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Google Summer of Code 2017 Administrative

2017-03-17T21:07:24Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Mentors */

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] @ OSGeo wiki page.
* Visit our [[Google Summer of Code 2017 Ideas]] and our [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] pages

This is the central page for OSGeo administrative information in Google Summer of Code 2017.

== GSoC general information ==

* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline The official timeline]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq Google's FAQ on the program]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ Official 2017 GSoC site]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/responsibilities Roles and Responsibilities]

== Contacts ==

* Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you!

* To contact OSGeo's GSoC admin team directly:
** send an email to [mailto:gsoc-admin@osgeo.org gsoc-admin@osgeo.org]
** join the #osgeo-gsoc channel on irc.freenode.net (connect directly in your browser via [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gsoc webchat])

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] acts as chair of the Admin team, which includes [[User:Masterflorin|Florin-Daniel Cioloboc]], [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]], [[Helmut Kudrnovsky]], [[User:Macho|Werner Macho]], [[Jeff McKenna]], and Guillermo Pizarro. Feel free to email us with any questions, we're here to help mentor the mentors as much as anything else!



[[Image:Madi_BW_1.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]][[Image:FlorinCioloboc.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Masterflorin|Florin Cioloboc]][[Image:Aghisla-profile-pic.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]][[Image:Hk grey.png|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky|Helmut Kudrnovsky]][[Image:Macho.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Werner_Macho|Werner Macho]][[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|x100px|link=https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

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== Mentors ==

If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here:

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|width=30px|'''Number'''
|width=100px|'''Name'''
|width=100px|'''Surname'''
|width=100px|'''Nickname (IRC)'''
|width=250px|'''email'''
|'''Software community'''
|'''Idea(s) you are available to mentor''' (please write down the title of the idea, not link to ideas page!)
|-
|1
|Tom
|Kralidis
|tomkralidis
|tomkralidis at gmail.com
|pycsw
|[https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-GSoC#2017 pycsw filter abstraction, Elasticsearch backend, admin HTTP API]
|-
|2
|Gabriele
|Prestifilippo
|gabry501
|gabriele.prestifilippo at gmail com
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind
|HeatMap Layer, Plug-in, Create Your Own
|-
|3
|Vicky
|Vergara
|cvvergara
|vicky at georepublic de
|pgRouting
|Develop new functionality into pgRouting
|-
|4
|Daniel
|Kastl
|dkastl
|daniel at georepublic de
|pgRouting
|Connect more boost functions to pgRouting
|-
|5
|Rohith
|Reddy
|sankepallyrohithreddy
|rohithreddy2219 at gmail com
|pgRouting
|Connect more boost functions to pgRouting
|-
|6
|Patrick
|Hogan
|HamletAlive
|patrick.hogan at nasa gov
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind
|CitySmart Urban Infrastructure Management
|-
|7
|Anna
|Petrasova
|
|kratochanna at gmail com
|GRASS GIS
|3D rendering, 3D viewer
|-
|8
|Vaclav
|Petras
|
|wenzeslaus at gmail com
|GRASS GIS
|Jupyter Notebook, Benchmarking, Testing, ...
|-
|9
|Jakub
|Balhar
|
|jakub at balhar net
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind
|CitySmart Urban Infrastructure Management
|-
|10
|Alexandre
|Dubé
|
|adube at mapgears com
|OL3-Google-Maps
|Develop new features in the OL3-Google-Maps library
|-
|11
|Raphaël
|Gagnon
|
|rgagnon at mapgears com
|OL3-Google-Maps
|Develop new features in the OL3-Google-Maps library
|-
|12
|Stefan
|Steiniger
|
|sstein at geo-uzh-ch
|OpenTripPlanner
|Extending OpenTripPlanner with Real Time Modelling Functions
|-
|13
|Jorge
|Rocha
|[[User:Jgrocha|Jgrocha]]
|jgr@di.uminho.pt
|QGIS
|Improve QGIS style interoperability, by reading and writing cartographic styles from other projects.
|-
|14
|Massimiliano
|Cannata
|[[User:maxi71|maxi]]
|massimiliano.cannata at gmail com
|istSOS
|Data analysis and statistical tools from sensor data
|-
|15
|Milan
|Antonovic
|[[User:mantonovic|mantonovic]]
|milan.antonovic at gmail com
|istSOS
|Upgrade and finalize the istSOS JavaScript Core Library
|-
|16
|Martin
|Landa
|
|landa.martin at gmail com
|GRASS GIS
|GUI, rendering
|-
|17
|Alexander
|Bruy
|alexbruy
|alexander dot bruy at gmail dot com
|QGIS
|Processing Framework improvements
|-
|18
|Barry
|Rowlingson
|
|b.rowlingson at gmail com
|QGIS
|R/QGIS Interface for Mapping
|-

|19
|Maria Antonia
|Brovelli
|
|maria dot brovelli at polimi dot it
|ESA-NASA WebWorldWind
|CitySmart Urban Infrastructure Management
|-

|20
|Jonas
|Eberle
|
|jonas dot eberle at gmx dot de
|PyWPS
|Publishing data to MapServer and pycsw, Process chaining capabilities, Web-based administration & process management
|-

|21
|Joaquin
|Del Cerro
|
|jjdelcerro at gvsig dot org
|gvSIG
|Data model for visualizations in gvSIG
|-

|22
|Alvaro
|Anguix
|
|aanguix at gvsig dot com
|gvSIG
|Data model for visualizations in gvSIG
|-

|23
|Julia
|Wagemann
|
|wagemann dot julia at gmx dot de
|QGIS / GRASS GIS
|WCS 2.0 plugin for QGIS, Jupyter Notebook examples with QGIS / GRASS GIS
|-

|24
|Tais
|TaGri
|
|tgrippa at ulb dot ac dot be
|
|Additional GUI tools for image analysis (co-mentor for content)
|-

|25
|Nadia
|Chaer
|
|nadiachaer at gmail dot com
|gvSIG
|Educational games addon for gvSIG Batoví/Educa
|-

|26
|Francisco
|Puga
|
|fpuga at icarto dot es
|gvSIG
|Educational games addon for gvSIG Batoví/Educa
|-
|27
|Sean
|Barbeau
|
|barbeau at cutr dot usf dot edu
|OpenTripPlanner/OneBusAway
|Bikeshare Information for Transportation Apps
|-
|27
|Óg
|Crudden
|
|og dot crudden at gmail dot com
|OpenTripPlanner/OneBusAway
|Bikeshare Information for Transportation Apps
|-
|28
|Aaron
|Brethorst
|
|aaron at brethorsting dot com
|OpenTripPlanner/OneBusAway
|Bikeshare Information for Transportation Apps
|-
|}

== A Mentor's Responsibilities ==

Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support.

Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your dev community and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. ''' Both mentors need to appoint themselves officially'''. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge.

You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''evaluation periods'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates. There are '''3 evaluation periods''' this year where mentors are required to complete an evaluation of their student. After the first 4 weeks of coding, after 8 weeks of coding and then at the end (after 12 weeks of coding). The evaluation forms are shorter than previous years so they should take less time to complete.

== Guides for mentors ==

* [http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsoc-mentoring/what-is-gsoc/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors.
* [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO]
* [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis]

== Tips for mentors ==

This section is for collecting suggestions on best practices, from mentors to other mentors. If you have good / bad experiences in mentoring, please share here! Remember that this is a public page, respect the privacy of the people.

=== Good ideas ===

* '''Test students before selection.''' Challenge them with small programming tasks or bug fixes. This will help them getting familiar with the dev environment well before GSoC starts, and helps mentors understand if they are capable. Think to a task much earlier to the timeline, and connect the task to the idea in the ideas page.
* Time management tip: Try not to mentor more than one project per year. In any case, '''you can be primary mentor only for one project.''' Consider carefully the time that you can allocate on GSoC.
* A earlier mentor reported: "In my experience, it's most effective to require an accepted pull request of developed code by end of summer and write the proposal in terms of getting there."
* ...

=== Bad ideas ===

* ...

== Learn more ==

* Previous years SoC involvement: [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/organizations/6434461499523072/ 2016] [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2015 2015], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2014 2014], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2013 2013], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2012 2012], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2011 2011], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2010 2010], [https://www.google-melange.com/archive/gsoc/2009 2009], [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html 2008]

* OSGeo GSoC wiki pages: [[Google Summer of Code 2016|2016]],[[Google Summer of Code 2015|2015]],[[Google Summer of Code 2014|2014]],[[Google Summer of Code 2013|2013]],[[Google Summer of Code 2012|2012]],[[Google Summer of Code 2011|2011]],[[Google Summer of Code 2010|2010]],[[Google Summer of Code 2009|2009]],[[Google Summer of Code 2008|2008]]

* OSGeo Applications: [[Google Summer of Code Application 2016|2016]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2015|2015]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2014|2014]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]],[[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]],[[Google SoC Application 2010|2010]],[[Google SoC Application 2009|2009]]

[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

Google Summer of Code 2017 Ideas

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] wiki page.

* See also ideas from [[Google Summer of Code 2016 Ideas|2016]], [[Google Summer of Code 2015 Ideas|2015]], [[Google Summer of Code 2014 Ideas|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code 2013 Ideas|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012 Ideas|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011 Ideas|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010 Ideas|2010]], [[Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas|2009]], [[2008_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2008]], [[2007_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2007]].
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== OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2017 ==

The [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] would like to extend a welcome to all SoC students. On this page you will find links to a host of ideas organized by project. You will find ideas ranging from the depths of computer science graph theory to the heights of visualization. One thing all these ideas have in common is lots and lots of spatial data.

These ideas are '''*only*''' to motivate you, and serve as example of the kind of hills we want to charge up. Your own ideas are more than welcomed - they are encouraged. We view you as the next wave of open source leaders and the future of the geospatial industry; show us what you've got!

* '''Students: check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page. If you need more information on how to apply you can contact all the mentors via the OSGeo-SoC mailing list''' ([[#How to get in contact via mailing lists|see below]]) And look at [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/responsibilities GSoC Roles and Responsibilities ] to understand a successfull teamwork and interplay of project, mentors and students.

* There is a [https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/resources/flyers Google SoC flyer] to look at and post in appropriate places.

* Ok, [[OSGeo]] is involved in working with maps and things, but what kind of projects does it really do? Have a look at the [http://planet.osgeo.org/ live blog feed] to see what people are working on right now.

* Mentors, there's an additional link providing some tips and specifying your responsibilities on the main OSGeo [[Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative]] wiki page.

== The ideas pages ==
'''''[Check back often, it's a work in progress]'''''

If you are an OSGeo project lead about to add your page, please contact the GSoC admin team to let them know of your ideas page, by sending an email to [mailto:gsoc-admin@osgeo.org gsoc-admin@osgeo.org]

Each participating project's list of ideas is on the respective projects' wikis, with a short description of the project and what type of students would be interested in it:

=== OSGeo Foundation member projects ===

''More coming soon: Get started talking to your favorite project's development team today!''

[[Image:logo-grass.png|60px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2017 '''GRASS GIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] is an open source GIS focusing on analysis, modeling and visualization. It is a collection of modules written in C and Python and has a GUI written in wxPython. If you know Python, or want to implement algorithms in C, take a look!

[[Image:logo-qgis.png|60px|right]]
* [https://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017 '''QGIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. It is written in C++ and Python.




