From warmerdam at pobox.com  Tue Mar  6 08:09:15 2007
From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam)
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:09:15 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] MapGuide Open Source Graduates Incubation
Message-ID: <45ED922B.6090508@pobox.com>


OSGeo and the MapGuide Open Source project are pleased to announce that
MapGuide Open Source has graduated from the incubation process and is now
a full fledged OSGeo project.

Graduating incubation includes requirements for open community operation,
a responsible project governance model, code provenance and license
verification and general good project operation.  Graduating incubation
is the OSGeo seal of approval for a project and gives potential users of
the project added confidence in the viability and safety of the project.

With the graduation of MapGuide Open Source the Project Steering Committee
chair, Robert Bray, becomes OSGeo Vice-President - MapGuide Open Source.

   http://mapguide.osgeo.org/



From warmerdam at pobox.com  Tue Mar  6 10:41:56 2007
From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam)
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:41:56 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] QGIS and FDO Enter OSGeo Incubation
Message-ID: <45EDB5F4.4040205@pobox.com>

The OSGeo Board has approved the application by the QGIS project, and
the FDO project to enter the incubation process.  Incubation is a
stepping stone to becoming a full fledged OSGeo project.

   http://www.osgeo.org/incubator

QGIS is a cross platform user friendly desktop GIS.  QGIS supports vector,
raster, and database formats and lets you browse and create map data.

   http://www.qgis.org/

FDO is a C++ library for accessing feature data from a variety of vector,
database, and raster sources.  It includes many enterprise-class features
such as transactions and complex schema support.

   http://fdo.osgeo.org/




From warmerdam at pobox.com  Thu Mar  8 14:29:42 2007
From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam)
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:29:42 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] MapGuide Open Source helps San Francisco protect
	the urban forest
Message-ID: <45F08E56.4020803@pobox.com>

The City of San Francisco?s Department of Public Works? Bureau
of Urban Forestry (BUF), the Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF),
Autodesk, and Online Mapping Solutions have worked together to
develop a city-wide, dynamic online map of the city?s growing
number of trees. The San Francisco Urban Forest Mapping System
was developed using a combination of open source and proprietary
mapping technologies, with MapGuide Open Source forming the central
element. By integrating their two data sets into one, BUF and FUF
now have a vital, technology-based tool for tree maintenance and
management, enabling urban forest managers to inventory and map
existing, future and past tree locations.  The map will also be
an online tool, allowing citizens to access tree data, report
problems, upload personal tree information, such as photos and
stories, and add information about privately owned trees to the
city inventory. The new site will be launched as part of the
Mayor?s Arbor Day events on March 10, 2007. For more information
about the project, visit:

   http://www.urbanforest.org

Also of interest

San Francisco Urban Forest Mapping System: http://sftreemap.org

MapGuide Open Source: http://mapguide.osgeo.org




From warmerdam at pobox.com  Thu Mar 15 09:29:46 2007
From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:29:46 -0400
Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo Accepted for Google Summer of Code 2007
Message-ID: <45F9747A.7010502@pobox.com>

OSGeo is pleased to announce that Google has accepted OSGeo as mentoring
organization for the Google Summer of Code 2007 program.  This program
provides funding for students to work on open source projects under
the support of experienced mentors.   The projects participating through
OSGeo are GDAL, GeoServer, GeoTools, GRASS, MapGuide, PostGIS, uDig,
OpenJUMP and MapServer.

Students interested in participating can find more information on
OSGeo project ideas at:

   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/2007_SoC_Merged_Ideas

and more information about the program as a whole at:

   http://code.google.com/soc/