OSGeo - User contributions [en]

IslandWood Code Sprint 2012

2012-01-27T21:05:28Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: /* Participants */

'''Gold sponsor:'''

     Mobile Geographics [[Image:MobileGeographics 400.png|200x200px|MobileGeographics 400.png]]

     

'''Silver sponsors:'''

     [[Image:AirborneInteractive 400.png|200px|AirborneInteractive 400.png]]     [[Image:opengeologo.png|200px|opengeologo.png]]

     [[Image:Logo-qpublic.png|200px|Logo-qpublic.png]]      [[Image:Zonar 400.png|200px|Zonar 400.png]]

 

'''Bronze sponsors:'''

     [[Image:Logo-azavea.png|100px|Logo-azavea.png]]   
[[Image:Borealis 100.png|100px|Borealis 200.png]]    [[Image:CUGOS 200.png|100px|CUGOS 200.png]]

     [[Image:DevelopmentSeed 200.png|100px|DevelopmentSeed 200.png]]    [[Image:LizardTech 200.png|100px|LizardTech 200.png]]     [[Image:TerraGIS 200.png|100px|TerraGIS 200.png]]    

 

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

       Flaxen Consulting       Z-Pulley      

 

= Purpose =

This is OSGeo's 4th annual "North American Codesprint" -- a time to bring members of OSGeo-related projects together to make decisions and tackle larger problems.

Previous event have been held in [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009), [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011).

= Agenda=

'''Sunday (Feb 5th)'''

* 5:00pm to 10:00pm - check-in
** ''if you plan to arrive earlier than 5pm or later than 10pm, contact mpg to make arrangements''
* no meals at IslandWood will be available Sunday night; we will informally arrange to get some pizzas or something as needed

'''Monday (Feb 6th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 4:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Sustainable Cooking class (drinks/social hour)
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)

'''Tuesday (Feb 7th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:00pm to 8:00pm - evening Nature Walk

'''Wednesday (Feb 8th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:15pm to 8:15pm (or later) - evening campfire & guest speaker

'''Thursday (Feb 9th)'''
* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 9:30am - '''checkout'''
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* 11:00am - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* 12:00pm - hard stop, meeting room closes
* departures

= Sponsor Demos =

During the lunch hour, our sponsors will have the opportunity to talk briefly and informally about their products/services and how they use open source.

* Monday
** 12:00
** 12:30 - OpenGeo (Paul Ramsey)
* Tuesday
** 12:00 - Azavea (David Zwarg)
** 12:30
* Wednesday
** 12:00
** 12:30

interested but as yet unscheduled:
* Hal Mueller / Mobile Geographics (lightning talk)
* Ian Walberg / Airborne Interactive

= Venue =

It will be held at [http://www.islandwood.org/ IslandWood], a nonprofit retreat center located on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington Bainbridge Island], an island a few miles west of Seattle in the northwest United States.

= Hosts =

Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) is taking the lead on this event. [http://www.cugos.org/ CUGOS], the local OSGeo chapter, is the hosting organization.

Local volunteers assisting include:

*Michael Rosen (LizardTech / CUGOS)
*Aaron Racicot (Z-Pulley Inc / CUGOS)
*''<add your name here!>''

= Sponsors =

Please take a moment to thank them for their continued support of the North American codesprint!

# Airborne Interactive
# Anonymous CUGOS
# Azavea
# Borealis
# Development Seed
# LizardTech
# Mobile Geographics
# OpenGeo
# qpublic.net
# Terra GIS
# Zonar
# Z-Pulley
# Flaxen Consulting

= Budget =

Expected costs include:

*facilities rental (conference rooms, etc)
*lodging (on-campus rooms)
*meals

We expect to cover costs in three ways:

*sponsorships
*participant registration fees
*surplus from previous years (approximately $2K)

= Registration, Participant Costs =

Participants cover only the costs of 4 nights lodging (single room at IslandWood): '''US$525'''. 

''There is no registration fee beyond the $525 for lodging.''

''All food and venue costs are covered by our sponsors.''

Participants will be responsible for paying their own transportation to and from IslandWood. 

'''Contact mpg@flaxen.com to register.'''

= Food and Drink at IslandWood =

IslandWood has an excellent on-site restaurant/cafeteria that emphasizes local, sustainable, and organic cuisine. All meals are included as part of the sprint:

* Breakfast: continental style
* Lunch: boxed lunches
* Dinner: full meal, choice of entrees, beer/wine available
* Morning and Afternoon Snacks: coffee, fruit, cookies, etc, will be provided in the meeting room

Accommodation can be made for any dietary restrictions, just let mpg know.

Dinner on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will include a cash bar. Two drink tickets per person will be provided (courtesy our sponsors); after that, it will be $4 for beer and $5 for wine. The beer is from local microbrews and the wines are all from local vineyards.

One mile away, there is a nice restaurant/bar and a Thai restaurant as well.

There are a number of other restaurants and bars elsewhere on the island; ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

We cannot bring our own food or alcohol into the meeting areas or dining room. mpg will explain the policy for bringing private alcohol into the common areas at the residence lodges.

= Communication =

All planning will take place on this wiki, on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint tosprint mailing list], and on the #tosprint IRC channel.

= Projects =

These are the projects will be working on:

* GDAL
* MapServer
* libLAS/PDAL
* PostGIS
* TinyOWS
* QGIS
* OpenLayers

= Participants =

The following have registered for the event:

# [[User:mpg|Michael P. Gerlek]] - Flaxen Consulting
# [[User:halmueller|Hal Mueller]] - Mobile Geographics
# Michael D. Smith - US Army Corps
# Daniel Morissette - MapGears
# Alan Boudreault - MapGears
# Paul Ramsey - OpenGeo
# Olivier Courtin - Oslandia
# Mike Rosen - LizardTech
# [[User:Racicot|Aaron Racicot]] - Z-Pulley Inc.
# Howard Butler - Hobu, Inc
# [[User:Springmeyer|Dane Springmeyer]] - Development Seed
# Pete Gadomski - US Army Corps
# [[User:Dzwarg|David Zwarg]] - Azavea
# Brian Case (Winkey) - GDAL
# David Middlecamp - Azavea
# [[User:Kirk|Kirk McKelvey]] - LizardTech
# [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] - TerriScope
# Greg Corradini - ChopShop Geospatial
# David Bronaugh - Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium / University of Victoria
# Benjamin Campbell - Excensus
# Matt Perry - EcoTrust

At the January CUGOS meeting, it was proposed that local members who could not attend the full week, would be able to attend for a day (tentatively Wednesday), if it would benefit the code sprint. Please see the [[Islandwood_CodeSprint_OneDayAttendees|One Day Attendees]] page for a list of individuals who could attend and potential projects they could assist with.