[[Image:logo-gvSIG.png|60px|right]]
* [[GvSIG_GSoC_2017_Ideas|'''gvSIG''' Ideas]]: gvSIG is a free GIS project for [http://www.gvsig.com/en/web/guest/products/gvsig-desktop Desktop]. The gvSIG project looks for students with Java or Python skills that want to develop new ideas on this software.

[[Image:Pycsw-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-GSoC#2017'''pycsw''' Ideas]: [http://pycsw.org pycsw] is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python, and provides a metadata and catalogue component for spatial data infrastructures. The pycsw project is looking for students interested in Python and search, come join us!







[[Image:Logo-istSOS.png|100px|right]]
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/istsos/wiki/GSoC_ideas_2017/ '''istSOS''' Ideas]: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/istsos/ istSOS] is a complete sensor data management system for acquiring, storing and dispatching time-series observations. istSOS is compliant with the Sensor Observation Service (SOS) version 1.0 and 2.0 standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and offers unique extended capabilities to support scientific data analyses (integrated quality assurance, RESTful API, on the fly processing with virtual procedures, remote data aggregation and time-space re-projection etc.). istSOS core libraries are written in Python while it easy to use interface is Web based.

[[Image:Pywps logo.png|80px|right]]
* [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/GSoC-2017-ideas '''PyWPS''' Ideas]: [http://pywps.org/ PyWPS] is an implementation of the Web Processing Service standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium. PyWPS is written in Python. PyWPS enables integration, publishing and execution of Python processes via the WPS standard.








=== Guest projects ===

Like-minded geospatial projects to take part under OSGeo umbrella. If you wish your software project to be listed here, please contact the GSoC admin team, by sending an email to [mailto:gsoc-admin@osgeo.org gsoc-admin@osgeo.org]

[[Image:Pgrouting-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas '''pgRouting''' Ideas]: [http://pgrouting.org pgRouting] extends the PostGIS / PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide geospatial routing functionality and more.

[[Image:Nasa meatball logo.png|60px|right]]
* [[NASA-ESA_WebWorldWind_GSoC_2017_Ideas | '''NASA-ESA Web World Wind''']] Ideas: [https://webworldwind.org/ NASA-ESA Web World Wind] is a 3D virtual globe API for HTML5 and JavaScript.

 

* [[OL3-Google-Maps-GSoC_2017_Ideas | '''OL3-Google-Maps''']] ideas, [http://mapgears.github.io/ol3-google-maps/ OL3-Google-Maps] is a library that allows the use of the Google Maps API within OpenLayers using JavaScript.
 

[[Image:Oba_logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2017 '''OneBusAway''' Ideas]: The [http://onebusaway.org/ OneBusAway] open source project is a consortium of representatives from public sector transit agencies, commercial firms, academic research representatives, and interested individuals, aiming at delivering robust real-time applications that meet the needs of transit providers and academic researchers.



=== Don't see in the list the project you're interested in? ===

Contact them in their developers mailing list! Feel free to propose your own idea and get feedback!

== I want to apply as a student ==

Before applying as a student, check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page.

=== Which project do I choose? ===

Most of the software projects are available pre-built on our Live demo { DVD | USB stick | VirtualMachine } with project overviews and short tutorials where you can try everything out.
: View the documents and download the ISO from http://live.osgeo.org
[[File:Osgeolive wordle.png|500px|center]]

=== Important dates ===

* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline '''The official timeline''']


* Feb 27: Google announces accepted organizations.
: Please start talking to the dev communities you are interested in ''now''.
* March 20: Student applications open.
: The earlier you start the more probable it is that you will be accepted!
: ''There is two way feedback during the application process which really helps you improve and clarify your application before the final deadline. The better your involvement with your potential mentors during this period, the better your chances of being selected.''
* April 3: Student application deadline.
* May 4: '''Accepted student proposals are announced and Community Bonding Period begins.'''
* May 30: '''Coding begins!'''
: (''you may unofficially start a week or two earlier if you know you'll have to take a week or two off during The Summer or you'll be sitting finals in the first week(s) of the program. This must be reflected in your application timeline'')
* June 26 - 30: Phase 1 evaluation
* July 28: Phase 2 evaluation
* August 21-29: '''Pencils down!'''
* August 29 - September 5: Final evaluations
* September 6: Final results announced

[Back to [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] @ OSGeo]
[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

Google Summer of Code 2017 Administrative

2017-03-08T14:00:51Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Mentors */

Google Summer of Code 2016 Administrative

2016-03-31T01:50:24Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Mentors */

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2016]] @ OSGeo wiki page.

This is the central page for OSGeo administrative information in Google Summer of Code 2016.

== GSoC general information ==

* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline The official timeline]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/ Google's FAQ on the program]
* [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ Official 2016 GSoC site]

== Contacts ==

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] acts as Administrative contact, with support from [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]]. Feel free to email us with any questions, we're here to help mentor the mentors as much as anything else!

* Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you!

== Mentors ==

If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here:

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#D7E3D1; font-size:95%; empty-cells:show;"
|width=30px|'''Number'''
|width=100px|'''Name'''
|width=100px|'''Surname'''
|width=100px|'''Nickname (IRC)'''
|width=250px|'''email'''
|'''Software community'''
|'''Idea(s) you are available to mentor'''
|-
|1
|Margherita
|Di Leo
|madi
|diregola AT gmail DOT com
|admin at OSGeo
|Idea I would like to mentor
|-
|2
|Alexander
|Bruy
|alexbruy
|alexander.bruy AT gmail.com
|QGIS
|
|-
|3
|Victor
|Olaya
|volaya
|volayaf AT gmail DOT com
|QGIS
|
|-
|4
|Daniel
|Kastl
|dkastl
|daniel AT georepublic DOT de
|pgRouting
|
|-
|5
|Massimiliano
|Cannata
|maxi
|massimiliano.cannata AT gmail DOT com
|istSOS
|
|-
|6
|Milan
|Antonovic
|milan
|milan.antonovic AT gmail DOT com
|istSOS
|
|-
|7
|Jachym
|Cepicky
|jachym
|jachym.cepicky AT gmail
|PyWPS
|
|-
|8
|Andrea
|Antonello
|moovida
|andrea.antonello AT gmail DOT com
|JGrasstools, gvSIG, Geopaparazzi
|
|-
|9
|Rashad
|Kanavath
|rashadkm
|rashadkm AT gmail DOT com
|GRASS GIS, OSSIM, GDAL
|
|-
|10
|Cameron
|Shorter
|CameronShorter
|cameronDOTs h o r ter AT gmail com
|OSGeo-Live
|
|-
|11
|Stephen
|Woodbridge
|woodbri
|woodbri AT swoodbridge DOT com
|pgRouting
|
|-
|12
|Vicky
|Vergara
|cvvergara
|vicky AT georepublic DOT de
|pgRouting
|
|-
|13
|Dmitry
|Baryshnikov
|bishop
|bishop.dev AT gmail.com
|GDAL
|
|-
|14
|Luca
|Delucchi
|lucadelu
|lucadeluge AT gmail.com
|GRASS GIS
|
|-
|15
|Anna
|Petrasova
|
|kratochanna AT gmail.com
|GRASS GIS
|
|-
|16
|Stefan
|Steiniger
|
|sstein AT geo.uzh.ch
|OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner, OpenJUMP
|for OneBusAway see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here]
|-
|17
|Sean
|Barbeau
|
|barbeau AT cutr.usf.edu
|OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner
|for OneBusAway see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here], also there are ideas around for OpenTripPlanner Android App, and the GTFS-RT Validator
|-
|18
|Riccardo
|Rigon
|abouthydrology
|rccrd.rgn AT gmail DOT com
|JGrasstools, gvSIG, Geopaparazzi
|
|-
|19
|Vaclav
|Petras
|
|wenzeslaus AT gmail.com
|GRASS GIS
|
|-
|20
|Oliver
|May
|
|oliver AT dfc DOT be
|Geomajas, leaflet, openlayers, geoserver, geotools
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|-
|21
|Even
|Rouault
|
|even dot rouault AT spatialys dot com
|GDAL
|
|-
|22
|Alexandre
|Dubé
|
|adube AT mapgears dot com
|OL3-Google-Maps
|
|-
|23
|Moritz
|Lennert
|
|mlennert AT club dot worldonline dot be
|GRASS GIS
|
|-
|24
|Roberto
|Marzocchi
|
|roberto dot marzocchi AT gmail dot com dot
|GRASS GIS
|
|-
|25
|Brian M
|Hamlin
|darkblue_b
|maplabs AT light42 DOT com
|SciPy geospatial stack, PostGIS, gdal 2.0
|
|-
|26
|Jessica
|Lapointe
|
|jlapointe AT mapgears dot com
|OL3-Google-Maps
|
|-
|27
|Gérald
|Fenoy
|djay
|gerald.fenoy AT geolabs.fr
|ZOO-Project
|
|-
|28
|Massimo
|Di Stefano
|epifanio
|epiesasha AT me DOT com
|GRASS GIS
| webgrass
|-
|29
|Patrick
|Hogan
|
|patrick.hogan AT nasa DOT gov
|NASA World Wind
|
|-
|30
|Oscar
|Kramer
|
|oscarkramer AT yahoo DOT com
|OSSIM
|
|-
|31
|Jakub
|Balhar
|
|jakub AT balhar DOT net
|NASA World Wind
|
|-
|32
|Jonas
|Eberle
|
|jonas.eberle AT gmx DOT de
|PyWPS
|
|-
|33
|Martin
|Landa
|
|landa.martin AT gmail DOT com
|GRASS GIS
|
|-
|34
|Rob
|Emanuele
|lossyrob
|rdemanuele AT gmail DOT com
|GDAL
|
|-
|35
|Anita
|Graser
|
|anitagraser AT gmx DOT at
|QGIS
|
|-
|36
|Giustino
|Tonon
|
|giustino.tonon AT unibz DOT it
|JGrasstools
|
|-
|37
|Alessandro
|Pasotti
|
|apasotti AT gmail DOT com
|QGIS
|QGIS Symbology Repository
|-
|38
|David
|Burken
|
|dburken AT gmail DOT com
|OSSIM
|
|-
|38
|Óg
|Crudden
|
|og.crudden AT gmail.com
|OneBusAway
|see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here]
|-
|}

== A Mentor's Responsibilities ==

Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support.

Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your dev community and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge.

You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''midterm and final evaluation period'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates.

== Guides for mentors ==

* [http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors.
* [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO]
* [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis]

== Tips for mentors ==

This section is for collecting suggestions on best practices, from mentors to other mentors. If you have good / bad experiences in mentoring, please share here! Remember that this is a public page, respect the privacy of the people.

=== Good ideas ===

* Test students before selection. Challenge them with small programming tasks or bug fixes. This will help them getting familiar with the dev environment well before GSoC starts, and helps mentors understand if they are capable.
* Time management tips: Try not to mentor more than one project per year. In any case, you can be primary mentor only for one project. Consider carefully the time that you can allocate on GSoC.
* ...

=== Bad ideas ===

* ...

== Learn more ==

* Previous years SoC involvement: [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html 2008], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2009/osgeo 2009], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2010/osgeo 2010], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/osgeo 2011], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/osgeo 2012], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/osgeo 2013], [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/osgeo 2015]

* OSGeo GSoC wiki pages: [[Google Summer of Code 2008|2008]], [[Google Summer of Code 2009|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code 2014|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code 2015|2015]]

* OSGeo Applications: [[Google SoC Application 2009|2009]], [[Google SoC Application 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2014|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2015|2015]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2016|2016]]

[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

Google Summer of Code 2016 Administrative

2016-03-06T17:14:20Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Mentors */

<center>
[[Image:GSoC2016Logo.jpg|500px|link=https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/]] @ [[Image:OSGeo_300_127_pixel.png|200px|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]
</center>

* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2016]] @ OSGeo wiki page.

