From astrid_emde at osgeo.org Mon Jan 9 08:43:22 2023 From: astrid_emde at osgeo.org (Astrid Emde (OSGeo)) Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:43:22 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] GeoStyler Code Sprint 2023 - 08.-12.05.2023 in Bonn, Germany Message-ID: <7b7403727cdd669a23b1c2e21d99c38f@posteo.de> 2023-01-08 News item https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geostyler-code-sprint-2023/ Information from the GeoStyler team: It's all about style We are happy to announce our second public GeoStyler Code Sprint! The Code Sprint will be held from 08.-12.05.2023 in Bonn, Germany. This time the Code Sprint will be a hybrid event, so people can participate online or on site. There are many things that can be improved to make GeoStyler even better, this is the time to participate! We welcome everyone who is interested in coding, writing tutorials or documentation, community building and/or improving GeoStyler in general. To register for the Code Sprint, you can simply write an email to reports at geostyler.org and we will get in touch with you. We are excited to meet you! See the fantastic results of the last Code Sprint in 2022 https://geostyler.org/codesprint-2022/ The GeoStyler Core Team From astrid_emde at osgeo.org Wed Jan 11 23:28:41 2023 From: astrid_emde at osgeo.org (Astrid Emde (OSGeo)) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 07:28:41 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeoLive starting build cycle for OSGeoLive 16.0 Message-ID: <54366298f6a5ae826e4e5403165fac70@posteo.de> OSGeoLive starting build cycle for OSGeoLive 16.0 12. January 2023 Are you interested in joining our Open Source GIS experience? alpha1 version has been released ---------------------------------------------- The build cycle for the next OSGeoLive release 16.0, has started. Our base operating system for the new version is Lubuntu 22.04.1. The first alpha version of OSGeoLive 16.0 has been released. Please download [1], test and report any issues found [2]. The final version is planned to be ready in May 2023. Please have a look at our schedule for the detailed steps [3]. Until then we have many challenges - from simple to challenging, to help describe and train people in the value of Open Source GIS. We are looking for new projects ------------------------------------------ For this release, we hope to help OSGeo Community projects join OSGeoLive, and work out how we can keep within our size constraints. You are welcome to join our team! ---------------------------------------------- Are you a programmer or packager with experience in one of the Open Source GIS applications? Are you a technical writer interested in making FOSS4G accessible to all? Are you interested in helping update translations to latest documents on Transifex [3] [4]? Contact us -------------- If you would like to add a new project or have another goal you would like to work on and get involved you are very welcome. Please join the OSGeoLive mailing list [7] or meet us on Jitsi [8] at our weekly meetings (Tuesdays at 20:00 UTC). About OSGeoLive ------------------------------------------ OSGeoLive (?https://live.osgeo.org) is a ?Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeoLive to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. The OSGeoLive team. [1] http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/releases/16.0/ [2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/report/10 [3] ?https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB#gid=0 [4] ?https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/ [5] ?https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#Translate_on_Transifex [6] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive [7] IRC see Communication https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki [8] https://meet.jit.si/OSGeoLive From victoria.rautenbach at gmail.com Mon Jan 30 22:34:46 2023 From: victoria.rautenbach at gmail.com (Victoria Rautenbach) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:34:46 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Announcing GSoC 2023 with OSGeo | Instructions and What's New with 2023! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: News item by Ashish Kumar and Rajat Shinde Published at https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/announcing-gsoc-2023-with-osgeo-instructions-and-whats-new-with-2023/ Dear All, Wishing you a happy New Year and hope you are doing well. (Disclaimer: It's a long email so please read patiently.) After the successful wrap-up of GSoC 2022, with 6 (out of 7) projects successfully completed and the contributors presenting their work in FOSS4G 2022, we are ready for GSoC 2023 [1] with OSGeo. If you are a contributor interested in contributing to the geospatial open source with OSGeo as an umbrella organization, then this is high time to connect with the projects of your interest and interact with the project community. GSoC 2023 comes with GSoC 2022's structural changes, so we recommend you follow the official announcement (link [3] below) in detail. Citing below the significant changes for quick reference: 1. Starting in 2022, the program was open to all newcomers to open source, no longer focusing solely on university students. From 2023 onwards, the program is being expanded to be open to all the students who are 18 years and older AND to beginners in open source development, who might not be university students but are 18 years and older. With folks worldwide changing careers, returning to the workforce, and learning on their own (outside of academic programs) we see an opportunity to reach a plethora of excited individuals who want to learn more about open source and be a part of our amazing GSoC communities. 2. Similar to GSoC 2022, the contributors will be able to choose from multiple-size projects ~175 hours (medium) and 350 hours (large). We understand not everyone can spend 30 hours a week on a coding project for 12 weeks but they would like to be a part of these communities with the help of mentors. 3. We are keeping the increased flexibility around the timing of projects similar to 2022. There is an option to extend the standard 12-week coding time frame to a maximum of 22 weeks, or to reduce it to 10 weeks, so the project length can be between 10-22 weeks, not a fixed 12 weeks for everyone. This is to allow folks who may realize that spreading the work over say, 16 weeks, is a more realistic goal with their current life situation. Or for contributors who have life happen in the middle of the program and they can?t work on their projects for a few weeks, but they can come back to it after a month to finish it. Similar to GSoC 2022, this would make it easier for GSoC Contributors and mentors to be able to navigate together when obstacles occur and the GSoC Contributor can successfully complete their project. Also, we strongly suggest going through the following links to get an overall understanding of the program: [1]. GSoC 2023 Timeline - https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline [2]. GSoC Contributors/Student guide - https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/ [3]. Official Announcement of GSoC 2023 on Google Open source Blog - https://opensource.googleblog.com/2022/11/get-ready-for-google-summer-of-code-2023.html [4]. OSGeo Project Ideas for GSoC 2023 - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2023_Ideas (Keep checking this frequently, as the Ideas List is a Work-In-Progress) [5]. Link to FOSS4G 2021 video presentation explaining the entire process for contributing to OSGeo with GSoC - https://youtu.be/Flr1tcrcAvE Please note that this is a heads-up for the contributors to get started with the interaction, and the official process will commence post OSGeo's acceptance (not application) as an organization to the GSoC (Org. application starts - Jan 23rd, 2023; List of accepted mentoring organizations published - Feb 22nd, 2023). Please feel free to reach us at gsoc-admin (AT) osgeo (DOT) org for further queries and we excitingly look forward to welcoming you to our amazing OSGeo community. PS: A call for project proposals to the OSGeo projects, community projects, and guest projects with instructions on preparing the project ideas page has been already announced (https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/soc/2023-January/004974.html). Please send us the URL for your project's GSoC ideas Wiki page if you haven't done yet. Stay safe! Kind regards, OSGeo GSoC Administration Team