 30 (AC9159) || TBD || PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 4 || [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || US || Mar 23 (BA0700 || Mar 30 (BA0701) || || PDAL/MapServer || Booked
|-
| 5 || [[Jeff McKenna]] || CA || Mar 26 (AC6158) || Mar 31 (AC6159) || || MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw || Booked
|-
| 6 || [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] || CA || Likely Mar 23 || Mar 31 || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Booked
|-
| 7 || [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] || USA || Mar 22 || Mar 29 || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL || Booked
|-
| 8 || Olivier Courtin || FR || || || || PostGIS, TinyOWS || Booked
|-
| 9 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Booked
|-
| 10 || [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || CZ || Mar 24 midday || Mar 28 evening || Hillinger || GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR || Booked
|-
| 11 || [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] || FR || Mar 24 midday || Mar 28 || || MapServer || Definite
|-
| 12 || [[User:Szekerest|Tamas Szekeres]] || HU || Mar 24 midday || Mar 28 || Hillinger || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Definite
|-
| 13 || [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] || || || || || PDAL || Likely
|-
| 14 || [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 15 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || IT || Mar 23 || Mar 28 || || GRASS GIS || Booked
|-
| 16 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || Mar 23 (OS0802) || Mar 29 (OS0801) || TBD || OSGeoLive, pycsw/GeoPython/GeoNode, OTB, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 17 || [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] || DE || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || GRASS GIS/QGIS/Translations || Definite
|-
| 18 || <strike>[[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]</strike> || || || || || <strike>PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers)</strike> || <strike>Likely</strike> No :-(
|-
| 19 || [[User:Jesus|Jorge de Jesus]] || || || || || PyWPS/REST/GeoPython || Likely
|-
| 20 || Andreas Trawoeger || || || || || GRASS GIS || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 22 || [[User:pacesm| Martin Paces]] || || || || || EOxServer || Very Likely
|-
| 23 || [[User:fschindler| Fabian Schindler]] || || || || || EOxServer/MapServer || Definite
|-
| 24 || [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || Mar 23 (AF1738) || Mar 29 (AF7680) || TBD || MapServer, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 25 || Marco Hugentobler || CH || Mar 24 (OS562) || Mar 28 (OS565) || Hillinger || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 26 || Mathias Walker || CH || Mar 24 (OS562) || Mar 28 (OS565) || Hillinger || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 27 || [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || CH ||Mar 24 (OS562) || Mar 28 (OS565) || Hillinger || QGIS, GDAL/OGR || Booked
|-
| 28 || [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] || || || || || GeoNode/QGIS || Booked
|-
| 29 || [[Arnulf Christl]] - [[OSGeo]], [[Geo for All]] || DE || || || || Guest ||
|-
| 30 || [[User:rduivenvoorde|Richard Duivenvoorde]] || NL || Mar 24 (KLM1845) || Mar 28 (KLM1848) || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS, context help, vector tools || Booked
|-
| 31 || [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || || || || || QGIS || likely
|-
| 32 || [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]] || CH || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 33 || [[User:MartinDobias|Martin Dobias]] || SK || Mar 23 20:45 || Mar 28 20:45 || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 34 || Hugo Mercier || FR || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL, PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 36 || [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] || AT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 37 || [[User:lutra|Giovanni Manghi]] || PT/IT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 38 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || ES/IT ||24(VY8710) 14:30|| 30(VY8711) ||tbd || QGIS || Booked flight
|-
| 39 || [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 40 || [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] || IT || 24 h11:50 || 28 h15:15 || [http://arnes-vienna.viennaaustrohotel.com/ Arnes Hotel] || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE || Booked
|-
| 41 || [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]] || AT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 42 || [[User:Vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] || RO || Mar 23 || Mar 28 || Hillinger || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE/ Open GeoData || Booked
|-
| 43 || Radim Blazek || CZ || Mar 24 || Mar 27 || Wiener Kindl || QGIS ||
|-
| 44 || [[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || DE || Mar 24 (LH2324) || Mar 29 || Wiener Kindl || LiDAR in QGIS, LAStools toolbox, light-weight data base || Booked flight
|-
| 45 || [[User:Johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || || || || SAGA - QGis processing, OSGeo live || Likely, probably not all days
|-
| 46 || [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || CH || Mar 24 08:30 || Mar 28 18:00 || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS, QGIS Web Client || Booked
|-
| 47 || Denis Rouzaud || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 48 || Peter Wells || UK || Mar 23 20:45 || Mar 28 20:45 || Hotel Wiener Kindl || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 49 || [[User:Jef|Jürgen Fischer]] || DE || 24(KLM1845) || 28(KLM1848) || Wiener Kindl || QGIS || booked
|-
| 50 || Yves Jacolin || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 51 || Stéphane Brunner || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 52 || Arnaud Morvan || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 53 || [[User:elpaso|Alessandro Pasotti]] || IT || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || QGIS, QGIS Web Client, QGIS Plugins repo || Booked
|-
| 54 || [[User:Rouault|Even Rouault]] || FR || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || GDAL, MapServer, QGIS? || Booked
|-
| 55 || Rob Emanuele || US || tbd || tbd || tbd || GDAL || Likely
|-
| 56 || Stefano Cavallari || DE || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || Wiener Kindl || GRASS/QGIS, Python || Definite
|-
| 57 || Anita Graser || AT || tbd || tbd || home || QGIS || Definite
|-
| 58 || Kenny Shepard || US || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || AirBnB || GDAL || Booked flight
|-
| 59 || Rafael Krucker || CH || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || budget or youth hostel || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 60 || Tobias Schmitz || CH || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || budget or youth hostel || QGIS || Booked
|-
| 61 || [[User:Dodobas|Dražen Odobašić]] || HR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 62 || Stepan Turek || CZ || tbd || tbd || tbd || GRASS || Likely
|-
| 63 || [[Borys Jurgiel|Borys Jurgiel]] || PL || Mar 24 || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Definite
|-
| 64 || [[Nikos Alexandris|Nikos Alexandris]] || GR || tbd || tbd || tbd || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 65 ||[[Ratko Vasiljević]] ||HR|| tbd || tbd || tbd || GRASS GIS, QGIS, ILWIS || Likely
|-
| 66 || Georg Ramler || AT || Mar 24 || Mar 27 || || pycsw, QGIS Plugins || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 67 || Jürgen Zornig || AT || Mar 24 || Mar 27 || || pycsw, QGIS Plugins || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 68 || Roberto Angeletti || IT || Mar 24 || Mar 28 || || 3D , QGIS Plugins || Likely
|-
| 69 || Stephan Bösch-Plepelits || AT
| colspan=2 | Mar 26, 28 (mornings) || home || [https://github.com/plepe/pgmapcss pgmapcss] (can it be used for MapServer?) || -
|}



== Individual Preparation ==

* Bring your own computer
* Bring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets AC power connector adapter] if needed (Austria {{wikipedia|File:Schuko_plug_and_socket.png|CEE 7/4 (German "Schuko")(Type F)}})
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

== FAQ ==

* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** While this is not a presentation-oriented event like FOSS4G, there will be the possibility to have presentations. There are plans to get a dedicated room with beamer.

== Social Activities ==

=== Welcome party ===

In the evening of the first day of the sprint we will invite all sprinters to a big welcome party. More details shall not be revealed yet but we try to make it a memorable event.

=== Guided evening walk - "The City of Vienna at a glance" ===

On Wednesday evening we invite interested participants to a guided evening walk - "The City of Vienna at a glance". An on-site registration will be needed due to a limit number of 25 places.

The downtown tour introduces the imperial city, Vienna´s great history, its unique architecture, and todays life-style.

Meeting in front of St. Stephen´s Cathedral, Vienna’s main 900 years old landmark, we will stroll along Graben and Kohlmarkt, passing former court confectionary Demel and the most exclusive shops in Vienna. Crossing the courtyards of the Imperial Palace "Hofburg" you will hear about the great times of former Austrian monarchy, see where Empress Elizabeth (Sisi) married Emperor Franz Joseph, where the Vienna Boys’ Choir sings mass on Sunday, and where the famous white Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School perform. You will enjoy the great view from Heroes Square to some of the magnificent buildings of the famous Ringstraße. We will continue walking towards State Opera and the legendary hotel Sacher and will end the tour at Albertinaplatz.

=== Skiing ===

We will leave Vienna early on Saturday to go to [http://openrouteservice.org/index.php?start=16.4564156,48.2295225&end=13.7795834,47.4114987&pref=Fastest&lang=de&noMotorways=false&noTollways=false Haus im Ennstal] for skiing. In the evening we will visit an [http://www.hauser-kaibling.at/de/events/events2014/open_air_2014.htm open air concert] and return on Sunday.

Please contact [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] if you're interested.

== Budget ==

TBD

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

2014-01-15T19:01:20Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Participants */

''OSGeo Code Sprint 2014 official web site: [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org]. Please contact us if you are interested in our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/sponsoring.html sponsorship opportunities].''

