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Geoservices REST API

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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
# [[User:kyle | Kyle Shannon]] Software Developer, contributor of [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR], United States
# [[User:DMateos | David Mateos]], worker member at [http://www.terrativa.net Terrativa S. Coop.] and OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
# [[Luis Franco]], researcher and GIS analyst at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
# [[User:groldan | Gabriel Roldan]], Software Developer, Argentina, OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member

= Summary =

''Please don't edit this section - it is now locked to ensure editorial review. You may send comments to Cameron Shorter AT gmail .com''

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 =
''Please don't edit this section - it is now locked to ensure editorial review. You may send comments to Cameron Shorter AT gmail .com''

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 =

''Please don't edit this section - it is now locked to ensure editorial review. You may send comments to Cameron Shorter AT gmail .com''

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 =
--- DRAFT ____

''Please add concerns not addressed above as bullet points below. Where appropriate, link to external web pages (such as email achieves). Try to be concise, and try not to repeat concepts which have been covered above, (less words get read by more people). Points you have previously added, which are now covered above should be removed. Words that have been struck out will be removed by Tuesday 14 May.''

== 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

[[Category: OGC]]
[[Category: Standards]]

FOSS4G Buenos Aires

2012-09-06T22:34:34Z

Wiki-Groldan: /* Comité Organizador */

Estos son los ítems que surgieron de la [[Primera Reunión Geoinquietos Buenos Aires|primera reunión]] de geoinquietos en Buenos Aires.

La idea es ir agregando y completando los ítems en la medida que vayamos avanzando con la organización, por lo que nada de lo siguiente está 100% definido todavía.

= Dimensión y Presupuesto =

* La idea es pensar en unos 300 participantes.

= Target =

* Decisores de distintos organismos de gobierno
* Empleados estatales relacionados con el SIG
* Universidades
* IDERA
* Público general

= Sponsors =
* El Ministerio del Interior podría pagar plazas y/o pasajes para capacitación en SL
* OSGeo podría llegar a proveer copias del Live DVD
* ONTI?
* IGN?
* INDEC?
* DEFENSA?
* Habría que ver que tipo de ayuda podría ofrecer OGC
* Aceptamos sponsorship del lado oscuro?

= Promoción y difusión =

* Jornadas gvSIG
** Montevideo
** Mar del Plata
** Santiago
* CISL 2012

= Key speakers =

* Pagamos pasajes?

= Personería Jurídica =

Queda a cargo de [http://www.solar.org.ar/ SOLAR].

Contacto responsable:
Horacio Arroyo - harroyo@solar.org.ar

= Lugar =

===Requerimientos===
* 1 sala con capacidad para 300+ personas
* 3 salas con capacidad para 40+ personas
* WiFi
* Preferentemente gratuito
* Proyectores en cada sala
* Sonido en cada sala
* Espacio para break/lunch
* Accesibilidad al lugar (transporte público)

===Candidatos===

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5"

|-
! Lugar
! Sala Grande
! Salas chicas
! Wi-Fi
! Comedor
! Costo
! Contacto

|- valign="top"
| Facultad de Ciencias Exactas - UBA
| Anfiteatro para 780 personas
| 10 salas para 100+ personas con pizarrones y proyectores [1]
| Hay wi-fi, que soporta 100+ conexiones
| Comedor amplio, con vista al río, a 100 metros
| Gratuito
| Hernán Alperin

|- valign="top"
| Instituto Geográfico Nacional
| Auditorio para 180-200 personas
| Varios salones pequeños
|
|
| Gratuito
| Julio Benedetti

|- valign="top"
| Centro Argentino de Ingenieros
|
|
|
|
| Gratuito?
| Miguel Blanco

|}

[1] Los sábados están casi todas libres y de lunes a viernes habría que coordinar para compartirlas con las clases regulares.

= Precio de la entrada =

Algunos precios de otras conferencias de geomática libre:

* FOSS4G 2010 (Barcelona) = € 400 (3 días)
* FOSS4G 2011 (Denver) = USD 500 (3 días)
* Jornadas de SIG Libre 2012 (Girona) = € 225 (2 días)
* FOSS4G North America 2012 (Washington DC) = USD 350 (2 días)
* FOSS4G CEE 2012 (Praga) = € 110 (2 días)
* FOSS4G 2012 (Beijing) = USD 550 (3 días)

En todas estas conferencias los talleres se cobran aparte. En algunas por el día completo de talleres y en otras por cada taller.

= Catering =

= Comité Organizador =

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5"

|-
! Grupo
! Miembros
! Tareas

|- valign="top"
| Chairman
|
| Dirección general

|- valign="top"
| Comité general
| Mauricio Miranda, Malena Libman, Miguel Blanco, Hernán Olivera, Andrés Juarez, Gustavo Gonzalez, Horacio Castellaro, Gabriela Ackermann, Horacio Arroyo
| Lugar, Servicios, Catering, Sponsors, Inscripción, Recepción, etc.

|- valign="top"
| Comité científico/académico
| Gabriel Asato, Marina Miraglia, Mariana Horlent, Hernán Alperin, Gabriel Roldán
| Análisis, aprobación y distribución de presentaciones

|- valign="top"
| Comité de marketing/Difusión
| Javier Díaz, Manuel Retamozo
| Website, Twitter, Facebook, Mailing, Merchandising, Papelería, etc.

|}

= Fechas =

* Se propone fines de abril como potencial fecha.

* 1 día de talleres y 2 días de charlas

* Codesprint? Hackaton?

* Talleres previos de nivelación?

= Charlas =

* 30' o 60'?
* Multitrack?
* Control de calidad de los abstracts
* La idea es que las charlas no sean muy técnicas sino más bien que presenten caso de uso de FOSS4G.

= Talleres =

[[Category:Español]]
[[Category:Iniciativas Locales]]
[[Category:Geoinquietos Buenos Aires]]

Benchmarking 2011

2011-09-12T18:00:17Z

Wiki-Groldan: /* Server Ports */

== Basic Premise ==

Following up on [[Benchmarking 2010|last year's exercise]], the performance shoot-out presentation at [[FOSS4G2011]] will test how long each Web mapping server takes to generate a map image, from a common set of spatial data, on a common platform. The data will be served by each Web mapping server through the WMS standard, which will serve exactly the same set of LAYERS. A JMeter load will be run on the testing box to measure various aspects of those layers.

