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

Thu May 7 13:36:43 PDT 2020

Thanks for the review Jo,

As this project is on GitHub I recommend contributing be covered by a
CONTRIBUTING.md file (which is shown when folks make a pull request).

When the project has addressed your points please make a motion to accept
GeoStyler :)
--
Jody Garnett

On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 03:47, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >>>
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