[Incubator] GisClient OS Project Application

Mon Nov 12 08:55:40 PST 2012

Any objections if I review the application and establish communication
with the project?

Landon

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is in part why I want to revise our procedure; so we respond to
> projects when they apply.
>
> As it is the first move we make is when we have a mentor available.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 2:25 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
>
> Jody,
>
> I'm just catching up on my e-mails. Do we need someone to review this
> application?
>
> Landon
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The following application was mentioned in our last meeting, but not
> discussed.
>
> Application here: http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/910 GisClient OS
> Project submssion to the OsGeo Incubator Committee
>
> The actual application is supplied as an ODT file:
> -
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/raw-attachment/ticket/910/GisClient%20for%20OsGeo.odt
>
> In the interests of getting things moving I have copied the text after the
> break...
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> GisClient Incubator Application Questionnaire
>
>
>
> 1. Please provide the name and email address of the principal Project Owner.
>
> Project name: GisClient
>
> website: www.gisclient.org
>
> Project Owner: Roberto Starnini
>
> Project Contact: roberto.starnini at gisweb.it
>
>
> 2. Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if any).
>
> Co-project owner: Francesco D'Alesio
>
> Co-project owner contact: francesco at r3-gis.com
>
>
> 3. Please provide the names, emails and entity affiliation of all official
> committers
>
> Roberto Starnini
>
> Gis&Web srl
>
> Via Gramsci 27/9
>
> 16126 Genova
>
> www.gisweb.it
>
> tel. +39.010.247.44.91
>
> fax. +39.010.941.21.32
>
> roberto.starnini at gisweb.it
>
>
> Francesco D'Alesio
>
> R3-GIS s.r.l.
>
>
> Merano (BZ), Italy
>
> www. r3-gis.com
>
> Via Johann Kravogl, 2
>
> 39012 Merano (BZ)
>
> Tel. +39 0473 494949
>
> Fax +39 0473 069902
>
> francesco at r3-gis.com
>
>
> 4. Please describe your Project.
>
> GisClient is a web authoring tool configurator for GIS projects.
>
> GisClient3 is an open source software written in AJAX, Javascript,
> PHP/MapScript that allows to configure a range of tools and functionalities
> easily and quickly. It works as a web authoring tool configurator for
> MapServer and enables to both build up Mapfiles and provide OpenLayers maps.
> Designed for interoperability, GisClient3 publishes data from any major
> spatial data source using open standards.
>
> Improving interoperability among the open source GIS softwares is one of the
> GisClient aims, that's why at the moment we are working on making GisClient3
> able to create config files for a wider stack of components and, in
> addition, we are developing standard interfaces (such as MapContex and
> OWSContext).
>
>
> 5. Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
>
> Being hosted at OSGeo would be good for us, cause we think that would help
> in spreading out the project on a global scale. Our aim is to involve as
> many users as possible to try and test GisClient, and possibly find more
> developers, interested in taking part in the project and collaborate.
>
> 6. Type of application does this project represent(client, server,
> standalone, library, etc.):
>
> Server
>
>
> 7. Please describe any relationships to other open source projects.
>
> a. GisClient is based on MapServer as map server
>
> b. It uses Postgre/PostGis as aDB
>
> c. It uses OpenLayers libraries
>
>
>
> 8. Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or products.
>
> Gis&Web s.r.l. is a small Italian company in Genova, Italy. In the last
> years, most of the GIS products, applications and services offered by Gis
> &Web have been based on GisClient.
>
> Actually GisClient hasn't started as a proper open source project, but as a
> solution to respond the users needs and expectations. In most cases Gis&Web
> customers are Municipalities and Local Authorities. They use GisClient as a
> tool to manage the spatial data they are in charge of collect.
>
>
> In terms of field of applications Local Authorities have been using
> GisClient in urban planning, land use, tourism and heritage management,
> mobility management.
>
> GisClient has also been applied by the University of Genova to reaserch
> activities in the environmental monitoring sector, both in marine protected
> and portual areas.
>
>
> As a commercial product, GisClient it has been used as a tool to manage
> utilities networs by Iren, an Italian society operating in the sector
> pertaining to the water cycle and to gas distribution.
>
> Not only Gis&Web but also, R3-GIS, an Italian company in Merano, has based
> most of its commercial offer on GisClient. They developed different web gis
> products for management of green areas, playgrounds, traffic signs,
> pipelines and technological networks, environmental monitoring systems, CO2
> Emission Monitoring Systems, Tourism Portals, etc.
>
>
> 9. Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under?
>
> GPL3
>
>
> 10. Is there already a beta or official release?
>
> It is. It can be downloaded on www.gisclient.org/download
>
> At the moment we are working on user documentation.
>
>
> 11. What is the origin of your project (commercial, experimental, thesis or
> other higher education, government, or some other source)?
>
> Commercial
>
>
> 12. Does the project support open standards?
>
> YES
>
>
> 13. Which ones and to what extent? (OGC, w3c, ect.)
>
> OGC, W3C and INSPIRE for Metadata
>
>
> 14. Has the software been certified to any standard (CITE for example)?
>
> NO
>
>
> 15. If not, is it the intention of the project owners to seek certification
> at some point?
>
> We haven't thought about that yet.
>
>
> 16. Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the
> copyright?
>
> Yes it is
>
>
> 17. How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to the
> project at this time?
>
> 5
>
>
> 18. How many people have commit access to the source code respository?
>
> 5
>
> 19. Approximately how many users are currently using this project?
>
> Being a web application, it is not easy to “count” them, but including the
> ones who use GisClient base web application developed by Gis&Web, Iren and
> R3-Gis the total amount of users will be more than 500.
>
>
> 20. What type of users does your project attract (government, commercial,
> hobby, academic research, etc. )?
>
> all of them
>
>
> 21. 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?
>
> In our vision on how to develop GisClient we share most of the OSGeo
> Foundation objectives.
>
> In facts:
>
> We aim to promote the use of open source software in the geospatial industry
> and by the Goverments.
>
> We aim to support the implementation of open standards and standards-based
> interoperability through our project.
>
> Taking part in the OsGeo Conferences (e.g. Barcelona 2009, Prague 2012), we
> give our contribution to improve the internationalization of software and of
> the community. We presented GisClient on occasion of the last Foss4G
> Conference in Prague.
>
>
> 22. Does the project include an automated build and test?
>
> No
>
>
> 23. What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)
>
> Php/Javascript
>
>
> 24. What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish,
> German, etc) of the core developers?
>
> English
>
>
> 25. What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project?
>
> 50 Mb
>
>
> 26. How many users do you expect to download the project when it is
> released?
>
> 2000
>
>
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