This is the central page for OSGeo administrative information in Google Summer of Code 2016.

== GSoC general information ==

* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline The official timeline]
* [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/ Google's FAQ on the program]
* [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ Official 2016 GSoC site]

== Contacts ==

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]] acts as Administrative contact, with support from [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]]. Feel free to email us with any questions, we're here to help mentor the mentors as much as anything else!

* Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you!

== Mentors ==

If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here:

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|width=30px|'''Number'''
|width=100px|'''Name'''
|width=100px|'''Surname'''
|width=100px|'''Nickname (IRC)'''
|width=250px|'''email'''
|'''Software'''
|'''Idea(s) you are available to mentor'''
|-
|1
|Margherita
|Di Leo
|madi
|diregola AT gmail DOT com
|admin at OSGeo
|Idea I would like to mentor
|-
|2
|Alexander
|Bruy
|alexbruy
|alexander.bruy AT gmail.com
|QGIS
|
|-
|3
|Victor
|Olaya
|volaya
|volayaf AT gmail DOT com
|QGIS
|
|-
|4
|Daniel
|Kastl
|dkastl
|daniel AT georepublic DOT de
|pgRouting
|
|-
|5
|Massimiliano
|Cannata
|maxi
|massimiliano.cannata AT gmail DOT com
|istSOS
|
|-
|6
|Milan
|Antonovic
|milan
|milan.antonovic AT gmail DOT com
|istSOS
|
|-
|7
|Jachym
|Cepicky
|jachym
|jachym.cepicky AT gmail
|PyWPS
|
|-
|8
|Andrea
|Antonello
|moovida
|andrea.antonello AT gmail DOT com
|JGrasstools, gvSIG, Geopaparazzi
|
|-
|-
|9
|Rashad
|Kanavath
|rashadkm
|rashadkm AT gmail DOT com
|GRASS GIS, OSSIM, GDAL
|
|-
|10
|Cameron
|Shorter
|CameronShorter
|cameronDOTs h o r ter AT gmail com
|OSGeo-Live
|
|-
|11
|Stephen
|Woodbridge
|woodbri
|woodbri AT swoodbridge DOT com
|pgRouting
|
|-
|12
|Vicky
|Vergara
|cvvergara
|vicky AT georepublic DOT de
|pgRouting
|
|-
|13
|Dmitry
|Baryshnikov
|bishop
|bishop.dev AT gmail.com
|GDAL
|
|-
|14
|Luca
|Delucchi
|lucadelu
|lucadeluge AT gmail.com
|GRASS
|
|-
|15
|Anna
|Petrasova
|
|kratochanna AT gmail.com
|GRASS
|
|-
|16
|Stefan
|Steiniger
|
|sstein AT geo.uzh.ch
|OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner, OpenJUMP
|for OneBusAway see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here]
|-
|17
|Sean
|Barbeau
|
|barbeau AT cutr.usf.edu
|OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner
|for OneBusAway see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here], also there are ideas around for OpenTripPlanner Android App, and the GTFS-RT Validator
|-
|}

== A Mentor's Responsibilities ==

Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find :). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support.

Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your programming team and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge.

You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''midterm and final evaluation period'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates.

== Guides for mentors ==

* [http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors.
* [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO]
* [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis]

== Tips for mentors ==

This section is for collecting suggestions on best practices, from mentors to other mentors. If you have good / bad experiences in mentoring, please share here! Remember that this is a public page, respect the privacy of the people.

=== Good ideas ===

* Test students before selection. Challenge them with small programming tasks or bug fixes. This will help them getting familiar with the dev environment well before GSoC starts, and helps mentors understand if they are capable.

=== Bad ideas ===

== Learn more ==

* Previous years SoC involvement: [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html 2008], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2009/osgeo 2009], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2010/osgeo 2010], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/osgeo 2011], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/osgeo 2012], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/osgeo 2013], [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/osgeo 2015]

* OSGeo GSoC wiki pages: [[Google Summer of Code 2008|2008]], [[Google Summer of Code 2009|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code 2014|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code 2015|2015]]

* OSGeo Applications: [[Google SoC Application 2009|2009]], [[Google SoC Application 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2014|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2015|2015]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2016|2016]]

[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

Google Summer of Code 2015 Ideas

2015-03-05T19:25:00Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Guest projects */

[[Image:GoogleSummer_2015logo.png|600px|link=http://code.google.com/soc/]] @ [[Image:OSGeo_300_127_pixel.png|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] wiki page.

* See also ideas from [[2007_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2007]], [[2008_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2008]], [[Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010 Ideas|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011 Ideas|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012 Ideas|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code 2013 Ideas|2013]] and [[Google Summer of Code 2014 Ideas|2014]].
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== OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2015 ==

The [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] would like to extend a welcome to all SoC students. On this page you will find links to a host of ideas organized by project. You will find ideas ranging from the depths of computer science graph theory to the heights of visualization. One thing all these ideas have in common is lots and lots of spatial data.

These ideas are '''*only*''' to motivate you, and serve as example of the kind of hills we want to charge up. Your own ideas are more than welcomed - they are encouraged. We view you as the next wave of open source leaders; show us what you've got.

* '''Students: check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page. If you need more information on how to apply you can contact all the mentors via the OSGeo-SoC mailing list''' ([[#How to get in contact via mailing lists|see below]])

* There is a [https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/resources/flyers Google SoC flyer] to look at and post in appropriate places.

* Ok, [[OSGeo]] is involved in working with maps and things, but what kind of projects does it really do? Have a look at the [http://planet.osgeo.org/ live blog feed] to see what people are working on right now.

* Mentors, there's an additional link providing some tips and specifying your responsibilities on the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] wiki page.

== The ideas pages ==
'''''[Check back often, it's a work in progress]'''''

Each participating project's list of ideas is on the respective projects' wikis, with a short description of the project and what type of students would be interested in it:

=== OSGeo Foundation member projects ===

* ''More coming soon: Get started talking to your favorite project's development team today!''

[[Image:logo-grass.png|60px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2015 '''GRASS GIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] is an open source GIS focusing on analysis, modeling and visualization. It is a collection of modules written in C and Python and has a GUI written in wxPython. If you know Python, or want to implement algorithms in C, take a look!

[[Image:logo-qgis.png|60px|right]]
* [http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2015 '''QGIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. It is written in C++ and Python.

[[Image:logo-gdal.png|60px|right]]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SummerOfCode '''GDAL''' Ideas]: [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] is a C++ library for reading and writing geospatial data raster and vector formats.



[[Image:logo-gvSIG.png|60px|right]]
* [[GvSIG_GSoC_2015_Ideas|'''gvSIG''' Ideas]]: gvSIG is a free GIS project for [http://www.gvsig.com/en/web/guest/products/gvsig-desktop Desktop]. The gvSIG project looks for students with Java or Python skills that want to develop new ideas on this software.

[[Image:logo-opticks.png|right]]
* [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Google+Summer+of+Code '''Opticks''' Ideas]: [http://opticks.org/ Opticks] is an extensible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing remote sensing] and imagery analysis desktop application. It provides a framework to process remote sensing data such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspectral_imaging Hyperspectral] (HSI), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-spectral_image Multispectral] (MSI), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_aperture_radar Synthetic aperture radar] (SAR) imagery and video. The application is written in C++ and licensed under LGPL v2.1. Extensions are written using C++ or Python. You can review the [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/All+Opticks+Extensions available extensions] and [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Feature+Tour+-+Your+Data feature tour] to get a better idea of what Opticks can do.





[[Image:Logo_OTB.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Proposals_for_GSoC_2015 '''OTB''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org ORFEO ToolBox] (OTB) is an open source library for remote sensing image processing.Targeted algorithms for high resolution optical images (Pleiades, SPOT, QuickBird, WorldView, Landsat, Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors (Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are available. The software has been under active development since 2006 and is written in C++ and it includes also side projects also open source with GUI like Monteverdi. OTB has recently started the incubation process into OSGeo.

[[Image:Mapserver.png|100px|right]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_2015_SOC_Ideas '''Mapserver''' SoC Ideas]: MapServer is a Web Mapping Engine; an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web.

[[Image:Logo-istSOS.png|60px|right]]
* [http://sourceforge.net/p/istsos/wiki/GSoC%20ideas%202015/ '''istSOS''' Ideas]: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/istsos/ istSOS] (Istituto Scienze della Terra Sensor Observation Service) is an implementation of the Sensor Observation Service (SOS) standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The development of istSOS was started in 2009 in order to provide a simple implementation of the SOS standard for the management, provision and integration of hydro-meteorological data collected in Canton Ticino (Switzerland). istSOS is entirely written in Python.



[[Image:logo-geoserver-crop.png|50px|right]]
* [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSOC-Ideas GSOC Ideas]: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geoserver_overview.html '''GeoServer'''] is a web server that allows you to serve maps and data from a variety of formats to standard clients such as web browsers and desktop GIS applications. GeoServer works with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), Web Processing Service (WPS) and Web Map Service (WMS) standards.
:* The GeoServer team asks applicants to introduce themselves on the geoserver-devel list ( Communicating in public is a key success factor to open source development )

[[Image:Geotools-logo.png|50px|right]]
* [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Google+Summer+of+Code ''GSOC'']: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geotools_overview.html '''GeoTools'''] GeoTools is an open source Java library for working with geospatial data, including both data access, data structures, processing and a powerful rendering engine. GeoTools is a modular library used in a wide range of web service, command line tools and desktop applications.





=== Guest projects ===

Like-minded geospatial projects to take part under OSGeo umbrella. If you wish your software project to be listed here, please contact [[User:Madi|Madi]] or Anne.

[[Image:Logo-osm6.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2015/Project_Ideas '''OpenStreetMap''' Ideas]: [http://osm.org/ OSM] is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways.
:* ''This year OpenStreetMap students will again be hosted under OSGeo's GSoC umbrella. Talk to OSM, but apply with us. Begin your proposal description with "OSM: " so we know which way to direct it.''
: Related ideas:
:* [https://github.com/hotosm/HOT-Project-Ideas/issues/15 Create a Portable OSM Toolkit]

[[Image:Pgrouting-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas '''pgRouting''' Ideas]: [http://pgrouting.org pgRouting] extends the PostGIS / PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide geospatial routing functionality and more.

[[Image:Pywps-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/wiki/GSOC-2015-ideas '''PyWPS''' Ideas]: [http://pywps.wald.intevation.org PyWPS] is server implementation of OGC WPS standard on server side using Python programming language. Currently, [http://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/ new version of PyWPS] is being done, were we would like to implement several new attractive features.

[[Image:logo-uDig.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/moovida/jgrasstools/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-2015 '''JGrasstools''' and '''uDig''' Spatial Toolbox SoC Ideas]: The JGrasstools project is a geospatial modules library dedicated to hydrology and geomorphology. It is the base of the modules for uDig's Spatial Toolbox.

[[Image:otp-logo.png|80px|right]]
* [http://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner/wiki/2015-Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas '''OpenTripPlanner''' Ideas]: [http://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner OpenTripPlanner] is an open source multi-modal trip planner. It depends on open data in open standard file formats (GTFS and OpenStreetMap), includes a REST API for journey planning, a map-based Javascript client, and an [http://github.com/CUTR-at-USF/OpenTripPlanner-for-Android/wiki Android App].









