From massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch Tue Feb 3 08:06:44 2026 From: massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch (Cannata Massimiliano) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 16:06:44 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo GSoC Mentors] Re: [OSGeo in GSoC 2026] Call for Project Ideas - GSoC 2026 | Deadline - Feb 2, 2026 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Ashis, at this page: https://github.com/istSOS/istSOS4/wiki/Google?Summer?of?Code?2026?Project?Ideas you can find the 3 istSOS project ideas for the GSoC 2026. Hope we're still in time :-) Best, Maxi On 1/31/26 18:52, Ashish Kumar wrote: You don't often get email from ashishkr23438 at gmail.com. Learn why this is important Dear All, This is a gentle reminder to submit the project ideas for OSGeo?s participation in Google Summer of Code 2026. So far, we have only received the ideas submission from the pgRouting project: https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas%3A-2026 Feel free to reach out to the OSGeo GSoC Admins if you have any questions or concerns. On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 at 14:12, Ashish Kumar > wrote: Dear All, Greetings! Wishing you all a very happy new year. It is the time of the year to start preparing for OSGeo's participation in the Google Summer of Code 2026 [1]. With the great success of GSoC 2025 projects [2], we are highly excited and motivated to invite the OSGeo projects (Projects, Incubation projects, Guest Projects) to begin compiling the project ideas for GSoC 2026. In order to participate in proposing ideas as a project under the OSGeo umbrella organization, you need to send us (admins: ) the URL for your project's GSoC ideas Wiki page, or just reply to this email. If you are participating for the first time, then you may visit [3] for reference. Please remember that every idea should indicate: 1. A title 2. Brief descriptions of projects that can be completed in ~175 hours or ~350 hours of your GSoC contributor?s time (and labeled appropriately) 3. 3 Mentors' Details - Name, Email (Primary and Supporting mentors) 4. For each project, a list of prerequisites, a description of programming skills needed, and an estimation of the difficulty level 5. A test for the students to submit to your evaluation. The test aims at evaluating if the student is capable of the project, so please design the test having in mind the basic skills required to complete the project. The organization application period will be open till Feb 3, 2026. So, we expect all the URLs by Feb 2, 2026 (~9 days from now). Here is the complete GSoC 2026 timeline [4]. We have already received the ideas submission from the pgRouting project: https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas%3A-2026 Note: If you floated ideas in the past iterations of GSoC but couldn't progress ahead, then it is a great time to start working on those ideas again. Thanks, and please forward the information to your respective project's mailing list! Always waiting for further queries. :) (PS- A call for contributors to the OSGeo project ideas with instructions on interacting with projects will be sent soon, so please be ready to welcome new members to the community.) Cheers, Ashish for OSGeo GSoC Administration Team [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2025_Results [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2025_Ideas [4] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSGeo GSoC Mentors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osgeo-gsoc-mentors+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osgeo-gsoc-mentors/CAMqUYEcyNvHpQynN98UOLf_6faErPZaimzssWP3nEjQm3_22uA%40mail.gmail.com. -- Massimiliano Cannata Professore in Geomatica Responsabile della ricerca, sviluppo e trasferimento della conoscenza per il DACD. Responsabile del Centro Competenze Open Science Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana Campus Mendrisio, Via Flora Ruchat-Roncati 15 CH ? 6850 Mendrisio Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch www.dacd.supsi.ch - www.supsi.ch/cc-os -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ashishkr23438 at gmail.com Tue Feb 3 08:16:10 2026 From: ashishkr23438 at gmail.com (Ashish Kumar) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 21:46:10 +0530 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo GSoC Mentors] Re: [OSGeo in GSoC 2026] Call for Project Ideas - GSoC 2026 | Deadline - Feb 2, 2026 In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Thanks Cannata and Valentin! I've added the project ideas pages to the main OSGeo GSoC 2026 Ideas page here: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_Ideas#The_ideas_pages So far, we've received ideas submissions from the following four projects: - pgRouting: https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas:-2026 - QGIS: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2026-Ideas - istSOS: https://github.com/istSOS/istSOS4/wiki/Google?Summer?of?Code?2026?Project?Ideas - GRASS GIS: https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GSoC_Ideas_2026 