[Incubator] Application to host Open Source Project "GeoStyler" as OSGeo Community Project
Marc Jansen
jansen at terrestris.de
Thu May 7 04:25:42 PDT 2020
Hi everyone,
I can tackle the header / license work if you wan't
Am 7. Mai 2020 12:46:35 MESZ schrieb Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>:
>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
>> >>>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Cameron Shorter
>> >>> Technology Demystifier
>> >>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>> >>>
>> >>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
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