=== See also ===

Other like minded projects do not participate to GSoC under OSGeo umbrella, but with their own organization. You may want to visit also their page:

* [https://wiki.52north.org/bin/view/Projects/GSoC2015ProjectIdeas '''52°North''' Ideas]

== I want to apply as a student ==

Before applying as a student, check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page.

=== Which project do I choose? ===

Most of the software projects are available pre-built on our Live demo { DVD | USB stick | VirtualMachine } with project overviews and short tutorials where you can try everything out.
: View the documents and download the ISO from http://live.osgeo.org
[[File:Osgeolive wordle.png|400px|center]]

=== Important dates ===

* [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015 '''The official timeline''']


* March 2nd: Google announces accepted organizations.
: Please start talking to the dev communities you are interested in ''now''.
* March 16: Student applications open.
: The earlier you start the more probable it is that you will be accepted!
: ''There is two way feedback during the application process which really helps you improve and clarify your application before the final deadline. The better your involvement with your potential mentors during this period, the better your chances of being selected.''
* March 27: Student application deadline.
* April 27: '''Accepted student proposals are announced and Community Bonding Period begins.'''
* May 25: '''Coding begins!'''
: (''you may unofficially start a week or two earlier if you know you'll have to take a week or two off during The Summer or you'll be sitting finals in the first week(s) of the program. This must be reflected in your application timeline'')
* June 26: Mid-term evaluation begins
* August 17-21: '''Pencils down!'''
* August 28: Final evaluations
* August 28: Students begin submitting required code samples to Google
* August 31: Final results announced

[Back to [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] @ OSGeo]
[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

Google Summer of Code 2015 Ideas

2015-03-05T19:23:46Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Guest projects */

[[Image:GoogleSummer_2015logo.png|600px|link=http://code.google.com/soc/]] @ [[Image:OSGeo_300_127_pixel.png|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] wiki page.

* See also ideas from [[2007_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2007]], [[2008_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2008]], [[Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010 Ideas|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011 Ideas|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012 Ideas|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code 2013 Ideas|2013]] and [[Google Summer of Code 2014 Ideas|2014]].
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== OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2015 ==

The [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] would like to extend a welcome to all SoC students. On this page you will find links to a host of ideas organized by project. You will find ideas ranging from the depths of computer science graph theory to the heights of visualization. One thing all these ideas have in common is lots and lots of spatial data.

These ideas are '''*only*''' to motivate you, and serve as example of the kind of hills we want to charge up. Your own ideas are more than welcomed - they are encouraged. We view you as the next wave of open source leaders; show us what you've got.

* '''Students: check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page. If you need more information on how to apply you can contact all the mentors via the OSGeo-SoC mailing list''' ([[#How to get in contact via mailing lists|see below]])

* There is a [https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/resources/flyers Google SoC flyer] to look at and post in appropriate places.

* Ok, [[OSGeo]] is involved in working with maps and things, but what kind of projects does it really do? Have a look at the [http://planet.osgeo.org/ live blog feed] to see what people are working on right now.

* Mentors, there's an additional link providing some tips and specifying your responsibilities on the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] wiki page.

== The ideas pages ==
'''''[Check back often, it's a work in progress]'''''

Each participating project's list of ideas is on the respective projects' wikis, with a short description of the project and what type of students would be interested in it:

=== OSGeo Foundation member projects ===

* ''More coming soon: Get started talking to your favorite project's development team today!''

[[Image:logo-grass.png|60px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2015 '''GRASS GIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] is an open source GIS focusing on analysis, modeling and visualization. It is a collection of modules written in C and Python and has a GUI written in wxPython. If you know Python, or want to implement algorithms in C, take a look!

[[Image:logo-qgis.png|60px|right]]
* [http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2015 '''QGIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. It is written in C++ and Python.

[[Image:logo-gdal.png|60px|right]]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SummerOfCode '''GDAL''' Ideas]: [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] is a C++ library for reading and writing geospatial data raster and vector formats.



[[Image:logo-gvSIG.png|60px|right]]
* [[GvSIG_GSoC_2015_Ideas|'''gvSIG''' Ideas]]: gvSIG is a free GIS project for [http://www.gvsig.com/en/web/guest/products/gvsig-desktop Desktop]. The gvSIG project looks for students with Java or Python skills that want to develop new ideas on this software.

[[Image:logo-opticks.png|right]]
* [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Google+Summer+of+Code '''Opticks''' Ideas]: [http://opticks.org/ Opticks] is an extensible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing remote sensing] and imagery analysis desktop application. It provides a framework to process remote sensing data such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspectral_imaging Hyperspectral] (HSI), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-spectral_image Multispectral] (MSI), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_aperture_radar Synthetic aperture radar] (SAR) imagery and video. The application is written in C++ and licensed under LGPL v2.1. Extensions are written using C++ or Python. You can review the [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/All+Opticks+Extensions available extensions] and [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Feature+Tour+-+Your+Data feature tour] to get a better idea of what Opticks can do.





[[Image:Logo_OTB.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Proposals_for_GSoC_2015 '''OTB''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org ORFEO ToolBox] (OTB) is an open source library for remote sensing image processing.Targeted algorithms for high resolution optical images (Pleiades, SPOT, QuickBird, WorldView, Landsat, Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors (Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are available. The software has been under active development since 2006 and is written in C++ and it includes also side projects also open source with GUI like Monteverdi. OTB has recently started the incubation process into OSGeo.

[[Image:Mapserver.png|100px|right]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_2015_SOC_Ideas '''Mapserver''' SoC Ideas]: MapServer is a Web Mapping Engine; an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web.

[[Image:Logo-istSOS.png|60px|right]]
* [http://sourceforge.net/p/istsos/wiki/GSoC%20ideas%202015/ '''istSOS''' Ideas]: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/istsos/ istSOS] (Istituto Scienze della Terra Sensor Observation Service) is an implementation of the Sensor Observation Service (SOS) standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The development of istSOS was started in 2009 in order to provide a simple implementation of the SOS standard for the management, provision and integration of hydro-meteorological data collected in Canton Ticino (Switzerland). istSOS is entirely written in Python.



[[Image:logo-geoserver-crop.png|50px|right]]
* [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSOC-Ideas GSOC Ideas]: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geoserver_overview.html '''GeoServer'''] is a web server that allows you to serve maps and data from a variety of formats to standard clients such as web browsers and desktop GIS applications. GeoServer works with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), Web Processing Service (WPS) and Web Map Service (WMS) standards.
:* The GeoServer team asks applicants to introduce themselves on the geoserver-devel list ( Communicating in public is a key success factor to open source development )

[[Image:Geotools-logo.png|50px|right]]
* [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Google+Summer+of+Code ''GSOC'']: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geotools_overview.html '''GeoTools'''] GeoTools is an open source Java library for working with geospatial data, including both data access, data structures, processing and a powerful rendering engine. GeoTools is a modular library used in a wide range of web service, command line tools and desktop applications.





=== Guest projects ===

Like-minded geospatial projects to take part under OSGeo umbrella. If you wish your software project to be listed here, please contact [[User:Madi|Madi]] or Anne.

[[Image:Logo-osm6.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2015/Project_Ideas '''OpenStreetMap''' Ideas]: [http://osm.org/ OSM] is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways.
:* ''This year OpenStreetMap students will again be hosted under OSGeo's GSoC umbrella. Talk to OSM, but apply with us. Begin your proposal description with "OSM: " so we know which way to direct it.''
: Related ideas:
:* [https://github.com/hotosm/HOT-Project-Ideas/issues/15 Create a Portable OSM Toolkit]

[[Image:Pgrouting-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas '''pgRouting''' Ideas]: [http://pgrouting.org pgRouting] extends the PostGIS / PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide geospatial routing functionality and more.

[[Image:Pywps-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/wiki/GSOC-2015-ideas '''PyWPS''' Ideas]: [http://pywps.wald.intevation.org PyWPS] is server implementation of OGC WPS standard on server side using Python programming language. Currently, [http://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/ new version of PyWPS] is being done, were we would like to implement several new attractive features.

[[Image:logo-uDig.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/moovida/jgrasstools/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-2015 '''JGrasstools''' and '''uDig''' Spatial Toolbox SoC Ideas]: The JGrasstools project is a geospatial modules library dedicated to hydrology and geomorphology. It is the base of the modules for uDig's Spatial Toolbox.

[[Image:otp-logo.png|80px|right]]
* [http://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner/wiki/2015-Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas '''OpenTripPlanner''' Ideas]: [https://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner OpenTripPlanner] is an open source multi-modal trip planner. It depends on open data in open standard file formats (GTFS and OpenStreetMap), includes a REST API for journey planning, a map-based Javascript client, and an [http://github.com/CUTR-at-USF/OpenTripPlanner-for-Android/wiki Android App].









=== See also ===

Other like minded projects do not participate to GSoC under OSGeo umbrella, but with their own organization. You may want to visit also their page:

* [https://wiki.52north.org/bin/view/Projects/GSoC2015ProjectIdeas '''52°North''' Ideas]

== I want to apply as a student ==

Before applying as a student, check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page.

=== Which project do I choose? ===

Most of the software projects are available pre-built on our Live demo { DVD | USB stick | VirtualMachine } with project overviews and short tutorials where you can try everything out.
: View the documents and download the ISO from http://live.osgeo.org
[[File:Osgeolive wordle.png|400px|center]]

=== Important dates ===

* [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015 '''The official timeline''']


* March 2nd: Google announces accepted organizations.
: Please start talking to the dev communities you are interested in ''now''.
* March 16: Student applications open.
: The earlier you start the more probable it is that you will be accepted!
: ''There is two way feedback during the application process which really helps you improve and clarify your application before the final deadline. The better your involvement with your potential mentors during this period, the better your chances of being selected.''
* March 27: Student application deadline.
* April 27: '''Accepted student proposals are announced and Community Bonding Period begins.'''
* May 25: '''Coding begins!'''
: (''you may unofficially start a week or two earlier if you know you'll have to take a week or two off during The Summer or you'll be sitting finals in the first week(s) of the program. This must be reflected in your application timeline'')
* June 26: Mid-term evaluation begins
* August 17-21: '''Pencils down!'''
* August 28: Final evaluations
* August 28: Students begin submitting required code samples to Google
* August 31: Final results announced

[Back to [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] @ OSGeo]
[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

File:Otp-logo.png

2015-03-05T19:20:14Z

Wiki-Perriger: OpenTripPlanner Logo

OpenTripPlanner Logo

Google Summer of Code 2015 Ideas

2015-03-05T19:17:29Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Guest projects */

[[Image:GoogleSummer_2015logo.png|600px|link=http://code.google.com/soc/]] @ [[Image:OSGeo_300_127_pixel.png|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] wiki page.

* See also ideas from [[2007_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2007]], [[2008_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2008]], [[Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010 Ideas|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011 Ideas|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012 Ideas|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code 2013 Ideas|2013]] and [[Google Summer of Code 2014 Ideas|2014]].
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== OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2015 ==

The [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] would like to extend a welcome to all SoC students. On this page you will find links to a host of ideas organized by project. You will find ideas ranging from the depths of computer science graph theory to the heights of visualization. One thing all these ideas have in common is lots and lots of spatial data.

These ideas are '''*only*''' to motivate you, and serve as example of the kind of hills we want to charge up. Your own ideas are more than welcomed - they are encouraged. We view you as the next wave of open source leaders; show us what you've got.

