[Incubator] OSGeo Community Project XYZ/Mapp

Thu Aug 15 11:50:49 PDT 2024

Thanks Dennis,

Oh sorry I do not know why I found that branch!

Lets try again:

   1. geospatial - https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/
   <https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/tree/v4>
   SDI in the description, but it seems to be more about service control?
   2. open source license - https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/blob/v4/LICENSE
   MIT which is an OSI approved licese
   3. accepts contributions:
   https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
   https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/pulls

This is a really neat project, I like seeing the architecture evolve from
V1 to V4.

Well I am happy to make the motion, and will do so in a separate email.
- -
Jody Garnett

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 11:03 AM Dennis Bauszus <
dennis.bauszus at geolytix.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello Jody,
>
> Thanks for getting back to us. The v4 branch was a pre-release branch. The
> main branch is the main branch https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz
>
> We have added a CONTRIBUTING document
> https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md last year.
>
> We very much like to invite contributions which is why we are interested
> in guidance through the OSGEO community.
>
> There are now publicly accessible instances of XYZ/MAPP which were not
> developed by GEOLYTIX under the use of the public license.
> https://hcc.commonplace.is/en-GB/map/hackney-central-map
>
> Documentation is a high priority for us. We have added a DOCUMENTATION
> document https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/blob/main/DOCUMENTATION.md
>
> We are now fully committed to documenting each module and function with
> JSDOCS. The documentation is accessible through github pages.
> https://geolytix.github.io/xyz/
>
> I am still working on more accessible demo examples.
>
> I am not familiar with the concept of `service control`. XYZ/MAPP is a
> spatial data interface. XYZ is an API for node runtimes and MAPP is a
> javascript library for interactive maps using openlayers and other mapping
> libraries through module imports. MAPP.UI being a library extension to
> build custom views [eg. dashboards]. The XYZ API is very much
> GEOSERVERless. As in the functionality of geoserver but deployed as cloud
> function without the requirement to deploy a container running Geoserver.
>
> Thanks again for reviewing the repository. We welcome any advice you could
> give us in regards to moving forward as a community project.
>
> Best,
> Dennis
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 10:48 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> He Dinnis thanks for returning to this activity.
>>
>> I <https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/tree/v4> am assuming that
>> https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/tree/v4 is still the correct thing to
>> look at for the website  checklist
>> <https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/>:
>>
>>
>>    1. geospatial - https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/tree/v4
>>    SDI in the description, but it seems to be more about service control?
>>    2. open source license -
>>    https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/blob/v4/LICENSE
>>    MIT which is an OSI approved licese
>>    3. accepts contributions:
>>    I do not see a CONTRIBUTING.md file (which is the GitHub forge
>>    convention for accepting contributions. It is shown to potential
>>    contributors getting you some minimal idea that they know what they are
>>    doing contributing to your project on purpose)
>>    https://github.com/GEOLYTIX/xyz/pulls
>>    I did not go through this in detail to see this has examples of
>>    external contributions or not?
>>
>>
>> What I am looking for is some evidence you have thought about accepting
>> contributions (an this is not just a project where the only way to
>> contribute is to be an employee or something).
>> - -
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>> On Jul 30, 2024 at 4:21:56 AM, Dennis Bauszus <
>> dennis.bauszus at geolytix.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am hoping to pick up the process again of making XYZ/MAPP an OSGeo
>>> community project.
>>>
>>> A couple of years have passed since the last email on this thread and a
>>> lot of development, documentation, and testing work has been provided to
>>> the project in the meantime.
>>>
>>> I am currently sitting in on the OSGeo:UK code sprint with Nick and
>>> getting advice on the steps of adding a project to the website.
>>>
>>> Following the notes on the incubation committee website I read that I
>>> need permission for my OSGeo userid [dbauszus] to create a project page.
>>>
>>> I hope you can help with this.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Dennis Bauszus
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 10:07 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greg, you are very much welcome to take part, and thanks for helping
>>>> with community outreach :)
>>>>
>>>> The "osgeo community" which xyz/Mapp is appling for is a bit more
>>>> light-weight than full "incubation" so it is enough to establish how
>>>> contributions are made rather than have a full track record.
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 at 14:34, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis Bauszus <dennis.bauszus at geolytix.co.uk> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Thank you for your response Greg,
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that I am just a random person, not a board member, not a formal
>>>>> incubator committee member, and not even an osgeo charter member.
>>>>>
>>>>> > I will review the contribution rules and make the necessary changes
>>>>> to the
>>>>> > repository in the next couple of weeks.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I will let you know when these changes have been made.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Is there any project that started as private and made a move towards
>>>>> the
>>>>> > community later on which you can recommend me?
>>>>>
>>>>> I do not have any examples at hand.  Basically an open source project
>>>>> should operate more or less without regard to contributor's
>>>>> affiliations.  As usual, my opinion, unclear the extent to which the
>>>>> larger osgeo community agrees.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, I would suggest that if you have in place processes about how
>>>>> contributions are accepted, and a clear policy on true open source vs
>>>>> open-core or proprietary relicensing, and it's just not written down,
>>>>> then describing reality should be easy.
>>>>>
>>>>> If there is no track record of contributions from people outside your
>>>>> company, then I would say you are not ready for incubation.  Again just
>>>>> my opinion.
>>>>>
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