= Wholesome Recreational Activities =

Our host, IslandWood, is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to the environment and sustainable living. As part of their mission, therefore, they require their guest groups to each day participate in educational activity designed around their focus areas.

Our formal activities will be:

'''Monday''' - "With the bounty of the IslandWood garden as our inspiration, groups will take sustainability theory and turn it in to practice with the help of our talented culinary team. Cooking sessions may be held in our organic garden, using our wood fired cob oven or in the dining hall." ''This will be held just prior to dinner, as we will likely be making (and eating) our own appetizers. The cash bar will be open during this event.''

'''Tuesday''' - "Our Naturalists will lead your group through campus focusing on exploration and discovery of our local ecosystems. Themes for hikes might include flora and fauna, natural history, birding or marine biology." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.''

'''Wednesday''' - "The best days at IslandWood often end with time to relax and enjoy the soothing warmth of an evening bonfire. At our covered bonfire area, educators and staff will entertain your group with local stories and roast marshmallows over the flames." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.'' We will have a guest speaker, Greg Geehan, taling about the geology of Bainbridge Island and the Puget Sound: ''Greg attended the University of Washington and has a Ph.D. in Marine Geology from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years in a variety of locations around the world. The bulk of his career revolved around the geological evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs. He led research groups and managed the application of mapping and modeling techniques aimed at increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons. Greg retired in 1999, and has lived on Bainbridge since then.''

Other (independent) adventures:

* IslandWood covers 225 acres and has lots of trails, including wetlands, beach access, forest, etc. Feel free to explore.

* If you have a car, there are lots of other places on Bainbridge Island to explore. Ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

= Local Eating and Shopping =

There is a very small, funky little shopping center down the hill from IslandWood (it is only a 1 mile walk, but there is a significant hill). It includes:

* Walt's Lynwood Center Market (4759 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open 6:30am to 9:00pm (Monday-Friday) and 7:00am to 9:00pm (Saturday-Sunday). They sell beer and wine (even on Sundays).
* Treehouse Cafe (http://www.treehousebainbridge.com/, 4569 Lynwood Center Road) open 7:00am to 11:00 pm (Monday-Saturday) and 8:00am to 10:00pm (Sunday).
* Sawan Thai Kitchen (4765 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open for lunch and dinner, closed Mondays(?)

Bainbridge also has a full supermarket, pharmacies, etc., but not within walking distance. See mpg or Mike Rosen for info.

= Transportation =

Getting to IslandWood is a 4-step process -- but don't panic, it's actually not as complicated as it sounds:

'''(1) To SeaTac Airport'''

Participants will be responsible for getting themselves to the [http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ Seattle airport].

'''(2) From Airport to Seattle Ferry dock'''

From SeaTac, you will need to get to the Colman ferry dock in downtown Seattle. Three options:

*a ~$40 cab ride, from airport to dock; takes about 20 minutes
*a ~$3 light rail from airport, followed by a walk of a few blocks to the dock; takes about an hour
*rent a car and drive; takes about 20 minutes

'''(3) From Seattle dock to Bainbridge dock'''

Take the [http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?route=sea-bi Seattle/Bainbridge] ferry. Ferries leave every hour or less all day long, from about 5AM to about 1AM. The walk-on fare is about $7, and you only pay when going in the Seattle-to-Bainbridge direction. Car fare is about $15, and you have to pay both ways. The crossing time is about 35 minutes.

'''(4) From Bainbridge dock to IslandWood'''

Two options:
*Cabs are almost always available at the Bainbridge dock -- a trip to IslandWood is about 5 miles, shouldn't be more than about $20. (Note that you will likely be sharing a cab with someone else; the island has a limited number of cabs, so they sort of carpool. Just go with the flow.)
*If you have your own car, you can drive it in 10-15 minutes. The address for IslandWood is 4450 Blakely Avenue.

''There will be some people driving from the airport to IslandWood on Sunday afternoon / early evening. Contact mpg if you want a ride. We'll probably work out something similar for the return trip on Thursday afternoon.''

(see also [http://islandwood.org/about/directions this page] for more transportation hints)

If you get stuck somewhere, call or email mpg and we'll work something out to rescue you.

= FAQ =

'''Q: I'm new to open source and OSGeo. Can I come too?'''

This is a heads-down-and-laptops-open working meeting, aimed squarely at writing code/documentation and holding serious technical discussions about OSGeo-related projects. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects. If you're not already participating in one of the projects being worked on, this isn't the event for you. '''Q: But, that's not very fair. How am I supposed to learn about the projects and meet people?'''

Each project has portals like mailing lists, wikis, and IRC channels for you to start to meet people and get involved. If you really want to participate in the sprint, you should get involved with the project ahead of time.

'''Q: Will it be possible to give a presentation 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.

'''Q: I'm just a poor student, but I'm an active member of the <whatever> project and I really want to attend. Are scholarships available?'''

Maybe -- depends on how our budget turns out. Contact mpg@flaxen.com and we'll see what we can do.

= Carpooling =

'''Sunday (Airport to IslandWood)'''

* ''rides available''
** mpg will be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (after the Board F2F meeting)
** AaronR will also be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (around 1pm)

* ''rides wanted''
** Hobu, arriving SEA at 10:30am
** Daniel and Alan, from Cedarbook after the Board F2F

[[Category:Code_Sprints]] [[Category:Events]]

/OneDayAttendees

2012-01-27T21:04:11Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: moved /OneDayAttendees to Islandwood CodeSprint OneDayAttendees: Incorrectly Titled

#REDIRECT [[Islandwood CodeSprint OneDayAttendees]]

Islandwood CodeSprint OneDayAttendees

2012-01-27T21:04:11Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: moved /OneDayAttendees to Islandwood CodeSprint OneDayAttendees: Incorrectly Titled

== One Day Attendees ==

This page is intended to document who would be interested in attending the [[IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012|IslandWood Code Sprint]] for a single day (tentatively Wednesday), if it proved to be useful to the goals of the sprint.

Please feel free to hop onto IRC: #cugos @ freenode.net

== Can Attend ==

Please add your name with along with what you could offer:

* [[User:matthewkenny | Matthew Kenny]] (Docs)

== Projects Assistance ==

As the code sprint goes on, maybe ideas can be added here for folks to assist with?

