[OSGeo-Discuss] INSPIRE Conference 2013 - UPDATES on the workshop

Tue May 21 13:14:34 PDT 2013

Thanks Maria,

from informal communication i gathered it will take place on Monday morning.

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:12 PM, <maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it>wrote:

> Margherita, sorry I missed part of the info. When it is supposed to be the
> workshop?
> In Florence I have also the NASA WW challenge and therefore, as told, I
> have to verify if I'm free or not when there is the workshop.
> Many thanks!
> Maria
>
>
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> Def. Quota Margherita Di Leo <dileomargherita at gmail.com>:
>
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> thank you for your thoughts. I'm a bit surprised that I didn't hear from
>> other co-authors. At this point I would like to know who is planning to be
>> there at the workshop anyway.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Simone Giannecchini <
>> simone.giannecchini at geo-**solutions.it<simone.giannecchini at geo-solutions.it>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Ciao Jachym,
>>> a few clarifications below...
>>>
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>>> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Jachym Cepicky
>>> <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi Madi,
>>> >
>>> > I still did not obtain any confirmation mail about proposed
>>> presentation
>>> > - do you know by chance, how far the process is?
>>> >
>>> > As for the workshop, it seems odd to combine MapStore as concrete
>>> > product with whole OSGeo stack and more dialogue-based workshop.
>>> >
>>> > I see them as two different topics for completely different auditorium.
>>> > I would understand, that MapStore people would feel upset, if they
>>> would
>>> > have to share their time with "pure" OSGeo.
>>> >
>>> > From my point of view, all decisions are bad (except having two full
>>> > workshops accepted). I think, that the best option would than be to
>>> > share the time with MapStore and gladly accept their offer kind 30:60
>>> > (rather 60:30 - OSGeo in general, MapStore as concrete example of local
>>> > company using and developing OSGeo projects), if possible.
>>> >
>>>
>>> That was exactly my proposal :)
>>> We also had to try and find a decent title as having two different
>>> workshops using portions of the same time seemed misleading and
>>> actually contraddicted what was asked from
>>> the organizers. Therefore I suggested to split the time giving
>>> precedence to the OSGEO based discussion and then hold the MapStore
>>> workshop at the end.
>>>
>>>
>>> > NOTE: This is nothing against MapStore. I wish them all the best and I
>>> > think, they deserve full workshop time slot as well. INSPIRE conference
>>> > committee forses us to compete as international organization with
>>> > semi-local company (GeoSolution). This is simply not all right (or do I
>>> > see it completely wrong?)
>>> >
>>>
>>> Well, life isn't perfect and we need to live with what we are while we
>>> try to change things :)
>>> I believe the solution we are proposing here is Ok (not perfect I
>>> admit) as I believe leaves enough room for discussion
>>> as well as as enough room for us (as in GeoSolutions) for showing a
>>> bit of what we do.
>>>
>>> > I also think, this shows us, that OSGeo is not taken seriously as
>>> > important partner to conference committee of INSPIRE conference and
>>> that
>>> > brings me back to our SDI committee proposed earlier - I have to push
>>> it
>>> > little bit further (I do not like pushing to hard, though).
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> >
>>> > Jachym
>>> >
>>> > Dne 20.5.2013 15:47, Margherita Di Leo napsal(a):
>>> >> Dear All,
>>> >>
>>> >> as correspondent author for the workshop proposal [1], I received an
>>> email
>>> >> from the INSPIRE Conference Organisers. Unfortunately, due to time and
>>> >> space limitations, it is possible for them to only choose a small
>>> number of
>>> >> the submitted workshops to appear in the programme. Therefore their
>>> request
>>> >> was to combine, if possible, our workshop with the one submitted by
>>> Simone
>>> >> Giannecchini and Tobia Di Pisa:
>>> >>
>>> >> "Hands-on Introduction to create mash-ups for INSPIRE Services with
>>> >> MapStore"
>>> >>
>>> >> Simone was in cc in this email.
>>> >> I just had a Skype talk with Simone, and we individuated a couple of
>>> >> possible scenarios:
>>> >>
>>> >> 1) Withdraw one of the two workshops; or
>>> >> 2) Split the 90 minutes at our disposal in two.
>>> >>
>>> >> Of course this decision is up to all the co-authors. In case we decide
>>> for
>>> >> the second solution, Simone kindly offered to shrink his time to 30
>>> >> minutes, in order to allow the round table to take place in 60 minutes
>>> >> comfortably.
>>> >>
>>> >> Another request from the committee was to delineate a new title for
>>> the
>>> >> workshop, and the proposal would be something like:
>>> >>
>>> >> "Ping-Pong match: OSGeo & INSPIRE (with a practical intro to using
>>> MapStore
>>> >> for INSPIRE Services mashups)"
>>> >>
>>> >> Of course also this is open to discussion.
>>> >>
>>> >> Please let me know ASAP your reaction.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thank you and best regards,
>>> >>
>>> >> Margherita
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> [1]
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**INSPIRE_conference_2013#**Workshop_proposal<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_conference_2013#Workshop_proposal>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Margherita DI LEO
>> Postdoctoral Researcher
>>
>> European Commission - DG JRC
>> Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
>> Via Fermi, 2749
>> I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261
>>
>> Tel. +39 0332 78 3600
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>>
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>> European Commission.
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Best regards,

Margherita DI LEO
Postdoctoral Researcher

European Commission - DG JRC
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
Via Fermi, 2749
I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261

Tel. +39 0332 78 3600
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