* '''Students: check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page. If you need more information on how to apply you can contact all the mentors via the OSGeo-SoC mailing list''' ([[#How to get in contact via mailing lists|see below]])

* There is a [https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/resources/flyers Google SoC flyer] to look at and post in appropriate places.

* Ok, [[OSGeo]] is involved in working with maps and things, but what kind of projects does it really do? Have a look at the [http://planet.osgeo.org/ live blog feed] to see what people are working on right now.

* Mentors, there's an additional link providing some tips and specifying your responsibilities on the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] wiki page.

== The ideas pages ==
'''''[Check back often, it's a work in progress]'''''

Each participating project's list of ideas is on the respective projects' wikis, with a short description of the project and what type of students would be interested in it:

=== OSGeo Foundation member projects ===

* ''More coming soon: Get started talking to your favorite project's development team today!''

[[Image:logo-grass.png|60px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2015 '''GRASS GIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] is an open source GIS focusing on analysis, modeling and visualization. It is a collection of modules written in C and Python and has a GUI written in wxPython. If you know Python, or want to implement algorithms in C, take a look!

[[Image:logo-qgis.png|60px|right]]
* [http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2015 '''QGIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. It is written in C++ and Python.

[[Image:logo-gdal.png|60px|right]]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SummerOfCode '''GDAL''' Ideas]: [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] is a C++ library for reading and writing geospatial data raster and vector formats.



[[Image:logo-gvSIG.png|60px|right]]
* [[GvSIG_GSoC_2015_Ideas|'''gvSIG''' Ideas]]: gvSIG is a free GIS project for [http://www.gvsig.com/en/web/guest/products/gvsig-desktop Desktop]. The gvSIG project looks for students with Java or Python skills that want to develop new ideas on this software.

[[Image:logo-opticks.png|right]]
* [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Google+Summer+of+Code '''Opticks''' Ideas]: [http://opticks.org/ Opticks] is an extensible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing remote sensing] and imagery analysis desktop application. It provides a framework to process remote sensing data such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspectral_imaging Hyperspectral] (HSI), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-spectral_image Multispectral] (MSI), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_aperture_radar Synthetic aperture radar] (SAR) imagery and video. The application is written in C++ and licensed under LGPL v2.1. Extensions are written using C++ or Python. You can review the [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/All+Opticks+Extensions available extensions] and [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Feature+Tour+-+Your+Data feature tour] to get a better idea of what Opticks can do.





[[Image:Logo_OTB.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Proposals_for_GSoC_2015 '''OTB''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org ORFEO ToolBox] (OTB) is an open source library for remote sensing image processing.Targeted algorithms for high resolution optical images (Pleiades, SPOT, QuickBird, WorldView, Landsat, Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors (Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are available. The software has been under active development since 2006 and is written in C++ and it includes also side projects also open source with GUI like Monteverdi. OTB has recently started the incubation process into OSGeo.

[[Image:Mapserver.png|100px|right]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_2015_SOC_Ideas '''Mapserver''' SoC Ideas]: MapServer is a Web Mapping Engine; an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web.

[[Image:Logo-istSOS.png|60px|right]]
* [http://sourceforge.net/p/istsos/wiki/GSoC%20ideas%202015/ '''istSOS''' Ideas]: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/istsos/ istSOS] (Istituto Scienze della Terra Sensor Observation Service) is an implementation of the Sensor Observation Service (SOS) standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The development of istSOS was started in 2009 in order to provide a simple implementation of the SOS standard for the management, provision and integration of hydro-meteorological data collected in Canton Ticino (Switzerland). istSOS is entirely written in Python.



[[Image:logo-geoserver-crop.png|50px|right]]
* [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSOC-Ideas GSOC Ideas]: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geoserver_overview.html '''GeoServer'''] is a web server that allows you to serve maps and data from a variety of formats to standard clients such as web browsers and desktop GIS applications. GeoServer works with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), Web Processing Service (WPS) and Web Map Service (WMS) standards.
:* The GeoServer team asks applicants to introduce themselves on the geoserver-devel list ( Communicating in public is a key success factor to open source development )

[[Image:Geotools-logo.png|50px|right]]
* [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Google+Summer+of+Code ''GSOC'']: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/geotools_overview.html '''GeoTools'''] GeoTools is an open source Java library for working with geospatial data, including both data access, data structures, processing and a powerful rendering engine. GeoTools is a modular library used in a wide range of web service, command line tools and desktop applications.





=== Guest projects ===

Like-minded geospatial projects to take part under OSGeo umbrella. If you wish your software project to be listed here, please contact [[User:Madi|Madi]] or Anne.

[[Image:Logo-osm6.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2015/Project_Ideas '''OpenStreetMap''' Ideas]: [http://osm.org/ OSM] is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways.
:* ''This year OpenStreetMap students will again be hosted under OSGeo's GSoC umbrella. Talk to OSM, but apply with us. Begin your proposal description with "OSM: " so we know which way to direct it.''
: Related ideas:
:* [https://github.com/hotosm/HOT-Project-Ideas/issues/15 Create a Portable OSM Toolkit]

* [http://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner/wiki/2015-Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas '''OpenTripPlanner''' Ideas]: [https://github.com/opentripplanner/OpenTripPlanner OpenTripPlanner] is an open source multi-modal trip planner. It depends on open data in open standard file formats (GTFS and OpenStreetMap), and includes a REST API for journey planning, a map-based Javascript client, and an [http://github.com/CUTR-at-USF/OpenTripPlanner-for-Android/wiki Android App].

[[Image:Pgrouting-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas '''pgRouting''' Ideas]: [http://pgrouting.org pgRouting] extends the PostGIS / PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide geospatial routing functionality and more.

[[Image:Pywps-logo.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/wiki/GSOC-2015-ideas '''PyWPS''' Ideas]: [http://pywps.wald.intevation.org PyWPS] is server implementation of OGC WPS standard on server side using Python programming language. Currently, [http://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/ new version of PyWPS] is being done, were we would like to implement several new attractive features.

[[Image:logo-uDig.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/moovida/jgrasstools/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-2015 '''JGrasstools''' and '''uDig''' Spatial Toolbox SoC Ideas]: The JGrasstools project is a geospatial modules library dedicated to hydrology and geomorphology. It is the base of the modules for uDig's Spatial Toolbox.









=== See also ===

Other like minded projects do not participate to GSoC under OSGeo umbrella, but with their own organization. You may want to visit also their page:

* [https://wiki.52north.org/bin/view/Projects/GSoC2015ProjectIdeas '''52°North''' Ideas]

== I want to apply as a student ==

Before applying as a student, check out the [[Google Summer of Code Recommendations for Students]] page.

=== Which project do I choose? ===

Most of the software projects are available pre-built on our Live demo { DVD | USB stick | VirtualMachine } with project overviews and short tutorials where you can try everything out.
: View the documents and download the ISO from http://live.osgeo.org
[[File:Osgeolive wordle.png|400px|center]]

=== Important dates ===

* [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015 '''The official timeline''']


* March 2nd: Google announces accepted organizations.
: Please start talking to the dev communities you are interested in ''now''.
* March 16: Student applications open.
: The earlier you start the more probable it is that you will be accepted!
: ''There is two way feedback during the application process which really helps you improve and clarify your application before the final deadline. The better your involvement with your potential mentors during this period, the better your chances of being selected.''
* March 27: Student application deadline.
* April 27: '''Accepted student proposals are announced and Community Bonding Period begins.'''
* May 25: '''Coding begins!'''
: (''you may unofficially start a week or two earlier if you know you'll have to take a week or two off during The Summer or you'll be sitting finals in the first week(s) of the program. This must be reflected in your application timeline'')
* June 26: Mid-term evaluation begins
* August 17-21: '''Pencils down!'''
* August 28: Final evaluations
* August 28: Students begin submitting required code samples to Google
* August 31: Final results announced

[Back to [[Google Summer of Code 2015]] @ OSGeo]
[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

User:Perriger

2014-11-27T14:04:40Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

GIS/c Researcher with the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, freelance GIS Programmer

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf FOSS4G for teaching]). Since 2012 he is living in Chile and trying to promote FOSS4G there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS Topology Suite, OpenJUMP, Sextante, QGIS, GeoNode, bits of GeoServer and PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)
:* Thinks he has generally a good overview of the [http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=Open_Source_GIS_Software FOSS4G software map] (well.. just click the link)

;Contact:
: Email: sstein AT geo DOT uzh DOT ch - and temporary: - ssteiniger AT uc DOT cl

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

Live GIS GSoC 2014

2014-02-13T21:54:52Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Mentors */

= OSGeo-Live Google Summer of Code ideas 2014 =

==About==
OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Xubuntu, that enables new users to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.

Ideally we like OSGeoLive projects to be installed from UbuntuGIS .deb files, as this enables the applications to be available and easily installable on Ubuntu distributions. However, to date (in 2014), only about half the applications are bundled as .deb files. In particular, most of the java based projects have not been bundled as .deb files.

==.deb packaging of OSGeo projects ==

The idea for this project is to take as many projects as possible through the process of bundling into .deb files, with a particular emphasis on solving java based projects. Ideally, the generation of the .deb files will be incorporated into the project's build process, and the .deb files will also be included into main Debian by the help of Debian GIS team (which ensures automatic migration to UbuntuGIS).

This project will be a challenge for anyone game to take it on, requiring a combination of research to identify and overcome existing stumbling blocks, researching of best practices in packaging, .deb packaging, liaising with projects, likely updating java software, creating install and build scripts (probably in bash shell), and probably a few more things as well.

The hurdles that have previously been limiting factors include:
* Most java projects have previously been built from Sun/Oracle version of Java, which could not be included in debian/ubuntu due to licence restrictions.
* The OpenJDK version of Java, which is bundled with Debian/Ubuntu historically had limitations, which seem to have been completely (or at least mostly) resolved. (The last version of OSGeo-Live was built with OpenJDK instead of Sun Java.
* There is a knowledge gap between Java communities and Debian packaging communities, with a lot of experience in each group, but very few who understand the requirements, processes and tools of both. To address this, we have mentors from each community to support the student.
* Some of the optional libraries (such as JAI) used within the java communities have licensing restrictions which have been incompatible with Debian packaging. Dependencies need to be understood and the alternative libraries/options put in place.

Theoretically, all these stumbling blocks can be resolved, which will be the challenge for the student taking on this task.

Besides creating Debian packages of new software some metapackages featuring the osgeolive packages should be created using the [http://blends.debian.org/blends/| Blends framework].

== Mentors ==
* Cameron Shorter cameron DOT shorter at gm ail .com (OSGeo-Live contact)
* Andreas Tille <tille __ d e b i a n .o r g> (Debian packaging)
* Stefan Steiniger <sstein -at- geo uzh.ch.>(Java GIS person)

==Resources==
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2014_Ideas
* UbuntuGIS packaging: http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/#Packagers
* 2013 .deb packaging project: http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki/Proposal
* [http://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/policy.html|Debian GIS packaging rules (policy)]

Geoservices REST API

2013-05-13T23:45:53Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Signed */

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

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

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

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

= Open Letter to OGC and voting members =

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

May 2013

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

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

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

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

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

= 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 ==

== Commercial Concerns ==
* <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 ==

* The standardization of WKT for Spatial reference systems is unfortunately currently quite weak in OGC standards. Geoservices REST API is tied with ESRI's version of WKT, which is not properly specified in the Geoservices REST API documents, and is known to be incompatible with other OGC documents, which will lead to a larger confusion. See the following [http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-July/000166.html comment] for more details on this issue.
* <strike>The Geoservices REST API is not particularly RESTful - it's a thinly disguised service call, not an address space for RESTful objects that can be operated on.</strike>
* see [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API_critique#The_Technical_Approach this discussion] for detailed arguments why OGC WCS is superior to the "GeoServices REST API" Part 6. It concludes: ''In summary, the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" Imaging part is at a technological level where WCS departed from some 5 years ago. Inconciseness of the specification at large will make it difficult for third parties to come up with interoperable implementations. The components making up the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" provide natural blocks assignable to the matching SWGs. As for Part 6 of the ESRI "Geoservice REST API", if to become a standard it needs to be discussed in the WCS.SWG for harmonization, clarification, and improvement.''

