[Incubator] MobilityDB

Tue Jul 28 03:38:42 PDT 2020

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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>>>>>>>>
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