OSGeo Labs invitation

[Julien-Samuel Lacroix]

Hi,

I would like to invite every FOSS4G presenters to register their
projects in the OSGeo Labs page. OSGeo Labs aims to gather together all
geospatial related FOSS projects and give visibility to all FOSS
projects out there. You do not have to aim for OSGeo incubation to
register. Just being a Free and Open Source Software and Geo related is
enough to be added to the OSGeo Labs page.

Please visit the OSGeo Labs page for more information:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs

Best regards,
Julien
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[STEPHEN STANTON]

Hi Julien,

Are you talking just to FOSS4G presenters or everyone? The list on the OSGeo Labs page isn't that big, so I get the impression that it's not meant to become a huge list.

By way of example (and to toot my own horn), I've been working on a cadastral data entry application (see http://code.google.com/p/backsight), and would dearly like to find other people who have an interest in working with me. Or just chat to people who are working in the same application domain.

But given that not a lot of people get excited by cadastral systems (and OSGeo seems to emphasise web-related projects), I wonder whether sticking myself on the list would be appropriate.

Steve

--- On Wed, 14/10/09, Julien-Samuel Lacroix <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Julien-Samuel Lacroix <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Labs invitation
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009, 3:32 PM
> Hi,
>
> I would like to invite every FOSS4G presenters to register
> their projects in the OSGeo Labs page. OSGeo Labs aims to
> gather together all geospatial related FOSS projects and
> give visibility to all FOSS projects out there. You do not
> have to aim for OSGeo incubation to register. Just being a
> Free and Open Source Software and Geo related is enough to
> be added to the OSGeo Labs page.
>
> Please visit the OSGeo Labs page for more information:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
>
> Best regards,
> Julien
> -- Julien-Samuel Lacroix
> Mapgears
> http://www.mapgears.com/
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[Landon Blake]

Stephen,

I'm a land surveyor and a desktop application programmer. So the
interests at OSGeo may be more varied that you suspect.

Tell me more about your application. What exactly is its current
functionality?

I wish I had time to contribute to another project. Your program sounds
like it is right up my alley, and I've been looking for a reason to
learn some Dot Net Development. :]

Landon
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Labs invitation

Hi Julien,

Are you talking just to FOSS4G presenters or everyone? The list on the
OSGeo Labs page isn't that big, so I get the impression that it's not
meant to become a huge list.

By way of example (and to toot my own horn), I've been working on a
cadastral data entry application (see
http://code.google.com/p/backsight), and would dearly like to find other
people who have an interest in working with me. Or just chat to people
who are working in the same application domain.

But given that not a lot of people get excited by cadastral systems (and
OSGeo seems to emphasise web-related projects), I wonder whether
sticking myself on the list would be appropriate.

Steve

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> From: Julien-Samuel Lacroix <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Labs invitation
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009, 3:32 PM
> Hi,
>
> I would like to invite every FOSS4G presenters to register
> their projects in the OSGeo Labs page. OSGeo Labs aims to
> gather together all geospatial related FOSS projects and
> give visibility to all FOSS projects out there. You do not
> have to aim for OSGeo incubation to register. Just being a
> Free and Open Source Software and Geo related is enough to
> be added to the OSGeo Labs page.
>
> Please visit the OSGeo Labs page for more information:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
>
> Best regards,
> Julien
> -- Julien-Samuel Lacroix
> Mapgears
> http://www.mapgears.com/
> _______________________________________________
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[STEPHEN STANTON]

Hi Landon,

Oh yes, I know that OSGeo projects aren't exclusively web-focused. It's just that people seem to find web stuff more exciting to work on, so it gets a bit of a high profile.

My cadastral app currently lets you enter dimensions/angles from hardcopy plans. As you do so, it constructs parcels on the fly, and lets you attach attributes to them. The next job is to provide the ability to change the observations, and propogate the impact throughout the database. It was there in the old C++ implementation, but I need to re-invent it for the new C# version (the old PSE persistence engine provided facilities that I can no longer use).

The database structure has a bit of a temporal aspect (it's big on "database" time, but makes it possible to associate data with "real" time). But it's not meant to be a public-facing database. My expectation is that once the data has been entered, relevant data would be replicated to a conventional system (e.g. think MapServer) that provides a snapshot view of the cadastre at a given point in time.

That's where it's at.

Steve

P.S. I should point out that if you download my google codebase today, I'm not sure if it will work flawlessly (can't exactly remember where I left it). But I'm here to help if anyone cares to ask!


--- On Wed, 14/10/09, Landon Blake <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Landon Blake <[hidden email]>
> Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Labs invitation
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009, 11:22 PM
> Stephen,
>
> I'm a land surveyor and a desktop application programmer.
> So the
> interests at OSGeo may be more varied that you suspect.
>
> Tell me more about your application. What exactly is its
> current
> functionality?
>
> I wish I had time to contribute to another project. Your
> program sounds
> like it is right up my alley, and I've been looking for a
> reason to
> learn some Dot Net Development. :]
>
> Landon

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[Jody Garnett-2]

There is already http://www.freegis.org/ providing a list.

