[Live-demo] TileMill Live_GIS_Disc_Apply Form

Brian Hamlin maplabs at light42.com
Sat Dec 22 15:51:16 PST 2012


strong support for TileMill
+1


On Dec 22, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> Thanks Javi,
>
> Based on Javi's responses, and also that I understand from Brian  
> Hamlin that an installer has already been written, I'm +1 for  
> including TileMill as part of the OSM tools that we include on  
> OSGeo-Live.
>
> I can see from responses that this project is well established, and  
> has a strong user community behind it.
>
> On 21/12/12 18:54, Javi Sanchez wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Following the instructions at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ 
>> Live_GIS_Disc_Apply , we have filled in the requiered information  
>> to apply for TileMill to be included in the Disc.
>>
>> Find answers either bellow or at [1]
>>
>> [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc? 
>> key=0AlRFyY1XenjJdHZpZTJLcHNITHMwNG5wZWgxQXkxcFE
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Javi Sánchez
>> Capitulo Hispanohablante OSGeo (Madrid)
>>
>>
>> - TileMill Live_GIS_Disc_Apply -
>>
>>          What is its name?    TileMill
>>         What is the home page URL?    http://tilemill.com
>>         Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?    BSD
>>         What does the application do and how does it add value to  
>> the GeoSpatial stack of software?    TileMill is a tool to quickly  
>> and easily design maps for the web using custom data. It is built  
>> on the powerful open-source map rendering library Mapnik ( the  
>> same software OpenStreetMap and MapQuest use to make some of their  
>> maps ) and uses CartoCSS as a stylesheet language.
>>         Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which  
>> versions of the standards? Client or server? You may wish to add  
>> comments about how standards are used.    TileMill does not  
>> support any OGC standards, like WMS or WFS. Rather it adhers the  
>> widespread practices of z/x/y tile schemes used by Google and OSM  
>> and is based on the MBTiles and UTFGrid specifications.
>>         What language is it written in?    JavaScript - Uses  
>> Node.js on the serverside and shares some backbone.js models on  
>> the clientside
>>         Which version of the application should be included in the  
>> next OSGeo-Live release?     0.10.1
>>
>>     Stability is very important to us on OSGeo-Live. If a new user  
>> finds a bug in one application, it will tarnish the reputation of  
>> all other OSGeo-Live applications as well. (We pay most attention  
>> to the following answers):
>>         If risk adverse organisations have deployed your  
>> application into production, it would imply that these  
>> organisations have verified the stability of your software. Has  
>> the application been rolled out to production into risk (ideally  
>> risk adverse) organisations? Please mention some of these  
>> organisations?    TileMill can be both used as a Desktop GUI tool  
>> and a serverside/command line rendering engine. In both forms is  
>> has been used by many organizations in production. MapBox uses it  
>> to render global baselayers down to z17 (mapbox-streets), NPR used  
>> it to make the census map: http://apps.npr.org/fire-forecast/, and  
>> many more examples: http://mapbox.com/tilemill/gallery/
>>         What is the size of the user community? You can often  
>> answer this by mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy  
>> email list?    New releases usually see 10-15 thousand downloads
>>         What is the size of your developer community?    10  
>> Developers
>>         Do you have a bug free, stable release?    Every release  
>> becomes more stable, 0.10.1 is the most stable yet.
>>         Please discuss the level of testing that your project has  
>> gone through.    TileMill has unit tests as well as many of the  
>> libraries it depends upon
>>         How long has the project has had mature code.     Several  
>> years
>>
>>     OSGeo-Live is targeted at applications that people can use  
>> rather than libraries. Does the application have a user interface  
>> (possibly a command line interface) that a user can interact with?  
>> (We do make an exception for Incubated OSGeo Libraries, and will  
>> include Project Overviews for these libraries, even if they don't  
>> have a user interface.)     TileMill is a map design studio  
>> desktop application that users can interact with by means of its  
>> graphical user interface.
>>
>>     We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects  
>> which are presented at FOSS4G conferences. If your project is  
>> involved in OSGeo Incubation, or has been selected to be presented  
>> at FOSS4G, then please mention it.     "- TileMill is not an  
>> incubated project at present.
>> - It was present at FOSS4G 2011
>> - Workshop at Girona (Spain) GIS Open Source 2011 venue
>> - Next FOSS4g 2013 paper: http://foss4g-na.org/schedule/ 
>> cartography-with-tilemill-postgis-and-openstreetmap/"
>>
>>     With around 50 applications installed on OSGeo-Live, us core  
>> packagers do not have the time to liaise with every single project  
>> email list for each OSGeo-Live release. So we require a volunteer  
>> (or two) to take responsibility for liaising between OSGeo-Live  
>> and the project's communities. This volunteer will be responsible  
>> for ensuring the install scripts and English documentation are  
>> updated by someone for each OSGeo-Live release. Also test that the  
>> installed application and Quickstart documentation works as  
>> expected on release candidate releases of OSGeo-Live. Who will act  
>> as the project's liaison person.     Javier Sánchez
>>
>>     OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is:
>>         Install from UbuntuGIS or DebianGIS
>>         Install .deb files from a PPA
>>         Write a custom install script             Write a custom  
>> install script
>>
>>     Can you please discuss how your application will be  
>> installed.     Application is installed by means of an Ubuntu PPA
>>
>>     OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application  
>> run in 512 Meg of RAM?     YES
>>
>>     How much disk space will be required to install the  
>> application and a suitable example application?     146.3MB on disk
>>
>>     We aim to reduce disk space by having all applications make  
>> use of a common dataset. We encourage applications to make use of  
>> the example datasets already installed:
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Example_Datasets  
>> If another dataset would be more appropriate, please discuss here.  
>> Is it appropriate, to remove existing demo datasets which may  
>> already be included in the standard release.    ok, Current  
>> datasets are appropriate, as OSM and PostGIS examples can be  
>> managed from TileMill. On the other hand, example projects are  
>> also included.
>>
>>     Each OSGeo-Live application requires a Project Overview  
>> available under a CC By and a Quickstart available under a CC By- 
>> SA license. (You may release under a second license as well). Will  
>> you produce this?     YES
>>
>>     In past releases, we have included Windows and Mac installers  
>> for some applications. It is likely we won't have space for these  
>> in future releases. However, if there is room, would you be  
>> wishing to include Windows and/or Mac installers?     Yes indeed,  
>> as Installations from Mac OS X and Windows are available
>>
>>
>> El 14/12/12 00:16, Cameron Shorter escribió:
>>> Javi,
>>> This was discussed at this week's weekly meeting, and we were  
>>> reasonably supportive of this proposal. Could you please make an  
>>> official application, answering our standard questions for  
>>> including a new application, which will allow us to make a better  
>>> assessment.
>>>
>>> The questionnaire is here:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply
>>>
>>> On 14/12/12 09:32, Javi Sanchez wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> As Volunteer to maintain OSM apps, this is to suggest a last  
>>>> minute change to switch to TileMile instead of osmarender,  
>>>> within current release 6.5. I have confirmed that the installing  
>>>> script is already available, and I would be ready to write the  
>>>> overview/quickstart over the next 1 month, according to the  
>>>> planned milestones.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know your opinions or if there is any  
>>>> inconvenience we may have to discus or take into account.
>>>>
>>>> This can significantly improve the capabilities to exploit OSM  
>>>> data and It may be worth it.
>>>>
>>>> Best Rergards,
>>>>
>>>> Javi Sánchez
>>>> Capitulo Hispanohablante OSGeo (Madrid)
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>>>
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