We've submitted the OSGeo application for GSoC 2026, but we're still happy to include ideas from additional projects. Please feel free to continue updating the ideas page with new ideas or revisions. Thanks again to everyone for the timely contributions and support! Best regards, Ashish for OSGeo GSoC Administration Team On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 at 21:36, Cannata Massimiliano < massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote: > Dear Ashis, > at this page: > https://github.com/istSOS/istSOS4/wiki/Google?Summer?of?Code?2026?Project?Ideas you > can find the 3 istSOS project ideas for the GSoC 2026. > > Hope we're still in time :-) > > Best, > Maxi > On 1/31/26 18:52, Ashish Kumar wrote: > > > You don't often get email from ashishkr23438 at gmail.com. Learn why this is > important > > Dear All, > > > This is a gentle reminder to submit the project ideas for OSGeo?s > participation in Google Summer of Code 2026. > > > So far, we have only received the ideas submission from the pgRouting > project: https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas%3A-2026 > > > Feel free to reach out to the OSGeo GSoC Admins if you have any questions > or concerns. > > > On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 at 14:12, Ashish Kumar > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Greetings! Wishing you all a very happy new year. >> >> It is the time of the year to start preparing for OSGeo's participation >> in the Google Summer of Code 2026 [1]. With the great success of GSoC >> 2025 projects [2], we are highly excited and motivated to invite the OSGeo >> projects (Projects, Incubation projects, Guest Projects) to begin compiling >> the project ideas for GSoC 2026. >> >> In order to participate in proposing ideas as a project under the OSGeo >> umbrella organization, you need to send us (admins: > dot org>) the URL for your project's GSoC ideas Wiki page, or just reply to >> this email. If you are participating for the first time, then you may visit >> [3] for reference. >> >> Please remember that every idea should indicate: >> >> 1. >> >> A title >> 2. >> >> Brief descriptions of projects that can be completed in ~175 hours or >> ~350 hours of your GSoC contributor?s time (and labeled appropriately) >> 3. >> >> 3 Mentors' Details - Name, Email (Primary and Supporting mentors) >> 4. >> >> For each project, a list of prerequisites, a description of >> programming skills needed, and an estimation of the difficulty level >> 5. >> >> A test for the students to submit to your evaluation. The test aims >> at evaluating if the student is capable of the project, so please design >> the test having in mind the basic skills required to complete the project. >> >> The organization application period will be open till Feb 3, 2026. So, >> we expect all the URLs by Feb 2, 2026 (~9 days from now). Here is the >> complete GSoC 2026 timeline [4]. >> >> We have already received the ideas submission from the pgRouting project: >> https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas%3A-2026 >> >> Note: >> >> If you floated ideas in the past iterations of GSoC but couldn't progress >> ahead, then it is a great time to start working on those ideas again. >> >> Thanks, and please forward the information to your respective project's >> mailing list! Always waiting for further queries. :) >> >> (PS- A call for contributors to the OSGeo project ideas with instructions >> on interacting with projects will be sent soon, so please be ready to >> welcome new members to the community.) >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ashish for OSGeo GSoC Administration Team >> >> [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >> >> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2025_Results >> >> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2025_Ideas >> >> [4] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OSGeo GSoC Mentors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to osgeo-gsoc-mentors+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osgeo-gsoc-mentors/CAMqUYEcyNvHpQynN98UOLf_6faErPZaimzssWP3nEjQm3_22uA%40mail.gmail.com > > . > > -- > *Massimiliano Cannata* > > Professore in Geomatica > Responsabile della ricerca, sviluppo e trasferimento della conoscenza per > il DACD. > Responsabile del Centro Competenze Open Science > > Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design > Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana > Campus Mendrisio, Via Flora Ruchat-Roncati 15 > CH ? 