From jsanz at osgeo.org Thu May 10 02:04:44 2018 From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz) Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 09:04:44 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] FOSS4G-Europe partners with the FOSS4G Academic Track system In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Local Organisation Committee of the FOSS4G-Europe conference is happy to announce a partnership with the [FOSS4G Academic Track system]( https://scholarworks.umass.edu/foss4g/) to publish and archive its academic proceedings. This system has heretofore hosted the proceedings of the international FOSS4G conference, and starts this year hosting regional conferences. The LOC further informs that outstanding contributions to the FOSS4G-Europe 2018 academic track shall be invited to submit an extended article to later feature in a special issue of the [Data](http://www.mdpi.com/journal/data) journal. The FOSS4G-Europe 2018 conference takes place in Guimar?es, Portugal, from the 17th to the 19th of July. Please visit the [conference web page]( https://foss4g-europe.osgeopt.pt/) for all the details. The Local Organisation Committee From astrid_emde at osgeo.org Mon May 14 22:33:24 2018 From: astrid_emde at osgeo.org (Astrid Emde (OSGeo)) Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 07:33:24 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Impressions from OSGeo Code Sprint 2018 in Bonn Message-ID: <1f9eb6134332c4f527e9479234f9f02f@posteo.de> * see OSGeo Foundation News: https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/impressions-from-osgeo-code-sprint-2018-in-bonn/ The annual OSGeo Code sprint was held in Bonn March 18 to 25, bringing together nearly hundred members of the OSGeo community together. A code sprint is a chance for the community to meet in person for direct collaboration, projects use this as an opportunity to work together or tackle larger issues as a team. We made use of BaseCamp Bonn (http://www.basecamp-bonn.de/) to host the code sprint, providing a friendly indoor "campground' with picnic tables for working, surrounded by caravans of all shapes and sizes making up the accommodation. It can be quite a shock to roll out of bed, and find python developers in a cluster before your morning coffee. Participation was open to all, not only OSGeo projects, and we were pleased to welcome over eighty developers from all over the world! This was a chance for developers to meet (often for the fist time) and collaborate with core developers, gaining a insight into the software, and participate in open source development, An impressive list of projects was represented: uDig, GeoTools, LocationTech, JTS Topology Suite, JAI Replacement, TilelessMap, PostGIS, SHOGun, react-geo, Saga, OSGeoLive, owslib, debian/ubuntu, UbuntuGIS, OpenLayers, MapServer, QGIS, GeoExt 3, Nominatim, GDAL, t-rex, PyWPS, GRASS GIS, OWSLib, pygeometa, MapServer, geocatalogo, GeoNode, OTB, ZOO-Project, Proj.4, Point clouds, meshes, Potree, PDAL, GeoTrellis, snappy, OSM-Vector-Tiles, Geonetwork, Geoserver, OpenLayers Editor, Noise, CouchDB, MS4W, EOxServer, maposmatic, mapnik, Mapbender, gvSIG, gvSIG Mobile, Geopaparazzi, pyModis, GeoMajas, GeoHealthCheck, Stetl, Entwine, Greyhound, deegree, TEAM Engine, actinia, 3DCityDB and testing GMLAS tools! Entwine ------------ * EPT (https://github.com/connormanning/ept) implementation for Potree (http://potree.org). GeoHealthCheck (GHC) ------------------------ * Per-Resource Scheduling (https://github.com/geopython/GeoHealthCheck/tree/per_resource_scheduling) * Re-architecture to run in all-in-one daemon mode * Docker deployment improvements * Presented GHC at FOSSGIS(https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-5294-geohealthcheck) * OSGeo Community Project start Geopaparazzi ------------ * Added Cloud Profiles, allowing users to easily download complex data sets from the web Ticket #441 https://github.com/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/441. * Added view-only of geographic feature attributes * Enhanced the viewing of files (images, PDFs, etc) linked to geographic features ticket #454 (https://github.com/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/454). * Various bug fixes ticket #456 (https://github.com/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/456), ticket #460 (https://github.com/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/460), ticket #461 (https://github.com/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/461), ticket #466 (https://github.com/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/466). GRASS GIS ------------ * A lot of work, please look at the dedicated GRASS GIS wiki page (https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:GRASS_Community_Sprint_Bonn_2018) * Press release with photo collage: https://grass.osgeo.org/news/75/15/Recap-from-the-OSGeo-Code-Sprint-in-Bonn-2018/ TEAM Engine ------------ * Discussed test strategies for test suites and enhanced the existing tests for ETS WFS 2.0 Ticket #318 (https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/issues/318). * Enhanced the transformation from the CTL log to the EARL report by mapping hierarchies. In addition some bugs was fixes in the transformation ticket #319 (https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/issues/319). Mapbender ------------ * Working on the documentation and the translations as on the restructuring and small designs of the new theme (https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender/projects/5) * Working on