[Incubator] osgeo board request world wind consider joining the foundation

[Jody Garnett]

Perhaps that is what I missing Patrick, there is no special handshake -
what is needed is the we need the world wind leadership to have a look at
what our organization offers and decide if they want to take part.

Do you have a good contact with the world wind leadership that you could
extend our invitation to? I would be happy to answer any questions about
our organization and what we offer.

While I appreciate you CCing the discussion and GeoForAll lists, because I
guess you are looking for public visibility .. it does not work to invite
others to the conversation unless they are on all the email lists.
--
Jody Garnett


On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 at 15:31, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>
wrote:

> Jody, Howdy!
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> Despite every attempt to support OSGeo and the principles therein,
> WorldWind seems to always be met with something missing. I am not
> WorldWind. WorldWind is an open source platform that has been dedicated to
> delivering geospatial data for 15 years now.
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> I’m sure WorldWind would like to be embraced by OSGeo, but somehow it
> seems WorldWind has never learned the special handshake. I am old now and
> retiring soon, so others will need to take the lead, if there is one to
> take. I have repeatedly expressed the desire for WorldWind to be, as you
> put it, “a part of the OSGeo family.”
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> As an ESA-NASA open source project, in full support of OSGeo principles, I
> do not understand why WorldWind is not “part of the OSGeo family.” I hope
> OSGeo will choose to ^adopt^ ESA-NASA WorldWind someday as part of their
> family, someday.
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> For my part, I plan to return to my former career, some 30-plus years ago,
> as a High School science teacher. Now I am looking forward to work with
> Kindergarten kids, pretty much the ‘unhinged’ ^wild bunch^ with whom I feel
> closest too.
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> May OSGeo be the ‘big tent’ it can be for the world of Open Source
> Geospatial software.
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> -Patrick
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> *From:* Jody Garnett [mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 9, 2018 10:05 AM
> *To:* Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); OSGeo-incubator
> *Subject:* osgeo board request world wind consider joining the foundation
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> Morning Patrick (and incubation list).
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> The most recent board meeting has a request for the incubation committee
> to ask you about World Wind joining OSGeo. See Discuss and approve OSGeo
> as partner for UN World Challenge 2018
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-06-06#Discuss_and_approve_OSGeo_as_partner_for_UN_World_Challenge_2018>
> .
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> As I understand it the GeoForAll is wanting to take part due to the
> educational outreach nature of the challenge, but feels awkward since the
> project is not part of the OSGeo family. The way I figure it is that
> GeoForAll, just like the foundation, has a goal of supporting the adoption
> of all open source spatial projects. And should be held back by what
> projects have decide to join our foundation.
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> By the same token our website lists all open source mapping projects,
> including ESA-NASA World Wind
> <https://www.osgeo.org/projects/esa-nasa-worldwind/>. That page is really
> sparse and does not tell the public very much about the project, perhaps
> that is something to work on? Indeed if you fill in some more information
> it will show up in choose-a-project when visitors are seeking new software.
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> With respect to World Wind joining the foundation as a community project
> the invitation is made to all open source mapping projects, we are here if
> you have time to take part in our family. Until then we are happy to
> support world wind in a more limited capacity (Website,GeoForAll).
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> All the best and happy mapping
>
> --
>
> Jody Garnett
>
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