[Incubator] Fwd: Proposing a new OSGeo Community project: Blink Raster

[Jody Garnett]

I think we are good to help Alex set up ano next page, and will have to ask
him to check file headers before I can vote +1.

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 8:18 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks landon, made an email chain for your motion. Motions take a while
> ... so for today we can help Alex set up a project page.
>
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> Jody Garnett
>
> On 15 January 2018 at 19:51, Landon Blake <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to make a motion that we accept Blink Raster as an OSGeo
>> Community Project. I'm willing to help Alex, the project lead, work through
>> some of the first steps to getting set-up, and will also try to help him
>> market the project to potential users/contributors a bit. This shouldn't be
>> too bad...as I'm not actively mentoring any projects right now. :]
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds good, I checked the repo when Alex first asked on discuss - so I
>>> would feel comfortable giving him the go ahead to make an OSGeo project
>>> page right away.
>>>
>>> Indeed I would be okay with any incubation committee member performing
>>> that spot check and giving projects the go ahead to make a project page.
>>>
>>> As for being an OSGeo project, see other email thread for some
>>> additional ideas (devs require no-dumping, No API key required). I also
>>> think we could ask osgeo projects to check their file headers, in addition
>>> to having a license file. Finally we should make a motion since being an
>>> OSGeo community project has some standing in or organization (including the
>>> ability to ask this committee for budget requests).
>>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:36 PM Landon Blake <
>>> sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys. I think the project submitted by Alex meets our criteria for
>>>> an OSGeo Community Project. (See the message from Alex below.) It has an
>>>> open source license, is geospatial, and accepts contributions.
>>>>
>>>> Are there any objections to accepting it as a Community Project?
>>>>
>>>> If there are no discussions, I'll give some thought to a simple process
>>>> to get Community Projects set-up. (Add a wiki page, get a mailing list, do
>>>> a little marketing...) Then I'll ask Alex some more questions about his
>>>> project.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you have comments or questions.
>>>>
>>>> Landon
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: <a.hagen-zanker at surrey.ac.uk>
>>>> Date: Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 2:56 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Incubator] Proposing a new OSGeo Community project: Blink
>>>> Raster
>>>> To: incubator at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Apologies if you received this message already. I sent a message last
>>>> week that made it to the list archive (
>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2018-January/003475.html),
>>>> but apparently not to all email inboxes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would like to propose my open source library as an OSGeo Community
>>>> project. The library is called Blink Raster and it is a C++ library aimed
>>>> at efficient raster processing using basic and modern C++ idioms.  The
>>>> library is based on my experience of developing Cellular Automata land use
>>>> models, map comparison methods, neutral models and geostatistics for raster
>>>> data. I would think that the primary users will be researchers in the field
>>>> of environmental modelling, who require more flexibility than offered by
>>>> GIS packages and more efficiency than offered by script based libraries.
>>>> However, the functionality is quite fundamental, so who knows where it may
>>>> be useful.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think I meet all the requirements for a Community project. I still
>>>> lack a community though J. I will introduce the library at FOSDEM 2018
>>>> and submitted an abstract for the FOSS4G UK 2018. in March.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The project is hosted on Github: www.github.com/ahhz/raster
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am quite open as to whether this should formally be an OSGeo
>>>> Community project or just a project listed  on the website. I believe the
>>>> library is at a stage now where it can be useful to people and can be used
>>>> within other projects. The reason for reaching out to the OSGeo community
>>>> is to find users, get feedback and potentially find collaborators.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for taking this into consideration, I’ll be happy to hear
>>>> from you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> With kind regards, Alex
>>>>
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