[Incubator] Proj4php community project

[Julien Moquet]

Hi Jody,

I really appreciate your help !

However, it depends on what a mentor should be ! Does an osgeo member can
be a mentor ?
I eventually know Thomas Bonfort by the past. He is a committer and PSC
member of MapServer. I am going to ask him.

By the way, I am starting to make proj4php as a community project !

Regards,
Julien.


2016-07-18 3:21 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>:

> Thanks Julien - have been collecting some applications on the osgeo issue
> tracker for incubation. Curently it can be tricky to find a mentor for new
> projects (or in this case new to OSGeo proejcts) - did you have a mentor in
> mind?
>
> I would encourage you to apply as an OSGeo "community project
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects>" - it is a faster
> way to be included in OSGeo (as it does not require finding a suitable
> mentor
>
> Aside: We really should revise this list of application questions - thinks
> like the question on "infrastructure" was from the time when OSGeo svn was
> considered more cool then source forge CVS for version control.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 16 July 2016 at 05:33, Julien Moquet <moquet.julien at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear OSGeo members, Mr Garnett,
>>
>> As you may know, proj4php is an open source project, started in 2009, and
>> recently hosted on github : https://github.com/proj4php/proj4php
>> This is not a huge project, but we got a tiny community to be grown.
>>
>> In order to describe our project, here is answers for questions from this
>> page :
>> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/application.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Please describe your Project.
>>
>> Proj4php is a php library for geographic coordinates transformation using
>> proj4 definitions
>>
>> > Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
>>
>> Most of library using proj4 definitions are hosted at OSGeo. It gives the
>> project more sens for the users, and more visibility.
>>
>> > Type of application does this project represent(client, server,
>> standalone, library, etc.):
>>
>> library
>>
>> > Please describe any relationships to other open source projects.
>>
>> spatialreference.org as a source of defs
>>
>> > Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or
>> products.
>>
>> nop
>>
>> > Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under?
>>
>> LGPL 2
>>
>> > Is there already a beta or official release?
>>
>> The 1.0 stands for old releases (php under 5.2), and the 2.0 releases are
>> the latests.
>>
>> > What is the origin of your project (commercial, experimental, thesis or
>> other higher education, government, or some other source)?
>>
>> Proj4php gets its origin as I was stuck on delay on a php project with
>> strong hosting constraints. I translated proj4js in php, and set its source
>> code open the same night.
>> Then a little community started to grow. Winne27, nickolanack, judgej
>> made real good work on proj4php to develop it and help others to use it.
>>
>> > Does the project support open standards? Which ones and to what extent?
>> (OGC, w3c, ect.)
>>
>> nop
>>
>> > 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?
>>
>> nop
>>
>> > Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the
>> copyright?
>>
>> yes
>>
>> > How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to
>> the project at this time?
>>
>> We are 3 people to help others to fix their problems or answering
>> questions on proj4php.
>>
>> > How many people have commit access to the source code respository?
>>
>> 4
>>
>> > Approximately how many users are currently using this project?
>>
>> Github tells there is 48 unique cloners the last 14 days, and we got
>> about 1800 downloads the last 30 days on packagist.
>>
>> > What type of users does your project attract (government, commercial,
>> hobby, academic research, etc. )?
>>
>> I don't know
>>
>> > 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?
>>
>> I don't understand the question !
>>
>> > Does the project include an automated build and test?
>>
>> Yes, we use Travis
>>
>> > What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)
>>
>> PHP
>>
>> > What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish,
>> German, etc) of the core developers?
>>
>> English, but I am personally French
>>
>> > 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?
>>
>> about 200 ko ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julien Moquet
>>
>
>
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