[Incubator] MobilityDB

Wed Aug 12 00:17:18 PDT 2020

Dear incubator committee,
Is there something that we can do to facilitate your review of the project
page ?
I hope all is going well at your end.

Best regards,
Mahmoud

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 12:38 PM Mahmoud SAKR <mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be>
wrote:

> Hi Jody, incubator committee,
> I have drafted the MobilityDB project page in OSGeo. All relevant content
> has been added in the template, and I feel that it is already in a good
> state for your review. Would you please have a look and let us know whether
> we could improve.
>
> Yesterday was the very first PSC meeting with myself, Esteban, Anita,
> Darafei, Krishna, and Mohamed. During the meeting we looked together at the
> page, and made a quick review. In addition, Esteban has reviewed it more
> thoroughly.
>
> It is a bitty that we missed your meeting yesterday.
>
> Best regards,
> Mahmoud SAKR
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 9:04 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Even if you have setup an an OSGeo User ID, unless you login to the
>> website once ... I do not have a website profile to assign you author
>> permission.
>>
>> (So it shows no website profile found for ezimanyi at ulb.ac.be)
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 at 23:11, Esteban Zimanyi <estebanzimanyi at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Jody
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your work.
>>>
>>> According to my understanding I have registered to OSGeo with my
>>> professional email address ezimanyi at ulb.ac.be.
>>>
>>> Could you please verify ?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Esteban
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 01:54 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> The discussion with vicky, and these emails, one one the key things we
>>>> try and offer on the incubation committee. A chance to think about how you
>>>> are doing open source.
>>>>
>>>> For website access, looking at https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB
>>>>
>>>> <https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB>1. Be geospatial
>>>> README.md
>>>> <https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB/blob/master/README.md> -
>>>> nice clear description
>>>>
>>>> 2. Have a free license or open source license
>>>> LICENSE.txt
>>>> <https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB/blob/master/LICENSE.txt>  is
>>>> cool, I was not really aware PostgreSQL had their open OSI approved
>>>> license: https://opensource.org/licenses/PostgreSQL
>>>>
>>>> 3. Welcome participation and new contributors.
>>>> CONTRIBUTING.md
>>>> <https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md> is
>>>> great, I like that the docs are creative commons.
>>>>
>>>> Mahmoud I was able to add you as project author (please share page when
>>>> ready fo review), but it looks like Esteban has not yet logged into the
>>>> website (so I cannot grant the role yet).
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 at 06:57, Mahmoud SAKR <mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Incubation Committee,
>>>>> We would like to introduce our Open Source project "MobilityDB",
>>>>> hoping to identify the next steps that we can take to include it as an
>>>>> OSGeo community project.
>>>>>
>>>>> MobilityDB is a database management system for moving object
>>>>> geospatial trajectories, such as GPS traces. It extends PostgreSQL and
>>>>> PostGIS by temporal and spatiotemporal types and operations. The goal of
>>>>> MobilityDB is to provide users with the database support to seamlessly
>>>>> store mobility tracks, and query them in SQL.
>>>>>
>>>>> MobilityDB provides two main geospatial trajectory types: tgeompoint
>>>>> for a temporal geometry point, and tgeogpoint for a temporal geography
>>>>> point. Both can represent a geospatial point that moves over time, where
>>>>> the coordinates are respectively expressed as PostGIS geometry or
>>>>> geography. It also provides spatiotemporal indexes and a rich set of
>>>>> functions to manage these types; including: input/output, topological
>>>>> relationships, speed, direction, distance, etc. Note that the return values
>>>>> of many of these functions are temporal. For example, the speed of a car is
>>>>> a value that changes over time. Therefore the type system of MobilityDB
>>>>> includes types for temporal floats, temporal Booleans, temporal text, and
>>>>> temporal integers.
>>>>>
>>>>> The work in MobilityDB has been presented in multiple scientific
>>>>> publications and in multiple community conferences including PGConf.Russia
>>>>> 2019 and 2020, FOSDEM PGDay 2020, FOSDEM GeoSpatial Devroom 2020, and
>>>>> FOSS4G Belgium 2019. Some of these presentation can be found here:
>>>>> https://pgconf.ru/en/2020/264545
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.postgresql.eu/events/fosdem2020/schedule/session/2864-managing-mobility-data-in-postgresql/
>>>>> https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/mobilitydb/
>>>>> https://docs.mobilitydb.com/pub/MobilityDB_FOSS4G_Brussels_2019.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> To prepare this request, we went through Jody's presentation, and the
>>>>> Wiki shared in Vicky's message. Our github repository has been evolved to
>>>>> meet the checklist (geospatial, opensource, participatory). In particular,
>>>>> MobilityDB solves a geospatial problem, is distributed under the PostgreSQL
>>>>> license, and it is open for contributions (with currently 6 contributors
>>>>> from different organizations). It also has a steering committee with a
>>>>> focus on achieving good integration with relevant projects in the OSGeo
>>>>> family:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB/wiki/MobilityDB-Project-Steering-Committe
>>>>>
>>>>> Besides the main repository, and thanks to all contributors, other
>>>>> repositories are being actively maintained in our GitHub organisation:
>>>>> - python connectivity driver (
>>>>> https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB-python)
>>>>> - Data generator of simulated car trajectories (