6850 Mendrisio > Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 > massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch > www.dacd.supsi.ch - www.supsi.ch/cc-os > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From even.rouault at spatialys.com Thu Feb 5 09:14:58 2026 From: even.rouault at spatialys.com (Even Rouault) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:14:58 +0100 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] AI slope reaching our projects Message-ID: Hi, At least GDAL, GRASS-GIS and QGIS have seen recently a raise in AI driven "contributions". That's really a plague. GRASS-GIS has adopted a policy regarding that in https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#ai-use-policy . QGIS is about to have one in https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/363. GDAL will likely do something similar soon. Like there's a Code of conduct that projects can use, maybe OSGeo could have a similar thing. Although I suspect people may have different sensitivities to the subject. Even -- http://www.spatialys.com My software is free, but my time generally not. From wata909 at gmail.com Tue Feb 10 22:27:12 2026 From: wata909 at gmail.com (Nobusuke Iwasaki) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:27:12 +0900 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026] CfP Now Open! (Urgent: Academic Track Deadline) Message-ID: Dear ML members and colleagues, On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, we are thrilled to invite you to FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima, taking place in Japan from August 30th to September 5th, 2026. The Call for Proposals (CfP) is already open and we are actively seeking your contributions! This is your chance to share your innovations, research, and experiences with the global FOSS4G community in the beautiful city of Hiroshima. ________________________________ ? Call for Proposals (CfP) ? Now Accepting Submissions! We are currently accepting submissions for three main tracks. Please be aware that the Academic Track deadline is fast approaching! - Academic Track (Scientific Papers) Deadline: March 2, 2026 (Urgent!) Submissions require an abstract (800?1200 words). Accepted papers will be published in The ISPRS Archives. Reference (2023 Proceedings): ISPRS Archives link https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-4-W7-2023/ - General Track (Talks & Posters) Deadline: March 16, 2026 Submissions are selected via community voting. - Workshops Deadline: March 16, 2026 Share your technical expertise through hands-on sessions. ? Submit your proposal now: https://2026.foss4g.org/en/call-for-proposals/ ________________________________ ?? Travel Grant Program (TGP) To ensure accessibility and diversity, our Travel Grant Program is also now open for applications. Application Period: February 1 ? February 28, 2026 Details: Travel Grant Program Page https://2026.foss4g.org/en/register/travel-grant/ ________________________________ ? Upcoming Schedule February 23 2026: Registration Opens (Stay tuned for Early Bird pricing!) Conference Date August 30?31, 2026: Workshops September 1?3, 2026: Main Conference (General & Academic Sessions) September 4?5, 2026: Community Sprint & Events Stay updated with #FOSS4G2026. We look forward to receiving your proposals and welcoming you to Hiroshima! Official Website: https://2026.foss4g.org/ Best regards, -- Nobusuke Iwasaki Representative, OSGeo Japan Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab., Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com Fri Feb 13 08:11:28 2026 From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:11:28 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Budget 2026 In-Reply-To: <08a34d1f-b642-4e3a-b51f-289f4ec97e57@gmail.com> References: <69face67-754b-44e7-ade7-49e6e33ed31d@gmail.com> <377bdcc3-5015-49f9-b379-1a7e5bf8925e@gmail.com> <08a34d1f-b642-4e3a-b51f-289f4ec97e57@gmail.com> Message-ID: The budget has been approved: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 https://www.loomio.com/p/Lm4qrO2V/motion-to-approve-the-osgeo-budget-for-2026 Thanks all for your feedback. On 1/29/26 00:33, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > Motion to approve the 2026 budget is now on Loomio: > https://www.loomio.com/p/Lm4qrO2V/motion-to-approve-the-osgeo-budget-for-2026 > > > On 1/5/26 10:29, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: >> Happy New Year! >> >> The board is expecting your budget requests by Jan 15th. >> Please add your request directly to the wiki page: >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 >> >> Best regards, >> Angelos >> >> >> On 12/12/25 22:12, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: >>> Dear OSGeo Members, Projects and Committees, >>> >>> OSGeo is proud to support our committees, initiatives, and growing >>> number of projects. We have been pleased to see funding applied to >>> day to day operations, improvements and a wide range of community >>> building activities including events, code sprints, developer >>> meetings and user conferences. >>> >>> Our continued ability to offer financial support is due a successful >>> FOSS4G 2025 and the generosity of our ongoing sponsors. >>> >>> OSGeo Committees >>> >>> To plan our 2026 budget, we are reaching out to all OSGeo committees >>> to help plan for the year ahead. >>> >>> As our budget forecasting includes communicating with sponsors we >>> ask you to list any sponsorship opportunities you are aware of for >>> 2026. We realize that asking for funding can be difficult.? Please >>> be clear with each sponsorship opportunity, and the visibility >>> benefit you are able to offer sponsors. >>> >>> Examples: >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC:Budget#2023 >>> >>> OSGeo Projects >>> >>> Each year we are pleased to welcome new graduated projects to OSGeo. >>> The Board starts planning by providing a set amount to all graduated >>> projects who have: >>> 1.Reported to the Board their activities of the last 12 months (e.g. >>> during the AGM or directly to a Board meeting); and >>> 2. Have sent a budget request. >>> >>> Funding allows each project committee to plan ahead, and support >>> their team activities without hesitation. >>> >>> Keep in mind that if any unforeseen event occurs during the year we >>> are here to support you. Project teams have approached the board >>> during the course of a year to respond to security vulnerabilities, >>> or request legal advice, that was not anticipated during budget >>> planning. >>> >>> Projects with a more specific plan (to pursue a clear goal) are >>> welcome to send a more detailed budget. Larger goals should be >>> presented as clear sponsorship opportunities to your community, and >>> OSGeo will do our best to help out as well. >>> >>> Tip: Keep in mind OSGeo goals as an organization. We love to support >>> community participation, or a cross-project code sprint. >>> >>> Examples: >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoServer_Budget_2023 >>> https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities >>> >>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Budget_2023 >>> >>> >>> OSGeo Community Projects >>> >>> Projects working on incubation are asked to contact >>> incubator at lists.osgeo.org to be included in the 2026 incubation >>> budget request. >>> >>> >>> Budget Meeting >>> >>> To help navigate the uncertainties ahead in 2026, the Board will >>> have a budget meeting in January 2026 to review 2025 expenditures, >>> sponsorship and make financial decisions for the 2026 budget. >>> >>> Please add your project info to the budget draft at: >>> >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 >>> >>> Budget requests should be submitted ideally by 15 January 2026 in >>> advance of our next Board meeting. >>> >>> On behalf of the OSGeo Board, >>> Angelos >>> >> > -- Angelos Tzotsos, PhD President, Board of Directors Open Source Geospatial Foundation https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/ From lr at pcorp.us Sat Feb 14 10:17:31 2026 From: lr at pcorp.us (Regina Obe) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:17:31 -0500 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Projects] OSGeo Budget 2026 In-Reply-To: References: <69face67-754b-44e7-ade7-49e6e33ed31d@gmail.com> <377bdcc3-5015-49f9-b379-1a7e5bf8925e@gmail.com> <08a34d1f-b642-4e3a-b51f-289f4ec97e57@gmail.com> Message-ID: <000801dc9dde$304597c0$90d0c740$@pcorp.us> > The budget has been approved: > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 > https://www.loomio.com/p/Lm4qrO2V/motion-to-approve-the-osgeo- > budget-for-2026 > > Thanks all for your feedback. > Any decision made on my suggestion to donate hours to SAC in exchange for being listed as an OSGeo sponsor? From jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net Mon Feb 16 07:17:56 2026 From: jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net (Jeroen Ticheler) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:17:56 +0100 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] [Projects] OSGeo Budget 2026 In-Reply-To: <000801dc9dde$304597c0$90d0c740$@pcorp.us> References: <69face67-754b-44e7-ade7-49e6e33ed31d@gmail.com> <377bdcc3-5015-49f9-b379-1a7e5bf8925e@gmail.com> <08a34d1f-b642-4e3a-b51f-289f4ec97e57@gmail.com> <000801dc9dde$304597c0$90d0c740$@pcorp.us> Message-ID: Dear Regina, Thanks for reminding us. We did discuss this and concluded not to accept in-kind donations, such as hours worked, as sponsorship. It tends to conflict with volunteer work, and with cash sponsorship. Many OSGeo sponsors also contribute significant hours in-kind to OSGeo and its projects without recognition as OSGeo sponsor. They, on top of this in-kind work, provide support in cash to FOSS4G conferences and the foundation in accordance with the sponsorship program. We also discussed other forms of recognition for people contributing in other ways, like donating work time. The QGIS project among others has a nice way of doing this, and we will likely propose and adopt a similar formula. We highly appreciate your in-kind and paid contributions to OSGeo and hope this can be expressed in other ways (a.o. as described above). Thanks and regards, Jeroen On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 at 19:17, Regina Obe via Board wrote: > > The budget has been approved: > > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 > > https://www.loomio.com/p/Lm4qrO2V/motion-to-approve-the-osgeo- > > budget-for-2026 > > > > Thanks all for your feedback. > > > Any decision made on my suggestion to donate hours to SAC in exchange for > being listed as an OSGeo sponsor? > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > Board at lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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