[Incubator] Application to host Open Source Project "GeoStyler" as OSGeo Community Project

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Dear Jan,

just FYI: There is knowledge in our house, as Carmen did some work to
integrate actinia in OSGeo Live. But this is step after your discussion
n how ...

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Am 25.03.20 um 16:34 schrieb Jan Suleiman:
> Hi Cameron,
> 
> thank you very much for your reply. We are happy to hear that you see
> GeoStyler as a suitable project.
> 
> Generally, we think including GeoStyler in OSGeoLive would be great.
> However, we first have to think about how we could include it, so that
> it actually makes sense (since GeoStyler is a collection of libraries in
> the first place).
> 
> We will discuss this with the community, to come up with a proper solution.
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Jan
> 
> On 3/24/20 11:18 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> Sorry for the delayed response. I'm hoping one of the more active
>> members of the incubation committee would speak up.
>>
>> Assuming GeoStyler fits Jody's checklist (which it looks like it
>> does), I'm strongly in favour of including GeoStyler as an OSGeo
>> community project.
>>
>> From what I can see, GeoStyler addresses a pain point that many of us
>> in the OSGeo community have faced at some point, and I'd love to see
>> it promoted and grow. In particular, I'd love to see GeoStyler
>> included in OSGeoLive, http://live.osgeo.org
>>
>> The application process
>> here:https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply
>> <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply>. Would
>> you be interested in joining OSGeoLive? (Note the ongoing commitment
>> required in questions).
>>
>> Cheers, Cameron
>>
>>
>> On 19/3/20 3:19 am, Jan Suleiman wrote:
>>> Dear Incubation Committee,
>>>
>>> we would like to introduce our Open Source project "GeoStyler".
>>>
>>> GeoStyler is an Open Source JavaScript library that enables users to
>>> style maps with the help of a Graphical User Interface.
>>> The goal of GeoStyler is a universally applicable GUI that works with
>>> any given style format; may it be SLD, QML, OpenLayers, etc.
>>>
>>> In order to achieve that goal, we follow a plugin-approach where so
>>> called "style-parsers" can be plugged into the UI. These style
>>> parsers work as a conversion tool to bidirectionally convert between
>>> any external style and our internal style format.
>>> As a positive side effect, we are able to convert from one external
>>> format to another one (e.g. from QML to SLD, etc.).
>>>
>>> The GUI library is written in react but also provides browser builds
>>> to enable its usage outside of any react application.
>>>
>>> With thanks to currently 16 different contributors, we successfully
>>> maintain 15 repositories in our GitHub organisation, including the UI
>>> library and documentation, different style-parsers, data-parsers,
>>> type definitions, a demo application and a tutorial. The majority of
>>> these was also already published on NPM. On the OSGeo Bolsena Code
>>> Sprint 2019, a GeoServer Community Extension was written that
>>> integrates GeoStyler and allows the creation of styles within
>>> GeoServer by using our GUI.
>>>
>>> The GitHub organisation can be found here:
>>> https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler
>>> The Demo Application including links to Docs, GitHub and NPM can be
>>> found here: https://geostyler.org
>>> The GeoServer Plugin here:
>>> https://docs.geoserver.org/master/en/user/community/geostyler/index.html
>>> FOSS4G 2019 Talk:
>>> https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-204-geostyler-a-generic-graphical-style-editor-for-geodata
>>> FOSSGIS 2019 Talk (German):
>>> https://media.ccc.de/v/fossgis2019-478-geostyler-ein-generischer-grafischer-stileditor-fr-geodaten
>>> AGIT 2019 Talk (German): https://av.tib.eu/media/43048
>>> FOSSGIS 2020 Talk (German):
>>> https://media.ccc.de/v/fossgis2020-3027-neues-vom-geostyler
>>>
>>> The licenses are BSD-2-Clause and we are very happy and eager to
>>> extend the list of contributors. Our first goal would be to be listed
>>> on the OSGeo webpage and in the long run to release GeoStyler as an
>>> OSGeo Community Project.
>>>
>>> In the future, we would like to provide additional style-parsers
>>> (e.g. for mapserver) and extend the UI library with additional
>>> components to further simplify styling maps.
>>>
>>>
>>> We are happy to receive your support, if there are any questions, we
>>> are happy to help!
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Jan Suleiman
>>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
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