[Incubator] GeoLens community project application

[Ian Shiland]

Hi Even,

Yes. AI coding agents, mainly Claude Code with Codex as a reviewer, write
most of GeoLens with guidance from me.

If this is grounds for ineligibility, I'll withdraw the page submission.

Ian

On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> @Ian looking at the commit history and pull request history, this is
> obviously vibe coded. Can you confirm ?
>
> @Jody  Is this OK for vibe coded projects to be community projects ?
>
> Even
> Le 28/09/2026 à 23:15, Ian Shiland via Incubator a écrit :
>
> Hi Jody,
>
> Thanks for the access. The GeoLens project page is now submitted for
> review. I left the project type as None for now and will switch it to
> Community Project once the committee confirms. Let me know if anything on
> the page needs changing.
>
> Ian
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ian,
>>
>> I added you as project author role, so you should be able to create a
>> page now!
>> - -
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2026 at 7:42:07 AM, Ian Shiland <ishiland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> I’ve confirmed that my OSGeo account, ishiland, still cannot access the
>>> Projects dashboard - it returns a permission error. Could you enable
>>> project-author access and confirm the current status of GeoLens’s Community
>>> Project application? The listing content and logo are ready.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ian
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 1:42 PM Ian Shiland <ishiland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jody,
>>>>
>>>> I have an OSGeo user id now: *ishiland*. Regina sent a mantra through
>>>> sysadmin, so registration is done and a profile has been created.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ian
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM Ian Shiland <ishiland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jody, I've requested a mantra from mantra-request at osgeo.org so I
>>>>> can create the account. I'll send the user id as soon as it comes through.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please provide your osgeo user id, and sign into the osgeo.org website
>>>>>> to fill in your profile information. Then I can grant the profile
>>>>>> permission to make a new project page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For more information see:
>>>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo/add-a-project/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - -
>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2026 at 6:33:34 AM, Ian Shiland via Incubator <
>>>>>> incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to apply for OSGeo Community Project status for GeoLens, a
>>>>>>> self-hosted geospatial data catalog and map builder built on PostGIS. It
>>>>>>> ingests common vector and raster formats, serves them through OGC API -
>>>>>>> Features, OGC API - Records, STAC and DCAT, and includes a web map builder
>>>>>>> with vector tiles.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    - Repository: https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens (Apache-2.0)
>>>>>>>    - User documentation: https://docs.getgeolens.com
>>>>>>>    - Live demo: https://demo.getgeolens.com
>>>>>>>    - Contribution policy: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md (DCO)
>>>>>>>    - Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (Contributor Covenant)
>>>>>>>    - Issue tracker and discussions: public on GitHub
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The first public release was June 2026 and the project has shipped
>>>>>>> regular tagged releases since (currently v1.14.1). The repository has
>>>>>>> issues and pull requests from outside contributors, and GeoLibre (an
>>>>>>> OpenGeos project) ships a built-in GeoLens integration that I've
>>>>>>> contributed fixes back to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If a project listing on osgeo.org needs to exist before this
>>>>>>> application, point me at the right process and I'll take care of it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Happy to answer any questions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ian Shiland
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>>>>>>> Incubator at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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