Jody

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Julien-Samuel Lacroix
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to invite every FOSS4G presenters to register their projects in
> the OSGeo Labs page. OSGeo Labs aims to gather together all geospatial
> related FOSS projects and give visibility to all FOSS projects out there.
> You do not have to aim for OSGeo incubation to register. Just being a Free
> and Open Source Software and Geo related is enough to be added to the OSGeo
> Labs page.
>
> Please visit the OSGeo Labs page for more information:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
>
> Best regards,
> Julien
> --
> Julien-Samuel Lacroix
> Mapgears
> http://www.mapgears.com/
> _______________________________________________
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[A. Shore]

Steve, a lurker here, but an enthusiast of 'web stuff': The 'excitement'  over solving persistent and annoying problems draws us, I believe, on seeing that it's the most direct solution to the problem of distributing software to users, esp during the early stages when the stability ain't what you'd like it to be. 

Web stuff simply has no issue of distribution; you apply your updates at your own pace, not bound by the mechanics of distributing the client software.  This responsiveness builds relationships with yr users as a direct result, since there's no burden on users to get at the latest offerings.  Psychologically, it eases the burden on developers when the cost of correcting an error is so low.

I can tell you that when some fans of conventional desktop applications that I'd known first began to see how the distribution problem was simply by-passed when they joined the ranks of web application developers that they became true believers.

The excitement has a solid basis, I believe.  Can join us?

AS

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 6:42 PM, STEPHEN STANTON <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi Landon,

Oh yes, I know that OSGeo projects aren't exclusively web-focused. It's just that people seem to find web stuff more exciting to work on, so it gets a bit of a high profile.

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[Julien-Samuel Lacroix]

Hi,

If your software is OpenSource and Geospatial related feel free to add
it to the list on the OSGeo Labs page. This page aims to regroup all OS
and Geo related software.

Eventually, this list may become something more official, but for now
it's just there to help people connect together and to help projects to
get some visibility.

Best regards,
Julien

STEPHEN STANTON wrote:

> Hi Julien,
>
> Are you talking just to FOSS4G presenters or everyone? The list on the OSGeo Labs page isn't that big, so I get the impression that it's not meant to become a huge list.
>
> By way of example (and to toot my own horn), I've been working on a cadastral data entry application (see http://code.google.com/p/backsight), and would dearly like to find other people who have an interest in working with me. Or just chat to people who are working in the same application domain.
>
> But given that not a lot of people get excited by cadastral systems (and OSGeo seems to emphasise web-related projects), I wonder whether sticking myself on the list would be appropriate.
>
> Steve
>
> --- On Wed, 14/10/09, Julien-Samuel Lacroix <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> From: Julien-Samuel Lacroix <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Labs invitation
>> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <[hidden email]>
>> Date: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009, 3:32 PM
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to invite every FOSS4G presenters to register
>> their projects in the OSGeo Labs page. OSGeo Labs aims to
>> gather together all geospatial related FOSS projects and
>> give visibility to all FOSS projects out there. You do not
>> have to aim for OSGeo incubation to register. Just being a
>> Free and Open Source Software and Geo related is enough to
>> be added to the OSGeo Labs page.
>>
>> Please visit the OSGeo Labs page for more information:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Julien
>> -- Julien-Samuel Lacroix
>> Mapgears
>> http://www.mapgears.com/
>> _______________________________________________
>> Discuss mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>
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[Julien-Samuel Lacroix]

Cool! I was not aware of that. Could you please add a link on the OSGeo
Labs page so we don't duplicate the efforts. I'm currently in a airport
and may not have the chance to do it myself until after the weekend.

Julien

Jody Garnett wrote:

> There is already http://www.freegis.org/ providing a list.
>
> Jody
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Julien-Samuel Lacroix
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to invite every FOSS4G presenters to register their projects in
>> the OSGeo Labs page. OSGeo Labs aims to gather together all geospatial
>> related FOSS projects and give visibility to all FOSS projects out there.
>> You do not have to aim for OSGeo incubation to register. Just being a Free
>> and Open Source Software and Geo related is enough to be added to the OSGeo
>> Labs page.
>>
>> Please visit the OSGeo Labs page for more information:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Julien
>> --
>> Julien-Samuel Lacroix
>> Mapgears
>> http://www.mapgears.com/
>> _______________________________________________
>> Discuss mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>
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[Cameron Shorter-2]

Julien,
I agree that it would be good to have many of the FOSS4G projects listed
in OSGeo Labs, but I think Labs is a bit more than just a list of all
OSGeo FOSS software.
http://www.freegis.org/ provides such a list.

I like to think that OSGeo labs is a place where projects can start
developing a sense of quality and stablity which is proven eventually by
going through the incubation process.

Julien-Samuel Lacroix wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to invite every FOSS4G presenters to register their
> projects in the OSGeo Labs page. OSGeo Labs aims to gather together
> all geospatial related FOSS projects and give visibility to all FOSS
> projects out there. You do not have to aim for OSGeo incubation to
> register. Just being a Free and Open Source Software and Geo related
> is enough to be added to the OSGeo Labs page.
>
> Please visit the OSGeo Labs page for more information:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
>
> Best regards,
> Julien

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