[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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>>
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>>
>>   M.Sc. Geoinformatik Jan Suleiman
>>   - Anwendungsentwickler -
>>
>>   terrestris GmbH & Co. KG
>>   Kölnstraße 99
>>   53111 Bonn
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>>   Tel: +49 (0)228 / 96 28 99 -51
>>   Fax: +49 (0)228 / 96 28 99 -57
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>>   Email: suleiman at terrestris.de
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>durch:
>>   Torsten Brassat, Marc Jansen
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>Marc Jansen
>— Geschäftsführer —
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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
>Web: https://www.terrestris.de
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>Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6835
>Komplementärin: terrestris Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
>vertreten durch Torsten Brassat, Marc Jansen
>
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>Homepage unter folgendem Link:
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