[[Category:Code_Sprints]] [[Category:Events]]

Islandwood CodeSprint OneDayAttendees

2012-01-27T21:03:21Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: Added category

Islandwood CodeSprint OneDayAttendees

2012-01-27T21:01:52Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: /* Can Attend */

Islandwood CodeSprint OneDayAttendees

2012-01-27T20:54:48Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: initial checkin

== One Day Attendees ==

This page is intended to document who would be interested in attending the [[IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012|IslandWood Code Sprint]] for a single day (tentatively Wednesday), if it proved to be useful to the goals of the sprint.

Please feel free to hop onto IRC: #cugos @ freenode.net

== Can Attend ==

Please add your name with along with what you could offer:

* Matthew Kenny (Docs)

== Projects Assistance ==

As the code sprint goes on, maybe ideas can be added here for folks to assist with?

IslandWood Code Sprint 2012

2012-01-27T20:46:55Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny:

'''Gold sponsor:'''

     Mobile Geographics [[Image:MobileGeographics 400.png|200x200px|MobileGeographics 400.png]]

     

'''Silver sponsors:'''

     [[Image:AirborneInteractive 400.png|200px|AirborneInteractive 400.png]]     [[Image:opengeologo.png|200px|opengeologo.png]]

     [[Image:Logo-qpublic.png|200px|Logo-qpublic.png]]      [[Image:Zonar 400.png|200px|Zonar 400.png]]

 

'''Bronze sponsors:'''

     [[Image:Logo-azavea.png|100px|Logo-azavea.png]]   
[[Image:Borealis 100.png|100px|Borealis 200.png]]    [[Image:CUGOS 200.png|100px|CUGOS 200.png]]

     [[Image:DevelopmentSeed 200.png|100px|DevelopmentSeed 200.png]]    [[Image:LizardTech 200.png|100px|LizardTech 200.png]]     [[Image:TerraGIS 200.png|100px|TerraGIS 200.png]]    

 

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

       Flaxen Consulting       Z-Pulley      

 

= Purpose =

This is OSGeo's 4th annual "North American Codesprint" -- a time to bring members of OSGeo-related projects together to make decisions and tackle larger problems.

Previous event have been held in [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009), [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011).

= Agenda=

'''Sunday (Feb 5th)'''

* 5:00pm to 10:00pm - check-in
** ''if you plan to arrive earlier than 5pm or later than 10pm, contact mpg to make arrangements''
* no meals at IslandWood will be available Sunday night; we will informally arrange to get some pizzas or something as needed

'''Monday (Feb 6th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 4:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Sustainable Cooking class (drinks/social hour)
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)

'''Tuesday (Feb 7th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:00pm to 8:00pm - evening Nature Walk

'''Wednesday (Feb 8th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:15pm to 8:15pm (or later) - evening campfire & guest speaker

'''Thursday (Feb 9th)'''
* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 9:30am - '''checkout'''
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* 11:00am - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* 12:00pm - hard stop, meeting room closes
* departures

= Sponsor Demos =

During the lunch hour, our sponsors will have the opportunity to talk briefly and informally about their products/services and how they use open source.

* Monday
** 12:00
** 12:30 - OpenGeo (Paul Ramsey)
* Tuesday
** 12:00 - Azavea (David Zwarg)
** 12:30
* Wednesday
** 12:00
** 12:30

interested but as yet unscheduled:
* Hal Mueller / Mobile Geographics (lightning talk)
* Ian Walberg / Airborne Interactive

= Venue =

It will be held at [http://www.islandwood.org/ IslandWood], a nonprofit retreat center located on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington Bainbridge Island], an island a few miles west of Seattle in the northwest United States.

= Hosts =

Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) is taking the lead on this event. [http://www.cugos.org/ CUGOS], the local OSGeo chapter, is the hosting organization.

Local volunteers assisting include:

*Michael Rosen (LizardTech / CUGOS)
*Aaron Racicot (Z-Pulley Inc / CUGOS)
*''<add your name here!>''

= Sponsors =

Please take a moment to thank them for their continued support of the North American codesprint!

# Airborne Interactive
# Anonymous CUGOS
# Azavea
# Borealis
# Development Seed
# LizardTech
# Mobile Geographics
# OpenGeo
# qpublic.net
# Terra GIS
# Zonar
# Z-Pulley
# Flaxen Consulting

= Budget =

Expected costs include:

*facilities rental (conference rooms, etc)
*lodging (on-campus rooms)
*meals

We expect to cover costs in three ways:

*sponsorships
*participant registration fees
*surplus from previous years (approximately $2K)

= Registration, Participant Costs =

Participants cover only the costs of 4 nights lodging (single room at IslandWood): '''US$525'''. 

''There is no registration fee beyond the $525 for lodging.''

''All food and venue costs are covered by our sponsors.''

Participants will be responsible for paying their own transportation to and from IslandWood. 

'''Contact mpg@flaxen.com to register.'''

= Food and Drink at IslandWood =

IslandWood has an excellent on-site restaurant/cafeteria that emphasizes local, sustainable, and organic cuisine. All meals are included as part of the sprint:

* Breakfast: continental style
* Lunch: boxed lunches
* Dinner: full meal, choice of entrees, beer/wine available
* Morning and Afternoon Snacks: coffee, fruit, cookies, etc, will be provided in the meeting room

Accommodation can be made for any dietary restrictions, just let mpg know.

Dinner on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will include a cash bar. Two drink tickets per person will be provided (courtesy our sponsors); after that, it will be $4 for beer and $5 for wine. The beer is from local microbrews and the wines are all from local vineyards.

One mile away, there is a nice restaurant/bar and a Thai restaurant as well.

There are a number of other restaurants and bars elsewhere on the island; ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

We cannot bring our own food or alcohol into the meeting areas or dining room. mpg will explain the policy for bringing private alcohol into the common areas at the residence lodges.

= Communication =

All planning will take place on this wiki, on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint tosprint mailing list], and on the #tosprint IRC channel.

= Projects =

These are the projects will be working on:

* GDAL
* MapServer
* libLAS/PDAL
* PostGIS
* TinyOWS
* QGIS
* OpenLayers

= Participants =

The following have registered for the event:

# [[User:mpg|Michael P. Gerlek]] - Flaxen Consulting
# [[User:halmueller|Hal Mueller]] - Mobile Geographics
# Michael D. Smith - US Army Corps
# Daniel Morissette - MapGears
# Alan Boudreault - MapGears
# Paul Ramsey - OpenGeo
# Olivier Courtin - Oslandia
# Mike Rosen - LizardTech
# [[User:Racicot|Aaron Racicot]] - Z-Pulley Inc.
# Howard Butler - Hobu, Inc
# [[User:Springmeyer|Dane Springmeyer]] - Development Seed
# Pete Gadomski - US Army Corps
# [[User:Dzwarg|David Zwarg]] - Azavea
# Brian Case (Winkey) - GDAL
# David Middlecamp - Azavea
# [[User:Kirk|Kirk McKelvey]] - LizardTech
# [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] - TerriScope
# Greg Corradini - ChopShop Geospatial
# David Bronaugh - Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium / University of Victoria
# Benjamin Campbell - Excensus
# Matt Perry - EcoTrust

At the January CUGOS meeting, it was proposed that local members who could not attend the full week, would be able to attend for a day (tentatively Wednesday), if it would benefit the code sprint. Please see the [[/OneDayAttendees|One Day Attendees]] page for a list of individuals who could attend and potential projects they could assist with.