'''Gold Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-Airborne-Interactive.png|260px|Airborne Interactive Ltd|link=http://www.airborne.aero/]]
 
http://www.airborne.aero/
|
[[File:Logo-Austrospace.png‎|260px|Austrospace|link=http://www.austrospace.at/]]
 
http://www.austrospace.at/
|
[[File:Logo-TYDAC.png‎|260px|TYDAC|link=http://www.tydac.ch]]
 
http://www.tydac.ch
|}

{|
[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]
 
http://www.fossgis.de
|}

'''Silver Sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-ITS-VR.jpg|260px|ITS Vienna Region|link=http://www.anachb.at/mehr]]
 
http://www.anachb.at/mehr

'''Bronze Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-metaspatial.png|260px|metaspatial Institut|link=http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute]]
 
[http://metaspatial.net/en/institute http://metaspatial.net/en/institute]
|
[[File:Logo-Oslandia.png|260px|Oslandia|link=http://www.oslandia.com]]
 
[http://www.oslandia.com http://www.oslandia.com]
|
[[File:Logo-rapidlasso.png|260px|rapidlasso|link=http://rapidlasso.com]]
 
[http://rapidlasso.com http://rapidlasso.com]
|}

'''Venue Sponsor'''

[[File:Logo-City-of-Vienna.png|260px|City of Vienna MA 14|link=http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html]]
 
[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html http://www.wien.gv.at/]

'''Other/in-kind sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems (as done last year at the [[Boston Code Sprint 2013]] and previous
years: [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood]] (2012),
[[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011),
[[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and
[[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)). This code sprint is targeting
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, QGis, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS,
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course,
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

== Venue ==

The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 60 sprinters in [http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751 their very new office called STAR 22].

The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.

== Dates and Times ==

March 24-28 2014

Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin

Duration: Full week

== Agenda ==

TBD

== Hotel ==

Two blocks of rooms have been negotiated at the two hotels closest to the sprint venue, [http://www.hillinger.at Hotel Hillinger] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.23133/16.45037 map]) and [http://www.wienerkindl.at Hotel Wiener Kindl] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.22757/16.45428 map]). Please make your own choice.

The rooms are blocked for the sprint week i.e. 24.-28. March 2014 whereas +/- one day should be no problem.

Please find the lists of available rooms below. If you make a reservation for one of the listed rooms please indicate this by adding your name to the list. Thanks.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.

=== Hotel Wiener Kindl ===

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 80,- || 6 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 90,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, sat TV, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with shower, minibar, and free WLAN.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 28.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "wienerkindl@utanet.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

If you really want to save on budget you might consider a room with shared bathroom and sometimes also shared shower. Note that these rooms are available at the hotel as backup rooms but not recommended. You have been warned.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl-low-budget
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 45,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 50,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

=== Hotel Hillinger ===

'''For the time being, please wait a bit before making a reservation at Hotel Hillinger as a strange message arrived me just upon hitting save here and sending the mail. Sorry, I'll update this statement ASAP.'''

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Hillinger
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 2 || € 85,- || up to 50 || <add your name> || Most of the rooms have double beds and some twin beds.
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || up to 10 of the above || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 109,- || 4 || <add your name> || 2 of the rooms can also be used as 4 bed rooms for € 129,-.
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, cable and pay-TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer, and free WLAN in the whole hotel. In addition they offer free usage of the climbing hall and fitness center on the other side of the street.

Accepted payment methods: cash or creditcard.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee from 7 to 3 days in advance
* 100% fee later

These rooms are blocked until '''27.01.2014'''. Please make your reservation via mail to "hotel@hillinger.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

=== Alternatives ===

If you don't feel comfortable with both options we recommend to look for alternatives around Kagran ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/48.2434/16.4341 map]) which is just a couple of stops away from the venue with the tram and also close to the city center with the subway.

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)

== Project Plans ==

TBD

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of 50-60 participants. Please add your name and the projects
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as
any special needs.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px; width:100%" class="sortable"
|+ Participants
|-
| # || Participant || Country || Arrival || Departure || Accomodation || Work on || Notes
|-
| 1 || [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] || Austria || first day || last day || home || MapServer || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 2 || [[User:ahocevar|Andreas Hocevar]] || Austria || first day || last day || family || OpenLayers || Definite - No hotel needed
|-
| 3 || [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] || Canada || Mar 23 (AC6164) || Mar 30 (AC9159) || TBD || PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 4 || [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || || || || || PDAL/MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 5 || [[Jeff McKenna]] || CA || Likely Mar 26 || Likely Mar 30 || || MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw || Very Likely
|-
| 6 || [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] || CA || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 7 || [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL || Very Likely
|-
| 8 || Olivier Courtin || || || || || PostGIS, TinyOWS || Very Likely
|-
| 9 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 10 || [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || CZ || || || || GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 11 || [[User:TBonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] || || || || || MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 12 || [[User:Szekerest|Tamas Szekeres]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 13 || [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] || || || || || PDAL || Likely
|-
| 14 || [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 15 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 16 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || Mar 23 (OS0802) || Mar 29 (OS0801) || TBD || OSGeoLive, pycsw/GeoPython/GeoNode, OTB, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 17 || [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] || || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 18 || [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]] || || || || || PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers) || Likely
|-
| 19 || [[User:Jesus|Jorge de Jesus]] || || || || || PyWPS/REST/GeoPython || Likely
|-
| 20 || [[User:atrawog| Andreas Trawoeger]] || || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 21 || [[User:ortelius| Jeffrey Johnson]] || || || || || GeoNode/ GeoPython || Very Likely
|-
| 22 || [[User:pacesm| Martin Paces]] || || || || || EOxServer || Very Likely
|-
| 23 || [[User:fschindler| Fabian Schindler]] || || || || || EOxServer/MapServer || Definite
|-
| 24 || [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || || || || MapServer, ZOO-Project || Likely
|-
| 25 || Marco Hugentobler || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 26 || Mathias Walker || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 27 || [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || || || || || QGIS, GDAL/OGR || Likely
|-
| 28 || [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] || || || || || GeoNode/QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 29 || [[Arnulf Christl]] - [[OSGeo]], [[Geo for All]] || DE || || || || Guest ||
|-
| 30 || [[User:rduivenvoorde|Richard Duivenvoorde]] || NL || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, context help, vector tools || Very likely
|-
| 31 || [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || || || || || QGIS || likely
|-
| 32 || [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 33 || [[User:MartinDobias|Martin Dobias]] || SK || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 34 || Hugo Mercier || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL, PostGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 35 || Vincent Mora || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL || Very Likely
|-
| 36 || Otto Dassau || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 37 || Larissa Junek || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 38 || [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] || AT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 39 || [[User:lutra|Giovanni Manghi]] || PT/IT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 40 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || ES/IT ||24(VY8710) 14:30|| 30(VY8711) ||tbd || QGIS || Booked flight
|-
| 41 || [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 42 || [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE || Likely
|-
| 43 || [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]] || AT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 44 || [[User:Vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] || RO || || || || Open GeoData || Very Likely
|-
| 45 || Radim Blazek || CZ || || || || QGIS ||
|-
| 46 || [[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || DE || || || || QGIS, LAStools, light-weight data base || Definite
|-
| 47 || [[User:Johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || || || || SAGA - QGis processing, OSGeo live || Likely, probably not all days
|-
| 48 || [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client || Very Likely
|-
| 49 || Denis Rouzaud || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 50 || Peter Wells || UK || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 51 || [[User:Jef|Jürgen Fischer]] || DE || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 52 || Yves Jacolin || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 53 || Stéphane Brunner || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 54 || Arnaud Morvan || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 55 || Alessandro Pasotti || IT || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client, QGIS Plugins repo || Very Likely
|-
| || || || || || || ||
|-
|}



== Individual Preparation ==

* Bring your own computer
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

== FAQ ==

* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

== Social Activities ==

TBD

Ideas
* Skiing: The idea is to find a not too far away place the weekend after the sprint. Please add your name if you're interested: [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]

Isn't it a bit late for skiing at this time of the year in eastern Austria?

== Budget ==

TBD

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

2014-01-15T19:00:05Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Participants */

''OSGeo Code Sprint 2014 official web site: [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org]. Please contact us if you are interested in our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/sponsoring.html sponsorship opportunities].''

