[OSGeo-Discuss] ESA-NASA WebWorldWind

[Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)]

Brad,

As I tried to make clear from the beginning, we are very glad to contribute, by providing ^supported^ access to our experience going down the GeoPackage road. We just need someone else taking the lead. If our experience, on full display, can be of help, we are most glad to coordinate in that contribution.

Everything the NASA WorldWind project has developed since 2002, has all been open source. Before there was a Goog Earth there was NASA WorldWind. And I might add, it was born of the NASA Learning Technologies program, entirely focused on Education.

Unfortunately, we simply cannot take the lead on ^smartly^ bringing our GeoPackage work into GeoServer. But we are glad to coordinate with someone capable and interested enough to do that. AS they say, it takes a village. ☺

-Patrick

From: bradh at frogmouth.net [mailto:bradh at frogmouth.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 2:53 PM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
Cc: 'OSGeo Discussions'
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESA-NASA WebWorldWind

OK. So the answer to my original question of " Can I ask if there are any plans to contribute back the forked geoserver and geotools parts?” that NASA does not currently plan to do so.

I’m sure the GeoServer and GeoTools communities would be happy to work with you (see http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/procedures/contribute.html  and http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/introduction/gettinginvolved.html) when you’re ready.

Thanks for your continuing support for open source.

Brad

From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2018 9:40 AM
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Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESA-NASA WebWorldWind

Brad,

Life is work! We have not suggested “changes. . .just be taken from WWSK.”

We have done quite a bit of work to get GeoPackage working with GeoServer. I believe it is good work.

We are glad to work with someone who would like to take the lead in benefitting from our experience and incorporating the best of that into GeoServer.

We are quite occupied and focused in other areas, all open source. And though we are glad to help GeoServer benefit from what we have learned, we are unable to take the lead in that exercise.

So, if this is of interest, great! If not, that’s fine too. We are simply offering the opportunity for someone appropriately qualified and interested, to work with NASA and benefit GeoServer.

-Patrick
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From: bradh at frogmouth.net<mailto:bradh at frogmouth.net> [mailto:bradh at frogmouth.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 2:18 PM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
Cc: 'OSGeo Discussions'
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESA-NASA WebWorldWind

Just so we’re clear – the geopackage stuff in WWSK is a fork of (i.e. copy from) the community modules in geotools and geoserver. For example, see https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WorldWindServerKit/blob/develop/worldwind-gs-geopkg/src/test/java/gov/nasa/worldwind/gs/geopkg/GeoPackageGetMapOutputFormatTest.java

Some changes have been made (including rebranding the Java namespaces). Clearly the changes can’t just be taken from WWSK, as noted in the OSGeo links in Ian’s email.

I just hadn’t seen any communication or PRs, and wondered if that was the intent. I’m a bit surprised by the wording in your email though – if you have contributions, then why not just propose them like other contributors do?

Brad

From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2018 3:21 AM
To: Ian Turton <ijturton at gmail.com<mailto:ijturton at gmail.com>>
Cc: bradh at frogmouth.net<mailto:bradh at frogmouth.net>; OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESA-NASA WebWorldWind

Our GeoPackage work to facilitate that via GeoServer is extensive and carefully architected. And we’ve discovered some other good things that would certainly advance GeoServer.
https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WorldWindServerKit

NASA is prepared to work with someone close to GeoServer for these features and improvements to be ‘folded-in.’ We are glad to coordinate with a most appropriate person who would take the lead in that effort.

-Patrick

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