[Incubator] Application to host Open Source Project "GeoStyler" as OSGeo Community Project
Marc Jansen
jansen at terrestris.de
Thu May 7 13:08:33 PDT 2020
Hi everybody,
here is the link to the PR https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler/pull/1265
Best,
Marc
Am 7. Mai 2020 21:59:46 MESZ schrieb Marc Jansen <jansen at terrestris.de>:
>Hi everybody,
>
>the license PR is here. A comment there includes a hacky bash script
>that was used. I am sure this can be improbed, but it might help other
>doin the same chores.
>
>Best regards,
>Marc
>
>
>
>Am 7. Mai 2020 17:45:56 MESZ schrieb Jan Suleiman
><suleiman at terrestris.de>:
>>Thanks Marc,
>>
>>that's great! I will take care of the contributing guide and the code
>>of
>>conduct.
>>
>>Kind Regards
>>Jan
>>
>>On 5/7/20 1:25 PM, Marc Jansen wrote:
>>> 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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>> M.Sc. Geoinformatik Jan Suleiman
>> - Anwendungsentwickler -
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>> terrestris GmbH & Co. KG
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>> 53111 Bonn
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>durch:
>> Torsten Brassat, Marc Jansen
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>Marc Jansen
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>terrestris GmbH & Co. KG
>Kölnstraße 99
>53111 Bonn
>Tel: +49 (0)228 / 96 28 99 -53
>Fax: +49 (0)228 / 96 28 99 -57
>Email: jansen at terrestris.de
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>Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6835
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