'''Gold Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-Airborne-Interactive.png|260px|Airborne Interactive Ltd|link=http://www.airborne.aero/]]
 
http://www.airborne.aero/
|
[[File:Logo-Austrospace.png‎|260px|Austrospace|link=http://www.austrospace.at/]]
 
http://www.austrospace.at/
|
[[File:Logo-TYDAC.png‎|260px|TYDAC|link=http://www.tydac.ch]]
 
http://www.tydac.ch
|}

{|
[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]
 
http://www.fossgis.de
|}

'''Silver Sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-ITS-VR.jpg|260px|ITS Vienna Region|link=http://www.anachb.at/mehr]]
 
http://www.anachb.at/mehr

'''Bronze Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-metaspatial.png|260px|metaspatial Institut|link=http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute]]
 
[http://metaspatial.net/en/institute http://metaspatial.net/en/institute]
|
[[File:Logo-Oslandia.png|260px|Oslandia|link=http://www.oslandia.com]]
 
[http://www.oslandia.com http://www.oslandia.com]
|
[[File:Logo-rapidlasso.png|260px|rapidlasso|link=http://rapidlasso.com]]
 
[http://rapidlasso.com http://rapidlasso.com]
|}

'''Venue Sponsor'''

[[File:Logo-City-of-Vienna.png|260px|City of Vienna MA 14|link=http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html]]
 
[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html http://www.wien.gv.at/]

'''Other/in-kind sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems (as done last year at the [[Boston Code Sprint 2013]] and previous
years: [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood]] (2012),
[[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011),
[[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and
[[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)). This code sprint is targeting
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, QGis, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS,
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course,
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

== Venue ==

The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 60 sprinters in [http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751 their very new office called STAR 22].

The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.

== Dates and Times ==

March 24-28 2014

Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin

Duration: Full week

== Agenda ==

TBD

== Hotel ==

Two blocks of rooms have been negotiated at the two hotels closest to the sprint venue, [http://www.hillinger.at Hotel Hillinger] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.23133/16.45037 map]) and [http://www.wienerkindl.at Hotel Wiener Kindl] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.22757/16.45428 map]). Please make your own choice.

The rooms are blocked for the sprint week i.e. 24.-28. March 2014 whereas +/- one day should be no problem.

Please find the lists of available rooms below. If you make a reservation for one of the listed rooms please indicate this by adding your name to the list. Thanks.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.

=== Hotel Wiener Kindl ===

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 80,- || 6 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 90,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, sat TV, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with shower, minibar, and free WLAN.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 28.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "wienerkindl@utanet.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

If you really want to save on budget you might consider a room with shared bathroom and sometimes also shared shower. Note that these rooms are available at the hotel as backup rooms but not recommended. You have been warned.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl-low-budget
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 45,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 50,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

=== Hotel Hillinger ===

'''For the time being, please wait a bit before making a reservation at Hotel Hillinger as a strange message arrived me just upon hitting save here and sending the mail. Sorry, I'll update this statement ASAP.'''

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Hillinger
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 2 || € 85,- || up to 50 || <add your name> || Most of the rooms have double beds and some twin beds.
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || up to 10 of the above || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 109,- || 4 || <add your name> || 2 of the rooms can also be used as 4 bed rooms for € 129,-.
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, cable and pay-TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer, and free WLAN in the whole hotel. In addition they offer free usage of the climbing hall and fitness center on the other side of the street.

Accepted payment methods: cash or creditcard.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee from 7 to 3 days in advance
* 100% fee later

These rooms are blocked until '''27.01.2014'''. Please make your reservation via mail to "hotel@hillinger.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

=== Alternatives ===

If you don't feel comfortable with both options we recommend to look for alternatives around Kagran ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/48.2434/16.4341 map]) which is just a couple of stops away from the venue with the tram and also close to the city center with the subway.

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)

== Project Plans ==

TBD

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of 50-60 participants. Please add your name and the projects
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as
any special needs.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px; width:100%" class="sortable"
|+ Participants
|-
| # || Participant || Country || Arrival || Departure || Accomodation || Work on || Notes
|-
| 1 || [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] || Austria || first day || last day || home || MapServer || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 2 || [[User:ahocevar|Andreas Hocevar]] || Austria || first day || last day || family || OpenLayers || Definite - No hotel needed
|-
| 3 || [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] || Canada || Mar 23 (AC6164) || Mar 30 (AC9159) || TBD || PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 4 || [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || || || || || PDAL/MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 5 || [[Jeff McKenna]] || CA || Likely Mar 26 || Likely Mar 30 || || MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw || Very Likely
|-
| 6 || [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] || CA || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 7 || [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL || Very Likely
|-
| 8 || Olivier Courtin || || || || || PostGIS, TinyOWS || Very Likely
|-
| 9 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 10 || [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || CZ || || || || GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 11 || [[User:TBonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] || || || || || MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 12 || [[User:Szekerest|Tamas Szekeres]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 13 || [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] || || || || || PDAL || Likely
|-
| 14 || [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 15 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 16 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || Mar 23 (OS0802) || Mar 29 (OS0801) || TBD || OSGeoLive, pycsw/GeoPython/GeoNode, OTB, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 17 || [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] || || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 18 || [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]] || || || || || PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers) || Likely
|-
| 19 || [[User:Jesus|Jorge de Jesus]] || || || || || PyWPS/REST/GeoPython || Likely
|-
| 20 || [[User:atrawog| Andreas Trawoeger]] || || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 21 || [[User:ortelius| Jeffrey Johnson]] || || || || || GeoNode/ GeoPython || Very Likely
|-
| 22 || [[User:pacesm| Martin Paces]] || || || || || EOxServer || Very Likely
|-
| 23 || [[User:fschindler| Fabian Schindler]] || || || || || EOxServer/MapServer || Definite
|-
| 24 || [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || || || || MapServer, ZOO-Project || Likely
|-
| 25 || Marco Hugentobler || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 26 || Mathias Walker || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 27 || [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || || || || || QGIS, GDAL/OGR || Likely
|-
| 28 || [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] || || || || || GeoNode/QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 29 || [[Arnulf Christl]] - [[OSGeo]], [[Geo for All]] || DE || || || || Guest ||
|-
| 30 || [[User:rduivenvoorde|Richard Duivenvoorde]] || NL || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, context help, vector tools || Very likely
|-
| 31 || [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || || || || || QGIS || likely
|-
| 32 || [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 33 || [[User:MartinDobias|Martin Dobias]] || SK || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 34 || Hugo Mercier || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL, PostGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 35 || Vincent Mora || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL || Very Likely
|-
| 36 || Otto Dassau || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 37 || Larissa Junek || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 38 || [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] || AT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 39 || [[User:lutra|Giovanni Manghi]] || PT/IT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 40 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || ES/IT ||24/14:30 || 30 ||tbd || QGIS || Booked flight
|-
| 41 || [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 42 || [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE || Likely
|-
| 43 || [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]] || AT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 44 || [[User:Vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] || RO || || || || Open GeoData || Very Likely
|-
| 45 || Radim Blazek || CZ || || || || QGIS ||
|-
| 46 || [[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || DE || || || || QGIS, LAStools, light-weight data base || Definite
|-
| 47 || [[User:Johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || || || || SAGA - QGis processing, OSGeo live || Likely, probably not all days
|-
| 48 || [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client || Very Likely
|-
| 49 || Denis Rouzaud || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 50 || Peter Wells || UK || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 51 || [[User:Jef|Jürgen Fischer]] || DE || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 52 || Yves Jacolin || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 53 || Stéphane Brunner || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 54 || Arnaud Morvan || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 55 || Alessandro Pasotti || IT || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client, QGIS Plugins repo || Very Likely
|-
| || || || || || || ||
|-
|}



== Individual Preparation ==

* Bring your own computer
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

== FAQ ==

* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

== Social Activities ==

TBD

Ideas
* Skiing: The idea is to find a not too far away place the weekend after the sprint. Please add your name if you're interested: [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]

Isn't it a bit late for skiing at this time of the year in eastern Austria?

== Budget ==

TBD

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

2014-01-15T18:58:16Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Participants */

''OSGeo Code Sprint 2014 official web site: [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org]. Please contact us if you are interested in our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/sponsoring.html sponsorship opportunities].''

'''Gold Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-Airborne-Interactive.png|260px|Airborne Interactive Ltd|link=http://www.airborne.aero/]]
 
http://www.airborne.aero/
|
[[File:Logo-Austrospace.png‎|260px|Austrospace|link=http://www.austrospace.at/]]
 
http://www.austrospace.at/
|
[[File:Logo-TYDAC.png‎|260px|TYDAC|link=http://www.tydac.ch]]
 
http://www.tydac.ch
|}

{|
[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]
 
http://www.fossgis.de
|}

'''Silver Sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-ITS-VR.jpg|260px|ITS Vienna Region|link=http://www.anachb.at/mehr]]
 
http://www.anachb.at/mehr

'''Bronze Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-metaspatial.png|260px|metaspatial Institut|link=http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute]]
 
[http://metaspatial.net/en/institute http://metaspatial.net/en/institute]
|
[[File:Logo-Oslandia.png|260px|Oslandia|link=http://www.oslandia.com]]
 
[http://www.oslandia.com http://www.oslandia.com]
|
[[File:Logo-rapidlasso.png|260px|rapidlasso|link=http://rapidlasso.com]]
 
[http://rapidlasso.com http://rapidlasso.com]
|}

'''Venue Sponsor'''

[[File:Logo-City-of-Vienna.png|260px|City of Vienna MA 14|link=http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html]]
 
[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html http://www.wien.gv.at/]

'''Other/in-kind sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems (as done last year at the [[Boston Code Sprint 2013]] and previous
years: [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood]] (2012),
[[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011),
[[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and
[[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)). This code sprint is targeting
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, QGis, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS,
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course,
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

== Venue ==

The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 60 sprinters in [http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751 their very new office called STAR 22].