= Wholesome Recreational Activities =

Our host, IslandWood, is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to the environment and sustainable living. As part of their mission, therefore, they require their guest groups to each day participate in educational activity designed around their focus areas.

Our formal activities will be:

'''Monday''' - "With the bounty of the IslandWood garden as our inspiration, groups will take sustainability theory and turn it in to practice with the help of our talented culinary team. Cooking sessions may be held in our organic garden, using our wood fired cob oven or in the dining hall." ''This will be held just prior to dinner, as we will likely be making (and eating) our own appetizers. The cash bar will be open during this event.''

'''Tuesday''' - "Our Naturalists will lead your group through campus focusing on exploration and discovery of our local ecosystems. Themes for hikes might include flora and fauna, natural history, birding or marine biology." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.''

'''Wednesday''' - "The best days at IslandWood often end with time to relax and enjoy the soothing warmth of an evening bonfire. At our covered bonfire area, educators and staff will entertain your group with local stories and roast marshmallows over the flames." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.'' We will have a guest speaker, Greg Geehan, taling about the geology of Bainbridge Island and the Puget Sound: ''Greg attended the University of Washington and has a Ph.D. in Marine Geology from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years in a variety of locations around the world. The bulk of his career revolved around the geological evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs. He led research groups and managed the application of mapping and modeling techniques aimed at increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons. Greg retired in 1999, and has lived on Bainbridge since then.''

Other (independent) adventures:

* IslandWood covers 225 acres and has lots of trails, including wetlands, beach access, forest, etc. Feel free to explore.

* If you have a car, there are lots of other places on Bainbridge Island to explore. Ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

= Local Eating and Shopping =

There is a very small, funky little shopping center down the hill from IslandWood (it is only a 1 mile walk, but there is a significant hill). It includes:

* Walt's Lynwood Center Market (4759 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open 6:30am to 9:00pm (Monday-Friday) and 7:00am to 9:00pm (Saturday-Sunday). They sell beer and wine (even on Sundays).
* Treehouse Cafe (http://www.treehousebainbridge.com/, 4569 Lynwood Center Road) open 7:00am to 11:00 pm (Monday-Saturday) and 8:00am to 10:00pm (Sunday).
* Sawan Thai Kitchen (4765 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open for lunch and dinner, closed Mondays(?)

Bainbridge also has a full supermarket, pharmacies, etc., but not within walking distance. See mpg or Mike Rosen for info.

= Transportation =

Getting to IslandWood is a 4-step process -- but don't panic, it's actually not as complicated as it sounds:

'''(1) To SeaTac Airport'''

Participants will be responsible for getting themselves to the [http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ Seattle airport].

'''(2) From Airport to Seattle Ferry dock'''

From SeaTac, you will need to get to the Colman ferry dock in downtown Seattle. Three options:

*a ~$40 cab ride, from airport to dock; takes about 20 minutes
*a ~$3 light rail from airport, followed by a walk of a few blocks to the dock; takes about an hour
*rent a car and drive; takes about 20 minutes

'''(3) From Seattle dock to Bainbridge dock'''

Take the [http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?route=sea-bi Seattle/Bainbridge] ferry. Ferries leave every hour or less all day long, from about 5AM to about 1AM. The walk-on fare is about $7, and you only pay when going in the Seattle-to-Bainbridge direction. Car fare is about $15, and you have to pay both ways. The crossing time is about 35 minutes.

'''(4) From Bainbridge dock to IslandWood'''

Two options:
*Cabs are almost always available at the Bainbridge dock -- a trip to IslandWood is about 5 miles, shouldn't be more than about $20. (Note that you will likely be sharing a cab with someone else; the island has a limited number of cabs, so they sort of carpool. Just go with the flow.)
*If you have your own car, you can drive it in 10-15 minutes. The address for IslandWood is 4450 Blakely Avenue.

''There will be some people driving from the airport to IslandWood on Sunday afternoon / early evening. Contact mpg if you want a ride. We'll probably work out something similar for the return trip on Thursday afternoon.''

(see also [http://islandwood.org/about/directions this page] for more transportation hints)

If you get stuck somewhere, call or email mpg and we'll work something out to rescue you.

= FAQ =

'''Q: I'm new to open source and OSGeo. Can I come too?'''

This is a heads-down-and-laptops-open working meeting, aimed squarely at writing code/documentation and holding serious technical discussions about OSGeo-related projects. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects. If you're not already participating in one of the projects being worked on, this isn't the event for you. '''Q: But, that's not very fair. How am I supposed to learn about the projects and meet people?'''

Each project has portals like mailing lists, wikis, and IRC channels for you to start to meet people and get involved. If you really want to participate in the sprint, you should get involved with the project ahead of time.

'''Q: Will it be possible to give a presentation 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.

'''Q: I'm just a poor student, but I'm an active member of the <whatever> project and I really want to attend. Are scholarships available?'''

Maybe -- depends on how our budget turns out. Contact mpg@flaxen.com and we'll see what we can do.

= Carpooling =

'''Sunday (Airport to IslandWood)'''

* ''rides available''
** mpg will be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (after the Board F2F meeting)
** AaronR will also be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (around 1pm)

* ''rides wanted''
** Hobu, arriving SEA at 10:30am
** Daniel and Alan, from Cedarbook after the Board F2F

[[Category:Code_Sprints]] [[Category:Events]]

CUGOS 2011 Spring Fling

2011-04-20T06:12:27Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: /* Morning Session: Workshops (9am to 12pm) */

On April 20th, 2011, CUGOS ([http://www.cugos.org/ www.cugos.org],[http://cugos.posterous.com]) will be holding a special all-day "spring fling" event at University of Washington Seattle Campus in place of our regular monthly meeting. We will provide FREE food and drinks, thanks to following sponsors: '''TerraGIS'''([http://terragis.net]), '''Spatialdev'''([http://spatialdev.com]), '''Zonar System'''([http://zonarsystem.com]) & '''UW Geospatial Club'''.

