<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Hello,<br><br>Here are my thoughts. <br><br>The board said they are not banning or enforcing the use if AI, it is up to individual projects. They didn't say about use of AI in Communtiy Projects. <br><br>I suggest we apply the rest of the criteria - which, if memory serves incudes that the project shows collaboration:<br><br><<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_OSGeo_Community_Projects_Initiative">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_OSGeo_Community_Projects_Initiative</a>><br><br>We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests.<br><br>So I think this project qualifies. I've not reviewed everything else but assuming it does then I think it is ok. <br><br>Please do share more thoughts everyone!<br><br>My personal opinion is that it would be worth making clear how you used AI coding agents Ian. Perhaps this is something to add to the README or CONTRINUTING files?<br><br>Best wishes<br>Nick. <br><br><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 28 September 2026 23:03:19 BST, Jody Garnett via Incubator <incubator@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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The board has not really provided guidance on vibe coding. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My own personal opinion is that open source requires collaboration - the test our incubation process has is to have input from several organizations (not just several developers) in order to offer users some assurance that a project will be sustained. With that in mind, while I am okay with AI being used for assistance / reference, it has some weakness from the sustainability angle.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The above is my own take only; there was some osgeo discussion over the summer but I did not understand the result.</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>- -<br></div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sep 28, 2026 at 2:55:04 PM, Ian Shiland <<a href="mailto:ishiland@gmail.com">ishiland@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Even, <div><br></div><div>Yes. AI coding agents, mainly Claude Code with Codex as a reviewer, write most of GeoLens with guidance from me. </div><div><br></div><div>If this is grounds for ineligibility, I'll withdraw the page submission. </div><div><br></div><div>Ian</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM Even Rouault <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>@Ian looking at the commit history and pull request history, this
is obviously vibe coded. Can you confirm ?</p>
<p>@Jody Is this OK for vibe coded projects to be community
projects ?</p>
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<div>Thanks for the access. The GeoLens project page is now
submitted for review. I left the project type as None for now
and will switch it to Community Project once the committee
confirms. Let me know if anything on the page needs changing.</div>
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should be able to create a page now!<br>
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<div>I’ve confirmed that my OSGeo account, ishiland,
still cannot access the Projects dashboard - it
returns a permission error. Could you enable
project-author access and confirm the current status
of GeoLens’s Community<br>
Project application? The listing content and logo
are ready. </div>
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<div>Thanks, </div>
<div>Ian</div>
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I have an OSGeo user id now: <b>ishiland</b>.
Regina sent a mantra through sysadmin, so
registration is done and a profile has been
created. <br>
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Thanks,<br>
Ian<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Jody, I've requested a mantra
from <a href="mailto:mantra-request@osgeo.org" target="_blank">mantra-request@osgeo.org</a>
so I can create the account. I'll send the
user id as soon as it comes through.<br>
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<div>Thanks,<br>
Ian</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Please provide your osgeo
user id, and sign into the <a href="http://osgeo.org" target="_blank">osgeo.org</a> website
to fill in your profile information.
Then I can grant the profile permission
to make a new project page.</div>
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21, 2026 at 6:33:34 AM, Ian Shiland
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<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br>
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I'd like to apply for OSGeo
Community Project status for
GeoLens, a self-hosted geospatial
data catalog and map builder built
on PostGIS. It ingests common vector
and raster formats, serves them
through OGC API - Features, OGC API
- Records, STAC and DCAT, and
includes a web map builder with
vector tiles.<br>
<ul>
<li>Repository: <a href="https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens" target="_blank">https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens</a> (Apache-2.0)</li>
<li>User documentation: <a href="https://docs.getgeolens.com/" target="_blank">https://docs.getgeolens.com</a></li>
<li>Live demo: <a href="https://demo.getgeolens.com/" target="_blank">https://demo.getgeolens.com</a></li>
<li>Contribution policy:
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md (DCO)</li>
<li>Code of conduct:
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (Contributor
Covenant)</li>
<li>Issue tracker and discussions:
public on GitHub</li>
</ul>
<div><span>The first public release
was June 2026 and the project
has shipped regular tagged
releases since (currently
v1.14.1). The repository has
issues and pull requests from
outside contributors, and
GeoLibre (an OpenGeos project)
ships a built-in GeoLens
integration that I've
contributed fixes back to.</span></div>
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If a project listing on <a href="http://osgeo.org/" target="_blank">osgeo.org</a> needs
to exist before this application,
point me at the right process and
I'll take care of it.<br>
<br>
Happy to answer any questions.<br>
<br>
Ian Shiland<br>
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