The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.

== Dates and Times ==

March 24-28 2014

Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin

Duration: Full week

== Agenda ==

TBD

== Hotel ==

Two blocks of rooms have been negotiated at the two hotels closest to the sprint venue, [http://www.hillinger.at Hotel Hillinger] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.23133/16.45037 map]) and [http://www.wienerkindl.at Hotel Wiener Kindl] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.22757/16.45428 map]). Please make your own choice.

The rooms are blocked for the sprint week i.e. 24.-28. March 2014 whereas +/- one day should be no problem.

Please find the lists of available rooms below. If you make a reservation for one of the listed rooms please indicate this by adding your name to the list. Thanks.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.

=== Hotel Wiener Kindl ===

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 80,- || 6 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 90,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, sat TV, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with shower, minibar, and free WLAN.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 28.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "wienerkindl@utanet.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

If you really want to save on budget you might consider a room with shared bathroom and sometimes also shared shower. Note that these rooms are available at the hotel as backup rooms but not recommended. You have been warned.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl-low-budget
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 45,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 50,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

=== Hotel Hillinger ===

'''For the time being, please wait a bit before making a reservation at Hotel Hillinger as a strange message arrived me just upon hitting save here and sending the mail. Sorry, I'll update this statement ASAP.'''

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Hillinger
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 2 || € 85,- || up to 50 || <add your name> || Most of the rooms have double beds and some twin beds.
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || up to 10 of the above || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 109,- || 4 || <add your name> || 2 of the rooms can also be used as 4 bed rooms for € 129,-.
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, cable and pay-TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer, and free WLAN in the whole hotel. In addition they offer free usage of the climbing hall and fitness center on the other side of the street.

Accepted payment methods: cash or creditcard.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee from 7 to 3 days in advance
* 100% fee later

These rooms are blocked until '''27.01.2014'''. Please make your reservation via mail to "hotel@hillinger.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

=== Alternatives ===

If you don't feel comfortable with both options we recommend to look for alternatives around Kagran ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/48.2434/16.4341 map]) which is just a couple of stops away from the venue with the tram and also close to the city center with the subway.

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)

== Project Plans ==

TBD

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of 50-60 participants. Please add your name and the projects
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as
any special needs.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px; width:100%" class="sortable"
|+ Participants
|-
| # || Participant || Country || Arrival || Departure || Accomodation || Work on || Notes
|-
| 1 || [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] || Austria || first day || last day || home || MapServer || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 2 || [[User:ahocevar|Andreas Hocevar]] || Austria || first day || last day || family || OpenLayers || Definite - No hotel needed
|-
| 3 || [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] || Canada || Mar 23 (AC6164) || Mar 30 (AC9159) || TBD || PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 4 || [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || || || || || PDAL/MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 5 || [[Jeff McKenna]] || CA || Likely Mar 26 || Likely Mar 30 || || MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw || Very Likely
|-
| 6 || [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] || CA || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 7 || [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL || Very Likely
|-
| 8 || Olivier Courtin || || || || || PostGIS, TinyOWS || Very Likely
|-
| 9 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 10 || [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || CZ || || || || GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 11 || [[User:TBonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] || || || || || MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 12 || [[User:Szekerest|Tamas Szekeres]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 13 || [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] || || || || || PDAL || Likely
|-
| 14 || [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 15 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 16 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || Mar 23 (OS0802) || Mar 29 (OS0801) || TBD || OSGeoLive, pycsw/GeoPython/GeoNode, OTB, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 17 || [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] || || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 18 || [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]] || || || || || PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers) || Likely
|-
| 19 || [[User:Jesus|Jorge de Jesus]] || || || || || PyWPS/REST/GeoPython || Likely
|-
| 20 || [[User:atrawog| Andreas Trawoeger]] || || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 21 || [[User:ortelius| Jeffrey Johnson]] || || || || || GeoNode/ GeoPython || Very Likely
|-
| 22 || [[User:pacesm| Martin Paces]] || || || || || EOxServer || Very Likely
|-
| 23 || [[User:fschindler| Fabian Schindler]] || || || || || EOxServer/MapServer || Definite
|-
| 24 || [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || || || || MapServer, ZOO-Project || Likely
|-
| 25 || Marco Hugentobler || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 26 || Mathias Walker || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 27 || [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || || || || || QGIS, GDAL/OGR || Likely
|-
| 28 || [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] || || || || || GeoNode/QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 29 || [[Arnulf Christl]] - [[OSGeo]], [[Geo for All]] || DE || || || || Guest ||
|-
| 30 || [[User:rduivenvoorde|Richard Duivenvoorde]] || NL || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, context help, vector tools || Very likely
|-
| 31 || [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || || || || || QGIS || likely
|-
| 32 || [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 33 || [[User:MartinDobias|Martin Dobias]] || SK || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 34 || Hugo Mercier || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL, PostGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 35 || Vincent Mora || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL || Very Likely
|-
| 36 || Otto Dassau || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 37 || Larissa Junek || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 38 || [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] || AT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 39 || [[User:lutra|Giovanni Manghi]] || PT/IT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 40 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || ES/IT || || ||tbd || QGIS || Booked flight
|-
| 41 || [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 42 || [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE || Likely
|-
| 43 || [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]] || AT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 44 || [[User:Vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] || RO || || || || Open GeoData || Very Likely
|-
| 45 || Radim Blazek || CZ || || || || QGIS ||
|-
| 46 || [[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || DE || || || || QGIS, LAStools, light-weight data base || Definite
|-
| 47 || [[User:Johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || || || || SAGA - QGis processing, OSGeo live || Likely, probably not all days
|-
| 48 || [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client || Very Likely
|-
| 49 || Denis Rouzaud || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 50 || Peter Wells || UK || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 51 || [[User:Jef|Jürgen Fischer]] || DE || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 52 || Yves Jacolin || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 53 || Stéphane Brunner || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 54 || Arnaud Morvan || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 55 || Alessandro Pasotti || IT || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client, QGIS Plugins repo || Very Likely
|-
| || || || || || || ||
|-
|}



== Individual Preparation ==

* Bring your own computer
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

== FAQ ==

* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

== Social Activities ==

TBD

Ideas
* Skiing: The idea is to find a not too far away place the weekend after the sprint. Please add your name if you're interested: [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]

Isn't it a bit late for skiing at this time of the year in eastern Austria?

== Budget ==

TBD

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

2014-01-15T18:57:53Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Participants */

''OSGeo Code Sprint 2014 official web site: [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org]. Please contact us if you are interested in our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/sponsoring.html sponsorship opportunities].''

'''Gold Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-Airborne-Interactive.png|260px|Airborne Interactive Ltd|link=http://www.airborne.aero/]]
 
http://www.airborne.aero/
|
[[File:Logo-Austrospace.png‎|260px|Austrospace|link=http://www.austrospace.at/]]
 
http://www.austrospace.at/
|
[[File:Logo-TYDAC.png‎|260px|TYDAC|link=http://www.tydac.ch]]
 
http://www.tydac.ch
|}

{|
[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]
 
http://www.fossgis.de
|}

'''Silver Sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-ITS-VR.jpg|260px|ITS Vienna Region|link=http://www.anachb.at/mehr]]
 
http://www.anachb.at/mehr

'''Bronze Sponsors'''

{|
|
[[File:Logo-metaspatial.png|260px|metaspatial Institut|link=http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute]]
 
[http://metaspatial.net/en/institute http://metaspatial.net/en/institute]
|
[[File:Logo-Oslandia.png|260px|Oslandia|link=http://www.oslandia.com]]
 
[http://www.oslandia.com http://www.oslandia.com]
|
[[File:Logo-rapidlasso.png|260px|rapidlasso|link=http://rapidlasso.com]]
 
[http://rapidlasso.com http://rapidlasso.com]
|}

'''Venue Sponsor'''

[[File:Logo-City-of-Vienna.png|260px|City of Vienna MA 14|link=http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html]]
 
[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html http://www.wien.gv.at/]

'''Other/in-kind sponsors'''

[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems (as done last year at the [[Boston Code Sprint 2013]] and previous
years: [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood]] (2012),
[[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011),
[[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and
[[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)). This code sprint is targeting
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, QGis, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS,
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course,
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

== Venue ==

The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 60 sprinters in [http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751 their very new office called STAR 22].

The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.

== Dates and Times ==

March 24-28 2014

Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin

Duration: Full week

== Agenda ==

TBD

== Hotel ==

Two blocks of rooms have been negotiated at the two hotels closest to the sprint venue, [http://www.hillinger.at Hotel Hillinger] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.23133/16.45037 map]) and [http://www.wienerkindl.at Hotel Wiener Kindl] ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.22757/16.45428 map]). Please make your own choice.

The rooms are blocked for the sprint week i.e. 24.-28. March 2014 whereas +/- one day should be no problem.

Please find the lists of available rooms below. If you make a reservation for one of the listed rooms please indicate this by adding your name to the list. Thanks.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.