Please register here for this free event: '''http://cugos-springfling-2011.eventbrite.com/'''
so we can plan for attendance and food ;)

 

The basic idea of this event is to come in the morning to learn something new (tools and real workflows)... stick around and apply it in the afternoon on some semi-structured hack sessions... and then learn some high level stuff in the evening.  As such, the day will be broken up as follows: 

*'''9-12: morning session -- "speed" workshops '''
*'''12-1: lunch '''
*'''1-4: afternoon session -- open hacking '''
*'''4-6: dinner '''
*'''6-8: evening session -- regular meeting '''

 Details are given below, but be aware that all agendas and times are approximate -- we'll be loose and agile and nimble and react to changing events and schedules as our whimsies take us. 

 All skill and interest levels are welcome! -- please join us for as much of the day as you can. 

 

= Morning Session: Workshops (9am to 12pm) =

Sponsor by '''TerraGIS''' & '''Spatialdev'''

'''Venue:''' Forest Club Room, Anderson Hall 

'''12 - 10 minute slots''' (10 min lightning instruction, 5 minutes Q&A each): Idea is a progression from server to desktop to web... hopefully utilizing common test data '''4 slots on server side tools:'''

#Install and setup of PostgresSQL/PostGIS on Linux system - RogerA 
#R, PostgreSQL, and PostGIS: techniques for processing large data sets - Phil Hurvitz 
#Data processing for watershed water quality analysis (Python+GDAL) - EmilioM 
#"Epic GDAL battles of History: AaronR vs. RogerA" 

 '''4 slots on desktop tools:'''

#gvSIG spatial analysis basics - Karsten 
#Subverting the dominant paradigm: a critical look at the concept of Neo-postcounterhegemonic source using C#/.NET - mpg 
#Workflow Migration from ESRI to Open Source (python scripting) - Allison Bailey
#Introduction to GeoScript - Jared Erickson 

 '''4 slots on web tools:'''

#OSM rendering <strike>(comparison of rendering tools and OpenLayers setup for OSM)</strike> A Look at the Mapnik Toolbox- Matt K
#How to style maps with [http://tilemill.com/ TileMill] and deploy them with TileStream - Dane Springmeyer
#jQuery and AJAX foo... - AaronR 
#GitHub, Git, and the CUGOS repo - GregC 

= Meal Session: Lunch (12pm to 1pm) =

'''Venue:''' Forest Club Room, Anderson Hall 

Lunch is sponsor by '''Zonar System'''& '''UW Geospatial Club'''. 

Lunchtime roundtable: mpg will lead a spirited discussion entitled "Does the World Need an Open Source Server Framework for Lidar Data, and If So, How Would We Build It?"
 
= Afternoon Session: Open (yet organized!) Hacking (1pm to 4pm) =

'''Venue:''' Forest Club Room, Anderson Hall Idea is to have 2-3 pre-planned projects (topics) that small groups can self organize and hack on some code. There would be a group leader that will have much of the infrastructure set up ahead of time (test data, code repo, etc). Here are some ideas:: 

*OSM rendering test framework:: Leader MattK and GregC

- Idea is to create as many rendering instances of OSM data as posible on the OBM server
- Come up with test cases that will stress all rendering engines
- Come up with jMeter test suites to run
- Maybe a django project to run tests, visualize results, and even add and remove tests.

 

*Restful interface to all OBM services:: Leader AaronR

- Idea is to create a django project to wrap all OBM services (NAIP images, OSM rendering, etc) into a logical restful interface
- Sub-projects include coming up with URL structures, implementing the restful interface, and finally implementing the pages (metadata, tests, examples, etc)

 

= Dinner Session (4pm to 6pm) =

We will be walking over to the University Ave for a no-host dinner sometime after 4pm, returning around 6pm.  Exact venue to be determined on the fly; this session might even split into parallel tracks. 

= Evening Session: Monthly Meeting and prepared talks (6pm to 8pm) =

'''Venue:''' 121 Raitt Hall First 10 minutes will be CUGOS intro and mini meeting::

*Aaron intro the group and what we are and invite new folks to participate as well as recap of rest of day 
*MPG will be be presenting a short (~5 min) recap of last month's Montreal codesprint and suggest CUGOS to host the 2012 event 
*Discussion of forming a nonprofit

 2 hours of talks -> 6 - 20 minute talks (hard stop on timing)::

#"Open Data Kit project (http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit)" -Yaw Anokwa of UW 
#"Publishing Data to GeoNetwork/GeoServer from ArcGIS using GeoCat bridge" from Jubal Harpster.
#"ArcGIS, OpenGeoData, and R or Why I use the tools I do: the sordid life of a spatial statistics post doc" - Chris Fowler
#"Open Source Lidar State of the Union" - MPG 
#"OSM in Disaster Response - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT)" - Dane Springmeyer
#"ERMA and the Gulf Coast - Open Source tools in government disaster response" - Aaron Racicot

 

= Directions and Transportation =

'''Parking:''' [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking/daily www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking/daily] 

'''Driving:''' [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/drive www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/drive]

'''Walking: '''[http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/walk www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/walk] 

'''Bus/Train:''' [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train] and [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train/routes www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train/routes] 

 

One person noted that "my personal experience is that one can find street parking north of 50th, west of I-5, and down by University Village shopping center, if one is willing to walk 30 to 45 minutes () . But many of those areas were also being converted to resident restricted zones. Bus is really easy." 

Another noted that "There are a ton of routes which stops near Anderson hall (Forest Club Room): [http://bit.ly/eKKmHE bit.ly/eKKmHE] (OneBusAway pointing to nearest bus stops north of Anderson)

 '''Maps of event locations:'''

*Anderson Hall (Forest Club room 207): [http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?AND www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html]
*Raitt Hall (room 121): [http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html?RAI www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html] 

 

If you are interested in an '''Olympia-based carpool''', contact Webb Sprague (webb.sprague=AT=gmail.com) 

 

= Contacts =

Local arrangements chair: Matt Dunbar -- dunbar.matt(AT)gmail.com 

Wiki chair: mpg -- mpg^AT^flaxen.com 

 

= Attendees =

List your name below, and/or register here: [http://cugos-springfling-2011.eventbrite.com/ http://cugos-springfling-2011.eventbrite.com/] 

''(alphabetical by last name)''