== Communication ==

Coordination/communication is primarily via the Benchmarking mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/benchmarking

Weekly meetings will occur through IRC chat in the #foss4g channel on irc.freenode.net (you can use [http://webchat.freenode.net/ webchat] to connect in browser)

=== Next IRC Meeting ===

* Wed August 3rd, 2011 @ [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2011&month=08&day=03&hour=14&min=0&sec=0 14:00:00 UTC]
** Provisional Agenda:
*** Status of OSM vector styling from all teams
*** Discuss rasters to be used
*** Discuss testing methodology

=== Previous IRC Meetings ===

* [[Benchmarking_2011/MeetingLog | Meeting Log]]

== Participants ==

''Server Teams:''

{| border="1"
|-
| '''Mapping Server'''
| '''Development Team Leader'''
| '''Confirmed'''
|-
| Cadcorp GeognoSIS
| [[User:Mpd|Martin Daly]]
| Yes
|-
| Constellation-SDI
| [[User:Desruisseaux|Martin Desruisseaux]], [[User:Eclesia|Johann Sorel]]
| Yes
|-
| GeoServer
| Andrea Aime, [[User:groldan|Gabriel Roldan]]
| Yes
|-
| Mapnik
| [[User:Springmeyer|Dane Springmeyer]]
| Yes
|-
| MapServer
| [[User:Jmckenna|Jeff McKenna]], [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]]
| Yes
|-
| QGIS Server
| [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]], Marco Hugentobler
| Yes
|}

''Data Teams:''

{| border="1"
|-
| '''Data Package'''
| '''Team Leader'''
| '''Comment'''
|-
| [http://imposm.org/docs/imposm/latest/ Imposm]
| Oliver Tonnhofer
| tool to be used to import OSM data
|-
| SPOT imagery
| [[User:Jeffaudi|Jean-Francois (Jeff) Faudi]]
|
|}

''Not Participating:''

{| border="1"
|-
| '''Mapping Server'''
| '''Development Team Leader'''
| '''Comment'''
|-
| Erdas Apollo
| [mailto:dimitri.monie@erdas.com Dimitri Monie]
| Response from Luc Donea: Unable to participate
|-
| ESRI ArcServer
| Satish Sankaran
| discussing internally
|-
| MapGuide Open Source
| TBD (contacted mapguide-internals)
| Response from Jason Birch: Unable to participate
|}

== Timeline ==

{| border="1"
|-
| January 1st, 2011
| begin contacting all mapping servers
|-
| March 1st, 2011
| commitment due by all interested mapping servers
|-
| March 2nd, 2011
| exercise begins (and weekly meetings)
|-
| June 1st, 2011
| final testing begins (no more changes to data/styles/hardware, but changes to software is allowed)
|-
| September 1st, 2011
| no further testing
|-
| September 2nd, 2011
| final results due from all teams
|-
| September 12-16, 2011
| present results at FOSS4G2011
|}

== Rules of Engagement (DRAFT) ==

# All parties must contribute any changes that they make to their software for this exercise, back to their community. Note that the changes don't have to be contributed before the conference, just in a reasonable period of time.
# Comparisons will be made of the best available version of the software, be it a formal release or a development version.
# One test will be run: a 'baseline' test with the data in any format desired, but teams cannot generalize or change the data's resolution from its raw values.
# Teams must document all steps they did to manipulate the data/server (such as spatial indexes created etc.). If a team does not document the steps on this wiki then that team's test results will not be used.
# WMS output formats to be used will be png8 and png24 where possible

== Documenting Server Setup ==

It is the responsibility of each team to document their setup with regard to configuration details, setup notes, and differences between other servers in how data might be accessed/indexed.

Notes for each server:

* [[Benchmarking_2011/Mapnik_notes | Mapnik]]
* [[Benchmarking_2011/Cadcorp_notes | Cadcorp]]
* [[Benchmarking_2011/MapServer_notes | MapServer]]
* [[Benchmarking_2011/QGIS_notes | QGIS Server]]

Stylesheets and scripts in svn using a directory named wms/{year}/{servername}:

* [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapnik Mapnik]
* [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/benchmarking/wms/2011/cadcorp Cadcorp]
* [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapserver MapServer]
* [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/benchmarking/wms/2011/qgis QGIS Server]

== Testing Tool ==

JMeter is used since it can read a list of bbox's via CSV, and the machine that applies load has been updated with Jmeter 2.5 (the latest stable release at the time of the benchmark): http://www.reverse.net/pub/apache//jakarta/jmeter/binaries/jakarta-jmeter-2.5.zip

Jmeter can be run from the command line like:

/home/jmeterusr/jakarta-jmeter-2.5/bin/jmeter

== Server Ports ==

Each server has access to a range of ports for testing:

Mapserver - 8080 - 8089

Mapnik - 8090 - 8099

Cadcorp - 4326 - 4335

Constellation - 8100 - 8109

GeoServer - 8110 - 8119

== Datasets ==

=== OSM Vectors ===
* [[Benchmarking_2011/DB_Schema]]
* [[Benchmarking_2011/Imposm]]

CSV Files created with

<code> ./run_wms_request.sh -count 2200 -region -109 37 -102 41 -minsize 64 64 -maxsize 1024 768 -minres "2.5e-06" -maxres 0.000755 -srs 4326 -srs2 3857 -filter_within colorado.shp </code>

Sample styling:

* [http://12.189.158.78:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv6?MAP=/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapserver/osm-google.map&layers=default&mode=map&map_imagetype=png&mapext=-11690811.758434+4826833.1534376+-11687378.549609+4830266.3622626&imgext=-11690811.758434+4826833.1534376+-11687378.549609+4830266.3622626&map_size=800+800&imgx=400&imgy=400&imgxy=800+800 mapserv6]
** [http://12.189.158.78:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv6?MAP=/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapserver/osm-google.map&mode=browse&template=openlayers&layers=default MapServer Linux (with OpenLayers)]
** [http://12.189.158.75:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?MAP=C:/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapserver/osm-google.map&mode=browse&template=openlayers&layers=default MapServer Win64 (with OpenLayers)]

* [http://12.189.158.78:8091/?SRS=EPSG:3857&LAYERS=__all__&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&BBOX=-11690811.758434,4826833.1534376,-11687378.549609,4830266.3622626&WIDTH=800&HEIGHT=800 mapnik]

=== DEM Hillshading ===

Sample styling:

* [http://12.189.158.78:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv6?MAP=/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapserver/hill-google.map&layers=hillshade&mode=map&map_imagetype=png&mapext=-11947611.487019+4524873.854257+-11508160.757419+4964324.583857&imgext=-11947611.487019+4524873.854257+-11508160.757419+4964324.583857&map_size=800+800&imgx=400&imgy=400&imgxy=800+800 MapServer 6 Hillshade]

=== DEM Hillshading + OSM Vectors ===

* MapServer 6 Hillshade + OSM Vectors - [http://12.189.158.78:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv6?MAP=/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapserver/hill-google.map&layers=hillshade%20default&mode=map&map_imagetype=png&mapext=-11741344.300813+4772064.889657+-11631481.618413+4881927.572057&imgext=-11741344.300813+4772064.889657+-11631481.618413+4881927.572057&map_size=800+800&imgx=400&imgy=400&imgxy=800+800 Linux] [http://12.189.158.75:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?MAP=C:/benchmarking/wms/2011/mapserver/hill-google.map&layers=hillshade%20default&mode=map&map_imagetype=png&mapext=-11741344.300813+4772064.889657+-11631481.618413+4881927.572057&imgext=-11741344.300813+4772064.889657+-11631481.618413+4881927.572057&map_size=800+800&imgx=400&imgy=400&imgxy=800+800 Win64]

OSM Vector Style changes:
LandN layers turned off (they provide background color)
LanduseN layers set to 70% opacity

==Running JMeter==

JMeter is run using VNC (port 5901) on the Jmeter server.

==JMeter Results==

There are 2 scripts for summarizing and ploting the JMeter results from benchmarking

1). opt/scripts/2011/jmeter/charts/plotter.py
Takes 3 arguments
1). The jmeter output
2). A String to put on the title of the chart
3). Normal or seed to determine how many thread loops

Example usage:

<code>/opt/scripts/2011/jmeter/charts/plotter.py jmeter_summary_vector-3857-linux-fcgi.txt "MapServer Linux Fast CGI 3857" normal</code>

<code>/opt/scripts/2011/jmeter/charts/plotter.py jmeter_summary_vector_hill_seed_fcgi_3857.txt "MapServer Linux Seed Hillshade Fast CGI 3857" seed</code>

2). /opt/scripts/2011/jmeter/charts/summarizer.py

This will produced the summary tables from the Jmeter results

Example usage:

<code>/opt/scripts/2011/jmeter/charts/summarizer.py jmeter_summary_vector-3857-linux-cgi.txt > ms_vector-3857-linux-cgi.txt</code>

== SVN ==

* The project files (minus data) are stored in Subversion (http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/benchmarking/wms/2011/). If you need commit access contact jmckenna on IRC.

* Data are only stored on the server at '/benchmarking/wms/2011/data/'

* ''existing committers can add new OSGeoID users through this page: https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_group.py?group=osgeo''

== Hardware ==

Contact [User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith] with any questions about this hardware or for login credentials.

windows_wms_bm (windows server)
* System Type: Dell PowerEdge R410
* Ship Date: 7/7/2010
* Processor: Intel® Xeon® E5630 2.53Ghz, 12M Cache,Turbo, HT, 1066MHz Max Mem
* 8GB Memory (4x2GB), 1333MHz Dual Ranked RDIMMs for 1Processor, Optimized
* 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA
* OS: Windows Server 64bit

linux_wms_bm (linux server)
* System Type: Dell PowerEdge R410
* Ship Date: 7/7/2010
* Processor: Intel® Xeon® E5630 2.53Ghz, 12M Cache,Turbo, HT, 1066MHz Max Mem
* 8GB Memory (4x2GB), 1333MHz Dual Ranked RDIMMs for 1Processor, Optimized
* 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA
* OS: Centos 5.5 x86-64

== External Related Links ==

* [http://www.slideshare.net/gatewaygeomatics.com/wms-performance-shootout-2010 FOSS4G2010 Benchmarking Presentation]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/gatewaygeomatics.com/wms-performance-shootout FOSS4G2009 Benchmarking Presentation]
* [[FOSS4G Benchmark|FOSS4G WMS Benchmark]]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmstester/ WMSTester - tool for testing not from OSGeo]

----

[[Category:FOSS4G2011]] [[Category:FOSS4G]]

Benchmarking 2011

2011-01-28T02:29:30Z

Wiki-Groldan: /* Potential Participants */

Sudamerica

2010-11-09T11:15:53Z

Wiki-Groldan: /* Lista de Participantes */

(''This is a Spanish speaking page for South America. It came into existence during an [[Resultados del Tutorial ISSTOCAM WebGIS | ISSTOCAM WebGIS]] course. Some participants left their traces in this Wiki. Contact them or hack the corresponding page if you are interested to further this local chapter, workgroup, page of interest or whatever it will turn out to be.'')

'''Hola America del Sur! Aqui se unen las personas interesadas en FOSS Geo.'''

Bienvenido al nuevo foro de software geográfico libre en español.

----
; Los usuarios de Sudamerica estan invitados a participar en [[Español]] para crear una comunidad mas grande y completa.
----
== Noticias Actuales ==
* Invitación al [[III Encuentro Nacional de Usuarios MapServer]] en Brasil.

== Lista de Participantes ==
* [[User:Koen Verbist]]
* [[User:Manuel Soto]]
* [http://www.cccp.org.co/ Ruby Viviana Ortiz]
* [[User:ljarias | Leonardo Arias]]
* [[User:Jaime Astete]]
* [[User:Danitza Guerra]]
* [[User:Myrian Tamayo]]
* [[User:pieterdeckers | User:Pieter Deckers]]
* [[User:Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:jcollao | Juan Francisco Collao]]
* [[User:delphins | Jaime M. Tan Nozawa]]
* [[User:mrbardalez | Manuel Rodriguez Bardalez]]
* [[User:Yecarrillo | Eduin Yesid Carrillo]]
* [[User:Elpbatista | Jorge L. Batista E]]
* [[User:orielromero | Oriel Romero]]
* [[User:Pierre Vernier | Pierre Vernier]]
* [[User:Gabriel Roldan | Gabriel Roldán]]

= Tutorial =
La Fundación OSGeo organiza información sobre software libre y abierto (Free & Open Source). Para conocer más acerca de las actividades que adelanta la Fundación OSGeo consulte la sección "Documentos" del [https://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org/ Visibility Committee].