=== Hotel Wiener Kindl ===

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 80,- || 6 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 90,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, sat TV, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with shower, minibar, and free WLAN.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee later

These rooms are blocked until 28.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "wienerkindl@utanet.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

If you really want to save on budget you might consider a room with shared bathroom and sometimes also shared shower. Note that these rooms are available at the hotel as backup rooms but not recommended. You have been warned.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Wiener-Kindl-low-budget
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 1 || € 45,- || 3 || <add your name> ||
|-
| 2 || € 50,- || 2 || <add your name> ||
|}

=== Hotel Hillinger ===

'''For the time being, please wait a bit before making a reservation at Hotel Hillinger as a strange message arrived me just upon hitting save here and sending the mail. Sorry, I'll update this statement ASAP.'''

{| style="border: solid grey 1px" class="sortable"
|+ Hotel-Hillinger
|-
| # Beds || Rate || # Rooms || Reservations || Notes
|-
| 2 || € 85,- || up to 50 || <add your name> || Most of the rooms have double beds and some twin beds.
|-
| 1 || € 65,- || up to 10 of the above || <add your name> ||
|-
| 3 || € 109,- || 4 || <add your name> || 2 of the rooms can also be used as 4 bed rooms for € 129,-.
|}

The rates include breakfast buffet, cable and pay-TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer, and free WLAN in the whole hotel. In addition they offer free usage of the climbing hall and fitness center on the other side of the street.

Accepted payment methods: cash or creditcard.

Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee from 7 to 3 days in advance
* 100% fee later

These rooms are blocked until '''27.01.2014'''. Please make your reservation via mail to "hotel@hillinger.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.

=== Alternatives ===

If you don't feel comfortable with both options we recommend to look for alternatives around Kagran ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/48.2434/16.4341 map]) which is just a couple of stops away from the venue with the tram and also close to the city center with the subway.

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)

== Project Plans ==

TBD

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of 50-60 participants. Please add your name and the projects
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as
any special needs.

{| style="border: solid grey 1px; width:100%" class="sortable"
|+ Participants
|-
| # || Participant || Country || Arrival || Departure || Accomodation || Work on || Notes
|-
| 1 || [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] || Austria || first day || last day || home || MapServer || Definite - No special needs
|-
| 2 || [[User:ahocevar|Andreas Hocevar]] || Austria || first day || last day || family || OpenLayers || Definite - No hotel needed
|-
| 3 || [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] || Canada || Mar 23 (AC6164) || Mar 30 (AC9159) || TBD || PostGIS || Booked
|-
| 4 || [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || || || || || PDAL/MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 5 || [[Jeff McKenna]] || CA || Likely Mar 26 || Likely Mar 30 || || MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw || Very Likely
|-
| 6 || [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] || CA || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 7 || [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL || Very Likely
|-
| 8 || Olivier Courtin || || || || || PostGIS, TinyOWS || Very Likely
|-
| 9 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 10 || [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] || CZ || || || || GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 11 || [[User:TBonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] || || || || || MapServer || Very Likely
|-
| 12 || [[User:Szekerest|Tamas Szekeres]] || || || || || MapServer, GDAL/OGR || Very Likely
|-
| 13 || [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] || || || || || PDAL || Likely
|-
| 14 || [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 15 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 16 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || Mar 23 (OS0802) || Mar 29 (OS0801) || TBD || OSGeoLive, pycsw/GeoPython/GeoNode, OTB, ZOO-Project || Booked
|-
| 17 || [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] || || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 18 || [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]] || || || || || PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers) || Likely
|-
| 19 || [[User:Jesus|Jorge de Jesus]] || || || || || PyWPS/REST/GeoPython || Likely
|-
| 20 || [[User:atrawog| Andreas Trawoeger]] || || || || || GRASS GIS || Very Likely
|-
| 21 || [[User:ortelius| Jeffrey Johnson]] || || || || || GeoNode/ GeoPython || Very Likely
|-
| 22 || [[User:pacesm| Martin Paces]] || || || || || EOxServer || Very Likely
|-
| 23 || [[User:fschindler| Fabian Schindler]] || || || || || EOxServer/MapServer || Definite
|-
| 24 || [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || || || || MapServer, ZOO-Project || Likely
|-
| 25 || Marco Hugentobler || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 26 || Mathias Walker || || || || || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 27 || [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || || || || || QGIS, GDAL/OGR || Likely
|-
| 28 || [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] || || || || || GeoNode/QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 29 || [[Arnulf Christl]] - [[OSGeo]], [[Geo for All]] || DE || || || || Guest ||
|-
| 30 || [[User:rduivenvoorde|Richard Duivenvoorde]] || NL || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, context help, vector tools || Very likely
|-
| 31 || [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || || || || || QGIS || likely
|-
| 32 || [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]] || || || || || QGIS || Very likely
|-
| 33 || [[User:MartinDobias|Martin Dobias]] || SK || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 34 || Hugo Mercier || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL, PostGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 35 || Vincent Mora || || || || || QGIS, SFCGAL || Very Likely
|-
| 36 || Otto Dassau || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 37 || Larissa Junek || DE || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 38 || [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] || AT || || || || GRASS GIS || Likely
|-
| 39 || [[User:lutra|Giovanni Manghi]] || PT/IT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 40 || [[User:Ginetto|Luigi Pirelli]] || ES/IT || || ||TBD || QGIS || Booked flight
|-
| 41 || [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || || || || GRASS GIS/QGIS || Likely
|-
| 42 || [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] || IT || || || || GRASS GIS / INSPIRE || Likely
|-
| 43 || [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]] || AT || || || || QGIS || Likely
|-
| 44 || [[User:Vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] || RO || || || || Open GeoData || Very Likely
|-
| 45 || Radim Blazek || CZ || || || || QGIS ||
|-
| 46 || [[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || DE || || || || QGIS, LAStools, light-weight data base || Definite
|-
| 47 || [[User:Johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || || || || SAGA - QGis processing, OSGeo live || Likely, probably not all days
|-
| 48 || [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client || Very Likely
|-
| 49 || Denis Rouzaud || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 50 || Peter Wells || UK || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 51 || [[User:Jef|Jürgen Fischer]] || DE || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 52 || Yves Jacolin || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 53 || Stéphane Brunner || CH || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 54 || Arnaud Morvan || FR || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS || Very Likely
|-
| 55 || Alessandro Pasotti || IT || tbd || tbd || tbd || QGIS, QGIS Web Client, QGIS Plugins repo || Very Likely
|-
| || || || || || || ||
|-
|}



== Individual Preparation ==

* Bring your own computer
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

== FAQ ==

* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

== Social Activities ==

TBD

Ideas
* Skiing: The idea is to find a not too far away place the weekend after the sprint. Please add your name if you're interested: [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]

Isn't it a bit late for skiing at this time of the year in eastern Austria?

== Budget ==

TBD

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

2013-12-15T16:13:04Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Participants */

Geoservices REST API

2013-05-13T15:42:10Z

Wiki-Ginetto: /* Signed */

This wiki page aims to collate community concerns related to the adoption of the "Geoservices REST API" document as a standard of the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)]. The page is being collaboratively edited, targeting completion by Wednesday 15 May 2013, after which it will be delivered by the board of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo Foundation (OSGeo)] to the OGC and OGC voting members.

= Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board =
''Please don't edit this "Cover Letter" statement, which has been approved by the OSGeo Board.''

The board of the [http://osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the OGC. It highlights concerns about the "GeoServices REST API" from many people within the OSGeo community. As always, if there is anything the OSGeo board can do to help, then please let us know.

Signed: Jeff McKenna (OSGeo president),
Peter Batty,
Jáchym Čepický,
Michael Gerlek,
Anne Ghisla,
Mark Lucas,
Daniel Morissette,
Cameron Shorter,
Frank Warmerdam

= Open Letter to OGC and voting members =

''Please don't edit this "Open Letter" statement, comments and discussion should go in the "Further Concerns" section below.''

May 2013

We, the undersigned, have concerns that approving the "Geoservices REST API" as an OGC standard, would have detrimental impacts on interoperability within the spatial industry.

We strongly urge that the proposed "Geoservices REST API", as it stands in May 2013, be rejected as an OGC standard.

People have listed different reasons for concern. They are described below.

== Signed ==
''Please add your name here if you agree with the above statement. Include name, work title (if appropriate), very brief title/involvement in OSGeo if appropriate. (Link to OSGeo profile if appropriate). You may sign as a group, such as the Project Steering Committee of XXX project if you wish, or as Your Name on behalf of YYY company.''