#Jesse A
#RogerA
#Yaw Anokw
#Mike B 
#Allison Bailey
#Mario B
#Andy B
#Chuck B
#Maria C 
#Greg Corradini
#Korosh D
#Patricia D 
#Robert D
#Matt Dunbar - UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)
#Eric E
#Jared Erickson
#Chris Fowler
#Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) - Flaxen Geo
#Holly Glaser 
#Stephen G 
#Kit Na Goh
#Harvey G 
#Jubal Harpster
#Joanne Ho - American Red Cross, Seattle Chapter
#Phil Hurvitz
#Mark I
#Darren K 
#Andrea K 
#Matthew Kenny - RIDOLFI Inc.
#Peter Keum - King County DNRP - Wastewater Treatment Division
#Reilly L
#Chris M 
#Emilio M.
#Ramadhan M
#Monika M
#Crystal M
#Michael P 
#Aaron Racicot - Z-Pulley Inc.
#Ben R
#Ruben Rodriguez
#Michael R 
#Leah Saunders
#E. Ryan Small
#Duncan Smith 
#Webb S
#Dane Springmeyer
#Kelly S 
#Alex T
#Karsten V.
#Karen W 
#Guang Z
#<insert your name here>

CUGOS 2011 Spring Fling

2011-04-11T04:13:18Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: /* Attendees */

On April 20th, 2011, CUGOS ([http://www.cugos.org/ www.cugos.org],[http://cugos.posterous.com]) will be holding a special all-day "spring fling" event at University of Washington Seattle Campus in place of our regular monthly meeting. We will provide FREE food and drinks, thanks to following sponsors:
'''TerraGIS'''([http://terragis.net]), '''Spatialdev'''([http://spatialdev.com]), '''Zonar System'''([http://zonarsystem.com]) & '''UW Geospatial Club'''.

 

The basic idea of this event is to come in the morning to learn something new (tools and real workflows)... stick around and apply it in the afternoon on some semi-structured hack sessions... and then learn some high level stuff in the evening.  As such, the day will be broken up as follows: 

*'''9-12: morning session -- workshops '''
*'''12-1: lunch '''
*'''1-4: afternoon session -- open hacking '''
*'''4-6: dinner '''
*'''6-8: evening session -- regular meeting '''

Details are given below, but be aware that all agendas and times are approximate -- we'll be loose and agile and nimble and react to changing events and schedules as our whimsies take us. 

All skill and interest levels are welcome! -- please join us for as much of the day as you can. 

 

= Morning Session: Workshops (9am to 12pm) =
Sponsor by '''TerraGIS''' & '''Spatialdev'''

'''Venue:''' Forest Club Room, Anderson Hall 

'''We are overbooked here -- need to work this out, likely move some talks into the evening '''

Six 30-minute slots: 
* OSM for Openbasemap stuff from Matt Kenny/Greg Corradini 
* Workflow Migration from ESRI to Open Source from Allison Bailey 
* gvSIG spatial analysis basics from Karsten 
* Basic LIDAR data processing (possible w/ mpg) from Roger 
* Install and setup of PostgresSQL/PostGIS on Linux system from Roger 
* "R, PostgreSQL, and PostGIS: techniques for processing large data sets", from Phil Hurvitz 
 
'''Alternative - 12 - 10 minute slots''' (10 min lightning instruction, 5 minutes Q&A): 
Idea is a progression from server to desktop to web... hopefully utilizing common test data
 
'''4 slots on server side tools:''' 
* Install and setup of PostgresSQL/PostGIS on Linux system - RogerA 
* R, PostgreSQL, and PostGIS: techniques for processing large data sets - Phil Hurvitz 
* tbd (maybe gdal/ogr tips and tricks) ??? 
* tbd (basic batch processing with bash and python) AaronR? 
* tbd (maybe basic dev env tools like git/svn) GregC? 
 
'''4 slots on desktop tools:'''
* gvSIG spatial analysis basics - Karsten 
* Basic LIDAR data processing - MPG (help from Roger) 
* Workflow Migration from ESRI to Open Source (python scripting) - Allison Bailey 
* tbd (maybe qgis plugins) ??? 
 
'''4 slots on web tools:''' 
* OSM rendering (comparison of rendering tools and OpenLayers setup for OSM) - Matt K
* tbd (maybe basic AJAX and jQuery) ??? 
* tbd (maybe OpenLayers) ??? 
* tbd (maybe tillmill/carto) DaneS? 

= Meal Session: Lunch (12pm to 1pm) =

'''Venue:''' Forest Club Room, Anderson Hall 

Lunch is sponsor by '''Zonar System'''& '''UW Geospatial Club'''.
 

 

= Afternoon Session: Open (yet organized!) Hacking (1pm to 4pm) =

'''Venue:''' Forest Club Room, Anderson Hall 
 
Idea is to have 2-3 pre-planned projects (topics) that small groups can self organize and hack on some code. There would be a group leader that will have much of the infrastructure set up ahead of time (test data, code repo, etc). Here are some ideas::
 
* Lidar:: Leader Michael Gerlek : "Does the World Need an Open Source Server Framework for Lidar Data, and If So, How Would We Build It?"
 
* OSM rendering test framework:: Leader MattK and GregC
- Idea is to create as many rendering instances of OSM data as posible on the OBM server
- Come up with test cases that will stress all rendering engines
- Come up with jMeter test suites to run
- Maybe a django project to run tests, visualize results, and even add and remove tests.
 
* Restful interface to all OBM services:: Leader AaronR
- Idea is to create a django project to wrap all OBM services (NAIP images, OSM rendering, etc) into a logical restful interface
- Sub-projects include coming up with URL structures, implementing the restful interface, and finally implementing the pages (metadata, tests, examples, etc)
 

= Dinner Session (4pm to 6pm) =

We will be walking over to the University Ave for a no-host dinner sometime after 4pm, returning around 6pm.  Exact venue to be determined on the fly; this session might even split into parallel tracks. 

= Evening Session: Monthly Meeting and prepared talks (6pm to 8pm) =

'''Venue:''' 121 Raitt Hall 
 
First 10 minutes will be CUGOS intro and mini meeting::
* Aaron intro the group and what we are and invite new folks to participate as well as recap of rest of day 
* MPG will be be presenting a short (~5 min) recap of last month's Montreal codesprint 
 
2 hours of talks -> 6 - 20 minute talks (hard stop on timing)::
* "Open Data Kit project (http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit)" -Yaw Anokwa of UW 
* "Publishing Data to GeoNetwork/GeoServer from ArcGIS using GeoCat bridge" from Jubal Harpster.
* "ArcGIS, OpenGeoData, and R or Why I use the tools I do: the sordid life of a spatial statistics post doc" - Chris Fowler
* "Open Source Lidar State of the Union" - MPG 
* "OSM in Disaster Response - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT)" - Dane Springmeyer
* "ERMA and the Gulf Coast - Open Source tools in government disaster response" - Aaron Racicot

 

= Directions and Transportation =
'''Parking:''' [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking/daily www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking/daily] 

'''Driving:''' [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/drive www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/drive]

'''Walking: '''[http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/walk www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/walk] 

'''Bus/Train:''' [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train] and [http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train/routes www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/bus-train/routes] 

 

One person noted that "my personal experience is that one can find street parking north of 50th, west of I-5, and down by University Village shopping center, if one is willing to walk 30 to 45 minutes () . But many of those areas were also being converted to resident restricted zones. Bus is really easy." 