== Cambio de Paradigma en GIS ==
El artículo [http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/years/2006/jan/18_1.htm Proprietary to Open Source: A paradigm shift] publicado en [http://www.gisdevelopment.net/ GIS@Development] describe cómo desarrollar SIG (Sistemas de Información Geográfica -GIS) con estándares del [http://www.opengeospatial.org OGC] (Open Geospatial Consortium) y SOA (Service Oriented Architectures).

== Free Software ==
...a licensing model

== Open Source ==
...a development methodology

== Resultados ==
Los siguientes capturas de pantalla muestran algunos resultados de cinco (5) días de trabajo con OSGeo software que pueden ser encontrados en la página de Wiki [[Resultados del Tutorial ISSTOCAM WebGIS]].

= Interoperabilidad =
Spatial data does not stop at given borders. Therefore it is important to make the systems that host them interoperable. One standards organization in the spatial realm is the [http://www.opengeospatial.org OGC] (Open Geospatial Consortium) who defined the interface specifications WMS to get maps and WFS to get the corresponding features. Those features are coded in an XML schmea called GML (Geographic Markup Language) another standard as defined by OGC. In the following section some of these services can be seen and tested.

== WMS Services ==
Use el [http://mapbender.telascience.org/ OSGeo Mapbender installacion] para crear una cuenta.

Inicie sesión con la nueva cuenta. De la lista desplegada seleccione y abra la interfase de usuario llamada <tt>gui</tt>. (Como un tip, es más fácil usando el explorador [http://www.mozilla.com/ Firefox] porque puede abrir varias pestañas en una misma ventana y además contiene herramientas para analizar las aplicaciones Web).

Una vez abierta la interfase podrá observar varios servicios que provienen de diferentes partes del mundo (para poder acceder a dichos servicios necesitas estar en línea!). Recorre la interfase y observa diferentes datasets.

Puedes adicionar más servicios digitando el servicio llamado Capabilities Request. Abre el botón llamado <tt>Adding WMS</tt> y digite en siguiente solicitud del WMS GetCapabilities:
* http://siaiacad09.univali.br/cgi-bin/map461?map=/home/apache/mapserv/simmam/simmam.map&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS ("Capabilities URL" de un viejo servidor de prueba de Brasil generosamente proporcionado por [http://www.univali.br/ Univali])

Da clic en el símbolo "Show service metadata", donde podrás ver toda la URL que produce el mapa combinado:

# [http://www2.demis.nl/wms/wms.asp?wms=WorldMap&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&LAYERS=Bathymetry,Countries,Topography,Hillshading,Builtup%20areas,Coastlines,Waterbodies,Inundated,Rivers,Streams,Railroads,Highways,Roads,Trails,Borders,Cities,Settlements,Spot%20elevations,Airports,Ocean%20features&STYLES=,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-106.98287176064954,-80.08458458458459,80.98287176064954,89.08458458458459&WIDTH=500&HEIGHT=450&FORMAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xffffff&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage DEMIS]
# [http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi?VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&LAYERS=global_mosaic&STYLES=&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-106.98287176064954,-80.08458458458459,80.98287176064954,89.08458458458459&WIDTH=500&HEIGHT=450&FORMAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xffffff&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_xml JPL World Map (NASA)]
# [http://wms1.ccgis.de/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/data/umn/germany/germany.map&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&LAYERS=Topographie,Staedte,Postleitzahlbereiche,Bahnlinien,Fluesse,Strassen,Staedtepunkte,Postleitzahlbereichname,Staedtenamen&STYLES=,,,,,,,,&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-106.98287176064954,-80.08458458458459,80.98287176064954,89.08458458458459&WIDTH=500&HEIGHT=450&FORMAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xffffff&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage Germany]
# [http://wms1.ccgis.de/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/data/umn/mapbender_user/mapbender_user.map&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&LAYERS=Mapbender_User,Mapbender_Names&STYLES=,&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-106.98287176064954,-80.08458458458459,80.98287176064954,89.08458458458459&WIDTH=500&HEIGHT=450&FORMAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xffffff&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage Mapbender Users]
# [http://200.169.63.95/cgi-bin/map461?map=/home/apache/mapserv/simmam/simmam.map&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&LAYERS=shp_brasil&STYLES=&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-106.98287176064954,-80.08458458458459,80.98287176064954,89.08458458458459&WIDTH=500&HEIGHT=450&FORMAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xffffff&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage Brazil] (The Brazil Service has been added dynamically, pls observe that some layers do not work properly)
# El [http://www.invemar.org.co/noticias.jsp?id=2387&idcat=105 servicio Invemar para Monitoreo de Calidad de Aguas Marinas y Costeras] no es estandarizado.

== WFS Services ==
No existen muchos WFS abiertos para el público. Un servidor se usa para mantener un mapa de usuarios de Mapbender.

* http://wms1.ccgis.de/geoserver/wfs/GetCapabilities?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=wfs&VERSION=1.0.0

Este servicio esta incluido en la GUI <tt>gui</tt> de Mapbender. Una Explicación está disponible en las páginas [http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/OGC_WFS OGC WFS] de Mapbender.

=== GeoServer ===
* Instale http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/

== Catalog Service ==
http://geodata.telascience.org:8080/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home

== Enlaces de Interés ==
#Presentaciones relacionadas con Mapbender / MapServer /PostgreSQL [http://www.mapbender.org/presentations http://www.mapbender.org/presentations]
#Portal de Mapserver [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/]
#Mapfile Elementos de Cartografía [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/cartosymbols Mapfile Elementos de Cartografia]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

User:Groldan

2010-02-20T15:14:15Z

Wiki-Groldan: New page: [http://opengeo.org/about/team/gabriel.roldan/ OpenGeo] contact: groldan at opengeo dot org

[http://opengeo.org/about/team/gabriel.roldan/ OpenGeo]

contact: groldan at opengeo dot org

New York Code Sprint 2010

2010-02-20T15:10:11Z

Wiki-Groldan: /* Participation */

[[Image:i_osgeo_ny.png|right]]

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger problems (as done last year at the [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009]]). This code sprint is targeting members of the "C Tribe" (eg, Mapserver, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS, MapGuide). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course, but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

We have started a [[New York Code Sprint 2010 Agenda]] page for preliminary planning of tasks.

== Timing ==

Dates: February 20 to 23, 2010.

Duration: Four days (Saturday to Tuesday) from approximately 9am-4pm

== Venue ==

The Open Planning Project and OpenGeo will be hosting the event this year, in a penthouse event room ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/philaestheta/3922525728/in/set-72157622375114194/ pic1], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/92995391@N00/4081335110/ pic2], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/92995391@N00/4080572085/ pic3], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/92995391@N00/4080570151/ pic4]) on the top floor of their offices ([http://maps.google.com/maps?q=148+Lafayette+Street+new+york Map]), providing us a beautiful space and free internet access for the duration.

