[Incubator] GisClient OS Project Application

Jody Garnett jody.garnett at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 14:33:13 PST 2012


It would be nice to say hello, but yeah our email list here should look over the application.  

--  
Jody Garnett


On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 2:55 AM, Landon Blake wrote:

> 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 (mailto: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 (mailto: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 (http://www.gisclient.org)
> >  
> > Project Owner: Roberto Starnini
> >  
> > Project Contact: roberto.starnini at gisweb.it (http://web.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 (mailto: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 (http://www.gisweb.it)
> >  
> > tel. +39.010.247.44.91
> >  
> > fax. +39.010.941.21.32
> >  
> > roberto.starnini at gisweb.it (http://web.it)
> >  
> >  
> > Francesco D'Alesio
> >  
> > R3-GIS s.r.l.
> >  
> >  
> > Merano (BZ), Italy
> >  
> > www. r3-gis.com (http://r3-gis.com)
> >  
> > Via Johann Kravogl, 2
> >  
> > 39012 Merano (BZ)
> >  
> > Tel. +39 0473 494949
> >  
> > Fax +39 0473 069902
> >  
> > francesco at r3-gis.com (mailto: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 (http://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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