Another noted that "There are a ton of routes which stops near Anderson hall (Forest Club Room): [http://bit.ly/eKKmHE bit.ly/eKKmHE] (OneBusAway pointing to nearest bus stops north of Anderson)

 '''Maps of event locations:'''

*Anderson Hall (Forest Club room 207): [http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?AND www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html]
*Raitt Hall (room 121): [http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html?RAI www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html] 

 

If you are interested in an '''Olympia-based carpool''', contact Webb Sprague (webb.sprague=AT=gmail.com) 

= Contacts =

Local arrangements chair: Matt Dunbar -- dunbar.matt(AT)gmail.com 

Wiki chair: mpg -- mpg^AT^flaxen.com 

 

= Attendees =

Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) - Flaxen Geo 

Peter Keum - King County DNRP - Wastewater Treatment Division

Greg Corradini

E. Ryan Small

Ruben Rodriguez

Aaron Racicot - Z-Pulley Inc.

Matthew Kenny - RIDOLFI Inc.

<insert your name here>

IRC

2011-02-28T23:45:51Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: /* Local Chapters */

Much OSGeo related communication happens in IRC (Internet Relay Chat), an instant messaging protocol. Lots of general information on IRC is available in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia].

== Clients ==

IRC requires IRC client software. There are a wide variety of clients available. The
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatZilla ChatZilla] client is available for Firefox users on all platforms.

IRC uses a TCP/IP port which is often blocked in environments with strictly managed internet access. In these environments it is still possible to use http based clients such as:

* http://irc.telascience.org/
* <s>http://www.mibbit.com/</s> - BLOCKED BY FREENODE
* http://webchat.freenode.net/

== Channels ==

The primary OSGeo channel is #osgeo on the irc.freenode.net network. Generally speaking you would connect to irc.freenode.net and then issue the "/join #osgeo" command or possibly follow the irc://irc.freenode.net/osgeo URL.

Other channels of interest:

=== Projects ===

* #fdo - [http://fdo.osgeo.org/ Feature Data Objects]
* #featureserver - [http://featureserver.org/ FeatureServer]
* #foss4g2008 - [http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] conference organization
* #gdal - [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project (as well as FWTools, PROJ.4)
* #geonetwork - [http://geonetwork-opensource.org/ Geonetwork Open Source]
* #geotools - [http://www.geotools.org GeoTools] (also to some extent GeoServer, uDig)
* #grass - [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS]
* #mapbender - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapbender Mapbender]
* #mapguide - [http://mapguide.osgeo.org/ MapGuide Open Source] (and Enterprise)
* #mapserver - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver MapServer] and some MapServer based frameworks
* #openlayers - [http://www.osgeo.org/openlayers OpenLayers]
* #ossimplanet - [http://www.osgeo.org/ossim OSSIM] project
* #postgis - [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]
* #qgis - [http://www.qgis.org/ Quantum GIS]
* #drupal-geo - [http://groups.drupal.org/location-and-mapping Drupal GEO]

=== Local Chapters ===

* #osgeo-es - Capítulo Local de la comunidad [[Español|hispano-hablante]]
* #osgeo-fr - [[Francophone OSGeo Chapter]]
* #gfoss - [[Italiano|Italian language]] OSGeo Chapter
* #osgeo-phl - [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia area]] OSGeo Chapter
* #fossgis - [[D-A-CH|German language]] OSGeo chapter ([http://logs.qgis.org/fossgis logs])
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pt #osgeo-pt] - [[Portugal]] OSGeo Chapter (use [http://webchat.freenode.net webchat] se não tiver um cliente IRC, e preencha o nome e o canal '''#osgeo-pt''')
* #osgeo-qc - [[Quebec| Quebec OSGeo Chapter]]
* #cugos - [[Cascadia|Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source]]

=== Other ===
* #geojson
* #kml
* #moss4g

== Etiquette ==

* Don't ask to ask, just go ahead and ask your question.
* Don't paste large chunks of text into IRC channels. If you want to present a code or configuration file snippet to others to look at use a "pasting service" like http://codepad.org/ or http://osgeo.pastebin.com/ to host the snippet, and then paste the url to it into the IRC channel.
* If you want the attention of a particular person, include their nick in the message and they will generally be alerted (flashed, bell rung, etc).
* Give folks a while to respond. They are usually multi-tasking and might not look at IRC for a while.
* If an active conversation is going on, wait for a lull to raise a different topic (a minute of inactivity for instance)

== Logs ==

Many popular OSGeo related channels are logged. The #osgeo channel logs are at:

http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo

Other logs may also be found under:

http://logs.qgis.org/<add project name>

Some channels (ie. #mapserver and #osgeo) are also logged on IRSeek (http://www.irseek.com), an IRC search engine.

== See also ==

* [[How to use irc fr]]

* Test

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

IRC

2011-02-28T23:45:27Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: /* Local Chapters */

Much OSGeo related communication happens in IRC (Internet Relay Chat), an instant messaging protocol. Lots of general information on IRC is available in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia].

== Clients ==

IRC requires IRC client software. There are a wide variety of clients available. The
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatZilla ChatZilla] client is available for Firefox users on all platforms.

IRC uses a TCP/IP port which is often blocked in environments with strictly managed internet access. In these environments it is still possible to use http based clients such as:

* http://irc.telascience.org/
* <s>http://www.mibbit.com/</s> - BLOCKED BY FREENODE
* http://webchat.freenode.net/

== Channels ==

The primary OSGeo channel is #osgeo on the irc.freenode.net network. Generally speaking you would connect to irc.freenode.net and then issue the "/join #osgeo" command or possibly follow the irc://irc.freenode.net/osgeo URL.

