[Incubator] Recommend MapBuilder Project for Graduation

[Paul Spencer]

IncCom,

I've been following MapBuilder pretty closely too, and I have to say  
that I am impressed with how they have incorporated regular IRC  
meetings into their decision making process.  I've observed several  
of these and it is a very healthy community that works to serve the  
needs of both the core contributors and the larger user community.   
The project is stable and feature rich.

I'm a +1 on graduation

Paul

On 10-Oct-06, at 11:56 AM, Steve Lime wrote:

> Folks: It is my pleasure to recommend that the MapBuilder project  
> graduate from the OSGeo incubation process. The project is in great  
> shape. It has:
>
>    - all the necessary project infrastructure (mailing lists,  
> version control repository, defect tracking, project website and  
> software documentation)
>    - a diverse and active developer community, with a PSC in place
>    - a healthy user community
>    - undergone a thorough provenance review
>    - ironed out any license issues
>
> The project has been ready for a number of weeks.  However, we  
> choose to wait and see if any changes to the incubation process  
> might affect the project (they have not) or if discussions  
> surrounding webmap.js and OpenLayers would have a substantive  
> change in the project.
>
> Webmap.js is planned to be an AJAX map rendering library that can  
> be use by other web mapping clients like MapBuilder. It will be  
> based upon  OpenLayers and MapBuilder intent to use it when available.
>
> The roles of the different web mapping clients is becoming clearer  
> and the roles for different clients are becoming clearer. The page  
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Choosing_a_Web_Mapping_Platform is  
> a start at defining these roles.
>
> MapBuilder's niche is to provide a tailable, feature rich,  
> standards compliant, AJAX web mapping client.
>
> To learn more about the MapBuilder project visit:
>
>   http://www.communitymapbuilder.org/
>
> To learn about the MapBuilder inclubation process visit:
>
>   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/ 
> Community_Mapbuilder_Incubation_Progress
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve (MapBuilder Incubation Mentor)
>
>
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
>
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-259-5473
>
>
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