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

Jo Cook jocook at astuntechnology.com
Thu May 7 03:46:35 PDT 2020


Hi Jan,

Looking through the checklist- I can see a developer guide but not an
obvious contributing guide. I would consider contributions to
encompass small bug fixes (even documentation) so I think it would be
good to include something that explains how people can and should get
involved. Similarly I don't see a code of conduct.

I don't see license headers on many pages- and while that may not be a
requirement of the BSD it helps for code transparency, particularly if
people end up on a GitHub page when searching.

Hope that helps

Jo

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 10:09 AM Jan Suleiman <suleiman at terrestris.de> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> is there something we can do at the moment to simplify the decision
> making for you?
>
>
> I hope you are all safe and well!
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jan
>
> On 3/25/20 5:46 PM, adams at osgeo.org wrote:
> > 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 ...
> >
> > Till
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>>>
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> >>> Cameron Shorter
> >>> Technology Demystifier
> >>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
> >>>
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