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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>(and I can also serve as a voice for keeping Mono support in
mind, too!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>-mpg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Daniel Ames
[mailto:dan.ames@isu.edu] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michael P. Gerlek<br>
<b>Cc:</b> dotnet@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DotNet-OSGeo] Working towards a System.Spatial library...
and Please vote on a logo...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Fantastic, Michael. This is
exactly the kind of support such a project would need (i.e. input/guidance from
serious users...). I just listed you on the project
steering committee page here <a
href="http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Steering%20Committee">http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Steering%20Committee</a>.
- Dan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Michael P. Gerlek <<a
href="mailto:mpg@lizardtech.com">mpg@lizardtech.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I would certainly volunteer to help
steer.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>While not building any specific project,
we (LizardTech) are leveraging .NET wrapped stuff, looking to use more, and
would be likely to be helping sponsor such efforts in the future.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>-mpg</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="mailto:dotnet-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">dotnet-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:dotnet-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">dotnet-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Ames<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 07, 2010 10:27 AM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dotnet@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">dotnet@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DotNet-OSGeo] Working towards a System.Spatial library... and
Please vote on a logo...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>HI
all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>A
couple months back I proposed on this list that we ought to consider moving
towards a common "de-branded" low level API that could be shared
across multiple desktop and web based projects and that would integrate all the
best common aspects of NTS, GeoAPI, SharpMap, MapWindow, various Proj4 ports,
etc. The idea here is to lower the bar of entry for potential users of these
libraries by giving them a common look and feel and ensuring close adherence to
.NET Framework coding practices. This is obviously a non-trivial goal, but
has the potential for being a major step forward for OSGeo.NET. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I'm
interested in moving this project forward following all of the best practices
for Open Source projects. So one of the first tasks I believe, should be
formation of a steering committee. If you think that this project is a good
idea and feel like you have something to contribute, will you please volunteer
to be on the steering committee? I have already gotten agreement from Ted
Dunsford and Gennadii Donchyts to be on this steering committee and am
looking for 2-4 more people who are active user/developers on NTS, SharpMap,
GeoAPI or other projects who are willing to be on the steering committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Secondly,
I've taken the liberty of registering the <a
href="http://dotspatial.codeplex.com" target="_blank">dotspatial.codeplex.com</a>
site as well as <a href="http://dotspatial.org" target="_blank">dotspatial.org</a>
to use for managing this project and Ted Dunsford has already started
contributing some code for people to look at and to "get the conversation
going" as to what would be included in such a project. We've also been
listed on the top of the CodePlex "find project openings" page (<a
href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search/openings" target="_blank">http://www.codeplex.com/site/search/openings</a>)
and as a result we've got several programmers already volunteering to work on
the project. (Hence the need for a steering committee to make sure we give
these people the right tasks...) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thirdly,
I also asked a friend to take a shot at designing some potential logos for us
to use for the project. Will you please vote on a logo here:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
href="http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=logo&referringTitle=Home"
target="_blank">http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=logo&referringTitle=Home</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(feel
free to leave a vote in the comments for that page and/or make suggestions on
improving any of the logos)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks
all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-
Dan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(By
the way, I saw a very cool demo of a project by Gennadii here at the iEMSs
Conference in Ottawa yesterday in which he used a number of .NET OSGeo tools
that included work from many of you, I'm sure. Very cool stuff...)<o:p></o:p></p>
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-- <br>
Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE<br>
Associate Professor, Geosciences<br>
Idaho State University - Idaho Falls<br>
<a href="mailto:amesdani@isu.edu" target="_blank">amesdani@isu.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://geology.isu.edu" target="_blank">geology.isu.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mapwindow.org" target="_blank">www.mapwindow.org</a><br>
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-- <br>
Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE<br>
Associate Professor, Geosciences<br>
Idaho State University - Idaho Falls<br>
<a href="mailto:amesdani@isu.edu">amesdani@isu.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://geology.isu.edu">geology.isu.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mapwindow.org">www.mapwindow.org</a><br>
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