== Methodological Concerns ==

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

A response (from Adrian Custer):

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

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

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User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:45:33Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada, freelance GIS Programmer

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf FOSS4G for teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS Topology Suite, OpenJUMP, Sextante, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)
:* Thinks he has generally a good overview of the [http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=Open_Source_GIS_Software FOSS4G software map] (well.. just click the link)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig AT ucalgary DOT ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:44:16Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf FOSS4G for teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS Topology Suite, OpenJUMP, Sextante, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)
:* Thinks he has generally a good overview of the [http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=Open_Source_GIS_Software FOSS4G software map] (well.. just click the link)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:32:34Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf FOSS4G for teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS Topology Suite, OpenJUMP, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)
:* Thinks he has generally a good overview of the [http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=Open_Source_GIS_Software FOSS4G software map] (well.. just click the link)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:30:30Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf FOSS4G for teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS, OpenJUMP, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)
:* Thinks he has generally a good overview of the [http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=Open_Source_GIS_Software FOSS4G software map] (well.. just click the link)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:29:43Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf GIS Teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS, OpenJUMP, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)
:* Thinks he has generally a good overview of the [http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=Open_Source_GIS_Software FOSS4G software map] (well.. just click the link)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:26:56Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf GIS Teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS, OpenJUMP, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)
:* Thinks he has generally a good overview of the [http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=Open_Source_GIS_Software FOSS4G software map] (well.. just click the link)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:English]]
[[Category:Spanish]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:23:46Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteinig.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf GIS Teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS, OpenJUMP, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:English]]
[[Category:Spanish]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:23:21Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:ssteing.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf GIS Teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS, OpenJUMP, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:English]]
[[Category:Spanish]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

File:Ssteinig.jpg

2012-07-06T03:22:48Z

Wiki-Perriger: Stefan Steiniger traveling in Argentina

Stefan Steiniger traveling in Argentina

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:21:05Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Stefan Steiniger */

===[http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/mentaer/index.php?title=About_Me Stefan Steiniger]===

[[File:stefans.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Stefan Steiniger]]

formerly a GIS/c Researcher with the University of Calgary, Canada

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Stefan has been project (co-)leader of the OpenJUMP GIS project from 2005 to 2010 and is still a contributor. He has been writing 2-3 journal articles about FOSS4G to a scientific audience, to spread the word there (on [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_foss_desktop_gis_overview_ijgis2009_v2.pdf/download desktop GIS], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf/download Landscape Ecology tools], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/articles/sstein_hunter_fosgis4sdi_v10_final.pdf/download SDI software], and [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/%7Esstein/manuscripts/ssteinig_foss4giscteaching_final.pdf GIS Teaching]). Currently he is relocating to Chile and trying to figure out what the status of FOSS4G is there.

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

:* Used applications such as JTS, OpenJUMP, QGIS, tiny bits of PostGIS, etc. (and still learning...)

;Contact:
: Email: ssteinig at ucalgary dot ca

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

;Profile last updated: 7 July 2012

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:English]]
[[Category:Spanish]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

OSGeo Advocate

2012-07-06T03:01:40Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Latin America */

__FORCETOC__

= Introduction =

OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo foundation]. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.

= OSGeo Advocates =
This section lists current OSGeo Advocates:

== Australia ==
{{User:camerons}}
{{User:jive}}
== Europe ==

{{User:Arnulf Christl}}
{{User:Astrid_Emde}}


{{User:Ticheler}}


{{User:Jsanz}}
{{User:Vehrka}}
{{User:Lluís}}


{{User:Sanand}}
{{User:JoCook}}
{{User:Ianturton}}


{{User:Kalxas}}
{{User:ArArgyridis}}


{{User:Aghisla}}
{{User:Aaime}}
{{User:Madi}}


{{User:volaya}}
{{User:grizonnetm}}
{{User:JRM}}


{{User:Vasile}}


{{User:KarelCharvat}}

== Canada ==
{{User:Gzeiss}}
{{User:Dmorissette}}

== United States ==

{{User:pmbatty}}

===Brian M Hamlin===
{{User:Brian Hamlin}}
[[File:BrianPortrait1.jpg|thumb|right|100px|dbb]]

Location: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley,_California Berkeley, CA USA]

''"The time is now to accelerate geo data and geo software. I will use my abilities as a speaker, investigator, coder and event organizer to further the development and deployment of Open Source Geospatial Software."''

By fate or by fluke, Brian served as steering committee member for the '''5th International Symposium on Digital Earth''' in 2007. [http://isde5.pbworks.com link] As liason to speakers and distinguished guests, network administrator and conference strategist, Brian built on experience with un-conferences and an unusual collection of resources to make the five day, one hundred and twenty presentation international conference a critical success. Subsequently Brian dove headlong into the vast arcana of geo-software, beginning with GDAL and moving on to C-Tribe projects and web software. The OSGeo Live DVD is a fundamental piece of the puzzle, in a rapidly changing and perhaps urgent context of the relationship of civilization and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis Gaia]

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_coder.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#Developers_and_Committee_Members]][[File:OSGeo_committee.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#Developers_and_Committee_Members]][[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]:
:* Member, [[California| California OSGeo Chapter]]
:* Member, [[Marketing Committee]]
:* Developer Diplomat for [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]
:* Teaches: Introduction to PostGIS, GeoWeb, Spatial Databases
:* Uses: C, Python, Postgis, Debian, Ubuntu, GDAL, Openlayers, Geoserver
:* [http://blog.light42.com Geo Web Log]

;Contact:
: Email: maplabs AT light42 DOT com
: IRC: darkblue_b dbb

;Profile last updated: 04 July 2012

=== Mark Lucas ===

[[File:MarkLucas.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Mark Lucas]]
Mark Lucas has pioneered efforts in Open Source Software Development in remote sensing, image processing and geographical information systems. Mark established ossim.org and has led several government funded studies and development efforts since 1996. These efforts include the Open Source Software Image Map [http://www.ossim.org OSSIM] projects for the [http://www.nro.mil NRO], the Open Source Prototype Research and Open Source extraordinary Program projects for [http://www.nga.mil NGA]. He was one of the authors of the [http://http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/articles/OTDRoadmapFinal.pdf Open Technology Roadmap] for the Department of Defense. Mark has a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Universtiy of Arizona and a MS in Computer Science from West Coast University, he was commissioned in the Air Force and assigned to the [http://www.fas.org/irp/nro/hall3.htm Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects] organization. He has experience as both a government and contractor program manager through a number of classified programs. He is on the Board of Directors of the Open Source Geo-spatial Foundation, the [http://www.oss-institute.org Open Source Software Institute], and the National Center for Open Source Policy and Research. Mark is currently a principal scientist at [http://www.radiantblue.com RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.]

Articles:

* [http://www.lbxjournal.com/articles/agility-and-innovation/260295 Agility and Innovation - the NGA turns to open source]
* [http://www.imagingnotes.com/go/archive-issue.php?cat_id=40 OMAR - Open Source Software for Geoint 3.0]

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== Latin America ==

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== Asia ==

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== Africa ==

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= Past OSGeo Advocates =
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.

= Understanding OSGeo roles =

Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:

====[[File:OSGeo_board.png]] [[File:OSGeo_exboard.png]] OSGeo Board Members====
: We only have 8 active board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.

====[[File:OSGeo_charter.png]] OSGeo Charter Members====
: Charter membership is obtained through a strongly contested selection process. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.

====[[File:OSGeo_chair.png]] [[File:OSGeo_psc.png]] Voted position in an OSGeo community====
: These people hold a position of responsibility within one of the OSGeo sub-communities. This may be a chair of an OSGeo committee or Regional Chapter, or as a member of a project's Project Steering Committee (PSC).

====[[File:OSGeo_coder.png]] [[File:OSGeo_committee.png]] Developers and Committee Members====
: This is where the real work gets done developing and coordinating development of OSGeo Software.

====[[File:OSGeo_user.png]] OSGeo Community Members====
: These people are actively involved in one or more OSGeo communities, acting as practitioners, users, promoters or supporters of OSGeo software. These people tend to have a practical understanding about how OSGeo software works.

====[[File:OSGeo_translate.png]] OSGeo Translators====
: These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.

= Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate =

Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
* Create an OSGeo wiki account, to edit this wiki (See "login" link in top right of this page).
* Create a new wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:YourOSGeoWikiUserName, and populate as per [[User:Template]], (copy and paste from the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=User:Template&action=edit source] so that you see comments in the template).
* You can then add your profile on [[OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Advocates|this wiki page]], under your Country, using the following:
{{User:<YourOSGeoWikiUserName>}}

= Annual Refresh of Advocate list =
* The list of OSGeo Advocates will be refreshed annually, after the annual voting of OSGeo Charter Members. This will be achieved by removing lapsed Advocates, then moving all Current Advocates into the Past Advocate section. All Advocates will be invited to update their profile, and move their profile back into the current Advocates section.

= Other Resources =
Links to other organizations running a similar process.
* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585

User:Perriger

2012-07-06T03:00:45Z

Wiki-Perriger:

===[http://users.ntua.gr/arargyr Argyros Argyridis]===

[[File:stefans.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Argyros Argyridis]]

Ex-Researcher, [http://www.survey.ntua.gr/en/rslab Remote Sensing Laboratory, NTUA]

Locations: Santiago de Chile, Chile & Calgary, Canada

Argyros finished his master thesis on Rural and Surveying Engineering at NTUA. His research is regarding the development and investigation of computer vision techniques and artificial inteligence methods for remote sensing applications. [http://users.ntua.gr/arargyr ...more].

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

:* Using applications such as Grass, QGis, Pogresql/postgis etc.

;Contact:
: Email: arargyridis at gmail dot com

;Spoken Language(s): Greek, English, French

;Profile last updated: 27 June 2012

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[[Category:Greek]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]]

Edu goals and to dos

2012-07-05T23:36:13Z

Wiki-Perriger:

'''COORDINATED OSGEO EDU WEBINARS - SEPT- DECEMBER 2012'''

Our goal is to start a new and coordinated international OSGeo educational webinar series, beginning September, 2012. If you are willing to present a webinar on some topic, please add an entry below. I'd like to see if we can get topics and a schedule defined by the end of July.

'''Target Audience''':

*Undergraduates or graduate students

'''Possible Webinar topics and authors:'''

* 3D visualization or some other topic related to processing and analyzing terrain data. -- Helena Mitasova
* Open source collaboration -- findings from a 5 year study of Sourceforge.net projects. (This is not on geospatial specifically, but I think people will find it interesting.) -- Charlie Schweik
* Introduction to OSGeo geospatial technologies (each of the different OSGeo software projects) -- who?
* GIS software categories and projects - Stefan Steiniger
* GIS licenses - Stefan Steiniger
* ...
* [[Colleagues: Please add topics you might be willing to present below]].

