From tmitchell at osgeo.org Fri Apr 9 09:55:20 2010 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)) Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:55:20 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Deadline extension for FOSS4G 2011 Request for Hosting Message-ID: <4BBF5BF8.3040607@osgeo.org> The OSGeo Conference Committee has extended the deadline by 2 weeks for submitting a letter of intent for hosting the 2011 FOSS4G event. See below for the updated deadlines, or at http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp Letters of Intent (Stage 1) due: 2010-04-23 23:00 UTC [1] Stage 1 question period: 2010-04-23 to 2010-04-30 Stage 1 decision: 2010-04-30 Proposals (Stage 2) due: 2010-05-21 23:00 UTC [2] Stage 2 question period: 2010-05-21 to 2010-05-28 Final decision: 2010-06-11 [1] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2010&month=04&day=23&hour=23&min=0&sec=0 [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2010&month=05&day=21&hour=23&min=0&sec=0 Thanks. -- OSGeo Conference Committee -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss at lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss From tmitchell at osgeo.org Fri Apr 9 14:02:18 2010 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)) Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:02:18 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] A Rendez-vous with Free and Open Source Geomatics! Message-ID: <4BBF95DA.4080200@osgeo.org> The Quebec Local Chapter of OSGeo is proud to announce the first edition of Rendez-vous OSGeo Qu?bec which will to take place in Saguenay, Quebec, on June 15-16, 2010. The date of the event also coincides with the second anniversary of the local chapter which was created following a meeting at the same location in June of 2008. A very dynamic community of over a hundred active members has built around the OSGeo Quebec Local Chapter since its creation 2 years ago and we feel that it is just the beginning. Members of the OSGeo community will be invited to share their projects and realizations, and visitors will have the exceptional opportunity to meet and interact with our great line-up of invited speakers, some of the key players of the North American OSGeo community, including (in alphabetical order): * Steve Lime * Jeff McKenna * Tyler Mitchell * Paul Ramsey * Frank Warmerdam In line with OSGeo's knowledge sharing and community networking objectives, Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec 2010 complement its rich conference program with a good share of social events: an ice-breaker is planned for the first night, and a boat cruise on the gorgeous Saguenay Fjord will take place on the second night. All the ingredients are there for a memorable gathering, and we hope that many of you from the nearby OSGeo chapters as well as from the international OSGeo community will join us in Saguenay in June. More information about the conference program, invited speakers, registration, and more, are available on the Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec 2010 website at http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/en/ Sponsors: * Sponsorship opportunities are available. The visibility plan is available at (in French) http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/partenaires/ Media Partner: * Baliz Media : http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/ Call for presentations: * (In French) http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/programme/appel/ * Note: Even though most of the attendants will be French speakers, we are open to English presentation proposals. Contact information: * Email : rdvosgeoqc2010 at gmail.com * Website: http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/en/ * Twitter : http://twitter.com/osgeoqc From warmerdam at pobox.com Fri Apr 23 06:24:54 2010 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:24:54 -0400 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OpenLayers 2.9 Final Release Message-ID: <4BD19FA6.1050900@pobox.com> The OpenLayers Development Team is proud to announce the release of OpenLayers 2.9, the latest stable release of OpenLayers. http://www.openlayers.org/download/OpenLayers-2.9.tar.gz http://www.openlayers.org/download/OpenLayers-2.9.zip The 2.9 release adds a number of important features, the full list of which can be found in the Release Notes, at http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.9/Notes Some of the highlights include: * Graticule control * Support for image layers tiled using the Zoomify storage standard * Atom Format * Catalogue Services for the Web (CS-W) Format * Refresh strategy for vector layers * Basic Sensor Observation Service (SOS) support * TransformFeature control * WMS 1.3 support * a lot of memory leaks were fixed ... and many other new features and bug fixes that you can see detailed in the release notes linked above. For information on possible changes that will need to be made between this version of OpenLayers and previous versions, please look at the Release notes, available at the Release Notes information[1]. [1] http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.9/Notes#CompatibilityNotes