the OpenLayers4/5 implementation (https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender/projects/3) * Working on some bugs that occured. PyWPS ------------ * Code sprint summary at the GitHUb Wiki (https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/Code-Sprint-2018-Bonn) * PyWPS was proposed for OSGeo graduation (http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/recommend-PyWPS-for-graduation-td5359073.html) OSGeoLive ------------ * Tasks for incubation were done ** Provenance review ** Final touches of the new Documentation framework OpenLayers ------------ Mapbox styles generation library from OpenLayers (ol-mapbox-style) and upgrading the Boundless SDK (not an OSGeo project, but open source: https://github.com/boundlessgeo/sdk/) to OpenLayers 5. OWSLib ------------ * Merged Pull-Requests * Fixed test-suite PDAL ------------ * Refactored documentation and website (https://medium.com/@chambbj/pdal-at-the-osgeo-code-sprint-cf0a56eee59d) * Conda builds * Numpy reader support * 1.7.0 release preparation * OSGeo4W builds * Windows building and testing PgRouting ------------ * Released 2.5.3 * Released 2.6.0 * News https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/pgrouting-v2-6-0-release/ JTS Topology Suite ------------------------ * Added module names (https://github.com/locationtech/jts/pull/274), for compatibility with the new Java "jigsaw" module system. GeoTools ------------ * Following page https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/1834 migrated to the official Java "units" API used to used to convert between different distances, times and angles. * This work also migrated the GeoWebCache and GeoServer codebases to track the API change Raster Processing Engine ------------------------ * Spent a lot of time reverse engineering the raster processing requireemnts of the Java community, starting with the GeoTools project and branching out to the JAI-Ext and JAI Tools code-base as required. * An initial architecture spike (https://github.com/locationtech/rasterprocessingengine) was created, providing an easy to use "builder" API, backed by the JAI-Ext implementation of affine transformation The event also played host to some community building activities: FOSS4G 2019 organization, OSGeo board meeting, OSGeo marketing committee, MoU between TIB and OSGeo, OSGeo member meeting. OSGeo Member meeting ------------------------ The OSGeo Member Meeting took place in Bonn at BaseCamp at March 19th 2018 during the OSGeo Code Sprint. About 50 people came to the Member Meeting and from the board Mar?a Arias de Reyna, Jody Garnett, Vasile Craciunescu, Michael Smith, Angelos Tzotsos and Astrid Emde were present. Mar?a Arias de Reyna was moderating the meeting, a whiteboard (shown in the photo below) was used to collect topics and questions for the OSGeo board and members to discuss. (Read more https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Member_Meeting_Bonn_2018) MoU TIB ------------ During the Code Sprint the Mou between OSGeo and Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) ? German National Library of Science and Technology was signed. Maria Arias de Reyna, President, Open Source Geospatial Foundation and Dr. Bastian Drees on behalf of Prof. Dr. S?ren Auer, Director, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) signed the MoU. Read more at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_TIB. SAC ------------ * Website roles assignment to project members * Open issues when needed Photo Impressions ------------------------ There are some photos from the event at flickr: * https://www.flickr.com/photos/143943250 at N05/albums/72157691529787542 OSGeo Code Sprint 2018 * https://www.flickr.com/photos/23696061 at N03/albums/72157664988105727 OSGeo Code Sprint 2018 Bonn * https://www.flickr.com/groups/4529299 at N22/ FOSSGIS Conference Sponsors ------------ The sprint itself was generously supported by sponsors, making the sprint free to attend with food and drinks provided. Thanks again to all 10 sponsors of the event: Gold Sponors ------------------------ OSGeo https://osgeo.org FOSSGIS e.V. http://www.fossgis.de RIEGL http://www.riegl.com/ Silver Sponsors ------------------------ Hobu https://hobu.co/ GeoCue http://www.geocue.com/ Bronze Sponsors ------------------------ Azavea http://www.azavea.com/ WhereGroup https://www.wheregroup.com/ EOX IT Services GmbH http://eox.at synth3d http://www.synth3d.co LocationTech https://www.locationtech.org/ Bohannan Huston, Inc. https://www.bhinc.com When not working, attendees did enjoy exploring the town, making for some great "geobeer" discussion. The sprint was held in conjunction with the FOSSGIS Conference (https://fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/), the regional "foss4g" event for Germany. The crew enjoyed a little bit of socializing, with code sprinters joining the "gala event" and contributing to the festive atmosphere and dancing. The city itself provided many distractions, with computational device museum being a highlight. We would like to thank Bonn for showing everyone such hospitality, and looking forward to the next OSGeo Code Sprint! From jsanz at osgeo.org Wed May 30 06:47:12 2018 From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz) Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 15:47:12 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo and TIB Sign a Memorandum of Understanding Recognizing the Significance of Open Geospatial as part of the Record of Science In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: OSGeo