[[Category: Education]]

Edu goals and to dos

2012-07-05T23:35:50Z

Wiki-Perriger:

'''COORDINATED OSGEO EDU WEBINARS - SEPT- DECEMBER 2012'''

Our goal is to start a new and coordinated international OSGeo educational webinar series, beginning September, 2012. If you are willing to present a webinar on some topic, please add an entry below. I'd like to see if we can get topics and a schedule defined by the end of July.

'''Target Audience''':

*Undergraduates or graduate students

'''Possible Webinar topics and authors:'''

* 3D visualization or some other topic related to processing and analyzing terrain data. -- Helena Mitasova
* Open source collaboration -- findings from a 5 year study of Sourceforge.net projects. (This is not on geospatial specifically, but I think people will find it interesting.) -- Charlie Schweik
* Introduction to OSGeo geospatial technologies (each of the different OSGeo software projects) -- who?
* GIS software categories and projects - Stefan Steiniger
* GIS licenses - Stefan Steiniger
* XXX
* [[Colleagues: Please add topics you might be willing to present below]].)

[[Category: Education]]

Edu goals and to dos

2012-07-05T23:35:23Z

Wiki-Perriger:

'''COORDINATED OSGEO EDU WEBINARS - SEPT- DECEMBER 2012'''

Our goal is to start a new and coordinated international OSGeo educational webinar series, beginning September, 2012. If you are willing to present a webinar on some topic, please add an entry below. I'd like to see if we can get topics and a schedule defined by the end of July.

'''Target Audience''':

*Undergraduates or graduate students

'''Possible Webinar topics and authors:'''

* 3D visualization or some other topic related to processing and analyzing terrain data. -- Helena Mitasova
* Open source collaboration -- findings from a 5 year study of Sourceforge.net projects. (This is not on geospatial specifically, but I think people will find it interesting.) -- Charlie Schweik
* Introduction to OSGeo geospatial technologies (each of the different OSGeo software projects) -- who?
* [[Colleagues: Please add topics you might be willing to present below]].)
* GIS software categories and projects - Stefan Steiniger
* GIS licenses - Stefan Steiniger

[[Category: Education]]

Alberta Chapter

2010-07-07T16:50:11Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Mission Statement / Chapter Objectives */

== Mission Statement / Chapter Objectives ==
We are still working on a detailed mission statement. However we identified at our June 2010 meeting the following common '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

== Email List and Members ==

* an '''email list''' has been created in May 2010. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
* see the page [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login)

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet the first time in April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of our meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of the next month, '''August 3 2010'''. The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

== Edmonton ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

== Resources ==
see the same section in [[Calgary IG]] on GIS software and Alberta GeoData

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

Alberta Chapter

2010-07-07T16:46:38Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Resources */

== Mission Statement / Chapter Objectives ==
We are still working on a detailed mission statement. However we identified at our last meeting the following common '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

== Email List and Members ==

* an '''email list''' has been created in May 2010. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
* see the page [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login)

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet the first time in April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of our meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of the next month, '''August 3 2010'''. The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

== Edmonton ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

== Resources ==
see the same section in [[Calgary IG]] on GIS software and Alberta GeoData

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

Alberta Chapter

2010-07-07T16:46:07Z

Wiki-Perriger:

== Mission Statement / Chapter Objectives ==
We are still working on a detailed mission statement. However we identified at our last meeting the following common '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

== Email List and Members ==

* an '''email list''' has been created in May 2010. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
* see the page [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login)

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet the first time in April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of our meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of the next month, '''August 3 2010'''. The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

== Edmonton ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

== Resources ==
see the same section in [[Calgary IG]]

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

Alberta GeoData

2010-07-07T16:42:59Z

Wiki-Perriger:

return to [[Alberta Chapter]]

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== DLS data ==

* From the Fed Govt:
** Reference Grids dataset (includes DLS to Section level): http://geopub.nrcan.gc.ca/publist_e.php?term=REFERENCE+GRIDS&_m=3&_w=on

* Alberta:
** http://www.altalis.com/prod_prop_ats.html (click on Sample tab to download corner coordinate list)

* B.C.: ?

* Saskatchewan Twps (requires registration(free)):
** https://www.geosask.ca/Portal/ (go to the Pre-packaged Data Gallery)

* Manitoba (requires registration(free)):
** http://mli2.gov.mb.ca/ (go to Quarter Section Grids)

As always, review the license agreements before using...

== Digital Elevation Models ==
* 1 Degree SRTM tiles:
** http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SRTM3/North_America/
** browse upwards for a description of the data
** the file names are in degree, N for North and W for West - hence Calgary would be something like ''N51W114''
** to use it in a GIS that can read ''bil'' files (e.g. MapWindow GIS) rename the *.hgt file to *.bil and create a header (*.hdr) file (see the one pdf document for use in ArcInfo on that)

== World Wide GeoData for Map Making ==
* [http://www.naturalearthdata.com Natural Earth Data] - small scale data prepared for map scales of 1:10m, 1:50m, 1:110m (the topography layer looks really beautiful)

* [http://downloads.cloudmade.com/north_america/canada#downloads_breadcrumbs OpenStreetMap Data of Canada] - very detailed... probably needs generalization for applications

* [http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/ Digital Chart of the World] - I think the scale is somewhat between 1:50k-1:100k. The data may also be not the newest, but its free!

Alberta GeoData

2010-07-07T16:40:50Z

Wiki-Perriger: Created page with '== DLS data == * From the Fed Govt: ** Reference Grids dataset (includes DLS to Section level): http://geopub.nrcan.gc.ca/publist_e.php?term=REFERENCE+GRIDS&_m=3&_w=on * Alber…'

== DLS data ==

* From the Fed Govt:
** Reference Grids dataset (includes DLS to Section level): http://geopub.nrcan.gc.ca/publist_e.php?term=REFERENCE+GRIDS&_m=3&_w=on

* Alberta:
** http://www.altalis.com/prod_prop_ats.html (click on Sample tab to download corner coordinate list)

* B.C.: ?

* Saskatchewan Twps (requires registration(free)):
** https://www.geosask.ca/Portal/ (go to the Pre-packaged Data Gallery)

* Manitoba (requires registration(free)):
** http://mli2.gov.mb.ca/ (go to Quarter Section Grids)

As always, review the license agreements before using...

== Digital Elevation Models ==
* 1 Degree SRTM tiles:
** http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SRTM3/North_America/
** browse upwards for a description of the data
** the file names are in degree, N for North and W for West - hence Calgary would be something like ''N51W114''
** to use it in a GIS that can read ''bil'' files (e.g. MapWindow GIS) rename the *.hgt file to *.bil and create a header (*.hdr) file (see the one pdf document for use in ArcInfo on that)

== World Wide GeoData for Map Making ==
* [http://www.naturalearthdata.com Natural Earth Data] - small scale data prepared for map scales of 1:10m, 1:50m, 1:110m (the topography layer looks really beautiful)

* [http://downloads.cloudmade.com/north_america/canada#downloads_breadcrumbs OpenStreetMap Data of Canada] - very detailed... probably needs generalization for applications

* [http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/ Digital Chart of the World] - I think the scale is somewhat between 1:50k-1:100k. The data may also be not the newest, but its free!

Calgary IG

2010-07-07T16:23:40Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Resources / Projects */

return to [[Alberta Chapter]]

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This page containes information on the activities of the Calgary FOSGIS interest group (IG) / Local Chapter.

== Goals ==

== Meetings ==
=== Meeting April 2010 ===

The mindmap on the right summarizes what we talked about on the meeting, i.e.:
* finding objectives of the group (i.e. forming a mission statement)
* define what we don't want
* discuss further meetings

[[image:CalgaryFOSGISInterestGroupMeeting1.jpeg|thumb|center|200px|Calgary Meeting #1 Notes]]

=== Meeting June 2010 ===
# First Stefan Steiniger talked for about an hour on state of FOS desktop GIS. This talk was actually his OGRS 2009 conference talk.
#* A copy of those slides is available [https://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/presentations/sstein_FOS_Desktop_GIS_Projects_and_Software_an_analysis_ogrs2009.pdf/download here]
# Then we discussed how we continue with the groups objectives. We looked for instance on the Mission Statements of the OSGeo Chapters of BC, Quebec and Ontario (see the http://wiki.osgeo.org). We agreed here that we keep working on a mission statement - but will probably wait 2-3 more meetings until we figured what each of us does and is interested in. However we already identified three main points of interest:
#* Alberta geodata
#* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
#* GIS software n general
# We also agreed that it may be useful to setup a member list. Stefan created a new wiki page for that, see [[OSGeo Alberta Members]]

=== Meeting July 2010 ===
This meeting we had two talks:
* a demo/talk on Autodesk's MapGuide Open Source by Trevor Wekel ([http://www.otxsystems.com OTX Systems])
* a talk about HEAT, a web mapping site to identify Hot-Spots on your house, by Chris Kyle (CDK Digital Knowledge & [http://www.ucalgary.ca/f3gisci/heat Univ. of Calgary])
Finally we had a discussion on free local data: see here the emails ([http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000018.html 1] and [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000019.html 2]) by Brent Fraser sent the other day.

== Resources / Projects ==
* Canadian and [[Alberta GeoData]]
* a web page that provides an overview on [http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ Free and Open Source Desktop GIS] - including articles
* [[Articles on Free GIS Software]]

== Contacts ==
* our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta

* If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
** Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
** Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

Calgary IG

2010-07-07T16:23:04Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Resources / Projects */

return to [[Alberta Chapter]]

----

This page containes information on the activities of the Calgary FOSGIS interest group (IG) / Local Chapter.

== Goals ==

== Meetings ==
=== Meeting April 2010 ===

The mindmap on the right summarizes what we talked about on the meeting, i.e.:
* finding objectives of the group (i.e. forming a mission statement)
* define what we don't want
* discuss further meetings

[[image:CalgaryFOSGISInterestGroupMeeting1.jpeg|thumb|center|200px|Calgary Meeting #1 Notes]]

=== Meeting June 2010 ===
# First Stefan Steiniger talked for about an hour on state of FOS desktop GIS. This talk was actually his OGRS 2009 conference talk.
#* A copy of those slides is available [https://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/presentations/sstein_FOS_Desktop_GIS_Projects_and_Software_an_analysis_ogrs2009.pdf/download here]
# Then we discussed how we continue with the groups objectives. We looked for instance on the Mission Statements of the OSGeo Chapters of BC, Quebec and Ontario (see the http://wiki.osgeo.org). We agreed here that we keep working on a mission statement - but will probably wait 2-3 more meetings until we figured what each of us does and is interested in. However we already identified three main points of interest:
#* Alberta geodata
#* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
#* GIS software n general
# We also agreed that it may be useful to setup a member list. Stefan created a new wiki page for that, see [[OSGeo Alberta Members]]

=== Meeting July 2010 ===
This meeting we had two talks:
* a demo/talk on Autodesk's MapGuide Open Source by Trevor Wekel ([http://www.otxsystems.com OTX Systems])
* a talk about HEAT, a web mapping site to identify Hot-Spots on your house, by Chris Kyle (CDK Digital Knowledge & [http://www.ucalgary.ca/f3gisci/heat Univ. of Calgary])
Finally we had a discussion on free local data: see here the emails ([http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000018.html 1] and [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000019.html 2]) by Brent Fraser sent the other day.

== Resources / Projects ==
* Canadian and [Alberta GeoData]
* a web page that provides an overview on [http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ Free and Open Source Desktop GIS] - including articles
* [Articles on Free GIS Software]

== Contacts ==
* our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta

* If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
** Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
** Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

Calgary IG

2010-07-07T16:18:52Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Meetings */

return to [[Alberta Chapter]]

----

This page containes information on the activities of the Calgary FOSGIS interest group (IG) / Local Chapter.

