[DotNet-OSGeo] Working towards a System.Spatial library... and Please vote on a logo...

[Daniel Ames]

HI all,

A couple months back I proposed on this list that we ought to consider
moving towards a common "de-branded" low level API that could be shared
across multiple desktop and web based projects and that would integrate all
the best common aspects of NTS, GeoAPI, SharpMap, MapWindow, various Proj4
ports, etc. The idea here is to lower the bar of entry for potential users
of these libraries by giving them a common look and feel and ensuring close
adherence to .NET Framework coding practices. This is obviously a
non-trivial goal, but has the potential for being a major step forward for
OSGeo.NET.

I'm interested in moving this project forward following all of the best
practices for Open Source projects. So one of the first tasks I believe,
should be formation of a steering committee. If you think that this project
is a good idea and feel like you have something to contribute, will you
please volunteer to be on the steering committee? I have already gotten
agreement from Ted Dunsford and Gennadii Donchyts to be on this steering
committee and am looking for 2-4 more people who are active user/developers
on NTS, SharpMap, GeoAPI or other projects who are willing to be on the
steering committee.

Secondly, I've taken the liberty of registering the
dotspatial.codeplex.comsite as well as
dotspatial.org to use for managing this project and Ted Dunsford has already
started contributing some code for people to look at and to "get the
conversation going" as to what would be included in such a project. We've
also been listed on the top of the CodePlex "find project openings" page (
http://www.codeplex.com/site/search/openings) and as a result we've got
several programmers already volunteering to work on the project. (Hence the
need for a steering committee to make sure we give these people the right
tasks...)

Thirdly, I also asked a friend to take a shot at designing some potential
logos for us to use for the project. Will you please vote on a logo here:

http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=logo&referringTitle=Home

(feel free to leave a vote in the comments for that page and/or make
suggestions on improving any of the logos)

Thanks all.

- Dan

(By the way, I saw a very cool demo of a project by Gennadii here at the
iEMSs Conference in Ottawa yesterday in which he used a number of .NET OSGeo
tools that included work from many of you, I'm sure.  Very cool stuff...)



-- 
Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE
Associate Professor, Geosciences
Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
amesdani at isu.edu
geology.isu.edu
www.mapwindow.org

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