[Incubator] MobilityDB

[Mahmoud SAKR]

Hi Jody, hi incubator committee,
Thanks for the reply. We are happy that you like the project page. Our
response to the comments is given inline:

On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 12:09 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Let me check it out, looks like it was published already.
>
>
>    - project type: OSGeo Community Project
>    Not an OSGeo Community Project yet, we will need to that review next.
>
> Ok. we found that the type has been changed to "None", probably by you.
Thanks !

>
>    - logo: thanks for putting it on the correct sized background
>    - website: does the project have a website?
>
> For now, we add our github repository as a project Website. We own the
domain names mobilitydb.com and mobilitydb.eu, but they currently only
redirect to github.

>
>    - photo: do you have a photo of your team?
>
> Alas we don't have a photo ready, and because of COVID it is difficult to
make one now. For now, the section "Who's involved" partially compensates
for it, as it lists all developers and PSC members.

>
>    - content / images: looks good, usually we put a border on the images
>    (like a laptop or browser window)
>
> Because MobilityDB is a database system, it doesn't have visual
components. We visualize the data and the query results in any PostgreSQL
client (pgAdmin, QGIS, etc). For instance, the images in this section are
done in QGIS. We avoid using the client interface as a border, because it
could be misleading. Readers may wrongly think that MobilityDB is part of
QGIS, for example.
A good relevant news is that we are currently discussing with Nyall Dawson,
from QGIS, to integrate MobilityDB with QGIS, for instance, that QGIS will
natively create animated map displays for spatiotemporal data.

>
>    - project type / topic / level 1 / level 2: this information is needed
>    if your project is to be found on the website choose a project
>    <https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/> guide
>
> Done.

>
>    - standards / development : please fill in
>
> We would have liked to see in the list:
- ISO19141 Geographic information — Schema for moving features (
https://www.iso.org/standard/41445.html).
- OGC Moving Features (https://www.ogc.org/standards/movingfeatures)
For now, we choose OGC, without a specific standard.

>
>    - core features: good
>    - core contributors: are their any service providers in place for your
>    project?
>
> MobilityDB is mainly developed and supported by an academic team in
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Would this qualify ULB to be a service
provider ? Otherwise, there is no service provider yet.

>
>    - communication:  any twitter, stack exachange tag, anything?
>
> Thanks for insisting. We have created a twitter account. Indeed so far we
are not active on social media, but we should. (
https://twitter.com/mobilitydb)

>
>    - end user / developer resources: looks good
>    - footer: Since "PostgreSQL" has a trademark you may wish to make a
>    note of it here
>
> Good point. We added this:

PostgreSQL is a trademark of the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada.

>
> Looks great!
>
Thanks. We are so happy that you like it !

> --
> Jody Garnett
>

Mahmoud SAKR, for the MobilityDB team

>
>
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 00:17, Mahmoud SAKR <mahmoud.sakr at ulb.ac.be> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>
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