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

[Daniel Ames]

Fantastic, Michael. This is exactly the kind of support such a project would
need (i.e. input/guidance from serious users...). I just listed you on the
project steering committee page here
http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Steering%20Committee. - Dan

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at lizardtech.com>wrote:

>  I would certainly volunteer to help steer.
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> While not building any specific project, we (LizardTech) are leveraging
> .NET wrapped stuff, looking to use more, and would be likely to be helping
> sponsor such efforts in the future.
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> -mpg
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> *From:* dotnet-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> dotnet-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Ames
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 07, 2010 10:27 AM
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> *To:* dotnet at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [DotNet-OSGeo] Working towards a System.Spatial library... and
> Please vote on a logo...
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> HI all,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Secondly, I've taken the liberty of registering the
> dotspatial.codeplex.com site 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...)
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> 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:
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> http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=logo&referringTitle=Home
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> (feel free to leave a vote in the comments for that page and/or make
> suggestions on improving any of the logos)
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> Thanks all.
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> - Dan
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> (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...)
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> --
> 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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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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