[Incubator] [Fwd: [Incubator Application] gvSIG Project Incubator entry request]

Sat Jun 9 07:53:13 EDT 2007

There are a number of Open Source desktop GIS applications: JUMP, Open 
JUMP, gvSIG, OpenMap, uDig, qGIS, others?

Do these all serve a different niche, or (as is my suspicion) is there a 
lot of overlap?
While some diversification is a good thing, too much reduces the 
effectiveness of our community.

So I'd like to ask gvSIG:
1. How is the gvSIG different to the other Desktop GIS applications?
2. What opportunities are there to collaborate and share functionality 
with similar projects?
3. If OSGeo only had the resources to take one desktop GIS application 
into Graduation, why should it pick gvSIG?

While these questions are targeted at gvSIG, I'd be happy to hear 
answers across the board.

Frank,
I send my apologies, I can't make the timeslot for the next incubator 
meeting.

Reference for others:
http://www.refractions.net/white_papers/oss_briefing/2006-06-OSS-Briefing.pdf 
"The State of Open Source GIS"

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm pleased to announce that the gvSig project has applied for 
> incubation.
> I would like to schedule a meeting for Monday at 1500UTC which I believe
> will make it practical for folks in Spain to make it (5:00pm I think).
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/IncCom_Meeting10
>
> I'd like to discuss the readiness of some other projects that are close
> to graduation as well as the entrance of gvSig into incubation. Please
> feel free to add other specific agenda items.
>
> Best regards,
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> [Incubator Application] gvSIG Project Incubator entry request
> From:
> Salvador Bayarri <Salvador.Bayarri at iver.es>
> Date:
> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:17:06 +0200
> To:
> incubator_applications at lists.osgeo.org
>
> To:
> incubator_applications at lists.osgeo.org
>
>
>
> Dear OSGeo Incubator Committee members,
>
> On behalf of the gvSIG Project Team, we are glad to request entry for 
> our project in the OSGeo Incubator, as a previous step to become one 
> day an official OSGeo Project.
>
> It's been some time since we wanted to start this process and 
> strengthen our links to OSGeo. The gvSIG Project is right now 
> embarking on a process to restructure its governance and development 
> mechanisms, providing a framework for a more collaborative and open 
> community, and we hope that OSGeo can offer us references and support 
> in some of the issues we will be facing. We believe that in return the 
> OSGeo community will also benefit from a closer participation of gvSIG 
> developers and users.
>
> We look forward to working with the designated Mentor in moving 
> forward through the incubation process. Please contact us for any 
> questions or further information requests.
>
> Best regards,
>
> The gvSIG Project Owners
>
>
>
> * 1. Please provide the name and email address of the principal 
> Project Owner.*
>
> Gabriel Carrión: carrion_gab at gva.es
>
> * 2. Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if any).*
>
> Luis W. Sevilla: sevilla_lui at gva.es
>
> Salvador Bayarri: salvador.bayarri at iver.es
>
> Mike Gould: gould at lsi.uji.es
>
> * 3. Please provide the names, emails and entity affiliation of all 
> official committers*
>
> Luis W. Sevilla: sevilla_lui at gva.es CIT (Ministry Infrastructure & 
> Transport)
>
> Salvador Bayarri: salvador.bayarri at iver.es IVER company
>
> Joaquín del Cerro: joaquin.delcerro at iver.es IVER company
>
> Fran Peñarrubia: fran.penarrubia at iver.es IVER company
>
> Miguel Montesinos: mmontesinos at prodevelop.es ProDevelop company
>
> * 4. Please describe your Project.*
>
> gvSIG is a project mainly sponsored by the Regional Ministry of 
> Infrastructure and Transport of Valencia, Spain. It is aimed at 
> developing a comprehensive desktop GIS solution that easily integrates 
> services provided by Spatial Data Infrastructures as well as regular 
> sources of geospatial data. More information can be found at the 
> project web site (www.gvsig.org = www.gvsig.gva.es).
>
> gvSIG is now widely used in many administrations, public and private 
> organizations in Spain, Latin America and elsewhere. The project has 
> been so far developed mostly in cooperation with local companies and 
> universities, and it aims now at extending its base of developers and 
> users.
>
> * 5. Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?*
>
> * The gvSIG project would like to extend its community of 
> international developers and users, providing a more open platform for 
> collaboration. The adoption by OSGeo is expected to help us in doing 
> that transition.
>
> * The gvSIG project would like to strengthen its ties to other FOSS 
> GIS projects.
>
> * The gvSIG project aims at maintaining a high degree of quality and 
> compliance with open standards and practices supported by 
> international organizations, as well as participating in the 
> improvement of those standards and practices.
>