# [[User:camerons|Cameron Shorter]], Geospatial Solutions Director at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft], core contributor & coordinator of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live], OSGeo Board member
# [[Mark Lucas]], Founding member and board of directors for OSGeo foundation, Principal Scientist for RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.
# [[User:Woodbri|Stephen Woodbridge]], Director of [http://imaptools.com iMaptools.com], Contributor and/or PSC of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], [http://pgrouting.org/ pgRouting], [http://www.pagcgeo.org/ PAGC], and [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]
# [[User:rouault|Even Rouault]], Geospatial developer, OSGeo Charter Member, core contributor and PSC member of [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR], contributor of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ PROJ.4], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/ libgeotiff], [http://shapelib.maptools.org/ shapelib], [http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ libtiff]
# Gerhard Triebnig, Managing Director at [http://eox.at EOX IT Services GmbH]
# [[User:pcreso|Brent Wood]], Environmental Information Delivery Programme Leader, NIWA, New Zealand. OGC member, Aust/NZ OSGEO chapter member, NZOSS Council member
# [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]], CTO at [http://eox.at EOX IT Services GmbH], contributor to [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], PSC chair of [http://eoxserver.org EOxServer]
# [[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]], Director of [http://geocat.net GeoCat], project founder and PSC chair of [http://geonetwork-opensource.org GeoNetwork opensource]
# [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]], Director at [http://www.justobjects.nl Just Objects], contributor to [http://heron-mc.org Heron Mapping Client], secretary of [http://osgeo.nl OSGeo Dutch Local Chapter], member at [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]
# [[User:milovanderlinden|Milo van der Linden]], member at [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]
# [[User:surveyor|Landon Blake]], GIS Department Manager/Land Surveyor at [http://www.ksninc.com KSN], OSGeo California Chapter Board Representative.
# [[User:dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]], President at [http://mapgears.com/ Mapgears], OSGeo Board member, core contributor and PSC member of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR]. Former OGC TC member and involved in the implementation of several OGC WxS specs in MapServer.
# [[User:blammo|Bob Basques]], GIS Systems Developer at the City of Saint Paul, MN. [http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us Public Works GIS (GISmo)], Technical Director at [http://www.sharedgeo.org SharedGeo], OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo TCMUG local chapter member, Co-founder and PSC member of [http://www.geomoose.org GeoMoose] project.
# [[User:vehrka|Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses]], PM at Omnium Strategic Intelligence, Spain, OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Liaison officer.
# Bevan Rudge, Director Lucion Limited, IT Advisor at Conservation Strategy Fund, Esri client
# [[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]], software engineer at [http://geocat.net GeoCat], Spain, member of OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter.
# [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]], OSGeo Board Member, Italy, member of OSGeo Italian Local Chapter.
# [[User:Michogar|Micho Garcia]], Freelance and member of [http://geomati.co geomati.co], Spain, member of Spanish Local Chapter
# [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]], OSGeo Charter Member, Post-doctoral researcher at the European Commission, JRC, Italy
# [[Jorge Sanz]], GIS Consultant at [http://www.prodevelop.es Prodevelop], OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
# [[Pablo Sanxiao]], CTO and co-founder at [http://www.icarto.es iCarto], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
# [[User:Fsteggink|Frank Steggink]], GIS software developer at [http://www.vicrea.nl Vicrea], The Netherlands, member of the Dutch Local Chapter
# [[User:Olivier.courtin|Olivier Courtin]], [http://www.oslandia.com Oslandia] co-founder, core contributor or/and PSC member of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]. OGC TC member.
# [[User:Bolosig|Wladimir Szczerban]], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
# [[User:AnitaGraser|Anita Graser]], GIS specialist with AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, OSGeo Charter member and QGIS team member.
# [[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]], geospatial software engineer, creator of GeoCouch
# [[User:Ivansanchez|Iván Sánchez]], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, head of [http://www.openstreetmap.es OpenStreetMap Spain], [http://osmfoundation.org OpenStreetMap Foundation] member, [http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team] member, [http://www.idee.es/ Spanish SDI working group] member
# [[User:Gabi|Gabriel Carrión]], Strategy Manager at [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG association]
# [http://strk.keybit.net Sandro Santilli], OSGeo Charter Member, [http://postgis.net PostGIS] and [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos GEOS] PSC member and core hacker.
# [[User:Javiarch|Javier Diaz]], member of Geoinquietos Bs As [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Geoinquietos_Buenos_Aires], member of the Organizing Committee FOSS4G Bs As 2013 [http://www.foss4g-ba.org/]
# [[User: JoCook|Jo Cook]], Consultant at [http://isharemaps.com| Astun Technology], former Director of OSGeo, Charter Member, founder of UK Local Chapter, Deputy Chair of [http://2013.foss4g.org| FOSS4G 2013]
# [[User: Fpenarru | Francisco José Peñarrubia]], CTO and co-founder at [http://www.scolab.es SCOLAB]. Members of [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]
# [[User: Ganesh|Shanmugam Ganeshkumar]], Director of [http://www.geoicon.com GeoICON], member OSGeo Malaysia Chapter
# [[User:Barryrowlingson|Barry Rowlingson]], Senior Researcher, Lancaster University and Software Sustainability Institute Fellow
# [[User: Sfkeller|Stefan Keller]], University of Applied Sciences, Rapperswil (Switzerland), Member of Swiss OSM (SOSM) and QGIS association and of organizing committees of pgConf.DE and FOSSGIS 2013, and member of eCH (e-government standards of Switzerland)
# [[User: AndyBMapMan|Andrew Bailey]], OSGeo member, Astun Technology
# [[User: Sanand|Suchith Anand]], OSGeo Charter member, OSGeo Education member, FOSS4G 2013 LOC member
# [[User: krefftc|Carlos Krefft]], GIS software developer at [http://www.cstars.miami.edu CSTARS - University of Miami], OGC and OSGeo Member.
# [[User:Steko|Stefano Costa]], OSGeo member, GFOSS.it member and former board member, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (Italy)
# [[User:pebau|Peter Baumann]], [http://www.jacobs-university.de/lsis Jacobs University], OGC member, WCS.SWG chair, editor of 10+ specs (disclaimer: this is an expression of my personal opinion and not in any way endorsed by OGC)
# [[User:pmbatty|Peter Batty]], CTO of Geospatial Division at [http://www.ubisense.net Ubisense], OSGeo board member, former CTO of [http://intergraph.com Intergraph] and [http://www.gedigitalenergy.com/gis.htm GE Smallworld], Technical Committee member of OGC in its formative years c 1995-97
# [[User: BarendKobben | Barend Köbben]], OSGEO Chartered Member, OSGeo.nl Dutch chapter treasurer, Senior Lecturer at [http://www.itc.nl ITC-University of Twente]
# [[User: pcav | Paolo Cavallini]], [http://www.faunalia.it Faunalia], OSGeo member, GFOSS.it member and former president, QGIS-PSC
# [[User: fthamura| FRans Thamura]], [http://www.osgeo.or.id Indonesia], OSGeo Indonesia, organizer]
# [[User: Endofcap| Sanghee Shin]], Founder and CEO of [http://www.gaia3d.com Gaia3D], OSGeo Charter Member, Representative of [http://www.osgeo.kr OSGeo Korean Chapter], Chairman of Open Source GIS Alliance Korea
# [[User: rentairo| Benni Purwonegoro]],Indonesia, IT-Spatial Engineer @ Geospatial Information Agency .
# [[User: jachym| Jachym Cepicky]], Czech Republic, member of OSGeo Board of Directors
# [[User: cappelaere| Pat Cappelaere]], Vightel Corporation
# [[User: JuergenFischer|Jürgen Fischer]], norBIT GmbH, QGIS core developer
# [[User: Maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], OSGeo Charter member, OSGeo Education member, GIS Professor and Vice Rector for the Como Campus at [http://www.polimi.it/en Politecnico di Milano], Italy
# [[User:Nachouve |Nacho Varela]], GIS Consultant, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
# [[User:vasile |Vasile Craciunescu]], OSGeo Charter member, OSGeo Romania Local Chapter Leader, Researcher at Romanian National Meteorological Administration, Romania
# [[User:badaveil |Abbas Abdul Wahab]], Asst. Director, Federal Department of Town & Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia
# [[User:rbraam | Roy Braam]], Software Engineer @ [http://www.b3partners.nl | B3Partners]
# [[User:peteris | Peteris Bruns]], Latvia, GIS Consultant & Software Engineer @ [http://www.sungis.lv | SunGIS]
# [[User:Lutra | Giovanni Manghi]], Portugal, [http://www.faunalia.pt Faunalia], OSGeo member, OSGeo-Portugal
# [[User:Hfpmartins | Hugo Martins]], UK, [http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk Lutra Consulting], WebGIS Developer, OSGeo-Portugal Member
# [[User:Sabb | Saber Razmjooei]], UK, [http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk Lutra Consulting], Co-Founder
# [[User:Wellsp | Peter Wells]], UK, [http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk Lutra Consulting], Co-Founder
# [[User:SGijzen | Sidney Gijzen]], The Netherlands, Researcher GIS @ [http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/alterra.htm Alterra, Wageningen UR]
# [[User:mfidelman | Miles Fidelman]], US, Principal, Protocol Technologies Group, LLC
# [[User:punkish | Puneet Kishor]], OSGeo Charter Member; [http://www.geology.wisc.edu Geology, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison]; [http://creativecommons.org/staff#puneetkishor Creative Commons]
# [[User:Toze | António José Silva]], Portugal, GIS Consultant, OSGeo-Portugal Member
# [[User:AndreMano | AndreMano]], Portugal, Natural History Society - GIS Department, OSGeo-Portugal Member
# [[User:maurimiranda|Mauricio Miranda]], Argentina, OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Board Member
# [[User:pmachado|Paulo Machado]], Portugal, Software Engineer @ PT Inovação
# [[User:alvaro|Alvaro Anguix]], Spain, General Manager at [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]
# [[Santiago Higuera]], CEO at [http://Mercatorlab.com Mercatorlab], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Board Member, Spain
# [[Alan Boudreault]], Developer at [http://mapgears.com/ Mapgears], contributor to [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR].
# [[User:mikesaunt|Mike Saunt]], UK, Owner at [http://astuntechnology.com Astun Technology Ltd], OSGeo sponsor
# [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]], OSGeo Charter Member, Physical Scientist US Army Corps of Engineers Remote Sensing GIS Center
# [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]], OSGeo Charter Member, Researcher at National Technical University of Athens
# [[User:Kimaidou|Michaël Douchin]], France, GIS consultant & software engineer at [http://3liz.com/ 3liz]
# [[User:PedroVenancio | Pedro Venâncio]], Portugal, GIS Analyst @ Municipality of Pinhel
# [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]], Portugal, GIS Professor at Universidade do Minho
# [[User:Danielkastl| Daniel Kastl]], Japan, [http://georepublic.info Georepublic], Founder
# [[Diodata|John Callahan]], US, Research Scientist and GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist, University of Delaware
# [[User:kjkalyan|Kalyan Janakiraman]], Senior Systems Analyst, Business Development Services, NSW Land and Property Information, Sydney, Australia
# [[User:goliadranger|Phillip Davis]], Director, National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence, Texas, USA
# [[User:simonp|Simon Pigot]], contributor to and PSC member of [http://geonetwork-opensource.org GeoNetwork opensource] (speaking for myself, not an official view of my employer)
# [[User:jbryant|John Bryant]], Consultant, Mammoth Mapping, Dawson City, Canada and GIS/DB Admin, Jupiter Mines, Perth, Australia
# [[ChIossif|Christos Iossifides]], Remote Sensing Instructor, Laboratory Teaching Staff, Remote Sensing Instructor and Researcher, National Technical University of Athens
# [[User:tbowden|Tim Bowden]], Spatial Consultant, Perth, Australia
# [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], GIS Technician, Trento, Italy
# [[User:bartvde|Bart van den Eijnden]], GIS software developer, Utrecht, Netherlands
# [[User:eyedol|Henry Addo]], Software Developer at Ushahidi [http://ushahidi.com], contributor of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]
# [[User:iacovellas|Stefano Iacovella]], GIS consultant & software engineer, Rome, Italy
# [[User:Mtoonen| Meine Toonen]], Software Engineer @ [http://www.b3partners.nl B3Partners], The Netherlands
# [[User:arneke| Arne Kepp]], Software Engineer, Oslo, Norway
# [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer| Pirmin Kalberer]], Managing director [http://sourcepole.com/ Sourcepole], [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS] member, Contributor of [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR], [http://qgis.org QGIS], [http://mapfish.org/ Mapfish], [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS], [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live], Switzerland
# [[User:hdus| Dr. Horst Düster]], Managing director [http://sourcepole.com/ Sourcepole], [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS] member, Treasurer QGIS Project [http://qgis.org QGIS], Zürich, Switzerland
# [[User:rduivenvoorde| Richard Duivenvoorde]], Managing director & software developer [http://www.webmapper.net/ Webmapper], QGIS community member
# [[User:stevenfeldman|Steven Feldman]], Principal at [http://knowwhereconslting.co.uk KnowWhere Consulting] and Chair of the LOC for [http://2013.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2013]
# [[User:Edward_Mac_Gillavry| Edward Mac Gillavry]], Managing director & software developer [http://www.webmapper.net/ Webmapper]
# [[User:maximdubinin| Maxim Dubinin]], CEO at [http://www.nextgis.org/ NextGIS], head of [http://gis-lab.info GIS-Lab.info]
# [[User:flavour| Fran Boon]], PMC Chair at [http://sahanafoundation.org/ Sahana Foundation], CTO of [http://aidiq.com AidIQ]
# [[User:Ian| Ian Edwards]], Chair [http://www.osgeo.org/uk OSGeo:UK]
# [[User:Bishop|Dmitriy Baryshnikov]] Developer at [http://www.nextgis.org/ NextGIS], [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] committer, [http://wxgis.googlecode.com wxGIS] developer, [http://gis-lab.info GIS-Lab.info] community member
# [[User:cvanlith| Chris van Lith]], Director [http://www.b3partners.nl B3Partners], member of [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]
# [[User:VincentP| Vincent Picavet]], co-founder of [http://www.oslandia.com Oslandia], founding member and treasurer of OSGeo-FR
# [[User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai| Stefan A. Tzeggai]], creator of [http://www.geopublishing.org/AtlasStyler AtlasStyler SLD editor], founder of [http://www.empirica-systeme.de empirica systeme gmbh]
# [[User:Rdewit| Roald de Wit]], Geospatial Software Engineer, Melbourne, Australia
# [[User:grizonnetm| Manuel Grizonnet]], working at the [http://www.cnes.fr/ French Space Agency], [http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/ ORFEO ToolBox library] developer
# [[User:RdeMoritoru| Toru Mori]], President & CEO, [http://www.orkney.co.jp Orkney, Inc.], Yokohama, Japan, Representative of OSGeo Japan Chapter, OSGeo Charter Member
# [[User:MarkusSchneider2|Markus Schneider]], TMC chair of the [http://www.deegree.org deegree project], CEO of [http://www.occamlabs.de Occam Labs]
# [[User:elena|Elena Mezzini]], Remote Sensing and GIS Technician, GFOSS.it member, Bologna, Italy
# [[User:Alexbruy|Alexander Bruy]], [http://nextgis.org NextGIS], QGIS core developer
# [[User:Dfurtado | Danilo Furtado]], Portugal, OSGeo member, OSGeo-Portugal
# [[User:Stranger | Andreas Schmitz]], Germany, deegree core developer and TMC member, CTO of [http://www.occamlabs.de Occam Labs]
# [[User:Olt | Oliver Tonnhofer]], Germany, [http://mapproxy.org MapProxy] core developer, founder & CTO of [http://www.omniscale.com Omniscale]
# [[User:Thomas_Baschetti | Thomas Baschetti]], Germany, Freelancer, Mapbender PSC Member, [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS] member
# [[User:IanMayo | Ian Mayo]], GeoSpatial developer, UK
# [[User:imincik | Ivan Mincik]], CEO of [http://www.gista.sk GISTA s.r.o.], Slovakia
# [[User:edmar.moretti | Edmar Moretti]], Software developer, [http://www.i3geo.com i3GEO] core developer, Brazil
# [[User:Moreira | Diego Moreira]], GIS Analyst, Contributor of [http://qgis.org QGIS], Brazil
# [[User:Ginetto | Luigi Pirelli]], Freelance Analyst/Programmer, co-founder of Italian OSGEO Local Chapter [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS.it], Italy