[http://openplans.org/ The Open Planning Project] 
148 Lafayette Street 
New York, New York 
10013, USA 
Telephone: 212.796.4220 

=== Weekend Access ===

Access on the weekend will be complicated due to the main lobby being locked. If you leave the venue, remember to '''bring your cellphone''' so you can call up to get let back in. '''Call or text Paul @ 1-250-885-0632''' if you find yourself locked out.

== Sponsors ==

We will again be looking for sponsors ($750) to support food and fun for the sprinters as they work hard and play hard for four productive days. Each $750 sponsorship will be put towards lunch and dinner costs for the sprinters, and potentially bringing in sprinters who might otherwise be unable to attend.

To sponsor, please contact Paul Ramsey (pramsey at cleverelephant dot ca) directly.

=== 2010 Sponsors ===

* [http://www.lizardtech.com/ LizardTech]
* [http://www.coordinatesolutions.com Coordinate Solutions]
* [http://www.qpublic.net/ qPublic.net]
* [http://fargeo.com/ Farallon Geographics]
* [http://www.avencia.com/ Avencia]
* [http://opengeo.org/ OpenGeo]

== Budget ==

The current budget is online [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tMuTwbIOm-O6Bm6v9l7RG4g&single=true&gid=0&output=html here]. Any surplus at the end of the event will be turned over to [http://osgeo.org/ OSGeo].

== Hotel ==

'''Group Rate: $149''' 
Holiday Inn SoHo ([http://maps.google.com/maps?q=138+Lafayette+ST+NY,+NY+10013 Map]) 
138 Lafayette Street 
New York, New York 10013 
Phone: 212-966-8898 
Fax: 212-941-4123

[http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI&regionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=OPP&hotelCode=NYCDT&_PMID=99801505 CLICK HERE] for the group reservation page. The block rate '''expires January 29'''.

Please ensure that the dates you are reserving fall within 2/19-2/23 or you may get an "unavailable" page. If you cannot book using the form, please phone the hotel and cite your affiliation with "The Open Planning Project GROUP"

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to New York, variable depending on where you are.
* Accommodation for four nights, $300 to $600 depending on what room you choose and whether you room share.
* Breakfast, dinner and other snacks.
* The sponsorship moneys will be put towards: morning snacks, lunches, dinner (1), social event (?)

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint

* IRC chat during the event: Channel: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participation ==

We are planning for attendance of 20-40. Please add your name and the projects you are hoping to sprint on, if you have a strong intention to attend.

* [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] (PostGIS, Mapserver, Proj)
* [[User:mpg|Michael P. Gerlek (or someone like me)]] (liblas, anything touching MrSID, other stuff tbd)
* Steve Lime (MapServer)
* [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] (Mapserver)
* [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] (MapServer)
* [[User:aboudreault|Alan Boudreault]] (MapServer)
* [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] (MapServer)
* [[User:olivier.courtin|Olivier Courtin]] (PostGIS, TinyOWS)
* [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] (Mapserver, GDAL, OSGeo SAC, libLAS)
* [[User:jimk|Jim Klassen]] (MapServer, GeoMOOSE, potentially OpenStreetMap)
* [[User:theduckylittle|Dan "Ducky" Little]] (MapServer, GeoMOOSE, OpenStreetMap)
* [[User:tschaub| Tim Schaub]] (JavaScript is C based isn't it?)
* [[User:ahocevar| Andreas Hocevar]] (Web client developers are friends of all tribes)
* [[User:dzwarg| David Zwarg]] (PostGIS, OpenLayers)
* [[User:joel| Joel Schlagel]] (MapServer)
* [[User:jadams| Jeff Adams]] (PostGIS)
* [[User:assefa| Yewondwossen Assefa]] (MapServer)
* [[User:aaime| Andrea Aime]] (GeoServer/GeoTools)
* [[User:jdeolive| Justin Deoliveira]] (GeoServer/GeoTools)
* [[User:groldan| Gabriel Roldan]] (GeoServer/GeoTools)

Virtual participants (irc #tosprint)

* [[User:jmckenna|Jeff McKenna]] (MapServer)
* [[User:Anton|Anton Patrushev]] (pgRouting)
* [[User:danielkastl|Daniel Kastl]] (pgRouting)
* [[User:pnaciona|Perry Nacionales]] (MapServer)
* [[User:filbertk|Katie Filbert]] (PostGIS, GDAL, OpenStreetMap)

== Room Share ==

If you would like to room share,

# Reserve a room at the hotel, choosing a type with more than one bed.
# Put your name in this section, indicating the amount of space in your room.

Put your names below:

* example entry: B has a triple room, needs two roommates.

== Individual Preparation ==

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

== FAQ ==

* Is the New York 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 Events ==

* Friday Evening Meet-up @ [http://broomestreetbar.ypguides.net/ Broome Street Bar] [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=363+W+Broadway+New+York,+NY+10013&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=56.200193,57.480469&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=363+W+Broadway,+New+York,+10013&z=17 363 W Broadway]
* Saturday Evening Meet-up @ [http://whiskeytavernnyc.com/ Whiskey Tavern] [http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=79%20baxter%20street,%20ny,%20ny%2010013&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title 79 Baxter St]
* Sunday Evening Hockey Game (USA vs Canada) 7PM on MSNBC In the penthouse
* Monday Evening Dinner Nyona (Tentative) [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=199+Grand+St,+New+York,+NY&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=199+Grand+St,+New+York,+10013&ll=40.719607,-73.996761&spn=0.00679,0.007317&z=17 199 Grand Street] 7PM

== Eating Options ==

Some locations recommended by TOPP staff:

* Restaurants
** [http://www.yelp.com/biz/jup-she-new-york#hrid:zi6qNjMVHAYMHXsf4CvZGg Jup She (Korean)]
** [http://www.acmebarandgrill.com/ Acme Bar and Grill (burgers, etc)]
** [http://www.yelp.com/biz/nyonya-new-york#hrid:8qpqjyRpRtbIS-padXPGlg/src:search/query:restaurant%20good%20for%20groups Nyonya (Asian fusion)]
** [http://www.yelp.com/biz/pellegrinos-new-york#hrid:OVELcqfjE5IHo2w5_xJIVg/src:search/query:restaurant%20good%20for%20groups Pellegrino's (Italian)]
** [http://www.esquinanyc.com/index.php La Esquina (Mexican and a TOPP favorite)]
* Bars
** [http://broomestreetbar.ypguides.net/ Broome Street Bar (features bar food/burgers)]
** [http://nymag.com/listings/bar/mulberry_street_bar/ Mulberry Street Bar]
** [http://www.yelp.com/biz/onieals-grand-street-bar-and-restaurant-new-york#hrid:8m0Sw8vdtsdNvFzNl8ncXw/src:search/query:bar%20large%20group Onieal's Grand Street Bar and Restaurant]
** [http://www.yelp.com/biz/madame-x-new-york#hrid:4-Dv3hocN8L0qbtveq03Zw/src:search/query:bar%20large%20group Madame X]
** [http://www.yelp.com/biz/m1-5-new-york#hrid:dB6_fQlIk4aScvgG8IPpgw/src:search/query:bar%20large%20group M1-5]

== Getting to the Sprint ==

=== From Newark International (EWR) ===

* Follow the signs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_Newark Air Train]. Before going up the escalator, buy a ticket to New York, Penn Station at one of the machines.
* Take the Air Train to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport_(NJT_station) rail station] at the end, if you forgot to buy your rail ticket, you have another opportunity here (usually with a lineup).
* Catch a train to Penn Station (usually at platform 1/2), check the board.
* At Penn Station,
** leave the station and grab a taxi, or,
** leave the station and walk to 34th and 6th to pick up yellow line ((N) (Q) (R) and (W) trains) downtown to Canal St Station, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=canal+and+broadway,+ny&daddr=148+Lafayette+St,+New+York,+NY+10013&hl=en&geocode=FSJUbQIdLtKW-yljyaIVilnCiTG-h_Ppjtt1Sw%3BFblUbQIdRNuW-ynl7yKXiVnCiTERqIVDsHgxBw&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=40.71977,-74.001065&sspn=0.006936,0.007392&ie=UTF8&ll=40.71957,-74.0007&spn=0.006936,0.007392&z=17 walk from there], or,
** follow the signs in Penn to the blue line ((A) and (C) trains) and ride downtown to Canal St Station, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=canal+and+6th,+ny&daddr=148+Lafayette+St,+New+York,+NY+10013&hl=en&geocode=FftdbQIdS8SW-yl_ANwii1nCiTFjAFKyeZhezQ%3BFblUbQIdRNuW-ynl7yKXiVnCiTERqIVDsHgxBw&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=40.720884,-74.002769&sspn=0.006936,0.007392&ie=UTF8&ll=40.720559,-74.002479&spn=0.006936,0.007392&z=17 walk from there].

=== From JFK (JFK) ===

* Follow the signs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_JFK AirTrain].
* Take the AirTrain to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutphin_Boulevard_–_Archer_Avenue_–_JFK_Airport_(New_York_City_Subway) Sutphin Boulevard] ((J) and (Z) trains) subway station (aka Jamaica Station).
* Transfer to the (J) or (Z) train heading to Manhattan.
* Get off at the Canal Street station (intersection of Canal and Centre), and [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=canal+and+centre,+ny&daddr=148+Lafayette+St,+New+York,+NY+10013&hl=en&geocode=FbNObQIdptmW-yndalv9iVnCiTFXOwR5ssgldQ%3BFblUbQIdRNuW-ynl7yKXiVnCiTERqIVDsHgxBw&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=40.718765,-74.000035&sspn=0.001734,0.001848&ie=UTF8&ll=40.718765,-74.000035&spn=0.003468,0.003696&z=18 walk from there].

=== From LaGuardia (LGA) ===

* Take a taxi (~$25 + tolls (~$3))

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:Events]]

European GIS Code Sprint

2007-10-16T20:10:06Z

Wiki-Groldan: /* Expressed interest in coming */

== European Code Sprint ==

This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September. After the great cooperation at the FOSS4G Sprint in Canada, and the interest shown in a European followup, the Sprint will be held.
It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.

== Whom to contact for doubts, questions, ideas, volunteering ==

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]

(add yourself here if you would like to help)

== Code Sprint - what's that? ==

(The following is taken from the page describing the planned
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007].)

A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done.
They get the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking
life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project
for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...

Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:

* http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
* http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
* Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint

To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.

== Who should attend ==

* Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
* Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
* Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bug descriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
* Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.

== Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint ==

For developers:
* bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
* let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
* bugfixing

For Power Users:
* the possibility to meet the developer community and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
* the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproducible, only power user accepted)

For everyone out there:
* Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the OSGeo NC dataset of the [http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php grassbook] does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.

== Location and Accommodation ==

=== Where is it? ===
The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Merano (BZ), Italy.
* SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka High school, and can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ie=UTF8&ll=46.670753,11.158923&spn=0.004829,0.009956&z=17&om=1 here].

=== How to get there? ===
For trains and planes to get to the sprint please follow this:
[http://sfscon.it/2007/how-to-reach-merano how to reach Merano]

=== Accommodations ===
The Organisers are trying to get together some packages and deals with the local Hotels for '''accommodation and meals'''. As soon as they are fixed, they will be published here.

== Planned Dates ==

* 16-17 Nov 2007: [http://www.sfscon.it/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007]
* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set (somewhere in South Tyrol) '''(this event is not sure yet, no competent people could be found to organise it)'''
* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint

== Who will organise the sprint ==

The [http://www.tis.bz.it/bereiche/free-software-1 Free Software Center] of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.

== Attending people ==

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]

=== Expressed interest in coming ===

(please move you up if you already know that you will be there!)

* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:JoWalsh | Jo Walsh]]
* [[User:Mloskot | Mateusz Loskot]]
* [[User:Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
* [[User:Ominiverdi | Lorenzo Becchi]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:Pviskanic | Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]
* [[User:PaoloCavallini | Paolo Cavallini]]
* [[User:Landa | Martin Landa]]
* [[User:Acuster | Adrian Custer]]
* [[User:milovanderlinden | Milo van der Linden - The Netherlands]]
* [[User:perriger | Stefan Steiniger]] depending on the date
* [[User:fpenarru | Fran Peñarrubia]]
* [[User:simboss| Simone Giannecchini (probably only a day of the code sprint)]]
* [[User:aaime| Andrea Aime]]
* [[User:SchuylerErle | Schuyler Erle]]
* [[User:Groldan | Gabriel Roldan]]

We feel that there is a huge need for a developer meeting that could
bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
they want to have a glorious future.

