[Foss4g2010] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] your project at FOSS4G!

[Cameron Shorter]

Lorenzo,
I love this email of yours.

It explains a specific goal you wish to achieve (more traffic on 
website), the goal is valuable for community members, and has a very 
clear and achievable message for OSGeo community members (get a banner 
on the website). And creating a little public pressure by publishing the 
projects doing the right thing is good too.

I strongly encourage you to copy the text of this email into your press 
releases at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010#Press_Releases

That way future conferences will think to send out such an email too.

It would also be valuable if there were a similar email for planet.osgeo 
bloggers, if anyone wishes to compile and then check such a list.

Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
> Hi all,
> from my analysis of the webstats and registration form,  having link 
> to 2010.foss4g.org <http://2010.foss4g.org/> on project pages is more 
> important then any Media Sponsors we can ask for.
>
> I'm including those who have already done so, just to say thanks!  It 
> is really helping drive traffic to our pages!!!
>
> Please consider adding the logo and some text encouraging your site 
> visitors to attend, if you haven't already. This is a good way to show 
> a corporate image respect to OSGeo and FOSS4G.
>
> here is the current status:
> ------------------------------
> Web Mapping
>     * deegree -> NO
>     * geomajas -> YES
>     * GeoServer -> YES
>     * Mapbender -> YES
>     * MapBuilder -> NO
>     * MapFish -> YES
>     * MapGuide Open Source -> NO
>     * MapServer -> YES
>     * OpenLayers -> NO
>
> Desktop Applications
>     * GRASS GIS -> YES
>     * OSSIM -> YES
>     * Quantum GIS -> YES
>     * gvSIG -> YES
>
> Geospatial Libraries
>     * FDO -> YES
>     * GDAL/OGR -> YES (including a nice text [1])
>     * GEOS -> YES
>     * GeoTools -> YES
>     * MetaCRS -> NO
>     * PostGIS -> YES
>
> Metadata Catalog
>     * GeoNetwork -> YES
> ------------------
>
> If you are in the community of one of the project that aren't showing 
> the FOSS4G logo yet, please ask the leaders.
>
> If you have a blog or a personal site please add a comment and our 
> logo [2].
>
> best regards
> Lorenzo
>
>
> [1] "FOSS4G 2010 <http://2010.foss4g.org/> is the leading annual
> conference for free and open source geospatial software. It will include
> workshops and presentations related to GDAL/OGR, and some of the
> GDAL/OGR development community will be attending. It is /the/ event for
> those interested in GDAL/OGR, other FOSS geospatial technologies and the
> community around them."
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Marketing
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