= Summary =

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The document titled "GeoServices REST API" is currently, in May 2013, being considered to be included as one of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. The vote to accept the document as a standard is unusually contentious; the controversy is the cause of this page.

The document was previously released for public comment and can be found [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/89 on the request for public comment page] (though public comment has been closed for now).

The document attempts to standardize a suite of web services such as a service which provides map images, a service which provides geospatial feature data, and a service which performs geospatial processing. The standard focuses on interactions via a defined hierarchy of URLs and using predominantly a particular set of JSON schemas for the exchange of geospatial data.

== Criticism and Response ==

The adoption of the document as an OGC Standard is contentious for a wide variety of reasons including:

* the process through which the document was developed which is thought to lack sufficient flexibility to respond to input from various stakeholders,
* the focus of the document on 'REST' and 'API' which is seen as not matching the ideas others have for these concepts,
* the names of the standard and of the services which are seen as potentially confusing,
* the functionality of the new services which are considered to duplicate that of existing services already standardized by the OGC such as WMS, WFS, WCS, and WPS,
* the addition of a new set of services based on new URL patterns and new JSON exchange formats which is seen as duplicating the efforts of other working groups bringing similar ideas to the updates of existing OGC services,
* the re-introduction in the new services of previously resolved interoperability issues which is seen as failing to build on the existing knowledge and experience,
* the use of the particular JSON schemas which are seen as having little industry acceptance and are incompatible with other widely used schemas, and
* the lack of implementation diversity which is thought to give the vendor of the one complete implementation an unusual commercial advantage on top of the vendor's already dominant position in the domain.

These issues have potential impacts on the use of 'Open Standards' by governments and companies, on the interoperability of software interacting with standards compliant OGC services, on the costs to developers and users of standards compliant software, on the understanding of 'Open Standards' by the public at large, and, possibly, on the reputation of the OGC as a champion of interoperability.

