[Board] [Incubator] GISCollective + OSGeo

[Bogdan Szabo]

Hi Angelos,

I'll be there. I'm looking forward to meet you!

Bogdan  


------- Original Message -------

On Saturday, February 5th, 2022 at 1:07 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Szabo,
> 

> Would you be available to join our next board meeting to discuss your
> 

> application?
> 

> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-02-28
> 

> Best,
> 

> Angelos
> 

> On 12/5/21 13:28, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> 

> > Hi Szabo,
> > 

> > We had a board discussion about platform/framework projects applying
> > 

> > for OSGeo Community Project status:
> > 

> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2021-10-03#OSGeo_Community_Project_check-in.2C_request_clarification_on_handling_of_platform_applicants.2C
> > 

> > Would you be available to join the next board meeting
> > 

> > (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2021-12-27) to discuss
> > 

> > further about this issue? (incubation members also welcome to join)
> > 

> > Best,
> > 

> > Angelos
> > 

> > On 7/11/21 1:25 PM, Szabo Bogdan wrote:
> > 

> > > Hi Jody,
> > > 

> > > Thanks for your feedback. Since my last message, we created a docker
> > > 

> > > container that bundles all the services that we are developing. We
> > > 

> > > already had the option to install our service using a helm chart
> > > 

> > > because we want to have a service that is easily scalable and low
> > > 

> > > downtime. We also wrote an article how both of them work:
> > > 

> > > https://giscollective.com/2021/07/09/installing-giscollective/ Also,
> > > 

> > > people who don't want or can run their own instances, can use the
> > > 

> > > ones that we maintain and are publicly available at these urls:
> > > 

> > > https://app.giscollective.com https://new.opengreenmap.org
> > > 

> > > We looked at the GeoMOOSE and gc2-vidi projects and we are going to
> > > 

> > > continue improving our docs. Is there anything else that we can do to
> > > 

> > > continue the incubation process?
> > > 

> > > Best,
> > > 

> > > Bogdan
> > > 

> > > On 7/1/21 2:45 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> > > 

> > > > Szabo the last cloud / website project did some thinking about what
> > > > 

> > > > it would mean to join a software foundation and ended up presenting
> > > > 

> > > > their technology as a framework (similar to GeoMOOSE and other
> > > > 

> > > > frameworks). The project is here
> > > > 

> > > > https://www.osgeo.org/projects/gc2-vidi/
> > > > 

> > > > If you would like to see if the approach is appropriate for you. A
> > > > 

> > > > suitable goal would be quickstart instructions for folks to set up
> > > > 

> > > > their own service using completely open source components.
> > > > 

> > > > Discussion topic for incubation committee members. If we continue to
> > > > 

> > > > get platform applicants to OSGeo we may need to consider how OSGeo
> > > > 

> > > > values map to a new area.
> > > > 

> > > > Personally I have a great appreciation of platform / framework
> > > > 

> > > > projects and prefer the approach for code reuse to some of our OSGeo
> > > > 

> > > > software (like GeoNode and GeoNetwork) that promote forking for
> > > > 

> > > > customization affecting long term sustainability and community
> > > > 

> > > > development.
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > 

> > > > Jody Garnett
> > > > 

> > > > On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 00:22, Bogdan Szabo contact at szabobogdan.com
> > > > 

> > > > wrote:
> > > > 

> > > > > Hi Jody,
> > > > > 

> > > > > We are two individuals developing the platform. We try to develop a
> > > > > 

> > > > > scalable microservices platform using open source tools and
> > > > > 

> > > > > infrastructure. We mostly use GPL licenses for the user facing code
> > > > > 

> > > > > and MIT for all the libraries that we develop.
> > > > > 

> > > > > The code that we develop is published on gitlab:
> > > > > 

> > > > > https://gitlab.com/GISCollective
> > > > > 

> > > > > And our service desk can be found at
> > > > > 

> > > > > https://gitlab.com/GISCollective/help-desk
> > > > > 

> > > > > I hope this answers your questions.
> > > > > 

> > > > > Bogdan
> > > > > 

> > > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 06:32, Jody Garnett
> > > > > 

> > > > > jody.garnett at gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > 

> > > > > > This is a software foundation, is the platform open source?
> > > > > > 

> > > > > > --
> > > > > > 

> > > > > > Jody Garnett
> > > > > > 

> > > > > > On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 05:17, Bogdan Szabo
> > > > > > 

> > > > > > contact at szabobogdan.com wrote:
> > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Greetings from Berlin! My name is Bogdan and I am the founder of
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > the GISCollective project: https://giscollective.com/ Our goal is
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > to make maps easy to use and create. The platform currently has
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > features for creating, managing and publishing all sorts of
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > geographical data and is used now by Green Map and other small
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > communities. Of course, the code is open source and it can be
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > accessed here: https://gitlab.com/GISCollective
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > We would like to join the OSGeo community, because we are
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > convinced that there are many other organization that can benefit
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > what we built so far. Do you think that we would be a good
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > candidate for your incubator program? If so what would be the
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > next steps that we need to take in order to join your community?
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Bogdan
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Incubator mailing list
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Incubator at lists.osgeo.org
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Incubator mailing list
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > Incubator at lists.osgeo.org
> > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator
> 

> --
> 

> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> 

> President
> 

> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> 

> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
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