[Incubator] Suggestion that MapCentia GC2/Vidi should be an OSGeo Community Project

[Martin Høgh]

Thanks for pointing to the checklist. Its good to have a structured 
approach to create a open source project. Documentation is high on my 
list right now.

On 24/10/2018 10:10 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I agree that your project sounds like a good candidate for an OSGeo 
> Community Project and is a great first step.
>
> I suggest that you also look at the more comprehensive checklist for 
> graduated OSGeo projects, follow the download from: 
> https://www.osgeo.org/resources/project-graduation-checklist/
>
> Following this project graduation checklist will help you create a 
> more sustainable Open Source project, based on best practices. And the 
> earlier you start thinking about it, the easier it is to implement.
>
> I suggest that it will likely be valuable to slowly start building 
> answers to the graduation checklist in a wiki page or similar, as a 
> measure for yourself with regards to progress. It will also help you 
> in the future if you decide to commit to OSGeo Incubation.
>
> Warm regards, Cameron
>
>
> On 25/10/2018 4:28 AM, Martin Høgh wrote:
>>
>> For the record. Forgot to Cc the list.
>>
>> On 24/10/2018 6:40 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> So like this:
>>>
>>> /*
>>>  * @author     Alexander Shumilov
>>>  * @copyright  2013-2018 MapCentia ApS
>>>  * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/#AGPL  GNU AFFERO GENERAL 
>>> PUBLIC LICENSE 3
>>>  */
>>>
>>> This is more a chance for us to ask if you have thought about 
>>> headers (for many projects it is a quick "of course" but sometimes 
>>> it can be a real challenge)
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 08:40, Martin Høgh <mh at mapcentia.com 
>>> <mailto:mh at mapcentia.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Thank you.
>>>
>>>     About #2. Every source file has a header like this:
>>>     https://github.com/mapcentia/vidi/blob/master/browser/modules/layerTree/LayerFilter.js
>>>
>>>     There are source files from third-party developers included
>>>     (like Leafletjs, Openlayers and JQuery) but all have a open
>>>     source license compatible with the AGPL, which is used by us.
>>>
>>>     On 24/10/2018 4:43 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>>     Sounds great, and welcome to OSGeo. I trust you have found the
>>>>     "checklist" we use
>>>>     https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/
>>>>
>>>>     1. geospatial
>>>>     README of both repositories has this covered.
>>>>
>>>>     2. open source license, with source code check of headers
>>>>     LICENSE of both repositories has this covered
>>>>     Can I ask if you have checked the headers?
>>>>
>>>>     3. accepts contributions
>>>>     CONTRIBUTING of both projects has this covered (and loved
>>>>     seeing code of conduct here what a great idea)
>>>>
>>>>     --
>>>>     Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 06:40, Martin Høgh <mh at mapcentia.com
>>>>     <mailto:mh at mapcentia.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Hi Incubator List,
>>>>
>>>>         We at MapCentia has been building an open source project
>>>>         called
>>>>         MapCentia GC2. Which is actual two projects:
>>>>
>>>>         GC2 - Combines PostGIS, MapServer, QGIS Server, MapCache,
>>>>         Elasticsearch,
>>>>         Ogr2ogr and more into one easy-to-use web application.
>>>>
>>>>         Vidi - A modern take on web GIS. It is the front-end for GC2.
>>>>
>>>>         We think that the project is so good, that more people
>>>>         should benefit
>>>>         from it. So we suggest that MapCentia GC2/Vidi should be an
>>>>         OSGeo
>>>>         Community Project.
>>>>
>>>>         A more selfish reason for joining OSGeo is, that we would
>>>>         like to
>>>>         involve more people in the development. And we think
>>>>         becoming an OSGeo
>>>>         Community Project could help us with that.
>>>>
>>>>         The MapCentia project is today used by municipalities,
>>>>         engineering
>>>>         firms, museums among many others.
>>>>
>>>>         Home pages:
>>>>
>>>>         https://github.com/mapcentia/geocloud2
>>>>
>>>>         https://github.com/mapcentia/vidi
>>>>
>>>>         License: GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>>>>
>>>>         Best regards.
>>>>
>>>>         Martin Høgh
>>>>         MapCentia ApS
>>>>
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>>>     -- 
>>>     Martin Høgh
>>>     MapCentia ApS
>>>
>> -- 
>> Martin Høgh
>> MapCentia ApS
>>
>>
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Martin Høgh
MapCentia ApS

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