[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Discuss] Letter of support for FGDC CAP grant

[Chris Holmes]

So it looks like we got this: 
http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2007CAP/Category2/07HQAG-NY

Thanks to everyone for your support, and for the letter from OSGeo, I'm 
sure it helped our application.  It should be a fun project.  We have 
some work to figure out exactly how we're going to handle it, but if 
anyone has a burning desire to help with testing and/or writing nice 
user guides, the plan is to use GISCorps volunteers, and if you're not 
already a member you can join: http://www.giscorps.org/our_volunteers.php

best regards,

Chris

Chris Holmes wrote:
> As per:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Protocol_for_requesting_letter_of_support
> 
> I am writing to request a letter of support from OSGeo for a Cooperative
> Agreement Program grant from the Federal Geographic Data Committee.
> There is information at:
> http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2007CAP/2007CAPschedule, we are going for
> category 2 'framework client development'.  The main point of the grant
> is to add capabilities to access WFS servers that serve the 'Framework
> Data' - which are complex GML 3.1.1 application schemas for common data
> layers (transportation, hydrography, government units, ect.).
> 
> A majority of the work will be at the GeoTools level, improving it's
> core feature model and parsers to handle complex GML 3.1.1.  This work
> will be reusable by any Java project.  The client targeted is uDig,
> which is built on GeoTools.
> 
> My organization - The Open Planning Project (http://topp.openplans.org)
> - is taking the lead and partnering with CIESIN and GISCorps.  It's a
> great chance to form closer bonds with GISCorps - our goal is to use the
> funding to make a desktop GIS that their volunteers will be able to use
> and to leave behind in resource poor communities.  GISCorps volunteers
> will be helping us to refine the interface and to write training
> materials for others to use - not just about using the software but also
> teaching new people about GIS in general.
> 
> We'd like a letter of support from OSGeo to help the potential funders
> see that we're working in the wider open source context.  There wouldn't
> need to be much of a commitment, except for maybe a bit about helping to
> promote the final solution, if people were comfortable with that.
> 
> If you'd like any more information let me know.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
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Chris Holmes
The Open Planning Project
http://topp.openplans.org
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