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

Tue May 21 13:26:37 PDT 2013

I let you know as soon as I have the schedule for the NASA WW challenge.
Cheers.
Maria

Def. Quota Margherita Di Leo <dileomargherita at gmail.com>:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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...
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Simone Giannecchini
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>>>>
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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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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Margherita DI LEO
>>> Postdoctoral Researcher
>>>
>>> European Commission - DG JRC
>>> Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not
>>> in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the
>>> 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
> margherita.di-leo at jrc.ec.europa.eu
>
> Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not
> in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the
> European Commission.
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