== Goals ==

== Meetings ==
=== Meeting April 2010 ===

The mindmap on the right summarizes what we talked about on the meeting, i.e.:
* finding objectives of the group (i.e. forming a mission statement)
* define what we don't want
* discuss further meetings

[[image:CalgaryFOSGISInterestGroupMeeting1.jpeg|thumb|center|200px|Calgary Meeting #1 Notes]]

=== Meeting June 2010 ===
# First Stefan Steiniger talked for about an hour on state of FOS desktop GIS. This talk was actually his OGRS 2009 conference talk.
#* A copy of those slides is available [https://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/presentations/sstein_FOS_Desktop_GIS_Projects_and_Software_an_analysis_ogrs2009.pdf/download here]
# Then we discussed how we continue with the groups objectives. We looked for instance on the Mission Statements of the OSGeo Chapters of BC, Quebec and Ontario (see the http://wiki.osgeo.org). We agreed here that we keep working on a mission statement - but will probably wait 2-3 more meetings until we figured what each of us does and is interested in. However we already identified three main points of interest:
#* Alberta geodata
#* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
#* GIS software n general
# We also agreed that it may be useful to setup a member list. Stefan created a new wiki page for that, see [[OSGeo Alberta Members]]

=== Meeting July 2010 ===
This meeting we had two talks:
* a demo/talk on Autodesk's MapGuide Open Source by Trevor Wekel ([http://www.otxsystems.com OTX Systems])
* a talk about HEAT, a web mapping site to identify Hot-Spots on your house, by Chris Kyle (CDK Digital Knowledge & [http://www.ucalgary.ca/f3gisci/heat Univ. of Calgary])
Finally we had a discussion on free local data: see here the emails ([http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000018.html 1] and [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000019.html 2]) by Brent Fraser sent the other day.

== Resources / Projects ==
in progress

== Contacts ==
* our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta

* If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
** Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
** Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

Alberta Chapter

2010-06-09T18:35:09Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Calgary */

== Mission Statement / Chapter Objetives ==
We are still working on a detailed mission statement. However we identified on our last meeting the following common '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

== Email List and Members ==

* an '''email list''' has been created in May 2010. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
* see the page [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login)

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet the first time in April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of our meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of the next month, '''6th July 2010'''. The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

June 9th, 2010

== Edmonton ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

Alberta Chapter

2010-06-09T18:34:54Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Calgary */

== Mission Statement / Chapter Objetives ==
We are still working on a detailed mission statement. However we identified on our last meeting the following common '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

== Email List and Members ==

* an '''email list''' has been created in May 2010. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
* see the page [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login)

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet the first time in April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of our meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of the next month, '''i.e. 6th July 2010'''. The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

June 9th, 2010

== Edmonton ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

Alberta Chapter

2010-06-09T18:33:34Z

Wiki-Perriger:

== Mission Statement / Chapter Objetives ==
We are still working on a detailed mission statement. However we identified on our last meeting the following common '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

== Email List and Members ==

* an '''email list''' has been created in May 2010. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
* see the page [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login)

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet the first time in April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of our meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of July (i.e. 6th). The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

June 9th, 2010

== Edmonton ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info on meetings yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the meetings in Calgary

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

OSGeo Alberta Members

2010-06-09T18:32:05Z

Wiki-Perriger:

Below are the members of the Free & Open Source GIS Interest Group of Alberta. 
Feel free to add yourself to the list.

# Andrew Hunter, Calgary, AB, [http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~ssteinig/ University of Calgary], specialties: Spatial Data Infrastructures
# Stefan Steiniger, Calgary, AB, [http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~ssteinig/ University of Calgary], specialties: (Desktop) GIS software overview, developer for [http://www.openjump.org. OpenJUMP GIS] and [http://www.sextantegis.com Sextante]
# ''add yourself here''
# ...

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return to [[Alberta Chapter]]

Calgary IG

2010-06-09T18:31:35Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Meetings */

return to [[Alberta Chapter]]

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This page containes information on the activities of the Calgary FOSGIS interest group (IG) / Local Chapter.

== Goals ==

== Meetings ==
=== Meeting April 2010 ===

The mindmap on the right summarizes what we talked about on the meeting, i.e.:
* finding objectives of the group (i.e. forming a mission statement)
* define what we don't want
* discuss further meetings

[[image:CalgaryFOSGISInterestGroupMeeting1.jpeg|thumb|center|200px|Calgary Meeting #1 Notes]]

=== Meeting June 2010 ===
# First Stefan Steiniger talked for about an hour on state of FOS desktop GIS. This talk was actually his OGRS 2009 conference talk.
#* A copy of those slides is available [https://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/presentations/sstein_FOS_Desktop_GIS_Projects_and_Software_an_analysis_ogrs2009.pdf/download here]
# Then we discussed how we continue with the groups objectives. We looked for instance on the Mission Statements of the OSGeo Chapters of BC, Quebec and Ontario (see the http://wiki.osgeo.org). We agreed here that we keep working on a mission statement - but will probably wait 2-3 more meetings until we figured what each of us does and is interested in. However we already identified three main points of interest:
#* Alberta geodata
#* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
#* GIS software n general
# We also agreed that it may be useful to setup a member list. Stefan created a new wiki page for that, see [[OSGeo Alberta Members]]

== Resources / Projects ==
in progress

== Contacts ==
* our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta

* If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
** Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
** Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

OSGeo Alberta Members

2010-06-09T18:26:53Z

Wiki-Perriger:

OSGeo Alberta Members

2010-06-09T18:26:14Z

Wiki-Perriger:

return to [[Alberta_Chapter]]

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Below are the members of the Free & Open Source GIS Interest Group of Alberta. 
Feel free to add yourself to the list.

# Andrew Hunter, Calgary, AB, [http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~ssteinig/ University of Calgary], specialties: Spatial Data Infrastructures
# Stefan Steiniger, Calgary, AB, [http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~ssteinig/ University of Calgary], specialties: (Desktop) GIS software overview, developer for [http://www.openjump.org. OpenJUMP GIS] and [http://www.sextantegis.com Sextante]
# ''add yourself here''
# ...

OSGeo Alberta Members

2010-06-09T18:11:50Z

Wiki-Perriger: Created page with 'Below are the members of the Free & Open Source GIS Interest Group of Alberta. Feel free to add yourself to the list. # Andrew Hunter, Calgary, AB, [http://homepages.ucalga…'

Alberta Chapter

2010-06-09T17:47:57Z

Wiki-Perriger:

== Mission Statement / Chapter Objetives ==
We are still working on a detailed mission statement. However we identified on our last meeting the following common '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

== Email List and Members ==

* an '''email list''' has been created in May 2010. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
* see the page [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login)

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet the first time in April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of our meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of July (i.e. 6th). The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

June 9th, 2010

== Edmonton ==
* no info yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the Calgary group

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the Calgary group

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

Alberta Chapter

2010-06-09T17:37:29Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Calgary */

== Calgary ==
A group of interested FOSGIS users did meet on April 29th 2010 in Calgary to get to know each other and talk about forming a local OSGeo chapter. The Group included users and developers with a business and university background. For the notes of this meeting please see: [[Calgary IG]].

On this first meeting we decided to:
* do meetings once a month to get things started, e.g. set-up objectives of the interest group/chapter,
* create an '''email list''': see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta,
* welcome other people from Alberta (or even other provinces) to participate in our activities

On the second meeting we identified some general '''points of interest''':
* (free) Alberta geodata
* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
* GIS software in general

The '''next meeting''' will be on the first Tuesday of July (i.e. 6th). The meeting will take place at the University of Calgary. For more info check the postings on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta OSGeo Alberta email list].

If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
* Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
* Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)

June 9th, 2010

== Edmonton ==
* no info yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the Calgary group

== Other Places in Alberta ==
* no info yet, but add your name below if you are interested
* Feel also free to join the Calgary group

== See Also ==
* Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
* Neighbours in the [[British Columbia Chapter]] - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
* [[Canada]] page giving a good national view

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Canada]]

GIS Desktop Comparison

2010-06-03T05:14:51Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Potential Participants */

This page is used to coordinate comparisons between GeoSpatial Desktop applications to help users select suitable applications for their requirements.

=Abstract=
; Conference:
: [http://2010.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2010]

; Title:
: GeoSpatial Desktop Comparison

; Authors:
* Cameron Shorter (FOSS4G 2009 chair and GeoSpatial Director at LISAsoft)
* Gertrude Pieper (FLOSS-Cadastre Expert Group of FAO / FIG Commission 7)

; Abstract:
: This presentation will provide a comparative overview of the popular Geospatial Open Source desktop applications. It will be targeted at potential GIS users wishing to determine which desktop application is suitable for their requirements.
: We intend to build this comparison presentation in the same successful collaborative manner as the WMS Shootout and LiveDVD from previous years. Ie, we will encourage contribution and participation from the key desktop GIS projects.
: The final presentation will include a GIS desktop feature comparison, built upon prior work by Stefan Steiniger, http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ and the contributions of Gertrude Pieper to the FAO / FIG publication on FLOSS for Cadastre and Land Registration http://www.fig.net/pub/fao/floss_cadastre.pdf. We will likely also include some common task comparisons, like loading and rendering shapefiles.

=Background=
The OSGeo community helped select FOSS4G 2009 conference presentations ranked the OSGeo comparison projects very highly. Unfortunately, there were only a few of these types of presentations. Of the 183 quality presentations submitted, there was 85 speaking slots, and 3 of the highest ranked presentations targeted the comparison of popular packages.

The presentations were:

* Ranked 2: The WMS Performance Shootout
* Ranked 8: PostGIS and Oracle Spatial
* Ranked 9: There is no alternative to Openlayers...? (discussing OpenLayers vs other AJAX clients)

The moral to the story is that conference delegates and the greater community want to see how different projects compare, and to date we have had a shortage of such material(partly because it is a lot of work to set up).

This page hopes to facilitate the development of a desktop GeoSpatial comparison.

= What projects can participate =
While this comparison has initially focused on Open Source applications, we wish to also cover proprietary applications as well.

= Project Descriptions =
The OSGeo LiveDVD maintains a list of paragraph long [[http://www.arramagong.com/Arramagong/contents.html Project Definitions]], and page long Project Descriptions.

Details available here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Build#Writing_docs

= Feature Comparison =

= Target Presentations =
It is intended that the results of these desktop comparisons will be presented:
* On the OSGeo Live DVD
* At the FOSS4G 2010 conference

= Potential Participants =
Listed here are already, or who are likely to be interested in helping out. Please add your name here if interested.
* Cameron Shorter, I wish to help get this content onto the LiveDVD, and am prepared to coordinate the collation of material.
* Stefan Steiniger

= References =
* Open Source GIS comparison tables: http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint#The_desktop_comparison_tasks_list
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Albk_XRkhVkzdGxyYk8tNEZvLUp1UTUzTFN5bjlLX2c&hl=en Matrix on OSGeo and COTS software functionality]

[[Category: FOSS4G2010]]

Calgary IG

2010-06-01T19:32:32Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Meeting April 2010 */

Calgary IG

2010-06-01T19:32:12Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Meeting April 2010 */

Calgary IG

2010-06-01T19:31:59Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Meeting April 2010 */

Calgary IG

2010-06-01T19:31:35Z

Wiki-Perriger: /* Meeting April 2010 */