[Live-demo] TileMill Live_GIS_Disc_Apply Form
Stefan Steiniger
sstein at geo.uzh.ch
Sun Dec 23 03:00:16 PST 2012
same here
+1
we use it happily
Am 23.12.12 00:51, schrieb Brian Hamlin:
> 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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