Other channels of interest:

=== Projects ===

* #fdo - [http://fdo.osgeo.org/ Feature Data Objects]
* #featureserver - [http://featureserver.org/ FeatureServer]
* #foss4g2008 - [http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] conference organization
* #gdal - [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project (as well as FWTools, PROJ.4)
* #geonetwork - [http://geonetwork-opensource.org/ Geonetwork Open Source]
* #geotools - [http://www.geotools.org GeoTools] (also to some extent GeoServer, uDig)
* #grass - [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS]
* #mapbender - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapbender Mapbender]
* #mapguide - [http://mapguide.osgeo.org/ MapGuide Open Source] (and Enterprise)
* #mapserver - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver MapServer] and some MapServer based frameworks
* #openlayers - [http://www.osgeo.org/openlayers OpenLayers]
* #ossimplanet - [http://www.osgeo.org/ossim OSSIM] project
* #postgis - [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]
* #qgis - [http://www.qgis.org/ Quantum GIS]
* #drupal-geo - [http://groups.drupal.org/location-and-mapping Drupal GEO]

=== Local Chapters ===

* #osgeo-es - Capítulo Local de la comunidad [[Español|hispano-hablante]]
* #osgeo-fr - [[Francophone OSGeo Chapter]]
* #gfoss - [[Italiano|Italian language]] OSGeo Chapter
* #osgeo-phl - [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia area]] OSGeo Chapter
* #fossgis - [[D-A-CH|German language]] OSGeo chapter ([http://logs.qgis.org/fossgis logs])
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pt #osgeo-pt] - [[Portugal]] OSGeo Chapter (use [http://webchat.freenode.net webchat] se não tiver um cliente IRC, e preencha o nome e o canal '''#osgeo-pt''')
* #osgeo-qc - [[Quebec| Quebec OSGeo Chapter]]
* #cugos - [[Cascadia|CUGOS]]

=== Other ===
* #geojson
* #kml
* #moss4g

== Etiquette ==

* Don't ask to ask, just go ahead and ask your question.
* Don't paste large chunks of text into IRC channels. If you want to present a code or configuration file snippet to others to look at use a "pasting service" like http://codepad.org/ or http://osgeo.pastebin.com/ to host the snippet, and then paste the url to it into the IRC channel.
* If you want the attention of a particular person, include their nick in the message and they will generally be alerted (flashed, bell rung, etc).
* Give folks a while to respond. They are usually multi-tasking and might not look at IRC for a while.
* If an active conversation is going on, wait for a lull to raise a different topic (a minute of inactivity for instance)

== Logs ==

Many popular OSGeo related channels are logged. The #osgeo channel logs are at:

http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo

Other logs may also be found under:

http://logs.qgis.org/<add project name>

Some channels (ie. #mapserver and #osgeo) are also logged on IRSeek (http://www.irseek.com), an IRC search engine.

== See also ==

* [[How to use irc fr]]

* Test

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

IRC

2011-02-28T23:45:04Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: /* Local Chapters */

Much OSGeo related communication happens in IRC (Internet Relay Chat), an instant messaging protocol. Lots of general information on IRC is available in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia].

== Clients ==

IRC requires IRC client software. There are a wide variety of clients available. The
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatZilla ChatZilla] client is available for Firefox users on all platforms.

IRC uses a TCP/IP port which is often blocked in environments with strictly managed internet access. In these environments it is still possible to use http based clients such as:

* http://irc.telascience.org/
* <s>http://www.mibbit.com/</s> - BLOCKED BY FREENODE
* http://webchat.freenode.net/

== Channels ==

The primary OSGeo channel is #osgeo on the irc.freenode.net network. Generally speaking you would connect to irc.freenode.net and then issue the "/join #osgeo" command or possibly follow the irc://irc.freenode.net/osgeo URL.

Other channels of interest:

=== Projects ===

* #fdo - [http://fdo.osgeo.org/ Feature Data Objects]
* #featureserver - [http://featureserver.org/ FeatureServer]
* #foss4g2008 - [http://foss4g2008.org FOSS4G 2008] conference organization
* #gdal - [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project (as well as FWTools, PROJ.4)
* #geonetwork - [http://geonetwork-opensource.org/ Geonetwork Open Source]
* #geotools - [http://www.geotools.org GeoTools] (also to some extent GeoServer, uDig)
* #grass - [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS]
* #mapbender - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapbender Mapbender]
* #mapguide - [http://mapguide.osgeo.org/ MapGuide Open Source] (and Enterprise)
* #mapserver - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver MapServer] and some MapServer based frameworks
* #openlayers - [http://www.osgeo.org/openlayers OpenLayers]
* #ossimplanet - [http://www.osgeo.org/ossim OSSIM] project
* #postgis - [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]
* #qgis - [http://www.qgis.org/ Quantum GIS]
* #drupal-geo - [http://groups.drupal.org/location-and-mapping Drupal GEO]

=== Local Chapters ===

* #osgeo-es - Capítulo Local de la comunidad [[Español|hispano-hablante]]
* #osgeo-fr - [[Francophone OSGeo Chapter]]
* #gfoss - [[Italiano|Italian language]] OSGeo Chapter
* #osgeo-phl - [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia area]] OSGeo Chapter
* #fossgis - [[D-A-CH|German language]] OSGeo chapter ([http://logs.qgis.org/fossgis logs])
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pt #osgeo-pt] - [[Portugal]] OSGeo Chapter (use [http://webchat.freenode.net webchat] se não tiver um cliente IRC, e preencha o nome e o canal '''#osgeo-pt''')
* #osgeo-qc - [[Quebec| Quebec OSGeo Chapter]]
* #cugos - [[Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source | CUGOS]]

=== Other ===
* #geojson
* #kml
* #moss4g

== Etiquette ==

* Don't ask to ask, just go ahead and ask your question.
* Don't paste large chunks of text into IRC channels. If you want to present a code or configuration file snippet to others to look at use a "pasting service" like http://codepad.org/ or http://osgeo.pastebin.com/ to host the snippet, and then paste the url to it into the IRC channel.
* If you want the attention of a particular person, include their nick in the message and they will generally be alerted (flashed, bell rung, etc).
* Give folks a while to respond. They are usually multi-tasking and might not look at IRC for a while.
* If an active conversation is going on, wait for a lull to raise a different topic (a minute of inactivity for instance)

== Logs ==

Many popular OSGeo related channels are logged. The #osgeo channel logs are at:

http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo

Other logs may also be found under:

http://logs.qgis.org/<add project name>

Some channels (ie. #mapserver and #osgeo) are also logged on IRSeek (http://www.irseek.com), an IRC search engine.

== See also ==

* [[How to use irc fr]]

* Test

[[Category:Infrastructure]]

User:Matthewkenny

2010-08-13T17:24:05Z

Wiki-Matthewkenny: Created page with '[http://www.mkgeomatics.com http://www.mkgeomatics.com] [http://groups.google.com/group/cugos http://groups.google.com/group/cugos]'

[http://www.mkgeomatics.com http://www.mkgeomatics.com]

[http://groups.google.com/group/cugos http://groups.google.com/group/cugos]