> * 6. Type of application does this project represent(client, server, 
> standalone, library, etc.):*
>
> A multiplatform, Java-based standalone desktop application.
>
> * 7. Please describe any relationships to other open source projects.*
>
> gvSIG has working relationships with many FOSS projects. In the 
> geospatial area:
>
> * MapServer, GeoServer, DeeGree, GeoNetwork. Since gvSIG integrates 
> services provided by these tools, direct contact has been established 
> with developers and representatives of these projects, which in many 
> cases have resulted in fixes and improvements on both sides.
>
> * GeoTools, PostGIS. Results of these projects are used within gvSIG 
> and direct contact has been established with project developers and 
> representatives to define common interests.
>
> * 8. Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or 
> products.*
>
> Recently, gvSIG has been adding support for commercial geospatial web 
> services and databases, adding drivers for ArcIMS (ESRI) Map and 
> Feature services, and support for Oracle Spatial databases and ArcSDE 
> (ESRI) will be coming soon. However, no direct contact or agreement 
> exists with those companies.
>
> * 9. Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under?*
>
> gvSIG is released under GNU Public License (GPL).
>
> * 10. Is there already a beta or official release?*
>
> Yes, gvSIG was first released on October 2004 and it is currently in 
> version 1.0.2.
>
> * 11. What is the origin of your project (commercial, experimental, 
> thesis or other higher education, government, or some other source)?*
>
> It is government sponsored, originally within an open source migration 
> programme. It currently has strong commercial and educational 
> participation.
>
> * 12. Does the project support open standards? Which ones and to what 
> extent? (OGC, w3c, ect.) Has the software been certified to any 
> standard (CITE for example)? If not, is it the intention of the 
> project owners to seek certification at some point?*
>
> gvSIG wholeheartedly supports open standards, specifically:
>
> * XML and related standards from W3C, in document persistence and in 
> all accesses to remote services.
>
> * OGC standards, as web service client:
> o WMS (1.1.0 - 1.3.0)
> o WFS (1.0.0) + GML import/export (2.1.2) at 1.0
> o WCS (1.0.0)
> o Catalogue search (OGC CSW 2.0, IDEC)
> o Gazetteer search (WFS 1.0.0, WFS-G 0.9, ADL)
>
> * GML 2.X, as data import and export
>
> * 13. Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the 
> copyright?*
>
> gvSIG is free of patents and trademarks, and the copyright is 
> controlled by the project owners.
>
> * 14. How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, 
> other?) to the project at this time?*
>
> Core coding: 40
> Documentation/testing: 10
> Admin, support, training: 12
> Other (collaborators, consultants) 5
>
> * 15. How many people have commit access to the source code repository?*
>
> Currently, most developers, about 30. Access is restricted during 
> stabilization phases.
>
> * 16. Approximately how many users are currently using this project?*
>
> We directly know about 1,000 active users in public administrations 
> and about 200 users in universities. We estimate based on download 
> numbers and list activity about 18,000 active users overall.
>
> * 17. What type of users does your project attract (government, 
> commercial, hobby, academicknow research, etc. )?*
>
> Mostly from government organizations and academic institutions (for 
> education and research). Several companies are already providing 
> customized versions and extensions used in different professional 
> contexts.
>
> * 18. If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using 
> the OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member 
> project of the OSGeo Foundation?*
>
> We would evaluate the options to use the OSGeo infrastructure, 
> however, our goals in joining OSGeo (see question 5) do not depend on 
> the actual hosting infrastructure.
>
> * 19. Does the project include an automated build and test?*
>
> It does include automatic build procedures and some automated tests. 
> We are currently actively extending the suite of automated tests.
>
> * 20. What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)*
>
> Java, with some JNI bridges to support C-based libraries like GDAL.
>
> * 21. What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, 
> Spanish, German, etc) of the core developers?*
>
> Spanish, but a good number of them are proficient in English and some 
> in French.
>
> * 22. What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project? 
> How many users do you expect to download the project when it is released?*
>
> Estimated size: Full binaries, about 40 Mb; Documentation, about 8 Mb; 
> Sources, including JNI, about 70 Mb.
> The number of downloads since release of version 1.0 is about 20,000.
>
>
> -- 
> Salvador Bayarri
> salvador.bayarri at iver.es
> Coordinador del Área de Software Libre - Coordinator of Open-Source GIS
> www.iver.es – www.gvsig.com
>
>
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