and TIB Sign a Memorandum of Understanding Recognizing the Significance of Open Geospatial as part of the Record of Science The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 23, 2018. The aim of the agreement is to foster access, sharing and discoverability of geo-information, including software, data, conference abstracts, and conference video recordings. The memorandum is the result of previous collaborations since 2014, regarding the preservation of open geospatial as part of the record of science: since 2006, OSGeo hosts a range of annual open geospatial conferences at the regional, national, and global levels, commonly referred to as Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G). Conference video recordings from these FOSS4G conferences have become a valuable source for state-of-the-art geo-information which are used in research, industry and education. FOSS4G conference videos, and other video content related to the OSGeo software communities require easy access, long term preservation and reliable scientific citation. TIB recognizes the FOSS4G conference recordings as significant scientific content, by including these as indexed records in the TIB Video Portal ?AV-Portal?, a web-based platform for quality-tested scientific videos. The TIB AV-Portal already contains all available video recordings from past FOSS4G conferences on the global scale, plus regional conferences for North-America, and the German speaking nations Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Historical recordings from earlier open geospatial events are also available in the AV-Portal dating back until 2001. OSGeo volunteers and TIB staff collaborate closely to ensure that new conference videos from recently held conferences will be available in the TIB AV-Portal as soon as possible. In addition, for the German-speaking FOSSGIS conference series, all conference abstracts are also collected by TIB. Based on these well-established working relations, both organisations have agreed ? To assist in developing an open archive for discovery of FOSS4G event materials ? To preserve past scientific documents and materials as part of OSGeo foundation projects ? To work closely with existing initiatives such as GeoForAll, OSGeo?s education arm, to help archive necessary geospatial research ? To enhance the discoverability of OSGeo-related content by performing ongoing research and development activities (including automated metadata enrichment, linked open data, and ontology-based approaches) About TIB The TIB ? Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology is the German National Library of Science and Technology and a member of the Leibniz Association. It is jointly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the 16 German states. As a research library, it conducts applied research and development in order to generate new services and optimise existing ones. Its key areas of research are in the fields of Data Science & Digital Libraries, Non-Textual Material, Open Knowledge, Open Science and Visual Analytics. With a collection of over 9 million items in 2017, the TIB is the largest library for science and technology in the world. TIB?s AV-Portal allows to search for and access scientific videos from the fields of science and technology and hosts OSGeo conference recordings (FOSS4G, FOSSGIS etc.) and other OSGeo video material. About OSGeo OSGeo (https://www.osgeo.org/) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data. The Foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. In 2018 OSGeo is the home for over 30 geospatial open source projects, and the OSGeo foundation has over 30,000 members. Since 2006 OSGeo has also hosted the widely popular international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference, rotating it all over the globe each year. Read more about partnerships with OSGeo: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_OSGeo_All From jsanz at osgeo.org Wed May 30 23:56:01 2018 From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz) Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 08:56:01 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Summer School in Geocomputation - Berkeley - USA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Registration is open now for the International Summer School: Geocomputation using free and Open Source Software (20th-24th August 2018) organized by Spatial Ecology (www.spatial-ecology.net) hosted at the Berkeley Institute of Data Science A 5 days intense experience opening new horizons on the use of the vast potentials of Linux environment and the command line approach for geo-data massive processing using Bash, AWK, Python, GRASS, QGIS, GDAL/OGR, R, PKtools. We will guide newbies and experienced GIS users who have never used a command line terminal to a stage which will allow them to understand and apply very advanced open source data processing routines. Our focus is to enhance a self-learning approach. This allows participants to keep on progressing and improving their skills in a continuously evolving technological environment. More information and registration: www.spatial-ecology.net www.facebook.com/spatialecology -> event twitter: @BigDataEcology Best regards Spatial Ecology ? Team -- Giuseppe Amatulli, Ph.D. Research scientist at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Yale Center for Research Computing Center for Science and Social Science Information New Haven, 06511 Teaching: http://spatial-ecology.net Work: https://environment.yale.edu/profile/giuseppe-amatulli/