== What do I need for the sprint? - wishlist ==

Please add useful ideas for things that we might miss during the organisation:

* flipcharts
* a good and stable internet connection
* enough network cables
* enough extension cords
* some way to do good remote participation (any idea? IRC will be there)

== Virtual participation via IRC etc. ==
Too far away? Get virtually connected through IRC ([irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo #osgeo])! No IRC client software or strange firewall? Use the [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi Web based IRC client] (choose your Nickname and the #osgeo channel).

== Projects attending the sprint plus involved people ==

=== GDAL/OGR ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]]
* [[User:simboss| Simone Giannecchini ]] I have got a ouple of question on Java SWIG bindings

==== Goals ====
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin

=== GRASS ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
* [[User:Landa | Martin Landa]]
* [[User:bradd | Brad Douglas]] Attending via IRC #grass

==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
* work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
* continue Italian translation of software
* work on [http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/WxGRASS wxPython GUI]
* finish lib/gmath linear algebra updates

=== gvSIG ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:fpenarru| Fran Peñarrubia]]

==== Goals ====
* Driver to connect with GRASS vectorial data?
* Cooperation with JGrass?.
* Develop some useful examples to start working with gvSIG.

=== JGrass / uDig ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]
* [[User:Acuster | Adrian Custer]]
* [[User:simboss| Simone Giannecchini ]]

==== Goals ====

* cooperation with the [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS] team for GRASS Vector integration in [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] / [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]
* Italian translation of the project
* Create a usable JGrass homepage at jgrass.org

=== MAPBENDER ===
[[Mapbender]] currently is mainly driven by German developers and use cases from the public administration. Participation in this event is an attempt to broaden interest at a European level as there is a lot of potential in the Mapbender project to solve issues raised by [[INSPIRE]].

==== Attending ====
''This is a preliminary set of participants who might be able to attend. Please add yourself.''
* [[User:Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:Pviskanic|Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]

==== Goals ====
''This is a preliminary set of ideas, one or two of them might have a chance to get acted upon.''
* plan to set out on a RESTful path
* further develop i18n activities (which has been spawned in the region that this development sprint is planned to happen)
* use Mapbender as a web based configuration tool for OpenLayers

=== OpenJUMP GIS / JUMP Pilot ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:perriger| Stefan Steiniger]] - depending on the date, South Tirol should be ok for me :)

==== Goals ====
* not yet specified

=== Openlayers ===

==== Attending ====

==== Goals ====

=== QGIS ===

==== Attending ====

==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from [http://svn.qgis.org/trac bug tracker]

[[Category:Proposed Events]]

2007-03-13T21:34:57Z

Wiki-Groldan:

==Introducción (es)==

En dos eventos distintos se ha manifestado la intención de crear un Capitulo Local OSGeo de idioma Español.
El primero tuvo lugar [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Resultados_del_Tutorial_ISSTOCAM_WebGIS ISSTOCAM WebGIS Meeting] en Ostende, Belgica (resultando en la página [[Sudamerica]]) y el segundo han sido las [[Meeting_Girona| I Jornadas de SIG Libre]] en Girona, España.
Se trata de un muy buen comienzo para juntar esfuerzos y crear una comunidad muy amplia dentro de OSGeo.

==Introduction (en)==
Two different meetings have manifested the intention to create a Spanish language OSGeo local chapter.
One is the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Resultados_del_Tutorial_ISSTOCAM_WebGIS ISSTOCAM WebGIS Meeting] in Oostende Belgium (also giving birth to the page [[Sudamerica]]),
and the other is the [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre/ first Spanish meeting about foss4g] in Girona Spain.
This is a very good starting point to join efforts and create a widespread community inside OSGeo.

==Lista de Interesados==
Por favor leed [[Español#Chapter_Roles|el rol del Local Chapter]] y sus [[Español#Chapter_Responsibilities|Responsabilidades]] antes de ajuntar el propio nombre.

* [[User:ominiverdi|Lorenzo Becchi]]
* [[User:Arnulf Christl|Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:Luisw|Luis W. Sevilla]]
* [[User:Jsanz|Jorge Gaspar Sanz]]
* [[User:Alvaro|Alvaro Anguix Alfaro]]
* [[User:Rantolin|Roberto Antolín Sánchez]]
* [[User:jacarma|Javier Carrasco Marimón]]
* [[User:MMontesinos|Miguel Montesinos]]
* [[User:mpaul42|Michael Paul]]
* [[User:Koen Verbist|Koen Verbist]]
* [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]]
* [[User:jcfernan|Juan Carlos Giménez Fernández]]
* [[User:FranciscoPalm|Francisco Palm]]
* [[User:mdelacalle|Manuel de la Calle]]
* [[User:volaya|Víctor Olaya]]
* [[User:mapas|Oscar Beaurain]]
* [[User:Gabi|Gabriel Carrión Rico]]
* [[User:Vehrka|Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses]]
* [[User:groldan|Gabriel Roldán]]
* añadete tu mismo

==Lista de correo==
[[User:ominiverdi|Lorenzo]] ya ha puesto en marcha la lista de correo '''Spanish''' para OSGeo:

[http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/spanish http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/spanish]

==Difusión del proyecto==
Listado de medios en los que sería interesante que se anunciara el inicio del proyecto.Indicar responsable de avisar al medio y conforme se vayan publicando las reseñas se pueden ir <s>tachando</s>.
=== Newsletters ===
* [[Newsletter]]
=== Listas de Correo ===
* <s>Lista SIG RedIRIS</s>
* <s>Discussion List de OSGeo</s>

=== Foros ===
=== Sitios de noticias ===

* [http://www.nosolosig.com/ Nosolosig] (encargado de avisar: Alvaro Anguix)
* <s>[http://www.cartesia.org/ Cartesia]</s>
* <s>[http://www.libroblanco.com/html/index.php Libro Blanco del Software Libre]</s>

=== Revistas ===
* [http://geofocus.rediris.es/ geofocus]
* [http://www.mappinginteractivo.com/ Mapping Interactivo]
* [http://www.geoconnexion.com/ Geonnexion International Magazine]
* [http://www.gim-international.com/ GIM International]
===Blogs===
* <s>[http://geomaticblog.net/ geomaticblog]</s>
* <s>[http://blog.ominiverdi.org/ Ominiverdi's Blog]</s>
* <s>[http://www.alpoma.net/carto/ La Cartoteca]</s>

== Roles del Capítulo (es) ==

El software Open Source ha demostrado ser un entorno para construir software más fuerte mediante la colaboración global. La Fundación Software Abierto Geoespacial, a partir de ahora OSGeo, ha sido creada para apoyar y construir el software geoespacial de más alta calidad.