>>>>> https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB-BerlinMOD)
>>>>> - Multiple workshop tutorials (
>>>>> https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB-workshop)
>>>>> - MobilityDB docker images (
>>>>> https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB-docker)
>>>>>
>>>>> The main github repository ()
>>>>> https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB
>>>>>
>>>>> The github organization
>>>>> https://github.com/MobilityDB
>>>>>
>>>>> User manual for the last release (now beta1):
>>>>> https://docs.mobilitydb.com/MobilityDB/master/
>>>>> The manual in develop branch is continuously updated with the most
>>>>> recent development. Developers can then build
>>>>>
>>>>> We are happy to receive your support, and to respond to your questions
>>>>> and comments.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Mahmoud SAKR, PhD
>>>>> Research Associate
>>>>>
>>>>> T : +32 (0)2 6503750
>>>>> mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be
>>>>> [image: Université libre de Bruxelles] <http://www.ulb.ac.be>
>>>>> *Department of Computer & Decision Engineering (CoDE) CP 165/15 *
>>>>> Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
>>>>> cs.ulb.ac.be/members/mahmoud/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 5:40 PM Mahmoud SAKR <mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Jody for explaining.
>>>>>> Clearly I misunderstood your previous message when it mentioned "can
>>>>>> you ask the project to be listed on the website first please?".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With respect to the checklist (geospatial, opensource,
>>>>>> participatory), we have already been working on it, and following the wiki
>>>>>> given by Vicky:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#About_OSGeo_Community_Projects
>>>>>> Our github repository has been changed accordingly. We will do an
>>>>>> internal round of review in 1-2 days then send here again asking for your
>>>>>> review and advice, in order to add to the Website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Mahmoud
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:31 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I cannot give you the website roles ... yet!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We need the project to ask to be listed in the website, and to
>>>>>>> perform a check as outlined on the pages you have been reading.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OSGeo wants to be sure to only have pages for open source projects
>>>>>>> yes, but also ones that are geospatial, and open to participation :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 1:27 AM Mahmoud SAKR <mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Jody,
>>>>>>>> Thanks for sharing the slides.
>>>>>>>> Could you please give a project author role to:
>>>>>>>> myself, mahmsakr (mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be)
>>>>>>>> Esteban, ezimanyi (estebanzimanyi at gmail.com)
>>>>>>>> <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=!closed&reporter=ezimanyi>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We have the content of the page almost ready. Once the author role
>>>>>>>> is granted, we will start immediately filling in the project page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>> Mahmoud SAKR, PhD
>>>>>>>> Research Associate
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> T : +32 (0)2 6503750
>>>>>>>> mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be
>>>>>>>> [image: Université libre de Bruxelles] <http://www.ulb.ac.be>
>>>>>>>> *Department of Computer & Decision Engineering (CoDE) CP 165/15
>>>>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/15++++Avenue+F.+D.+Roosevelt?entry=gmail&source=g>*
>>>>>>>> Avenue F. D. Roosevelt
>>>>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/15++++Avenue+F.+D.+Roosevelt?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>>>> 50 - 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
>>>>>>>> cs.ulb.ac.be/members/mahmoud/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>>>>> From: *Jody Garnett* <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:41 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Incubator] MobilityDB
>>>>>>>>> To: Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
>>>>>>>>> Cc: OSGeo-incubator <incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That sounds great, can you ask the project to be listed on the
>>>>>>>>> website first please?
>>>>>>>>> I also have a presentation here with examples
>>>>>>>>> https://www.slideshare.net/jgarnett/open-source-practice-and-passion-at-osgeo-170697413
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 7:19 AM Vicky Vergara <
>>>>>>>>> vicky at georepublic.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello committee members
>>>>>>>>> There is this new project MobilityDB [1] that soon will start an
>>>>>>>>> application to become an OSGeo Community Project.
>>>>>>>>> I am guiding them on some basic steps, like setting up mailing
>>>>>>>>> lists for the project [2] and some other tasks. They also participated on
>>>>>>>>> the Bolsena 2020 Code Sprint
>>>>>>>>> Here is my question:
>>>>>>>>> From the incubation [3] information on the website I navigated
>>>>>>>>> using the links, and I only found [4] as the requirements to be considered
>>>>>>>>> for community projects.
>>>>>>>>> Is that correct?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>> Vicky
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [1] https://github.com/MobilityDB/MobilityDB
>>>>>>>>> [2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2482
>>>>>>>>> [3] https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/
>>>>>>>>> [4]
>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#About_OSGeo_Community_Projects
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Vicky Vergara
>>>>>>>>> Operations Research
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> eMail: vicky at georepublic.de
>>>>>>>>> Web: https://georepublic.info
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1
>>>>>>>>> Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> CEO: Daniel Kastl
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>>
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