In particular there are concerns by some that adoption of the standard will likely result in a combination of the following:
# The cost to application developers, systems integrators, testers and sponsors to support all relevant OGC standards will be substantially increased.
# Consequently, organisations and/or applications may choose to only support one standard, or only support one standard fully.
# Sponsors (such as governments) who require compliance with OGC standards will discover that applications don't communicate together, due to applications supporting different OGC standards that essentially do the same thing.
# This will result in a diminished importance of OGC, as the "OGC standards" stamp of approval will not equate interoperability.
# After a while, in order to solve interoperability issues, a respected international organisation or program will likely take the initiative to mandate one standard as the preferred standard for all agencies to follow. To date, the OGC has provided this leadership.
# One standard taking prominance over the other will likely lead to the other being neglected or deprecated, resulting in many OGC compliant systems becoming legacy systems in the process. This should be considered an undesirable outcome for a standards organisation.

In response to these issues, the authors of the Geoservices REST API document have stated that:

* the process of the OGC has been followed completely,
* the specification actually is RESTful and does define an API,
* the name, due to the controversy, may be open for modification
* the OGC does not forbid duplication of service functionality, already has duplication between the W*S and the S*S (sensor) family of standards, should not block progress in the name of 'one true way', and harmonization between the services can be considered in the future,
* the JSON format exists and functions, and
* there are alternative implementations for some of these services.

The authors also stress that the existence of a large user base shows the service is useful, and that the standardization of the services at the OGC may encourage new implementations.

= Positions on the vote =
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The discussion raises a number of issues, many based upon complex technical concepts and implications. This makes it difficult for voting OGC members considering whether to support "Geoservices REST API" as a standard. The following provides one analysis of the positions on the vote, aimed to simplify and summarize key points. However, it does not necessarily represent the opinions held by all signatories above.

; The pros for accepting the "Geoservices REST API" document as an OGC standard:

:* The OGC should be in the business of developing good standards, not in choosing which standards should be implemented.
:* The proposers of the document want to make a standard and have followed all the rules of the OGC. The work of any such group of members deserves serious, good faith consideration.
:* The need for an integrated suite of services using simple data, which is addressed (partially) by the document, is real. The proposed document is pushing the OGC on this issue.
:* The proposed document could be useful to a number of people.
:* The proposed document is not significantly more broken than the existing standards of the OGC. As one author of standards [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011667.html notes]:
:''"I know how totally impossible it is to write a good standard, so the weaknesses in the existing document seem more acceptable."''

; The cons:

:* The OGC actually is, whether it should be or not, in the position of recommending interoperable standards for geospatial services. The proposed document is not good enough, not widely enough implemented, and not publicly supported enough, to be considered at the same level as existing standards.
:* Adopting a standard implies a desire to maintain the standard, but OGC's desire to support this approach has been questioned by some. In particular, the lack of collaboration and willingness to accept recommendations from the community on this version of the "Geoservices REST API" document bodes ill for the future.
:* The overlap in functionality between the proposed services and the existing services, notably with the ongoing work to modularize the existing services, is almost 100 percent. However, compatibility is low.
:* There is already a published document: http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/geoservices-rest-spec.pdf so there is no need for the document to be adopted as an OGC Standard merely for interoperability with the ESRI implementation.
:* The document, as a new, separate effort, repeats mistakes which were made and since solved by the other services.
:* The document focuses on the past (notably with backwards compatibility and use of only GET/POST) not on the future.
:* The document needs a comprehensive editorial review and substantial rewriting for clarity.

; A conclusion:

Both simple answers are bad.

A simple acceptance of the standard would introduce a new set of 'OGC approved' open services. The OGC approval might enable governments to buy a XXXX-new-name-here-XXXX solution instead of a W*S or a S*S solution. The path forwards towards harmonizing the services is unclear. Fixing this document in addition to fixing the W*S services will be a pain.

Simply rejecting the solution would be bad for the OGC. It would place the OGC in the position of picking winners and losers in the standards business. It would mean that the OGC is stuck on the project of fixing the W*S standards to meet some nebulous future functionality without having any path to get there. It would discourage innovation and progress.

Is there any third way?

Well, actually, there is a different way of thinking of the issue. Overall, there appears to be a shared desire for an integrated suite of geospatial services, originally focused on a simple data model, built on the exchange of well defined resources in simple formats including JSON, accessible and usable using the core HTTP verbs, and discoverable through following HTML links and patterns of URL paths. The hope is that such a suite can be designed based on the best expertise of the OGC, can be widely supported by the community, and can be implemented and tested by multiple groups. Neither the proposed document, nor the current services meet this vision. So the work, ultimately, is on improving all the services at the OGC, first to modularize them, then to enable simple implementations, and finally to link those implementations into a functional suite. Since this is the work that is already happening, perhaps the vote is an unfortunate distraction and the productive way forward is merely to redouble the efforts to create the next versions of the standards.

= Issues with the document =

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Beyond the controversy described above, there are issues with the Geoservices REST API document itself. Even if the standard deserves support, these issues could be considered blockers to the adoption of the current, May 2013, document.

The critique is incomplete because it quickly falls into a full editorial review of the text, something which takes a lot of time and effort and is beyond the scope and intent of this Open Letter.

The critique can be found at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API_critique.

Note that some of these critiques hold the document to OGC's current, standards writing guidelines. The OGC has been striving to develop better standards so new standards must meet higher requirements than past standards. The lack of clarity in the proposed document is not substantially worse than many published standards but ought to be resolved in new standards.

= Further Concerns =
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== Political Concerns ==

* <strike>Adopting the standard will expose the OGC to a strong suspicion of acting as a rubber stamp organization under ESRI weight, and will be detrimental to its recognized position as a reference organization for geospatial standards.</strike>
* <strike>It is a dubious practice that a standardization organisation promotes competing standards, without explicitely obsoleting (or at least recommending) some of them. How is a newcomer to the industry supposed to select the appropriate standard if several ones share the same scope : WFS or GeoServices REST API Feature Service, WMS or GeoServices REST API Map Service, etc. ?</strike>

== Commercial Concerns ==

* <strike>Promoting standards from an existing implementation made by a single vendor leads to an obvious bias in competition.</strike>
* <strike>Supporting multiple overlapping standards greatly reduces usability while it increases complexity and cost of development and maintenance.</strike>
* <strike>Many SME's have invested in supporting existing OGC standards in their products. They will be forced to choose the standards they support (and can explain), resulting in decreased interoperability, confusion and frustration for clients.</strike>
* <strike>Confusing customers with new, overlapping OGC standards will lower the credibility of companies and of OGC, reducing business opportunities.</strike>

== Technical Concerns ==

* <strike>The Geoservices REST API overlaps in large proportion with existing OGC standards such as WMS, WCS, WFS, WMTS, CSW, with no effort made to reconcile with those standards.</strike>
* The standardization of WKT for Spatial reference systems is unfortunately currently quite weak in OGC standards. Geoservices REST API is tied with ESRI's version of WKT, which is not properly specified in the Geoservices REST API documents, and is known to be incompatible with other OGC documents, which will lead to a larger confusion. See the following [http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-July/000166.html comment] for more details on this issue.
* <strike>The Geoservices REST API is not particularly RESTful - it's a thinly disguised service call, not an address space for RESTful objects that can be operated on.</strike>
* see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API_critique#The_Technical_Approach this discussion] for detailed arguments why OGC WCS is superior to the "GeoServices REST API" Part 6. It concludes: ''In summary, the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" Imaging part is at a technological level where WCS departed from some 5 years ago. Inconciseness of the specification at large will make it difficult for third parties to come up with interoperable implementations. The components making up the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" provide natural blocks assignable to the matching SWGs. As for Part 6 of the ESRI "Geoservice REST API", if to become a standard it needs to be discussed in the WCS.SWG for harmonization, clarification, and improvement.''

== Methodological Concerns ==

# Ten months after submitting, no public response (nor private to the authors of the comments) has been made to the various comments sent on the OGC Requests mailing list in [[http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-July/date.html July 2012]] and [[http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-August/date.html August 2012]] during the 30 day public comments period.
# The Geoservices REST API can not be amended (other than editorial changes in the specification document), because of a requirement of backward compatibility with ESRI implementation. Consequently, the standard is unlikely to improve, or its evolution will be only lead by ESRI.
# OGC standards normally require interoperability experiments and a richer process to ratify a standard such as this one. No explanation has been forthcoming as to why a simplified process is appropriate in this case.

A response (from Adrian Custer):

# The OGC is working to release those documents to the public as of 9 May 2013.
# Work on the next version of the document can take any perspective acceptable to those working on the document. (The OGC has no method in place in case two groups want to evolve the document in two different directions.)
# That is not true, the OGC does not require interoperability experiments or some "richer process" for the adoption of a standard; that may be desirable but is not required.

= Further Reading =
''Please add links to referenced documents, related news stories or blog posts here.''
* Call for comments on GeoServices REST API: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/89
* Email archive of OSGeo discussions about GeoServices REST API: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/thread.html
* Adrian Custer's summary of technical issues (and original source of some content in this letter): http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011667.html
* "Is OGC Loosing its way?", letter to OGC Voters, from OGC Interoperability Movement Team Leaders, http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011632.html

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