La meta de OSGeo es aumentar el uso de proyectos OSGeo globalmente promoviendo una fuerte asociación localizada y la presencia en diferentes dominios geográficos y lingüisticos. Además de ser una fuerte voz local para OSGeo, algunas de las principales tareas con las que esta asociación local de OSGeo puede enriquecer y mejorar las iniciativas geoespaciales globales pueden ser:

* Proporcionar soporte y oportunidades de trabajo a los miembros a través de la red
* Internacionalización y localización de software
* Desarrollar prototipos de aplicaciones para demostrar las capacidades del software abierto geoespacial a audiencias locales o regionales
* Empaquetado y personalización para las necesidades locales y regionales
* Educación, soporte y desarrollo de contenidos de aprendizaje en lenguaje español
* Soporte de estándares abiertos y acceso abierto a datos geoespaciales de la región
* Promover OSGeo y mejorar su visibilidad en varios foros

Estas actividades complementarían y fortalecerían los esfuerzos de OSGeo en aumentar el conocimiento acerca de soluciones geoespaciales de código abierto estimulando su adopción en la educación, en la industria, en el gobierno y organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro y en variados dominios geográficos y lingüisticos.

== Chapter Roles (en) ==

Open Source software has come to be a proven environment for building stronger software through open global collaboration. The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, hereafter referred to as OSGeo, has been created to support and build the highest-quality geospatial software.

The OSGeo's goal is to promote the use OSGeo projects globally by fostering strong localized OSGeo partnership and presence in different geographic and linguistic domains. Apart from being a strong local voice for the OSGeo, some of the major tasks whereby localized OSGeo partnership and presence could enrich and enhance global geospatial initiatives would be;

* Provide member networking opportunities for support and job opportunities
* Software Internationalization and Localization
* Development of prototype applications to demonstrate Open Source geospatial capabilities to local and regional audiences
* Software Packaging and Customization for local and regional needs
* Training, Support and Development of e-Learning Contents in local languages
* Support Open standards and Open access to geospatial data in region
* Promoting OSGeo and enhancing visibility in various forums

The above activities would complement and strengthen the efforts of OSGeo in increasing awareness about available Open Source Geospatial solutions and stimulating adoption in education, industry, government and non-profit organizations in various geographic and linguistic domains.

== Responsabilidades del Capítulo (es) ==
OSGeo no diferencia entre un grupo geográfico y uno lingüístico y estimula la organización autónoma de forma similar a los ''Grupos de Usuarios'' o ''Grupos de Interés Especial'' en otros proyectos ''Open Source''. Los ''Grupos de Usuarios'' o los ''Grupos de Interés Especial'' no representan formalmente a OSGeo pero pueden aprovechar algunos de los servicios como el uso del Wiki de OSGeo. El ''Capítulo Español'' ofrece una estructura formal de organización autónoma basada en una pocas directrices listadas a continuación:
* El ''Capítulo Español'' oficialmente representa OSGeo y es formalmente reconocido como un proyecto de OSGeo.
* El ''Capítulo Español'' debe apoyar las misiones y objetivos de OSGeo.
* El ''Capítulo Español'' debe mantener encuentros regulares (al menos uno anual) y proporcionar un informe anual sobre las actividades del mismo al Comité de Dirección (?) de OSGeo.
* El ''Capítulo Español'' no dispondrá de ningún compromiso financiero de o en nombre de OSGeo. De igual forma, OSGeo no proporcionará ningún presupuesto al ''Capítulo Español''.
* El ''Capítulo Español'' debe esforzarse en su relación con las organizaciones para conseguir la participación y el soporte para OSGeo.
* OSGeo se reserva el derecho a terminar su relación con el ''Capítulo Español'' si tiene razones para creer que las actividades del ''Capítulo Español'' son contrarias o en detrimento de la Misión y Objetivos de OSGeo.

== Chapter Responsibilities (en) ==

OSGeo does not differentiate between a geographic or linguistic grouping and strongly encourages self-organization similar to "User Groups" or "Special Interest Groups" in other
Open Source Projects. "User Groups" or "Special Interest Groups" do not formally represent OSGeo but can avail some of the services such as the use of OSGeo Wiki. "OSGeo Chapter" offer
a more formal framework for self-organization based on a few simple guidelines listed below;

* “OSGeo Chapter” officially represents OSGeo and is formally recognized as OSGeo Project.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must support the OSGeo Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must hold regular meetings (at least annual) and provide annual report of activities to chapter membership and OSGeo Board.
* “OSGeo Chapter” will not entail any financial commitment from or on-behalf of OSGeo. OSGeo will also not provide any budget assistance to the “OSGeo Chapter”.
* “OSGeo Chapter” is encouraged develop and maintain “Directory Listing” of companies, people, universities and organizations involved with or using OSGeo projects.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must strive at networking with organizations to enlist participation and support for OSGeo.
* OSGeo reserves the right to terminate its relation with an “OSGeo Chapter” if OSGeo has reasons to believe that the activities of the “OSGeo Chapter” are contrary or detrimental to the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.

== Ventajas del Capítulo (es) ==
* Se permite al ''Capítulo Español'' el uso del logotipo de OSGeo y otros recursos de imagen corporativa (???) para promocionar la Misión y Objetivos de OSGeo.
* OSGeo proporcionará la infraestructura necesaria para promocionar la comunicación y visibilidad del ''Capítulo Español''. La infraestructura incluye una lista de correo, hospedaje para páginas wiki y servicio de dominio para el ''Capítulo Español''.

== Chapter Benefits (en) ==

* “OSGeo Chapter” is permitted to use OSGeo Logo and other branded resources for promoting the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
* OSGeo will provide necessary infrastructure to promote communication and visibility of “OSGeo Chapter”. The infrastructure will include mailing list, hosting of wiki pages, domain service for “OSGeo Chapter”.

== Chapter Formation ==

In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
# "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter.
##DONE: [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/spanish Mailing List] and this page. Hope to have soon a dedicated Wiki and a Web Site.
# "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance).
##DONE: The mission is to sustain and spread OSGeo principles in Spanish Language without country borders limitations.
# “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo.TODO
# “OSGeo Chapter” should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information.TODO
# The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer.TODO

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

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Español]]