[Incubator] MobilityDB

Fri Jul 24 00:03:57 PDT 2020

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
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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